By BROOKE WOHLRABE Sentinel Staff Writer NORTHROP — You never know what you’re going to find at Martin Lu- ther High School’s fall rum- mage and bake sale. The annual sale, which serves as a fundraiser for the school, kicks off Thursday. “We do one in the spring and one in the fall,” said Lisa Trueblood, an orga- nizer of the sale. She said the sales have been going on for more than 30 years and were originally started by Linda Becker, who led them for many years. “She started them back when the school was young. It was just her and a cou- ple of tables and a garage,” Trueblood said. Trueblood said the sales have been a very good thing, not just for the school, but for the greater area. “It helps the community because it’s a place for peo- ple to take their unwanted things and we have the items marked very reasonably so it’s an opportunity for peo- ple in the community to get what they need. It’s also a place for people to volunteer and make new friendships,” Trueblood said. She said it’s a great place for kids to learn that things don’t need to just be thrown away, but can be repur- posed. “One man’s junk is an- other man’s treasure,” she said. Trueblood said they started accepting items over the weekend and the cutoff is noon Wednesday. Items accepted include clothing, shoes, toys, luggage, house- hold items, furniture, ma- terial bedding, decorations and kitchen items. “We don’t accept elec- tronics and the things you have to pay to get rid of, so no mattresses, old TVs or computers,” Trueblood said. In the fall, they always hold the sale over MEA break, as students are out of school. A lot of work goes into the week of the sale. Trueblood called the process “intense.” “We start accepting things on a Saturday and setting up and then the sale takes place and then by the next Saturday, the space is back to a gym,” she said. Fortunately, a strong group of volunteers has helped through the years, Trueblood said some alumni from the high school come back and help too. “It’s nice to see familiar faces,” she said. As for turnout, Trueblood said they have done a head- count in recent years and a By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press At the Loma Verde Rec- reation Center south of San Diego, demolition work is underway on a $24 million project that will rebuild the facility from the ground up, complete with a new pool. An hour’s drive to the north, the iconic bridge to the Oceanside pier is deteriorat- ing because the city lacks the money for a roughly $25 mil- lion rehabilitation. A reason one project is moving ahead and the other isn’t revolves around the American Rescue Plan — the sweeping COVID-19 relief law championed by President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats that is pumping billions of dollars to states and local governments. Under rules developed by the U.S. Treasury Depart- ment, some governments have more flexibility than others to spend their share of the money as they want. That’s why the new swim- ming pool is a go, and the rehabbed pier — at least for now — is a no. Similar disparities among cities across the country have prompted a pushback from local officials, who want Treasury to loosen its rules before the program pro- gresses much further. “Otherwise, they are penalizing cities for the pandemic, not providing them relief,” said Wade Kapszukiewicz, the mayor of Toledo, Ohio. At issue is $350 billion for states, counties and cities that was part of the massive COVID-19 relief bill Biden signed in March. The money is intended to help shore up their finances, pay the ongo- ing costs of fighting the virus and invest in longer-term projects that could strengthen communities for years to come. The funding was made available by the Treasury beginning in May — though states and cities have been slow to start spending it. The Treasury’s guidelines give governments leeway to choose from more than 60 subcategories for spend- ing the money, including COVID-19 vaccinations, premium pay for certain workers, housing aid, grants to businesses and improve- ments to water, sewer and internet infrastructure. But one particular cate- gory stands out for its flexi- bility. Governments that lost revenue can use their federal aid for almost any services, up to the amount of their losses. That means they can spend the money on roads, a recreation center or a pier, which might not otherwise be eligible. Treasury spokesperson Liz Bourgeois said the plan gives governments “the re- sources and flexibility they need to avoid cuts, hire or re- tain workers, provide essen- tial services, and come out of the pandemic stronger.” Democratic congressional leaders also have praised the Treasury’s flexible guidance. But some local officials think the Treasury’s formula for calculating lost revenue is too restrictive. It rolls most revenue sources together in- stead of calculating losses on a fund-by-fund basis, which would let governments claim losses in dedicated funds such as gas taxes for roads even if other revenue grew. Local governments also want to exclude recently enacted tax hikes from the calculation, which they con- tend masks the depth of their losses during the pandemic. In Toledo, voters last November approved a tem- porary one-quarter percent income tax increase that is projected to raise $19 million annually for roads. As a re- sult, that revenue will offset other losses under the Trea- sury’s calculation, meaning the city won’t have the flex- ibility to use relief money to replace old police vehicles, Kapszukiewicz said. “It now falsely looks like our economy has recovered more than it has, when in reality, it merely reflects the revenue produced by put - ting an extra burden on our- selves,” the mayor said. “It’s absurd.” In California, more than 250 cities and counties en- acted voter-approved tax in- creases since 2018 — most coming during or after the 2018-19 fiscal year that forms the basis for calculating rev- enue loss, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press by govern- ment finance consultant Mi- chael Coleman. The southern San Diego suburb of Chula Vista, which did not enact new taxes, calculated revenue losses of more than $32 million under the Treasury’s guide- lines — covering over half its $57.5 million allotment under the American Rescue Plan. Among other things, the city is directing $12.2 WASHNGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is say- ing Sunday that it is “really unfortunate” that Gov. Greg Abbott has moved to ban vac- cine mandates in the state of Texas. The nation’s leading in- fectious disease doctor, speaking on Fox News Sun- day, said that the Republican governor’s decision to block businesses from requiring inoculations would dam- age public health since vac- cines are the “most effective means” to stop the spread of COVID-19. Fauci was largely encour- aged by the downward trend of coronavirus hospitaliza- tions and deaths across the nation and suggested that vaccinated individuals could have a normal holiday sea- son with others who have re- ceived the shot. But he said that those who have not been vaccinated should continue to avoid gatherings and should wear a mask. He also suggested that those who received a shot of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine would likely have flexibility to get a booster from either Moderna or Pfizer. The FDA advisory panel ruled last week that anyone 18 and up who had the J&J shot was eligible to get a booster. Brooke Wohlrabe Superheroes James Schofield, 2, watches as his brother Liam, 7, stacks a Jenga block at a mother/son event put on by the Kids Just Want to Have Fun committee. The event, which took place Saturday afternoon at Bethel Evangelical Free Church in Fairmont, served as a fundraiser for the group, with proceeds going toward upkeep of the indoor playground at Five Lakes Centre and the mini golf course. Organizers said about 80 people were in attendance. Armando Hernandez, left, was one of several high school students that volunteered at the event, which featured a variety of activities and games. Brooke Wohlrabe Old fashioned fun Above: A group of youth enjoy a train ride through Heritage Acres during the annual Harvest Festival on Sunday. A large number of people attended the festival in Fairmont, which offered food, live music and a variety of activities. Below: A crowd gathers to watch blacksmith Dewey Roll, from Buffalo Center, Iowa, at the Harvest Festival Sunday afternoon. To subscribe to the Sentinel call 507-235-3303 or www.fairmontsentinel.com Sentinel Cardinals cage Tigers in 2A semifinal. Page 10. $1.00 FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA OCTOBER 18, 2021 Monday Good Morning! www.fairmontsentinel.com Briefly WEATHER Today — Mostly sunny. High of 75. Tonight — Partly cloudy. Low of 50. Tuesday — Mostly sunny. High of 73. ALMANAC In 1892 the first long-dis- tance telephone line between Chicago, IL, and New York City, NY, was opened. In 1969 the U.S. government banned artificial sweeteners due to evidence that they caused cancer. 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By BROOKE WOHLRABESentinel Staff Writer
NORTHROP — You never know what you’re going to find at Martin Lu-ther High School’s fall rum-mage and bake sale. The annual sale, which serves as a fundraiser for the school, kicks off Thursday.
“We do one in the spring and one in the fall,” said Lisa Trueblood, an orga-nizer of the sale.
She said the sales have been going on for more than 30 years and were originally started by Linda Becker, who led them for many years.
“She started them back when the school was young. It was just her and a cou-ple of tables and a garage,” Trueblood said.
Trueblood said the sales have been a very good thing, not just for the school, but for the greater area.
“It helps the community because it’s a place for peo-ple to take their unwanted things and we have the items marked very reasonably so it’s an opportunity for peo-ple in the community to get what they need. It’s also a place for people to volunteer and make new friendships,” Trueblood said.
She said it’s a great place for kids to learn that things don’t need to just be thrown away, but can be repur-
posed.“One man’s junk is an-
other man’s treasure,” she said.
Trueblood said they started accepting items over the weekend and the cutoff is noon Wednesday. Items accepted include clothing, shoes, toys, luggage, house-hold items, furniture, ma-terial bedding, decorations and kitchen items.
“We don’t accept elec-tronics and the things you
have to pay to get rid of, so no mattresses, old TVs or computers,” Trueblood said.
In the fall, they always hold the sale over MEA break, as students are out of school. A lot of work goes into the week of the sale. Trueblood called the process “intense.”
“We start accepting things on a Saturday and setting up and then the sale takes place and then by the next Saturday, the space is
back to a gym,” she said.Fortunately, a strong
group of volunteers has helped through the years, Trueblood said some alumni from the high school come back and help too.
“It’s nice to see familiar faces,” she said.
As for turnout, Trueblood said they have done a head-count in recent years and a
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
At the Loma Verde Rec-reation Center south of San Diego, demolition work is underway on a $24 million project that will rebuild the facility from the ground up, complete with a new pool. An hour’s drive to the north, the iconic bridge to the Oceanside pier is deteriorat-ing because the city lacks the money for a roughly $25 mil-lion rehabilitation.
A reason one project is moving ahead and the other isn’t revolves around the American Rescue Plan — the sweeping COVID-19 relief law championed by President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats that is pumping billions of dollars to states and local governments.
Under rules developed by the U.S. Treasury Depart-ment, some governments have more flexibility than others to spend their share of the money as they want. That’s why the new swim-ming pool is a go, and the rehabbed pier — at least for now — is a no.
Similar disparities among cities across the country have prompted a pushback from local officials, who want Treasury to loosen its rules before the program pro-gresses much further.
“Otherwise, they are penalizing cities for the pandemic, not providing them relief,” said Wade Kapszukiewicz, the mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
At issue is $350 billion for states, counties and cities that was part of the massive COVID-19 relief bill Biden signed in March. The money
is intended to help shore up their finances, pay the ongo-ing costs of fighting the virus and invest in longer-term projects that could strengthen communities for years to come. The funding was made available by the Treasury beginning in May — though states and cities have been slow to start spending it.
