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January 8 was the first meet-ing for the county board in 2013. Judge Robert Benson administered the oath to re-elected commissioners Tom Kaase, Chuck Amunrud, and Marc Prestby. All had ran unop-posed and were returned to their seats on the board. Com-missioners stand for election every four years. Randy Dahl was elected board chair and Chuck Amunrud was elected vice-chair. Dahl thanked the other commissioners and the county staff for their efforts

in service to the county. As to the future, Dahl said he was looking forward to the dedica-tion of the Veterans Cemetery. Judge Benson also adminis-tered the oath of office to coun-ty assessor Cynthia Blagsvedt. Ronald Gregg has been serv-ing as the acting county engi-neer for several weeks. His four-year appointment as Fill-more County Highway Engi-neer began on December 31, 2012, with an annual salary of $98,568.14. A long agenda mostly con-cerning annual housekeeping business followed. •The resignation of Danette

Steinmetz, Fiscal Officer, was accepted effective February 28. Steinmetz has served the coun-ty for 37 years. Amunrud said,

“She will be missed.” •Anon-unionpayplanwitha 1.5 percent adjustment was adopted for 2013. The 2013merit pay plan with a 1.75 per-cent adjustment was adopted. •A lease agreement with A+Imaging Systems was approved for a replacement copier. The60 month lease for the sheriff’s department was recommended by the Technology Committee. Theapprovalwasmadependingthe approval of the contract by

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Dillon Dombrovski, an engi-neer with Yaggy Colby and Associates ,was at the Lanesboro City Council meeting on Janu-ary 4 to discuss the storm sewer project under Riverside on the Root. The city is planning toreroute the storm sewer so that it does not go under the restau-rant. It would be plugged and abandoned, and would solve the leaking and erosion problem they have been dealing with. Dombrovski said that with further investigation, the assess-ment policy has categorized it as repair and not replacement, and it would not have to be assessed to any property owners. He sug-gested this winter they get a plan drawn up so they could get a quote on the project in the spring.Thequotetheyreceivedrecently was around $50,000, but it could be different in the spring. The council gave himthe go-ahead to draw up the plans.

Ambulance Vickerman informed the council the ambulance service has received four applications from people interested in join-ing, and they are hoping for even more. She wanted to let the council know that they missed an ambulance call due to lack of coverage, and have contacted the state and done everything necessary in that regard. ThePreston Ambulance was able to respond to that call. Vickerman said they need to work on scheduling issues, and they discussed purchasing EMS manager software that would cost $941 year. Staff would be able to log on and enter what times they are available, and the program would make sure there are always two people on call. She added that ambulance members have been very good at stepping up to help during this shortage.

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Yes, its winter. Yes, it’s cold. But don’t let that stop you from getting out and having some fun! Several towns in the area have ice skating rinks for you and your family to get outside this winter season and not only have a good time as a family, but to get some much needed after-the-holidays exercise. Ice skating was very popular with kids before the invention of the computers, video games, and

cell phones. Years ago children would meet at the ice skating rink in their hometown with a few of the kids bringing their parents’ thermos full of hot chocolate to share in the “warming shed” during a break from the cold (and hard) ice. Once their clothes were dry and their bellies warm the kids would go back out and play on the ice again. Be it play-ing an actual game of some kind, or just whirling around on those razor-sharp blades, the kids forgot

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Judge Benson administers oath of office to County Assessor Cynthia Blagsvedt.Photo by Karen Reisner

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to collect data on sewer lining as an option, and the well situa-tion with the well that has high radium levels. There is a possibil-ity the city will have to get a new well, but they are waiting to here more. O’Connor also said the cost to repair the dam has gone up since the first estimate a couple of years ago, from $1.8 million to just over $2 million. Right now, the DNR is committed to pay half, and there is a state legacy grant for $300,000. O’Connor said he met with Representa-tive Greg Davids and Jeremy Miller and discussed Lanesboro’s ongoing problem with the dam repairs. Davids’s advice was for Lanesboro to adopt a resolu-tion and forward it to him and Miller to ask the state to fund the rest of the cost through the

state bonding bill. The council approved.

Organization The council did their organi-zation for 2013 during the meet-ing. The Fillmore County Journal was chosen as the official legal paper, the official depository is Associated Bank of Lanesboro; the mileage reimbursement remained at 50 cents per mile, and Vickerman, Rahn, and Deputy Clerk Michele Peterson are the official signatures on city checks, and Tom Dybing was chosen as acting mayor. The Fire Department Officers for 2013 were approved, as was lawful gambling. For committees, newest coun-cil member Tom Smith was appointed to the EDA (Eco-nomic Development Authority) and Keith Eide will be on the

library committee. The meeting schedule and holiday schedule were approved for 2013. The Administrator contract was also approved.

Chamber Report Julie Kiehne from the Lanesboro Area Chamber of Commerce gave a report about the annual chamber meeting, which is coming up on January 16. Kiehne said most of the work the chamber is doing revolves around the strategic plan. The Chamber hired a consultant to walk them through the steps of marketing and promoting, and is now putting that plan into action and using it as a tool. At the meeting, they will go over how the Chamber spends its money and time and talk about how they are working on those strategies to promote

Lanesboro. Some of the things they will talk about include a conference and retreat plan to help fill in time when tourism businesses are slower, an arts campus, the new website built in 2012 with a new mobile site, the frac mining issue, the Root River Trail reconstruction, and the new 2013 Lanesboro Visi-tor’s Guide. Kiehne invited all council members to attend the meeting.

Other Business The council thanked Ceil Allen for her years of service to the city as a council member, and presented her with a certifi-cate of recognition. Mayor Rahn and Tom Dybing took an oath and were sworn in for their new terms, and Tom Smith was sworn in as a new council member.

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By Jade Sexton Mike Bubany of David Drown and Associates was at the Har-mony City Council meeting on January 8 for the tax abatement hearing. The city is planning to refinance a USDA bond they currently have in order to get a lower interest rate and save money. There were no residents there for the hearing. Bubany explained the city took out three loans through the USDA (United States Depart-ment of Agriculture) in order to improve the community center. Right now interest rates are a lot better, and can be locked in at 2.2 percent. Bubany said First Southeast Bank in Harmony locked in that rate a few months ago for the city.

The total amount reduced on the loans would be $67,000. Bubany stressed that they are only refinancing the parts of the loan that are allowable by the USDA. The city will have to pay $35,000 to do the refinanc-ing. Bubany showed the parcels in town that will be part of the tax abatement. He stressed that there will be no changes to taxes for these property owners; the city just has to show that they can generate enough taxes. “It’s just on paper to meet legal requirements,” he said. Mayor Steve Donney said that $35,000 will be coming out of cash reserves, and Bubany said the city could levy some of that amount back if they wanted to. The plan is to close on the loan on January 14.

1st Ave Southwest project Illg said Brett Grabau from Bonestroo came down to Har-mony and looked at the curb sections on 1st Ave. and they did some marking and measur-ing to update the plans. He said he, along with councilor Jerry Shuck and Grabau met with the county engineer regarding the project, and were told the

Tax abatement hearing at the Harmony City Council meetingcounty would like to turn the street over to the city in ten years. Illg said the county cost share policy does not include curb and gutter or storm sewer. They discussed asking the county to help more with the costs so they would consider taking the street back in the future. Illg also said the final costs will be more than what was dis-cussed at the December meet-ing. The plan is to have an assessment/project hearing at the March meeting.

Planning and Zoning Hearing

The Planning and Zoning committee had recommended approval of a rezoning/special exemption request from Crop Production Services. The request was to change the zoning of commercial to agricultural/industrial in order to relocate the anhydrous ammonia tank on Highway 52 toward Canton to the east side of their property. The Department of Agriculture regulates anhydrous tanks. A chain-link fence will go around it instead of a solid fence because of the contents and safety, to allow contents to get out in case

of leak. The council approved the rezoning.

Fire Department changes Bill Hanlon and Rod Johnson were at the meeting representing the Harmony Fire Department. Hanlon informed the council that he has resigned his position as Fire Chief after eleven years, and Johnson was elected to take his place. Hanlon will stay on as Assistant Chief, along with Blaine Gatzke. Chris Skaalen has resigned his position as Assistant Chief after 20 years.

Cost of Living increase After some discussion, it was approved to give city employ-ees a two percent cost of living increase. Council member Jim Bakken voted against it, com-menting that he felt it should

be higher. He noted that the employees have increases in health insurance, and recently got overtime hours cut.

Other Business City Attorney Richard Neth-ercut swore in Mayor Steve Donney, council member Deb-bie Swenson, and new council member Lynn Mensink. After some discussion, it was voted to change the fee for liquor on-sale licenses from $800 to $650 a year. Mensink said Paula Michel has retired from transporting kids to and from story hour at the library, and librarian Stepha-nie Silvers will be taking over. The library board needs to pur-chase some booster seats for her vehicle. They have purchased some children’s books that they will dedicate to the library in Michel’s name.

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districts created by both parties into electing increasingly partisan flakes. These highly ideological and partisan people are devoid of the ability to analyze the situation and collectively take action that is in the best interest of the present day and the future of the country. Congress has become polarized to the point of dysfunction. Those that have been in the sensible center have been forced out. In the House, this lack of center is largely due to districts being drawn to favor one party or the other. Unfortunately, it will be until after the 2020 census before dis-tricts can be redrawn. There needs to be a system instituted to draw districts that does not produce the large number of so-called safe dis-tricts. Drawing districts needs to be completely taken out of partisan hands, in favor of a non-partisan committee or even a computer pro-gram of some sort that does not take party population distinctions into account while drawing dis-tricts. Some states do have districts drawn by a non-partisan commit-tee. Non-partisan districts would not be shaped like a twisting, nar-row pretzel, which is what we have in some cases due to gerrymander-ing. The serious inability of the House of Representatives to do their job is hampered directly by the small number of districts where an incumbent feels the need to represent the whole of a district. Nate Silver, New York Times, has

estimated that the number of swing districts has diminished dramati-cally in the last twenty years. He estimates that there were 103 com-petitive districts in 1992 and are now only 35 in 2012. That is just a mere eight percent of the House that would tend to lean toward the center. Representatives from safe districts are not concerned about losing the seat in an upcoming election to the other party, but only whether they will have a challenge from the more extreme wing of their own party; thus, their inability to find middle ground. Most law-makers are representing their party fringes. The House would more represent the people if the number of swing or competitive districts was at least 200 to 300. Recent polls demonstrate the lack of confidence the people have in the Congress. People are frustrated and many no longer trust in their government, and unfortunately, the world is losing confidence also. Congress needs to act responsibly. A few states hold non-partisan (blanket) primaries or have a top two primary system where there is one primary election for all can-didates. The two candidates that get the most votes in the primary run in the general election. Those candidates may be of the same party, but not likely both on the fringes. This may allow for the more centrist candidate to win in the general election or at least the candidate preferred by the majority of the district. Often voters have to choose between two major candi-dates, neither which may be even close to their first choice, but they are the two which made it out of each party’s primary. Some form of non-partisan primaries could allow for more reasoned, pragmatic poli-ticians to succeed and be elected to Congress.

