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March 10, 2011Grey Eagle, Burtrum, St. Rosa, Freeport, Upsala, Albany,

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MARCH 10 • Grey Eagle Senior Center Member-ship Meeting at 12:45 p.m.

MARCH 11 • Freeport Youth Group Lenten Fish Fry from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church basement, Freeport.

MARCH 13 • Freeport Lions Breakfast from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church basement. • St. Patrick’s Day Social, Celebra-tion & Dinner from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Melrose.

MARCH 16 • Freeport Community Center Chicken Fry from 5-8 p.m. at the Freeport Commu-nity Center. See ad on page 10.

MARCH 20 • Holdingford Firefighters Relief As-sociation Breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Holdingford Civic Center. See ad on page 5.

MARCH 21 • Swanville VFW Fish Fry from 5-8 p.m. at the Hub Supper Club.

MARCH 24 • Community Builders Meeting at 2 p.m. at the Village Cafe, Grey Eagle.

MARCH 26 • Tony Cherne Fundraiser from 4-8 p.m. at Paul’s Par-A-Dice, Albany.

MARCH 27 • St. Rosa Lions Breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the St. Rosa Church basement.

APRIL 2 • Spring Expo 2011 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Burtrum Community Center. See ad on page 12.

ALCOHOL ANONYMOUS • Meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Grace Alive, Albany.

BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall.

BURTRUM CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

GREY EAGLE CITY COUNCIL •Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

GREY EAGLE TOWNSHIP •Meets the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m.

ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building.

SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month.

SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.

UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

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A college student arrived a few minutes late for his final exam in mathematics. The room was quiet, with every-one working hard, and the professor silently handed him the test. It consisted of five math problems on the first page

and two on the second. The student sat down and began to work. He solved the first five problems in half the time, but the two on the second page were tough-er. Everyone else finished the exam and left, so the student was alone by the end of the time period. He finished the final problem at the last second.

The next day he got a phone call in his dorm room from the professor. “I don’t believe it! You solved the final two problems?”

“Uh, yeah,” the student said. “What’s the big deal?”

“Those were brain teasers,” the prof explained. “I announced before the exam that they wouldn’t count toward your final grade, but you missed that be-

cause you were late. But hardly anyone solves those problems in so short a time! You must be a genius!”

“Genius” is sometimes just not real-izing that something is impossible.

Truly, some feats are impossible. I don’t expect to ever see a person fly without some mechanical help. I’m not betting on anyone outrunning a high-speed locomotive. But then, I probably wouldn’t have put money on Antonio Albertondo, who swam the English Channel in 1961.

The Channel waters are cold and unpredictable. Only a tiny percentage of those who have attempted to swim across have reached the other side. But Antonio, who was 42 years old at the time, swam from England to France, where his waiting friends congratu-lated him for accomplishing what they thought was impossible for a man his age.

Antonio stopped long enough for a hot drink, and told his friends they hadn’t seen the impossible yet. Then he dove back into the water, swam 22 more hours and made it back to England. Did he accomplish the impossible? I vote yes.

I do believe that there are limits to our physical abilities. But I absolutely accept that our minds have capabilities that we cannot begin to comprehend.

Antonio’s physical accomplishment also had a major mental component. He put his mind to accomplishing the seeming-ly impossible.

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable,” said the late actor Christopher Reeve. Reeve’s dream of walking after a catastrophic horseback riding accident was never re-alized, but because of his activism and fund-raising activities, major research breakthroughs for spinal injuries have given hope to many.

While most of us will be asked to perform difficult assignments, not many will be actually expected to accom-plish the seemingly impossible. Some days we may wonder how we’ll get all our work done, or catch up, or be suc-cessful in the next project. Those days pass, usually leaving us with a sense of pride that we have greater capacity for achievement than we realized.

What we call progress was once called impossible. If necessity is the mother of invention, then a positive at-titude is the master of the impossible.

A positive attitude leads you to ask “what’s possible?” and then follows that question with “what else is possible?”

The Walt Disney Company employs “imagineers” to explore the possibili-ties and push the limits of reality. Even though their businesses are built on fan-tasy and illusion, the effects must all look real and believable. I believe ac-complishing the seemingly impossible is a daily event for this creative and deter-mined company.

We can do this in our businesses too -- and we must if we intend to survive.

Accomplishing the (seemingly) impossible -By Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay continued from page 2If you value your customers as much as we value ours at MackayMitchell Enve-lope Company, you’ll settle for nothing less. A positive attitude, creativity and determination combine to create genius.

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan recounts a story about the genius of the Greatest Generation. “Once, at the Uni-versity of California, a student got up to say that it was impossible for people of

Ronald Reagan’s generation to under-stand the next generation of young peo-ple. ‘You grew up in a different world,’ the student said. ‘Today we have tele-vision, jet planes, space travel, nuclear energy, computers...’

“When the student paused for breath, Ronnie said: ‘You’re right. We didn’t have those things when we were young. We invented them.’”

Mackay’s Moral: What could you accomplish if no one told you it was im-possible?

Reprinted with permission from na-tionally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” and the new book “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us.”