The Treasury’s guidelines give governments leeway to choose from more than 60 subcategories for spend-ing the money, including COVID-19 vaccinations, premium pay for certain workers, housing aid, grants to businesses and improve-ments to water, sewer and internet infrastructure.
But one particular cate-gory stands out for its flexi-bility. Governments that lost revenue can use their federal aid for almost any services, up to the amount of their losses. That means they can spend the money on roads, a recreation center or a pier, which might not otherwise be eligible.
Treasury spokesperson Liz Bourgeois said the plan gives governments “the re-sources and flexibility they need to avoid cuts, hire or re-tain workers, provide essen-tial services, and come out of the pandemic stronger.” Democratic congressional leaders also have praised the Treasury’s flexible guidance.
But some local officials think the Treasury’s formula for calculating lost revenue is too restrictive. It rolls most revenue sources together in-stead of calculating losses on a fund-by-fund basis, which would let governments claim losses in dedicated funds such as gas taxes for roads
even if other revenue grew. Local governments also want to exclude recently enacted tax hikes from the calculation, which they con-tend masks the depth of their losses during the pandemic.
In Toledo, voters last November approved a tem-porary one-quarter percent income tax increase that is projected to raise $19 million annually for roads. As a re-sult, that revenue will offset other losses under the Trea-sury’s calculation, meaning the city won’t have the flex-ibility to use relief money to replace old police vehicles, Kapszukiewicz said.
“It now falsely looks like our economy has recovered more than it has, when in reality, it merely reflects the revenue produced by put-ting an extra burden on our-selves,” the mayor said. “It’s absurd.”
In California, more than 250 cities and counties en-acted voter-approved tax in-creases since 2018 — most coming during or after the 2018-19 fiscal year that forms the basis for calculating rev-enue loss, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press by govern-ment finance consultant Mi-chael Coleman.
The southern San Diego suburb of Chula Vista, which did not enact new taxes, calculated revenue losses of more than $32 million under the Treasury’s guide-lines — covering over half its $57.5 million allotment under the American Rescue Plan. Among other things, the city is directing $12.2
WASHNGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is say-ing Sunday that it is “really unfortunate” that Gov. Greg Abbott has moved to ban vac-cine mandates in the state of Texas.
The nation’s leading in-fectious disease doctor, speaking on Fox News Sun-day, said that the Republican governor’s decision to block businesses from requiring inoculations would dam-
age public health since vac-cines are the “most effective means” to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Fauci was largely encour-aged by the downward trend of coronavirus hospitaliza-tions and deaths across the nation and suggested that vaccinated individuals could have a normal holiday sea-son with others who have re-ceived the shot. But he said that those who have not been
vaccinated should continue to avoid gatherings and should wear a mask.
He also suggested that those who received a shot of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine would likely have flexibility to get a booster from either Moderna or Pfizer. The FDA advisory panel ruled last week that anyone 18 and up who had the J&J shot was eligible to get a booster.
Brooke Wohlrabe
SuperheroesJames Schofield, 2, watches as his brother Liam, 7, stacks a Jenga block
at a mother/son event put on by the Kids Just Want to Have Fun committee. The event, which took place Saturday afternoon at Bethel Evangelical Free Church in Fairmont, served as a fundraiser for the group, with proceeds going toward upkeep of the indoor playground at Five Lakes Centre and the mini golf course. Organizers said about 80 people were in attendance. Armando Hernandez, left, was one of several high school students that volunteered at the event, which featured a variety of activities and games.
Brooke Wohlrabe
Old fashioned funAbove: A group of youth enjoy a train ride through Heritage Acres during
the annual Harvest Festival on Sunday. A large number of people attended the festival in Fairmont, which offered food, live music and a variety of activities. Below: A crowd gathers to watch blacksmith Dewey Roll, from Buffalo Center, Iowa, at the Harvest Festival Sunday afternoon.
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HIBBING (AP) — A public art tribute to Bob Dylan was unveiled Saturday in Hibbing with the hopes of in-spiring a new generation of young artists.
The display of the Iron Range town’s most famous resident is located outside Hibbing High School, where the 80-year-old Dylan was a 1959 graduate.
On one side of the display, a brick wall features the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature that Dylan was awarded in 2016. The opposite side of the wall features a series of stainless steel panels that con-tain lyrics from more than 50 of his songs.
There’s also a bronze chair, similar to one he would have sat in, that faces the school so people who use it will “have their backs to the lyrics, a physical represen-tation of the songwriting process,” said Katie Fredeen, president of the Hibbing Dylan Project.
The volunteer group spent five years and raised about $100,000 to design and build the tribute.
Enbridge fails to meet deadlineMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Enbridge has failed to meet
a deadline set by the Minnesota Department of Natu-ral Resources for cleaning up a site where an aquifer ruptured during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline, DNR officials said.
The agency had given the company until Friday to repair the damage that caused the artesian aquifer near Clearbrook to leak at least 24 million gallons of groundwater. Regulators will require compensation for the additional time it takes to stop the groundwater flow.
The DNR has already ordered Enbridge to pay $3.32 million for failing to follow environmental laws.
Ranchers look to build meat plantsBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the cattle he raised in central Nebraska, even as the cost of beef at grocery stores kept climbing.
He and his neighbors blamed it on consolidation in the beef industry stretch-ing back to the 1970s that resulted in four companies slaughtering over 80% of the nation’s cattle, giving the processors more power to set prices while ranchers struggled to make a living. Federal data show that for every dollar spent on food, the share that went to ranch-ers and farmers dropped from 35 cents in the 1970s to 14 cents recently.
It led Kemp to launch an audacious plan: Raise more than $300 million from ranchers to build a plant themselves, putting their fu-ture in their own hands.
“We’ve been complain-ing about it for 30 years,” Kemp said. “It’s probably time somebody does some-
thing about it.”Crews will start work this
fall building the Sustainable Beef plant on nearly 400 acres near North Platte, Ne-braska, and other groups are making similar surprising moves in Iowa, Idaho and Wisconsin. The enterprises will test whether it’s really possible to compete finan-cially against an industry trend that has swept through American agriculture and that played a role in meat shortages during the corona-virus pandemic.
The move is well timed, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is now taking a number of steps to encour-age a more diverse supply in the beef industry.
Still, it’s hard to over-state the challenge, going up against huge, well-financed competitors that run highly efficient plants and can sell beef at prices that smaller operators will struggle to match.
The question is whether smaller plants can pay ranchers more and still make a profit themselves. An average 1,370-pound steer is worth about $1,630, but that value must be di-
vided between the slaugh-terhouse, feed lot and the rancher, who typically bears the largest expense of raising the animal for more than a year.
David Briggs, the CEO of Sustainable Beef, ac-knowledged the difficulty but said his company’s in-vestors remain confident.
“Cattle people are risk takers and they’re ready to take a risk,” Briggs said.
Consolidation of meat-packing started in the mid-1970s, with buyouts of smaller companies, mergers and a shift to much larger plants. Census data cited by the USDA shows that the number of livestock slaughter plants declined from 2,590 in 1977 to 1,387 in 1992. And big processors gradually dominated, going from handling only 12% of cattle in 1977 to 65% by 1997.
Currently four compa-nies — Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and National Beef Packing — control over 80% of the U.S. beef market thanks to cattle slaughtered at 24 plants. That concen-tration became problematic when the coronavirus in-
fected workers, slowing and even closing some of the massive plants, and a cyber-attack last summer briefly forced a shutdown of JBS plants until the company paid an $11 million ransom.
The Biden administration has largely blamed declin-ing competition for a 14% increase in beef prices from December 2020 to August. Since 2016, the wholesale value of beef and profits to the largest processors has steadily increased while prices paid to ranchers have barely budged.
The backers of the planned new plants have no intention of replacing the giant slaughterhouses, such as a JBS plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, that pro-cesses about 6,000 cattle daily — four times what the proposed North Platte plant would handle.
However, they say they will have important ad-vantages, including more modern equipment and, they hope, less employee turnover thanks to slightly higher pay of more than $50,000 annually plus ben-efits along with more favor-able work schedules.
Fairmont Area Schools
Fairmont Jr./Sr. HighBreakfastMonday — Main Entrees:
Breakfast Turkey Sausage Pizza, Cocoa Puffs Cereal, Cinnamon toast Crunch Ce-real, Blueberry Muffin; On the Go: PB & Grape Jelly Un-crustable, PB & Strawberry Jam Uncrustable; Fruits & Vegetable Bar: Sliced Fresh Apples, Assorted Fruit Juice; Condiments & Milk.
Tuesday — Main En-trees: Sausage & Pancake Stick, Cocoa Puffs Cereal, Lucky Charms Cereal Bowl, Low Fat Mozzarella String Cheese; On the Go: PB & Grape Jelly Uncrustable, PB & Strawberry Jam Uncrust-able; Fruit & Vegetable Bar: Fresh Banana, Assorted Fruit Juice; Condiments & Milk.
Wednesday — Main En-trees: Mini Cinnis, cocoa Puffs Cereal, Cinnamon toast Crunch Cereal, Strawberry Banana Trix Yoplait; On the Go: PB & Grape Jelly Un-crustable, PB & Strawberry Jam Uncrustable; Fruit & Vegetable Bar: Applesauce, Assorted Fruit Juice; Condi-ments & Milk.
Thursday — NO SCHOOL
Friday — NO SCHOOLLunchMonday — American
Classics: Sloppy Joe, Tater Tots; 2Mato: Meat Lover’s Pizza, Classic Cheese Pizza; Grill: Classic American Cheeseburger, Tater Tots, Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Pickles; On the Go: blueberry Parfait with Granola, PB&J and Cheese Fun Lunch; Extra Extra: Confetti Coleslaw, Fresh Broccoli Florets, Fresh Orange Wedges, Chilled Diced Pears; Condiments & Milk.
berry Parfait with Granola, turkey, Cheddar & BLT Ranch Wrap; Extra Extra: Red and Green Bell Pepper Strips, Sliced Cucumbers, Sliced Fresh Apples, Fruit Cocktail; Condiments & Milk.
