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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 No. 8

One Dollar

How Zumbrota Road in California got its name

By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA More than half
a century after Zumbrota native
Clarence Stearnss death, the Alpine Historical Society explained
the connection between the well
known professional photographer
and the street in Alpine, California, named Zumbrota Road.
Merle Edel of Zumbrota recently
shared the June 2014 article he
received from a friend he met in
college, who now lives in Alpine
in San Diego County. The story
tells how Stearns and his wife,
Inez, purchased land on Victoria
Hill in Alpine after his retirement
in Zumbrota. The area had a population of 450 people when they
built the house in 1952. The couple,
who continued to return to Minnesota for their summers, was very
active in their new community
during the ten years they made
Alpine their home. Clarence passed
away at the Veterans Hospital in
Minneapolis on September 30,
1962, at the age of 85.
Stearnss life

Clarence Grover Stearns was

born on June 16, 1877, in Zumbrota to Arvilla and Isaac Stearns,
early Zumbrota pioneers. Among
his early interests was bicycling.
Photographs document his membership in the Zumbrota Cycle Club
in 1893. But it was his talent and

An Alpine, California, street named Zumbrota Road. The street was Information and photographs about Clarence Stearnss life can be found at the Zumbrota Area History
renamed in the 1950s after Zumbrota native Clarence Stearns received Center. He is pictured with several of his Zumbrota hunting companions, from left to right: Fred Buck, Gordon
Monson, Niles Wedge, Stearns, Melroy Rockne, and Wayne Woodbury.
permission from the county.

skills in photography for which

he would later become well known.
Stearnss interest in photography began when he received a
camera at age 15. After working
as an apprentice for a local photographer, he served in the Spanish American War where he became the official photographer for
the regiment. In 1913, after working as a photographer in
Yellowstone National Park and at
Kodak, he established his own
photography studio in Rochester.

One Town One Title

panel discussion on
immigration is Feb. 26
PINE ISLAND Van Horn
Public Library in Pine Island continues its annual community reading program One Town, One
Title with a panel discussion on
immigration in Room A/B of Saint
Paul Lutheran Church at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, February 26. Attendees should use the new addition
(west) entrance. Panelists include
Khiengchai Fulton, an immigrant
from Laos currently living in
Oronoco; Alyssa Humpal and
Shannon Svendsen of Tri-Valley
Opportunity Council Migrant Head
Start in Rochester, who run a migrant and seasonal Head Start program; Prentiss Sayeweh, an immigrant from Liberia; and Ahmed
Osman, an immigrant from Somalia who is the employment program manager at Intercultural
Mutual Aid Association in Rochester.
Khiengchai Fulton was one of
six children in a Laotian family
that immigrated to Rochester in
1980. The Rochester Covenant
Church sponsored her family and
played a tremendous role in assisting them with the transition.

After being the first of her siblings to graduate from college,

Fulton joined the Peace Corps and
served in a health and nutrition
role in Niger, Africa. It was there
that she met her future husband,
Joe, who was also a Peace Corps
volunteer. She married him almost
18 years ago and they now live in
Oronoco where they homeschool their five children.
Migrant Head Start (Region XII)
programs offer comprehensive
child development programming
for children from birth through
age five and their families. Services are developed collaboratively
among staff, parents, and community partners in order to meet
the mission, to cultivate life-long
learning in children and families
and in a way that accommodates
the participants culture. The Migrant Head Start program provides
a range of individualized services
in the areas of education and early
childhood development; medical,
dental, and mental health; nutrition; and parent involvement. In
addition, the entire range of Migrant Head Start services is responsive and appropriate to each
childs and familys developmenINDEX
tal, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic
heritage and experience.
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Prentiss Sayeweh was born on
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Liberia. He immigrated to the
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During the next 25 years, Stearns

maintained his studio in Rochester and also traveled, which allowed him the opportunity to photograph many people, some of them
quite famous. Since Stearns was a
close friend of the Mayo Brothers, it has been suggested that they
may have referred other famous
people to the Stearns Studio on
Broadway. Known for his ability
to capture a subjects character in
addition to possessing strong technical skills, his studio was a busy
place. Stearns was a member of
several professional organizations,
including the Professional Photographers of America for which
he was president.
Stearns photographed some of
the great names of the early 20th
century. Among his subjects were
leaders of countries, and prominent figures in sports, entertain-

ment, religion, and science. Subjects included President and Mrs.

Calvin Coolidge, President
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt,
boxer Jack Dempsey, Notre Dame
football coach Knute Rockne, and
evangelist Billy Sunday.
After his retirement in 1938 and
prior to their move to Alpine 15
years later, the Stearns lived in
Zumbrota. Though retired, Stearns
was active in nearly every organization and project in Zumbrota.
The question of how Zumbrota
Road got its name is explained by
the lasting impression Stearns left
on the area that now has over 14,000
people. When they built their home
in Alpine, the Stearns petitioned
to change the name of the street
running past their home. The
county approved the change to
Zumbrota Road, named for the
town where Stearns was born and

By Alice Duschanek-Myers and

Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND Prior to the
city council meeting on February
17, Pine Island Mayor Rod Steele
presented Pillars of Pine Island to
two citizens and two businesses.
M&M Lawn and Leisure received Outstanding Business of
2014. Steele said M&M is the second-greatest earner in the company in the United States.
Pine Island Liquor received
Outstanding New Business. Steele
said one of the owners is always
there working at the store to make
the business a success, and the
business is helping revitalize North
Main Street.
John Champa, chair of the Pine
Island School Board, received one
of two Outstanding Citizen awards.
Steele recognized Champas work
in informing the residents about
the school for the referendum. He
participated in 29 informational
meetings. The other Outstanding
Citizen award went to Jan
McNallan, who was chosen for
her volunteer work. She is active
in 4-H, church, and the golf course.
When a chief election judge was
needed, she immediately agreed
to fill the vacancy. She loves this
town, Steele said.
Steele wants to make the awards
an annual February event. Recommendations are encouraged.

Clarence Stearns was born in

Zumbrota in 1877 and later became
a well known photographer. His
subjects included famous celebrities
and world leaders. He lived in
Zumbrota after retirement for 15
years before moving to California
in 1953.

Utility easement
to new elementary school

The council was not able to act

on the acceptance of perpetual
easements for water, sewer, and
storm sewers to the new PreK-4
school that is in construction. The
documents were not returned by
the property owners, Tower Investments, LLC.
Superintendent Tammy Berg-

Photos by Audra DePestel

John Champa was named an

Outstanding Citizen for 2014, along
with Jan McNallan.

Beniak attended the council meeting. She said the easements were
time-sensitive with respect to the
bids on the water and sewer extension to the school.
City clerk Jon Eickhoff said,
We have 65 days to accept bids.
They cant work now anyway.
City attorney Bob Vose has been
communicating with John Pierce
of Tower Investments. The city is
interested in protecting the utilities installed under Bio-Science
Drive SE in Elk Run Bioscience
Park First. In the 2012 subdivision agreement, Tower agreed to
construct the road. The city wants
Tower to complete the road this
spring. Tower prefers to cover it
with fill. Vose said, Fill is not a
sanctioned approach.
City engineer Craig Britton was
consulted and said, The water is
susceptible to frost.

Ordinance 127 Second Series

Solar Energy Systems
Ordinance 128 Second Series
Social Host
Imposing parking restrictions
overnight on 2nd Street SW by
the Pine Island Bank, from Main
Street to the alley
Pay increases for the Public
Works supervisor and Water/
Sewer supervisor
A raffle permit for White Pines
Sportsmens Club for March 21
A request for a feasibility study
to replace the sewer trunk line
from1st Avenue NE to the waste
treatment plant and the sewer main
from 3rd Ave SE and 3rd Street
SE to the trunk line near Douglas
Trail Park
Tabling a decision on bids submitted for the NW Street Project
until a finance plan is presented
Purchase of a high volume
sewage trash pump and 600 feet
of line hose for about $45,000

Rick Renner, Bryce Grobe, and

Greg Haman were appointed to
the Flood Committee.
The city council authorized an
electronic auction to sell the 1970
fire truck on GovDeals.com. The
funds from the sale will go into
the Capital Equipment fund.
Eickhoff estimated the trucks
value at $1,000. The council also
authorized seeking bids for a new
snow plow.
Public Works requested that the
council hire two part-time employees to mow over the summer. They
would like to hire a retiree and a
student. The cost would be about
$7,200. Having someone else to
mow will free the Public Works
staff to clean sewers and complete
other sewer projects over the summer. Eickhoff said the additional
summer staff would fit into the
budget. The council approved hirOther business
ing two part-time employees for
Dean Sorum, John Monosmith, the summer.
The council approved:

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The Zumbrota Area History

Center is home to a large collection of Stearnss portraits that have
been donated to the center. Other
photographs from his lifetime and
California home are at the center
in addition to a booklet about him.
Stop by to see the collection and
other interesting and informative
displays found throughout the
building.
The Zumbrota Area Historical
Society (ZAHS) is now taking 2015
memberships. Membership information can be found on the website
http://www.zumbrotahistorical
society.org/ or by stopping by or
calling the center. It is located at
55 East 3rd Street and is open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The phone
number is 732-7333.

Owners of the Pine Island Liquor Store, Heather Groby and David
Kleinschmidt, receive a certificate of appreciation for Outstanding New
Business for 2014 from Mayor Rod Steele. M&M Lawn and Leisure
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High drama at girls state dance

Publishers
Notebook
By Pete Grimsrud

During the awards ceremony of

the Minnesota State Class AAA
Dance Tournament, five of six team
finalists chose to stand apart from
eventual champion Faribault. The
five teams held hands to protest
the Faribault dance routine and
costume design that they claim
were stolen from a dance team in
Utah.
They registered a complaint with
the high school league before the
tournament. Faribault admitted the
routine in question was their inspiration, but was cleared of wrongdoing.
The five schools that stood in
opposition; Lakeview South, Apple
Valley Eastview, Eden Prairie,
Wayzata, and Chaska all decided
to participate in the tournament
anyway, but collectively insulted
the Faribault team, refused their
own awards, disgraced the schools
they represent, and made a mockery of dance as a sport.
The uniforms and makeup used
by Faribault were nearly identical
to that of the program from which
they drew inspiration. But, can you
imagine any sport in which youd
give a team bonus points at the
start of the game if they had matching shoes and haircuts?
I watched the Utah and Faribault
team routines online and thought
they looked very different.
Faribaults dance was high kick
and I didnt see high kicking in
the inspirational routine. Despite

that, can you imagine any sport in

which execution wasnt the determining factor of accomplishment?
These suburban metro schools
have the best coaches, facilities,
equipment, and uniforms (costumes). The best metro athletes
often find ways to transfer between
the best metro programs to acquire recognition and college scholarships. These schools typically
have the advantage others complain about.
For most grown boys, the dancing girls are all dolled up pretty,
young, fit, flexible, and look really happy to see them through a
four minute performance.
But if you have been around
dancers, you recognize their
athleticism, flexibility to perform
such difficult movements, determination to push through injuries
with a smile, and dedication to
perform with uniform precision.
It is a performance that is judged.
Which is why some newspapers
refuse to assign reporters to regularly cover dance. And when they
do its not always on the sports
page. It wasnt again this time,
but the five schools did bring attention to dance that it never would
have gotten otherwise.
Ive seen dance exemplify whats
wrong with high school sports
before. A few years ago, I covered the HVL Dance competition
in Cannon Falls. Cannon Falls has
been a dance powerhouse and went
to the state tournament again this
year in class AA.
That particular year, ZM finished ahead of Cannon Falls. A
large number of Cannon Falls parents and the team turned their backs
on their neighbors in an example

of poor sportsmanship.
Girls often bring unmatched
enthusiasm to sports. But it takes
a special person to manage the
everyday drama associated with
coaching girls and dealing with
their parents. The suburban metro
coaches failed miserably this year
to compete while teaching good
sportsmanship.
The Star-Tribune printed a large
photo of the captains of these teams
holding hands in defiance of their
own sport. I think the coaches and
parents should have been photographed instead. No team comes
home from State a loser, except in
this case.
While many are confused by
dance, the Star-Tribune pointed
out that the dance team competitions bring in more money than
any other girls sports, including
basketball and hockey combined.
The sport has a NASCAR type
following among those who care.
Dance fans cheer louder and travel
farther than any other group of
fans I know, with the possible
exception of some hockey and
wrestling programs.
And girls love it. A Goodhue
dance dad (I use this term loosely,
because he prefers sports with a
ball) told me that his daughter
comes home excited from dance
practice in a way she never did
while playing basketball.
The ZM dance team has been to
the state tournament nine straight
years and the last five under the
direction of Jen Stumm. Not bad
for a program that was on life support and revived by parent volunteers, dedicated dancers, and coach
Jamie Quam. Now Stumm is arguably the most accomplished
coach of any sport in ZM history.

When five-year-olds lead

From
Devils
Kitchen
By Jan David Fisher

What should we do as average

citizens of the USA and the world
when our leaders start acting like
five-year-olds? Before I try to
answer this question, lets pause
for a trip down memory lane concerning our presidents. With the
past several presidents, whatever
their outstanding action or inaction has become a national action
or inaction as we follow our leaders.
Truman was known for being
ultimately responsible for all government actions. The Buck Stops
Here sat squarely on his desk.
Eisenhower was known as a soldier. He was a bit of an international bully using the threat of
nuclear weapons to end some of
the wars going on.
Kennedy brought us Camelot
for a while. Only after everyone
important died, did we learn the
truth about him that he was living a lie. Johnson gave us the
great giveaway with the Great
Society. Nixon taught us, it is okay
to curse in the Oval Office, break
the rules, and then told us, I am
not a crook. It took Gerald Ford
to pardon Mr. Nixon for his sins.
Mr. Ford was also known as
clumsy. Mr. Carter and his term
have become known as weak. Mr.

Reagan was an actor and treated

the Presidency as his greatest part.
Reagans term proved that the
government could reduce taxes and
improve the economy Mr. Bush,
Sr. proved the opposite by raising
taxes and killing the recovery. Mr.
Clinton turned lying into an art
form. He would tell lies even when
the truth was known and more interesting. He taught us, it is okay
to lie. Mr. Bush, Jr. got to start a
war against an enemy who lives
in the shadows and makes terrorist attacks. He also cleaned out a
few Middle East hot spots along
the way.
Mr. Obama has no experience
except in portraying a five-yearold with discipline problems. Some
of his opponents have matched
him in attitude and others have
not. One of our allies has a certain
dependence on us as a nation. We
know that dependence and most

presidents reaffirm our friendship.

For some reason, Mr. Obama and
Mr. Netanyahu have never gotten
friendly or comfortable with each
other. Their latest game is to
snub one another. First one snubs
the other and then the other snubs
the first. Normally when a world
leader goes to another country,
the trip is well planned. Now, we
have excuses on why we cant meet.
Weve also been caught spying
on other leaders. The relationship
between the presidency and Congress is one of, Ill listen to what
you have to say and then well do
it my way! It will be interesting
to watch this year unfold. Will
Congress and the Supreme Court
come down on the president or
will they sink to the five-year-old
level? I am hoping that some maturity exists in the current government. Until next week.

Rauen resigns
from coaching
By Peter Grimsrud
ZUMBROTA ZM high
school math teacher William Rauen
submitted a letter of resignation
as head football coach, basketball
coach, and student council advisor to board chairman Peter
Hinrichs on Sunday, February 22.
The board unanimously approved
his resignation the next night during the regular school board meet-

ing without comment or discussion.

Rauen had been relieved of his
basketball coaching duties this
season after the January 26 meeting, which had been closed to discuss a personnel issue. Hinrichs
and superintendent Tony Simons
declined comment at that time citing data privacy.

Wanamingo

Roundabout suggested for

Wanamingo intersection
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO Wanamingo
resident Bob Benson said its time
for something to be done about
the intersection at Highways 57
and 60. He brought his concerns
to the Wanamingo City Council
at its February 9 meeting.
The intersection has been the
location of many accidents in the
past decade, some of them resulting in fatalities. Although city officials have met with Minnesota
Department of Transportation officials to try and get the speed
limit reduced on Highway 60
within the city limits, or a stop
light, or rumble strips. All requests
for action have been denied.
Benson suggested the city pursue having a roundabout put at the
intersection to slow down traffic.
He also suggested that city administrator Michael Boulton create a petition for a roundabout and
submit it to the state. Benson was
willing to serve on a committee to
tackle the issue.
Councilman Larry VanDeWalker said that about seven years
ago he and other councilors and
then City Administrator Elmer
Broker met with Minnesota Department of Transportation representatives to request a reduction
in speed on highway 60 within
city limits. The city submitted ten
years of crash/accident data in
addition to a list of actions MnDOT
had taken with similar intersections. The citys request was met
with strong opposition from
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done to reduce speed and make
the intersection safer.
A new task force and different
strategy will be needed to address
the problem
Boulton outlined major changes
in Wanamingo during the last several years. Factors adding to risk
include:
Increased businesses in the
Industrial Park.
Significantly higher traffic
crossing Highway 60 at both Highway 57 and 3rd Avenue from commercial vehicles and delivery
trucks, and hundreds of personal
vehicles traveling to and from
employment at the businesses.
The closing of the two gas
stations north of Highway 60 forcing more motorists to cross the
highway to fuel up and purchase
needed items.
The development of the Cenex
4 Addition and construction dump
trucks and vehicles using those
access points.
The anticipation of more business in the Cenex 4 Addition once
completed and additional traffic
to and from those businesses.
More current crash/accident data
will be needed to bolster any request for action. In addition to

pointing out actions MnDOT has

taken to place traffic control
signage and safety measures at
intersections along Highway 60
in the region between Faribault
and Mankato.
Since MnDOT officials have
denied the citys past requests,
Benson said Wanamingo citizens
and the task force will need to go
directly to elected senators, state
representatives, commissioners,
and others to make their needs
known.
The city will gather local representatives for a task force. Anyone interested in serving on the
task force should contact city hall.
Other business

The council approved combining two parcels owned by Maple

Island. The company purchased
additional land last summer for
their building expansion project.
This step finalized the requirements
to combine the parcels.
Keith Krier requested the city
send a cleanup notice to a neighbor. Boulton said he was by the
property today and saw the problem.
Building permits were approved
for Mark Nerison for remodeling
and Riverview Services for mechanical work.

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COUNTY
Senior Dining
Reservations are required by
calling 24 hours ahead at each of
the nutrition sites.
In the Pine Island area, meals
are served at the Pine Island Senior Center (356-2228); Zumbrota
area, Zumbrota Towers (7325086).
February 26-March 4
Thursday: Vegetable soup,
crackers, shredded turkey on bun,
molded carrot salad, gingerbread/
topping
Friday: Baked fish (alt: pork
steak), cooked red potatoes, broccoli/cauliflower blend, raisin rice
pudding
Monday: Tater tot hotdish, fresh
fruit cup, wheat dinner roll, ice
cream/strawberry topping
Tuesday: Chicken breast/sauce,
wild rice pilaf, seasoned broccoli,
Waldorf salad, pudding
Wednesday: Pork roast, mashed
potatoes/gravy, green beans, batter bun, fresh fruit
If you have questions, call 3562228.

Seasons Hospice
Newly Bereaved Group, Thursday, March 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. A
group for anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one
within the past four months.
All groups are held at the Center for Grief Education and Support, Seasons Hospice, 1696
Greenview Dr. SW. Registration
is required two days prior to the
date of the event. For details: 507285-1930 or shbp@seasonshos
pice.org.

55+ Driver Improvement

The Minnesota Highway Safety
Center will offer a 55+ Driver
Improvement Course (eight-hour
first time course) on March 9-10
from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at KenyonWanamingo Middle-High School,
400 6th Street D122, Kenyon.
For more information or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org
or call 1-888-234-1294.

Olmsted County Parks

Building every second Saturday

from 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us at
OAHC, 54 Blakely Ct. NW or
call 507-367-4320. You may also
visit our web page at oronocoarea
history.org.

Oxbow Park Snowshoeing,

Saturday, February 28, 1 p.m. Learn
the importance of snowshoes and
how some animals have their own
version of snowshoes. Bring your
own snowshoes or rent them from
Oxbow. Ages five and up. Snow
permitting.
Questions about Chester Woods, Tops #1280
call Celeste Lewis at 507-287PI Tops #1280 meets every
2624. Questions about Oxbow Monday night at St. Paul LuthPark, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507- eran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15
775-2451.
and meeting time is 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Questions call 3564799 or 356-4700.

PINE ISLAND

GOODHUE

Cancer Support Group

Community Library
The Goodhue School Library,
in conjunction with SELCO and
Goodhue County, is open to the
public Mondays and Wednesdays
from 3:30-7:30 p.m. The library
is equipped with inter-library loan
service, which means if the library
does not have a book you want,
that book can be there in two days.

Historical Society
The Goodhue Area Historical
Society is closed for the season,
but anyone who wishes to arrange
a visit can call Ardis Henrichs,
651-923-4629; Marie Strusz, 651923-4302; Ray McNamara, 651923-5117; or Roy Buck, 651-9234388. The museum will reopen
with regular hours next spring. Visit
good hueareahistory.org for information.

MAZEPPA
Historical Society
The Mazeppa Area Historical
Society Museum is closed for the
season. For inquiries, contact Helen
Reiland, 507-250-6021; Jim Siems,
507-843-2201; or Diane Gilsdorf,
507-843-4013, or visit www.maz
eppahistoricalsociety.org

The group meets on Thursday,

February 26, at 9 a.m. at St. Paul
Lutheran Church.

PI Senior Citizens
The Senior Citizens will meet
Wednesday, March 4, at noon at
the handicapped accessible Senior
Center for their business meeting.
All community seniors 55 and over
are welcome.

Moms in Prayer
Pine Island Moms in Prayer meet
Monday mornings from 8-9 a.m.
in the library of the Good News
E-Free Church, 208 North Main
(across from Kwik Trip). Enter
side door of the church and go
downstairs. Call 259-8012 or 3564800 for more information.

Toastmasters Meeting
The Pine Island Toastmasters
meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St.
Paul Lutheran Church. They do
not meet on holiday weekends:
Christmas, New Years, Easter,
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor
Day or Thanksgiving.

History Center

The Pine Island Area History

Center will be open by appointment only during the months of
January and February. Please contact us through our website
Area History Center
www.pineislandhistory.org or by
The Oronoco Area History Cen- calling 507-398-5326, 507-993ter is open to visitors in the City 4860 or 507-356-4778 to sched-

ORONOCO

ule your visit. Beginning in March Yerka VFW Post 5727.

2015 the Pine Island Area History
Center will be open the first Sun- Woodturners
day of each month from 1:00-3:30
The Zumbro Valley Woodturnp.m. and on all Monday ers meet Thursday, February 26.
mornings from 8-11 a.m.
Visit www.zvwoodturners.com for
details, or call Bob Post or Bill
Beckman.

ZUMBROTA

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

History Center

WANAMINGO Roger
Reinhardt of Wanamingo passed
away peacefully on Wednesday,
February 18, 2015 at his home.
Roger was born to Lloyd and
Margaret (OBrien) Reinhardt in
Minneapolis on March 8, 1936.
He lived in Wanamingo with
Riverview Services, Inc. since
1994.

College

Laurel Benson 1925-2015

Helen Mahler 1921-2015

PINE ISLAND Helen M.

Mahler, 94, of Pine Island, died
on Thursday, February 19, 2015,
at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems St. Marys Campus.
Helen Mae Mahler was born on
February 18, 1921, in Faribault to
Arthur Adolph and Minnie Mae
(nee Radant) Mahler. At the age
of six her family moved to Pine
Island. Helen graduated from Pine
Island High School in 1939. She
received her BA degree in sociology from Hamline University in
1950. From 1950-53 she served
as executive director of the Girl
Scout Council in Aberdeen, South
Dakota. Helen returned to college
and earned her masters degree in
social work from the University

of Minnesota in 1955. She moved

to California and worked as executive director of the Tautona Girl
Scout Council in San Bernadino,
California, from 1955-63 and as
executive director of the Golden
Valley Girl Scout Council in
Fresno, California, from 1963-73.
Helen returned to Pine Island after her fathers death and in 1976
became a partner with her brother,
Robert, in the Mahler Furniture
Store and Mahler Funeral Home.
They sold the funeral home in 1998
and closed the furniture store in
2000. She retired after they sold
the store. Helen was active in the
community. She held many offices in the Chamber of Commerce
and was a lifetime member of the
United Methodist Church. She was
a longtime member of the United
Fund, delivered Meals on Wheels,
and for many years was on the
board of the Sharing Shelves. Helen
had a great sense of humor, loved
doing crossword puzzles, traveling, and watching sports on television.
Helen was preceded in death by
her parents, Minnie and Arthur,
and her brother, Robert.
The funeral service was held on
Saturday, February 21, at United
Methodist Church in Pine Island
with Pastor Carolyn Westlake officiating. Burial was in Pine Island Cemetery. Memorials are
suggested to the United Methodist Church or Pine Haven Care
Center.

Tom McGregor and Michael

The Zumbrota Community Band Schmidt, oil and encaustic wax
practices on Monday nights at 7:30 paintings, through March 25.
Beth Wood concert, Thurs., Feb.
p.m. in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
High School music room. Volun- 26, 7 p.m.
The Winter Poem, Sat., Feb. 28,
teer musicians are welcome.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Felted Window Scarf, Sat., Feb.
ZAAC Meeting
28, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Zumbrota Area Arts CounNuno Felted Scarf, Sat., Feb.
cil meets Monday, March 2, at 7 28, 1-4:30 p.m.
p.m. at the Zumbrota Public LiYoga, Tues., March 3, 6:30-7:30
brary.
p.m.
For more information go to
State Theatre
www. crossingsatcarnegie.com or
Crossroads: The Eric Clapton call 507-732-7616. Crossings is
Story, with Justin Ploof & the at 320 E Ave.