Budget Battle The budget fight has a few more rounds before there is a resolution, if there really is one. There will be arguments for more revenue most-ly from Democrats which could

come from changes in the tax code, capping of deductions, and reduc-tions or elimination of subsidies, especially some corporate subsidies. However, it must be recognized that according to the Tax Policy Center, current tax deductions and exclusions total over $1 trillion per year. Most of these are enjoyed by individuals with only about ten percent going to corporations. To gain the kind of revenue needed many of us would have to accept more limits to these deductions. There will be arguments for cutting spending especially from Republi-cans which could include tweaking Medicare through means testing, cost sharing, reducing quantity and increasing quality of care thereby improving the efficiency of care, tort reform, and so on. Structural changes are needed both in raising revenue and in spending. This is a math problem, but there is disagreement on the numbers that will make up the equation. The pain whether from reduction of services or paying more taxes will need to be widespread. The growth of the cost of health care is recog-nized by all. People are living lon-ger, larger numbers of aging baby boomers are retiring or soon to retire which will generate a balloon-ing increase in health care costs. Entitlement spending has to be sta-bilized, including entitlements that have been extended to businesses. The growth of entitlement spend-ing is more than the growth of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). It is a fallacy to think we can continue to maintain pro-grams as they are while the number of people using those programs increases dramatically. People want the security of entitlement pro-grams, but do not seem willing to pay for them.

Increased taxes on the very wealthy alone won’t sustain the programs. All of us would need to pay more to sustain these programs as they are and we would still fall short. Interest on the debt already runs about $300 billion and climb-ing. Each side is in favor of at least part of the solution, as more rev-enue is still needed and spending has to at least level off and/or be reduced. Social Security is less of an issue than health care entitlement programs, but it too needs to be addressed to make it sustainable. Above all, the rate of growth of health care must be slowed. Politicians should not hold the necessity of raising the debt ceiling as a club to get what they want. The debt ceiling is a cap on what the government can borrow and has been raised eleven times in the last decade. Congress (both parties) has already approved tax cuts and spending which are add-ing to the government’s obligations and deficit each day. There is the interest on the bonds, Social Secu-rity payments, Medicare payments, contracts, and so on. Any threat of default by the United States govern-ment will damage our economy and the world economy. This kind of approach is dangerous and unnec-essary. The federal government hit the current debt ceiling which is over $16 trillion on December 31, 2012. The ceiling now has to be raised to allow the government to borrow for those obligations already approved by Congress. The seques-ter or automatic spending cuts that

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have been delayed two months and the budget negotiation will provide an opportunity for rival forces to come kicking and screaming to a resolution. This impasse has been ongo-ing for years. A reasonable starting point was in the report offered

by the Simpson-Bowles Commis-sion which was released over two years ago. More delay literally com-pounds the problem. A couple of small deals along the way just picks at the bandage. It is time to finally rip it off and start the healing. Peo-ple and businesses will then have a clear path to their future. This will likely help get the economy hum-ming and have an additional posi-

tive effect on stabilizing the coun-try’s debt. Over this long impasse, Washington politicians have man-aged to inflict a significant drag on our economy. They have become an impediment to growth. The inability of Congress to deal with this issue will suck up any good will that is left in Washington and delay addressing other impor-tant issues, pushing some of these

issues out of the picture entirely. Politicians need to lock those over-sized egos and party loyalties in a box, work together, and get this problem resolved. Let us hope the 113th Congress can be productive. However, I am not holding my breath. We, the public, need to give our elected officials permission to make the hard decisions and recognize

that we can not have it all. We have come to a fork in the road and we must take the road that so far has not been taken. The road to a long term plan to stabilize the debt has been very long and rough ride, so many may be asking repeatedly, Are We There Yet?

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One Moment Please...Is there a God?By Jason SethrePublisherFillmore County Journal &Olmsted County JournalCell: [email protected] When I am driving here and there, I often have my radio tuned into Minnesota Public Radio (91.7) or XM Radio. During my travels last week, I hap-pened to catch a debate between scholars, scien-tists and clergy discussing whether God exists. Of course, the stage was set for this debate with a duel between very sharp and well-versed Christians and atheists. As I listened to both sides of the debate, it was interesting to hear how they justified their points. They touched on the “Big Bang Theory” – no, not the TV show. Both sides touched on whether miracles exist

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or if they are simply a matter of science. At great length and with a solid platform, they substantiated their beliefs. Even after the MPR episode con-cluded, I thought about the age-old timeless questions that we as humans can debate until the end of time but will never really know the answers. Is there a God? What is the pur-pose of life? Yes, I am pretty confident that these questions will be asked by all of us at some point or many points in our life, and we as humans will continue to never know the answers. After all, we are only humans, and we must accept the fact that we have limitations of understanding things that are beyond what we can qualify with science, and possibly our comprehension. The Universe is vast, and we live on a small isolated planet amongst the stars of a mas-sive and largely unexplored (by us, that is) Milky Way Galaxy. And, then, by chance, my wife and I rented the movie titled The Answer Man. In this movie, Jeff Daniels

tells the world in his ficticous book titled Me and God that he has spo-ken to God and continues to speak to God. And, through Jeff Daniels’ character, God answers questions that people want to know. But, the reality is that the main character, this prolific world-renowned author, comes clean at the end of the movie and tells everyone that he really can’t talk to God. So, his entire book was a lie. However, he does conclude his statements by saying that maybe God was involved in authoring his book by working through him in some sort of “divine intervention.” Any way you look at it, this was an interesting movie. For me, it speaks of humility and humanity. The con-clusion of the movie basically tells us that we will never know the answers to those two bold questions includ-ed in this commentary. Maybe we aren’t supposed to know. A couple of my favorite authors from years past are C.S. Lewis and John Milton. Interestingly, the exploration and discoveries during their lifetime exposed the true chal-lenges of mankind to comprehend and contemplate the existence of Heaven, Hell, God, and Satan. C.S. Lewis, who has become a household name because of the Chronicles of Narnia series, first captured my

attention with the less notable short paperback titled The Screwtape Let-ters. John Milton, on the other hand, caught my attention with a poem I would describe as a book (over 300 pages) – Paradise Lost. As I read with interest the short biographies of each of these authors, I gathered a sense of their personal, individual evolutions. At the age of 15, C.S. Lewis declared that he was an atheist. As his life progressed, he began to revisit Christianity at the age of 32. By the time he passed away at the age of 64, he had declared himself a Christian. As a matter of fact, according to Wikipedia.com, in his later years he referred to his younger self as being paradoxically “very angry with God for not existing.” And, John Milton never truly turned the corner toward Christian-ity. He was a non-conformist in all regards, with very little variation in his views from birth to death. How-ever, he was also alive during a very contentious time for the Church of England. What’s interesting to me is how two men, one born in 1608 (Mil-ton) and the other born in 1898 (Lewis), can contemplate the same questions to no avail. If I hope to accomplish anything

at all with this commentary it is to encourage the exploration of theol-ogy and science as separate yet co-existing platforms. We are humans and there are things we will never understand. I’m sure that bothers some of us. And, while we have many parents out there who may not believe in God, don’t enjoy going to church, or haven’t found a church or reli-gion that represents their values and beliefs, I still strongly suggest hav-ing children attend Sunday school, vacation bible school and all that a local church has to offer our youth. Why? Theology! Every child needs to know the stories of the Holy Bible. In your lifetime, even outside of a visit to your church of choice, understand-ing The Ten Commandments, Noah’s Ark, and a few other staples of conversation will help a person become more well-rounded. Ultimately, what we believe about God, life, and everything that fills our brains is an all-encompassing accumulation of our life experienc-es. Whether you believe in God or not, I believe our purpose in life simply revolves around how we treat others. The Golden Rule: Treat oth-ers as you’d like to be treated. Only good can come from that, right?

What is next?By Brett Kues When I was 15, I wanted a car. I dreamed of a Toyota pick-up with great big tires. I was not sure of the price, and didn’t care because I was certain my parents would foot the bill. One day on a rare trip into Omaha, as we were driving by a Toyota dealer, I asked my dad to turn in so I could show him my future transportation. Dad turned in, and let me show him my perfect vehicle. My dad looked at it, had a salesperson open it up, and even let me sit in the driver’s seat. I will never

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forget how shocked and disap-pointed I was when dad asked me how I planned to pay for this truck. Once I learned that I could have any vehicle I wanted, as long as it was within my means, my standards went way down, and my first car was a 1971 Camaro with holes rusted through the floor boards. The holes were only a problem if you lived on a dirt road, because dust would enter the car through them. I lived on a dirt road. So, now that the referendum vote is behind us, it is time to look forward and come together. It is time for the school district to return its focus to educating our children. Before the referen-dum, the district asked us, if we voted no for this plan, to come to them with what we think will work. So that is what I will attempt to do. The first step in improving

our school is to create money for it in the budget. How do you do this? Simple, the district has to reduce spending in other areas. With most businesses, the biggest annual expense is sala-ries. While it is unilaterally dif-ficult to use one salary average to cover all teachers, for this purpose, that is what I will do. According to teachersalaryinfo.com, the average teacher salary in the Rushford-Peterson district is $42,728. Additionally, Min-nesota teachers enjoy benefits ranging from paid sick leave to cafeteria plan credits to health and life insurance. Conserva-tively speaking, these benefits drive up the annual cost for a teacher by $12,000 - $15,000.00. Across the nation, the student to teacher ratio is 15.2 to 1. At Rushford, the average is 12.8 to 1. I submit that Rushford could increase its ratio to 15 to 1, still be below the national aver-age. For the record, according to the center for public educa-tion, a class size of no more than 18 students per teacher is required to produce the greatest benefits. Increasing the student to teacher ratio could free up to $385,000.00, some of which could be used to compensate the remaining teachers for the increased workload, but most of it should be used annually for

repairing and improving existing properties. In the interest of full disclo-sure, I must tell you that Mr. Ehler took the time to meet with me to address several questions, and we discussed this ratio in detail. He pointed out that the 12.8 to 1 ratio is not an accu-rate depiction of class size and that we do have some classes containing 20 to 25 students. I was told that the extra teachers are accounted for by the district providing aid to special needs students, and for an expand-ed curriculum such as Music and Shop classes. I admit that in a smaller district this would affect the student ratio because they cannot share these special-ists between multiple schools, but still argued that the ratio could be increased. We agreed to disagree on this point, but did agree on the benefits of a school

fund. Step two is to create a fund for a new school or to “rebuild” the existing one. This fund could be contributed to from surplus budget money after all the prop-erties are brought up to date. Also, money could be added from the booster club, private donations, and fund raisers. I would donate to this cause. It is my understanding that this has actually been established and I look forward to hearing about fundraisers, and information on making donations in the near future. While this plan will not get the district a shiny new school for the 2013 year, it will eventu-ally accomplish the goal while allowing the District to main-tain and improve the existing properties. However, this plan means the district must quit

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Arendahl Lutheran Church....………………………Sundays - 10:30am Highway 30, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875-2477Assembly Of God Church.….………………………Sundays - 10:00am 610 Territorial Rd, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101Assumption Catholic Church.……..…Fri. - 8:30am & Sat. - 5:00pm 207 N May St, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-8320Bethlehem Lutheran Church./.………………………Sundays - 9:00am 200 Kenilworth Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3344Calvary Baptist Church.…….…………Sundays - 10:45am & 6:00pm 910 Winona St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4686Canton-Scotland Presbyterian Church.....…………Sundays - 9:00am 104 W Fillmore Ave, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-2260Chatfield Lutheran Church……………Sundays - 8:00am & 10:00am 304 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4721Chatfield United Methodist Christ…………………Sundays - 9:30am 124 Winona St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3529Cherry Grove United Methodist...…………………Sundays - 10:00am 18183 160th St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (Cherry Grove) (507) 937-3177 Christ Lutheran Church...……………………………Sundays - 9:00am 509 Kansas St NW, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2161Christian Science Services.…………………………Sundays - 10:00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2251Elstad Lutheran Church...……………………………Sundays - 9:00am 37784 Dogwood Rd, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3769Emmanuel Episcopal Church....……………………Sundays - 10:00am 217 W Jessie St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2164Faith United Methodist Church..……Sat. - 5:00pm & Sun. - 9:00am 617 Maple Ln, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2830Fillmore Free Methodist Church...…Sundays - 8:30am & 10:30am 19127 County 8, Wykoff, MN 55990 (Fillmore) (507) 352-5450First Baptist Church....…………………Sundays - 10:30am & 6:00pm 701 Kasten Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2840First Baptist Church-Preston.…………Sundays - 10:30am & 7:00pm 108 Chatfield Ave NW, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4960First English Lutheran Church.……………………Sundays - 10:00am 217 W Grant St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2793First Lutheran Church of Highland.………………Sundays - 10:30am 22423 391st Ave, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3318First Presbyterian Church..…………………………Sundays - 10:00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2854Fountain Lutheran....…………………………………Sundays - 9:00am Main Street, Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268-4413Fountain United Methodist Church...………………Sundays - 8:30am Co. Rd. 8 and Cedar St., Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268-4456Garness Trinity Lutheran...…………………………Sundays - 11:00am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5905