Wednesday — American Classics: Boneless Chicken Wings, Potatoes Au Gratin, Whole Grain Dinner Roll; 2Mato: Classic Pepperoni Pizza, Classic Cheese Pizza; Grill: Classic American Cheeseburger, Potatoes Au Gratin, Spicy Chicken Sand-wich, Pickles; On the Go: Blueberry Parfait with Gra-nola, PB&J and Cheese Fun Lunch; Extra Extra: Fresh Cauliflower Florets, Fresh Carrots, Fresh Red Seedless Grapes, Applesauce; Condi-ments & Milk.
Thursday — NO SCHOOL
Friday — NO SCHOOLFairmont Elementary
SchoolBreakfastMonday — Main En-
trees: Strawberry Cream Cheese Bagel; Fruit & Vege-table Bar: Fresh Whole Fruit, Assorted Fruit Juice; Con-diments & Milk: 1% Low-fat Milk, Skim Milk, Skim Milk-Lactose Free.
Tuesday — Main Entrees: Skewered Sausage Pancake; Fruit & Vegetable Bar: Fresh Whole Fruit, Assorted Fruit Juice; Condiments & Milk: 1% Low-fat Milk, Skim Milk, Skim Milk-Lactose Free.
Wednesday — Main En-trees: Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar, Low Fat Mozzarella String Cheese; Fruit & Vege-table Bar: Fresh Whole Fruit, Assorted Fruit Juice; Con-diments & Milk: 1% Low-fat Milk, Skim Milk, Skim Milk-Lactose Free.
Wednesday — BBQ Rib-let on bun, sour cream and chive potatoes, mixed vege-table, peaches, milk.
Thursday — NO SCHOOL
Friday — NO SCHOOL
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You lost something irreplace-able back there; knowing this is a sign that you’re living right. To recognize and celebrate the specialness of things while you have them, knowing that someday you will mourn, is to live ful-ly.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be pitching and per-suading. The best presentations you’ll ever make are the ones no one asked you to make. Ideas drop in from on high, and the impulse to follow through comes straight from your heart.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You know when you’re onto a good idea and you don’t need anyone else to affirm it. In fact, any opposition you hear will only serve to steel your resolve.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re working for smiles to-day. When the smiles happen, you’re among them. There is one person in particular whose happiness will have you sweating. All hard work pays off.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re a part of this -- the only part of this you have complete responsibility for. Taking care of your-self is taking care of those around you. Self-love is one of the most essential things you can do to put love into the world.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re supportive, but you don’t allow yourself to be taken advantage of. You keep them alert to your gifts. Otherwise, they will get spoiled and be robbed of the pleasure of fully experiencing what you do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As you serve the needs of others, keep in mind that there are people who have no sensor to tell them when they’ve crossed a line or are being greedy. Draw and enforce the boundaries they cannot intuit.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People tell you their life sto-ries. Neither of you know why it happens. It has to do with something happening on the subconscious level. You naturally orientate yourself toward others, and they open up to you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You practice and you get better, though it doesn’t always feel that way. Every mistake, obstacle and problem improves you. Eventually, you’ll reach a point of diminishing returns, but you haven’t reached it yet.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Love makes you happier and better behaved. You find deep wells of patience and com-passion for the world because you have found them first for the one you adore.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People who want your con-tributions may not be able to repay you. Consider all aspects of the deal before you get into it; you can save yourself from future regret or resentment.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The spiritual aspects of love reign supreme. What happens on the spiritual level will guide all other aspects. The logic of scientists or the reason of scholars cannot predict the heart’s path.
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Blood drive to honor Ezra KonoAn American Red Cross blood drive will be held in honor
of Ezra Kono to celebrate his 5th birthday and help raise awareness of the need for blood donations 12-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 235 E. 7th St. in Blue Earth.
CREST to host class in FairmontCREST will be presenting the class “A Matter of Bal-
ance” 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays beginning Oct. 26 and concluding Dec. 14 at the CREST offices, located at 820 Winnebago Avenue in Fairmont. This eight session class is designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity levels among older adults. It includes an exercise program and identifies our fears & finding options for overcoming them. We also check our homes for safety/falling issues. This curriculum is good for planning ahead to still do the things we like to do. Anyone having concerns about falling or wanting to improve their balance, flexibility and strength is encouraged to attend. Registration is required in order to provide the needed materials and a $10 donation is sug-gested to help cover the costs. Registration deadline is Oct. 22. If you have questions or would like to register for this class, please call the CREST office at (507) 235-3833.
Oktoberfest pork loin supper TuesdayOktoberfest pork loin supper will be 4:30-7 p.m. Tuesday
at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 301 N Main St, Fair-mont. The menu includes: Roast pork loin, mashed potatoes and gravy or German potato salad, green beans, applesauce, dinner roll, pie and ice cream, coffee or ice tea. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 4 to 12 and free for ages 3 and under. For take-out orders call (507) 235-3500.
KoC will hold fundraiserKnights of Columbus are having an ALL YOU CAN
EAT Fish Dinner Boil fundraiser 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Menu includes: codfish, baby potatoes, pearl onions, cole slaw, french bread, dessert, juice and coffee. A $15 donation is requested. Donations will be given to Orphan Grain Train & local organizations.
‘Halloween Kills’ makes $50.4 million at box officeBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
“Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest install-ment in the Michael Myers saga is making a killing at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The David Gor-don Green-directed horror scared up $50.4 million from 3,705 locations, ac-cording to studio estimates Sunday.
Universal’s “Halloween Kills” far surpassed expec-tations, which had the film pegged for a more con-
servative debut in the $30 million range. It also easily bested its main competition, which included the James Bond pic “No Time to Die,” in its second weekend, and Ridley Scott’s medieval epic “The Last Duel.” Both are playing exclusively in theaters.
The film picks up where Green’s 2018 “Halloween” left off, on the same bloody night, with Jamie Lee Cur-tis back as Laurie Strode. Some were surprised when the studio made the decision to release “Halloween Kills” simultaneously in theaters and on NBC Universal’s
Peacock for premium sub-scribers, but the day-and-date strategy does not seem to have hurt its box office haul.
“David Gordon Green crafted an incredibly terri-fying continuation of this franchise that our core au-dience was more than eager to come out to the theater to see,” said Jim Orr, Uni-versal’s head of domestic distribution. “Audiences want to be out, they want to be in theaters, and they want to experience it com-munally.”
Before “Halloween Kills,” which had a reported
$20 million production bud-get, the biggest day-and-date opening of the year was Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla vs. Kong” which grossed $32.2 million in its first weekend while also being available on HBO Max. It’s a best for a pandemic-era horror open-ing, narrowly beating out “A Quiet Place Part II.”
The 2018 “Hallow-een” was a massive hit that opened to $76.2 million and went on to gross north of $256 million against a $10 million budget. And there are plans for a third that will close out the modern Mi-chael Myers trilogy.
In debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticismBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer
The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a break-through when regulators approved it more than four months ago, but its rollout has been slowed by questions about its price and how well it works.
Several major medical centers remain undecided on whether to use Biogen’s Aduhelm, which is recom-mended for early stages of the disease. Big names like the Cleveland Clinic and Mass General Brigham in Boston say they’ll pass on it for now.
One neurology practice has even banned the compa-ny’s sales reps from its of-fices, citing concerns about the drug and its price, which can climb past $50,000 annu-ally.
Many doctors say they need to learn more about how Aduhelm works and what will be covered before they decide whether to offer it. That might take several months to sort out. Even then, questions may linger.
“The drug won’t be for everybody, even with ac-cess,” said Salim Syed, an analyst who covers Biogen for Mizuho Securities USA.
Syed estimates that only around one-tenth of the people diagnosed with ear-ly-stage Alzheimer’s may wind up taking Aduhelm chronically, especially if regulators approve similar treatments from Biogen’s competitors.
Biogen, which reports third-quarter financial re-sults Wednesday, is not say-ing how many people have received the drug since it was approved on June 7. A company executive said last month that Biogen was aware of about 50 sites infusing Aduhelm, far fewer than the 900 the company had said it expected to be ready shortly after regulators approved the drug.
Aduhelm is the first in a line of new drugs that promise to do what no other Alzheimer’s treatment has managed: slow the progress of the fatal brain-destroying disease instead of just man-aging its symptoms.
“It’s like a breath of fresh air,” said Dr. Stephen Sallo-way, a Rhode Island neurol-ogist and Biogen consultant who is prescribing the drug. People with Alzheimer’s “know what’s coming, and they want to do whatever they can to stay in the milder stage.”
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration approved Aduhelm despite objections from its own independent advisers, several of whom re-signed. The agency later said the drug was appropriate for patients with mild symptoms or early-stage Alzheimer’s.
Aduhelm clears brain plaque thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, and regulators made the call based on study results show-ing the drug seemed likely to benefit patients.
Biogen, which developed Aduhelm with Japan’s Eisai Co., had halted two studies on the drug due to disap-pointing results. It later said further analysis showed the treatment was effective at higher doses.
The FDA is requiring Bio-gen to conduct a follow-up study.
The research Biogen sub-mitted so far doesn’t give doctors as much insight as they would normally have into a drug, said Dr. Brendan Kelley, a neurologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Its experts are still reviewing Aduhelm.
“Biogen went to the FDA with preliminary data, so it makes it really challenging to know how to navigate,” he said. More complete re-search would give doctors a better idea for how the drug
will work in a broader patient population, Kelley said.
Cost is another concern.Biogen’s pricing for
Aduhelm is “irresponsible and unconscionable,” ac-cording to signs posted on office doors for The Neurol-ogy Center, a Washington, D.C.-area practice. The signs also refer to Aduhelm as a medication “of dubious ef-fectiveness” and tell Biogen sales reps they are no longer welcomed in the center’s of-fices.
“As physicians we feel compelled to speak out and protest BIOGEN’s actions,” one of the signs reads.
Neurology Center CEO Wendy Van Fossen said the signs went up in July, but she declined to elaborate on why they were posted.
A Biogen spokeswoman said in an email that it was disappointing that some cen-ters are denying access to the drug.
As for Aduhelm’s ef-fectiveness, company data shows that plaque removal “is reasonably likely to pre-dict a clinical benefit,” said Biogen Chief Medical Offi-cer Dr. Maha Radhakrishnan. She said regulators reviewed data from more than 3,000 patients, counting two late-stage studies and earlier re-search.
Doctors also are worried about whether patients tak-ing Aduhelm will be able to get the regular brain scans needed to monitor their prog-ress on the drug.