Clara and Jerry TaftAll are welcome to come and

celebrate Clara and Jerry Taft’s 50th wedding anniversary at the Burtrum Community Center on Saturday, March 19th, 2011 from 1-5 pm.

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Card of ThanksThank you to my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives and

friends who helped me celebrate my 80th birthday. Thank you for the cards, gifts and best wishes.

Janet SufkaWe would like to thank our friends and family for their support, prayers, words

of sympathy and food at the time of the loss of our husband, father and grandfather.Thanks to Father Dockendorf for the wonderful Mass, to the choir for the music

and the lunch group for the delicious meal. Thanks to the doctors and staff at the Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose for their

kindness and care they gave Don.The Family of Donald Ritter

A very special thank you. The kind, generosity of good friends and family like you has been a great help to us during this very difficult time. My family and I would like to offer our most sincere thanks for the flowers, cards, donations and other gifts you sent in memory of David.

Thank you all so much for your loving support and thoughtfulness.The Family of David Rohde

We would like to say thank you to everyone who sent cards, brought food and kept us in their thoughts and prayers during our difficult time, the loss of our son and brother, Sherwin “Herm” Tschida. We would also like to say a special thank you to the Patton-Schad Funeral Home for all you did with the funeral arrangements.

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Joseph SchulzetenbergJoseph “Joe”

Schulzetenberg, age 87 of Freeport, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11a.m. Monday, March 7 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church

in Freeport with Rev. Luke Steiner officiating. Entombment followed in the parish cemetery. Military Honors were provided by the Melrose Veterans Honor Guard.

Joseph Schulzetenberg was born December 25, 1923 in Melrose, Minnesota to Bernard and Rose (Welle) Schulzetenberg. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1941. Joe served in the US Navy on the USS Crow Wing during World War II in the South Pacific. On June 28, 1949 he married Eugenia Weier at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. He owned and operated Freeport Hardware for over 50 years. Joe was an outgoing person who loved visiting with his friends, family, and anyone else. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, and sports, especially baseball.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport, an usher,

and member of the St. Joseph’s Society and the Crosier Apostolate. Joe was also a member of Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050, Melrose Lions, and a charter member of the Freeport Lions.

Survivors include his loving wife of 61 years, Eugenia Schulzetenberg of Freeport; children, Diane (Michael) Pierce of Roseville, Gail (Philip) Osendorf of Freeport, and Brian (Michele) Schulzetenberg of Freeport; seven grandchildren, Joel, Kristen, Melissa, Ryan, Amber, Brandon, and Brady; three great-grandchildren, Ava, Isaiah, and Carson; brothers and sisters, Ed (Lorraine) Schulzetenberg of Melrose, Evelyn (Ken) Cook of Bellevue, Washington, Doris (Cyril) Braegelmann of Melrose, and Alice (Al) Mayers of Eagan; sisters-in-law, Lydia Schulzetenberg of Melrose and Marion Schulzetenberg of Melrose; and brother-in-law, Joe Berscheit of Melrose.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents; sisters and brothers, Verena Thielen, Caroline Mareck, Urban Schulzetenberg, Roman Schulzetenberg, Rita Hinnenkamp, and Frances Berscheit.

Casket bearers were Joel Pierce, Mike Pierce, Brandon Schulzetenberg, Brady Schulzetenberg, Ryan Osendorf, and Phil Osendorf. Cross bearer was Janet Butkowski and scripture bearer was Brian Schulzetenberg.

Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Freeport.

Ralph H. PoeppingRalph H.

Poepping age 78, died of natural causes surrounded by his family on March 9, 2011 at St. Michael’s Hospital in Sauk Centre.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12 noon Saturday, March 12th at St.

Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre for Ralph H. Poepping. Rev. Todd Schneider will officiate with interment following in the parish cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the Sauk Centre United Honor Guard.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and after 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at the church. Parish prayers will be held at 7 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home.

Ralph H. Poepping was born on September 5, 1932 in Melrose to Henry and Ida (Luken) Poepping. Ralph attended school in St. Martin. He served in the Army from 1953 to 1955. Ralph married Mildred Walz on June 19, 1956 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. Ralph worked various jobs in Sauk Centre throughout his working life, retiring from Fleet Supply in 2000. He enjoyed dancing, bowling, making rosaries and many, many

card games.Ralph was a member of St. Paul’s

Catholic Church where he was also an usher. He was also a member of the St. Joseph’s Society and the Sauk Centre Legion.

Ralph is survived by his wife Mildred “Millie” Poepping of Sauk Centre; children Mike (Kay) Poepping of Sauk Centre, Ron (Diann) Poepping of Hutchinson, Cindy (Rick) Jensen of Westbrook, Jerry (Dawn) Poepping of Sauk Centre, Cheryl (Wayne) Bauer of Sauk Centre and Randy Poepping and fiancé Melanie Piner of St. Cloud. Brothers and Sister: Joseph (Mildred) Poepping of Sauk Centre, Bernie Ramler of Richmond, Beata (Sylvester) Theis of Cold Spring, Jerome (Rita) Poepping of St. Cloud and Alfred (June) Poepping of St. Cloud; 22 Grandchildren and 25 Great Grandchildren.

Ralph was preceded in death by his parents; Brothers: Frank Poepping and Norbert Poepping and Sister: Marie Thomes.