The Zumbrota History Center

has a photo stand displaying over
50 photographs of early Zumbrota
scenes. They have been enlarged
to 8 x 10 for easier viewing. New
photos are being added all the time.
Also on display are military memorabilia, including Civil War items,
different models of telephones,
Zumbrota telephone books dating
back to the 1900s, and items of
Zumbrota advertising. Museum
hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Minnesota State University
Other hours by appointment (732- Mankato
MANKATO Named to the
7049).
fall semester deans list were the
Jeremy Schrimpf of
Zumbrota Towers Events following:
Goodhue; Jacquelyn Sorensen of
February 26-March 4
Mazeppa; Allison Anderson (High
Thursday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise Honors), Hailey Champa, Marissa
Tuesday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise; DeWitz, and Sheldon Las, all of
1:30 p.m. Cards
Pine Island; Christian Kelm and
Kendall Welch of Wanamingo; and
Megan Bennett, Elias Floan, MeTops Meeting
Zumbrota Tops #563 meets ev- lissa Goplen, Jerry Thompson, and
ery Monday night at Our Saviours Jacob Tschann (High Honors), all
Lutheran Church. Weigh-in time of Zumbrota.
is changed to 5:30 p.m. and meeting time to 6 p.m. Everyone wel- Wartburg College
WAVERLY, IA Wartburg
come. Questions call 732-7459 or
College student media organiza732-4766.
tions won 29 awards at the annual
Iowa College Media Association
Legion Post 183
Conference, February 5-6, in Des
American Legion Post 183 meets Moines. Benjamin Bogard of
Thursday, February 26, at 6 p.m. Oronoco was among the honorat Stary-Yerka VFW Post 5727. ees, earning second place in Best
Corporate Video for Test Drive
VFW Meeting
Your Life. Winners were selected
The VFW meets Thursday, Feb- from more than 700 entries from
ruary 26, at 7:30 p.m at Stary- 20 member schools.

Obituaries
Roger was involved with day
programs at ProAct in Zumbrota
and then through Opportunity
Services in Kasson.
He enjoyed listening to his country music and humming along to
his favorite songs while rocking
in his rocking chair. He enjoyed
watching the Golden Girls on
TV with his housemates and loved
going for an ice cream treat to the
Dairy Queen.
Roger is survived by his brother
Greg and family of California and
his wonderful Riverview family;
Maryn, Forrest, John, Brandon,
Tom, Geneva, Curtis, and all of
the staff at Riverview Services and
Opportunity Services who provided wonderful care to him enabling him to have had 78 years
wonderful years.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and his brother, John.
Memorial services were held at
Wanamingo Lutheran Church on
February 23 with the Reverend
Chris Culuris officiating. Interment will be at the Pacific Crest
Cemetery in Redondo Beach, California. Visit boldtfuneralhome.
com for information and guest
book.

PINE ISLAND Laurel D.

Benson, age 89, of Pine Island,
passed away on Friday, February
20, 2015 at the Pine Haven Care
Center.
Laurel Dayton Benson was born
on May 11, 1925 in Caledonia to
Everett and Helen (Houge) Benson.
He attended Yucatan Brick School
#11 and graduated from Houston
High School in 1942. Laurel entered the U.S. Navy on November
23, 1943. While in the Navy he
attended Valley City Teachers
College, University of Dubuque,
and Iowa State University. Laurel
was honorably discharged on June
23, 1947. He earned his BS in education in 1957 from Winona State
University and an education specialist degree from the University
of Minnesota. On June 23, 1951,
he married Anita Joan Page in
Onalaska, Wisconsin. Laurel
taught mathematics in White Bear
Lake for nine years, before becoming coordinator of media services in Rochester. In 1983, he
was presented with a US Fulbright
Award to China.
Laurel was a member of the
National Education Association,
Education Curriculum and Instruction, American Library Association, Minnesota Media Association, American Legion Post in
Houston, Minnesota, for seventy
years, and also was a Past Commandeer, Video Deposition, AARP
Volunteer serving as a driving instructor for 55 Alive and was a
former Boy Scout Leader. After
he retired, Laurel organized
Bensons Customized Tours, Inc.,
and traveled to China, Russia,
Thailand, South America,
Singapore, Malaysia, and Africa.
Laurel was especially fond of
the Honor Flight to Washington
D.C. in 2011 in which he participated. Laurel was an active mem-

Crossings

Community Band Practice

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Roger Reinhardt 1936-2015

Throwbacks, Sat., Feb. 28, 7:30

p.m. Call 732-7616 for tickets.
The State Theatre is at 96 East
4th Street in Zumbrota. For information visit zaac.org.or call 507272-1129.

ber of Saint Paul Lutheran Church,

where he served on the church
council. He enjoyed family activities, traveling, presenting arm
chair travel experiences for various organizations, driving for
Budget-Rent-A-Car, and repairing small items.
Laurel is survived by his wife,
Anita; children, Brian (Claressa
Monterio) Benson of Singapore
and Laura (Joseph) Marotta of
Albany, New York; grandchildren,
Steven (Crystal) Marotta, Misha
and Dante Benson; great-grandchild, Arlo Marotta; sister, Juanita
(Alan) Buckel; sisters-in-law, Joan
Benson and Kathryn Page; and
many nieces and nephews.
Laurel was preceded in death
by his parents, Everett and Helen
Benson; brothers, Virgil and
Wayne Benson; sister-in-law,
Marie Benson; and brother-in-law,
Earl Page.
A Celebration of Life will be
held in Houston, Minnesota, in
May of 2015.

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL
Named to the deans list for the
fall semester were the following:
Gavin Luhman of Goodhue;
Arianna Cowl of Oronoco; Marcus
Aarsvold, Paul Fiesel, Samuel
Finnegan, Jennifer Hanson,
Alexandra
Kaye,
Nicole
Nelsestuen, Adam Pleschourt, Joel

Torgeson, Alex Traut, and Audrey

Wingren, all of Pine Island; and
Samuel Edwards of Zumbrota.
University of Iowa

IOWA CITY, IA Kelly Bier

of Oronoco was named to the
deans list for the fall semester.
University of Wisconsin La Crosse

LA CROSSE, WI Students
recognized at commencement exercises on December 14 for completing degree requirements were
the following: Ann Dicke of
Goodhue, bachelor of science,
community health education, Honors; Jessica Earp of Goodhue, bachelor of science, sociology; Sarah
Brushaber of Oronoco, bachelor
of science, psychology, Highest
Honors.
Creighton University

OMAHA, NE Kristine Altricher of Pine Island was named

to the deans list for the fall semester.
College of St. Benedict

ST. JOSEPH Brooke Bitzan

of Goodhue was named to the
deans list for the fall semester.
Concordia College

MOORHEAD Sarah Hildebrandt of Kenyon and Scott

Flotterud of Zumbrota were named
to the deans list for the fall semester.

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Island are pleased to announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Abigail Johanna, to Kyle Steven
Meerkins, son of Steve and LeAnn
Meerkins of Mazeppa.
Abbie is a 2006 graduate of Pine
Island High School and she attended the College of St. Catherine
in St. Paul where she earned her
bachelors degree in nursing in
2010. She is a registered nurse at
Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in
Minneapolis.
Kyle is a 2007 graduate of Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School and
he graduated from Concordia
College in Moorhead in 2011 with
dual degrees in studio art and social work. He is employed at Family Tree Clinic in St. Paul.
Their wedding is planned for
March 7 in Minneapolis where they
will make their home.

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Pine Island salutes

NATIONAL FFA WEEK

Winter Leadership Day: Chelsey Haugen, Katelynn Leibold, Courtney
Ellefson, Katie Hawkins, Emalie Stolp.

Chapter Photo: Katelynn Leibold, Katie Jackson, Isabelle Bond, Jena Garness, Carolina Fernandez, McKenna Wood, Danielle Bye, Jordan Engel,
Michael Moitzheim, Linnea Nichols, Emalie Stolp, Mr. Erickson, Tyler White, Jakob Ableitner, William Eye, Kallie Berg, Ian Radtke, Zach Knutson,
Hiede Dudley.

SE MN CLAY BUST - FFA Trap shoot hosted by Pine Island FFA. Second
place Team: Kayley Eye, William Eye, Ian Radtke, Connor Swarthout,
Emalie Stolp.

State Convention: Danielle Bye, Emalie Stolp, Katelynn Leibold, Leah

Anderton, David Eaton, Zach Knutson, William Eye, Ian Radtke, Kallie
Berg

Chapter Banquet: McKenna Wood, Emalie Stolp, Danielle Bye, Isabelle Bond, Katie Jackson, Katelynn
Leibold, Jena Garness, Kelly Jackson, David Eaton, Michael Moitzheim, Linnea Nichols, Kallie Berg, William
Eye, Ian Radtke, Zach Knutson.

Community Service - Blanket Making: Nichole Salley, Tessa Gushulak, Mathew Riley, Lauralee Eaton, Teah
Wood, Jade Douglas, Chelsey Haugen, Ryan Scapanski, Katelynn Leibold, Courtney Ellefson, McKenna Wood,
Jordan Engel, Emalie Stolp, Linnea Nichols, Andie Haller, Tyler White, David Eaton, Dakota Kitto.

Fall Leadership Day: Jordan Engel, Chelsey Haugen, Teah Wood, Nichole Salley, Lauralee Eaton, Katelynn
Leibold, Katie Hawkins, Linnea Nichols, Jordan Smith, Courtney Ellefson, Emalie Stolp, Tyler White, Trever
Closner, Ryan Kelling, Conrad Clementson, Connor McKenzie, Trevor Siefert, Ryan Scapanski.

National Convention: Linnea Nichols, Katelynn Leibold, Chelsey Haugen, Jena Garness, David Eaton, William
Eye

Please join the Pine Island FFA and Pine Island FFA Alumni for:

Farmers Share Breakfast

Saturday, February 28
8:30-10:30 a.m.
Pine Island School Cafeteria
PEM Junior High Contests: Hunter Shelstad, Victoria Cruz, Jade Douglas, Shelby Pletz, Matthew Riley,
Shannon Pike, Lauralee Eaton, Tessa Gushulak, Josh Kuatz, Gavin Kennedy, Adam Gillard, Tanner Bates,
Brandon Woodard, Emilie Rucker, Nichole Salley.

Cost: $1.00
(12.1% of the Retail Cost is the real amount)
Donations accepted fo off-set chapter costs.

The Chapter would like to thank all of our sponsors and the citizens of Pine Island who help the Chapter in our program of activities.

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NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 PAGE 5A

Area Sports
PI wins first tournament game
By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND Pine Island
fought back in the second half to
earn a 62-54 win over Hayfield in
the opening round of the West Section 1AA boys basketball tournament in Pine Island, Thursday.
We had a good offensive effort in the second half, said Coach
Jim McNamara. Matt Smith and
Mitchel Acker took turns guard-

ing Hayfields leading scorer Cam

Rutledge and held him to just seven
points.
Pine Island trailed 24-22 at the
half. The lead bounced around a
number of times in the second half
before the Panthers went ahead
for good with 7:21 to play.
Broc Finstuen had a big game
with 27 points and 11 rebounds.
Luke Thornton had eight points

AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE

Thursday, February 26
State Class A wrestling duals at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, 11 a.m.
West Section 1A girls basketball at higher seed, 7 p.m.
West Section 1AA girls basketball at higher seed, 7 p.m.
Friday, February 27
State Class A wrestling individuals at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, 11 a.m.
South Section 2AA boys basketball at Mankato, 6 p.m.
Saturday, February 28
State Class A wrestling individuals at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, 9:30 a.m.
West Section 1AA boys basketball at Mayo Civic Arena, 11 a.m.
West Section 1A boys basketball at Mayo Civic Arena, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 3
West Section 1A girls basketball at Mayo Civic Auditorium, 6 p.m.
West Section 1AA girls basketball at Mayo Civic Arena, 6 p.m.

2015 South Section 2AA Boys Basketball

1. Maple River
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. at
Maple River

Friday, Feb. 27 at
Mankato East,
6 p.m.

8. Kenyon-Wanamingo
4. WEM
Tuesday, Feb. 24

Tuesday, March 3 at
Minnesota State University,
Mankato, 6 p.m.

5. Tri-City United
2. NRHEG
Tuesday, Feb. 24

Friday, Feb. 27 at
Mankato East,
7:30 p.m.

7. Medford
3. Waseca
Tuesday, Feb. 24

6. St. Peter

2015 West Section 1AA Boys Basketball

1. Lourdes
Lourdes

Thursday, Feb. 19

Pine Island

Thursday, Feb. 19

Saturday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m.

at Mayo Civic Arena

5. Hayfield
2. Byron

Byron

Thursday, Feb. 19
News-Record photo by Faye Haugen

Goodhues Sam McNamara goes up for a shot against Lake City on Monday in the HVL boys basketball
championship game that was played in Goodhue.

Goodhue gets a win and a loss

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE The Goodhue
boys basketball team came up short
in the HVL championship game
in Goodhue on Monday, but they
bounced back to win their first
West Section 1A game on Thursday.
The top-seeded Wildcats will
face LeRoy-Ostrander on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Mayo Civic Auditorium in semifinal play. The winner will advance to the finals at 5
p.m. on Saturday at Mayo Civic
Arena.
Lake City
When Lake City and Goodhue
opened the season in November,
the Tigers won in triple overtime.
Mondays game was not nearly as
exciting when Lake City won big,
52-35.
The Cats got off to a good start
against Gold Division champion
Lake City in Mondays HVL championship game, but things went
down hill as the game continued.
The Cats led 7-5 six minutes
into the game, but the Tigers knotted the score at 10-10 with 8:06 to
play in the half and then took he
the lead for good a minute and a
half later. Lake City built up a 2619 lead by the half.
The Tigers used good three-point
shooting to pad their lead in the
second half. At one point, of Lake
Citys 12 field goals, eight of them
were threes. Goodhue struggled
offensively all evening, as they
missed a number of easy shots.
Tyler Schumacher led the Cats
with 11 points and Jacob McNamara added 10.
Goodhue 35 - Lake City 52
G - Jacob McNamara 10, Tyler Schumacher
11, Riley Augustine 6, Ryan Alpers 5, Calvin
Peterson 1, Sam McNamara 2
Scoring by halves
Lake City
26
26 = 52
Goodhue
19
16 = 35
Free throws: G - 5 of 9 for 55%; LC - 13 of 14
for 92%; Field goals: G - 14 of 30 for 46%; LC
- 15 of 33 for 45%; Rebounds: G - 16; LC - 15;
Turnovers: G - 10; LC - 5; Three-pointers:
G - Tyler Schumacher (3); LC - 9

LeRoy-Ostander
Top-seeded Goodhue kicked off
post-season play with a 67-28 win
over LeRoy-Ostrander in Goodhue,
Thursday.
The Cats used a huge first half

Dover-Eyota

Thursday, Feb. 19

6. Cannon Falls

2015 West 1.Section

1A Boys Basketball
Goodhue
Thursday, Feb. 19

8. Glenville-Emmons
Tuesday, Feb. 17

Goodhue
LeRoyOstrander Tuesday, Feb. 24

9. LeRoy-Ostrander
4. Randolph
Thursday, Feb. 19

6 p.m.
Mayo Civic
Auditorium

Randolph

5. Grand Meadow

7. Southland

9. MSAD

Saturday, Feb. 28
5 p.m. at

2. Blooming Prairie
Mayo Auditorium
Blooming Prairie
Thursday, Feb. 19
Tuesday, Feb. 24

Southland 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 17

3. Lyle/Pacelli
Thursday, Feb. 19

Mayo Civic
Auditorium

Lyle/Pacelli

6. Bethlehem Academy

My Turn
By Faye Haugen
Im a little superstitious (its the
Irish in me) so Ive waited until
my doctor signed off before updating you on my health. Peter
said that he has been getting a lot
of inquiries and is sick of saying
Im fine.
I guess Im back to as normal as
I can get. Back on Wednesday,
November 12, I had a small peasize cyst. By Friday I was ill, running a fever, no appetite, with no
energy. I went to Urgent Care on
Saturday morning in Red Wing
and my 14-year -old physician (she
looked that old) and her 18-yearold assistant (also looked that old)
put me on antibiotics and sent me
home saying that they could not
lance my now larger cyst.
I struggled through Saturday and
Sunday and booked another docLake Citys Jesse Oliver tries to block Goodhues Calvin Peterson from tor appointment in Zumbrota on
going to the basket in Mondays HVL championship game in Goodhue. Monday since the abscess was now
draining. They gave me a change
to crush the Cardinals, leading 47- G - Jacob McNamara 10, Tyler Schumacher of antibiotics and sent me home.
14 at the half. Goodhues offense 11, Riley Augustine 10, Jacob Pasch 2, Sam
I didnt get any work done at
2, Ben Opsahl 3, Ryan Alpers 9,
cooled off in the second half with McNamara
Calvin Peterson 11, Taylor Buck 7, Sam Kyllo 2 the office that Monday and the
the Cats holding a 20-14 advanScoring by halves
staff kept checking on me to see if
tage in the 39-point win.
LeRoy-Ostander
14
14 = 28
I had passed out. I didnt, but I did
47
20 = 67
Calvin Peterson and Tyler Schu- Goodhue
think I was going to die on TuesFree
throws:
G
8
of
11
for
54%;
LO
4
of
8
macher each netted 11 points with
day evening. By this time the infor
50%;
Field
goals:
G
29
of
63
for
46%;
LO
Jacob McNamara and Riley Au- 11 of 39 for 28%; Rebounds: G - 39; LO - 20; fection had taken over and I clearly
gustine each adding 10 points. In Turnovers: G - 10; LO - 18; Three-pointers: wasnt thinking the right way. I
all, 10 players scored for Goodhue. G - Tyler Schumacher (1), Ben Opsahl (1), hadnt eaten in a week, I was stumGoodhue 67 - LeRoy-Ostrander 28
Ryan Alpers (1); LO - 2
bling around the house, and, although I thought I had, I wasnt
consuming any liquids.
Made another doctor appointment in Zumbrota on Wednesday.
a 1-23 record. They will graduate
They took one look at me and sent
five seniors in Steef Gonzales,
me to the emergency room at St.
Nathan Debner, Jacob Forrey, Paul HVL Boys Basketball
Conf
Over
Marys. My sister, Kim Simonson,
Dahlen and Jerrell Guider.
Blue Division
W L
W L
lectured me the entire way down
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 42 - Lourdes 78
Goodhue
13 3
21 7
to Rochester about going to the
ZM - Noah Erickson 2, Isaiah Stueber 8, Nathan
Pine
Island
9
7
16
11
Debner 4, Alex Guse 2 Jacob Forrey 14, Jacob
Hayfield
6 10 10 16 doctor earlier. I knew I was sick,
Niebuhr 4, Adam Krage 3, Alex Nelson 5
Triton
5
11 10 17 but not as ill as I was. I kept waitScoring by halves
Kenyon-Wanamingo
2
14 6 20 ing for the antibiotics to kick in.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
13
29 = 42
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 0 16 1 23 They didnt.
Lourdes
30
48 = 78
I was in the emergency room
Conf
Over
Free throws: ZM - 5 of 9 for 55%; L - 12 of 16 Gold Division
14 2
23 3
for eight hours until a bed opened
for 75%; Field goals: ZM - 15 of 40 for 37%; L Lake City
11 5
17 9
- 28 of 59 for 47%; Rebounds: ZM - 19; L - 16; Lourdes
up in ICU. They pumped me full
Turnovers: ZM - 20; L -7; Three-pointers: Byron
11 5
14 12 of fluids and antibiotics since I
ZM - Isaiah Stueber (2), Jacob Forrey (4), Kasson-Mantorville 10 6
14 12 was septic and suffering acute reAdam Krage (1); L - 10
Stewartville
10 6
13 11 nal failure, but I didnt see the
Cannon Falls
5 11 9 17

Lourdes ends ZMs season

By Faye Haugen
ROCHESTER The ZumbrotaMazeppa boys basketball team saw
their season end on Thursday with
a 78-42 loss to Lourdes in the opening round of West Section 1AA
play in Rochester.
The Eagles took a 30-13 lead to
the locker room at the half, but
their offense really got rolling over
the last 18 minutes when they outscored the Cougars 48-29.
Jacob Forrey led ZumbrotaMazeppa with 14 points.
The Cougars end the season with

Tuesday, Feb. 24
7:30 p.m. at Mayo
Civic Arena

7. Triton
3. Dover-Eyota

STANDINGS

VOLLEYBALL
Just another week
By Ed Stern
Volleyball Commissioner
GOODHUE After a week
of subtle, no threat volleyball,
this weeks Woman of the Week
took charge! In so doing, Stacy
Thuman saved the day for her
team and helped them move up
a notch in the standings.
I was just sick of seeing those
youngsters winning all the time
(Correction: Danis has already
lost three games.) My team isnt
16 anymore. Heck, we have
played in the league for 16 years!
But we still have talent. I tried
to fire up my teammates so we
could send them (Danis) home
crying like the little school girls
that they are! We did beat them
once, and then they woke up and
stopped our charge. Oh, well,
there is always a chance that we
can stop them in the playoffs,
when it really counts.
Stacy served at a 98% proficiency, and worked to get 17 ace
blocks, 21 kills, and 53 set assists to keep the team moving up
in the standings.
Nice work, Stacy!
Goodhue Volleyball
Danis
Stacys
Dars FRIENDS
Out of Towners
MisFits

Tuesday, Feb. 24
6 p.m. at Mayo
Civic Arena

8. Zumbrota-Mazeppa
4. Pine Island

and nine rebounds. Ben Farrell

and Mitchel Acker each netted eight
points. Matt Smith added six and
Matt Kukson five points.
The Panthers will face topseeded Lourdes in the West Section 1A semifinals on Tuesday at
Mayo Civic Arena in Rochester
at 6 p.m. The finals are set for
Saturday, February 28 at 11 a.m.
in Rochester.

light or here the voices calling me

to the other side (Im not sure which
side, though). The good doctors
and nurses had me stabilized by
the next morning.
It is amazing how many doctors come and visit at St. Marys to
take a look at a person when trying to decide what to do. I should
have made a list of names because
they just became faces.
Dr. Jill Moes became my doctor from the emergency room right
though signing me off. Dr. Moes
and Dr. Carrie Langstratt decided
surgery was needed to remove the
abscess so I was going to be moved
to Methodist Hospital with surgery scheduled that Thursday afternoon. All went well with the
surgery and I was feeling much
better and hoping to get out of the
hospital by Saturday, but then Dr.
Langstratt lowered the boom. I
had to have surgery again on Monday, would have to stay in the
hospital until at least Thanksgiving and then go to a swing bed at a
nursing facility to have my incision repacked with 9 of gauze
three times a day since the wound
needed to heal from the inside out,
which could take at least two
months.
That was the most depressing
part of this whole ordeal and I
nearly cried. Ive always said Ill
go on a very long walk, on a very
cold day, before they cart me off
to the nursing home.
But lying in that hospital bed
gave me time to think. Sister Kim
had packed a wound one other
time and maybe my good friend
Kathleen Aug, a registered nurse,
could do the packing and keep me
out of a swing bed for two months.
I got them both on board, and then
convinced my doctors they would
do a good job. The doctors agreed.
The nurses on Methodist
Eisenberg 5-4 (you girls are the
best) taught my caregivers what
to do and I finally got out of the
hospital late on Thanksgiving. No
big meal for me, I was just glad to
get back in Zumbrota.
Since my dad Duane Finstuens
house in one level and Kathleen is
his neighbor, it was decided that I
move in with him. I couldnt leave

W
24
14
12
10
0

L
3
10
12
11
21

PA
380
420
430
342
491

ZM PAC meeting
is March 2
ZUMBROTA ZumbrotaMazeppa schools will be holding their spring parent, athlete
and coach (PAC) meeting for the
coming sports season on Monday, March 2, at 6 p.m. in the
high school auditorium .
The meeting is for all spring
sport athletes and their parents.
This meeting will cover strength
training for our spring athletes
and summer options that will be
available for ZM athletes with
the Mayo sports strength and conditioning team.
The updated Minnesota State
High School League rules, as well
as ZM rules and regulations will
also be covered. You will be able
to pay your activity fee on this
day and hand in any necessary
forms (MSHSL physical form and
parent/permission form) at this
time. As in the past, if you have
already completed these forms
for a fall or winter sports, you
do NOT need to do so again.
Currently, online payment can be
made at the school store and we
encourage you to do this prior to
Monday, March 2.
If you are out for one of the
following sports you and a parent should be in attendance: softball, girls and boys track, girls
and boys golf, and baseball.
the cats at home alone, so they
made the move to Grandpas also.
(I know theyve caught one mouse,
maybe more. So at least weve
got that going for us).
Last week I made my final visit
to the clinic to have my incision
checked. It is finally all healed.
YAY!
It has been an interesting three
month journey. Ive lost weight (I
do not recommend doing it this
way), Kathleen, Kim and Pops are
still talking to me, and I realize
how much I enjoy my work.
My thanks goes to Dr. Moes
and Dr. Langstratt for their wise
decisions with my care; the nurses
on Eisenberg 5-4 for their great
nursing skills; to Kim and Kathleen
(you are ROCK STARS) for the
221 times they packed me over 12
weeks (there is no way I can ever
repay them); to Grandpa Duane
for taking me and the cats in; to
every one who sent me cards and
letters or called, I appreciated each
and everyone of them; to the
Goodhue Athletic Department, the
Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling
team, and the Zumbrota Tuesday
Womens Golf League, thank you
for the flowers; to Virginia and
Bob Schmidt for the newspapers;
to Debb and Charlie Gorman for
the slice of pumpkin pie and for
Debbs many visits; to Suzy and
Larry Holst for the gift card; to
Dee Knutson for lottery tickets
(we didnt win big, but it kept me
busy); and to the staff of the NewsRecord who picked up the slack
while I was gone. My boss Peter
Grimsrud is great and I appreciate
everything youve done for me
since I became ill. Ill try not to let
it happen again!
According to my sister, Ill have
to listen to her and get to the doctor earlier next time. I think she
just may have a point.