Issues with care access weren’t explored in the clinical research, which also involved patients who were generally younger and healthier than those in the broader population, noted Dr. Zaldy Tan, director of the Ce-dars-Sinai memory and aging program.
The Los Angeles health system is still evaluating Aduhelm. Its committee of experts is considering things like which doctors will pre-scribe the drug and how to ensure patients are monitored for problems like dizziness or headaches develop. Bleeding in the brain is another poten-tial side effect.
“Safety and access are real issues that need to be priori-tized,” Tan said.
Aduhelm also requires a deeper level of coordination among doctors than other Alzheimer’s treatments, noted Radhakrishnan.
Prescribing doctors have to work with neurologists, radiologists and nurse prac-titioners to diagnose patients, confirm the presence of plaque in the brain, get them started on the treatment and
then monitor them.“All of this is work in
progress,” Radhakrishnan said.
Uncertainty about insur-ance coverage is another holdup.
Some insurers have de-cided not to cover the drug. Others, including the major Medicare Advantage insurer Humana, haven’t made a de-cision yet but are reviewing claims case by case in the meantime.
The federal Medicare pro-gram is expected to make a national coverage determina-tion by next spring that will lay out how it handles the drug.
Biogen executives said recently they think most sites that will offer the drug are waiting for clarity on reim-bursement, including that Medicare decision.
Medicare’s determina-tion looms large for the Ce-dars-Sinai experts. Tan said they know they should reach a decision before the Medi-care decision prompts more patient inquiries.
He said doctors also real-ize they aren’t just evaluating Aduhelm: They’re also think-ing about how to handle sim-ilar treatments that could get FDA approval.
“We want to make sure we get it right,” Tan said.
ballpark figure is that about 250 people walk through the door at 4 p.m. on Thursday, when the sale always starts.
While such strong atten-dance is good, in the age of Covid, it’s proved a bit wor-risome.
“Last year we had to
limit. We could only have so many people in the gym at one time. We had to count as people came in and out,” Trueblood said.
While they’re not limiting the number this year, Trueb-lood said they are encourag-ing that people wear a mask,
especially if they come on Thursday as attendance is typically higher.
The sale takes place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
On Saturday, it’s anything you can put into a bag for $3.
“When my kids were lit-tle, I’d give them each a bag and they could put whatever they wanted in it. My girls would grab dress up clothes and matching shoes and gloves and we’d go home and have show and tell,” Trueb-lood shared.
While the sale is a lot of work, it continues to take place because of the contin-ued positive response from the community, and the funds that are raised for the school. Trueblood said they raise about $10,000 twice a year. She said the money is used
for uniforms, guest speak-ers and special activities for classrooms.
“It’s so worth it to see the money that’s raised to benefit the school and the students. It benefits so many people in different ways,” Trueblood said.
million for culvert repairs at two intersections to allevi-ate flooding and $8 million to add new aquatic facilities to a planned renovation of the Loma Verde Recreation Center. Had the city not been able to tap the revenue-loss category for federal funding, those projects could have been pushed off indefinitely, said Chula Vista city engi-neer William Valle.
By doing it all at once “it’s open to the commu-nity -- boom, everybody’s happy,” Valle said.
In Oceanside, however, officials have less latitude over their federal aid. Vot-ers there approved a one-half cent sales tax that took ef-
fect in April 2019, reducing its revenue loss under the Treasury formula from $22 million to $12 million and limiting its spending flex-ibility. Further complicat-ing matters, the city spent nearly $2.6 million from its reserves — which otherwise could have gone toward in-frastructure — to provide meals, homeless services and business grants during the pandemic. But the Treasury’s rules prohibit the federal aid from being used to replenish reserves.
Oceanside officials would like to be able to direct more of their federal money toward fixing the seismically unsafe 1920s-era bridge that leads to
its pier.“It’s imperative that the
pier be maintained and re-stored so that it continues to attract visitors,” said Rick Wright, CEO of MainStreet Oceanside, the downtown business association. He added: “I don’t think it’s im-mediately noticeable to peo-ple that it’s in grave need of restoration, but if you look close enough, you can see where there’s cracks and pieces that have fallen out already.”
Other cities also have written to the Treasury asking it to loosen its reve-nue-loss rule and give them greater say over the money. It’s a reasonable request, but
the dispute highlights that local governments are re-ceiving “dramatically more money” than needed, said Marc Goldwein, senior vice president of the nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Treasury officials said they are considering the com-ments but have given no in-dication of whether they will change the rule, nor when the final version will be released.
In the meantime, Des Moines, Iowa, is holding off on making spending de-cisions for the $47 million it received. The city wants clarification on whether it can count $34 million of losses not currently al-
lowed under the Treasury rule, which would give it far more flexibility, said deputy finance director Joe Brand-statter.
In Lincoln, Nebraska, plans for a new parking garage have been delayed because of the Treasury’s revenue-loss rule. Parking revenue plunged during the pandemic, said mayoral aide Kate Bolz, but the city can’t make up for it all because a new sales tax earmarked for streets reduced its 2020 rev-enue loss from $13.5 million to $2.4 million under the Treasury’s formula.
Flagstaff, Arizona, also has put plans for a down-town parking garage on hold
because of the Treasury rule and may have to delay re-placing its aging snow plows, street sweepers and trucks. New revenue from a combi-nation of dedicated taxes and storm-water fees offset the city’s loss under the Trea-sury’s formula, taking away its flexibility for the federal aid.
“The intent of what Con-gress wanted to do is to help support cities who had these big dollar losses to continue providing the services,” said city treasurer Rick Tadder. But the Treasury’s rule “is restrictive on how cities can demonstrate the true impact on our revenues during this pandemic.”
The U.S. Supreme Court in the 1968 case of Terry v.
Ohio granted police officers the limited right to stop and ask questions of someone engaged in unusual behav-ior and reasonably believed to be armed and presently dangerous. If the answers given do not dispel an offi-cer’s reasonable concern for safety, he may inspect the outer garments of the indi-vidual for weapons. Com-monly called Terry stops or “stop-and-frisk,” these became routine in New York City in the ‘90s. Now Democrats intend to deploy them to your bank account. We are all suspects now.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg argued New York’s stop-and-frisk policy directly cut down on crime. At a 2015 Aspen Institute event, Bloomberg defended the program, saying, “Nine-ty-five percent of murders — murderers and murder victims — fit one M.O. You can just take the description, Xerox it, and pass it out to all the cops. They are male, minorities, 16-25. That’s true in New York. That’s true in virtually every city. And that’s where the real crime is. You’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of people that are getting
killed. So you want to spend the money on a lot of cops in the streets. Put those cops where the crime is, which means in minority neigh-borhoods. So one of the unintended consequences is people say, ‘Oh my God, you are arresting kids for marijuana that are all mi-norities.’ Yes, that’s true. Why? Because we put all the cops in minority neigh-borhoods. Yes, that’s true. Why do we do it? Because that’s where all the crime is. And the way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the wall and frisk them.”
Members of Congress, the president and the In-ternal Revenue Service are increasingly concerned that
you are now committing tax fraud against the federal government, and they want your banks to throw you against the wall and frisk you. A lot of Americans deal in cash or with apps that digitally transfer funds between people. They then deposit the funds into bank accounts. From hairdressers to housekeepers and from drivers to plumbers, every-one is now a suspected tax cheat. Like stop-and-frisk, this will disproportionately impact minorities and white blue-collar workers, all of whom participate more sig-nificantly in the gig econ-omy than college-educated white voters.
In a letter to Congress, the Biden administration stated it wants to, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, “require banks to report annual inflows and outflows from bank ac-counts with at least $600 or at least $600 worth of trans-actions.” The requirement would also apply to services like Venmo, Cash App and Apple Pay — services used by individuals to pay each other. It amounts to a finan-cial stop-and-frisk program where every American is a suspect, but the little guy is the chief suspect.
Last month, House Dem-ocrats pulled the measure
from their reconciliation plan, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the measure is still on the table. She defended the proposal last week, saying, “Yes, there are concerns that some peo-ple have, but if people are breaking the law and not paying their taxes, one way to track them is through the banking measure.”
While Democrats have pitched the plan as a way to target the rich, it very clearly goes after gig econ-omy workers. They would not include services like Venmo if it did not. The Democrats and the IRS are convinced middle class Americans are not paying their fair share of taxes. Because they are convinced you are lying, they want your financial institutions to stop-and-frisk your finances on the government’s behalf.
There are undoubtedly people not fessing up to their revenue. But Congress has assured us no one who makes less than $400,000 a year will be burdened by their plans. That has already been proven to be a lie, but this latest intru-sion and invasion of privacy into our lives shows just how pervasive the Democrats want government to be and how much Democrats do not really trust the American people.
come not single spies but in battalions.” As the king found out. So it seems with President Joe Biden, who must be asking himself the question Merle Haggard asked:
“Are the good times re-ally over for good?”
Consider the critical issue with voters today: the state of the economy.
Inflation in September stood at 5.4% year on year.
With prices of food and fuel rising, the supply chains for goods entering the country and headed for stores, shelves and show-rooms before Thanksgiving and Christmas are clogged. Container ships are backed up in ports, waiting to un-load on both coasts. Many of the trucks to carry the goods to inland markets sit idle for lack of drivers.
The latest employment figures show 10.4 million U.S. jobs going begging in August as 4.3 million work-ers dropped out of the labor force.
How are Democrats responding to the return of inflation?
By trying to pile a $3.5 trillion social spending package on top of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on top of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief act Biden signed in March. Coupled with an easy-money Fed policy, this hand could play out for Biden the way it played out for former President Jimmy Carter.
A second issue that ap-pears beyond the capacity of the Biden people to solve is the invasion from across
our southern border. Nightly film of border crossers and their encounters with the Border Patrol have riveted the attention of the nation.
Lately, there has been a new feature. Sporadic small arms fire at U.S. Border Pa-trol agents by cartel coyotes who are enriching them-selves by steering migrants from all over the world to crossing points on the Rio Grande. By year’s end, some 2 million illegal im-migrants will have crossed under the de facto open borders policy of the Biden administration.
Entering with them are scores of thousands of “got aways” who have avoided contact with U.S. authorities on the way into our country.
Another issue for Biden is the surge of both random and purposeful violence in liberal Democratic cities where knifings, shootings and killings are approaching new records.
With almost everyone carrying a phone camera, the daily photos of urban shootings have turned the country against the “defund
the police!” crowd and the political party that is associ-ated with them.