Serving as casket bearers will be Tyler Neumann, Jared Poepping, Michael Poepping, Todd Schmidt, Ty Schmidt, Bryant Poepping, Justin Swenson and Brandon Poepping. Serving as cross bearer will be Kayla Neumann, scripture bearer will be Dawn M. Poepping and gift bearers will be Emily Poepping, Sarah Poepping and Melissa Poepping.

Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.

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James RielandJ a m e s

“Orville” Rieland, age 75 of Melrose, died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose, Minnesota.

M e m o r i a l Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March

5 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose. Inurnment followed in the parish cemetery. Military Honors were provided by the Melrose Veterans Honor Guard with taps played by Orville’s grandson, Patrick Rieland.

James Orville Rieland was born June 9, 1935 in Westport, Minnesota to Henry and Hilda (Schwieters) Rieland. On January 25, 1958 he married Bernadine Tillman at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. Orville worked at the Melrose

High School for 33 years and also drove for Tri-Cap. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose and Knights of Columbus, Council #1633. Orville loved farming, gardening, and took a lot of pride in manicuring his property.

Survivors include his wife, Bernadine “Bernie” Rieland of Melrose; children, Bruce (Sandi) Rieland of Starbuck, Brian (Pam) Rieland of Holly Springs, North Carolina, Lynne (Charles) Revermann of Melrose, Nancy Hieb of Andover, John Rieland of Willmar, Tim (Janelle) Rieland of St. Nicholas, and Jen Andert of Sauk Rapids; 18 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Marge (Bob) Spanjers of Maple Grove and Laiah (Jim) Simmer of New Brighton.

Orville was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Bert Rieland, Ron Rieland, and Roman Rieland.

Serving as urn bearer was Bruce Rieland. Cross bearer was Emily Revermann and scripture bearer was Mindy Revermann.

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TUE., MAR. 15: Cook’s choice.WED., MAR. 16: Chicken mari-

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THUR., MAR. 17: Irish stew, French bread, romaine salad, lime gelatin.

FRI., MAR. 18: Breaded fish or chicken breast w/mushroom sauce, whipped potatoes, broccoli, chocolate oatmeal bar.

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MON., MAR. 14: Salisbury steak, baked potato, corn, gelatin/topping.

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WED., MAR. 16: Meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, beets, cake.

THUR., MAR. 17: Cream chicken/biscuit, carrots, cookie.

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Last Thurs-day in purgatory, I mean Home Depot, my hus-band, Bob, stared at nails for forty-five minutes.

“JUST BUY SOME SILVER ONES!” I said, seething. I know

men can’t ask for directions, but I didn’t know this problem included asking for help in general. Bob gave me an ‘it’s more complicated than you think’ look and said, “If you helped with anything around the house other than setting the table you’d know how difficult this is.”

Now, it is very foolish for Bob to en-gage me in this type of debate because when it comes to the ‘I do more around here than you do’ business, I always win. Not only can I out-itemize him, but I can

A Million Nails and a Decision-Impaired Male -By Saralee Perelalso remember what we were both wear-ing the last time I did said chore, and what, of course, we ate.

I blew on my fingers as if I was about to crack a safe. “You never empty the bathroom trash can.” I began my list.

“What about taking the garbage to the dump?” he countered.

“My feminine side doesn’t care to go to the dump.” I grabbed the nearest box of nails and threw it in the cart. “And how about the cat litter? Maybe your male side would like to pitch in and . . . ”

“I’ve cleaned it for years. You did it the first time yesterday!”

I had a 22 year psychotherapy prac-tice. It is not wise to argue with a thera-pist. “Dragging up the past is a no-no.” I wagged my finger at him.

He took the offensive. “And why can’t women read maps?”

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after that, forget it.”A little Home Depot man in an or-

ange apron came down the aisle with a huge cart. On the side, it said, “Do not ride.” This of course gave me an uncon-trollable urge to take it to the parking lot and sail it from one end to the other. He slowed down near us. Bob feigned a coughing fit until he passed by.

“Excuse me!” I yanked another or-ange clad worker by the elbow, “could you help us?”

The worker turned around and with a toss of her long blond hair said, “Sure.”

“What type of nail would I need for a galvanized roof?” Bob asked just as smoothly as Kevin Costner.

“Let’s see,” I said later. “If it’s an-other man, you can’t ask for help. But if it’s a woman, you can. Now, that makes a ton of sense.”

“You know, you make fun of me a lot.” He walked away.

I felt awful. We drove to Cumberland Farms to

ask for directions home. Behind the coun-ter was a man. “I’ll go in,” I said, fully

expecting Bob to stop me, but he didn’t.And we spent the rest of the ride

home comparing fear stories. We laughed at things like my dread of hiccuping and belching at the same time because when I was little, my big brother told me that would make you die. Then there’s the dark doorway phobia I’ll never get over. And the myriad of ‘what ifs’ that only oc-cur to me at 3 AM. And when I wake Bob, he’s never once turned away and discard-ed my anxieties as silly.

So we both decided that his problem with asking for help was only a big deal if we made it one. And in the grand scheme of life’s legion of trials (many of which we wish would never happen) there are certain tests that we just don’t need to pass. And that is simply because a great many of them really, in the short as well as the long run, don’t matter one darn bit.