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Area Sports
Top-ranked Lakeville North is too
much for DC boys in Section 1AA
By Faye Haugen
KASSON The Dodge County
boys hockey team had no answers
for how to play top ranked and
undefeated Lakeville North in the
opening round of the Section 1AA
playoffs, Thursday. The Panthers
rolled over the Wildcats 14-0 in
Lakeville.
The Panthers jumped out to a 50 lead in the opening period and
never looked back, adding four
goals in the second period and five
more in the third period. Lakeville
dominated the game by outshooting
the Cats 64-9 with Mitch Sobotta
making 50 saves in goal for DC.
The Wildcats end with a 7-18

record. They will graduate seniors

Colin Sherden, Brendan Rohlik,
Austin Lewis, Kevin Clausen,
Chris Roberts, Beau Bidwell,
Connor Teigen, Kylo Courteau,
Mitch Sobotta and Joe Biwer.
Dodge County 0 - Lakeville North 14
Dodge County
0 0 0 = 0
Lakeville North
5 4 5 = 14
First Period
L: Goal by Nick Poehling; assists by Ryan
Poehling and Jack Poehling
L: Goal by Max Johnson; assists by Taylor
Schneider and Henry Enebak
L: Goal by Henry Enebak; assists by Max
Johnson and Luke Seper
L: Goal by Nick Poehling; assist by Ryan Poehling
and Keaton Pehrson
L: Goal by Jack Poehling; assists by Nick Poehling
and Ryan Poehling

Second Period
L: Goal by Jack Poehling; assist by Ryan Poehling
L: Power play goal by Max Johnson; assists by
Taylor Schmeider and Henry Enebak
L: Goal by Maxwell McGlade; assist by Roman
Rohrback
L: Goal by Henry Enebak; assist by Taylor
Schneider
Third Period
L: Goal by Nick Poehling; assists by Ryan
Poehling and Jack Poehling
L: Goal by Chaz Dufon; assists by Ryan Poehling
and Logan Kappes
L: Goal by Ryan Poehling; assists by Luke
Seper and Logan Kappes
L: Power play goal by Taylor Schneider; assists
by Max Johnson and Jack McNeely
L: Goal by Reed Smith; assist by Maxwell
McGlade
DC shots on goal: 9
Saves: Mitch Sobotta 50

News-Record photos by Faye Haugen

Kenyon-Wanamingos Courtney Houglum pushes her way past Zumbrota-Mazeppas Lyndsey Quam during
Tuesdays game in Zumbrota.

KW earns an easy win at ZM

By Faye Haugen
KENYON HVL Blue Division leading Kenyon-Wanamingo
had little trouble earning a 67-39
win over Zumbrota-Mazeppa in
Zumbrota, Tuesday in girls basketball.
The Knights held the Cougars
to just 13 points in the opening
half, while pumping in 38. ZMs
offense picked up in the second
half, but the Knights were able to
keep their huge scoring edge.
KW was 19 of 25 at the free
throw line compared to ZMs 1 of
7. The Cougars also had 10 more
turnovers than the Knights seven.
Both teams had 27 rebounds.
Megan Quam led a balanced KW
offense with 22 points. Emily
Ashland netted 16 points, Mara
Quam 12, and Brittney Flom 10.
ZM had no player reach double
figures in scoring. Alyssa Quam
led the Cougars with eight points.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 67
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 39
KW - Megan Quam 22, Brittney Flom 10, Mara
Quam 12, Emily Ashland 14, Kasey Dummer
2, Megan Flom 3, Kayla Knott 2. Mariah Quam
2
ZM - Lyndsey Quam 3, Natalie Majerus 5,
Alyssa Quam 8, Rachel Mensink 5, Tara Matuska
3, Laura Drackley 4, Taylor Blakstad 4, Lauren

News-Record photos by Faye Haugen

Rochester Lourdess Madie Berg tries to keep the ball away from Goodhues from left, Emily Benrud, Sydney
Lodermeier and Maddy Miller in Fridays game in Goodhue.

Goodhues winning streak at nine games

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE With wins over
Lake City and Lourdes, the
Goodhue girls basketball team saw
their winning streak go to nine
games.
The 21-5 Wildcats will try to
defend their West Section 1A and
Zumbrota-Mazeppas Lyndsey Quam gets in front of Kenyon-Wanamingos Section 1A title when tournament
play begins, Thursday. Goodhue
Mara Quam during Tuesdays game in Zumbrota.
will open play against either LeMiller 7
ZM - 16 of 43 for 37%; Rebounds: KW - 27; ZM
Scoring by halves
- 27; Turnovers: KW - 7; ZM - 17; Three- Roy-Ostrander or the Minnesota
Kenyon-Wanamingo
38
29 = 67
pointers: KW - Megan Flom (1), Emily Ashland State Academy for the Deaf at 7
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
13
26 = 39
(4), Brittney Flom (3); ZM - Lyndsey Quam (1), p.m. in Goodhue. The winner will
Free throws: KW - 19 of 25 for 76%; ZM - 1 of Natalie Majerus (1), Alyssa Quam (2), Rachel move on to Tuesdays semifinals
7 for 14%; Field goals: KW - 20 of 45 for 44%; Mensink (1), Tara Matuska (1)
at 6 p.m. at Mayo Civic Auditorium in Rochester.
Lake City
Goodhue earned a 67-57 win at
Lake City on Tuesday. The Wildof sophomore Eliza Warneke who Tuesdays semifinals at 6 p.m. at cats outscored the Tigers in both
has been out of the lineup with a Mayo Civic Arena in Rochester. halves, leading 29-20 at the break
knee injury since just after Christ- Pine Island 46
and holding a 38-37 edge in the
mas. She finished the game with Kasson-Mantorville 82
second half.
six points. Noelle Langworthy PI - Summer Cavallaro 2, Emilie Rucker 8,
Warneke 6, Autumn Pin 4, Kaitlyn
paced Pine Island in scoring with Eliza
Champa 2, Noelle Langworthy 16, Emilee
16 points.
Fredrickson 3, Leah Anderton 4, Madi Owen 1
The Panthers were seeded fifth
Scoring by halves
47
35 = 82
in the West Section 1AA play- Kasson-Mantorville
30
16 = 46
offs, and they will open tourna- Pine Island
ment play on Thursday when they Free throws: PI - 9 of 17 for 53%; KM - 11 of
12 for 92%; Three-pointers: PI - Noelle
travel to Rochester to take on Langworthy
(3), Autumn Pin (1), Emilee
fourth-seeded Lourdes at 7 p.m. Fredrickson (1); KM - 7
The winner will advance to

PI gets hammered by KM
By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island girls basketball team fell 8246 to HVL Gold Division champion Kasson-Mantorville in Pine
Island, Tuesday.
In a high scoring first half, KM
held a 47-30 lead over the Panthers. But the KoMet defense got
stronger in the second half and the
Panther offense wilted, and KM
outscored PI 35-16 for the 36-point
victory.
The game did mark the return

A pair of freshmen led Goodhue

in scoring. Sydney Lodermeier
pumped in 20 points with Emily
Benrud coming off the bench to
net a career-high 13 points.
Goodhue 67 - Lake City 57
G - Shelby Hinsch 9, Taylor Larson 4, Sydney
Lodermeier 20, Maddy Miller 3, Michelle Hadler
2, McKenzie Ryan 8, Megan Ryan 8, Emily
Benrud 13
Scoring by halves
Goodhue
29
38 = 67
Lake City
20
37 = 57
Free throws: G - 11 of 17 for 65%; LC - 6 of 10
for 60%; Three-pointers: G -Shelby Hinsch
(2), McKenzie Ryan (2), Sydney Lodermeier
(2), Megan Ryan (2); LC -5

Lourdes
In Fridays regular season finale, Goodhue earned a 64-40 win
over Lourdes with a big second
half.
The Eagles kept the game close
early in the first half as both teams
struggled with their offense. The
Cats led 8-6 with 11:39 to play in

the first half to take a 28-20 lead

by the break. Goodhue came back
ready to play in the second half.
They outscored Lourdes 11-0,
keeping the visitors scoreless the
first six minutes of the second half.
Goodhue built up a 47-24 lead
when they held Lourdes to just a
field goal and two frees throws
with 8:37 to play in the game.
Sydney Lodermeier led
Goodhue with 17 points. Shelby
Hinsch added 15.
Goodhue 64 - Lourdes 40
G - Shelby Hinsch 15, Taylor Larson 8, Sydney
Lodermeier 17, Maddy Miller 3, Michelle Hadler
2, McKenzie Ryan 3, Megan Ryan 5, Kalley
Diercks 1, Brittney Ryan 4
Scoring by halves
Lourdes
20
20 = 40
Goodhue
28
36 = 64
Free throws: G - 17 of 22 for 77%; RL - 11 of
20 for 55%; Three-pointers: G -Megan Ryan
(1), Shelby Hinsch (3), Sydney Lodermeier
(1); RL - 2

KW wins HVL Blue Division title

By Faye Haugen
KENYON With their 66-38
win at Cannon Falls on Thursday,
the Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball team clinched their sec-

ond straight HVL Blue Division

title with a 14-2 conference record.
The Knights improve to 18-7 overall.
The Knights played sixth-ranked

2015 West 1.Section

1A Girls Basketball
Goodhue
Thursday, Feb. 26
at Goodhue, 7 p.m.

8. LeRoy-Ostrander
Tuesday, Feb. 24

9. MSAD
4. Blooming Prairie

Tuesday, March 3
6 p.m.
Mayo Civic
Auditorium

Thursday, Feb. 26

5. Randolph

Saturday, March 7
5 p.m. at
Mayo Auditorium

2. Lyle/Pacelli
7. Bethlehem
Thursday, Feb. 26
Academy

Tuesday, March 3
7:30 p.m.
Mayo Civic
Auditorium

Tuesday, Feb. 24

10. Glenville- 3. Southland

Emmons
Thursday, Feb. 26

6. Grand Meadow

2015 West Section 1AA Girls Basketball

1. Dover-Eyota
Thursday, Feb. 26

8. Triton
4. Lourdes

Tuesday, March 3, 6 p.m.

Mayo Civic Arena

Thursday, Feb. 26 at Lourdes,

7 p.m

5. Pine Island
2. Kenyon-Wanamingo

Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m.

at Mayo Civic Auditorium

Thursday, Feb. 26 at Kenyon, 7 p.m.

7. Cannon Falls
3. Hayfield
Thursday, Feb. 26 at Hayfield,
7 p.m

6. Zumbrota-Mazeppa

Tuesday, March 3,
7:30 p.m.
Mayo Civic Arena

Class AAA Kasson-Mantorville

on Saturday for the HVL title with
KW coming up a point short, 5554. No other details were available.
Cannon Falls
The Blue Division champion
Knights had little trouble against
the last place Gold Division Bombers in the regular season finale on
Friday in Cannon Falls.
KW raced out to a 34-17 lead at
the half and they outscored the
Bombers 32-21 over the last 18
minutes for the 28 point victory.
The Knights did a great job of
moving the ball around with four
players in double figures led by
Mara Quam with 16, Brittney Flom,
14, Megan Quam, 12, and Emily
Ashland, 11.
Kenyon-Wanamingo, the de- Goodhue coach Josh Wieme watches as McKenzie Ryan avoids a Lourdes trap in Fridays game in Goodhue.
fending, West Section 1AA and
Section 1AA champions were
seeded second in the West SecThe Cougars were seeded sixth 35 (Miranda Mollenhauer 13); KM - 41;
tion 1AA playoffs. They will open By Faye Haugen
Turnovers: ZM - 21; KM - 15; Three-pointers:
ZUMBROTA
In
the
last
week
in
the West Section 1AA play- ZM
tournament play on Thursday in
- Alyssa Quam (2); KM - 4
Kenyon at 7 p.m. when they take of the regular season, the Zum- offs, and they will open tournaon seventh-seeded Cannon Falls. brota-Mazeppa girls basketball ment play on Thursday when they
The winner of Thursdays game team squared off against the top travel to Hayfield to take on the
will advance to Tuesdays semi- two teams in the HVL. The Cou- third-seeded Vikings at 7 p.m. The HVL Girls Basketball
Conf
Over
finals at 7:30 p.m. at Mayo Civic gars fell to Blue Division cham- winner will advance to Tuesdays
Blue Division
W L
W L
pion
Kenyon-Wanamingo
on
semifinals
at
7:30
p.m.
at
Mayo
Arena in Rochester.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 14 2
18 7
Tuesday and they closed out the Civic Arena in Rochester.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 66
Goodhue
13 3
21 5
season at Gold Division champion Zumbrota-Mazeppa 36
Cannon Falls 38
Hayfield
12 4
18 7
KW - Megan Quam 12, Brittney Flom 14, Kasson-Mantorville on Friday.
Kasson-Mantorville 65
5 11 8 18
Savannah Bleess 6, Mara Quam 16, Emily
ZM stayed with the sixth-ranked ZM - Alyssa Quam 8, Rachel Mensink 2, Tara Pine Island
13 7 16
Ashland 11, Megan Flom 5, Siri Quam 2
1, Madisen Enger 1, Laura Drackley Zumbrota-Mazeppa 4
Class AAA KoMets in the open- Matuska
Scoring by halves
4, Lauren Miller 13, Miranda Mollenhauer 4, Triton
0 16 2 24
ing half, trailing just 21-14 at the Lyndsey Quam 1, Taylor Blakstad 4
Kenyon-Wanamingo
34
32 = 65
Gold Division
Conf
Over
break. But KM took control of the
Cannon Falls
17
21 = 38
Scoring by halves
Kasson-Mantorville 16 0
24 2
Free throws: KW - 12 of 15 for 80%; CF - 12 game in the second half, outscoring Zumbrota-Mazeppa
14
22 = 36
Lourdes
10 6
13 11
of 17 for 70%; Three-pointers: KW - Emily the Cougars 44-22 in the 65-36 Kasson-Mantorville
21
44 = 65
10 6
12 12
Ashland (3), Megan Flom (1), Brittney Flom victory.
Free throws: ZM - 8 of 15 for 53%; KM - 17 of Byron
8 8
13 11
(2); CF - 3
24 for 70%; Field goals: ZM - 13 of 52 for Lake City
Lauren Miller led ZM with 13 25%;
4 12 5 19
KM - 22 of 63 for 34%; Rebounds: ZM - Stewartville
points.
Cannon Falls
1 15 4 20

Gold Division KoMets are too much for ZM

STANDINGS

NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 PAGE 7A

Area Sports
Brynn Olson takes part in her
first state gymnastics meet
By Faye Haugen
MINNEAPOLIS For freshman Brynn Olson, Saturdays
State Class A gymnastics meet
was a learning experience. In her
first ever appearance at State, the
Panther tumbler took part in the
vault and all around competition
after placing fourth in the vault
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen and third all around at the SecGoodhues Joel Gadient and Wabasha-Kelloggs Tagen Miller are a tangle of arms and legs in the semifinals tion 1A meet.
at 126 pounds in Rochester, Saturday. Gadient earned a second period fall on his way to a championship
Brynns first state meet expemedal.
rience was a success, said Coach
Chris Templeton. At the beginning of the season we talked about
qualifying on vault and maybe
By Faye Haugen
floor. To make it on vault and
ROCHESTER The Zumbrotathe all around was great. Getting
Mazeppa coaching staff was hopthe experience of competing in
ing to advance seven individuals
all four events will help Brynn
to the State Class A meet next
in future competition.
week, but they are not disappointed
Olson placed 28th overall out
with the six who will move on to
of 32 competitors in the vault
St. Paul from a very competitive
with a score of 8.8625. She added
Section 1A meet in Rochester, Satscores of 7.85 on the bars, 8.675
urday.
on the beam and 8.075 on the
We are happy to get six to move
floor for an all around total of
on, said Coach Link Steffen. That
33.4625 to place 29th.
is almost half of our team and a
Brynn didnt hit her floor or
nice number to have. We had a
vault like she wanted, but she
goal of seven advancing, but you
had a nice bar routine and a redo not always reach all of the goals
ally good beam routine, pointed
you set.
out Coach Templeton. She
The Cougars had one champion
started on floor and on her first
in senior Joey Majerus who won
pass she landed her full one in a
his fourth section gold medal in
half vault, but her feet slipped
five years. Ranked second in Class
out from under her and she sat
A at 120 pounds, Majerus was
down. She finished the rest of
seeded second behind top-seeded
the routine very well. On vault
and top ranked Jared Goldsmith
she couldnt find her landing as
of Chatfield. Goldsmith knocked
she got a little quick in her flip
off Majerus in last years section
finale, but this time around it was
the ZM senior who scored the upset,
winning 6-4 in the finals.
Majerus will wrestle in his fifth
By Faye Haugen
state meet after placing third as a Zumbrota-Mazeppas Maverick Jackson cranks on the arm of DoverZUMBROTA Through the
eight-grader at 103 pounds, third Eyotas Corbin Powrie during the third place match at 132 pounds at 2014-2015 wrestling season,
as a freshman at 106 pounds, fourth the Section 1A meet.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa has had a
at 113 pounds as a sophomore and won three straight matches to push trip and for Downes (35-7) it will very tough schedule. Coach Link
third at 113 pounds last season. for a true-second match against be his second trip to State after Steffen is hoping that tough slate
He has a 40-1 record.
Pine Islands Isaac Haman. Jack- qualifying as a freshman.
of teams they wrestled will pay
Five other Cougar wrestlers fin- son earned a 9-4 decision to adCaden Steffen wrestled back fro off when they open the State Class
ished second in the section meet vance to State.
true second at 152 pounds, but he A Dual tournament on Thursday
to punch their ticket to the state
Maverick was a nice surprise. lost to Goodhues Bailey OReilly at 11 a.m. at Xcel Energy Center
individual tournament.
He is proof that if you keep wres- by a narrow 3-2 decision. The ZM in St. Paul.
Freshman Hayden Stensland tling hard, good things will hap- freshman ends the season with a
The third-ranked and thirdwrestled a very good tournament pen. He was able to grind out a 32-8 record.
seeded Cougars carry a 28-6
at 113 pounds, knocking off the win, remarked Coach Steffen.
The Cougars had 12 of 14 wres- record into their quarterfinal
top and fourth seeded wrestlers to
Freedom Hunt (30-13) was an- tlers earn a medal in the meet. matchup against eighth-ranked
reach the finals where he lost to other Cougar who had to wrestle Placing were: Spencer DeFrang, and unseeded West Central Area/
Noah Bauer of Pine Island.
off for true second to earn his first third at 106; Noah Prodzinski, Ashby/Evansville with a 24-2
Hayden might have been over- state trip. The senior, seeded third fourth at 182 pounds; Seth Tup- record.
looked a little at the section tour- at 145 pounds, lost in the finals by per, fourth at 195 pounds; Jacob
Of ZMs six losses, four were
nament. He beat two good kids to a fall to top-seeded and top-ranked Bennett, fifth at 138; and Evan to ranked teams: Kasson-Manget to the finals, and had a fantas- Hank Friedrichs of Chatfield. Block, sixth at 220 pounds.
tic tournament. He did a great job, Goodhues Kaleb OReilly got to
praised Coach Steffen.
challenge for true second, but Hunt
Maverick Jackson (35-10) took earned a 5-0 decision.
the long way around to move on
Senior Devin Manzy at 160
to St. Paul. Seeded third at 132 pounds and Dillon Downes at 170
pounds, the ZM sophomore was pounds both placed second. Manzy
upset in the semifinals and dropped (34-7) will be making his first state
back into wrestlebacks where he

Six from ZM will see double duty on the mat

News-Record photo by MJ Templeton

Pine Islands Brynn Olson hangs off the beam during her performance
at the State Class A gymnastics meet held Saturday at the University of
Minnesota.

and it threw her timing off. Her ing in a personal best.

Olson earned All State Honbar routine was very nice, but
she saved her best for last. Her orable Mention on vault, beam,
beam was solid and it was her floor and all around.
best routine of the season result-

ZM seeded third in State Meet

Goodhues Bailee OReilly lifts on the leg of Kenyon-Wanamingos Mason

Stevenson during wrestlebacks at 152 pounds on Saturday.

PIs Bauer returns to State

Kenyon-Wanamingos Bailey Paquin gets ready to toss Tritons Max
Henderson in wrestlebacks at the Section 1A meet at 182 pounds.

First round state matchups

106
Junior Ethan Cota of Kenyon-Wanamingo, ranked first with a 42-1 record will face
Sophomore Justin Mattocks of Prairie Valley with a 30-10 record.
113
Sophomore Noah Bauer of Pine Island, ranked eighth with a 30-6 record will square off
against Ben Johnson of United North Central with a 24-11 record.
Freshman Hayden Stensland of Zumbrota with a 31-12 record will face 18-1 sophomore Tanner Pasvogel of Sibley East. Pasvogel is ranked third
120
Senior Joey Majerus of Zumbrota-Mazeppa, ranked second with a 40-1 record will face
St. James Areas Angel Manarripa with an 8-7 record
126
Junior Joel Gadient of Goodhue is ranked 10th with a 27-3 record. He will wrestle junior
Cordell Peterson of New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva with a 31-6 record.
132
Sophomore Maverick Jackson of Zumbrota-Mazeppa has a 35-10 record. He will
wrestle senior Zach Scott of Holdingford with a 37-4 record and a fifth-place ranking
145
Senior Freedom Hunt of Zumbrota-Mazeppa with a 30-13 record will face third-ranked
Jared Willaby of Windom/Mountain Lake with a 39-3 record
152
Goodhue sophomore Bailee OReilly will carry his 29-9 record into the state meet
against ninth-ranked Justin Davis of Park Rapids Area with a 35-4 record
160
Junior Ted Androli of Kenyon-Wanamingo with a 38-4 record and a ranking of second,
will face sixth-ranked Ethan Kimber of Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale with a 31-5 record
Devin Manzy, a senior from Zumbrota-Mazeppa with a 34-7 record and a 10th-place
ranking, will face Nicholas Esping, a senior from Minnesota ranked third with a 38-2
record
170
Senior Drew Sathrum of Kenyon-Wanamingo, ranked third with a 39-3 record, will face
senior Gage Thom of St. Clair/Loyola with a 28-9 record
Senior Dillon Downes of Zumbrota-Mazeppa with a 35-7 record, will face undefeated
and top-ranked Zach Carlson (41-0) of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
182
Senior Bailey Paquin of Kenyon-Wanamingo with a 32-13 record will face off against
undefeated and top-ranked Keegan Moore (40-0) of Jackson County Central
220
Junior Luke Rechtzigel of Kenyon-Wanamingo with a 32-10 mark will face junior Todd
Erickson of New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, ranked second with a 34-4
record

By Faye Haugen
ROCHESTER Pine Islands
Noah Bauer will get a chance to
improve on the 0-1 mark he had
at last years State Class A Wrestling Tournament.
Bauer qualified for state last
year after placing second at 106
pounds. Coming into the section
meet seeded second at 113 pounds
this season, the eighth-ranked
sophomore won three straight
matches to win his first section
title. He will carry a 30-6 record
into the state meet.
Sophomore Isaac Haman came
very close to earning his first state
trip. Seeded second at 132
pounds, Haman advanced to the

finals where he was pinned by

top-seeded Jake Mandt of Chatfield. Forced to wrestle back for
true second, Haman lost 9-4 to
Zumbrota-Mazeppas Maverick
Jackson to place third. Haman
ends the season with a 24-8
record.
Four additional Panther wrestlers also earned medals. Sophomore Jack Williams returned from
a back injury to place fourth at
106 pounds; senior Colton Pike
returned from an ankle injury to
placed fourth at 220 pounds;
sophomore Trevor Turner placed
fourth at 145 pounds and sophomore Alex Aarsvold placed fifth
at 285 pounds.