Grace Lutheran Church..……………………………Sundays - 9:00am 365 Park St, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875-2218Greenfield Lutheran Church..…………………......Sundays - 9:00am 235 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3272Greenleafton Reformed Church..…………………Sundays - 10:00am Highway 9, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2546Harmony United Methodist Church..……………..Sundays - 8:30am 60 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-6851Henrytown Lutheran Church.…………………………Sun. - 10:30am PO Box 103, Harmony, MN 55939 (Henrytown) (507) 886-2425Highland Prairie Lutheran Church.……………….Sundays -10:30am 43267 Bowl Dr, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 864-2731Historic Lenora United Methodist Church (Special Occassions) Lenora, MN (Rural Canton) (507) 545-2641Immanuel Lutheran Church..………………………Sundays - 9:30am 254 Main St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-2801Lanesboro United Methodist Church..……………Sundays - 8:30am 507 Parkway Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2646Mabel First Lutheran Church………………………Sundays - 9:00am 202 N. Oak, P.O. Box 395, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5293Mabel United Methodist Church..…………………Sundays - 9:30am 111 W Newburg St, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5296Nativity Catholic Church...Sun. (1 & 2) - 8:45am & (3 & 4) - 10:30am 640 1st Ave SW, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-2393New Life Victory Church……………………………Sundays - 9:30am 440 2nd Avenue Southeast, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3525Newburg United Methodist Church 3.1 miles N. of Mabel on Hwy. 43; 2.2 miles W. on Co. Rd. 24North Prairie Lutheran.……………………………Sundays - 10:30am 35957 Highway 30, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 875-2460Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.……Sundays - 8:00am & 10:30am 805 S Broadway St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7251Pilot Mound Lutheran Church.……………………Sundays - 9:00am 8 miles N. of Lanesboro on 250 then 4 miles W. on Hwy 30 (507) 875-2460Pioneer Presbyterian Church ………………………Sundays - 8:30am 206 Fillmore St NE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4037Preston United Methodist Church ………………Sundays - 10:30am 212 Saint Anthony St N, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2503River Of Life Regional Church 220 N Money Creek St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2853Root Prairie Lutheran Church ……………………Sundays - 10:30am County Rd 11, Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268-4455Root River Church of the Brethren ………………Sundays - 10:00am 23553 County Rd 20, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4772Root River Community Church …………………Sundays - 10:30am 503 Nannestad Lane, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7074

Rushford Lutheran Church …………………Sun. - 9:00am & 5:30pm 101 S Mill St., Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7152Saetersdal Lutheran Church.……………………………Sundays - 9am 21447 Co. Rd. 30, Rural Harmony, MN Scheie Lutheran Church..……………………………Sundays - 9:30am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5680St Columban Church.……..…………………………Sundays - 9:30am 408 Preston St NW # 2, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-3886St Ignatius Catholic Church.………………………Sundays - 10:30am 213 W Franklin St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7565St John’s Lutheran Church.…………………………Sundays - 9:00am 241 Line St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-2296St Joseph’s Catholic Church.………………………Sundays - 10:00am 103 N Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2257St Mark’s Lutheran Church...………………………Sundays - 9:00am 104 E North St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7111St Marys Catholic Church....….......Sat. - 5:00pm & Sun. - 11:00am 405 Twiford St SW, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3148St Matthews Episcopal Church..……………………Sundays - 9:30am 100 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923-1219 (507) 867-3707St Matthew’s Lutheran Church..……………………Sundays - 9:00am Harmony, MN 55939 (Granger) (507) 772-4474St Olaf Catholic Church.....Sun. (1 & 2) - 10:30am & (3 & 4) - 8:45am 114 N Locust, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5268St Patrick’s Church Hall ………………………...…Sundays - 8:00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2480St Paul Lutheran Church..………Sun. - 10:00am & Wed. - 7:00pm 128 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4604St Paul’s Lutheran Church...……………………....Sundays - 10:30am Harmony, MN 55939 (Big Springs) (507) 886-8175Sumner Center United Methodist Church.………Sundays - 10:30am 9 miles N. of Spring Valley on Co. Rd. 1 (507) 378-4801The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints-Sundays - 10:00am 21257 US Hwy 52 South Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4551Trinity Fellowship ELCA..…………………………Sundays - 10:00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7211Trinity Lutheran Church..…………………………Sundays - 10:30am 204 South St, Ostrander, MN 55961 (507) 657-2203Union Prairie Lutheran..……………………………Sundays - 9:00am Hwy 16, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3363United Methodist Church.…………………………Sundays - 10:30am 236 Gold St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-4136Valley Christian Center…………………………....Sundays - 10:00am 610 Territorial Rd Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101Whalan Lutheran Church..…………………………Sundays - 9:00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (Whalan) (507) 467-2398

Howard Applen Howard passed away peace-fully on January 8, 2013, at the Harmony Healthcare Center. Howard Carl Applen, son of Carl and Clara (Sanden) Applen, was born January 13, 1918, in Bradley, S. Dakota. As a small child, he moved with his family to Harmony, Minn. area, where they had purchased a farm. Howard attended Wilton Center country school and Harmony High School. On October 28, 1942, he married Thelma Busse in Canton, Minn. In 1946, they purchased a farm northeast of Harmony, where they raised their four children. In 1977, they moved into Harmony where Howard continued to farm for several years. Into this union were born four children: Carolynn (Pat) DiTrocchio of Niota, Tenn.;

Roger (Nancy) Applen of Roch-ester, Minn.; Kathryn (Stan) Eide of Harmony, Minn.; and Lana (Glenn) Soppa of Har-mony, Minn. Howard served as president and agent of Harmony Farmers Mutual insurance Co. for many years, and a long time member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow Lodge and a Past Dis-trict Deputy President of IOOF. He was a member of Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony and served on the church coun-cil. Howard also volunteered at Harmony Healthcare Center helping residents play Bingo. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, golf-ing, and shaking dice with coffee friends. He is survived by his wife, four children, 14 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister Gladys Bigalk, two nephews, one niece, and one great-grandson. Funeral services were held at

the Greenfield Lutheran Church on Friday, January 12, 2013. Burial was in the Greenfield Cemetery in Harmony, Minn.

Orlie brenno Orlie Brenno, age 93, of Mabel, Minnesota died Sunday, January 6, 2013, at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel. Orlie was born December 11, 1919, in Lanesboro, Min-nesota to Ole and Verna (Sel-bach) Blagsvedt. She graduated from the Canton High School and attended Normal Training in Preston. She taught in sev-eral area country schools includ-ing Newburg and Prosper. On March 22, 1945, she married Myrle Brenno. They farmed in the Canton area until 1974 when they moved to Mabel. Orlie worked at Control Data in Spring Grove and then for several years as assistant activity director at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel. Myrle, her husband, died on July 11, 1994. She was a member of the Garness Trinity Luther-an Church, and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries. She enjoyed reading, playing cards, dancing, quilting, and embroidery. Orlie is survived by a daughter LuAnn (Douglas Doty) Brenno;granddaughters Lisa Brenno of Rochester, Minn; Michelle (Todd) Pyferroen of Byron, Minn; and Krista Brenno of

Minnetonka, Minn; great-grandchildren Ashley and Allen Pyferroen, and Alicia and Trevor Brenno; two brothers Wayne (Marian) Blagsvedt of Rochester, Minn, and Sidney Blagsvedt of Sacred Heart, Minn; and daugh-ter-in-law Beth Ask of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her husband Myrle; a son Allyn Brenno; two brothers Milford and Vernon; and a sister LaVonne Petersdorf. Funeral services were Thurs-day, January 10, 2013, at the Gar-ness Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Mabel with the Rev. Mary Waudby officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mengis Funeral Home in Mabel was in charge of arrangements.

Philip Arthur Pooler Philip Arthur Pooler, 79, of Preston, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at his home. Philip was born on January 6, 1934, in Harmony the son of Arthur C. and Mildred G. (Alf-son) Pooler. Phil worked road construction for many years as a cement finisher. He then was self-employed painting houses until his retirement. He was an avid fisherman, hunter, and loved to tell stories. He is survived by his brother Glenn (Mimi) of Rochester. He was preceded in death by his parents. A memorial visitation was Fri-day, January 11, 2013, at Thau-wald Funeral Home in Preston.

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to the county to increase the rate needs to be determined. An increase could help attractvolunteers to fill committee openings. •An amended 2013-2014Joint Powers agreement forDFOCommunityCorrectionswas approved. The two-year agreement is subject to change on the payment rate. Bakke noted there will be a differentdirector of the DFO whichmay lead to some changes. He added that we have some say in the control of costs. The first quarter payment of $89,490 to Olmsted County CommunityServices forDFOCommunityCorrections 2013 appropria-tion was approved. •NumerousCommunity Ser-vices 2013 contracts and agree-mentswere renewed.Anagree-ment was renewed with physi-cal therapist Lisa Stensrud atthesamerateasin2012.Com-munity Services AdministratorBeth Wilms services are shared with Winona County. Fill-moreCountywillpayquarterlyamounts to Winona Countyof $11,210.79 to be prorated

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According to state law, theproperty owner is responsible to the county for clean-up costs, administration costs, and all fees incurred for testing as well asclean-up.Thecounty’sClan-destine Lab Ordinance allowsthe county to impose a special assessment against the property. The county has paid the bill for testingfromWestCentralEnvi-ronmentalConsultants. Kaase asked county attorney BrettCorsontonotifytheownerthat there could be additional costsforcountystafftimefromseveral involved departments in the county. These costs are not included in this special assess-ment.

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fully neglected the school. From what I see, it is very evident to me that severe neglect came long before Mr. Ehler took the helm, and he inherited problems that were created by previous superintendents. The problems I see are the results of decades of neglect, not a few years, and have progressed to the point there is little chance they can be corrected without a serious financial commitment. I saw a beautiful 100-year-old building that has been the victim of many shortcuts and

bandages. I saw a school in need of serious repairs. These repairs while extremely costly ,are much, much less than a new school. Personally, I think repairing our current school even though it will be shockingly pricey is the right answer, and would enthu-siastically support efforts to raise money for this. If the board is set on a new building, I think that even though previous attempts to acquire state aid have failed, it is not reason to give up. The differ-ence between a good leader and

a great one is his ability to learn from his failures and miscalcula-tions and recalibrate for victory. We have been told one of the reasons the state turned us down is that our taxes are too low. Mr. Ehler tried to convince our legislators that because of the flood, there were other factors to consider, but did not have the data to back it up. I encour-age the Mayor and Mr. Ehler to consider reasons for past failures, recalibrate for victory, and try again, and for as many times as it takes.

The final step is reestablish-ing trust. If I am to donate to a building fund, I want to be sure the school board will spend it in a frugal manner to get the most for each dollar spent. Following this plan would also teach our kids that nice things are earned and worked for, not a right. I eventually got my Toyota with tires so big my prom date could not get up into it. It only took two years of working cleaning a stable and saving. It was six years old, but it was mine, and I loved that truck because I earned it.