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Tony was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma a form of Bone cancer in No-vember of 2010. Since that time, Tony and his wife Linda have been traveling to the VA Medical Center in Minneapo-lis to meet with his team of Doctors.

Tony’s treatment requires him to have multiple treatments of Chemo-therapy each week and each treatment requires a trip to the Cities since the VA in St. Cloud does not perform the type of

Tony Cherne Fundraiser set for March 26treatment necessary for Tony. In addition to the Chemotherapy, Tony’s teams of Doctors have advised him that it is likely he will need a bone marrow transplant. If it is determined that Tony meets the high standards set up by the VA for this type of procedure, Tony will be required to travel even farther than the VA in Min-neapolis. The bone marrow transplant is only performed by three VA facilities in the country. These facilities are located in Tennessee, Washington and Texas. In addition, this procedure will require Tony to stay at the out-of-state facility for up to four months.

As we are all aware and many can relate to from personal experience the stress of treatment physically, mentally, emotionally and financially is beginning to add burden to Tony and Linda. We are hoping that all of us can join together to support them in their time of need.

As part of this fundraiser, we will be having a silent/live auction of donated items from the community. If you are able to donate any items for this fund-raiser, please contact: Elaine Ritter at 320-249-4303 or Linda Gerads at 320-492-7709. Cash donations are being ac-cepted at the Central Minnesota Credit Union of Albany, attention Sue Shay 320-845-4784.

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The Knights of Columbus are spon-soring an “informational” open house on Tuesday, March 15th at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church Hall in Grey Eagle.

Knights of Columbus Open HouseThis open house is open to any pa-

rishioners in the Grey Eagle/Swanville area. Local attorneys will give an update on current laws and regulations as they pertain to retirement and estate plan-ning. There will be an open question time, so jot down all your questions on these topics and bring them to the open house.

This should be very informative, so bring your spouse and a friend to hear what the attorneys have to say. You are under no obligation and refreshments will be served.

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A Wellness Class covering Ultimate Health vs. Cancer & Illness will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 5:15-7p.m., at Sacred Heart Church basement in Freeport.

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Upsala Senior High Knowledge Bowl team “Two Sides of a Tater” return to region competitions for a second year earning the ninth position out of 87 schools. The team includes the following students: Danielle Stiller, Austin Johnson, Brett Cheney, Bryant Pepin, and Nate Schumer. The four seniors on this team, Danielle, Austin, Bryant, and Brett will be attending various universities next year in Minnesota. These students have been participating the Senior High Knowledge Bowl for the past three years. We will truly miss their presence on the team next year.

Upsala 6th grade basketball team took second place at the Pierz Tournament on Saturday, February 19th. Pictured is (front, from left) Nic Hollermann and Andy Ripplinger; (back) Coach Paul Ripplinger, Parker Barth, Joshua Schlumpberger, Dylan Graves, Michael Welinski, Myron Ripplinger and Lane Soltis. Photo submitted.

Holdingford/Upsala Boy Scout Troop 24 recently raised over $200 and helped package enough meals to feed almost 1,300 children at the Kids Against Hunger site in Sartell. Pictured (from left) Steffen Hicks, Isaac Guthrie, Nathaniel Czech, Eric Staricka, Zachary Czech and Kyle Powers.

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By Eymard Orth, MelroseThe destruction of our economy

and nation: The Union people that are protesting in the state of Wisconsin, just what does that mean?

If a person really thinks about it, the Unions have priced their labor so high that industry can no longer afford to hire them.

Either industry has been forced to move overseas where labor is cheaper, or else shut down completely.

Every time labor demands higher

wages and gets it, the price of every-thing else gets driven up, it’s as simple as that.

Our country is being flooded with cheaper foreign products, products that could have been produced in our coun-try. This causes a lot of unemployment.

Another thing, in the past years we have allowed 12 million foreigners into our country that are competing for jobs with our people. Many of these people are on welfare. Welfare is at an all time high.

Union people are always demand-ing higher wages, they want a free lunch and that’s coming to an end.

What people can’t understand is that our government is broke, there is no more.

Our economy and country is being destroyed right out from under our noses and we are too blind to see it. We are at a point of no return unless we wake up.

God help us.

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The Todd County American Dairy Association held their 2011 Todd County Dairy Princess Coronation and banquet on Saturday, March 5th, at 8:00 p.m., at the Browerville Community Center. Five young ladies were crowned Todd County Dairy Princesses and six young ladies were crowned Todd County Junior Dairy Ambassadors. The five princesses crowned are: Kimberly Blommel, daugh-ter of Allen and Charlet Blommel of Browerville. Kim’s sponsors were Osakis Creamery and Family Dairies; Tiffany Hulinsky, daughter of David and Shirley Hulinsky of Burtrum. Tiffany’s spon-sor was AMPI; Emma Motl, daughter of Mike Motl and Kim Harff of Brower-ville. Emma’s sponsors were Osakis creamery and Centre Dairy; Samantha Salber, daughter of Mike and Kerri Sal-ber of Browerville. Samantha’s sponsors were Todd County NFO and Champion Milking Systems; Tayah Smith, daughter of Rodney and Lori Smith of Motley. Ta-yah’s sponsor was AMPI.