Pine Islands Isaac Haman pins Dover-Eyotas Corbin Powrie in the

semifinals at 132 pounds at the Section 1A meet, Saturday. Haman just
missed a trip to State, placing third.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Wrestler
G
Spencer DeFrang
9
Hayden Stenstand
9
Joey Majerus
12
Sam Nordquist
9
Maverick Jackson
10
Jacob Bennett
8
Freedom Hunt
12
Caden Steffen
9
Devin Manzy
12
Dillon Downes
12
Noah Prodzinski
12
Seth Tupper
12
Evan Block
12
Connor Hegseth
12

Anticipated lineups
West Central Area/Ashby/Evansville
W-L
Wt Wrestler
G
W-L
34-9 106 Jake Nohre
10
35-4
31-11 113 Drake Swanson
10
33-9
40-1 120 Huner Mickleson 8
5-2
19-22 126 Levi Larken
9
19-19
35-10 132 Keaton Long
10
22-10
24-14 138 Tyler Onstad
10
22-19
30-13 145 Jake Larkin
11
34-9
32-8 152 Kyle Mickelsen
12
26-16
34-7 160 Royal Crow
12
35-5
35-7 170 Koel Seifert
12
13-18
24-18 182 Blake Amundson 11
21-21
25-10 195 Hunter Fick
12
32-1
27-14 220 Anthony Miller
11
32-7
14-18 285 Sid Kamarath
11
23-17

State Wrestling Tournament Schedule

Thursday, February 26
11 a.m - Class A team quarterfinals, Zumbrota-Mazeppa vs. West Central Area
1 p.m. - Class A team semifinals and Class A team consolation semifinals
5 p.m. - Class A team consolation finals
7 p.m. - Class A team championship finals
Friday, February 27
11 a.m - Class A individual championship semifinals
5:30 p.m. - Class A individual championship quarterfinals
7:30 p.m. - Class A individual wrestlebacks
Saturday, February 28
9:30 a.m - Class A individual consolation quarterfinals
10:45 a.m. - Class A individual championship semifinals
12:45 p.m. - Class A individual consolation semifinals
4:30 p.m. - Class A individual third and fifth place matches
7 p.m. - Class A individuals championships

torville (third Class AA), Albert

Lea (second in Class AA), Hastings (eighth in Class AAA) and
Kenyon-Wanamingo (sixth in
Class A). Their other two losses
were to Willmar and BOLD. West
Central Area has lost to unranked
St. Cloud Tech and KerkhovenMurdock-Sunburg.
They are very physical and
it was tough drawing them for
our opening match, said Coach
Steffen of the Knights. They
have several wrestlers with 30
wins to their record and some
number-one ranked wrestlers.
In the latest Class A rankings,
Senior Hunter Frick is ranked first
at 195 pounds with a 32-1 record.
Sophomore Jake Nohre is ranked
second at 106 pounds with a 354 record and ranked eighth are
Royal Crow, a senior at 160
pounds with a 35-5 record and
junior Anthony Miller at 220
pounds with a 32-7 record.
ZM will counter with three
ranked wrestlers: senior Joey
Majerus, second at 120 pounds
with a 40-1 record; senior Freedom Hunt, 10th at 152 pounds

with a 30-13 record; and senior

Devin Manzy, 10th at 170 pounds
with a 34-7 mark. Hunt wrestled
at 145 pounds during the section
meet and Manzy was at 160
pounds. Cougar seniors Dillon
Downes at 170 and Seth Tupper
at 195 pounds have been ranked
during the season.
On paper we will have to
score some points in the middle
of our lineup and not give up a
lot of bonus points, pointed out
Coach Steffen. We are excited
about this trip. Some of our seniors were on our 2012 team that
went to State. But we have a lot
of young guys who have never
been there. Weve got a good
mixture of old and young. We
need that senior leadership and
experience to help our younger
wrestlers this week. Everyone is
healthy, he added.
All team wrestling will be held
on Thursday with Class A action beginning at 11 a.m. Class
A semifinals and consolation
semifinals are at 1 p.m. Consolation finals are at 5 p.m. with
the Class A final set for 7 p.m.

Zumbrota-Mazeppas Dillon Downes sends Kenyon-Wanamingos Drew

Sathrum to the mat in the 170-pound Section 1A championship match
on Saturday in Rochester. Sathrum earned a 3-2 decision with both
wrestlers advancing to State.

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Wrestling
14 area matmen advance to State
By Faye Haugen
ROCHESTER How well did
area wrestlers do at the Section
1A individual wrestling meet in
Rochester on Saturday? Heading
into the final round of action, 29

area matmen had the chance to

advance to the State Class A meet
going into championship and thirdplace matches. Of those 29, 14
had their tickets punched to compete in the State Class A meet that

Section 1A wrestling results

(Wrestler, school, grade, record, seed); School code: C - Chatfield; DE - Dover-Eyota; FCLMC Fillmore Central/Lanesboro/Mable-Canton; G - Goodhue; KW - Kenyon-Wanamingo; LC - Lake
City; PI - Pine Island; SC - St. Charles; T - Triton; WK - Wabasha-Kellogg; ZM - Zumbrota-Mazeppa;
106
Ethan Cota (KW, 11th, 42-1, first) placed first. He pinned Tanner Frank (LC, 9th, 7-21), 41
seconds; pinned Tanner Sanderson (WK, 9th, 2-15), 16 seconds; pinned Jack Williams (PI, 10th.
13-6, fourth), 52 seconds; and won 8-2 over Mark Buringa (SC, 9th, 37-2, second)
Spencer DeFrang (ZM, 9th, 34-9, third) placed third. He won 11-7 over Treyton Chiglo
(FCLMC, 10th, 15-12); was pinned by Mark Buringa, 5:42; won 14-2 over John Altendorf (G,
10th, 20-16); and won 9-2 over Jack Williams
Jack Williams (PI, 10th, 13-6, fourth) placed fourth. He won 6-0 over John Altendorf; was
pinned by Ethan Cota, 52 seconds; pinned Treyton Chiglo, 3:33; and lost 9-2 to Spencer
DeFrang
John Altendorf (G, 10th, 20-16) placed fifth. He lost 6-0 to Jack Williams; pinned Chas
Ketterhagen (C, 8th, 6-14), 1:00; lost 14-2 to Spencer DeFrang; and pinned Treyton Chiglo, 2:25
113
Noah Bauer (PI, 10th, 30-6, second) placed first. He won 17-5 over Dane Jensen (T, 10th, 1322); won 3-1 over Tyler Ryan (KW, 8th, 32-11, third); and won 9-0 over Hayden Stensland (ZM,
9th, 31-11, third)
Hayden Stensland (ZM, 10th, 31-11) placed second. He won 9-4 over Maleek Hussein (C, 9th,
28-8, fourth); won 4-2 over Kaleb Olson (WK, 11th, 22-7), first: and lost 9-0 to Noah Bauer
Tyler Ryan (KW, 8th, 32-11, third) placed fifth. He won 8-0 over Jeremy Keller (LC, 11th, 2711); lost 3-1 to Noah Bauer; lost 4-1 to Maleek Hussein; and won 8-2 over Jeremy Keller
Joel Breuer (G, 9th, 3-22) did not place. He was pinned by Jeremy Keller, 1:08; and was pinned
by Maleek Hussein, 49 seconds
120
Joey Majerus (ZM, 12th, 40-1, second) placed first. He pinned Evan Goplen (PI, 9th, 5-16).,
1:16; won 5-1 over Jared Clawiter (KW, 11th, 37-6, third); and won 6-4 over Jared Goldsmith (C,
12th, 38-1, first)
Jared Clawiter (KW, 11th, 37-6, third) placed third. He won 14-0 over Brendon Allen (LC, 19th,
20-18); lost 5-1 to Joey Majerus; pinned Nolan Rommel (WK, 7th, 15-16, fourth), 1:27; pinned
Michael Nelson (DE, 8th, 17-23) and lost 7-4 for true second to Jared Goldsmith
Evan Goplen (PI, 9th, 5-16) did not place. He was pinned by Joey Majerus, 1:16; and lost 128 to Brendon Allen
126
Joel Gadient (G, 11th, 27-3, first) placed first. He won 5-2 over Nathan Goldsmith (C, 10th, 2017); pinned Tagen Miller (WK, 8th, 26-15), 3:27; and won 6-4 over Alan Spaeth (LC, 11th, 317, third)
Bradley Kish (KW, 10th, 30-13, second) placed third. He won 11-0 over Sam Nordquist (ZM,
9th, 19-22); lost 7-4 to Alan Spaeth; pinned Colin Jorde (DE, 10th, 20-17, fourth), 57 seconds;
and pinned Carl Kozlowski (LC, 10th, 18-18), 1:23
Sam Nordquist (ZM, 9th, 19-22) did not place. He lost 11-0 to Bradley Kish; and lost 7-1 to
Carl Kozlowski
132
Maverick Jackson (ZM, 10th, 35-10, third) placed second. He pinned Korby Koch (FCLMC,
11th, 7-22), 3:40; lost 12-5 to Corbin Powrie (DE, 10th, 21-20); pinned Hunter Jennings (T, 9th,
12-25), 1:44; pinned Jacy Ball (SC, 11th, 24-9, fourth), 3:57; won 4-3 over Corbin Powrie; and
won 9-4 over Isaac Haman (PI, 10th, 24-8, second) for true second
Isaac Haman (PI, 10th, 24-8, second) placed third. He pinned Jamie Hewitt (WK, 8th, 4-21),
1:06; pinned Corbin Powrie, 39 seconds; lost 11-2 to Jake Mandt (C, 9th, 39-2, first); and lost
9-4 to Maverick Jackson for true second
Mason Huemann (G, 9th, 28-9, third) placed fifth. He lost 5-0 to Jacy Ball; pinned Korby Koch,
5:01; won 3-1 over Peyton Hilke (KW, 10th, 6-12); lost 2-0 to Corbin Powrie; and won by injury
default over Jacy Ball
Peyton Hilke (KW, 10th, 6-12) did not place. He lost 11-3 to Jake Mandt; , won 3-0 over Matt
Wooding (LC, 10th, 6-16); and lost 3-1 to Mason Huemann
138
Kelby OReilly (G, 8th, 32-7, fourth) placed third. He pinned Carter Fishbaugher (C, 9th, 7-16);
won 4-0 over Dylan Craig (KW, 10th, 24-19); lost 15-3 to Andrew Schmidt (LC, 12th, 20-3, first);
pinned Dalton Otterbein (T, 9th, 12-27); and won 1-0 over Dylan Craig
Dylan Craig (KW, 10th, 24-19, third) placed fourth. He lost 4-0 to Kelby OReilly; won 13-2 over
Broghen Kunz (PI, 9th, 5-11); won 1-0 over Jacob Bennett (ZM, 9th, 24-14, third); and lost 10 to Kelby OReilly
Jacob Bennett (ZM, 8th, 24-14, third) placed fifth. He pinned Dalton Otterbein, 1:29; lost 62 to Ryan Keach (DE, 11th, 27-10, second); lost 1-0 to Dylan Craig; and won 3-0 over Dalton
Otterbein
Broghen Kunz (PI, 9th, 5-11) did not place. He was pinned by Andrew Schmidt, 32 seconds;
pinned Logan Wendt (SC, 7th, 2-4), 3:58; and lost 13-2 to Dylan Craig
145
Freedom Hunt (ZM, 12th, 30-13, third) placed second. He won 15-4 over Clay Burow (KW,
10th, 14-17); won by fall in overtime over Lane Heim (SC, 10th, 27-7, second); was pinned by
Hank Friedrichs (C, 12th, 39-1, first), 2:55; and won 5-0 over Kaleb OReilly (G, 8th, 23-15) for
true second
Kaleb OReilly (G, 8th, 23-15) placed third. He won 2-0 over Trevor Turner (PI, 10th, 23-14);
was pinned by Hank Friedrichs, 33 seconds; won 5-1 over Clay Burow; won 3-0 over Trevor
Turner; and lost 5-0 to Freedom Hunt for true second
Trevor Turner (PI, 10th, 23-14, fourth) placed fourth. He lost 2-0 to Kelby OReilly; won 116 over Marcus Otomo (DE, 8th, 18-20); pinned Lane Heim, 5:46; and lost 3-0 to Kelby OReilly
Clay Burow (KW, 10th, 14-17) placed sixth. He lost 15-3 to Freedom Hunt; pinned Sam Bahl
(FCLMC, 11th, 5-24), 3:04; lost 5-1 to Kelby OReilly; and lost 15-4 to Lane Heim
152
Bailee OReilly (G, 10th, 29-9) placed second. He won 4-1 over Mason Stevenson (KW, 11th,
24-19); lost 6-2 to Shane Siewert (LC, 12th, 33-2, first); won 19-3 by technical fall over Matt Riley
(PI, 9th, 7-26); won 3-1 over Mason Stevenson in overtime; and won 3-2 over Caden Steffen (ZM,
9th, 32-8, second) for true second
Caden Steffen (ZM, 9th, 32-8, second) placed third. He pinned Cody Irish (WK, 9th, 4-10);
1:10; won 2-1 over Ryan Meeker (C, 12th, 28-13, third); lost 7-0 to Shane Siewert; and lost 32 to Bailee OReilly for true second
Mason Stevenson (KW, 11th, 24-19, fourth) placed fourth. He lost 4-0 to Bailee OReilly;
pinned Kane Lemke )DE, 10th, 10-18); won 3-1 over Ryan Meeker; and lost 3-1 to Bailee OReilly
in overtime
Matt Riley (PI, 9th, 7-26) did not place. He was pinned by Ryan Meeker, 3:21; pinned Cody
Irish, 1:11; and lost 19-3 by technical fall to Bailee OReilly
160
Ted Androli (KW, 12th, 38-4, first) placed first. He pinned Ross McKenna (FCLMC, 12th, 1013), 1:00; pinned Ricardo Chavez (SC, 12, 21-14, fourth), 3:39; and won 14-3 over Devin Manzy
(ZM, 12th, 34-7, second)
Devin Manzy (ZM, 12th, 34-7, second) placed second. He pinned Kevin Bradt (C, 16-15), 3:18;
won 9-4 over Keaton Schaefer (DE, 10th, 29-11, third); and lost 14-3 to Ted Androli
Logan Breuer (G, 12th, 26-12) placed fifth. He lost 8-0 to Keaton Schaefer; pinned Kevin
Bradt, 1:02; lost 6-4 to Ricardo Chavez; and pinned Derek Bremer (LC, 12th, 17-21)
170
Drew Sathrum (KW, 12th, 39-3, first) placed first. He pinned Darian Doan (SC, 11th, 2-32),
1:41; won 6-4 over Ethan Wright (C, 12th, 23-16); and won 3-2 over Dillon Downes (ZM, 12th,
35-7 third)
Dillon Downes (ZM, 12th, 35-7, third) placed second. He pinned Ethan Otterbein (T, 11th, 2215), 3:34; won 10-5 over Michael Otomo (DE, 12th, 29-11, second); and lost 3-2 to Drew
Sathrum
182
Bailey Paquin (KW, 12th, 32-13, fourth) placed second. He won 13-4 over Dalon Miller (WK,
10th, 20-16); was pinned by Nick Richards (DE, 12th, 33-4, first), 59 seconds; won 9-7 over Max
Henderson (T, 11th, 18-17); won 6-3 over Noah Prodzinski (ZM, 12th, 24-18, second) and won
3-2 over Charles Dahling (G, 12th, 30-8, third) for true second
Charles Dahling (G, 12th, 30-8, third) placed third. He pinned Max Henderson, 1:11; won 125 over Noah Prodzinski; was pinned by Nick Richards, 59 seconds; and lost 3-2 to Bailey Paquin
for true second
Noah Prodzinski (ZM, 10th, 24-18, second) placed fourth. He won 7-0 over Peter Tazin (LC,
12th, 12-21); lost 12-5 to Charles Dahling; pinned Dalon Miller, 3:39; and lost 6-3 to Bailey
Paquin
195
Seth Tupper (ZM, 12th, 25-10, third) placed fourth. He pinned Casey Lang (T, 12th, 8-8), 1:04;
lost 5-1 to Michael Noll (LC, 12th, 31-3) pinned Ryan Schoenfelder (G, 9th, 20-20), 45 seconds;
and lost 6-4 to Reid Seelhammer (DE, 10th, 21-14, fourth)
Ryan Schoenfelder (G, 9th, 20-20) placed sixth. He lost 7-0 to Reed Seelhammer; won 3-0
in triple overtime over Riley Donkers (KW, 11th, 13-25); won 3-2 over Marshal Majerus (SC, 10th,
9-22); was pinned by Seth Tupper, 45 seconds; and was pinned by Casey Lang, 3:50
Riley Donkers (KW, 11th, 13-25) did not place. He lost 8-0 to Seth Tupper; and lost in triple
overtime to Ryan Schoenfelder
220
Luke Rechtzigel (KW, 11th, 32-10, second) placed second. He won 17-2 by technical fall over
Noah Teed (DE, 11th, 13-13); won 3-1 over Randy Henderson (T, 11th, 30-8, third); and lost 10 to Ian Morrison C, 12th, 30-8)
Colton Pike (PI, 12th, 21-13, fourth) placed fourth. He won 7-6 over Collin Schmoker (WK,
10th, 25-13); lost 6-0 to Ian Morrison; pinned Evan Block (ZM, 12th, 27-14), 5:39; and lost 145 to Randy Henderson
Evan Block (ZM, 12th, 27-14) placed sixth. He lost 3-1 to Randy Henderson; won 7-3 over Noah
Teed; was pinned by Colton Pike, 5:39; and was pinned by Collin Schmoker, 4:30
Jordan Ronningen (G, 12th, 20-14) did not place. He was pinned by Noah Teed, 1:29;, won
4-2 over Jake Siewert (LC, 11th, 2-6); and was pinned by Collin Schmoker, 2:59
285
Seth Donkers (KW, 11th, 32-11, second) placed third. He pinned Byron Schmoker (WK, 12th,
16-21), 2:41; lost 4-1 to Logan Karver (C, 12th, 16-7); won 4-0 over Alex Aarsvold (PI, 10th, 2511), fourth); and pinned Byron Schmoker, 2:51
Alex Aarsvold (PI, 10th, 25-11, third) placed fifth. He lost 6-3 to Michael Valkos (LC, 12th, 1621); pinned Jacob Thomas (FCLMC, 10th, 12-12), 1:50; lost 4-0 to Seth Donkers; and won 76 over Michael Valkos
Connor Hegseth (ZM, 12th, 14-18) did not place. He was pinned by Jacob Thomas, 1:19; and
was pinned by Byron Schmoker, 1:10

begins on Thursday, in St. Paul.

The top two individuals in each
weight class advance.
Besides advancing a team to the
state meet, Zumbrota-Mazeppa had
six qualify for the individual tournament. Hayden Stensland (113),
Joey Majerus (120), Maverick
Jackson (132), Freedom Hunt
(145), Devin Manzy (160) and
Dillon Downes (170) will all see
added action in the tournament.
Kenyon-Wanamingo has five
wrestlers who extended their season when Ethan Cota (106), Ted
Androli (160), Drew Sathrum
(170), Bailey Paquin (182) and
Luke Rechtzigel (220) all placed
in the top two.
Goodhues Joel Gadient (126)
and Bailee OReilly (152) will
wrestle at State on Thursday, as
will Pine Islands Noah Bauer
(113).
Fridays Class A individual competition begins at 11 a.m. Championship semifinals will take
placeat 5:30 p.m. with wrestle- Kenyon-Wanamingos Ethan Cota doesnt need his hands to keep control of St. Charless Mark Buringa in the
backs at 7 p.m. Competition on Section 1A championship at 106 pounds. Cota won 8-2 to win his second straight championship.
Saturday begins at 9:30 a.m.

KW gets 12 wrestlers
on the medal podium

By Faye Haugen
ROCHESTER The KenyonWanamingo wrestling team had
12 of their 14 matmen earn a medal
in the Section 1A meet, with five
placing first or second to advance
to the State Class A meet.
The Knights had three champions and two second place finishers in the always competitive meet.
Ethan Cota won his second
championship medal in two years,
winning the 106-pound title. Cota,
ranked first in the Class A poll at
106 pounds this season, placed
fifth at State a year ago. Cota, a
junior, carries a 42-1 record to St.
Paul.
Ted Androli won his second
straight gold medal and will wrestle
in the state meet for the third time.
The KW junior has a 38-4 record
and will enter the state meet ranked
second in Class A at 160 pounds.
Androli placed sixth at 132 pounds
Zumbrota-Mazeppa earned a pair of coaching honors at the Section 1A a year ago.
meet on Saturday when Link Steffen, front, was named Section 1A
Drew Sathrum will also make
Coach of the Year, and Mark Krier, back, was named Section 1A Assistant his third-straight trip to the state
Coach of the Year.
meet. The KW senior won his
second straight Section 1A title at
170 pounds. He was a win short of
medaling at the state meet a year
ago. Sathrum has a 39-3 record
and is ranked third at 170 pounds.
Bailey Paquin took the hard route
in earning his first state meet trip.
The KW senior entered the section meet seeded fourth at 182
pounds. He opened with a win,
was stopped in the semifinals by
the top seed and dropped into
wrestlebacks where he won a pair
of matches. By placing third,
Paquin was able to qualify for a

Goodhues Mason Huemann lifts Dover-Eyotas Corbin Powrie in the

Section 1A semifinals on Saturday. Huemann lost a narrow 2-0 decision
to place fifth at 132 pounds.

Goodhue advances two

By Faye Haugen
ROCHESTER Goodhue will
advance two wrestlers to State on
Friday when Joel Gadient placed
first at 126 pounds and Bailey
OReilly placed second at 152
pounds. Gadient qualified for State
as a freshman. For OReilly, it
will be his first state trip.
Gadient missed the final weeks
of the season with an ankle injury,
but he looked sharp at the section
meet, winning three straight
matches at 126 pounds. Gadient
carries a 27-3 record to St. Paul.
OReilly had to work a little
harder. Unseeded at 152 pounds,
he opened with a win, but then fell
in semifinal action. He wrestled
his way back to third place and
was then able to challenge for true
second against Zumbrota-

Mazeppas Caden Steffen. In a very

close dual, the Goodhue sophomore earned a narrow 3-2 decision to move his record to 29-9.
Eighth-grader Kaleb OReilly
was a win away from State.
Unseeded at 145 pounds, he also
wrestled his way back to challenge
for true second, but was stopped
by ZMs Freedom Hunt.
Senior Charles Dahling also
came up short in a true second
match, losing a 3-2 decision to
KWs Bailey Paquin to end the
season with a 30-8 record.
Also earning medals for
Goodhue at the section meet were:
Kelby OReilly, third at 138; John
Altendorf, fifth at 106; Mason
Huemann, fifth at 132; Logan
Breuer, fifth at 160; and Ryan
Schoenfelder, sixth at 195.

Zumbrota-Mazeppas Devin Manzy is pumped up when he earns a

semifinal win over Keaton Schaefer of Dover-Eyota at the Section 1A
meet in Rochester, Saturday.

State Class A Wrestling Tournament

1. Minneota (32-2)

All matches at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Thursday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m.

ACGC (17-7)
Thursday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m.

4. LCWM (27-6)
Thursday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m.

JCC (18-8)

Thursday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m.

2. Frazee (15-2)
Thursday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m.

Pierz (23-4)

Thursday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m.

3. Zumbrota-Mazeppa (29-5)
Thursday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m.

West Central Area (24-2)

Consolation
Thursday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m. Consolation, Thursday,
Feb. 26, 5 p.m.
Consolation
Thursday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m.

KW Boys BB vs. Maple River, Tues., Feb. 24, Tune-In to Power96 at 6:45
KW Girls BB vs. Cannon Falls, Thurs., Feb. 26, Tune-In to Power96 at 6:45
ZM State Tournament Wrestling, Thursday, Tune-In to KDHL

true second place match against

Goodhues Charles Dahling. In a
close dual, Paquin earned a 3-2
win to advance to St. Paul with a
32-13 record.
Luke Rechtzigel had a big decision to make before the section
meet even began. Did he stay at
195 pounds or jump up to 220
pounds. The 195-pound class was
loaded with good wrestlers, so the
KW junior decided to move up a
weight to give himself a better
chance at a trip to the state meet. It
worked as Rechtzigel placed second, falling in the championship
match by a narrow 1-0 score to
top-seeded Ian Morrison of Chatfield.
Jared Clawiter may have
wrestled in the toughest weight
class in the Section 1A meet. Jared
Goldsmith of Chatfield came into
the meet ranked first at 120 pounds
with Zumbrota-Mazeppas Joey
Majerus ranked second. Clawiter
was ranked fifth. Majerus stopped
the KW junior in the semifinals
with Majerus upsetting Goldsmith
in the finals. Clawiter won his way
back into the true second match
against Goldsmith, who earned a
7-4 decision to end Clawiters season at 37-6. Clawiter placed sixth
in the state meet as a freshman,
but has been denied a return trip
the last two seasons.
Also earning medals for the
Knights were: Bradley Kish, third
at 126; Seth Donkers, third at 285;
Dylan Craig, fourth at 138; Mason Stevenson, fourth at 152; Tyler
Ryan fifth at 113; and Clay Burow, sixth at 145,

Third Place
Thursday, Feb. 26,
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Oronoco

Mazeppa

Pine Island

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 No. 8

John Kline honors Stars of the North

BURNSVILLE Congressman
John Kline honored several
Goodhue, Pine Island, and Zumbrota residents on Tuesday, February 17, for their acts of generosity at his ninth annual Star of the
North ceremony at Kenwood Trail
Middle School in Lakeville. The
Star of the North recipients received Congressional Certificates
of Recognition.
I continue to be amazed by the
countless Minnesotans who selflessly go above and beyond in their
service to their communities, said
Kline. These Star of the North
honorees graciously and generously give their time and talents
to make life better for someone
beyond themselves in their neighborhoods and around the world.
Among Klines honorees are the
following.
Goodhue Elementary Schools
LEGO league team, the Goodhue
Gladiators, partnered with a high
school student leadership group

to conduct a school-wide food

drive. Fifth and sixth grade Gladiators created table tents, posters,
and announcements to promote
support of the drive. More than
1,100 pounds of food were collected and donated to the Zumbrota Area Food Shelf. Accepting
the awards were advisors Mark
Schoenfelder and Jodie Alpers, and
twelve Gladiator students.
Last October, twenty-six residents of Pine Island and Goodhue
traveled to Vicente Guerrero, Baja,
Mexico and built a three-room
school, a small medical facility,
and two family homes. For many
in the group, this was their third
trip to Baja building houses. Part
of the group spent a week at a
nearby orphanage. The group
raised funding for building materials and to provide food, diapers,
formula, and orphanage staples.
Accepting the award were Pastor
Kip Groettum, Beth Kohner, Tina
Culbertson, Rebecca and Layla

Goodhue

Photos by Peter Grimsrud

Customer Appreciation
Day celebrated in Goodhue
GOODHUE Goodhue businesses invited the public to join them Thursday,
February 19, for Customer Appreciation Day. They shared food and
conversation with their customers. Despite the frigid weather, Christina
Lexvold of Goodhue shared a popular ice cream treat at Roy n Als with
her children, from left to right: Max, James, and Evy (held).