The George Floyd sum-mer is over. Police depart-ments are being refunded, and cops are being defended and demanded in neighbor-hoods that have suffered from their resignations, re-tirements and removal.
Then there is the new culture-war issue of race and education and whether America’s children should be taught in their schools about the goodness and greatness of their country or about its sins and crimes.
Civic gatherings have erupted, with parents facing off against teachers and school boards in Northern Virginia communities near where historic battles of the Civil War were fought.
Former Gov. Terry McAu-liffe, seeking to regain his office, may have put his campaign in peril by telling parents they have no legiti-mate role in decisions about what their children should be taught, and not taught, in Vir-ginia’s public schools.
“I’m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own deci-sions,” said McAuliffe. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”
Biden’s political fortunes and his party’s future are likely to hinge upon the fate of his Build Back Better legislation, currently in the custody of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Capitulating to the de-mands of progressives, Biden and Pelosi agreed to delay passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill,
which had easily passed in the Senate, until the $3.5 trillion social safety net bill could catch up and travel in tandem to approval in both Houses.
Biden has wagered his presidency on passage of both the $1.2 trillion infra-structure bill and as large a share of the $3.5 trillion social safety net program as he can convince Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to approve.
By caving to the both-or-nothing ultimatum the pro-gressives issued to her, which caused Pelosi to hold up cer-tain and swift passage of the infrastructure bill, she may have imperiled them both.
Meanwhile, other pri-ority agenda items of both Democratic moderates and progressives appear headed for the boneyard.
The $15 minimum wage is gone. A “path to citizenship” for millions of illegal immigrants seems dead. Police reform appears to have been abandoned. Federal legislation to give the Department of Justice veto power over state GOP voting reforms appears no longer viable.
With all his chips now in the middle of the table as this session of Congress winds down, Biden’s hand looks weaker and weaker.
Wednesday, four polls found that half the nation — and in three of them, more than half — now disapprove of his presidency.
In the 10th month of his four-year term, are the good times really over for good — for Joe Biden? Starting to look that way.
The Minnesota Senate Transportation Com-mittee is held a hearing Friday with a very interesting question for the Department of
Public Safety.When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the state
shut down a lot of businesses, of course, and it also closed down some government offices, including the Department of Vehicle Services 93 stations across the state, where drivers license driving tests are given. A few centers in regional hubs reopened in May 2020, but more than 70 remain shuttered, especially those in rural MInnesota.
In this area, teens who want to take a driving test to get their license have to travel to Mankato. Meanwhile, DVS stations in New Ulm, St. Peter, St. James and Gaylord are inactive.
This places an extra burden of time and distance on the teen who needs to take a driving test and on the parent who has to accompany them. It also makes it harder to get an appointment for a test.
The legislators especially want to know why these stations remain closed after they passed a bill to temporarily reopen all the stations, and approved over $5 million in funding over the next two years to make it happen.
Hopefully, the Department of Public Safety will listen to legislators and reopen regional hubs in rural areas.
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Dear Annie: I am a 72-year-old woman who usedto live with my daughterand her family. I movedout last January.
I was asked over totheir home when my old-est grandson came homewith my great-grandchildin June. Other than that, Ihave not talked to mydaughter in months.
Am I being foolish tothink that she could callonce in a while to checkup on me? When I call her,it’s as if she can’t be both-ered. If I leave a message,she does not return mycalls. — Missing MyDaughter
Dear Missing MyDaughter: It is under-standable that you missyour daughter — thedaughter you knew be-fore her life got busywith her own family. Myguess is that she is notsnubbing you but ratheris simply busy. Instead ofdemanding that she callyou, ask her what sheneeds. How can you helpher out? Sometimes,when we help others, weare actually helping our-selves. If all that doesn’twork, tell her how youfeel and how much youlove and miss her.
Dear Annie: I have toobject to your languageabout how grandchildren“intuitively” love theirgrandparents in your noteto “Family Scapegoat.”
Unless the grandparentsare the children’s primaryattachment, there is noreason for children to con-nect with them except as areflection of the parent’srelationship with thegrandparents. Saying oth-
erwise is outdated and notin line with attachmenttheory.
Parents should be al-lowed to cut unhealthyand unsafe relationshipsout of their children’s lives— even if those relation-ships are familial. —Unimpressed by the Great-ness
Dear Unimpressed:You are correct, and if agrandparent’s behavioris unhealthy or unsafe,they should be kept awayfrom their grandchil-dren. But if the issue isnot so black and white,and the behavior is moreannoying than unsafe,then the parents shouldset boundaries for the in-teractions rather thancut them off altogether.“Ask Me Anything: A Yearof Advice From DearAnnie” is out now! AnnieLane’s debut book, featur-ing favorite columns onlove, friendship, familyand etiquette, is availableas a paperback and e-book. Visithttp://www.creatorspub-lishing.com for more in-formation.
SHERBURN — A Cel-ebration of Life Service for Beulah D. Erickson, 90, of Sherburn, Minnesota will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at St. John’s Lu-theran Church in Sherburn, Minnesota with Rev. Steven
D. Wilson o f f i c i a t -ing. Burial will be in S h e r b u r n Cemetery in S h e r b u r n , Minnesota.
B e u l a h was called
to her eternal rest on Fri-day morning, October 15, 2021 at Temperance Lake Ridge in Sherburn, Minne-sota. Visitation and a time for sharing memories with the Erickson Family will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, October 18, 2021 at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn and one hour prior to the services at the church. Please share a memory of Beulah with her family by signing her online guestbook or watch Beulah’s Video Tribute on her obituary page at www.kramerfuner-alhome.com
Beulah’s Funeral Service will be livestreamed on St. John’s Lutheran Church face-book page.
Beulah Doris Buchan was born March 21, 1931 in Jay Township, Martin County, Minnesota to Ernest and Helen (Graves) Buchan. She was baptized and con-firmed in the Alpha Presby-terian Church. She attended District 56 country school in Jay Township and graduated from Sherburn High School and Mankato State Univer-sity. On July 20, 1952, she was united in marriage to T. Duane Erickson at Alpha, MN and they lived in Karl-sruhe, Germany, then on a farm near Armstrong, IA, before moving and living on two farms in the Sherburn area.
The Lord provided Beulah the gift to teach. She spent her career as a school teacher, teaching in Worthington, MN, Armstrong, IA, and Sherburn, MN. She retired from teaching in 1992 after teaching for 30 years in Sher-burn. She was a member of the local Teacher’s Associa-tions as well as the Minnesota and National Associations. She also belonged to the Minnesota Reading Council. One of the highlights of her teaching career was being named District Teacher of the Year as well as nominee for Minnesota Teacher of the Year in 1978.
Beulah’s faith was an important part of her life. After the closing of the Pres-byterian Church of Alpha, in which she was both con-firmed and married, she con-tinued her journey of faith as an active member of the Presbyterian Church of Jack-son. She served as an Elder and a Deacon as well as being active in the Christian Ed-ucation Program where she served as a teacher, director, and coordinator. Beulah also chaired and held offices in the Women of the Congre-gation Programs. After the closing of the Presbyterian Church of Jackson in 2021, Beulah became a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Sherburn.
Survivors grateful for having shared Beulah’s life include: her 2 sons, Mark (Mary) of Storm Lake, IA, and Jon (Renae) of Sioux Falls, SD; 2 sisters, Peggy Burgeson and Cleone (Art) Syverson; 3 sisters-in law, Elaine Buchan, Barbara Er-ickson, and Ida Mae Erick-son; 1 brother-in-law, Merv Steen; 7 grandchildren, Sheila, Josh, Seth, Tess, Jason, Conner, and Adam; 11 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Beulah was preceded in death by her husband; her son Scott; her parents; her grand-parents; her twin brother Beryl; her sisters Bonnie and Joan; her brothers-in-law Robert, Walt, Wendell, and Howard; and her sister-in-law Maxine.
Frances SchafferWINDOM — Frances
Schaffer, 88 of Windom, passed away on Oct. 11, 2021, at the Good Samari-tan Society in Windom. A Celebration of Life Funeral Service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Lu-theran Church of Our Sav-ior in Windom, Minn., with
R e v e r e n d Paul Sajban officiating. Burial will be held at a later date at L a k e v i e w Cemetery in Windom.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the LaCanne Family Funeral Home in Windom, and one hour prior to the service, on Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Lu-theran Church of Our Savior in Windom. Funeral arrange-ments are under the care of La-Canne Family Funeral Service in Windom. Condolences and memories of Frances may be sent online to www.lacanne-funeralhome.com.
Frances Ethel Schaffer was born Nov. 20, 1932, to John and Leona (Klindt) Posivio, in Sherburn, Minn. Frances was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Sherburn. She attended Sher-burn High School and gradu-ated with the class of 1950. On April 28, 1962, Frances mar-ried Donald (Tom) Schaffer of Windom, MN. The marriage was blessed with five children, Karen, Kenneth, James, Mi-chael and Scott. The couple farmed together, and Frances enjoyed being a stay-at-home mom and caregiver for her family. Frances was a care-giver at heart and later worked at Habilitative Services, Inc. (HSI) where she really loved her clients and they loved her too. Frances enjoyed baking and was known for her home-made bread, brownies, apple pie bars, rhubarb pies and cin-namon rolls. She also enjoyed gardening, watching and feed-ing birds, spending time with family, as well as making and sharing home cooked meals.
Frances was a member of Lutheran Church of Our Sav-ior in Windom.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Donald Schaffer of Windom; chil-dren, Karen (Darrell) Wilk-ing of Tabor, S.D.; Kenneth Schaffer of Windom, Minn.; James Schaffer of Cottage Grove, Wis.; Michael Schaf-fer of Sheldon, Iowa and Scott (Pam Briggs) Schaffer of St. Louis Park, Minn.; seven grandchildren, Shenandoah ( Tom) Massman, Shelby Wilking, Chelsie (Kody Les-ter) Wilking, Hailee Schaffer, Cole Schaffer, Jacob Schaf-fer, and Benjamin Schaffer; four great-grandchildren, Edward, Alexandra, Harley and Ryann (due Nov. 2021); sisters, Leola Brownlee and Vicki Schmid; and brother, Paul (Barb) Posivio.
Frances was preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers and sisters, Herbert Posivio, Bernard Posivio, Alvin Posivio, Thelma Ritten-house, John Posivio, Howard Posivio, Lorraine Schmid, and infant, Lillian Posivio.