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are Angel Holmquist, daughter of Kelly and Judith Holmquist of Long Prai-rie. Angel’s sponsors were Central MN Credit Union, and Champion Milking Systems; Deandra Lunemann, daughter of Patrick and Jody Lunemann of Clar-issa. Deandra’s sponsor was Central Ag Services; Sarah Paskewitz, daughter of Bruce and Sandy Paskewitz of Brower-ville. Sarah’s sponsor was Land O’ Lakes; Rachel Perish, daughter of Roy and Teresa Perish of Long Prairie. Ra-chel’s sponsor was Whole Farm Co-op; Brenda Rausch, daughter of Tom and the late Deb Rausch of Randall. Brenda’s sponsor was Nelson Creamery; Rachel Stoterau, daughter of Conrad and Diane Stoterau of Eagle Bend. Rachel’s sponsor was Nelson Creamery.

Emily Paskewitz, a former Todd County Dairy Princess and Princess Kay finalist, was the emcee for the evening. Theresa Krause, a former National Milk-ing Shorthorn Queen, was the judge for the event. Over 65 people attended the banquet and coronation.


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Notes from the Capitol By State Rep. Paul Anderson

A bill that passed out of the House Feb. 24th restores unem-ployment bene-fits for adult chil-dren who work in seasonal busi-nesses for their parents. Under a provision of the law passed last year, the benefit was cut to five

weeks for this group of workers. Prior to last session, this provision applied only to minor children. I received several calls over the summer from residents who were concerned that their adult children were being singled out and would not be eligible for the same benefits as other workers in their businesses.

Examples of such work include well drilling, tiling and excavating, and cer-tain types of road maintenance work. Those types of jobs end when the ground freezes, usually sometime in November, and don’t resume again until spring. The

thought was expressed that if those work-ers couldn’t collect benefits all winter-long they may not be able to live here and would have to seek full-time employ-ment elsewhere.

The bill passed, HF 103, for which I was a co-author, restores the law to the way it was prior to July of last year. It would permit unemployed adult children who work for businesses owned by their parents to collect unemployment benefits under the same eligibility rules as other unemployed workers. It would also be retroactive and allow benefits to be col-lected for this current winter.

The legislation now awaits action in the Senate, which could occur as early as this week.

The House Education Finance Com-mittee took a field trip March 2nd and toured three metro area schools, two of which were charter schools and the third being a large high school with a highly mixed student population. Harding High School in St. Paul has 2,100 students, with the majority, 58 percent, coming from Asia. Nineteen percent are African and 11 percent Hispanic. Caucasian stu-

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dents account for ten percent of students and American Indians two percent. The Hmong population from Southeast Asia has grown most rapidly in recent years and has increased from 30 percent of student numbers in 1998 to 55 percent today. In all, 27 different languages are spoken at the school.

The two charter schools visited were the Concordia Creative Learning Acad-emy and the Hiawatha Leadership Acad-emy. Two things stood out in my mind from these visits, with the first being the length of their school day. Students in both schools begin their days at 7:30 in the morning and don’t get out until 4:30 in the afternoon. The other aspect was their summer vacation, or lack thereof. The Hiawatha School, which currently runs a pre-kindergarten through 4th grade program, will end this year on June 24th and resume classes again on August 15th.

The school calendar at the Concor-dia School is also much longer than most. They are never out of session for more than three weeks at a time, even during

the summer, and also hold classes for some students on Saturdays. This school has classes up through the 8th grade and currently educates about 400 kids.

The February budget forecast con-tained good news with the addition of over $1 billion in anticipated state rev-enue over the next two years. A note of caution, however, is that most of the in-crease was caused by people selling as-sets before year’s end in anticipation of the capital gains tax rate increasing from 15 to 20 percent. Congress finally passed the Bush tax cut extensions, which keeps the rate steady for the next two years.

Rep. Anderson encourages constitu-ents to contact his new office with input regarding any state legislative issue. He can be reached on the web at www.house.mn/13A and via email at [email protected]. To contact Anderson by phone, call (651) 296-4317. Mail can be sent to Rep. Paul Anderson, 239 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, Minnesota 55155. HOME OF PIONEER FEEDS

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Local Municipality MinutesNext meeting is March 24,

2011 at the Village Café at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Businesses and community members, everyone is welcome.

Swanville CityFebruary 8, 2011

Minutes of the Swanville City Council meeting held in the Swan-ville Community Center on Tues-day, February 8, 2011. The meeting called to order 7:30 p.m. with the following members present: Sandy Peterson, AJ Johnson, Jim Moli-tor, and Tim Grittner. Absent: Jim Piekarski. Also present: Danielle, Mason and Pam Sutton, and Brain Zapzalka.

Minutes of the Swanville City Council meeting held January 4, 2011 were read. Jim Molitor made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Tim Grittner seconded the motion. All members voted in fa-vor, motion carried.

The treasures report was given. A motion was made by Tim Grittner and seconded by AJ Johnson to approve the treasurer’s report. All members voted in favor, motion carried.