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No heroics this time By Paul Trende The last couple regular season meetings between Lanesboro and Fillmore Central in boy’s basket-ball were a little bit heavy on the late game fireworks. Two years ago, then junior Zach Olstad hit a shot to give FC a 71-69 lead with 0:06 seconds left, only for Lanesboro to inbound and get a miraculous top of the key three-pointer by then junior Braden Hanson for the 72-71 win. A year ago, FC senior Ryan Baker was the hero; grabbing an offen-sive rebound and tossing it back in just before the buzzer for the 43-42 Falcons win. The first game for each squad in the New Year of 2013 didn’t follow that lead. It didn’t live up to the FC-Lanesboro rivalry legacy. The Burros got a big run early. Trailing 13-10, they scored 16 of 18 points to take a 26-15 lead. At halftime, they were in front 30-22. FC responded out of the 2nd half gate. A pair of Logan Masters free throws (fouled shooting a 3-pointer) capped a 10-1 FC run, one that put the Falcons in front 32-31

(12:57 left). From there, it was a lot of Burros, particularly junior guard Kole Ruud. Lanesboro’s second big run of the game (11-2) erased that 1-point FC lead. It put the black and orange ahead (42-34), a place they stayed. By a final of 69-50, Lanesboro upped its winning streak to six. They haven’t lost since their opener. Ruud led the way, hitting four triples, scoring 25 points. It was his 5th consecutive game of 20-plus points. Erik Peterson (18 points) and Luke Rogers (11 points, 5 assists) lent their sup-port. For FC, Dan Gatzke and Nick Powell were the headliners. Gatzke finished with 10 points and a whopping 17 rebounds. Powell led FC with 13 points while grabbing 9 boards. FC dominated the glass 36 to 22. However, the Falcons had 23 turnovers to Lanesboro’s 13. Also, the Burros made 11 of 28 trifectas (39 percent) to FC’s 3 of 13 (23 percent). In the 2nd half, where things were decided, Lanesboro was 5 of 11 from deep and 12 of 23 overall shooting. FC was 1 of 5 and 11 of 33.

Trojans Hand Rebels First League Loss, Again

It’s funny how scripts some-times repeat themselves. A year ago at about this exact same time, the Southland Rebels and Rush-ford-Peterson Trojans collided in Adams for a big 3-Rivers boy’s battle. Southland entered having won its first five 3-Rivers game (7-1 overall). R-P entered 4-2 (6-2). Behind a huge night from Trent Vix (34 points including nailing 8 of 10 three-pointers), the Trojans vanquished the Rebs, and blemished their league mark, 66-54. Flash-forward to 2013; the same two teams met up in Rushford. Southland again entered unbeaten in league play (5-0, 8-2 overall), the #10 ranked team in Class AA in Minnesota. R-P again entered as a very good team with the exact same 4-2, 6-2 record as 2012. And like a year ago, Southland’s league record took a hit. R-P’s perim-eter shooting was off (3-16), but their 2-point shooting more than made up for it. The Trojans made an amazing 30 of 42 inside the arc, for a gaudy 71.4 percent. Super-sophomore point guard Cole Kingsley was the most apt Trojan. Kingsley pumped in a team high 21 points on 10 of 12 from the field while add-ing 4 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 assists. Jorli Hauge was nearly as proficient. The 6’3” junior forward made 7 of 10 shots for 16 points. He added 8 rebounds. Seth Thompson chipped in 11 points and 6 rebounds as R-P got past the Rebels 76-71. Mike Goergen led all scorers with 25. Luke Anderson (19 pts) and Alex Ruechel (13 pts) also reached double figures for Southland. The Trojans are 5-2 in the 3-Riv-ers, 7-2 overall. They’ve won six straight. They’re right in the thick of it the 3-Rivers. They trail #7 in AA P-E-M (6-0, 6-4),

Caledonia (5-1, 7-1), and South-land (5-1, 8-3) while holding a game lead over Lewiston-Altura (4-3, 6-5) and Chatfield (4-3, 5-5).

BBB01-03 •Hope Lutheran 50, Mabel-Canton 55 (M-C: Hunter John-son 16 pts, 7 rebs; Noah Man-ning 15 pts, 8 rebs, 6 assists. HL: Andrew Fratzke 22; Brady Meyer 11; Jason Klug 10. Cou-gars made 9 of 16 trifectas (56.3 percent)) •Lewiston-Altura 63,Kingsland 46 (K: Marshall Oeltjen 19. L-A: Josh Ehlenfeldt 18; Nate Reps 15; Jay Sommers 11; Matt Burfeind 10. Knights are 2-4, 2-6)01-04 •Chatfield 68, St. Charles 63(C: Jayme LaPlante 14 pts, 5 rebs; Christian Bance 14 pts, 4 assists; Mitch Irish 8 pts, 14 rebs; Brandon Adler 8 pts, 9 rebs. SC: Aaron Leistikow 40 pts, 13 rebs. A close game came to a head when Chatfield built a 10-point lead in the final four minutes. St. Charles got as close as three with 0:06. They got a steal and attempted a game-tying three that was no good. Gophers added a couple insurance FTs in the waning ticks. Chatfield is 4-3 in the 3-Rivers, 5-5 overall) •M-C36,GrandMeadow58(M-C: Justin Ward 11; N. Man-ning 8 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assists. GM: Andrew Riedemann 19 pts, 7 rebs; Collin Jacobson 15 pts, 8 rebs; Bryce Benson 11 pts, 13 rebs. Cougars trailed by one, 22-21, at halftime. FG percent: M-C 27.3, GM 46.3. M-C is 3-4 in the SEC, 3-7 overall) •Glenville-Emmons 24,Lanesboro 69 (L: K. Ruud 19 pts, 4 assists; E. Peterson 15 pts, 5 stls; L. Rogers 12 pts, 7 rebs; Garret Boggs 8 pts, 7 stls, 5 assists. Burros started game 14-0. They are 6-0 in the SEC

(tied for 1st), 7-1 overall. They are tied with Spring Grove (6-0, 6-3) atop the conference.)01-05 •Winona-Cotter 69, FC 42(FC: D. Gatzke 12 pts, 14 rebs; N. Powell 11. W-C: Jon Eich-man 19; Matt Schrupp 18; Charlie Kretschmer 12. FC is 1-5 in 3-Rivers, 2-7 overall)

GBB01-03 •HL59,M-C51(M-C:LydiaGeving 16 pts, 5 rebs; Carly McCabe 15 pts (4 of 7 from dis-tance), 6 rebs; Christy Welscher 7 pts, 17 rebs. HL: Tiahia Aune 19; Dakota Ellinghuysen 15) 01-04 •Kingsland 60, L-A 46 (K:Lizzie Tart 19 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls, 3 assists; Cheyenne Losey 12 pts, 11 rebs, 6 stls, 4 assists; Melinda Woods 12. L-A: Raelynn Speltz 25. Knights are 4-4 in 3-Rivers, 6-6 overall) •M-C39,GrandMeadow45(M-C: L. Geving 10 pts, 6 rebs; Sara Lind 10; C. Welscher 9 pts, 9 rebs. GM: Rio Landers 12. Score was GM 15, M-C 9 at halftime. Teams combined to shoot 17-43 from FT line. M-C was 9 of 26. Cougars are 4-3 in the SEC, 6-4 overall. They trail Spring Grove (6-0, 6-5) in the SEC East, and Lyle/Pacelli (6-1, 8-1) and the Larks (5-2, 6-5) in the SEC West) •Rushford-Peterson47,South-land 66 (R-P: Kendra Crawford 14; Keela Brand 9 pts, 7 rebs. S: McKenzie Kirtz 21; Elizabeth May 14; Jana Schammel 10. Score was tied at 22 at halftime. Trojans are 3-5, 5-6) •St. Charles 42,Chatfield 65(C: MaKenzie Miller 21 pts (10 of 15 shooting), 8 rebs; Kirsten Keefe 20 pts (4 of 6 from deep), 7 stls; Sidney Irish DNP. SC: Jes-sica Brubaker 16; Abby Ludens 12. Goph’s are 6-3 in 3-Riv-ers, 7-4 overall. They trail #8 in

The culmination of the “Give to the Max Day” challenge will be Friday, January 18 at the Fill-more Central gym in Preston. The Preston Area Community Foundation was challenged by the Spring Valley Community Foundation to see who could have the most money donated in one day – November 15. The Preston Foundation was successful thanks to a “match and more” contribution from F & M Community Bank, Dan Christianson. Preston’s donations totaled $11,905. But there was more to the chal-lenge! The Foundation receiving the largest amount of donations would also receive Miken Sports equipment that could be given to their local school. Miken Sports, Caledonia, makes exclusive baseball equip-ment. Company representatives

Sports equipment to be awarded to local schools on January 18

will be on hand January 18 at the basketball game between the Fillmore Central Falcons and the Kingsland Knights to present four bats and two sports bags to the Preston Foundation. A consola-tion prize of two youth bats will also be given to the Spring Valley Foundation.

The two Foundations are under the umbrella of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. Tim Penney, executive Director of SMIF is also expected to be on-hand for the presentation which is scheduled for approximately 7:30 p.m. between the B-squad and varsity basketball games.

These FC helping hands recently volunteered to help with Habitat for Humanity in Harmony- Levi Olstad, Clay Fishbaugher, Damon Zutz, Richard Keith, Heath Olstad, Melanie Olstad, Bethany Zrucky and McKinnen Stone.

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AA Dover-Eyota (8-0, 13-0), #6 in AA Caledonia (7-1, 11-1), Southland (7-1, 8-2), and P-E-M (6-2, 10-3) atop the 3-Rivers) •Lanesboro 41, G-E 13 (L:Johanna Bearson 10; Olivia Haug 8 pts, 5 rebs. Game wasendedprematurely(secondhalf )dueamedicalemergency(agirlfaintedandsufferedaheadinju-ry).Burros are2-3 inSEC,3-6overall)

Wrestling01-03 •Caledonia-Spring Grove 12,Chatfield 50 (Gophers Ty VanSickle(113),RyanMeeker(145),CodyBly(170),andJacobBleess(195)gotpins.A.J.Riley(132),Harvey Friederichs (138), andAlex Haffner (152) won viamajority decisions. Hank Frie-derichs (120)won via tech fall.Sam Fryer (182) won a 12-11decision. JustinViss (220) wonviaforfeit) •Wabasha-Kellogg 33, FC/L/M-C 34 (Wolves Chris Collett(120)andJoshJones(152)wonvia pinfall. Alex Fishbaugher(126) won a 7-5 OT decision,Connor Hanson (132) a 7-4decision,TomHenry(160)a9-7decision,NikoAnderson(170)a7-1 decision, and Dalton Mart(285) a 6-3 decision. Jarrett

Brown (220) won via forfeit.Thematchendedina33-33tie,butFCLMCwonthetiebreaker(mostmatcheswon)) •L-A/R-P 31, Dover-Eyota42 (Screamin’ Eagles got pinsfromTucker Speltz (152),GregJohnson (#7 in AA at 182), and Nick Puetz (220). JustinMuel-ler (106)won a 9-0MD.NickHoff (170)won a 4-2decision.JordanTheede(#4inAAat160)wonviaforfeit.D-Ebuilta33-4leadafterthe145-poundmatch.LARPclosedto25-33after182.At195,LARP’sCodyNahrgangwas up 13-0, only to make amistake and get pinned. ThaticedthematchforD-E.LARPis12-4ontheseason) •P-E-M 48, GMLOK 28;Riceville/St.Ansgar36,GMLOK33;Riceville/St.Ansgar33,PEM34 (Jace Bunne (132), BlakeOlson (138), Lucas Roe (#3 inAA at 160), Wyatt Richardson(182), and Blake Benson (195)allwent2-0.BunneandBensondidsobothbypinfall.Olsondidso via decision (5-2) andmajordecision (10-1). Roe and Rich-ardsoneachdidsoviaforfeitandfall)01-05 •Flanagan Invite - Cresco,Iowa (FCLMC took 7th of 10teams.NikoAnderson(170)andMonty Holm (182) each took1st. Tom Henry took 2nd at