Blessed be the memory of Frances Ethel Schaffer.
Raymond A. RosaFAIRMONT— Mass of
Christian Burial for Raymond A. Rosa, age 79, of Fairmont, MN will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont. Full military honors will be provided outside the church following the service by the
Lee C. Pren-tice Ameri-can Legion Post #36 and Martin County Vet-erans of For-eign Wars Post #1222. Burial will
be held at Calvary Cemetery in Fairmont. Visitation will be held 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont. Raymond passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at his home in Fairmont. The Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont is assisting the family with ar-rangements.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of fifty-one years, Dorothy Rosa of Fairmont, MN; sons, Joe (Angel) Rosa of Sauk Rap-ids, MN, Bill (Lynn) Rosa of Windom, MN and Jim (Stacey) Rosa of Clear Lake, MN; daughters, Katie (Jer-emy) Kietzer of Fairmont and Lori (Craig) Tigges of Mt. Carmel, IA; fourteen grand-children; twelve great-grand-children and one on the way; brothers-in-law, John Ysker of Windom, MN, Don Thees-feld of Algona, IA and Gary Theesfeld of Luverne, MN; and nieces, nephews and other extended family.
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FAIRMONTFriday, Oct. 1512:15 a.m. — Police received an animal complaint in the
200 block of W. Lair Road.6:52 a.m. — Police received a report of a burglary in the
1300 block of Marcus St.9:43 a.m. — Police received a report of a theft/gas drive
off in the 400 block of E. Blue Earth Ave.10:02 a.m. — Police received a report of a civil distur-
bance in the 400 block of Lake Park Blvd.2:34 p.m. — Police received a report of a forgery in the
300 block of S. State St.2:51 p.m. — Police received a report of a harassment in
the 1200 block of Goemann Road.3:08 p.m. — Police received a report of shoplifting in the
1300 block of N. State St.4:36 p.m. — Police assisted an ambulance in the 1600
block of Blue Jay Blvd.8:11 p.m. — Police received a report of criminal damage
to a vehicle in the 1200 block of Goemann Road.8:29 p.m. — Police received a report of public intoxica-
tion (not driving) in the 400 block of Woodland Ave.
Saturday, Oct. 168:57 a.m. — Police assisted an ambulance in the 600
block of N. Prairie Ave.2:26 p.m. — Police assisted an ambulance in the 1300
block of Lucia Ave.2:55 p.m. — Police received a report of narcotics found
in the 300 block of N. State St.4:18 p.m. — Police received a report of a burglary in the
1300 block of N. State St.10:29 p.m. — Police received a report of loud music in
the 700 block of N. Prairie Ave.10:54 p.m. — Police received a report of suspicious cir-
cumstances in the 300 block of N. Elm St.
MARTIN COUNTYFriday, Oct. 151:49 a.m. — Authorities received a report of suspicious
circumstances in the 1000 block of N. North Ave. in Fair-mont.
8:26 a.m. — Authorities received an animal complaint in the 200th St. area in rural Granada.
12:29 p.m. — Authorities received a report of criminal damage to a vehicle in the 100 block of Highway Four in Dunnell.
3:40 p.m. — Authorities assisted the fire department in the 100th St. area in rural Sherburn.
Saturday, Oct. 168:57 a.m. —Authorities assisted an ambulance in the 600
block of N. Prairie Ave.12:18 p.m. —Authorities received an animal complaint in
the 300 block of N. Main St. in Granada.3:57 p.m. — Authorities received a report of illegal
dumping in the 300 block of N. Main St. in Granada.4:18 p.m. — Authorities received a report of a theft in the
2500 block of 50th St. in rural Fairmont.6:07 p.m. — Authorities received a report of trespassing
in the 150th St. area in rural Fairmont.10:39 p.m. — Authorities received an animal complaint
in the 115th St. area in rural Fairmont.
SHERBURN/WELCOMEFriday, Oct. 159:39 a.m. — Police received a report of an ordinance vio-
lation in the 100 block of N. Main St. in Sherburn.1:10 p.m. — Police received a report of a civil distur-
bance in the 500 block of 4th St. in Welcome.
Saturday, Oct. 1610:55 p.m. — Police assisted an ambulance in the 300
block of N. Lake St. in Sherburn.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews made sig-nificant progress overnight against a wildfire burning for nearly a week in Southern California coastal mountains, officials said Sunday.
More than 1,600 firefight-ers were battling the blaze in the Santa Ynez Mountains west of Santa Barbara on land and by air. They were able to stop its forward growth, and the blaze was 78% contained, federal officials said.
The Alisal Fire started last Monday and has scorched nearly 27 square miles. It is threatening about 400 structures.
A 1 1/2-acre spot fire that ignited outside a retardant line on the blaze’s north-western corner was quickly contained by firefighters who used bulldozer and hand lines on the ground and doused the flames with water from the air. On Sunday, few hot spots remained, and fire crews were focused on increasing containment.
Cooler temperatures were forecast for Sunday, but winds with gusts around 20 mph were still expected in the area, officials said.
The fire erupted during fierce winds last week and spread rapidly down the face of the mountain range, leap-ing a highway and railroad to the beach below. Firefighting weather greatly improved since then, allowing airplanes and helicopters to bombard the fire with retardant and water.
California wildfires have scorched nearly 3,900 square miles this year and destroyed more than 3,600 homes, busi-nesses and other structures, ac-cording to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Crews make big gains against wildfire
By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press Writer
Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship drag-ging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coast-line with crude.
A team of federal investi-gators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the Panama-registered MSC DANIT just hours after the massive ship arrived this weekend off the Port of Long Beach, the same area where the leak was discov-ered in early October.
During a prior visit by the ship during a heavy storm in January, investigators be-lieve its anchor dragged for an unknown distance before striking the 16-inch steel pipe, Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Son-draKay Kneen said Sunday.
The impact would have knocked an inch-thick con-crete casing off the pipe and pulled it more than 100 feet bending but not breaking the line, Kneen said.
Still undetermined is whether the impact caused the October leak, or if the line was hit by something else at a later date or failed due to a preex-isting problem, Kneen said.
“We’re still looking at multiple vessels and scenar-ios,” she said.
The Coast Guard on Sat-urday designated the owner and operator as parties of interest in its investigation into the spill, estimated to have released about 25,000 gallons of crude into the water, killing birds, fish and mammals.
The accident just a few miles off Los Angeles’ Hun-tington Beach fouled beaches and wetlands and led to tem-porary closures for cleanup work . While not as bad as initially feared, it has reig-nited the debate over offshore
drilling in federal waters in the Pacific, where hundreds of miles of pipelines were in-stalled decades ago.
The DANIT’s operator, MSC Mediterranean Ship-ping Company, is headquar-tered in Switzerland and has a fleet of 600 vessels and more than 100,000 workers, according to the company.
MSC representatives did not immediately respond to email messages seeking comment. A security guard reached by telephone at the company’s headquarters in Geneva said it was closed until Monday.
The vessel’s owner, iden-tified by the Coast Guard as Dordellas Finance Corpora-tion, could not be reached for comment.
The DANIT arrived in Long Beach this weekend after voyaging from China, according to marine traffic monitoring websites.
The investigation into what caused the spill could lead to criminal charges or civil penalties, but none have been announced yet, and Kneen said the probe could continue for months.
Attorneys for MSC and Dordellas will have the chance to examine and cross-examine the govern-ment’s witnesses in the case and also to call their own witnesses, according to the Coast Guard. The investi-gation also includes the Na-tional Transportation Safety Board and other agencies.
Kneen declined to say if any damage was found to an anchor on the DANIT after a team of at least five investi-gators spent much of Satur-day aboard the ship.
At least two other vessels were previously boarded by investigators, who are examining logs kept by the ships’ captains, officers and engineers and voyage data recorders — equivalent to the so-called black box on airplanes.
Coast Guard: Ship dragged oil pipeline
Ronnie TuttNASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) — Ronnie Tutt, a leg-endary drummer who spent years playing alongside Elvis Presley and teamed up with other superstars ranging from Johnny Cash to Stevie Nicks, has died. He was 83.
In a Facebook post early Sunday, Terie Tutt wrote that her father died at home sur-rounded by his family.
“It’s with deep sadness that my family and I share the loss of our beloved dad,” Terie Tutt wrote. “The Leg-endary Drummer, Ronnie Tutt, ‘has left the building.’”
Elvis Presley Enterprises noted Tutt’s death in a state-ment Saturday. The group that runs Graceland recalled how Tutt drummed for Elvis with the TCB Band from 1969 until 1977, joining the band put to-gether by James Burton for Elvis’ 1969 Las Vegas opening and staying with Elvis until his death in 1977.
Beyond Elvis, Tutt played with some of the biggest names in music, touring with Neil Diamond’s band and recording and playing with Cash, Nicks, Glen Campbell, and Kenny Rogers.
By HEAVEN DALEYAssociated Press Writer
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton was released Sunday from the Southern California hospital where he had been treated for an infec-tion, arriving home in New York later in the day to con-tinue his recovery, a spokes-man said.
The former president left the University of California Irvine Medical Center around 8 a.m. with Hillary Clinton on his arm. Dressed in jeans and a sports coat and wearing a face mask, he made his way out of the hospital slowly and stopped to shake hands with doctors and nurses lined up on the sidewalk.
He gave a thumbs-up when a reporter asked how he was feeling, and he and Hillary Clinton then boarded a black SUV. They departed in a motorcade escorted by the California Highway Pa-trol and headed to the airport.
Bill Clinton’s “fever and white blood cell count are normalized, and he will re-turn home to New York to finish his course of antibi-otics,” Dr. Alpesh N. Amin said in a statement shared on Twitter by a Clinton spokes-man.
Clinton, 75, was admit-ted Tuesday to the hospital southeast of Los Angeles with an infection unrelated to COVID-19. He arrived Sunday evening at his home in Chappaqua, New York, to continue his recovery.
Spokesman Angel Ureña had said Saturday that Clin-ton would remain hospital-ized until at least Sunday to receive further intravenous antibiotics. But all health in-dicators were “trending in the right direction,” Ureña said.
Hillary Clinton had been with her husband at the hospi-tal and was accompanied there Saturday by daughter Chelsea.
President Joe Biden said Friday night that he had spo-ken to Bill Clinton, and the for-mer president “sends his best.”