Mayor Peterson reported there was a public meeting at the Swanville Senior Center to see if the center would be turned into the Swanville Library or remain as it is. It was the consensus at the end of the meeting to keep the Senior Cen-ter as is. The Mayor also reported there is no money available through funding for the library at this time. The library will remain where it is for now.

The Mayor gave a report on Small Cities Funding program. At

Community Builders Annual Meeting, February 17, 2011

Attendees: Shelly Primus (CMFCU), Jill Kurowski (Style-n-go), Diane & Dennis Kramer (Ea-gle Crossings), Marilyn & Leroy Blommel (Marilyn’s Vacations), Joe Arnzen (Arnzen Trucking), Theresa Pansch (Village Café) and Jim Gohman (City of GE)

No Minutes were submitted for January.

Treasurers Report was read and approved by Jill Kurowski and seconded by Jim Gohman.

Old Business: Dues: In efforts to include the entire Grey Eagle/Burtrum area, we are not collecting dues for 2011.

• National Night Out: August 2nd. Will be hosting Concert in the Park on this date. Tabled possibility of cook off.

• Concert in the Park: Upcom-ing dates June (tbd), July 19th, and August 2nd. Diane, Theresa, and Jill are working on entertainment.

• City Wide Garage Sales: Grey Eagle/Burtrum Area Commu-nity Builders will be two city wide garage sales in 2011. The weekend of May 14th (Fishing Opener) and the weekend of July 23rd (GEM Fest weekend). If you are interested in having a garage sale and would like to be on the map, please call Theresa Pansch at 285-2800 for the May 14th garage sale and Shelly at CMCU 866-334-7249 x1306 for the July 23rd garage sale.

New Business: Easter Egg Hunt: April 16th at 1:00 at the Soft-ball Fields. There will also be other games in addition to the egg hunt.

• Kid’s Carnival: Sunday, July 24th by Softball Fields.

present there are 70 owner appli-cations in the three communities. Included in these applications are 14 commercial and 10 rentals. The Mayor stated that application ap-proval will be posted in April.

A different city truck has been purchased. The truck is a 2004, Ford, F550. The purchase price was $20,000.00. A plow and sander will need to be installed on the truck. It was decided that in the near future the present city truck will be adver-tised and sold by sealed bids.

The City’s revised budget was handed out to each councilmember.

Mayor Peterson informed the Council that a union representative would like to meet with the Mayor and one other councilmember. AJ Johnson said he would be available to meet with the Mayor, Brian and the union rep.

Delinquent water bills were looked at and discussed. Council decided that letters will be sent to these delinquent water user resi-dents requesting partial payment now and the remainder of the bill being paid within 15 days of the let-ter or water will be turned off.

The following claims were presented for payment. Members of the Council were furnished with a listing. Jim Molitor made a motion to approve the claims. Tim Grittner seconded the motion. All members voted in favor, motion carried.

The next monthly meeting will be held March 8, 2011 at 7:30pm.

There being no further busi-ness, a motion was made by AJ Johnson and seconded by Tim Grittner to adjourn. All members voted in favor, motion carried. Meeting adjourned 8:35pm.

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Swanville Jr./Sr. High is proud to announce Ash-ley Pipenhagen as the February Stu-dent of the Month for 10-12th grades. Ashley is the daughter of Rob and Betty Pipenhagen. She enjoys art, play-ing hockey and basketball, hang-

ing with friends and family. She also is interested in books and cars. She plans on attending St. Cloud Technical and Community College for Advertisement and Communication Design. Ashley participated in Basketball for five years. She is currently a member of the Student Council. She has held the position of Yearbook Editor for the last two years. She has had perfect attendance for two year and has been on the A Honor Roll all during her high school career. She has won awards at Art Fairs. Her advice for other students is to show everyone the best of what you can be, for what you do in High School will affect the rest of your life.

Mrs. Marie Francis, Art teacher states, “Ashley Pipenhagen is very de-serving of the student of the month award. I have had the pleasure of hav-ing Ashley in my art classes since she was in the ninth grade. From the first class to this year’s independent study she has been a dedicated student. Ashley is a

Swanville Sr High Student of the Monthself-starter and has the discipline to work in an independent study situation. She researches her ideas and does the work needed to develop her ideas before pro-ceeding with her project. She completes her assignments in a timely fashion and does them to the best of her ability. The projects Ashley chooses to complete are intricate, and complex. They present her with an opportunity to explore new ideas and strengthen her skills as an art-ist. Ashley seeks out ways to improve her skill and is able to accept criticism as a way for her to build on the skills that she has. Ashley’s relationships with her classmates are positive and she is often asked her opinion and the suggestions she makes are both critical and encour-aging to her fellow student. Ashley tries to do her best in whatever she does and her smile and positive attitude make it a joy to have her as a student. I am confi-dent that the skills Ashley has developed both academically and as a citizen of the school community will serve her well in whatever life path she may take.”

Pam Czech, Social Studies teacher and yearbook advisor adds, “As a co-editor for our yearbook, I get to see all of Ashley’s good qualities that make her an excellent choice for student of the month. Ashley strives for academic ex-cellence, respects and listens to her peers and teachers, and lets her creativity flow throughout our yearbook. She has de-signed this year’s cover and many other page layouts. Ashley will push herself to succeed in whatever she pursues.”