A new brand of defense. Lanesboro’s Daulton Gartner (#23) literally lies down for his opponent, Fillmore Central’s Nick Powell. There was no charge call, or foul at all. The Burros committed the biggest indiscretion. They downed the Falcons 69-50. Photo by Paul Trende

160.ConnorHanson(132)took4th) •MapleRiverInvite(GMLOKtook 3rd of 8 teams. L. Roe(160),W.Richardson(182),andB.Benson(195)eachtook2nd.Roe lost to the#1 rankedClassA 160-pounder. Stephen Kassel(120) and B.Olson (138) each

took 3rd. J. Bunne (132), SamRoe(152),andBrandonTurner(170)eachtook4th) •Farmington Koda Classic(Chatfield beat Lake City (51-19),Milaca(47-21),andLakev-ille-North (48-22) to claimfirstplace.TheGophersare16-1ontheyearandhaveclimbedto#11

in the latest Guillotine Class Arankings. Jared Goldsmith (#8inClassAat106),HankFried-erichs(#4inAat120),A.J.Riley(#7 in A at 132), Harvey Frieder-ichs(#4inAat138),A.Haffner(#10inAat152),C.Bly(170),and J. Viss (195) were all 3-0,doingsoinamyriadofways)

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enjoy as well. The rink is located at Mill Creek Park in Chatfield, Minn. The ice skating rink is smooth, shiny, and ready to go. The Street Department puts the rink together and gets it ready for the public to use. Not only does the City of Chatfield offer an ice skating rink but they also have a hockey rink right next to the ice skating rink. Ice hockey is played on the rink regularly with many people gathering and knocking sticks. Having two ice skating options is great when some in the family would rather be more active and play hockey while oth-ers may want to practice getting that figure eight move down pat.

Another option for ice lovers is Rushford, Minn. There is an ice skating rink for those looking for a different view from the ice. The rink is located in Rush Creek park in Rushford. Slip on your ice skates in Rushford where the rink has been built, filled, and prepared and is now ready for action. So this winter try something new, or get back to something you love, by enjoying the ice rinks in our area. You never know, it could become a treasured fam-ily tradition each winter and one day your children could be tell-ing your grandchildren stories about going ice skating years ago.

about the cold and just enjoyed being children. The Fountain Fire Depart-ment recently assembled an ice skating rink at the baseball field in Fountain, Minn. This is some-thing new and exciting for the residents of Fountain. Hopefully everyone will get out and enjoy the new ice skating rink on these bright, sunny January days and find they have so much fun that they continue to use it the month of February as well. The City of Chatfield has an ice skating rink for everyone to

Fountain Fire Department recently installed an ice skating rink in Fountain. Photo by Barb Jeffers

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The streams of southeastern Minnesota are very differ-

ent from North Shore streams. Most rise from springs and

thus are cool in summer. The limestone and alluvial soils

in drainages make the streams hard, nonacidic, alkaline

and very productive. Whereas the North Shore streams

have relatively few aquatic insects, the southeast streams

produce frequent hatches of mayflies, caddis f lies and

midges-all providing food for trout.

Nonetheless, southeast trout streams do have problems,

most related to agriculture. Fence-to-fence grain farming

on the uplands and pasturing of the river bottoms contrib-

Southeastern Minnesota trout streamsute to land erosion and sedimentation of the streambeds.

This fine sediment covers the gravel runs and riff les that

trout need to spawn and invertebrates need to survive. The

clearing of shoreline trees takes away the underwater root

wads and fallen trees in which trout find cover from current

and predators. Finally, many of these streams simply aren’t

very large, and large trout find little cover. So, while the

best of these streams may produce up to 300 pounds of fish

per acre-excellent production by any measure-18-inchers

may be scarce except as figments of the imagination.

Because the chemistry and productivity of these streams

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Inner warmth Winter has hit us hard, and I feel cold wherever I go. Right now as I type, my hands are cold. When I get home and it’s dark out, I am done for the day. Hiber-nation mode has kicked in, and I want to do nothing but sit under

a blanket and watch movies until spring arrives. The one thing I like about this time of year is the urge to cook warm and comforting food. I am in the mood to have the oven running and baking cookies and muffins (but mostly cookies), with the help of my daughter, making delicious casseroles, soup, or chili to give me that feeling of inner warmth. It’s also the time of year that I am disgusted with myself for slid-ing back into horrible eating hab-its over the last couple of months. It’s pretty sad that every one of us has that same experience year after year. Right now I need to eat more veggies, and I need to cut back on the fat and sugar. Eating soup or chili is a perfect way to get more vegetables in a way that is warm and comforting, as well as packed with nutrition. It is also easy and fairly inexpen-sive to make homemade, and

so much more delicious. Once I stopped eating canned foods and started making my own, I could never go back. Another benefit to making a big batch of chili is leftovers. If you make enough, it can be easily fro-zen and eaten later. At my house, it becomes my lunch for the next several days, which is fine with me. This chili is my own varia-tion of a recipe I found online. I usually adapt recipes to fit what ingredients I have or my own per-sonal preferences. I love this about cooking; I can experiment and make it my own, and each time it can be different. I also love cook-ing for other people, as it’s nice to have people appreciate the work I put into it. The other night my kids had company over, and I was in the mood to cook something great, but the kids wanted maca-roni and cheese. They were really excited about it, but I was disap-pointed. So instead of putting my energy into the meal, I made them a great dessert, a pumpkin ginger-bread with spiced butter cream frosting, all from scratch, and all crazy delicious. It didn’t last long. This column is essentially about eating healthy, so I won’t share that recipe here. But this chili is sure to warm your insides and your soul

Delicious Chili1 Tbsp oil2 cloves garlic, minced 2 bell peppers, chopped1 sweet onion, chopped1-2 carrots, chopped 1 Tbsp cumin2 Tbsp chili powder Pinch of salt 1 can each black beans and kidney beans 1 can diced tomatoes with juice 2 tsp oregano1 small can mushrooms, drained 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2-1 cup water

In a large pot, add the olive oil and heat over medium heat. Add garlic, peppers, onion, carrot and sauté until everything is soft, approximately five minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients, cover, and cook for about 30-40 minutes on low to medium heat.

Food For Life

By Jade Sexton

as we battle the Minnesota cold and snow and the not-so-great things we put in our bodies over the holidays.

Page 18 FILLMORE COUNTY JOURNAL Monday, January 14, 2013 The FCJ reaches over 12,000 household each week.

Born 12-18-127 lbs. 11.2 oz.21 inches longParents are

Sarah Jones & Dustin FerrieGrandparents are

Lisa Jones, Gerry & Jodie Shileny, Kevin & Deb Ferrie

Jayden Ray Ferrie Thank You!!!I would like to extend a huge thank you to my family, friends and neighbors for the wonderful cards, for your thoughtfulness and many kindnesses shown to me after my injuries received from my fall. Remembering me on my birthday and during the Christmas holidays was appreciated more than I can say. My love and God’s blessing to you all!

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Jayden Ray Ferrie Sarah Jones and Dustin Ferrie of Harmony are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jayden Ray. Jayden was born on December 18, 2012. He weighed 7 lb. 11.2 oz. and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Lisa Jones, Gerry and Jody Shileny, and Kevin and Deb Ferrie.

Birth Announcement

Fiona June Ramaker Kyle and Amy Ramaker of Mankato, Minn. are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Fiona June. Fiona was born on November 4, 2012, weighing 7 lb. 7 oz. She joins her sister Samantha at home. Grandparents are LuVerne and Carol Soland of Preston; Steve Ramaker of Medford, Minn.; and Ronald and Peggy Grubner of Springfield, Minn. Great-grandparent is Pat Soland of Preston, Minn.

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By Dana Parkhurst Hi my name is Dana Parkhurst and I am a senior at Fillmore Central. For my article I had no idea what to write about, then I thought I would tell you my expe-rience of hunting for the first time. This was my first year of ever going hunting. Before I was able to go I had to take firearm safety class, so

I took it online and passed it. The class teaches you all about gun safety and rules of hunting and proper hunting etiquette. Hunting season for shotgun is split up into two different time periods. My family and I hunt the first season. I was not able to carry my gun the first two days due to not getting my hunting license on

Journal Writing Project

Hunting for the first timetime. With not carrying my gun for the two days, it really helped me because I was able to focus on what I had learned in the class, and my dad was with me to give me some pointers on how to shoot a deer. When I was finally able to carry my gun I was a little nervous because I didn’t really have much time to practice firing off a few rounds at a target. Another part of hunting is if you get a deer you butcher it, and this was the first

time I ever butchered a deer. It was kind of gross, but I got over it. I loved being able to bond with my dad by going hunting and I will continue to do this for the upcom-ing years. Well, this is all I have to say for now so I would like to thank you for taking time to read this. Dana Parkhurst is a senior at Fillmore Central High School. She is one of 8 area students participating in the Journal Writing Project, now in its fourteenth year.

Jerrold Tesmer, Extension Educator for Fillmore/Houston Counties The Driftless Region Beef C o n f e r e n c e will be held on January 31 and Febru-ary 1, 2013, at the Grand River Conven-tion Center in Dubuque, Iowa. The conference will focus on efficient and economic beef and for-age production. The program will begin at 1:00 pm on January 31 and run till 11:45 on Feb. 1. Some of the key speakers include Dan Shike and Tara Felix from the Univer-sity of Illinois, Matt Spangler from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Amy Radunz from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, Dan Loy

from Iowa State University, and Darrell Peel from Oklahoma State University. Thursday’s afternoon program will focus on feed efficiency at all stages of production, with an eve-ning discussion focused on straight versus crossbreeding. Friday morn-ing’s program includes three break-out sessions for feedlot operations and three for cow herds. Registration for the conference is $80 before Jan. 23, or $100 after Jan. 23. Additional information about the conference is available at www.aep.iastate.edu/beef. The Driftless Region Beef Conference is sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension, Iowa State Uni-versity Extension, the University of Minnesota Extension and Univer-sity of Wisconsin Extension. For more information, contact Denise Schwab at 319-721-9624.

Plan now to attend driftless region beef conference

Jerrold Tesmer

On January 3, 2013, Garren Lee Brusse, 29 of Preston, appeared before Judge Robert Benson for sentencing. He was found guilty of Fleeing a Peace Officer in a Motor Vehicle, which has a maxi-mum penalty of three years and one day, $5,000, or both. All other charges were dropped. Brusse was sentenced to 30 days in the Fillmore County Jail on work release, with credit for four days already served. He was also given three years supervised

probation. Zachary Ryan O’Connell, 24 of Spring Valley, also appeared before Judge Benson for sentenc-ing. He was found guilty of Flee-ing a Peace Officer in a Motor Vehicle. He was given a stay of imposition, and upon completion of probation it will be lowered to a misdemeanor. He was sen-tenced to 30 days at the Fillmore County Jail on work release, and three years supervised probation.