“He’s doing fine; he re-ally is,” Biden said during remarks at the University of Connecticut.
An aide to the former pres-ident said Bill Clinton had a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream but was on the mend and never went into septic shock, a potentially life-threatening condition.
The aide, who spoke to re-porters at the hospital on the condition his name wasn’t used, said Clinton was in an intensive care section of the hospital but wasn’t receiving ICU care.
Bill Clinton released from hospital
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Police have charged a con-victed murderer who was released from prison last year with the slaying of a South Florida woman whose body was found in a canal after being missing for three weeks.
Eric Pierson, 54, was charged Saturday with first-degree murder for the slaying of Erika Verdecia, 33, hours after her body was found Saturday near Fort Lauderdale. Sunrise police say Pierson confessed to stabbing the single mother four times with a screwdriver on Sept. 25.
Pierson had been released from prison in September 2020 after serving 27 years of a 40-year sentence for the 1993 beating and strangula-tion murder of 17-year-old Kristina Whitaker, whose death helped galvanize a push for longer prison sen-tences. He had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Florida did away with pa-role after the slaying, requir-ing convicts to serve at least 85% of their sentences. But the change could not be ap-plied retroactively and Pier-son was still eligible, leading to last year’s release.
In 1985, Pierson had bro-ken into a home and slit a woman’s throat. He served four years of an 18-year sentence for first-degree at-tempted murder before being paroled.
Verdecia’s mother told the South Florida SunSentinel she doesn’t understand why Pierson was free to attack her daughter. Erika Verdecia leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter.
“Why is this guy in the streets? Why?” Carmen Ver-decia told the newspaper. “He’s going to pay this time. We’re not going to stop until we see him in the electric chair.”
Verdecia’s family had reported her missing Sept. 27, three days after she left home and never returned. Her mother reached out to her friends on social media and one said she had seen Verde-cia with a “grimy” man at a sandwich shop who told her his name was Eric Pierson.
Carmen Verdecia searched his name on the internet and was horrified to see newspa-per stories about his earlier murder and attack.
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Cousins throws TD pass in OT; Vikes beat Panthers 34-28By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kirk Cousins completed a 27-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Osborn on the first pos-session of overtime to lift the Minnesota Vikings to a wild 34-28 victory over the Caro-lina Panthers on Sunday.
Cousins threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns against the league’s top-ranked pass defense, Dalvin Cook ran for 140 yards and a score and the Vikings finally solved their second-half of-fensive woes. Adam Thielen had a number of big catches, finishing with 11 receptions for 126 yards and a touch-down.
The Vikings (3-3) had not scored a second-half touch-down in their previous four games, but Cook broke the streak with a 16-yard touch-down run to give the Vikings the lead and Cousins added a 5-yard touchdown pass to Thielen.
But two missed field goals by Greg Joseph kept the Pan-thers (3-3) in it.
Sam Darnold finished 17 of 41 for 207 yards with one touchdown and two turnovers and nearly pulled off a wild comeback.
After Joseph missed a 50-yard field goal, Zane Gonza-lez connected on a short field goal to cut the lead to 8.
Darnold hit Ian Thomas down the seam for a 41-yard gain on fourth-and-10 from the Carolina 4. Then Dar-nold found D.J. Moore, who had dropped a pass on the previous play, for a 25-yard gain down the left sideline
to keep the drive alive. Dar-nold capped the drive with a 7-yard TD pass to Robby Anderson and threw a shovel pass to Tommy Tremble for the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 28 with 42 sec-onds left.
But the Vikings won the coin toss and Cousins quickly moved his team into scoring range, finding Osborn, who beat safety Sean Chandler and reached the ball across the goal line to score the winner.
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known it was going to be a tough day when Darnold threw downfield to Ander-son on a comeback route on the first play from scrim-mage and was intercepted by Bashaud Breeland.
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InjuriesVikings: CB Patrick Pe-
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Analysis: Overtime the right time in NFL through 5 weeksBy BARRY WILNERAP Pro Football Writer
Nobody’s working 9 to 5 in the NFL. In fact, over-time has become practi-cally imminent.
Through the first five weeks of the schedule there were eight games that went into an extra period, at least one every week. That ties three other seasons for the most, and projects to 27 for the entire season, which, of course, has 17 games per team for the first time. The full-schedule re-cord is 25 in 2002.
Only in 2018 were there OT finishes in each of the first five weeks. So far, we’ve seen the Bengals beat the Vikings 27-24 and the Raiders defeat the Ravens 33-27 on opening weekend; the Titans over the Seahawks 33-30 the next week; the Raiders again, this time beating Miami 31-28 in Week 3;
the two New York teams victorious in Week 4 for their only wins so far, the Giants 27-21 at New Or-leans, and the Jets 27-24 against Tennessee; and last weekend, Green Bay out-lasting Cincinnati 25-22 in a kicking farce, and Balti-more downing Indianapolis 31-25.
For a league that loves to boast about the close-ness of contests, that’s a breathtaking start. For the players and coaches in-volved, well, it’s exhaust-ing.
And revelatory.“It was a resilient group
that showed through the effort, especially in over-time,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said after falling short against Green Bay. “They played to that final down. Things just didn’t go our way. That’s life in the NFL sometimes. There are plenty of things we have to correct. There are
some different mistakes we have not made previ-ously that we made and there are some things to clean up.
“But the good news is the resiliency really showed through. And that we’re going to be a team that’s going to be reckoned with, and we’re going to be in position to win a lot of games against really good teams like that.”
Oddly, several of the overtimes thus far have involved lower-regarded teams against high-profile opponents. Certainly that is true of both Cincinnati OT games, as well as the wins by the Jets and Giants, and the Raiders against the Ra-vens.
An obvious theme that has emerged from the over-times is worn-out defenses. Nearly all of the eight matches so far were de-cided in great part because of wilting Ds, particularly
in the wins by Las Vegas, Baltimore and Tennessee. Neither the Bengals nor the Packers could stop each other in OT last Sunday. That was left to the bum-bling kickers.
“Both teams tried to lose that game a few times,” Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said.
That Green Bay emerged with a victory simply came down to a vet-eran placekicker, Mason Crosby, shaking off one of the worst performances of his career, and the Packers showing the same resil-ience Taylor spoke about with the Bengals.
“We stuck together and that’s all that mat-tered at the end,” running back Aaron Jones said. “We didn’t blink or flinch. That’s the testament of a good team.”
Are all of these over-times good for teams? Good for the NFL? Good
for fans?Mostly, the answer
would be yes. It remains an annoyance that a team can win the coin toss for OT, score a touchdown and walk off with a W. Not that the college game’s overtime setup is perfect, but at least it doesn’t rely on the luck of heads or tails. At least that scenario has occurred only twice in the eight NFL overtimes in 2021, by the Giants and Ravens.
The league is satisfied with the OT rules and thrilled by the excitement an extra period brings. So are the network partners, even if CBS winds up needing to push back the start of “60 Minutes” some Sundays.
As for the guys on the field, the only thing worse than a last-second loss is an overtime defeat. As exhaustion sets in — and it absolutely does regard-
less of what they’ll claim — even some of the best players and units struggle. Just look at the Ravens on Monday night.
The league adopted a shortened overtime, from 15 minutes to 10, in 2017. Player safety was part of that move, as was dimin-ishing the chance of games running into each other on the networks. Less-con-servative play calling also was sought.
So far, it has worked, though in 2018, ‘19 and 2020 there were ties when both teams ran out of time. It would be problematic, of course, if the team taking the kickoff used up all 10 minutes of OT, kicking a field goal as time expired, not allowing both sides to have a possession as the rules call for in such a sce-nario.
Then again, a 10-minute drive in overtime probably deserves a winning kick.
ST. PETER — Fair-mont Area head coachBrady Meyer and his“go-ahead, stay-ahead”Cardinals earned a spotin the Section 2A boyssoccer championshipgame.
Junior strikerMatthew Kotewa con-verted Prince Lebbi’sassist into the Section2A semifinal’s onlygoal before netminderBerny Esquivel Rosalesmade 11 saves to powerNo. 3-seeded FairmontArea to a 1-0 triumphover the No. 2-seededSt. Peter Saints on Sat-urday in St. Peter.
Fairmont Area (11-5-2) squares off againstClass A No. 10-rankedand No. 1-seeded PineI s l a n d / Z u m b r o t a -Mazeppa in Thursday’s5 p.m. sectional show-down in Austin.
PIZM eliminatedNo. 5-seeded MankatoLoyola/Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/St.Clair/Madelia by a nar-row 3-2 decision onSaturday night.
“Our guys continueto work hard and stayfocused on the task athand,” said Meyer,whose lineup gained thesectional finale for thefirst time since the 2012campaign.
Esquivel Rosalesproduced his secondconsecutive postseasonshutout to help the Car-dinals record their sixthwin in the last sevengames. Fairmont Areakicked off the playoffswith a 6-0 win overCannon Falls lastThursday night.
Fairmont Area alsoavenged two regular-season losses to St.Peter with the playoffvictory. The Saints de-feated the Cardinals, 5-2, in their Aug. 26season-opener beforeSt. Peter collected alightning-shortened 1-0decision at Kot SoccerComplex in Fairmonton Sept. 16.
Kotewa cashed inLebbi’s assist with 6:28remaining in the open-ing 40-minute half tostake the Cardinals to aone-goal lead theywould not relinquish.
Ben Heinze and EliBroomfield producedFairmont Area’s othertwo shots on goal as St.Peter went on to post aneight-plus advantage inthat statistical categoryin the semifinal.
The Saints earnedfour corner kicks on thegame, while the Cardi-nals had just two shotson net.
Fairmont 1-0—1St. Peter 0-0—0Scoring Plays1st HalfF A — M a t t h e w
Kotewa (Prince Lebbi),6:28.
2nd HalfNo scoring.Shots on goal: St.
Peter 11; Fairmont Area3.
Saves: Berny Es-quivel Rosales (F) 11.
Cardinalsmarch tosectionaltitle game
Esquivel Rosales
By C. SORRELLSSentinel Sports Editor
Fairmont gains section finaleFAIRMONT — The Fair-
mont Area Cardinal girlssoccer team kicked its way toa third appearance in a sec-tional championship matchduring the last four years.