Dogs chasing deer an annual problemReports of dogs pursuing deer this

time of year is an annual problem, ac-cording to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

“It’s cold out, and deer are expend-ing every bit of energy to stay alive, while the dog is likely frisky, full of food, and ready to run,” said Col. Jim Konrad, Minnesota DNR enforcement director.

The penalty for dogs caught chas-ing deer can be death. And the owner of a dog that kills or pursues a big game animal is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation. State law says any conservation officer or peace offi-

cer has the option of killing a dog that is caught wounding, killing or pursuing a big game animal.

Also, between Jan. 1 and July 14, a person other than a peace officer or con-servation officer may kill the dog. The officer or person is not liable for dam-ages for killing the dog.

The last thing a conservation officer wants to do is talk to people about con-trolling their dog, Konrad said.

“If people make a little extra effort, we won’t have these problems,” Konrad said. “The DNR doesn’t perceive this as a dog problem. We perceive it as a peo-ple problem.”


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Bare Land Sales Activity in Todd CountyBy Chuck Pelzer, Todd County Assessor

The Assessor’s Office receives many inquiries throughout the year regarding the sales activity of larger bare land tracts, including agricultural land. Listed below are bare land tracts (35 acres or more) that have sold in Todd County. The sale dates of the tracts below range from October 2009 through February 2011. The land type varies for each sale and may be a combination of tillable, pasture/meadow, woods or wasteland. Bare land sales (October 2009 – February 2011)Township Sale Date Acres Sale Price Sale Price/AcreBartlett 10-09 79 $90,000 $1139Bartlett 10-10 90 $85,000 $944Bertha 11-09 74.97 $100,000 $1334Bertha 02-10 75 $104,500 $1393Bertha 04-10 64.60 $90,000 $1393Bertha 12-10 71.50 $114,400 $1600Bertha 12-10 100 $95,000 $950Birchdale 12-09 40 $70,000 $1750Bruce 10-09 66.20 $112,600 $1700Bruce 04-10 40 $90,000 $2250Bruce 01-11 40 $74,000 $1850Burleene 09-10 80 $80,000 $1000Burnhamville 11-10 62.21 $124,420 $2000Burnhamville 12-10 37 $61,050 $1650Eagle Valley 05-10 40 $70,000 $1750Eagle Valley 12-10 40 $63,000 $1575Fawn Lake 06-10 40 $30,000 $750Gordon 08-10 153 $184,113 $1203Grey Eagle 01-10 65.96 $118,728 $1800Grey Eagle 07-10 40 $90,500 $2262Grey Eagle 08-10 80 $124,500 $1556Hartford 03-10 75 $131,250 $1750Hartford 04-10 168 $275,000 $1637Hartford 05-10 60 $88,258 $1470Hartford 01-11 120 $180,000 $1500Iona 10-10 63 $75,600 $1200Kandota 10-09 52.58 $68,250 $1298Leslie 08-10 40 $77,000 $1925Leslie 12-10 114.76 $229,520 $2000Little Elk 08-10 80 $104,000 $1300Little Sauk 06-10 62.70 $98,000 $1563Long Prairie 10-09 55 $82,710 $1504Moran 12-10 120 $132,000 $1100Reynolds 10-09 39.85 $55,000 $1380Reynolds 9-09 40 $42,000 $1050Reynolds 10-10 60. $74 93,000 $1531Reynolds 01-11 40 $45,000 $1125Round Prairie 11-10 80 $90,000 $1125Round Prairie 02-11 80 $106,500 $1331Staples 12-09 40 $53,900 $1348Staples 08-10 80 $80,000 $1000Staples 07-10 35.70 $39,600 $1109Staples 12-10 50 $70,000 $1400Turtle Creek 10-09 40 $60,000 $1500Villard 10-09 87.02 $110,000 $1264Villard 09-10 80 $110,000 $1375Ward 01-10 40 $70,000 $1750Ward 12-10 67.50 $80,000 $1185West Union 12-09 54.50 $158,050 $2900West Union 02-10 94.67 $ 227,208 $2400West Union 03-10 103.50 $280,000 $2705

The New Normal: One of the phras-es in vogue today is that something is the “new normal”; this week’s column will be about the new normal in education.

There are two critical factors in de-termining what classes and programs that schools can offer their students: funding and enrollment. Your local school dis-trict will be making decisions in the very near future and for years to come based on funding and enrollment.

LPGE will be facing declining en-rollment for the next four years as our larger classes work their way through the high school (please refer to the Feb. 23rd edition of this column for details) and then we will level off. As our enrollment decreases due to the same demographic factors affecting most schools, our abili-ty to sustain multiple academic programs and athletic programs will diminish; this will be the “new normal” for our school

Kringen’s Korner - By Jon Kringen, LPGE Superintendentand many schools across the state.

Funding for education is another fac-tor that will change. It will be extremely difficult for either the state or federal government to balance their budgets without some sort of spending cuts and this likely will trickle down to your local school. We will be charged with the task of doing more with less for the next sev-eral years; this is another “new normal” for your local district.