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Let it snow - just in time for Preston’s annual Candlelight Ski and Chili Cook-Off event! Bundle up and come on down to the Trail-head Inn office this Saturday eve-ning, January 19 to ski on the trail and to test-taste some wonderful chili contest entries. The Chili Cook-Off Contest will run from 5-7pm. Those who plan to enter the contest should bring an 8-quart crockpot, a list of recipe ingredients, and any extra items that go with the chili entry (crackers, chips, cheese, etc.). Par-ticipants also should be at the Trailhead Inn half an hour prior to the event to set up. The Trailhead Inn will provide spoons and bowls for the test-tasting. Each guest in attendance gets to cast one vote for

Preston’s Candlelight Ski and Chili Cook-off

their favorite entry. Hot chocolate, coffee, and wine also available. Contact Tracey Corson 507-273-6903 for contest information. Candlelight Skiers can enjoy skiing in the moonlight along the lighted 1 ½ mile “out and back” course on the Harmony-Preston Valley Trail from 5:30-7:30pm. Warm up afterwards near the bon-fire with a cup of hot cocoa. If snow is scarce, guests can still par-ticipate in a Candlelight Walk, and if the temperatures are too frigid, the Chili Cook-Off will still take place. DNR Day Ski Passes will be available for purchase at the Trail-head Inn office for $6. Cross-coun-try skis are available for rent at the Cedar Valley Resort in Whalan.

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By Karen Reisner The Preston City Council at their first meeting in 2013 approved financial incentives for EMTs and First Responders for the completion of up to twenty hours of additional education through a Transitional Course. Twenty-four hours of refresher classes are required every two years by the state to maintain an active license. Ambulance director Ryan Throckmorton recommended the incentive of $250 for EMTs and $150 for First Respond-ers upon the successful comple-tion of the Transition Course in 2013 and 2014. Part of the crew would be completing this education this year and the rest next year. He asked that a $100 incentive per year for refresher education be made available for future years. The council approved the incentives as recommended. Throckmorton noted that to his knowledge incentives have not been offered in the past.

Other Business In Brief •Aleasefor2013withGeorgeand Kay Spangler was approved for the National Trout Center building on St. Anthony Street. The NTC pays the rent but the city still extends its property and liability insurance to this site. The lease is now for two floors of the building at $800 per month. The lease terms were negotiated by the NTC board. •Appointments tocityboardsand commissions for 2013 were approved. Councilman David Collett will serve as Mayor Pro-tem. Newly appointed council-man Robert Maust will serve on the Tourism Board and the EDA. Otherwise, councilmen will con-tinue serving on the same boards and commissions that they did

in 2012. •Authorized signatories oncity checks will include City Administrator Joe Hoffman, Deputy Clerk Sheila Marzolf,Mayor Kurt Reicks, and Mayor Pro-tem David Collett. Two sig-natures are required on all city checks. •The city’s fee schedule thathad been adopted in 2011 was reviewed. No changes were made. •Thestepscaleforcityemploy-ees in 2013 was approved. The scale includes a 1.75 percent cost of living increase in wages as agreed to in the 2012 labor negotiations. This benefit was extended to non-union employ-ees. The city and utility have 15 full-time employees, of which six belong to the PPEA. Five of those union employees are employed by the utility and one by the city. •The next city councilmeet-ing will be on Tuesday, January 22 due to the Martin Luther King holiday. •Itwasnotedinthecitycoun-cil notes that Foremost Farms dry blending operation (now in the building at the intersec-tion of Main Street and Pleasant Street) has been sold to Agropur, a Canadian food product com-pany. No changes in the opera-tion have been announced.

Preston Ambulance to provide education incentive

Special Blue RiBBon BRed cow & HeifeR auction

Lanesboro Sales Commission • Lanesboro, MNMonday, January 21ST at 6pm

Decorah Sales Commission • Decorah, IASaturday, January 26TH at Noon

Special BRed cow & HeifeR auction

See a complete listing on our website www.lanesborosalescommission.com & www.decorahsalescommission.com

along with video previews. For more information call Joe Nelson (Owner) 507-450-6763, Jesse Massman 563-419-9553, or Erik Nelson 507-951-1216

Antique • tool • BlAcksmith tools • household

A u c t i o nSale to be conducted at the

spring Valley sales Auction Building412 east Park street, spring Valley, mn

saturday, Jan. 19th 2013 - 9:00am

AUCTIONEER NOTE: We will be selling a large selection of furniture, antiques, collectibles, shop tools, guns, large assortment of fishing tacks, blacksmith tools, and household items. Don’t miss this auction.

For more info contact auction company www.springvalleysales.com or auctionsgo.comsAle ArrAnged And conducted By sPring VAlley sAles comPAnyAuctioneers: Dick Schwade Lic. 23-10018, 507-346-2183 or 7834, Cell 507-251-7313; Tom Jasper 50-113, 507-251-7654; Kevin Grabau 23-91, 507-951-1478 ringmAn: Bob Root, Roger Becker clerk: Spring Valley Sales - Fax 507-346-2163.

Announcements dAy of tAke Precedence oVer Any AdVertised or Pre-Printed mAteriAl All of the ABoVe merchAndise is selling As is, where is, with no wArrAnty. terms: cAsh or good check dAy of sAle. nothing to Be remoVed until settled for. not resPonsiBle for Accidents or merchAndise After sold. PleAse Bring ProPer identificAtion.

AccePting mAJor credit cArds. • sAles tAx chArged where APPlicABle.

selling 2 rings All day 10-12 hayracks of smalls

1988 Chevy 150 Pickup w/topper, 2WD, 8 cyl. 68,000 estimated miles, 25 anvils and blacksmith tools, haybidden, Peter Wright, mousehole, Fisher, Vulcan

biggest one is 400, selling at 11am. JD snowblower elec. start, used once 11 1/2 H.P. A.C. model B partially restored w/ woods belly mower

Lunch by Gleasongordon Jones estate & others

LaVerne C. PaulsonRecycling Education Coordina-tor A lot of plastic passes through the recycling center here in Preston each week. Plastic containers are l ightwe ight and strong, making them desirable for their durabil-ity. The most c o m m o n containers that are recyclable are milk jugs, juice containers, soda bottles, and of course, the ever popular water bottle. These take up a lot of room in landfills, decompose extremely slowly, and should be recycled.

Plastic is chopped, shredded, cleaned, melted, pelletized, andmanufactured into numerous new products. Some is made into insulation, fiber, carpet, strap-ping, auto parts, tennis balls, shower curtains, paintbrushes, and scouring pads. Some is made into detergent and motor oil bottles, bathroom stalls, plas-tic lumber for picnic tables and decks, drainage pipes and tile, landscape edging, recycling bins, and combs. What plastics are recyclable? Things haven’t changed sincethe last time this topic was dis-cussed. Most of the time, if it is a bottle or a jug, it should be recycled in Fillmore County. That also means that if it has a “1” or a “2” inside the “chas-ing arrows” on the bottom of the container, it is recyclable. Somewhere between twenty and thirty percent of plastic contain-

Plastics ers are ones. These are usually transparent or tinted and are used as pop, liquor, mouthwash, and cooking oil containers. The most commonly recycled plastics are twos. Fifty to sixty percent of all plastic bottles fall into this cat-egory. These are most commonly used for milk, juice, ice cream, or water. These two groups make up most of your recyclable plastic. Clamshell containers that contain grape tomatoes, blueberries, cher-ries, or blackberries are usually recyclable. As I have mentioned manytimes before, number five plas-tic is not recyclable in Fillmore County. These are your cottage cheese, yogurt, margarine, and most whipped topping contain-ers. These melt at a different temperature than the recyclable containers and are considered contaminants in many recycling programs. However, there are places in the Twin Cities, Wis-consin, and the East Coast where these are accepted, but here in Fillmore County they are consid-ered landfill unless you can find some creative way to use them for storage around the house, school, or church. As most of you know, they are great containers for left-overs and some people are now taking one or two with them when they eat at a restaurant just in case they want to bring a por-tion of their meal home for later. The tops snap on and the plastic containers are much more sturdy than those sometimes flimsy sty-rofoam containers. Another form of plastic that is recyclable is flexible film. This is your everyday plastic grocery bag, bread bag, dry cleaning bag, or plastic wrap. This is number “4” plastic, but this isn’t printed onthebag.Again,letmeemphasize,we do not want plastic bags of any kind mixed with the recyclables. They get caught in the gears and pulleys of the conveyor belts in the Cities and cause slow downs and break downs. Recyclables are not to be left at the curb in plastic bags. Recyclables in plastic bags should not be deposited in the bins at the recycling center, but should be emptied and the bag taken home to be used again or deposited in the red container that is meant for used plastic bags.Ifyouuseoneofthesevenrural containers throughout the county, simply dump your recy-clables into the container and take the bag home with you. We must make every effort to elimi-nate all plastic bags of any kind in our recyclable material. Please take all plastic grocery bags, bread bags, bubble wrap, dry cleaning bags, and clean, dry plastic wrap to a store that accepts plastic bags for recycling. There are several stores in Fillmore County that have large contain-ers where you can deposit these bags for free. Some larger stores in Rochester have bins for plastic bags, as well. Better yet, join the “Bag Brigade” of Fillmore Coun-ty and get a few of those attractive and durable cloth or canvas bags that are much stronger and make the statement that you sincerely care about the environment and our precious natural resources.

LaVerne Paulson

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We have a selection of new and used trailers and we are an authorized dealer for Wilson, Kiefer Industrial, Road King, Alum Line, and Pacesetter trailers. We also provide service work when your trailer needs a tune up.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 15Semcac Bus to Rochester, bus picks up for shopping, 9:35am at Chic’s, Preston; 10:00 am at Fountain State Bank. Call 800-944-3874 to ride.Fillmore County Public Health Blood Pressure Clinic, 10-10:30am, Lakewood Building, Chatfield.Knit it Together, 3:30-4:30pm, Preston Public Library. Knitting for all levels. For fundraiser info, call 507-867-3583.*

Bluff Country Toastmasters meet, 5:30pm, Spring Valley Public Library.*

AA Meeting, 7pm, Faith United Methodist Church, Spring Valley. “Living in the Solution.” Newcom-ers welcome.*

Chatfield AA meets, 7:30pm in the Pio neer Presbyterian Church, 206 Fillmore St., Chatfield.*

AA Closed Meeting, 8pm, Presby-terian Church, Mill St, Rushford.*

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16

Spring Valley Area Foodshelf, 2-5pm. 1300 West Tracy Rd. Spring Valley.*

THURSDAY, JAN. 17

Free Senior Coffee, 9am, Heritage Grove, Harmony.*

SEMCAC Senior Dining- January 2013 Birthday Party. Lunch at Ten-borg Center, 11:30am. Call 864-2786 for reservations. Entertain-ment sponsored by Mrs. Claus and Elf, Casey and the Good Timers. Story Hour- Harmony Public Library, 11am. No school, no story hour.*

Canton Senior Citizens meet at 1pm for cards and visiting, Canton Community Center.*

FRIDAY, JAN. 18

Spring Valley Area Foodshelf, Senior Citizens Day, 9am-10am. 1300 West Tracy Rd. Spring Valley, MN.*

Chatfield NA meeting, 7:30pm, Pioneer Presbyterian Church, 206 Fillmore St. Chatfield.*

Harmony AA Group- Harmony Community Center, 8pm, For more info call 612-251-3822 or 507-272-2191*

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SATURDAY, JAN. 19

Bluff Country ATV Club meeting, 10am, Stumpy’s, Rushford.

Lanesboro AA Group, 8:00pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church. For more info, call 507-251-1771 or 765-2518.*

SUNDAY, JAN. 20

NA Meeting, 7:00pm, United Meth-odist Church, downstairs, Preston. Call Jay for info 507-399-6089. *

Fountain AA Group closed meet-ing, 7:30pm. Fountain Lutheran

Church, south Main St. and High-way 52.*

MONDAY, JAN. 21Community Coffee, 9am, Park Lane Estates, Preston.*Senior Citizens will meet for Senior Dining, 11am, Chic’s Pizza. Bingo at Servicemen’s Club after lunch.