Sjolander, Mark Aarsvold, Brenda

and Lynette Nerison, Mindy and
Ted Hartgers, Cheryl and Les
Kyllo, Liz Boehmke, Bob and
Karen Doll, Tom Bollman, Fred
Knudsvig, and Stuart and Lori
Weis.
During three days in November, Pine Island Middle School
and High School students and
teachers wore hats to support the
Heavenly Hats Foundation, which
provides hats to people who lose
their hair due to cancer treatment
or other medical conditions. Student council members promoted
the project and students paid two
dollars to wear their hat of choice
for the day. About $240 was collected from the three-day event.
Accepting the award were student
council advisor Beth Kohner, and
nine students.
At four years old, Karlee
Scheffler, the daughter of Roger
and Nikky Scheffler of Zumbrota,
cut and donated nine inches of her
hair to Locks of Love, a non-profit
organization that provides hairpieces to children suffering from
long-term medical hair loss.
The New River Assembly of
God Church in Zumbrota held its
second annual winter clothing drive
in November to ensure children
can play outside and stay warm
while at school. The idea was
started with the guidance of school
social worker Katie Kennedy. With
help from the community and local businesses, more than 350 coats,
snowpants, boots, hats, pairs of
mittens, and gloves were collected
at the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Primary
School. Pastor Gary Basinski and
his wife, Tina, accepted the award.
Last fall, Kembe Krueger, a
manager of Caseys General Store
in Zumbrota, participated in a
fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, to send a local youth to camp. By duct-taping
her mouth shut and soliciting customers to keep her quiet, Krueger
sold 142 minutes of silence. The
Caseys area team raised more than
$1,800, exceeding the goal needed
to send a local student to camp.
Krueger accepted the award with
Caseys District Manager Mike
Meyer.
The Star of the North Congressional Award was created to recognize the extraordinary acts of
service and the random acts of
kindness performed by Minnesotans in the 2nd District. To nominate a resident of Minnesotas
Second District for a Star of the
North award, please visit Klines
website at http://kline.house.gov
and visit the Constituent Service
link.
John Kline is the Chairman of
the House Education and the

Pastor Gary Basinski and his wife, Tina, of New River Assembly of God
Church in Zumbrota accepted an award from John Kline (center). The
church held its second annual winter clothing drive in November to
ensure children can play outside and stay warm while at school.

Workforce Committee. Kline, a ber of the House Armed Services

25-year veteran of the U.S. Ma- Committee. He and his wife, Vicky,
rine Corps, also is a senior mem- live in Burnsville.

Kembe Krueger, a manager of

Caseys General Store in Zumbrota,
participated in a fundraiser for the
Muscular Dystrophy Association, to
send a local youth to camp.

Wanamingo

Wanamingo Girl Scouts, from left to right, Esmee Solberg, Rachel Nesseth, troop leader Laura Nesseth, Edyn
Hudson, and Sophia Culuris present a check to Wanamingo ball field project organizer Kirby VanDeWalker.
The funds will be used to purchase a dugout bench for the new junior varsity softball field.

Wanamingo Girl Scouts raise

money for ball field bench
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO

The
Wanamingo Girl Scout troop recently set a big goal, and are proud
to have accomplished it. Sophia
Culuris, Edyn Hudson, Rachel
Nesseth and Esmee Solberg were
looking for a project that would
benefit the community. The girls

decided to set a goal of raising

enough funds to purchase a dugout bench, costing $581, for the
new Wanamingo ball field project.
Hudson said, We wished to be a
part of a big project. It felt awesome to achieve such a big goal.
The troop organized and held a
chili supper on January 3. Over
$400 was raised at the event, even
though the weather was horrible
that night and turnout was much
less than expected. Culuris said,
It felt good to raise that much
money. Culuris also enjoyed
working together on the chili feed
event.

The unit then decided to use

funds from their troop account to
cover the rest needed for the dugout bench. The fourth and fifth
grade Girl Scouts presented a check
to the Wanamingo ball field project
organizer Kirby VanDeWalker on
February 14. Supporting this
project also fulfilled part of the
requirements needed to earn the
Girl Scout Bronze Award.
Troop leader Laura Nesseth said
the scouts next activity is to make
dog toys and treats to sell at a pet
adoption event to raise funds for
foster families caring for foster
pets.

Pine Island

Public transit is
coming to Pine Island
By Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND Beginning
March 2, Three Rivers Community Actions Hiawathaland Transit
will be expanding its bus service
to provide public transportation
in Pine Island for anyone for any
reason. All trips within the city
Bob Fick (left) and Nate Juers (middle right) of Lake City visit with Lodermeiers employees Travis Thomforde and Troy Voth (right).
limits of Pine Island will cost $1.75
per one-way trip. Punch passes
and tokens are encouraged and will
be available for purchase at City
Hall.
Riders of all ages can use the
bus to meet their transportation
needs around town. Each bus is
equipped with a handicap accessible lift entrance for rider convenience. Bus services will be available Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 5
p.m. Call toll-free, (866) 623-7505.
Hiawathaland Transit is operated by Three Rivers. People can
ride the bus to go places like school,
work, the grocery store, doctors
office, pharmacy, or library. The
transit bus can transport anyone
anywhere within city limits. There
are even a few routes between cities. Local public transit provides
Around the block at Larsen Industries, Goodhue residents (left to right) Mike Mann, Ron Frederixon, Larry Larsen (owner), and Paul Ryan swap community members with access
stories.

A public transit bus like this one

will be available for service in Pine
Island beginning March 2.

to establishments when alternative means of transportation may

be limited or non-existent.
Hiawathaland Transits goal is
to serve the residents of greater
Minnesota; therefore, expanding
service to Pine Island which is
within the existing counties of
service (Goodhue, Rice, and
Wabasha Counties) coincides with
this objective.
Incorporated in 1966, Three
Rivers Community Action is a nonprofit human services organization created by local citizens. Three
Rivers works with community
partners to provide warmth, transportation, food, housing, advocacy,
and education to individuals and
families.

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Churches
BELLECHESTER
ROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITE
CHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2
miles north of Bellechester on County
2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-9234240. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday
School; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m.
Hymn Sing every fourth Sunday.
ST. MARYS CATHOLIC, Bellechester, Father Paul Kubista. Sunday
mornings: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Tuesday
mornings: 8 a.m. Mass.

GOODHUE
HOLY
TRINITY
CATHOLIC,
Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Mass
times: Monday and Wednesday, 8
a.m. at Holy Trinity; Tuesday and
Thursday, 8 a.m. at St. Mary; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. At Holy Trinity; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. St. Mary and 10:30
a.m. St. Columbkill.
ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,
651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Hassanally. Secretary hours: Monday and
Thursday: 5:15-8:15 p.m.; Tuesday
and Wednesday: 9:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 25: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun.,
March 1: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School;
9:30 a.m. Worship with communion;
11 a.m. Grades 9-12 Bible study at
the parsonage.
ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,
WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,
Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Wed.,
Feb. 25: 8:30 a.m. Quilting and Bible
study; 7 p.m. Worship with fellowship following. Sun., March 1: 9:15
a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m.
Worship; Synod Sunday. Tues.,
March 2: 1-4 p.m. Pastors office
hours.

MAZEPPA
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN,
Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 8436211, home; 843-5302 work. Bible
class every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
ST. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC,
Mazeppa. Weekends-Masses: Sun.:
10 a.m., Mazeppa, Fr. Joe Fogal.
UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,
David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;
home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30
a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.

ORONOCO
GRACE LUTHERAN, WELS, 45 1st
Avenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,
Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday, 8-11
a.m. Sundays: 8:45 a.m. Bible study;
Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship.
Website: www.gracelutheranoronoco
.come. Follow us on facebook.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
ORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.
Lisa Johnson office hours Mondays
1-4 p.m.; Office hours: Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed.,
Feb. 25: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Luncheon;
4-6 p.m. Food shelf open.

PINE ISLAND
CORNERSTONE
BAPTIST
CHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,
Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.corner
stonepi.org, ASL Interpretation available. Sun., 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Worship
(most Sundays) Wed., 7 p.m. Prayer
service; Cornerstone Club. Sun.,
March 1: Ephesians 2:1-7.
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CHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Island, Chris Paulson, Pastor, (507)
356-4834. Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for children and adults;
10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Youth
Group for grades 7-12. Wednesdays:
6 p.m. AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30
p.m. Bible study for all ages.
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Childrens Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
ST. MICHAELS CATHOLIC, 451 5th
Street SW, Pine Island, 356-4280,
Father Randal Kasel, Pastor; Saturday Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass
10:30 a.m.; Confessions 4:15 p.m.
Saturday; Daily Mass Wednesday
8:30 a.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.; Confessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5
p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, ELCA, 214
3rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,
Pastors David Beckstrom, and Kip
A. Groettum, Associate Pastor. Email:
saint paulpi@yahoo.com; Web site:
www.saintpa1ulpi.org Wed., Feb. 25:
3:30 p.m. Grades 7-8 confirmation
field trip; 6 p.m. Book study; Dinner;
7 p.m. Worship; 8 p.m. Chancel choir;
8:45 p.m. Praise team. Thurs., Feb.
26: 6:30 p.m. 5th grade 1st communion class; Building/grounds meeting. Fri., Feb. 27: 9 p.m. Supernight
for grades 6-12. Sat., Feb. 28: 5:30
p.m. Worship with communion. Sun.,
March 1: 8:15 a.m. Worship with
communion; 9:30 a.m. Fellowship;
Sunday School; Handbells; Transition team interviews; 10 a.m.
Childrens choir; 10:30 a.m. Worship
with communion; Sunday School.
Tues., March 3: 8:30 a.m. Quilting;
Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m. Bible study;
Elizabeth circle at City Centre; 7 p.m.
Adult ed meeting. Wed., March 4:
1:30 p.m. Lydia circle; 3:30 p.m. 7-8
grade confirmation field trip; 6 p.m.
Book study; Dinner; 6:30 p.m. Youth
ed meeting; 7 p.m. Worship; 8 p.m.
Chancel choir; 8:45 p.m. Praise team.
UNITED METHODIST, 200 Main St.
North, PO Box 8, Pine Island, Carolyn Westlake, Pastor; Office hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.;
Web address: www.piumc.org; email:
piumc@bevcomm.net. Wed., Feb. 25:
5:45 p.m. Meal and children worship;
6 p.m. Confirmation; 7 p.m. Worship.

WANAMINGO
NEW LIFE CHURCH, Wanamingo,
Pastor Patrick McBride, 507-8243019. New Life Church meets at 10
a.m. at 525 Beverly Street, Wanamingo. Free nursery for infants
through age three; Sunday School
for all ages beginning at 9 a.m. Small
Group Bible Studies Sunday evenings
at 7 p.m.
TRINITY LUTHERAN, Wanamingo,
Christopher Culuris, Pastor 507-8242155; www.TrinityWanamingo.org.
Wed., Feb. 25: 6 p.m. Supper; 7
p.m. Worship. Sat., Feb., 28: 6 p.m.
St. Olaf led youth event.
WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,
Wanamingo, MN 55983, Christopher
Culuris, Pastor. Office hours Thursdays 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. Wed.,
Feb. 25: 6 p.m. Supper at Trinity; 7
p.m. Holden evening prayer at Trinity. Sat., Feb. 28: 6 p.m. St. Olaf
outreach team youth group event at
Trinity. Sun., March 1: 9 a.m. Worship with communion; 10 a.m. Sunday School. Wed., March 4: 6 p.m.
Supper; 7 p.m. Worship.

ZUMBROTA
CHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH
and School, WELS, 223 East 5th
Street, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.
Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;
School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 7325367. Wed., Feb. 25: 10:30 a.m. Bible
study; 1 p.m. Nursing Home service;
3:15 p.m. Junior choir; 3:30 p.m.
Confirmation class; 5 p.m. Supper;
6:30 p.m. Worship; 7:30 p.m. Adult
choir. Sun., March 1: 8 and 10:30
a.m. Worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday
School; 9:30 a.m. Bible study; 6 p.m.
Luther League. Wed., March 4: 10:30
a.m. Bible study; 3:15 p.m. Junior
choir; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class;
5 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship;
7:30 p.m. Adult choir.
FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weekly
worship services: 81 West 5th Street,
Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc
1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m- Corinthians.
Wednesdays 7 p.m. Interactive Bible
studies, prayer, and counseling.

Valentines Dinner to be an annual event

By Cheryl Finnegan
PINE ISLAND Fifty-five Pine
Island community members enjoyed a free spaghetti dinner at
the Pine Island Methodist Church
on Valentines Day. The event was
created as outreach to the community, to raise awareness of the
church, and for a good bit of fellowship and fun. Anyone was
welcome to attend.
The church Evangelism Committee that organized the event was
on hand to serve the attendees a

meal which included salad, bread,

drinks and bars for dessert. According to Wade Bluemer, who
headed the crew, the committee
plans to make this an annual affair, although they may move the
date to another time of year to
avoid conflicting events and bad
weather. He encouraged people
to watch for it next year.
Volunteers Bill and Linda
Brueck, Neletta and Ken Harper,
Dean and Naomi Murray, Betsy
Heller, and Pastor Carolyn

Photo by Carolyn Westlake

Westlake all pitched in to make

things run smoothly.
The Fourth Avenue Four, a quartet from the Lakeland Barbershop
Chorus out of Faribault, entertained
with songs appropriate to the occasion, including Melancholy
Baby, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Wait Til the Sun Shines
Nellie, and Mary Lou.

Valentines Day was a fundraising

event for the Chorus. Several quartets toured southern Minnesota
spreading Cupids cheer. The
Fourth Avenue Four sang to several groups in Pine Island. The
quartet consists of Rick Ormsby,
baritone; Keith Stoos, lead; Brad
Prange, tenor; and Bill Mark, bass.

Photo by Neletta Harper

Ken Harper and Wade Bluemer fix multiple sauces for guests of the Pine
Island United Methodist Church Valentines Dinner.

The Fourth Avenue Four entertained at the Valentines Dinner at Pine

Island United Methodist Church on February 14. From left to right are
Brad Prange, Keith Stoos, Bill Mark, Rick Ormsby.

OUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN AFLC

Eric Westlake and Tim Banks, Pastors, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota,
732-5449, church office. Website:
oslczumbrota.org. Office hours: Tues.,
Wed., and Fri., 8 a.m.-noon. Wed.,
Feb. 25: 9 a.m. Womens Bible study;
3:30 p.m. Junior youth group; WINGS;
5:45 p.m. Meal; 6:30 p.m. Worship;
7:15 p.m. Youth group. Sat., Feb.
28: 7 a.m. Mens prayer breakfast; 7
p.m. Grades 7-12 open gym. Sun.,
March 1: 8:30 a.m. Prayer time; 9
a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m.
Worship with communion; 7 p.m. 50+
Study groups. Mon., March 2: 7 p.m.
Church council meeting; Moms in
prayer.

strand, Don Kloster pastor, (507) 3342822. Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15
a.m. Coffee hour; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; Confirmation class.

ship. Sun., March 1: 8 a.m. Youth

board; 9:15 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship.

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 749 Main

St. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, email
stpauls@hcinet.net Pastor Father
Randal Kasel, pastor. Office hours:
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and
1-5 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. http:/
/stpaulzm.com. Mass Schedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Mass at the nursing
home is the second Tuesday of the
month at 9:15 a.m.

HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,

Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., Feb. 25:
3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation at Emmanuel; 6
p.m. Supper at Emmanuel; 6:15 p.m.
1st year confirmation at Emmanuel;
6:30 p.m. Choir at Emmanuel; 7:30
p.m. Worship at Emmanuel. Sun.,
March 1: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School; 5:45 p.m. Youth
group. Wed., March 4: 3:15 p.m.
Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd year confirmation; 6 p.m. Supper; 6:15 p.m. 1st
year confirmation; 6:30 p.m. Choir;
7:30 p.m. Worship.

UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,

560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,
Rev. Dick Jorgensen and Youth Director Cindy Wilson. Wed., Feb. 25:
7:15 a.m. CBC; 5:30 p.m. Supper;
6:30 p.m. Worship G4C; 6:45 p.m.
Confirmation class; 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal; Jubilee bells practice. Thurs.,
Feb. 26: 9 a.m. Quilting; 7 p.m. Food
shelf open. Sun., March 1: 8 and
10:30 a.m. Worship; 9:15 a.m. PACE;
Sunday School. Mon., March 2: 2
p.m. Food shelf open. Wed., March
4: 7:15 a.m. CBC; 8 a.m. Ruth circle;
5:30 p.m. Supper; 6 p.m. WELCA
meeting; 6:30 p.m. Worship; 7 p.m.
Choir rehearsal; 7 p.m. Jubilee bells
practice.

RURAL
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., Feb. 25:
3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation; 6 p.m. Supper; 6:15
p.m. 1st year confirmation; 6:30 p.m.
Choir; 7:30 p.m. Worship. Sun.,
March 1: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. Worship; 5:45 p.m. Youth
group at Hauge. Wed., March 4: 3:15
p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd year
confirmation at Hauge; 6 p.m. Supper at Hauge; 6:15 p.m. 1st year
confirmation at Hauge; 6:30 p.m. Choir
at Hauge; 7:30 p.m. Worship at
Hauge.
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Ner-

GRACE & ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN

CHURCHES, Rural Goodhue, County
4 Blvd., Pastor Justin Gosch. Grace:
Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15
Sunday School. Communion on the
second and last Sunday of each
month. St. Johns: Sundays: 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Communion on the second and last
Sunday of each month. Wed., Feb.
25: 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m. Worship
at St. Johns. Wed., March 4: 6 p.m.
Supper; 7 p.m. Worship at Grace.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,

Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old Church
Road. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651388-4577. Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; Bible class; 9:45 a.m. Fellowship time; 10 a.m. Worship.
LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.
60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.
Zumbrota. Wed., Feb. 25: 7:15 a.m.
Youth Bible study at Bridgets; 9 a.m.
and 7:15 p.m. Worship with communion; 6 p.m. Youth group. Thurs., Feb.
26: 9 a.m. Quilting; 10:30 a.m. Newsletter collation; 7 p.m. Praise practice. Fri., Feb. 27: 9:15 p.m. Leave
from Lands to super night. Sat., Feb.
28: 6 a.m. Get picked up from super
night; 8 a.m. Doodle Bible study. Sun.,
March 1: 7:30 a.m. Praise practice;
8:30 a.m. Praise worship with communion; 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship with communion. Mon., March 2: 6:30 p.m. Worship meeting. Tues., March 3: 11
a.m. Text study; 6 p.m. Executive
meeting. Wed., March 4: 7:15 a.m.
Youth Bible study at Bridgets; 9 a.m.
and 7:15 p.m. Worship; 5:30 p.m.
Supper; 6 p.m. Youth group.
MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628
County 50 Blvd. Rev. Hannayh
Bergstrom de Leon, Pastor. Wed.,
Feb. 25: 6 p.m. Soup,study and wor-

ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC,

36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,
Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30
a.m. Mass.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, Bear
Valley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,
home; 843-5302 work. Bible Class
is every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in
Mazeppa.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, WELS,
Minneola Township, County Road 7,
rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,
Pastor. Wed., Feb. 25: 8 p.m. Worship. Sun., March 1: 8:30 a.m. Worship; Synod Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Bible
study. Tues., March 2: 1-4 p.m.
Pastors office hours.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Belvidere, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,
MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,
Pastor. Wed., Feb. 25: 7 p.m. Worship.
STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Rural Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,
Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507271-5711. Wed., Feb. 25: 5:30 p.m.

Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship. Sun.,

March 1: 9 a.m. Confirmation; 10:30
a.m. Worship with communion. Tues.,
March 3: 11 a.m. Text study. Wed.,
March 4: 5:30 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m.
Worship.
URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County
9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.
Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor David
Hurtt, Interim. Wed., Feb. 25: 6 a.m.
Mens Bible study; 6 p.m. Supper; 7
p.m. Worship; 8 p.m. Praise and
worship practice. Sun., March 1: 9:15
a.m. Sunday School; Youth forum;
10:30 a.m. Communion worship.
Mon., March 2: 7 p.m. Peace circle.
Wed., March 4: 6 a.m. Mens Bible
study; 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m. Worship; 8 p.m. Praise and worship practice.
WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN,
LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Cannon Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Minister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.
Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Bible
study; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.
ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,
West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.
Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.

Goodhue
Luhman finishes in Sweet Sixteen
of National Discussion Meet
GOODHUE Jared Luhman of
Goodhue County finished in the
top 16 in the National Collegiate
Discussion Meet at the American
Farm Bureau Federations (AFBF)
FUSION Conference February 1316 in Nashville, Tennessee. He
was among 47 contestants in this
years competition.
Luhman advanced to the AFBF
Young Farmers & Ranchers
(YF&R) competition after capturing top honors at the Minnesota
Farm Bureau Federations YF&R
Collegiate Discussion Meet Competition in November. Contestants
are judged on their basic knowledge of critical farm issues and
their ability to exchange ideas and
information in a setting aimed at
cooperative problem-solving.
Luhmans family farms near

Goodhue. He is attending the University of Minnesota Twin Cities majoring in agricultural education.
All of the Collegiate Discussion Meet competitors in the AFBF
YF&R contest receive a $250
scholarship from the CHS Foundation.
Twenty-two Farm Bureau members from Minnesota are among
over 1,300 attending the AFBF
Farmers United: Skills, Inspiration, Outreach and Networking
(FUSION) Conference. The Conference runs February 13-16 featuring seminars and tours for volunteer leaders from three program
areas: Young Farmers and Ranchers, Promotion and Education and
Womens Leadership.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,

UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;
Rev. Lisa Johnson. Secretarys office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed., Feb. 25: 11:30
a.m.-1 p.m. Luncheon at Oronoco.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,
a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,
Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum
@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.
Office: 732-5074. Sun., March 1:
10:45 a.m. Worship; Luke 5:1-11.
NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.
507-398-2604. Pastor Gary Basinski. Service times: Saturday, 7 p.m.
www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.

Neven Sodd

Goodhue students attend Art Workshop Day

RIVER FALLS, WI Twelve Goodhue High School art students attended
the University of Wisconsin River Falls Art Workshop Day on February
6. Students were able to take short, hands-on classes in painting,
ceramics, glass-blowing, creative metals, and more. Kate McNamara,

Alissa Bien, and Ethan Dressen also had the opportunity to display their
artwork in the student artwork exhibition. On the left is McNamara with
her chalk drawing, Snow White. On the right are Kalley Diercks, Anna
Kohlnhofer, and Mikayla Peterson participating in a painting workshop.

NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 PAGE 3B

County
Oronoco
WANAMINGO POLICE REPORT
Proposed ordinance bounces
back to Gold Rush Committee
By Karen Snyder
ORONOCO After listening
to city attorney Fred Suhlers interpretation of the proposed gathering permit ordinance, the
Oronoco City Council decided to
send the matter back to the Gold
Rush Committee.
The ordinance would assign the
set-up time for all Gold Rush vendors, whether on public or private
property. Setting up early would
be a crime, Suhler told the council at its February 17 meeting.
Offenders would be subject to arrest depending on a law enforcement officers discretion.
A violation would be a misdemeanor, enforceable in several
ways. If somebody were charged,
Suhler wasnt sure whether the
county attorney would pursuit the
matter. But the city could sue perpetrators.
It sounds like something that
should go back to the [Gold Rush]
committee, councilor Ryland
Eichhorst said.
Councilor Skyler Breitenstein
agreed. And Fred [Suhler] should
attend the meeting.
The council scheduled a special meeting of the Gold Rush
Committee for 6 p.m. March 16 at
city hall. Suhler will be there to
answer committee members questions, so that theyll be prepared
to answer questions, too, at a public hearing sometime in April.
Were trying to make this as
fair as possible for all vendors,
councilor Beau Hanenberger said.

City gets SSTS exemption

The council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

among the city, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), and
Olmsted County that will give some
Oronoco property owners a fiveyear exemption from the countys
new subsurface sewage treatment
system (SSTS) ordinance. Oronoco
city engineer Joe Palen told the
council the Olmsted County Board
could pass the ordinance at its
meeting that evening.
The exemption, granted because
the city is looking into building a
municipal sewer, covers septic
systems in Sewer Districts B, C,
and F, as shown on a map at
oronoco.com. (Go to Water and
Sewer Committee, then to Facility Plan Public Hearing and scroll
down.)
The county SSTS ordinance
would ban the sale of houses whose
septic systems dont pass inspection. A failed inspection would
mean the owner must repair the
problems or replace the system. A
new system costs $15,000 to
$20,000. To that, add several thousand dollars more for hook-up if
and when the city does build a
wastewater treatment facility.
The MOU also calls for preparing an FAQ document about the
MOU, the countys SSTS ordinance and Oronocos plan for
municipal sewer service. The FAQ
will be posted on the citys and
countys websites.

mously to table the question of

where in Oronoco to build a wastewater treatment plant. Potential
sites have been narrowed to two
or three. Weve done as much as
we can, Eichhorst said, without
getting more information on research for a Pine Island and
Oronoco joint project.
And thats whats next. The two
cities will (1) hire a researcher to
study the feasibility of a combined
wastewater treatment system and
(2) organize a task force to work
with that researcher.
When Palen offered to prepare
a sewer system timeline, the council
said a unanimous yes.
Other business

Mayor Kevin McDermott reported that hes heard nothing more

from Olmsted County Commissioner Lou Ohly on the matter of
roadwork in the city left unfinished by the county. McDermott
said he intends to discuss the problem with State Senator Dave
Senjem.
Volunteers wanted: The Gold
Rush Committee is seeking two
voting members and someone to
help with software. To enlist, contact councilor Breitenstein
(oronocosky@gmail.com, 507367-4515)
or
councilor
Hanenberger (oronoco@yahoo.
com, 507-367-2223) or Carol Olson (goldrush@bevcomm.net).
The Parks and Trails Committee is planning a cleanup day in
April.
Sewer project switches focus
The council will hold its next
The councilors voted unani- regular meeting at 7 p.m. March
17 at city hall.

ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA SENIOR PROFILES

Name: Kayla Stensrud

Parents: Keith and Tracy
Borgschatz
Siblings: Zach, 15, and Alexis,
11
High school activities: FFA,
trapshooting
Favorite class or subject: Anything with Mr. Yusten
Best high school memory:
Going to the National FFA Convention my junior and senior years.
Hobbies: Showing cattle, 4-H,
photography
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead?
George Strait and Sean Faris
Favorite...
Book: A Child Called It
Movie: Forever Strong
TV Show: Friday Night Lights
Song: Break-up in Small
Town by Sam Hunt
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A Red Angus beef farm
Describe yourself in one word:
Clumsy
College/career plans: Major in
marketing communications

like to meet, living or dead? Adam

Sandler, Wiz Khalifa, Liam Neeson
Favorite...
Book: Maze Runner
Movie: Fast and Furious 4
TV Show: Wilfred and The Big
Bang Theory
Song: DOA by The Foo Fighters
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A one-way ticket to Macedonia
Describe yourself in one word:
Independent
College/career plans: Finish
high school and then study architecture abroad.

tive Decisions, National Honor

Society, band, Senior Class Committee, and choir
Favorite class or subject: Advanced biology
Best high school memory:
When Ms. Heitmann fell or prom
Hobbies: Dance and singing
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead? Jesus
Favorite...
Book: Confessions of a
Shopaholic
Movie: Frozen
TV Show: One Tree Hill and
Dance Moms
Song: Anything by Ed Sheeran
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? College tuition
Describe yourself in one word:
Determined
College/career plans: I plan to
attend St. Olaf College and doublemajor in dance and exercise science and complete a concentration in management studies. I eventually want to own and operate a
dance studio.

Special Events Reunions Graduations

Weddings Festivals Business Functions
Rob/Deb
Westgard
26697 520th St.,
Pine Island

507-356-4018
FREE DELIVERY AND SET-UP
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Main St.
2:38 p.m. A person was reported near 420th St and Cty 7 in
Minneola Township trying to get
a cat out of a tree. The driver left
before a deputy arrived.
7:40 p.m. A speeding ticket
was issued near Hader.
9:25 p.m. A speeding ticket
was issued near Hwy 60 and 162nd
Ave in Minneola Township.
9:35 p.m. A speeding ticket
was issued near the 16600 block
of Hwy 60 in Minneola Township.
January 29

8:29 a.m. A deputy checked

on the welfare of a person on the
47800 block of 160th Ave in
Roscoe Township. The subject was
fine.
3:47 p.m. Medical help was
requested on Hillcrest Manor Ave.
January 30

4:36 a.m. A small dog was

running outside in the alley all
night near 2nd St W. The dog was
returned to its owner.
3:30 p.m. A deputy attended
to civil matters on Hill Cr.
January 31

10:50 a.m. A deputy assisted

the power company in standing
by while they turned the power on
near the 47800 block of 160th Ave
in Roscoe Township.
8:58 p.m. A speeding ticket
was issued near Beverly St and
Main St.

PINE ISLAND POLICE REPORT

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
10:57 p.m. Medical help was
The following information was requested on Lillie Ln SE.
provided by the Goodhue County February 3
2:15 a.m. A citation for drivSheriffs Office.
ing after suspension was issued
February 1
12:55 a.m. An alarm was acti- near 500th St and Hwy 52 in Pine
vated at Dollar General. It was a Island Township.
false alarm.
4:14 a.m. A speeding ticket
9:17 a.m. Medical help was was issued near 490th St and Hwy
requested on 3rd St NW.
52 in Pine Island Township.
10:13 a.m. Medical help was
12:16 p.m. A deputy attended
requested on 3rd St NW.
to civil matters on the 47400 block
3:48 p.m. A parking complaint of 180th Ave in Pine Island Townwas reported on Main St S. A ve- ship.
hicle was sticking out in traffic.
3:04 p.m. Lots of people were
Because of mechanical failure it reported going in and out the resihad skidded to the curb. The driver dence of a deceased person on the
arrived and later parked it legally 51500 block of 210th Ave in Pine
and waited for a tow truck to ar- Island Township. Two individurive.
als were doing work for the ho11:59 p.m. An alarm was ac- meowner. All was okay.
tivated at Dollar General. It was a
3:10 p.m. A 911 hang-up call
false alarm.
was received from the school. It
February 2
was a false call.
2:36 a.m. A speeding ticket
3:29 p.m. A vehicle was in the
was issued near 490th St and Hwy ditch near Hwy 52 and Main St N.
52 in Pine Island Township.
7:30 p.m. A complainant on
3:42 a.m. Medical help was Main St S asked a person to leave
requested on 4th Ave SW.
and they would not. The subject
4:55 a.m. A semi roll-over eventually left.
occurred near 490th St and Hwy February 4
52 in Pine Island Township. The
8:35 a.m. The tires of vehicles
State Patrol handled the incident. that were parked in violation of
9:48 a.m. Deputies assisted the city ordinance were chalked.
Olmsted County with a restrain10:10 a.m. A violation of a
ing order violation arrest on 3rd restraining order was reported on
Ave NW. Olmsted County authori- 5th St SW. A female was arrested
ties took custody of the subject. on a harassment restraining order
5:39 p.m. A verbal disturbance violation.
was reported on Cedar Ct NE.
9:17 p.m. A citation for speed-

ing, driving after revocation, and

no proof of insurance was issued
on 1st St NE.
10:00 p.m. A citation for driving after revocation and no insurance was reported on 1st St NE.
10:50 p.m. A citation for no
proof of insurance was issued on
8th St SW.
February 5

1:57 a.m. A citation for no

proof of insurance was issued near
Center Dr E and the cemetery.
9:40 a.m. The K-9 unit assisted with a locker sniff at the
school.
1:01 p.m. Family complaints
were reported on Main St N.
2:36 p.m. A deputy assisted
the school with a matter.
4:06 a.m. A deputy checked
on a vehicle that had its hazard
lights on near 490th St and Hwy
52 in Pine Island Township. It was
having mechanical problems.
4:29 p.m. A deputy attended
to civil matters on Main St S.
8:17 p.m. A vehicle backed
into a parked vehicle in the high
school lot.
11:15 p.m. A cat bite was reported on the 48800 block of Cty
55 in Pine Island Township.
February 6

1:40 p.m. A vehicle with its

hood up was reported at 520th St
and Hwy 60. A deputy passed a
vehicle matching the description
near the roundabout.

Youth at risk of human trafficking in Minnesota

Name: Noah Prodzinski

Parents: Bev and Kevin
Prodzinski
Siblings: Hunter
High school activities: Football,
wrestling,
baseball,
trapshooting, FFA, senior mentor
Favorite class or subject: Anything with Raasch
Best high school memory:
Being on the state wrestling team
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead? Taylor Swift, Deandre Hopkins, Wiz
Khalifa
Favorite...
Movie:
Monsters
Inc.,
Goodburger
TV Show: The League and The
Simpsons
Song: The Next Episode by
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A lot of hats and shoes
Name: Josh Nelson
Describe yourself in one word:
Parents: Jennifer Marsh and Different
Mark Nelson
College/career plans: FourSiblings: Bailey, Taylor, and year computer engineering degree
Hayden Marsh, and Layne Nelson
High school activities: Basketball, soccer, golf
Favorite class or subject: Math/
geometry
Best high school memory:
Prom 2013
Hobbies: Fishing, being with
friends, snowboarding, traveling
Person or persons you would

Summertime Fun
Picnic Table Rental

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
ing after suspension was issued
The following information was near Hwy 52 and Cty 50 in
provided by the Goodhue County Minneola Township.
Sheriffs Office.
10:31 a.m. A residential alarm
January 23
was activated on the 10000 block
4:42 p.m. A deputy attended of 505th St in Cherry Grove Townto civil matters on the 11700 block ship. It was a false alarm.
of 415th St in Wanamingo Town1:41 p.m. A speeding ticket
ship.
was issued near Hader.
11:37 p.m. A deputy checked January 26
on a vehicle parked in a field drive
10:06 p.m. A deputy checked
near Cty 12 and Cty 1 in Cherry on a vehicle parked behind Cenex.
Grove Township. A citation was The situation was okay.
issued for possession of a small January 27
12:05 a.m. A deputy checked
amount of marijuana.
on a vehicle parked in a field drive
January 24
12:19 p.m. A speeding ticket near 460th St and Hwy 57 in
was issued near Hader.
Minneola Township. The vehicle
5:59 p.m. A citation for no was unoccupied and the area was
Minnesota drivers license and clear.
speeding was issued near 440th
6:25 p.m. A man on the 44200
St and Hwy 57 in Minneola Town- block of 135th Ave in Minneola
ship.
Township reported his wife had
10:03 p.m. A male was stum- been followed home by a black
bling and unable to walk near 2nd car flashing lights at her. The veAve and 3rd St E. The male was hicle parked down the road for
highly intoxicated. A deputy gave about 15 minutes then headed
the male a ride to his residence. north. A deputy was unable to loJanuary 25
cate the vehicle.
12:16 a.m. A verbal distur10:55 p.m. A citation for failbance was reported on 4th St E. ure to change the address on a
1:07 a.m. An alarm was acti- drivers license was issued near
vated at Revland Alignment on Beverly St and Main St.
Main St. The key holder responded. January 28
It was a false alarm.
12:27 a.m. A citation for par6:31 p.m. A speeding ticket allel parking violation was issued
was issued near 420th St and Cty on 1st Ave.
7 in Minneola Township.
1:10 a.m. A citation for no
10:09 a.m. A citation for driv- proof of insurance was issued on

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
It is hard to believe that in Minnesota people could be at risk of
human trafficking. But its true.
This modern-day form of slavery
is more common than we realize
and is a serious problem in Minnesota, in both large urban cities
and small rural communities.
Human trafficking involves
people profiting from the control
and exploitation of others. To pimp
and control a person into performing or engaging in sexual acts is
human sex trafficking.
In a 2006 study, it was estimated
that 14,500-17,500 people were
trafficked into the United States
each year. However, a majority of
victims are from the United States,
and most at risk are youths ages
12-14.
In 2013, the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children
estimated that one in seven endangered runaway youths was
likely a sex trafficking victim. An
estimated 100,000-300,000 in the
US are at risk of being exploited
by human traffickers each year.
However, Lauren Ryan, the director of Safe Harbor/No Wrong
Door in Minnesota, said she believes this data is under-reported
and the problem is much larger.
Ryan said the average age of a
person drawn into human sex trafficking is 12-14. African Americans and Native Americans have
been identified as being the most
at risk. Youths who are most likely
to be targeted are: from homes
struggling with poverty, debt, and
homelessness; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; runaways;
those who have a histories of beName: Tianna Beniak
ing a victim of domestic and sexual
Parents: Tom and Tammy abuse, trauma, chemical dependency, or prostitution in the famBeniak
ily; immigrants; or those who lack
Siblings: Travis and Trevor
High school activities: Cross a social support system, skills, and/
country, Students Against Destruc- or education. Ryan said, Some

form of vulnerability tends to be

the common thread amongst all
different trafficking victims.
There are many paths to exploitation. An attentive guy suddenly
showing a great deal of interest in
a young girl often becomes a
Romeo boyfriend, offering romantic affection, gifts, compliments, and promises of a life together. He establishes a trusting
relationship with the girl, then isolates her from her family and convinces her to try dancing or having sex for money. Some traffickers lure victims with false promises of a high-paying job. Once
traffickers gain that trust, many
victims are often taken to other
states to be sold or set up in brothels.
Some parents or siblings will
actually trade a child for drugs or
money. Homeless youth may engage in survival sex to get money
to eat or in trade for shelter, and
they may be approached by traffickers within 48 hours of leaving
home. Gangs also use drug abuse,
rape, and solicitation as a weapon
of control.
Sex traffickers use domestic
violence tactics such as trauma
bonding cycles offering love,
then violence, reward, then punishment, acceptance, then degradation to control victims.
The popular depiction of prostitution happening on dark urban
streets in big cities in the dark of
night or at shifty house in a sketchy
neighborhood isnt entirely accurate in these cases. While some
victims are hidden behind locked
doors, many traffickers work from
the proverbial house next door and
arrange for youth to perform acts
while in schools or public libraries, or take them to truck stops
and hotels to meet those paying
for services. In many cases victims are in plain view and may

interact with community members,

but the widespread lack of awareness and understanding of trafficking has led to low levels of
victim identification by the people
who most often encounter them.
For example, women and girls in
sex trafficking situations, especially U.S. citizens, are often
misidentified as willing participants in the sex trade who make a
free choice each day to be involved,
when in most cases threats of death
are used to keep them silent and in
control.
To compound the problem, many
victims do not self-identify as victims, unaware that they are being
used and manipulated. Many victims also have trust issues with
law enforcement and/or social
services because of past experiences theyve had with agencies
or things they have been told.
Therefore, getting victims to seek
help is a challenge. Victims are
more likely to share the truth if
they are able to build a trusting
ongoing relationship with a person.
Signs that could indicate a youth
is involved in human trafficking
include evidence of physical, mental, and/or sexual abuse; sudden
appearance of expensive clothing
with no explainable income; or
different men dropping the victim off and/or picking them up
from school, work, or public meeting place. To help identify a victim, a starting point could be to
ask, Is someone forcing you to
do something you dont want to
do?
Sex trafficking exists because
there is a demand. In decades past
individuals had to venture out to
established specialty stores, porn
video shops, or notorious massage
parlor to obtain illicit magazines,
movies, or sex services. However,
modern day internet technology

allows anyone to view pornographic material online in anonymity and virtually arrange for a sex
act using a computer device from
the privacy of their home. Sister
Briana McCarthy and the Sisters
of St Francis of Assisi provide
presentations on human trafficking. McCarthy said oftentimes porn
addicts become bored with traditional porn and venture out for
something more stimulating and
dangerous, such as soliciting sex.
Without the increased demand, sex
traffickers would be forced to find
other ways to make money.
Minnesota has taken steps to
combat human trafficking with the
Safe Harbor Law, defining sexually exploited youth, adding them
to the states child protection codes,
increasing penalties against commercial sex abusers and purchasers, and outlining a statewide response for sexually exploited
youth. The law also follows the
No Wrong Door model, making
resources and services available
for victims through regional navigators, housing and shelter, comprehensive services, and training
and protocol development. Nationwide there is a Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
The Sisters of St. Francis of
Assisi Heights in Rochester said
the first step in combatting the
problem is awareness. Along with
the Sisters, Lauren Ryan of Safe
Harbor/No Wrong Door also provides presentations on human trafficking. She can be reached at 651201-5412.
Since 2010, Mission 21 of Rochester has worked to provide services to children who are bought
and sold in the commercial sex
trade. Visit www.mission21mn.org
for more information or call 507208-4600. The Polaris Project at
www.polarisproject.org also has
screening tools, information, and
resources on human trafficking.

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Goodhue salutes

NATIONAL FFA WEEK

Goodhue FFA participates in many activities
throughout 2014-2015 school year
Over the course of the 2014-15 school
the Goodhue FFA Chapter has been
very busy.
At the beginning of the year Haley
Hinrichs, Sam McNamara, Lanny
Reese, Max Schafer, John Altendorf,
Kaitlin Hemenway, Maia Thermos,
Laura Ringeisen, Maggie Mills, Kalley
Diercks, Emily Benrud and Maddie
Schafer attended the Region VIII FFA
Fall Leadership Day in Rochester
where region officers put on small
workshops to help chapters to come
up with ideas for new things to do
within the chapter.
Over the course of the year, the general livestock team, consisting of
Maddie Schafer, Max Schafer, Haley
Hinrichs, Kalley Diercks and Matthew Betcher and dairy judging team,
consisting of Maggie Mills, Samantha
Bartholome, Emily Benrud, Bradyn
Hinsch and Kjersten Veiseth have been
to multiple invites.
At regionals, both teams placed second, advancing to state competition,
which is held April 27-29, 2015 at the
University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus during the State FFA convention.
Maddie Schafer, Max Schafer, Haley
Hinrichs, Maggie Mills, Brittany Ryan,
Mayra Monjaraz, Melissa Poncelet,
Joel Gadient, Emily Benrud and Kalley
Diercks attended the National FFA
Convention in Louisville, Kentucky
this year. They visited an apple or-

chard, a tobacco farm, and Fair Oaks

Dairy, which is a family-owned farm
that educates the public on modern
farming techniques. Our members also
saw Justin Moore and Scotty McCreery
in concert.
Our chapter has also taken part in
the U of M Winter Invitational where
we had teams participating in Ag Sales,
consisting of Sam McNamara, Kaitlin
Hemenway, John Altendorf, Brittany
Ryan and Joel Gadient; Job Interview
(Kalley Diercks and Maddie Schafer),
Novice Parliamentary Procedure,
consisting of Maddie Schafer, Max
Schafer, John Altendorf, Kalley
Diercks, Haley Hinrichs and Maggie
Mills; Extemporaneous Speaking
(Haley Hinrichs) and Prepared Public Speaking (Maggie
Mills).
Mary Poncelet and Maia Thermos
attended the Region VIII Greenhand
Camp this December. They learned
some new things about FFA while
having a blast with the regions officers.
The chapters annual Fruit Sale and
Corn Drive also happened this year.
The Corn Drive brought in about
$3,000 which will be donated to Camp
Courage. Camp Courage provides
programs and services including summer and winter camps, day camps,
therapeutic horseback riding and team

building for individuals with physical, developmental and learning disabilities.

We would like to personally thank
the farmers and Ag Partners for their
continued support of this wonderful
program.
At the Region VIII Winter Leadership Day in January, Goodhue FFA
had participants in Job Interview
(Maddie Schafer), Extemporaneous
Speaking (Haley Hinrichs), Prepared 2014-15 Goodhue FFA Officer Team: Left to right: Max Schafer, Madison
Speaking (Maggie Mills), Region Schafer, Maggie Mills, Brittney Ryan, Haley Hinrichs, Kalley Diercks,
Officer Candidates (Kalley Diercks Jamie Thermos, and Sam McNamara.
and Kaitlin Hemenway) and Maggie
Mills received her State FFA Degree.
Maddie won the Job Interview category and will be advancing to state
competition representing Region VIII.
This March, Maddie Schafer, Max
Schafer, John Altendorf, Maggie Mills,
Haley Hinrichs and Kalley Diercks
will be competing in the Region VIII
Advanced Parliamentary Procedure
Contest.Sam McNamara, Brittany
Ryan, Joel Gadient and Kaitlin
Hemenway will be competing in the
Region VIII Agricultural Sales contest and Laura Ringeisen, Mayra
Monjaraz, Lanny Reese and Melissa
Poncelet will be competing in the
Region VIII Floriculture Contest.
Our chapter will be represented well
at the State FFA Convention in St.
Paul in April.

Ice Skating Chapter activity, January 2015: Left to right: Ethan

Schafer, Madison Schafer and Kenny Schafer.

U of M Winter Leadership Day University of MN, December 2014:

Front row, left to right: Katie Hemenway, Maggie Mills, Kalley Diercks,
and John Altendorf. Back row, left to right: Joel Gadient, Brittney Ryan,
Madison Schafer, Sam McNamara, Max Schafer, and Haley Hinrichs.

Region VIII officers from Goodhue

FFA: Left to right: Maggie Mills,
Madison Schafer, and Haley
Hinrichs.

Ice Skating Chapter activity,

January 2015: Front to back: Brady
Gadient, Ethan Schafer, Kenny
Schafer, Lanny Reese and Derek
Stehr of the Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA
Chapter.

National Convention - National FFA

Convention, October-November
2014, Louisville, KY: Front row: Emily
Benrud and Mayra Monjaraz. Middle
row, left to right: Derek Stehr,
Madison Schafer, Brittney Ryan, and
Melissa Poncelet. Back Row, left
to right: Haley Hinrichs and Zach
Stensrud of Zumbrota-Mazeppa.
State Fair August 2014, MN State
Fair: John Altendorf
General Livestock Judging Team Seond Place - University of WI, River
Falls, Region VIII qualifying contest, September 2014: Left to right:
Haley Hinrichs, Madison Schafer, Kalley Diercks, and Matthew Betcher
holding Max Schafer.

U of M invite Judging Invite University of MN, October 2014: Left to

right: Braydn Hinsch, Kalley Diercks, Kjersten Veiseth, Max Schafer,
Emily Benrud, Madison Schafer, and Katie Hemenway.

Dairy Judging Team Second Place University of WI, River Falls, Region
VIII qualifying contest, September 2014: Left to right: Kjersten Veiseth,
Emily Benrud, Maggie Mills, Braydn Hinsch and Samantha Bartholome.

Fall Leadership Day Rochester, September 2014: Front row, left to

right: Laura Ringeisen, Maggie Mills, Maddie Lodermeier, Kalley Diercks,
and Madison Schafer. Back row, left to right: Haley Hinrichs, Sam
McNamara, Lanny Reese, Max Schafer, John Altendorf, Katie Hemenway,
and Mia Thermos.

Schafer Sheep Picture Goodhue County Fair August 2014: Left to

right: Madison, Kendrah, and Max Schafer.
Miller Invite Livestock judging contest, September 2014: Front row,left
to right: Melissa Poncelet, Mayra Monjaraz, Katie Hemenway and Kalley
Diercks. Back row, left to right: Lexie Lodermeier, Justin Thomforde,
Mattew Betcher and Max Schafer.

Churchill Downs National FFA Convention, Louisville, KY, October 30November 1, 2014: Front row, left to right: Maggie Mills, Brittney Ryan,
Kalley Diercks, Emily Benrud, Haley Hinrichs, and Melissa Poncelet.
Back row, eft to right: Madison Schafer, Max Schafer, Joel Gadient, and
Mayra Monjaraz.

National Convention National FFA Convention, October-November

2014, Louisville, KY: Front row, left to right: Melissa Poncelet, Madison
Schafer, and Emily Benrud. Back row, left to right: Mayra Monjaraz,
Derek Stehr, and Maggie Mills.

Mills Showing their Dairy Steers at the State Fair Minnesota State
Fairy, August 2014: Left to right: Libby Mills and Maggie Mills.

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Zumbrota-Mazeppa salutes

NATIONAL FFA WEEK

FFA ROSTER
Seniors:
Dillon Downes
Hannah Eckblad
Connor Hegseth
Tim Hinrichs
Kayla Stensrud
Noah Prodzinski
Seth Tupper
Juniors:
Abby Anderson
Chris Farrell
Sarah Gehrke
Caleb Hinrichs
Taylor Nelson
Sam Perrotti
Aricka Roberson
Zach Sanborn
Brittany Sanborn
Derek Stehr
Eric Swanson
Sophomores:
Matthew Burdick
Shelby Betcher
Zach Stensrud
Kerrie Post
Freshmen:
David Eckblad
Ethan Hofshulte
Hayden Voxland
8th Grade:
Makayla Arendt
Casey Dykes
Amaya Huneke
Emily Haugen
Brynn Karstens
Matthew Kuznicki
Weston Mehrkens
Kyra Nichols
Rylee Schliep
Haley Kalina
7th Grade:
Riley Anderson
Jakalyn Arendt
Heidi Davis
Reagean Dillon
Samantha Sheridan
Hannah Perrotti
Willie Sibley
Graduates:
Adam Burdick
Lisa Ecker
Emma Flotterud
Alyssa Stehr
Ryan Stehr
Brooke Swenson
Colton Thoreson

Teams:
State Trapshoot - Seth Tupper, Sarah Gehrke, Zach Sanborn, Brittany
Sanborn
Soils-State Quailified - Aricka Roberson, Tim Hinrichs, Connor Hegseth,
Noah Prodzinski, Hannah Eckblad
General Livestock Evaluation - State Qualified - Seth Tupper, Kayla
Stensrud, Brittany Sanborn, Derek Stehr, Zach Stensrud
Dairy Foods - State Qualified - Sam Perrotti, Dillon Downes, Kerrie Post,
Shelby Betcher,
Dairy Evaluation - Caleb Hinrichs, Zach Sanborn, Eric Swanson, Shelby
Betcher, Sam Perrotti, Kerrie Post
Horse Evaluation Dillon Downes, Abby Anderson, Taylor Nelson
Contour Line - Caleb Hinrichs, Derek Stehr
Best Informed Greenhand - State Qualified - Brynn Karstens, Emily
Haugen, Casey Dykes, Matt Kuznicki, Kyra Nickols
Extemporaneous Speaking - State Qualified - Hannah Eckblad
Prepared Public Speaking- State Qualified - Aricka Roberson
Job Interview:Derek Stehr
Silver ranking National Parliamentary Procedure Team - Hannah Eckblad,
Lisa Ecker, Alyssa Stehr, Emma Flotterud, Caleb Hinrichs, Adam Burdick

State Degree Recipients - Derek Stehr, Aricka Roberson

Proficiency - Hannah Eckblad- State Qualified
2014-2015 Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA Officer Team. Front row, left to right: Sam Perrotti, Hannah Eckblad,
Region VIII Officers: - Hannah Eckblad- 2014-2015 Secretary
Caleb Hinrichs, and Zach Stensrud. Back row: Shelby Betcher, Aricka Roberson, Derek Stehr, Seth Tupper,
Aricka Roberson- 2015-2016 President Elect
and Tim Hinrichs.
Future Contests:
Advanced Parliamentary Procedure - Aricka Roberson, Seth Tupper,
Sam Perrotti, Derek Stehr, Zach Stensrud, Dillon Downes
Novice Parliamentary Procedure - Brynn Karstens, Emily Haugen, Casey
Dykes, Matt Kuznicki, Makayla Arendt, Kyra Nickols.
We would also like to thank the Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA Alumni
and their supporters. Members and supporters include:
LEAH & MATT ADDINGTON
MARTY & KELLY AMUNDSON
JOSH & SARA BETCHER
KATIE BRENNY
MARK & SHARI CHAMBERLAIN
BRIAN CLEMENSON
JERRY & PHYLLIS CLEMENSON
RACHEL ECKER
SUE ECKER
JOLENE FREDRICKSON
TOM & MARY HENDERSON
SUE HINRICHS
MAMIE & PAUL LUHMANN
TIM & MARIE MACK
SAM MICHELS
SCOTT MORGAN
CASEY ROSTAD
TIM SANBORN
MIKE & REBEKAH PATTERSON
DUSTY SCHEFFLER
DAN & SUE SCHEFFLER
DON & DEB SCHLIEP
FRED SCHLIEP
CAROL SCHUMANN
CRAIG & PAM STEHR

FLINTON STEHR
GRADY STEHR
DALE & MARGARET STILLER
JIM & TARYN THORESEN
JON & AJ YUSTEN
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Central Livestock Association
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Farm Bureau
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Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA Advanced Parliamentary Procedure competed at FFA National Convention in October.
They received a silver ranking. Team members consisted of (pictured left to right): Caleb Hinrichs, Emma
Flotterud, Lisa Ecker, Alyssa Stehr, Hannah Eckblad, and Adam Burdick.