The bottom-line is that your local school board will be faced with making difficult decisions on issues such as class size, academic programs and athletics that somebody will not agree with. One board member stated it best at a meeting several months ago when he said: “We would like to keep everything but we can’t”; this paraphrased statement suc-cinctly sums up the “new normal” for your local school district.

Albany Library“Introduction to Memoirs”: Tues-

day, March 22 from 6:30-8:00 p.m., for adults. If you have thought about putting your memories on paper, this program will provide the inspiration and skills you need to get started. A teaching art-ist from the Guthrie Theater will teach you the basics of getting your thoughts and ideas from pen to paper. The atten-

Local Library Events dance limit is 20 and preregistration is required.

Swanville LibraryDancing with Many Voices: Tues-

day, March 19 from 1-2:30 p.m., for all ages at the Swanville High School Auditorium. Presented by the Wicked Sister Dance Theatre which is made up of professional dancers who present an array of family-friendly danceworks with a diversity of movement styles in-cluding modern dance, classical Indian dance, tap, swing and more. Children and adults will see the many ways that dancers use music, rhythm, props and movement styles to tell a story or con-jure up a compelling image. There will also be an element of fun and safe move-ment participation for the audience and a chance to experiment with props, mu-sical instruments and set pieces used in the dances.

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Upsala Girls BasketballBy Coach Paul Pelzer

3-3-11Upsala 74 • Menahga 48

Halftime score: U-41 • M-25Upsala Stats: Aimee Pelzer: 25 pts

(23 first half), 6 reb, 9 assists, 6 steals; Kaitlyn Wuebkers: 13 pts, 4 reb, 5 steals; Kimmy Mrozek: 12 pts, 8 reb, 1 assist, 1 steal; Makenna Peterson: 8 pts, 2 reb, 2 assists, 1 steall Brianna Westrich: 6 pts, 5 reb, 1 assist, 1 steal; Brooke Lam-pert: 5 pts, 2 reb, 4 assists, 1 steal; Tracy Herzog: 3 pts, 7 reb, 1 assist, 2 blocks; Donna Ripplinger: 2 pts, 4 reb, 1 assist, 2 steals.

3-5-11 at Long PrairieUpsala 69 • Bertha Hewitt 45Halftime score: U-38 • BH-25Upsala Stats: Aimee Pelzer: 19 pts,

11 reb, 7 assists, 3 steals, 1 block; Tracy Herzog: 16 pts, 7 reb, 4 steals, 2 blocks; Kimmy Mrozek: 16 pts, 6 reb, 4 assists, 3 steals; Brianna Westrich: 6 pts, 9 reb, 1 assist, 3 steals; Kaitlyn Wuebkers: 5 pts, 8 reb, 1 assist, 2 steals; Donna Rip-plinger: 3 pts, 2 reb, 1 assist, 1 steal; Brooke Lampert: 2 pts, 2 reb, 2 assists, 2 steals; Amanda Wuebkers: 2 pts,1 reb.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYThe Housing and Redevelopment Authority of City of Melrose seeks candidates for the position of Executive Director. This is a part time position (20-25 hours/

week) managing Rose View Manor, a 30 unit apartment building. The individual selected will direct and assume responsibility for all aspects of the Authority’s

activities, including planning, personnel, housing management, finance, budgeting, procurement, maintenance, as well as tenant and community relations. A

prime consideration will be whether or not the candidate is readily available in emergencies. The Executive Director reports monthly to a five member Board of Commissioners. The Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To get an

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People are getting frustrated about their tax returns, but not for the usual rea-sons.

As a courtesy, branches of the Great River Regional Library (GRRL) system distribute state and federal tax forms. This year some people are getting frustrated with library staff because the income tax forms they want are unavailable due to factors mostly outside the library’s con-trol.

GRRL ordered its supply of tax forms from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in October 2010. Delivery was delayed after Congress extended the Bush tax cuts in December and forms had to be revised. The first order arrived in January and the library quickly ran out and had to reorder. The reorder has not yet arrived. In addi-tion, a binder of those forms not used by most people but available for copying did not arrive at the library until mid-February.

Because of the high numbers of indi-viduals who now file their taxes online, the IRS decided not to mail tax booklets to the general public in 2011. Those individuals who had previously used forms received in the mail have been forced to find oth-er sources such as libraries. GRRL staff anticipated an increase in demand, said GRRL Distribution Supervisor Susan Pe-karek, responsible for obtaining the forms and delivering them to all 32 GRRL loca-tions. “We adjusted our order to allow for that change, but we raced through them.”

Libraries are not obliged to provide tax forms, and GRRL has discussed dis-continuing the service because it is time-consuming and costly. The public often ask staff to provide assistance on which forms to fill in or even on how to fill them in, but librarians are not qualified to pro-vide that assistance.

GRRL is working hard to provide the

Tax form delays create frustrationforms and information people need to complete their filing requirements. Resi-dents can access forms online and at IRS taxpayer assistance centers, or they may use library Internet stations to access tax sites in order to print forms. The standard copy charge of 10 cents per page is ap-plied. GRRL has also highlighted a link for tax information on its website, www.griver.org, including links to the IRS and Minnesota Revenue.

The official online source of IRS tax products is the IRS forms and publications resource page at www.irs.gov/formspubs/index/html.


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