TOPS (take off pounds sensibly) Meeting, Spring Valley Care Cen-ter Activity Room. Weigh-in from 5:45-6 p.m. Meeting from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Questions contact Judy at 507-346-2469.*

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BILL’S GUN SHOP. Buy, sell, trade, and repair. We are your local MUCK BOOT dealer. Hours: 7pm-10pm M-F, Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday by appointment. 1 1/4 miles south of Carimona, 19708 Kava Rd. Preston. 507-765-2762 s10eow- o

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ATTENTION LANDOWNERS! Looking to rent hunting land in 2013. You set price and conditions. I cover the landowner with insurance. Will pay a premium for good deer hunting. Call Pat: 952-492-5540 or email: [email protected] f11/19-2/4- o

NEW HAYBUSTER 2655 short-cut bale processor, list $24,200 sell for $21,400 will take bale processor or tractors in trade. 320-543-3523. f14,21,28,4- x

JEFF NIELSEN SALES: Skidloaders: Bobcats: 2005 S175 Hrs:1398 Cab/Heat $19,950.00, 2008 S130 Hrs:1022 Cab/Heat $17,500.00, Case: 85XT Hrs:1540 $14,650.00, Bobcats: 873 New Motor: $19,500.00. TRACTORS: Ford 4400 gas loader $6,750.00. Utility Vehicles: Yamaha Rhino 660 4WD Hrs:230 $6,350.00, Steiner Cab 2WD $3,00.00. Call for Appt. & Info. JEFF NIELSEN SALES Eberhardt Str., Albert Lea, MN. Buy-Sell-Trade. H- 507-377-1137, C- 507-383-7012, Website: jeffnielsensales.com Email: [email protected] Also Looking to Buy any-thing you want to sell. Cash in on what you’re not using. Trucking Service: You call Jeff will haul. Call any day but Sunday. f7,14,21- x

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ON THE CRUNCHy SIDE - In Harmony, MN is hiring an early morning cleaning person. MUST be dependable. References will be check/verified. Apply in person, ask for Lisa. 507-886-5560. Great place to work!! htfn14- o


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Sealed bids must be sumbitted to: Houston City Hall, Attn: Fire Vehicle for Sale, 105 W. Maple St., Houston, MN 55943. Payment must be cash or check. People with questions can

call Joe Krage at 507-450-8631, Tim Jergenson 507-459-8747 or Richard Carr 507-696-6185. This

truck was operated by the Houston Fire Department and stored inside

a heated building. 1980 Ford 8000 Miles on the truck - 31,842

Transmission - Automatic Engine-Cat 1160 225 hp Rear Axles - 34,000

Gross Vehicle Weight Brakes.

This vehicle is sold as is. The City of Houston and the Houston Fire Department reserve the right to

accept or reject any and all bids.

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Light industrial/manufacturing experience a plus. All shifts available, including weekends. Long term

positions available. Advancement opportunities available for those who qualify.

If interested, contact:Express Employment Professionals at 507-285-1616

or [email protected]

Express Employment Professionals are hiring for the following positions:

Rochester Medical & Express Employment Professionals

Cardinal of Minnesota, ltd

Now accepting applications for those who have a desire to work with individuals with disabilites in a residential setting in Harmony. To learn more about the

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2004 CHEVy IMPALA SS, black, V6 Supercharged 3.8L engine, All the bells and whistles -- Moon Roof, Spoiler, PW, PL, Automatic, XM Radio, OnStar, Leather, Dual Power Seats, Heated Seats, AM/FM Radio, Cassette, Multi-disc CD Player, Bose Sound System. 142,000 miles, and in great shape. $6,500 or best offer. Call 507-251-5297. a3tfn- x

1976 CJ7 JEEP FOR SALE. Jeep has original seat and interior. 304 engine, fiber-glass body, hardtop and doors. Asking price $4,000. Call Jamie at 507-259-2771 for questions. a22tfn- x

CASH FOR CARS: All cars/trucks want-ed. Running or not! Top dollar paid. We come to you! Any make/model. Call for instant offer: 800/871-9145 MCAN

DONATE yOUR CAR Truck or Boat to heritage for the blind. Free 3 day vacation, tax deductible, free towing, all paperwork taken care of 888/485-0398 MCAN

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THANKS TO EVERyONE who helped make my 80th birthday so special, the music on KFIL, cards & gifts and the sur-prise my family planned. It was wonderful.

Betty K.t14- x

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WANTED: CARS, trucks, buses, and semi trailers, running or not. Serving SE MN and northern IA. Luke Junge, Preston, MN. Call 507-259-4556. w30tfn- o

EAGLE CLIFF CAMPGROUND in Lanesboro is now accepting bids for bundled firewood for the 2013 sea-son. Interested parties contact Emily at 507-467-2598 or email [email protected] for more informa-tion. w14,21- o

LAND WANTED Buying crop land, pasture and CRP land, will lease back. Confidential 612/220-1042. Leave detailed message. MCAN

WANTEDWANTED: CROPLAND to rent. Taking care of your land with conservation prac-tices. For more information contact Adam Hazel at 507-226-3461. w14,21,28,4,11- o

WANTED

Invites you to our Job Fair

Wednesday • 10:00am – 11am 1st and 2nd Shift Manufacturing

Halcon Corporation, located in Stewartville, MN, manufactures award winning, custom office furniture which is specified by the top architects and designers in the world. To meet increased demand for our products, we are currently seeking skilled manufacturing

candidates for 1st and 2nd shift positions. Qualified candidates with strong math skills, good attention to detail, power tool experience, knowledge of blueprint reading, ability to take direction, previous woodworking experience, spray painting experience, mechanical

aptitude or computer proficiency are encouraged to apply. In addition, ideal candidates should have a reliable work history,

be team players, be able to work in a physically demanding and sometimes hot environment, and take pride in their workmanship.

Regular lifting activities are required. 1st 5am – 3:30 and 2nd 3:30 to 2:30am shift’s available. Express Employment Professionals Offers: Long-term career opportunities, Vacation and Holiday pay,

Competitive WagesPlease Join Us at: Halcon

1811 2nd Ave NWStewartville, MN 55976

For more information contact:

2518 North Broadway, Rochester507-285-1616 or 1-800-331-0853

and Halcon

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PUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESNOTICE Of mOrTgagE

fOrECLOSUrE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.DATE: December 19, 2012 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described Mortgage:INFORMATION REGARDING MORTGAGE TO BE FORECLOSED1. Date of Mortgage: March 20, 20092. Mortgagors: Gary M. Steuart3. Mortgagees: Jennings State Bank4. Recording Information: Recorded on March 25, 2009, as Document Number 370622, in the Office of the County Recorder of Fillmore County, Minnesota5. Assignments of Mortgage, if any: Assigned to Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation by written assign-ment recorded on September 22, 2010, as Document Number 380410, in the record-ing office stated in paragraph 4. INFORMATION REGARDING MORTGAGED PREMISES6. Tax parcel identification number of the mortgaged premises: 02-0081-0207. Legal description of the mortgaged premises: Lots 74 and 75, Original Plat of the City of Mabel, Fillmore County, MinnesotaCheck here if all or part of the described real property is Registered (Torrens) 8. The physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises: 142 South Main Street, Mabel, Minnesota 55954.other foreclosure data9. The person holding the Mortgage: [check one] is a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30.The name(s) of the transaction agent, resi-dential mortgage servicer, and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is/are […].The transaction agent’s mortgage identifi-cation number, if stated on the Mortgage, is […]. is not a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30.The name of the residential mortgage ser-vicer and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is Central Bank.10. If stated on the Mortgage, the name of the mortgage originator, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is Jennings State Bank.INFORMATION REGARDING Foreclosure11. The requisites of Minn. Stat. 580.02 have been satisfied.12. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $ 175,000.00.13. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, including taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the Mortgage, is: $141,703.4214. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be fore-closed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Fillmore County, Minnesota, at public auction on February 14, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., at Fillmore County Courthouse, Main Lobby, 101 Fillmore Street, Preston, MN 55965-1080.15. The time allowed by law for redemp-tion by Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 months after the date of sale.16. Minn. Stat. 580.04(b) provides, “If the real estate is an owner-occupied, sin-gle-family dwelling, the notice must also specify the date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23.” If this statute applies, the time to vacate the property is N/A.THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.Name and address of Attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee:Joseph M. Paiement221 East Myrtle StreetStillwater, MN 55082Name of Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee:Central Bank

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NOTICE Of mOrTgagE fOrECLOSUrE SaLE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.DATE: December 19, 2012 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described Mortgage:INFORMATION REGARDING MORTGAGE TO BE FORECLOSED1. Date of Mortgage: January 14, 20052. Mortgagors: Gary M. Steuart3. Mortgagees: Jennings State Bank4. Recording Information: Recorded on January 31, 2005, as Document Number 344558, in the Office of the County Recorder of Fillmore County, Minnesota5. Assignments of Mortgage, if any: Assigned to Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation by written assign-ment recorded on September 22, 2010, as Document Number 380410, in the record-ing office stated in paragraph 4. INFORMATION REGARDING MORTGAGED PREMISES6. Tax parcel identification number of the mortgaged premises: 02-0112-0007. Legal description of the mortgaged premises: Lots 121 and 122 Original Plat in the Village now City of Mabel, excepting therefrom the North 6 feet of Lot 121 previously conveyed to the City, Fillmore County, Minnesota.Check here if all or part of the described real property is Registered (Torrens) 8. The physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises: 203 North Main Street, Mabel, Minnesota 55954.other foreclosure data9. The person holding the Mortgage: [check one] is a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30.The name(s) of the transaction agent, resi-dential mortgage servicer, and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is/are […].The transaction agent’s mortgage identifi-cation number, if stated on the Mortgage, is […]. is not a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30.The name of the residential mortgage ser-vicer and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is Central Bank.10. If stated on the Mortgage, the name of the mortgage originator, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is Jennings State Bank.INFORMATION REGARDING Foreclosure11. The requisites of Minn. Stat. 580.02 have been satisfied.12. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $ 65,000.00.13. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, including taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the Mortgage, is: $46,762.45.14. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be fore-closed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Fillmore County, Minnesota, at public auction on February 14, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., at Fillmore County Courthouse, Main Lobby, 101 Fillmore Street, Preston, MN 55965-1080.15. The time allowed by law for redemp-tion by Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 months after the date of sale.16. Minn. Stat. 580.04(b) provides, “If the real estate is an owner-occupied, sin-gle-family dwelling, the notice must also specify the date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23.” If this statute applies, the time to vacate the property is N/A.THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.Name and address of Attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee:Joseph M. Paiement221 East Myrtle StreetStillwater, MN 55082Name of Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee:Central Bank

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fOrESTvILLE TOwNShIP ChaNgE IN BOard Of aUdIT

Forestville Town Board has resched-uled its Board of Audit. The meeting will be held on February 5, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Forestville Town Hall.