Senior striker RayahQuiring delivered the Sec-tion 2A semifinal’s initialgoal and added a first-halfassist to engineer No. 2-seeded Fairmont Area’s 4-1win over the No. 3-seededStewartville Tigers on Satur-day night in Fairmont.
The Cardinals (12-4-2)advance to face Class A No.5-ranked and No. 1-seededRochester Lourdes (15-3) forthe sectional crown at 7:30p.m. Thursday night inAustin.
Lourdes gained the finalsvia a 5-0 victory over No. 4-seeded Pine Island/Zum-brota-Mazeppa.
Fairmont Area reachedthe sectional championshipgame in both 2018 and 2019.
Stewartville ended its sea-son with an 8-8 record.
“Even though we didn’tscore until nine minutes re-maining in the first (40-minute) half, the girls playedwith confidence the wholetime,” said Fairmont Areahead coach Matt Nielsen,whose lineup outshot Stew-artville 11-3 on the postsea-son clash at Kot SoccerComplex.
“Once Rayah scored ourfirst goal, the proverbialfloodgates opened and wemanaged to build a three-goal lead by halftime,”Nielsen added.
Senior midfielder SamiLenort lofted a 25-yard curl-ing free kick from the leftwing that the 6-foot Quiringheaded up and over a leapingClaire Olson just inside theleft pipe and under the cross-bar for a 1-0 lead at the 9-
minute juncture.“Sami did a good job of
laying the passes into theperfect spots and her cornerkicks set up a number ofscoring chances, too,” saidNielsen. “Anna Utermarckthen delivered an athleticconversion of a pass in traf-fic in the box for a goal to goup by two.”
Quiring filtered a passthrough a pair of Stewartvilleplayers before Utermarckutilized a modified half bicy-cle kick to find the twine de-spite being surrounded byTigers at the 5:56 juncture.
With time winding downin the first half, Kate Busche
managed to take possessionof the soccer ball following ascrum near the top of thebox. Busche executed a ma-neuver similar to a whirlingdervish to somehow squeezeher shot past Olson and intothe net with only 12 secondsto go before intermission.
The Cardinals and Tigersthen traded solo goals in thesecond half to keep the finaldifferential at three.
Mackenzie Householderworked the middle of thefield before slicing throughnarrow seams in Stew-artville’s defense with apowerful drive. Householdermuscled forward, pivoted,
stopped and then hammereda kick off a Tiger defenderand into the webbing for anunassisted goal at the 30:48mark of the second half.
Junior striker ClaireRuter, who netted a team-best hat trick in Stew-artville’s 8-0 sectionalquarterfinal win over Can-non Falls last Thursday, con-verted a penalty kick at the26:23 mark to account forthe Tigers’ lone point.
Cadee Becker made threesaves to net the shutout forFairmont Area, while Olsonchalked up a game-bestseven stops for Stewartville.
Greg AbelACROBATIC GOAL — Fairmont Area forward Anna Utermarck (on ground) chips the soccer ball
around Stewartville’s Elise Rediske and into the net during Section 2A semifinal action Saturdaynight at Kot Soccer Complex in Fairmont. The Cardinals’ Kate Busche (14), Ellie Schultze (yellowcleats) and Rayah Quiring (21), along with Stewartville’s Kylie Jones (4), Anna Myhre (18) and Lau-ren Buckmeier (15), watch the athletic play.
BEA floors Central; Dutchmen nip JagsNORWOOD YOUNG
AMERICA — The Class AANo. 8-ranked Blue EarthArea Bucs erupted for an in-credible 605 yards of totaloffense to steamroll the Cen-tral Raiders, 61-20, duringSouth Central Blue Districtfootball action Friday nightin Norwood Young America.
Quarterback AdamSchavey generated a game-best 173 of the Bucs’ 537rushing yards and was one offive different Blue EarthArea players to reach the endzone on the night.
Schavey, who scored fourtouchdowns on the ground,completed 3 of 5 passes for63 yards — including a 27-yard scoring strike to AshtonLloyd. Lloyd finished withthree receptions for 63 yards.
Parker Meyers neededonly five totes to amass 92yards and one TD for BlueEarth Area, while WaylenDouglas churned out 81yards on seven carries. NoahJohnson contributed 54 yardsand two TDs on just threerushes, while Jack Normantallied 52 yards on threeruns.
Nick Nelson chipped in34 yards on three totes, LukeSchonborn gained 30 yardson one run, while Caleb Lan-gager added 21 yards andone score on three carries forthe Bucs.
Central quarterback NoahStrickfaden, who completed12 of 25 passes for a game-high 291 yards, opened thegame’s scoring with an 88-yard connection to Jacob
Kalkes with 6:47 left in theopening quarter.
Schavey countered byfinding the end zone on a 30-yard run before GabrielSmith kicked the PAT for a7-6 lead only 1 minute later.
Strickfaden hooked upwith Kalkes again for a 22-yard TD pass play beforeMitchell Druley kicked thePAT.
Meyers answered for theBucs by sprinting to paydirtfrom 8 yards out beforeSmith kicked the PAT for a14-13 lead after one quartercompleted.
Schavey then allowed hispowerful legs and arm do thework by producing threeconsecutive TDs to widenthe Bucs’ margin to 34-13with 1:21 left before half-time.
Schavey pounded out a 3-yard TD rumble beforeSmith split the uprights with
his kick. Schavey and of-fense got the football backand covered the final 27yards via a pass fromSchavey to Lloyd for sixmore points and a 27-13 leadwith 5:33 left in the secondquarter.
Schavey then reeled off a21-yard run for a TD beforeSmith nailed the extra pointfor a 21-point lead.
Strickfaden and theRaiders, however, neededjust 17 seconds to whittle thegap to 14 when the quarter-back connected with BenHoernemann for a 53-yardscore. Druley kicked thePAT.
Schavey, however, endedthe first half by hammeringhome from 1 yard out beforeSmith kicked the PAT for a41-20 lead with only 17 sec-onds left before intermission.
Noah Johnson then deliv-ered back-to-back TDs on
runs of 8 and 15 yards, re-spectively, during the thirdquarter for the Bucs. Smithkicked both PATs to createrunning time at 55-20 with5:55 left in the third.
Langager crossed the goalline from 3 yards out to capBEA’s offensive productionat 61-20 with 3 secondsshowing in the third quarter.
Kalkes caught four passesfor a game-best 140 yardsand two TDs for Central,while Hoernemann hauled inthree passes for 92 yards andone score.
Blue Earth Area (6-1)plays host to Class AAA No.2-ranked Fairmont in a 7p.m. regular-season finaleWednesday night at WilsonField in Blue Earth.
Edgerton 34, Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Tru-man 20 — Nolan Buckridgecollected 84 yards and threetouchdowns on the ground,while Michael Gunninkamassed a game-best 184rushing yards to go with onescore to sail the FlyingDutchmen to a 14-point 9-Man victory over the Jaguarson Saturday in Granada.
Ethan Weisbrod filled thequarterback vacancy createdby Jackson Madsen’s injury,and completed 16 of 28passes for a game-leading227 yards and three TDs forthe Jaguars.
Trailing 8-0 on the heelsof Buckridge’s 1-yard scor-ing plunge and Gunnink’s 2-point run, Weisbrod fired a53-yard scoring spiral toJacob Moeller to inch the
hometown team within 8-6to close the opening quarter.
Buckridge opened thesecond segment by galloping11 yards for another sixpoints before Weisbrod an-swered the challenge for theJaguars. Weisbrod connectedon a 9-yard TD pass toMatthew Steuber before hit-ting Adam Heckman withthe ensuing 2-point throw toeven the score at 14-all in thesecond quarter.
Edgerton, however, re-gained the lead by halftimewhen Blake Schultz zippedan 11-yard TD toss to JacobFischer. Gunnink added the2-point run to stake theDutchmen to a 22-14 marginby intermission.
Buckridge then doubledEdgerton’s lead by rumblingfor a 1-yard TD to accountfor the third quarter’s onlypoints.
Gunnink found the endzone from 1 yard out duringthe fourth frame to widen theDutchmen’s lead to 34-14.
Weisbrod later connectedon a 4-yard TD completionHeckman to narrow the finalmargin to 14.
Moeller caught fourpasses for 78 yards to top theJaguars, Hunter Grathwohlpocketed four passes for 60yards, Carter Brudelie snaredthree tosses for 39 yards,while Heckman added threereceptions for 36 yards.
Granada-Huntley-EastChain/Truman (2-5) travelsto Houston on Wednesdaynight for its 7 p.m. regular-season finale.
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Larson wins at Texas to claim 1st spot in championship 4FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) —
Kyle Larson claimed the first of fourchampionship-contending spots inNASCAR’s season finale with adominating victory at Texas on Sun-day to start the round of eight in theplayoffs.
Larson led 256 of 334 laps at the1 1/2-mile track and got his eighthwin this season, staying in frontthrough seven restarts in the finalstage.
Three of those restarts came afterincidents involving other playoffcontenders in the closing laps.
This was the first chance for any-
one to guarantee a shot at racing forthe Cup title in Phoenix on Nov. 7.
Already with a significant pointslead, and coming off a win on theroad course at Charlotte MotorSpeedway a week earlier to close outthe second elimination round, Lar-son left no doubt about the No. 5Hendrick Motorsports Chevroletbeing part of the championship four.
There were two laps remainingon the final restart, and Larson wasable to stay out in front of teammateWilliam Byron.
The seven remaining playoff con-tenders leave Texas with two more
chances to get into the championshipfour, with Kansas and Martinsvilleleft before the finale. Texas had al-ways been the eighth of the final 10races, and the middle race of thethird and final elimination round, be-fore this season.
Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin andKyle Busch are above the cutlinegoing to Kansas, where Busch wonearlier this year. Defending Cupchampion Chase Elliott is fifth,ahead of Brad Keselowski, MartinTruex Jr. and Joey Logano.
Three restarts in the final 34 lapscame because of incidents involving
Logano, Hamlin and Truex Jr. Hamlin was on the outside of a
three-wide situation with 20 laps re-maining when Blaney made contactwith him. The tire rub eventuallyblew, and sent Hamlin into a spin,though he was able to get to pit roadand stay on the lead lap.
Truex, the Joe Gibbs Racingteammate of Hamlin, was later doneafter contact with Daniel Suarez thatsent him hard into the wall.
Logano, who was eighth inpoints, was the first of the playoffdrivers out at Texas, when his engineblew with 34 laps to go.
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