The FFA Alumni gives

scholarships, funds contests,
travel, and camps. If youre
interested in joining the
FFA Alumni the cost is $20
for ages 18-22, $50 for ages
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Contact Grady Stehr at
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OFFICER TEAM:
President: Hannah Eckblad
Vice President: Seth Tupper
Secretary: Aricka Roberson
Treasurer: Derek Stehr
Reporter: Caleb Hinrichs
Sentinel: Sam Perrotti
2nd Vice President- Tim Hinrichs
3rd Vice President- Shelby Betcher
Historian- Zach Stensrud

University of Minnesota Leadership Contest invitational contestants.

Contests included novice parliamentary procedure, advanced parliamentary
procedure, extemporaneous speaking, prepared public speaking, and
job interview. Contestants included, left to right, Casey Dykes, MaKayla
Arendt, Matt Kuznicki, Kyra Nichols, Emily Haugen, Brynn Karstens,
Dillon Downes, Aricka Roberson, Hannah Eckblad, Samantha Perrotti,
Derek Stehr, Zach Stensrud.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA in front of all the presents they bought for families for Christmas using the money
from their annual Fruit Drive For Charity. Pictured left to right: David Eckblad, Samantha Sheridan, Hannah
Perrotti, Zach Stensrud, Hayden Voxland, Kyra Nichols, Rilee Schliep, Amaya Huneke,, Emily Haugen, Casey
Dykes, Brynn Karstens, Matt Burdick, Shelby Betcher, Derek Stehr, Eric Swanson, Hannah Eckblad, Aricka
Roberson, Caleb Hinrichs, Adam Burdick, and Kerrie Post.

FFA members meet with State Senator Matt Schmit. Picture includes
Emma Flotterud, Lisa Ecker, Matt Schmitt, Hannah Eckblad, and Alyssa
Stehr.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA held their 25th annual Toy Show. They gathered
as many past chairs as possible to celebrate the event. Left to Right
back row: Dusty Scheffler, Chad Graves, Kurt Stehr, Grady Stehr, Flinton
Stehr, Scott Morgan Front row: Derek Stehr, Hannah Eckblad, and Andi
Schwartz.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA Greenhands attended Region Greenhand Camp

in December. Pictured left to right are: Hannah Eckblad (Region Officer),
David Eckblad, Brynn Karstens, Casey Dykes, Kyra Nichols, Emalie
Stolp (Region Officer).

New FFA members receive their jackets. Left to right: Emily Haugen,
David Eckblad, Ethan Hofshulte, Samantha Sheridan, Brynn Karsten,
Mckayla Arendt, Riley Anderson, and Casey Dykes.

State qualified general livestock judging team consisting of Seth Tupper,

Kayla Stensrud, Derek Stehr, Brittany Sanborn, and Zack Stensrud.

Matt Kuznicki, Weston Merkens, Zach Stensrud, Kayla Stensrud, Kyra

Nichols, Emily Haugen, Derek Stehr, Caleb Arendt, Hannah Eckblad,
Aricka Roberson, Chris Farrel, Shelby Betcher, David Eckblad, and
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Pine Island

Students donate blood at Mayo Clinic

Adam Barsness, left, and Matthew Kukson have been named Pine
Island Students of the Month for February.

Kukson and Barsness

are Pine Island Lions
Students of the Month
By Don Buck
He is the son of Brenda and Dean
PINE ISLAND Matthew Kukson.
Kukson and Adam Barsness have Adam Barsness
The science department teachbeen named Pine Island Lions Club
February Students of the Month. ers include Megan Schimek, Craig
Matthew Kukson
Erickson and Adam Dewey. They
Rob Mainhardt, technology and have selected Adam Barsness as
engineering instructor at Pine Is- the Student of the Month from
land High School, chose Kukson their department for the followas his departments outstanding ing reasons:
senior for the following reasons:
Adam has challenged himself
As a coach and teacher for Mat- by taking and excelling in many
thew I have seen him achieve suc- of the science classes offered at
cess both on the field and in the Pine Island High School (physiclassroom. Ever since Ive known cal science, biology, chemistry and
Matthew he has been very physics.) He has a work ethic that
coachable and very teachable. One is second to none and his work is
aspect that makes him stand out always exemplary and very thoramong his peers is his ability to ough. Adam has a true desire to
work with others. On the football learn for understanding and isnt
and baseball field he is always afraid to ask questions.
someone that is your ideal team
He is involved in many of the
player, someone the coaching staff extra-curricular science offerings
can always rely on to make good at school. He serves as president
decisions and help his team be of the Roots and Shoots Environsuccessful.
mental Club, helps to organize and
I would definitely classify him set up the Pine Island Winter Fest,
as a people person. Not only is participates in the envirothon comhe a good person to be around, but petition and made it to State in
he is goofy and in the same breath 2014, and has traveled to Wolf
is able to take things very seri- Ridge Environmental Learning
ously. This semester I have Mat- Center in Northern Minnesota to
thew three hours out of the day expand his foundation of the enand in each of those class periods vironmental sciences and
I know he will be ready for the sustainability practices. In the sumchallenge. In Matthews high mer of 2014, he traveled to the
school career he has taken and Galapagos Islands to learn more
excelled in computer integrated about how Charles Darwin made
manufacturing, principles of en- his observations of natural selecgineering, metals manufacturing, tion. While on tour, he completed
automotive mechanics and power a research project through EF tours
and energy. I am extremely pleased that looked at the effect of
with his progress in the five years ecotourism on the islands. His
I have had with him, and I know project won first place for the scithat whatever he decides to do entist category.
beyond high school he will be
Barsness particulates in cross
extremely successful.
country, Roots and Shoots Club,
Kukson has also completed en- Math League, Art Scream, Nagineering design/drafting I. His tional Honor Society, Culture Club,
activities include football, basket- track and field, Environthon, orball, baseball, orchestra, jazz chestra, jazz strings and the mustrings, FCCLA and National sic listening contest. In addition
Honor Society. He has been on to his Galapagos Island first place
the A Honor roll through out high award with several dozen other
school, basketball and baseball students competing, he also won
captain, earned the Mr. Hustle the second place school award in
award and all conference in foot- the American Mathematics Comball.
petition.
Kukson enjoys playing sports,
Barsness enjoys hiking, camphunting, fishing, camping in the ing, traveling, model building and
Boundary Waters and spending swimming. He will attend either
time with his grandparents. He the University of Minnesota or Wisplans to attend North Dakota State consin.
University and major in mechaniHe is the son of Tracy and Eric
cal engineering.
Barsness.

By Audra DePestel
ROCHESTER On February
12, twenty-four Pine Island High
School students participated in a
school-sponsored field trip to the
Mayo Clinics Blood Donor Center in the Hilton Building in Rochester. Prior to the students donating, Dr. Justin Kreuter, medical
director of the Blood Donor Program, sent a video message to the
students on why blood donation
is so very important with the
bottom line being that it saves lives.
Under the guidance of biology
teacher Megan Schimek the students prepared for the day a few
weeks in advance by eating healthy,
well-balanced meals and keeping
hydrated. On the day of donation
the students were strongly encouraged to drink lots of water and eat
a good lunch. For many of the students, including Lindsey Cobb,
who was also celebrating her 16th
birthday, this was their first time
donating blood at the Center. The
students were both excited and a
little nervous, but when it was all
over the majority said it wasnt
that bad and they would do it again.
The ones who had donated before
said they like doing it because it
makes them feel good to know
they are helping save lives. Of
course, the cookies/snacks and
beverages were also a big hit with
the students.
A total of 18 units were collected, which could save up to 54
lives, said Kim D. Schmidt, blood
donor recruitment coordinator.
Schmidt was there to greet the students and explain the procedure
and answer questions throughout
the event. The Blood Donor Center only recently started accepting eligible 16-year-olds to donate, with a completed and signed
parental/guardian consent form,
after blood donor qualification

get versus the adopted budget. The

revenue change in the revised budget totals $272,205. This includes
an additional $63,343 in state aid
from 12 more pupils than in the
adopted budget (1228 pupils).
Expenditures are $67,216 less than
in the adopted budget. The change
in revenues and expenditures totals $339,421in the budget ending on June 30, 2015.
Technology report

Taylor Bauman reported that the

FCC allocated funding for network
and wireless hardware for schools
and libraries in 2015-2016. He said,
This is a new option within eRate
and could potentially help Pine
Island Schools with purchasing
additional network and wireless
hardware for the 5-12 campus and
all the network and wireless hardware for the PreK-4 campus. The
program will pay a portion of the
cost, based on free and reduced

Regular meetings of the Pine Island EDA are

held the first Wednesday of each month
at 5 p.m. at the EDA Office,
106 2nd St. SW, Pine Island

Questions? Call 507-356-8103

P-last wk. of month

Meeting Notice - Pine Island

Economic Development Authority

changes were made in Minnesota.

The Center encourages younger
citizens to consider donating and
become lifetime donors.
This was Schimeks third year
coordinating the blood donation,
and she was excited to have so
many students willing to donate.
After the donations were completed, Schimek, the students, and
chaperone Barb Arel stopped at
Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner.
Mayo Clinics Blood Donor
Center was established back in
1935. The Center relies on con-

tinuous and repeat healthy donors

to supply patients in need. Without the continuous donors, patients
would not be able to receive this
life-saving gift. Donors can donate whole blood, platelets, and/
or plasma. One persons donation
can save up to three lives. There is
no substitute for blood, and blood
can not be created in a laboratory.
The process takes between 45 to
60 minutes. Mayos addition of
new electronic donor questionnaires has also enhanced the do-

nation process.
If anyone is interested in more
information or how to donate blood,
plasma, or platelets, contact one
of Mayos blood donor locations
at HiltonBuilding, the first floor
of Mayo Clinic Hospital, or Saint
Marys Campus Joseph Building,
Main Floor, Room M-86. Appointments can be scheduled online at
donateblood@mayo.edu. Walkins are welcome, but scheduled
appointments and advance notices
are appreciated.

Spring coaches approved for PI activities

By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On February
12, the Pine Island School Board
approved the list of spring coaches
recommended by Activity Director Craig Anderson. The coaches,
along with their years of experience and salaries in parentheses,
are listed below.
Baseball: Craig Anderson, head
coach (4+, $4,389); Josh Pederson,
junior varsity (2-3, $2,508); C
Team (to be determined); Robert
Mainhardt, eighth grade (4+,
$1,881); Greg Arens, seventh grade
(4+, $1,881); and Jay Stande, volunteer coach (4)
Boys track: Matt Northrop, head

coach (4+, $4,389); Amy Northrop,

assistant (4+, $2,926); Alan
Dewey, position to be determined
(4+, $2,926); Dan Gibbons, volunteer coach (2); and Kortney
Aeikens, associate coach (4+, paid
by boosters)
Girls track: Bill Frame, head
coach (4+, $4,389); Amanda
Swinek, assistant coach (4+,
$2,926); Brenda Frame, assistant
coach (4+, $2,926); and Nicole
Mentjes, junior high (2, $1,672)
Golf: Rick Canton, head coach
(3, $3,971); Craig Erickson, assistant (4+, $2,926); and Laura
Rofshus, junior high (2, $1,672)
Softball: Kim Jones, head coach

PINE HAVEN POTPOURRI

PINE ISLAND Celebrating
March Birthdays at Pine Haven
Care Center in Pine Island are:
Nellie Galley March 4, Roszika
Hinrichs 16, Joan Tiedeman 19,
Erma Rogers 24.
The March Birthday Party will
be held Monday, March 9, at 2
p.m. We will play Bingo and treats
will be served.
The residents will have musical entertainment, celebrate St.
Patricks Day, play Bingo, worship, and celebrate the first day of
spring, along with many other
events throughout the month led
by activity staff and our many
wonderful volunteers.

$400,000 for operating funds

will be transferred to preK-4 school
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On February
12, Finance Manager Todd Netzke
presented an analysis of the Pine
Island School Districts budget
ending on June 30, 2015. He said
the district will be able to transfer
$400,000 to the new preK-4 facility for operations. The funds will
come from unassigned funds and
the $100,000 BEVCOMM grant
for technology.
School board Chair John
Champa said, This is important
for the public to know, because
we said we would not come back
to them for operating funds for
the new building.
Netzke updated the board on
spending from construction funds.
To date about 15% of the funds
for the new school construction
have been spent.
He reviewed the revised bud-

Pine Island High School sophomore Lexi Loats is all smiles as blood donor technician Nowell Anderson assists
in the donation process at the Mayo Clinics Blood Donor Center on February 12. This was Loatss third time
donating at the Center.

lunch numbers and a formula to

compute the discount percentage.
The district would apply for
outside WiFi for law enforcement
at the 5-12 building and network
and WiFi at the new PreK-4 building.
He said that in the past the
schools discount rate has been
between 45% and 55%. The free
and reduced lunches are lower this
year, which could lower the discount rate.
Bauman said that the FCC could
have over $1 billion for grants.
There is also a possibility the discount rate could be between 50%
and 60%. The schools portion of
the cost cannot be defined until
eRate funding is awarded. The
schools portion would come from
the technology funds allocated in
the construction budget.
Bauman said eRate funds come
from a small percentage of funds
collected from all cellphone and
telephone bills.
The school board considered two
bids for hardware and equipment
contingent upon the school district receiving an award. They
approved a bid from CDWG for
$146,553.78, which includes state
of the art equipment. Installation
was not included in the bid.

The ECFE Easter Egg Hunt will

be March 28 at 1 p.m.
Activity calendars are available
by calling 507-356-8304 ext. 27,
or stop in and pick one up!
On March 21, the Pine Haven
Auxiliary will have a bake sale
here at Pine Haven Community
from 8 a.m. - noon. Come out and
support them. They do many wonderful things for Pine Haven.
The Pine Haven Auxiliary meets
Wednesday March 25 at 1:30 p.m.
in the activity room. New members are always welcome!
Contact us if you would like to
volunteer. There are many opportunities available and we are flexible!

(4+, $4,389); Ron Lenoch, assistant varsity (4+, $2,926); Jeff

Schroeder, eighth grade (4+,
$1,881); and seventh grade to be
determined. Boosters are paying
for associate coaches Clark Jones

and Mark Passow

Speech: Cheryl Kuss, co-head
coach (1, $836); Cindy Palm, cohead coach (1, $836); and Melissa Gergen, assistant coach (2,
$1,254)

IMMIGRATION DISCUSSION
Continued from front page

in 1984 to respond to the complex

needs of thousands of refugees
resettling to the area from wartorn southeast Asia. IMAA provides culturally and linguistically
appropriate support services that
foster the well-being and independence of refugees and immigrants
in their new home. The IMAA Employment Services program exists to assist refugees and immigrant struggling to find a job and
become self-sufficient. It offers a
wide range of support such as case
management, job search assistance,
job coaching, and employment
related support services such as
childcare assistance, transportation, housing, and referrals.
The One Town One Title selection this year is The Book of
Unknown Americans by Cristina
Henrquez. It is a contemporary
novel that interweaves stories of
men and women who come to the
United States from various Central and Latin American countries.
Free copies of the books are still

available at the library as well as

at Arels Flowers and Gifts, Better Brew Coffeehouse, and Pine
Island Bank.
Several other events in the community
reading
programcollaboration between
Van Horn and Zumbrota Public
Library are on tap through March
9. The book discussion for The
Book of Unknown Americans will
be at Better Brew Coffeehouse in
Pine Island at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4. There will be a showing of the film Sweet Land at
the State Theatre in Zumbrota at
7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6.
Zumbrota Public Library will be
wrapping up the series of events
with a book discussion for My
ntonia at the library at 6:30 p.m.
on Monday, March 9.
All events are free of charge.
This project was funded in part or
in whole with money from
Minnesotas Arts and Cultural
Heritage Fund as well as Pine Area
People for the Arts.

Pine Island choir program is highlighted

in Star of the North publication
PINE ISLAND The choral
program of the Pine Island Public
Schools has been recognized as a
Star Program by the Minnesota
chapter of the American Choral
Directors Association. It is the
featured choir program in the winter
edition (volume 43, issue 2) of the
Star of the North publication, which
can be found at http://www.

starofthenorth.net/pine-islandpublic-schools-choral-music-program.
The Star program was started
in the fall of 2011 to highlight
outstanding choral programs from
member directors at all teaching
levels throughout the state. It recognizes consistent excellence and
strength within the community,
the longevity of the director and

active involvement within ACDAMN.

Doug Strandell has been leading the choral program in Pine
Island for 32 years. Currently, 423
students (56% percent of the 5-12
student body) are members of one
of the five choral ensembles. In
addition, there are also three extra-curricular groups under his
direction.

Lions serve dinner at Ronald McDonald House

ROCHESTER We Serve is the motto of Lions Clubs throughout the world. One of the Pine Island Lions
Clubs projects is to serve dinner to the guests at the Rochester Ronald McDonald House each year. Fifty to
sixty people from all parts of the US and other countries usually attend. Gathering on February 4 are Pine
Island Lions, from left to right, Ken DeBoer, Mike Magnuson, Dave Morkenson, Miller Ness, Don Buck, Rick
Keane, Ben Kautz, and Mike Lunde.

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Zumbrota

Pine Island

Pine Island Cheese Festival

officially has a new location
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND At the Pine
Island City Council meeting on
February 17, Michael Hildenbrand
and Jill Jantzen of the Cheese Festival Committee provided an update on the plans for 2015.
Hildenbrand said there is confusion in the community about the
committee relocating the festival.
The committee requested that the
council approve an official resolution that Cheese Festival is being relocated by the city due to the
closure of the streets used as a
detour route in the near future.
The council approved a resolution to relocate the event to the
area of the flood buyout properties and cheese factory.
Jantzen said the main objective
of the annual festival is to bring
the community together to celebrate and attract others to come
celebrate with Pine Island. The
committee is working on plans to
hold all festival events, including
street dances, at the new festival
site.
The Cheese Festival Committee plans to rent a 40 x 120 tent
to accommodate a Wine & Cheese
Gala, Teen Music Mingle, pancake breakfast (Saturday morning), 5K Ribbon Run awards ceremony, Friday and Saturday night
street dances, and possibly a Sun-

day afternoon band, with no charge

to groups using the tent. The committee is in discussions with the
Pine Island American Legion and
Pine Island Sports Bar about holding their annual dances at the festival grounds.
To make the relocation more
attractive to the sports bar and
Legion, the committee requested
the council consider either reducing or waiving dance permit fees
for the festival. The council agreed,
if the dances are relocated to the
new festival grounds.
The Cheese Festival Committee is covering the additional expenses of the event this summer,
including the tent, stage, picnic
tables, and portable toilets. The
other costs to relocate Cheese Fest
are for security, fencing, barricades,
and increased electricity needs. The
council discussed renting extension cords to run from the electrical outlets that were installed to
improve the festival area.
Mayor Rod Steele said the city
is interested in increasing the viability of the flood property and
creating a new community hub
there. The businesses on Main
Street will be able to conduct normal business during Cheese Fest
with the event relocation. The car
shows are relocating to this location this year.

Councilor Erik Diskerud said

that the relocation of Cheese Fest
would help eliminate the problems
of finding detours by the school
during the utility work and remodeling projects there in the next two
years.
PIFD officers take oath

City attorney Bob Vose administered the oath of office to the

2015 fire department officers. They
are Fire Chief Jay Strande, Deputy
Chief Shawn Hoffman, First Assistant Brandon Mathison, Second Assistant Brandon Sather, and
Third Assistant Ben Hermann.
Patrick Pike will serve as safety
officer, but was not available to
take his oath.
Posting truck routes

During public input, Diskerud

reported feedback from citizens
who are concerned about truck
traffic that changed to city streets
as a result of MnDOT closing the
northbound entrance to US Highway 52. He asked if taxpayers
would be responsible for more
street repairs resulting from the
truck traffic.
The council discussed contacting Goodhue County regarding
streets that are county roads and
designating weights on streets that
were constructed for the heavier
weight traffic to create designated
truck routes.

Be The Hero. Fight Hunger. in March

Food Share campaign in Pine Island
By Andrew and Patrick Bogard
New Haven Sodbusters 4-H
PINE ISLAND According to
the United States Department of
Agriculture, and published in the
Minnesota Food Share 2015 fact
sheet, one in ten Minnesotans experience food insecurity on a regular basis. The Minnesota Food
Share March Campaign supports
300 food shelves across the state,
including the Pine Island Sharing
Shelves. Throughout March, various Pine Island community groups,
organizations,
businesses,
churches, and individuals are collaborating to collect food and provisions for the Pine Island Sharing Shelves.
The purpose of the Sharing
Shelves is to provide a food bank
for people in need who reside in
the public school district of Pine
Island. More details can be found
on the City of Pine Islands website
under community services. As of
fall 2014, Julie Baska is the Sharing Shelves manager. She has been
supportive of the planning efforts
being made on behalf of the Sharing Shelves for the upcoming
March food drive campaign.
There will be a large donation
thermometer poster on display in
the Pine Island Bank window. The
goal is to reach 2015 pounds of
non-perishable food by the end of

March. Look for non-perishable

food drop boxes with displays at
Pine Island Bank, Pine Island Public Library, Dollar General, Hardware Hank, Island Market, and
two in the school (K-8 and high
school offices). On these displays
try to spot the March campaign
poster titled, Be the Hero. Fight
Hunger. This poster shows a
young child portraying a masked
and caped superhero. Look for a
list of suggested food items as well.
Another important effort will
include food drives by the New
Haven Sodbusters 4-H Club, and
the Pine Island area Girls Scouts,
Cub Scouts, and Boys Scouts. The
Scouting For Food project has been
part of the Boy Scouts of Americas
program since 1988. The first event
collected more than 60 million food
items across the country. Now,
across the country, millions of
scouts, including Pine Islands Cub
Scout Pack 69 and Boy Scout Troop
69 participate. PI scouts will be
placing Scouting for Food information on every residential door
in Pine Island on a Saturday early
in March. The Boy Scouts will
then collect the food placed on the
doorsteps of all the residents that
choose to participate the following Saturday. The scouts then deliver all of that food to the Pine
Island Sharing Shelves that day.

CHEESE FESTIVAL UPDATE

Big changes
coming to
local festival
PINE ISLAND Big changes
are coming to the Pine Island
Cheese Festival in 2015. Scheduled for the first weekend in June
(June 5-7) the entire festival will
be moving to the Trailhead Park
area. Pine Island has some great
new things happening and because
of construction projects over the
next few years, we need to move
the Cheese Festival away from
Main Street, said Mayor Rod
Steele. The first project is school
construction, so 1st Street SE will
be closing and other side streets in
that area will become parking areas for large construction equipment. That would make parking
for a Main Street Cheese Festival
really limited. Not to mention the

Blood drive was

February 16
PINE ISLAND The American Red Cross Blood Drive was
held on February 16 at the American Legion in Pine Island.
Fifty-seven units of blood was
received from donors in the Pine
Island and surrounding areas.
Pins were awarded to Tom
Bollman for four gallons and Emily
Tri for three gallons.
Volunteers who helped with the
drive were American Legion Auxiliary, Diane DeBoer, Ken DeBoer,
Linda Kelly, Shirley Kennedy,
Carol Moreland, Maggie Nei, and
Deloris Skalicky. LaWanda Keller
has been the site coordinator for
the past 20 years.

safety issues involved with the

general public around equipment
and work areas.
All Cheese Festival events will
center around the historic Butter
Factory building on East Center
Street with food vendors and carnival rides around it, on County
Road 11 and in the Trailhead Park
area. Walking access will be available from all sides, and parking
will be available in the public
school parking lots. A short walk
down the beautiful Douglas Trail
and you are right there at the heart
of the festival. Steele added, Traffic coming into town will have a
short detour for the weekend, but
we hope to make it as trouble-free
as possible for visitors and residents alike.
We are planning all of the same
events that make the Cheese Fest
the great weekend that it is. We
are just adapting everything to the
new location, said Jeanne
Rasmussen, chair of the Cheese
Festival Committee. We know
there are a lot of mixed feelings
about moving the event away from
Main Street, but due to the construction in town over the next
few years, we had little choice.
We didnt want to suspend the
event altogether while Pine Island
grows and improves. We wanted
to embrace that and be a part of it
without sacrificing safety or space
for our events. Main Street businesses will now have full access
and parking available, which has
been quite limited when the event
was held on Main Street.
All the logistics are being reworked by the Cheese Festival
Committee, but the consensus is
that the weekend will be as eventfilled and fun as ever. The committee is hoping to add some new
things this year as well as make
the usual events even better.

The Pine Island Public Library

will also be part of the food drive
efforts. From March 2-28, the library will run a Food for Fines
program. This means for every
non-perishable food item donated,
the library staff will waive $1 of
fines (cant be applied toward replacement fees for lost or damaged items). People just need to
bring their non-perishable food
item to the circulation desk and
the library staff will take care of
the rest.
Local churches may be participating in the Pack the Pews Weekend, which is scheduled for March
20-22 as part of the Minnesota
Food Share campaign. This weekend will be an opportunity for congregations across the state to engage their members in supporting
Minnesota food shelves by bringing non-perishable food items to
worship services. Check with your
congregation for level of participation.
Finally, the Pine Island Sharing
Shelves can benefit from monetary
donations as well because food
shelves can stretch cash further
than donations of food because of
their access to discount products
and programs (MN Food
Share). Donations can be sent to
Pine Sharing Shelves, Box 145,
Pine Island, Minnesota 55963.

ZUMBROTA
POLICE REPORT
January 7
8:18 a.m. A person was at a residence and the owner of the home had a
restraining order on the person.
10:43 a.m. A female fell and could
not get up.
11:28 a.m. Caseys North received
counterfeit money.
1:09 p.m. The Zumbrota Motel
reported a guest throwing things out of
a room.
January 8
7:37 a.m. An officer did school
patrol at ZM High School.
8:11 a.m. A student at ZM High
School reported a domestic involving
her mother and father. The male was
arrested for felony domestic assault.
1:04 p.m. A female was being harassed by neighbors.
1:30 p.m. An officer assisted the
State Patrol with a crash that involved
injuries.
5:13 p.m. An officer responded to
a business alarm.
5:34 p.m. An officer issued a parking violation.
8:23 p.m. A male was attempting
to get into vehicles on the road and
vehicles parked in driveways. A juvenile
was located and transported to his
mothers residence. A lighter, pipes,
and a large knife were found on the
male. A citation was issued.
11:58 p.m. An officer issued a
parking violation.
January 9
7:02 p.m. SuperAmerica reported
a person did not have money for his
fuel.
7:47 p.m. An officer stood by while
a store closed for the night.
10:37 p.m. An officer assisted a
deputy with a traffic stop.
11:03 p.m. An officer assisted with
a traffic stop.
11:59 p.m. Caseys in Oronoco
reported a gas drive-off.
January 10
2:02 a.m. An officer assisted a
deputy with a traffic stop.
11:18 a.m. A male reported that a
male followed him home from the grocery store.
6:07 p.m. Children were running a

By Tawny Michels

Minter takes first in Chili Cook-Off

ZUMBROTA Stary-Yerka VFW Post 5727 in Zumbrota hosted a Chili Cook-Off on Sunday, February 22.
Customers at the VFW were the judges, and they had seven different chili recipes to try. After a half hour of
judging and tallying the votes, three winners were announced. From left to right are Jesse Schneider, third
place; Matt Minter, first; and Brad Drenckhahn, second. The winners were all awarded trophies.

Water study presented

to Zumbrota City Council
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA On February
19, Zumbrota City Council members heard from Bill Angerman of
WHKS & Company of Rochester
on a water study that WHKS and
Zumbrota have been conducting
over the past few years. He commented on the state of fire flows
and water pressure as well as a
few other issues.
Angerman started by saying that
the water quality and quantity as a
whole in Zumbrota is listed as good
to excellent. This was determined
by collecting and testing water from
a few well sources throughout the
city. Another positive was that they
were able to develop a model of
the water distribution throughout
Zumbrota, which the city has never
had access to before. They now
know where all the fire hydrants,
water mains, and systems are.
The City of Zumbrota currently
has two holding tanks: tank one is
the Industrial Park elevated reservoir which holds 200,000 gallons
of water and the second is the Mount
Pleasant reservoir which holds
700,000 gallons of water. The
capacity of the tanks is especially
important when factoring in how
much water the city uses,
Angerman explained. On an average day, the entire city uses
280,000 gallons of water, with the
maximum being used topping out

at 560,000 gallons in one day. This

is under the 900,000 gallons in
storage the city is capable of, which
Angerman said is good news.
The main issue that was noted
in the study is that the city contains four-inch piping which today is considered substandard.
Angerman said there is about
18,000 feet of this piping, equating to about 13% of deficient piping in the roads. This piping will
eventually need to be replaced,
but Angerman said it need not be
immediately the city can replace
the piping as it repairs roads. The
bad news is that the estimate to
replace the piping is just under
$600 per foot. In the long run, this
means it will cost the city $10.8
million.
Angerman also noted some minor fire flow areas that will be
need to be addressed eventually,
but suggested investing the money
into fixing the water mains rather
than looping projects like the city
has done in the past.
Other business

The council heard from Police

Chief Patrick Callahan who asked
for two new squad car computers.
The police department last purchased laptops five years ago and
the new laptops are more hightech. The council approved the
bid for two new laptops through

the Goodhue County Sheriffs

Office in the amount of $9,120.78.
Zumbrota resident Pat Hostager
requested to split off a part of her
lot and attach it to the adjoining
lot. It was noted that it was already approved by the Planning
Commission and is allowed by
zoning codes. The request was
approved 4-0, with Tina Hostager
abstaining from the vote because
Pat is a family member.
The Highlands of Zumbrota
Fairway Villas requested a
downsize in their vacant lots from
10 feet to 5 feet. Highlands held a
public hearing and no one opposed
the change. Lots two and five will
remain at 10 feet per the lot owners requests. Council approved
the downsize 5-0.
Council approved a bid from
Chandler Roofing to replace the
Zumbrota Public Librarys roof
in the amount of $53,000. Brad
Drenckhahn proposed an amendment to also have the city absorb
any additional cost for replacement of any wet insulation they
may find. Both proposals were
approved 5-0.
City Administrator Neil Jensen
mentioned that the Zumbrota Solar Farm is likely to get passed as
there was minimal opposition at
the meeting held in Zumbrota on
Wednesday, February 18.

EDA again looking for developer

of former Grover Auto site
ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota
Economic Development Authority (EDA) is again trying to find a
developer for the former Grover
Auto Company property located
on West Avenue between third
and fourth Streets. The area proposed for development is 28,800
sq. ft. (120x240 in the Historic
Central Business District.
The property is zoned for single/
multi-family residential units and
abutting property is zoned for commercial uses. The EDA seeks proposals from qualified firms to redevelop the property for market
rate apartments or condominiums;
a density of 20 units or more is
preferred.
Special consideration will be

given to projects that address

needed senior housing in the community. There are grocery, pharmacy, dining and other amenities
within walking distance of the site.
For the right project the site is
available at no cost; additional incentives may be considered based
on added public benefit and need.
All submittals should include
an estimate cost for the completed
facility, construction schedule and
a proforma indicating the source
and use of private funds available.
Sufficient financial information
may be required to demonstrate
the capability of undertaking and
completing the project.
All proposals and questions can
be directed to Community Devel-

snowmobile with a sled up and down a

street.
6:28 p.m. Hub Food Center reported a group of kids digging through
the ash tray bucket at the store.
7:17 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for equipment.
7:26 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for equipment.
7:35 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for equipment.
7:39 p.m. A car was driving northbound on Highway 52 with no headlights on.
8 p.m. An officer stood by while an
employee closed a store for the night.
8:35 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for equipment.
8:58 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for not having headlights
on.
9:37 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for speeding.
January 11
12:31 a.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for having a headlight
out.
2:34 a.m. A car was in the ditch
and it had a lot of smoke around it. The
vehicle was towed by Bergs Towing.
2:16 p.m. A driver was cited for
possession of drug paraphernalia, and
possession of small amount of marijuana. The driver was stopped for distracted driving while she was lighting a
pipe.
4:48 p.m. A Nook notebook was
stolen.
5:38 p.m. An officer responded to a
medical assist.
11:42 p.m. A driver was warned for

speeding.
January 12
7:51 a.m. An officer watched the
school crosswalks.
8:10 a.m. A driver was warned for
parking in a no parking zone.
8:13 a.m. A driver was warned for
parking in a no parking zone.
7:05 p.m. An officer responded to a
medical assist.
January 13
7:24 a.m. An officer watched school
crosswalks.
8:04 a.m. A driver was warned for
parking in a no parking zone.
12:19 p.m. ZM High School reported a fight in the lunch room.
12:35 p.m. Hub Food Center received a bad check.
3:42 p.m. A stolen credit card was
used at Kwik Trip.
5:14 p.m. A driver was warned for
littering.
January 14
9:01 p.m. Olmsted Medical Center
reported a patient who called and was
threatening to harm himself.
10:05 p.m. A male entered Kwik
Trip and was stumbling around and went
to a restroom. Deputies checked on the
male and he was having a medical issue
and was transported to St. Marys.
11:48 p.m. A female was distraught
and was in fear of being alone.
January 15
10:26 a.m. A female reported her
purse was stollen and her cell phone
was in the purse.
11:05 a.m. An officer assisted a
deputy on a juvenile runaway form South
Dakota.

opment Director Dan King, 175

West Avenue, Zumbrota, MN
55992; 507-732-7318.
Local business group organizing
with help of AMIBA

The EDA will pay the registration fee of $500 for the Zumbrota
Business Group to become members of the American Independent
Business Alliance. The fee is an
up-front cost that will cover startup materials, licensing and ongoing assistance.
AMIBA staff will help Zumbrota develop effective buy local campaigns and a wide-range
of pro-business initiatives.
AMIBA conducted the small
business workshop last spring cosponsored by the Bank of Zumbrota and the EDA.
How city will spend Rochester
sales tax dollars almost finalized

The EDA has $349.076.45 in

its bank account which is the total
amount promised to the city from
Rochester sales tax money. State
Theatre renovations will receive
$50,000; $200,000 has been dedicated for future economic development projects; and the EDA
determined at its February 13, 2015
meeting that $100,000 will go toward a local Forgivable Loan Program. Details will be determined
at the next EDA meeting. In general, these loan programs were intended to award up to $10,000 per
request to upgrade commercial
buildings. Payback was half the
amount awarded when certain
conditions were met.
Final authority to fund the Forgivable Loan Program rests with
the city council once details are
finalized by the EDA. Council has
already approved dollars to the
State Theatre and future economic
development.
EDA makes loans

The Zumbrota EDA Revolving

Loan Fund has a balance of
$157,408.52 with $182,950.06
owed from outstanding loans. All
payments are timely. Payments for
outstanding loans are currently
coming in from Crossings,
Laundromat, Custom Iron and ZM
School District.

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Zumbrota/Mazeppa

Eagle Court of Honor will be on March 8

By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA Two young men
will receive their Eagle Scout award
at a Court of Honor at the Church
of St. Paul in Zumbrota on Sunday, March 8, at 2 p.m. Matthew
Hodgman, son of Michael and
Karen Hodgman of Zumbrota, and
Jacob Hopperstad of Goodhue, the
son of Shelly Schul and John
Hopperstad, completed the requirements, including their Eagle Scout
projects, as members of Troop 59
of Zumbrota. Both are now college students.
The journey to Eagle is not a
simple path but one that involves
many levels and teaches many
skills. It also provides many adventures, much enjoyment and
significant satisfaction.
After joining the Boy Scout
troop, Hodgman and Hopperstad
each achieved the five ranks leading up to Eagle: Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, and
Life. During the process, they
met specified requirements at each
stage. A total of twenty-one merit
badges must be earned as part of
the Eagle requirements.
After a scout has attained Life
rank, work can begin on an Eagle
service project. But prior to the
actual work of the project, planning and approvals must take place.
The project must benefit an organization other than Boy Scouts.
Formal approval must be obtained
from the organization, in addition
to local troop committee and council or district, before actual work
on the project is started. After
completion, the Scout goes through
board of review processes at the
local and district levels.
Hodgman and Hopperstad recently spoke of their scouting journey and recalled memorable events,
including their Eagle project.
Matt Hodgman

The Church of Saint Paul suggested the project that Hodgman

selected to plan and complete. For
his Eagle service project, Hodgman
orchestrated maintenance work and
improvements for the parish cemetery at the Zumbrota Cemetery.
A total of 122 hours were in-

Matthew Hodgman (left) and Jacob Hopperstad will receive their Eagle Awards, the highest honor in Boy
Scouts, on March 8.

volved in the project, with approximately half of the time spent by

the 15 volunteers cleaning up
around the gravesites, and powerwashing and scrubbing tombstones
and limestone pillars. The project
also included scraping and painting the large black cross at the
cemetery. The effort was done
during two weekends in June 2013.
The remainder of the projects time
involved planning and organization. The volunteer group included
other scouts, family and friends.
Approximately $100 of materials
and supplies were used for the work
and improvements. Hodgman completed the board of review process on August 18, 2013.
Hodgman began in scouting as
a Tiger Cub in first grade in Zumbrota. He served in numerous leadership capacities during his scouting career including assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol
leader and quartermaster. He held
the role of quartermaster for quite
some time where responsibilities
included being in charge of the
troops supplies and maintaining

an inventory of troop equipment.

For outings, a quartermaster sees
that the gear is in good condition
and supplies (including food) are
adequate. He and Hopperstad joked
about whether it was because of
Hodgmans size and strength and/
or his desire to assure supplies for
adequate shelter and food that he
held the role so long.
In response to what was his most
memorable event in his scouting
career, the Eagle Scout quickly
responded by naming two trips:
to Philmont High Adventure Camp
in New Mexico and to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Hodgman
was among the group from Troop
59 that experienced Philmont in
the summer of 2009 and the BWCA
in 2008.
Hodgman is a 2013 graduate of
Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School
and is now in his second year at
North Dakota State University in
Fargo, majoring in zoology.

Gehrke, Katelyn Grudem, Breanna

Haag, Georgia Hinrichs, Kathryn
Hodgman, Sophia Holm, Sarah
Holst, Alec Hunstad, Zackary
Klein, Adam Krage, Brenna Kreps,
Elyse Lodermeier, Kaitlyn
McCarty, Katelynn Mehrkens,
Grace Myran, Alex Nelson, Kellie
Nordquist, Aricka Roberson,
Rebecca Steffes, Siddarth
Subramaniam, Rachel Tschann,
Colten Webster, Olivia Whipple
Grade 12 Tianna Beniak, Rose
Bridley, Ben Bryant, Paul Dahlen,
Nathan Debner, Hailey Dykes,
Hannah Eckblad, Olivia Gadient,
Ben Grimsrud, Emma Gunhus,
Caitlyn Heitman, Sophie Leonard,
Madeline Lindhart, Jaclyn
Matuska, Alexis Moore, Kennedy
Mueller, Alyssa Quam, Laura
Schueler, Isaiah St. Martin, Lindsey
Thompson, Kari Thoreson, Seth
Tupper, Emily Ugland, Justine
Weber, Mark Yeakel
B Honor Roll
Grade 7 Riley Anderson,
Morgan Berg, Anthony Cykowski,
Madeline Drenckhahn, Trace
Erdmann, Ishvari Garcia, Kayla
Gilbertson, William Grimsrud,
Jack Haglund, Garrett Hein,
Elleyna Jensen, Peyton Jervis, Luke
Krier, Spencer Krohn, Tyler
Magnuson, Kevin Majerus,
Michael Majerus, Joel Matuska,
Brady Mitchell, Cole Poncelet,
Morgan Roark, Ben Roberts , Will
Sibley, Kayla Smith
Grade 8 Jason Albers, David
Befort, Layla Berg, Aspen
Brubaker, Michael Downes,
Joshua Drackley, Hailee Hammel,
Amaya Huneke, Julia Jackson,
Isaiah Jurrens, Trey Lexvold,
Peyton Liffrig, Hannah Mensink,
Nathan Mensink, Hannah Mickow,
Nathaniel Moline, Matthew
Postians, Myfanwy Postians, Rylee
Schliep, Celina Sheda, Morgan
Solie, Ethan Tedrick, Zachery
Tienter, Sofia Wagner

Following completion of a new

water tower in Goodhue during
the summer of 2013, the city was

Grade 9 Dean Anderson,

Corbin Avery, Fletcher Bengston,
Carter Cordes, Mitchell Dahl,
Spencer DeFrang, Jackson
Duncan, Alexis Earles, Madisen
Enger, Stephanie Everly, Kacie
French-Erickson, Conner Heitman,
Ben Knowlton, Madeline Lawler,
McKell Lemmerman, Aurora
Meyer, Savannah Meyer,
Alexander Miller, Matthew
Moreno, Jacob Niebuhr, Sam
Nordquist, Jack Rubio, Max
Smothers, Luke Tupper, Cooper
Utley, Hayden Voxland, Scarlet
Weber, Brandi Weiland, Aimee
Wiggins, Hannah Zilelsdorf
Grade 10 Sam Adams, Brad
Arendt, Taylor Blakstad, Savannah Echols, Haley Ellingson,
Preston Gray, Maverick Jackson,
Garret Langbehn, Jolene Levi,
Palvi Maharaj, Amber Mitchell,
Kevin Nordquist, Tara Poncelet,
Jenna Roark, Isaac Sorenson, Tyler
Stene, Zachery Stensrud
Grade 11 Lena Bauer, Bailey
Berg, Laura Drackley, Tyler
Dykes, Noah Erickson, Christopher Farrell, Calley Gunhus, Caleb
Hinrichs, Inga Jentsch, Noah
Krueger, Taemar Madourie, Taylor Nelson, Andrew Pahl,
Samantha Perrotti, Robby Pollitt,
Aubrey Reuter, Emilee Rubio,
Brittany
Sanborn,
Emma
Schneiders, Braden Schoenfelder,
Alyssa Sommerfield, Sabrina
Spratte, Derek Stehr, Mariah Vagt,
Avery Voss, Isabella Wagner,
Kayla Wedde, Eliabeth Welch,
Anne Wilson
Grade 12 Dillon Downes,
Xenishma Garcia, Connor
Hegseth, Brady Hinrichs, Freedom
Hunt, Andrew Krause, Joseph
Majerus, Rachel Mensink, Christian Monsrud, Tayler Mort, Joseph OGorman, Noah Prodzinski,
Jamie
Rowe,
Elizabeth
Sonnenberg, Connor Teigen

Film to be shown on Minnesotas

first female Supreme Court justice
RED WING Watch a documentary on Minnesotas first female Supreme Court Justice at the
Goodhue County History Center
(1166 Oak Street) as part of the
First Free Sunday series on March
1. Starting at 2 p.m., the center
will be open with free admission
until 4 p.m.
Rosalie Wahl is a celebrated figure in Minnesotas history. Start-

ing from modest roots, she went

on to become a leader in the
womens movement during the
1970s. Girl from Birch Creek
tells her story through growing up
during the Great Depression and
World War II as well as becoming
a key figure for decades to come.
The film is a project of the Washington County Historical Society
and was financed in part with funds

row (OA) representative. It was

his experiences at OA camp, held
at Gamehaven Reservation near
Rochester, that Hopperstad recalled
some of his most memorable experiences. With the first years
experience including an initiation
period with minimal food, no
speaking and other limitations, it
was the second year of OA camp
where Hopperstad had a much more
enjoyable experience despite cold,
rainy weather.
Hopperstad is excited to have
recently learned that after verification with the Gamehaven Boy
Scout Council, he is the first Eagle
Scout from Goodhue.
Hopperstad graduated from
Goodhue High School in 2014 and
is currently a student at Rochester
Community and Technical College. Future plans are not definite
but possibilities include transferring to the University of Minnesota Morris to study anthropology or archeology.
Since 1927, nearly fifty Scouts
from Troop 59 have received the
Eagle award. Drew Collins also
completed the requirements of
Eagle Scout in 2014 but is not
participating in the ceremony.
Stary-Yerka VFW Post 5727 of
Zumbrota is the troops charter
organization, and Jim Huston is
the scoutmaster.

Jacob Hopperstad

ZM School announces
first semester Honor Roll
ZUMBROTA The following
students were named to the Honor
Roll in grades 7-12 at ZumbrotaMazeppa School.
A Honor Roll
Grade 7 Jakalyn Arendt, Taylor Benson, Ben Burns, Heidi
Davis, Reagan Dillon, Naomi
Downes, Isabelle Drenckhahn,
Madelyn Fitzgibbons, Grant
Haferman, Vincent Herges, Alison
Hunstad, Zachary Hutton, Alyssa
Mancilman, Kristine Moore, Sam
Nelson, Kalli Olson, Hannah
Perrotti, Ivan San, Calen Scholl,
Samantha Sheridan, Jenna Stene,
Anja Thorson, Abigail Voss
Grade 8 Kallie Alders, Roslind
Anderson, Makayla Arendt, Grace
Beebe, Jacob Bennett, Alexander
Burdick, Matthew Debner, Casey
Dykes, Carly Fredrickson, Morgan Goodman, Emily Haugen,
Gabrielle Hinrichs, Megan
Johnson, Brynn Karstens, Hannah
Keach, Halle Kruse, Neftali
Medina, Glenn Nelson, Kyra
Nichols, Cole Peters, Natalye
Quam, Ariel Showers, Blake
Stiller, Lindsay Stussy, Parker
Voth, Lana Yeakel
Grade 9 Gretna Gartner, Jarret
Haglund, Rheis Jensen, Dalton
Ludington, Lauren Miller, Ian
Niles, Lyndsey Quam, Anna
Schueler, Layla Sjolander, Ben
Thompson, Alexandra Torgrimson
Grade 10 Brianna Albers, Katia
Beebe, Pagie Bennett, Chloe Berg,
Amanda Edstrom, Janessa Grim,
Maggie Gunhus, Alexander Guse,
Cole Haferman, Anna Haugen,
Kaitlyn Hinchley, Nathan Horsch,
Payton Kruse, Katie Lawler,
Sophia Levi, Tara Matuska,
Miranda Mollenhauer, Riley Morrow, Addison Mueller, Quinn
Nelson, Juan Posada, Landon
Rauen, Bethany Renken, Isaiah
Stueber
Grade 11 Ryan Archer, Amber Brown, Alyssa Burns, Sarah

planning to clean up Cranston

Heights Park next to the tower
including needed maintenance and
repair to the playground and picnic area. A budget of $2500 had
been allotted to the project. With
the support of the city of Goodhue,
Hopperstad also gained local and
district approval to proceed with
the work by mid-September 2013.

Four youths and nine adults

helped with the project on weekends from September 21 to October 26. A total of 134.5 hours of
labor was done as the group repainted the sandbox, slide, picnic
tables, and park signs; rebuilt the
framing around the playground
area; and landscaped around the
new water tower. The city was
pleased with the completed project
that cost several hundred dollars
less than what had originally been
budgeted.
Hopperstad completed the board
of review process on June 1, 2014.
He said a lesson learned from the
project was the importance of planning. Plan for the unexpected,
the Eagle Scout said, citing examples that he anticipated more
volunteers turning out to assist with
the project and not expecting the
playground framing to be rotten.
We had to get wood to replace
it.
Hopperstad began his path to
becoming an Eagle Scout in
Goodhue as a Tiger Cub while in
first grade. With Goodhue not
having a full scouting program
developed at the time through the
Cub Scout and Boy Scout levels,
he joined Cub Scout Pack 59 in
Zumbrota as a second-grader. The
Boy Scout troop activities he was
involved in included assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol
leader, librarian and Order of Ar-

provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural

Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society. Washington County Historical Society
Executive Director Brent Peterson will be on hand to discuss the
film. Copies of the film will be
available for sale at the event as
well as copies of Wahls biography.

ZM students works on display at HVL Art Show

ROCHESTER The third annual Hiawatha Valley League Conference Art Show is on display at the Rochester
Art Center through March 1. The exhibit includes a wide variety of art from each high school in the
conference. Representing Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School are, from left to right, Jerrell Guider, Alec
Hunstad, Haley Nelson, Celeste Bergum, Caleigh Avery, Olivia Whipple. Not pictured: Sophie Leonard. The
exhibit is free and open to the public.

Zumbrota Girl Scouts, from left to right, Bobbie Rae Benson, Grace Vierling, Billie Emeline, and Holly
Donovan decorate Birthday Bags for the Zumbrota Area Food Shelf on February 17.

Zumbrota Girl Scouts to make

Birthday Bags for local food shelf
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA Zumbrota Girl
Scout Troop #25421 will be holding a food drive March 4-10 at
Hub Food Center to collect items
for Birthday Bags. The project
is part of the River Valleys
Councils Feeding the Need campaign.
The motto for the project is,
Every child deserves a Happy
Birthday. The troop is specifically asking for cake mix, frosting, balloons, candles, and party
plates. They also welcome any
other food items that people wish
to donate.
At their February 17 meeting
the girls met at United Redeemer
Lutheran Church in Zumbrota and
decorated the bags they are going
to use and made posters to get the
word out about their project.
At our next meeting the girls
will talk to Jan Horsman, a representative from Zumbrota Area
Food Shelf, and learn about how

From left to right, Alex Ebertowski, Abby Clasemann, Olivia Epps, and
Olivia Amsbaugh make posters for the Birthday Bags campaign.

food shelves work and what its

like to plan meals on a budget,
troop leader Kristen Donovan said.
They will also need to report to
the council how many pounds of
food they have collected.

After the food collection the girls

will purchase small toys and other
gifts to add to the Birthday Bags
with money they obtain from
cookie sales. They will then deliver the bags and food items to
the food shelf.