Connie MorgerClerk – Forestville Township

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STaTE Of mINNESOTa COUNTY Of fILLmOrEIN dISTrICT COUrTThIrd JUdICIaL dISTrICTPrOBaTE COUrT dIvISIONCourt file No. 23-Pr-13-3In re: Estate ofmavis r. fossum a/k/a mavis fossum decedent NOTICE Of INfOrmaL PrOBaTE Of wILL aNd aPPOINTmENT Of PErSONaL rEPrESENTaTIvE aNd NOTICE TO CrEdITOrS TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representatives was filed with Registrar, along with a Will dated August 12, 2008. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed Lynette Donald, whose address is 101 West Street, Canton, Minnesota 55922 and Renee Hosting, whose address is 208 North 3rd Street, P.O. Box 5, Canton, Minnesota 55922, to serve as the personal representatives of the decendent’s estate. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal represen-tatives. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representatives must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection. Unless objections are filed and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representatives have the full power to administer the estate, including after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letter tes-tamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the decedent. Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801, all creditors hav-ing claims against the decendent’s estate are required to present the claims to the personal representatives or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.Dated: January 2, 2013

/s/ James D. AttwoodRegistrar

JAMES D. ATTWOODCourt Administrator

ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVETimothy A. Murphy (MN #76594)Rippe, Hammell & Murphy PLLPPO Box 149 Caledonia, Minnesota 55921Telephone: (507)725-3361Fax: (507) 725-5627

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STaTE Of mINNESOTa COUNTY Of fILLmOrEIN dISTrICT COUrTThIrd JUdICIaL dISTrICTPrOBaTE COUrT dIvISIONCourt file No. 23-Pr-12-912In re: Estate ofmarion Clara Lingenfelter, a/k/a marion C. Lingenfelter decedent NOTICE Of INfOrmaL PrOBaTE Of wILL aNd aPPOINTmENT Of PErSONaL rEPrESENTaTIvE aNd NOTICE TO CrEdITOrS TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS Notice is given that Informal probate of the Decedent’s will dated April 11, 1980, has been filed with the registrar. The appli-cation has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Louanne J. Hamann, whose address is 27875 County 8, Fountain, Minnesota 55935, as Personal Representative of the estate of the above decedent. Any heir, devisee or other inter-ested person may be entitled to appoint-ment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative, and the personal repre-sentative is empowered to fully administer the estate, including, after 30 days from the date of the issuance of her letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate, unless objections thereto are filed with the Court (pursuant to Section 524.3-607) and the Court oth-erwise orders. Notice is further given that ALL CREDI-TORS having claims against the said estate are required to present the same to said personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this notice or said claims will be barred.Dated: 1/3/2013

/s/ James D. AttwoodRegistrar

JAMES D. ATTWOODCourt Administrator

ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVEThomas M. Manion (MN# 0067167)204 Parkway Ave NorthPO Box 420Lanesboro, MN 55949Telephone: (507) 467-2317Facsimile: (507) 467-2400

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SUmmarY Of mINUTES December 18, 2012 County Board Meeting The Fillmore County Board met in special session at the Courthouse in the City of Preston. All members were present. Also present were the Coordinator/Clerk, and other department heads and staff, citizens, and two members of the press. The following resolutions were adopted by the Board:RESOLUTION 2012-066: 2013 Final Fillmore County Budget RESOLUTION 2012-067: 2013 Final Fillmore County Levy Be it resolved that the Fillmore County Board hereby sets County Commissioner’s annual 2013 salary at $20,000. Be it resolved that the Fillmore County Board hereby sets County Attorney’s annual 2013 salary at $92,544.Be it resolved that the Fillmore County Board hereby sets Auditor/Treasurer’s annual 2013 salary at $70,337.Be it resolved that the Fillmore County Board hereby sets Recorder’s annual 2013 salary at $60,500.Be it resolved that the Fillmore County Board hereby sets Sheriff’s annual 2013 salary at $86,912.The Board approved the following agenda items:• theamendedagenda.• removeItem#7:“outofstatetraveltotransportveterantoTomah,WIformedicaltreat-ment” from Consent Agenda.• outofstatetravelasneededforveteransformedicallynecessaryservicesintri-statearea. • thefollowingamendedConsentAgenda:1. December 11, 2012 County Board minutes.2. Family and Medical Leave for employee #1177.3. Family and Medical Leave for employee #1351.4. Extension of probation for employee #1451 to allow for completion of required training and testing.5. Partial Pay Request #1 of $3,860.00 to Mavo Systems, Inc. for Highway Admin. Building remodel.6. Appointment of Ronald Gregg, Acting Engineer, to replace John Grindeland, Engineer, on Technology/Land Records/GIS Committee. • additionalpaymentofCommissioners’warrantsinDecember.• recommendationfromMeritfora1.75%increaseto2013Meritpayplan.• 2013appropriationof$1,056.10toSouthernMNTourismAssociation.• 2013appropriationof$1,000toSouthernMinnesotaInitiativeFoundation.• 2013appropriationof$5,500toSemcac,Inc.•2013appropriationof$3,000toFillmoreFamilyAdvocates.The following Commissioners’ warrants were approved:

rEvENUE fUNdVendor Name, Description AmountFillmore County Treasurer, fuel $3,818.23Fillmore County Treasurer-credit card, registration fees $1,885.00Hauser, John, services $600.00Man Office Enterprise Technology, services $1,522.00Morem Electric, Inc., services $542.70Preston Service Plus, services $706.54Stensrud, Lisa, services, mileage $589.92Tri-County Publishing, Inc., advertising $710.00Whitewater Wireless, equipment purchase $89,837.84TOTAL REVENUE FUND BILLS OVER $500 (listed above) $100,212.23TOTAL REVENUE FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (40 bills - not listed) $5,409.85TOTAL REVENUE FUND $105,622.08

INfra fUNd Vendor Name, Description AmountFountain Building Center, Inc., supplies $8,239.00Morem Electric, Inc., services $1,152.28Whitewater Wireless, services $82,882.52TOTAL INFRA FUND BILLS OVER $500 (listed above) $92,273.80TOTAL INFRA FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (1 bill - not listed) $225.00TOTAL INFRA FUND $92,498.80

COUNTY rOad & BrIdgE fUNd Vendor Name, Description AmountAssociation of MN Counties, registration fees $700.00Bauer Built, Inc., labor, parts $4,887.17Fastenal Company, supplies $1,918.55G & K Services, supplies $667.68Newman Signs, signs $3,947.33Reedsburg Hardware Co., parts $1,003.95Ronco Engineering Co., Inc., parts $1,960.21South MN Lubes, oil $1,491.87Thompson Sand, sand $4,862.81Titan Machinery, parts $1,109.30TOTAL ROAD & BRIDGE FUND BILLS OVER $500 (listed above) $22,548.87TOTAL ROAD & BRIDGE FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (24 bills - not listed) $3,638.05TOTAL ROAD & BRIDGE FUND $26,186.92

SaNITaTION fUNd Vendor Name, Description AmountTOTAL SANITATION FUND BILLS OVER $500 (None) $0.00TOTAL SANITATION FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (2 bills - not listed) $75.47TOTAL SANITATION FUND $75.47

aIrPOrT fUNd Vendor Name, Description AmountO’Day Equipment, LLC, services $57,103.91TOTAL AIRPORT FUND BILLS OVER $500 (listed above) $57,103.91TOTAL AIRPORT FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (1 bill - not listed) $80.16TOTAL AIRPORT FUND $57,184.07 The above represents a summary of the County Board actions on the listed date. Official County Board minutes are on file in the Fillmore County Courthouse and are available for review during regular business hours. County Board meetings are usually scheduled for Tuesday mornings at 9:00 in the Commissioners’ Room in the Courthouse. Questions regarding the minutes or upcoming meetings can be directed to Karen Brown, Coordinator/Clerk of the County Board at 507/765-4566.

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NOTICE The City of Peterson has adopted new hours for meetings and office hours for the coming year. The City Council will meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. in the City Hall. The new City Clerk Megan Grebe will hold office hours on Wednesday of each week from 9:00 to 5:00. Messages may be left at 875-2222 any other day. Council Meetings for 2013 will be Wednesday February 13, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12.

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CaNTON TOwNShIP aCCEPTINg BIdS

Canton Township is accepting bids for a 2013 Model 7500 SFA 4 x 4 snowplow truck. Dump body 11 ft. with 84” inside width setup for 96 C/A chassis, heavy duty telescopic hoist and hydraulic sys-tem. A 12-33-60L power reverse one way plow, pin and loop truck hitch with extend-able lift arm and 9 ft. wing front mount. All bids must be sealed, labeled “Bid Enclosed” and delivered or mailed to the township clerk Fay Garness, at 15313 County 21, Canton, Mn 55922 no later than January 29th, 2013. Bids will be opened at regular township meeting on January 29th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. at the Canton Fire Hall. Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive minor irregularities in the bidding pro-cess.

Fay Garness, ClerkPublish 14,21

GET THE JOB DONEWhether you’re in need of a babysitter or an efficient office

manager, you can find the help you deserve by advertising in the Fillmore County Journal Classifieds. And when you’re in search of a better position, our listings can make short work of the situation.

Call 507.765.2151 • Fax 507.765.2468

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80 acres near Ostrander. 52 acres coming out of CPR fall of

2012. Estimated tillable acreage is 63 acres with conversion of the pasture acres to the east of the site. The building site is estimated at 3 acres with 8 acres woods and old gravel pit to the south of the site. New planting of evergreen trees on south line. Good soils, Racine, Ostrander silt loams, Floyd & Clyde silty clay loams. The property - including house, well & septic are being sold “AS IS” . This is an estate sale

Chatfield - Fingerson & Donahoe - 1st Subdivison - Lots Starting At - $29,900

LOTS FOR SALE

Brenda Sheldon, ABR, GRI 715 North Broadway (Home Federal Bldg.),

Spring Valley, MN Email - [email protected]

www.brendasheldon.com

(507) 346-2060Cell: 507-951-2071

Toll-Free: 888-835-8141

Interest rates are stIll Great!!!If you are thInkInG of buyInG or sellInG, noW Is the tIme!GIve me a call and put my experIence to Work for you!!!

Executive home on approx 1.5 acres of land in Oak Hill Drive subdivision. 4 bdrms, 4 ba., 2 story Colonial w/hdwd flrs, main floor sep lndry, formal living & dining areas, family rm w/fireplace, potting shed, storage shed, fenced, new mound septic system, perennial gardens & luscious landscaping. LL finished - used as a home photography business. Could easily have a home business run from the abundance of rooms w/various sizes.

22826 OAk HIll DRIVE, SpRING VAllEy

$189,000

11214 160TH ST. OSTRANDER

$520,000

Great opportunity to own a 10 acre parcel of country property! The home has been newly renovated with new kitchen w/hickory cabinets, new appliances, pantry, all new flooring, new sheet rock & knockdown ceilings, 3 bdms, 2 baths, perm siding, new furnace, hot water heater & updated electrical. 3 car detached garage and other outbuildings excellent for storage. Pasture, wooded & cropland.

10894 ST. Hwy 16,SpRING VAllEy

$198,500

Todd HadoffWebsite:

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[email protected] Cell 507-259-5454

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2.8 acres • Private setting • Steel Siding 3-car Heated Garage • 2 Fireplaces • W/O • Patio Abundance Of Wildlife • Wood Floors • Main Floor

Laundry/Mudroom • Open Floor Plan

2103 MARgARET ST. ChATFiELd

$389,900

3 Bedroom Ranch • 2 Baths3 Season Porch • 2 Car Garage

Main Floor Laundry

322 PROSPECT ST.ChATFiELd

$99,900

Townhouse • 4 Season Porch • Patio • 3 BathsFireplace • 3 Bedrooms • Main Floor Living

135 SALEM PT. dR. SW ROChESTER

$310,000

If you are looking for over 12 acres of land on a hard surface road...look no further! This home has been

renovated and remodeled - updated and new kitchen, main floor master bedroom with master bath, hardwood floors, family room with fireplace, loft area, mud room/laundry area on main floor, 2 porches, 30x36 w/heated work shop & 2 10’x8’ doors, 50x36 pole barn & other small buildings & lean to for storage of firewood. The land consists of grassland that has been chemical free over 20 years, groves of mature trees and numerous perennial gardens. The property has been professionally landscaped with walk way paths leading to house and garage.

10245 ST. Hwy 16, SpRING VAllEy

$229,000

3+ Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Gas Fireplace 2 Car Garage • New Roof • Vinyl Siding

312 BEnCh ST. SW ChATFiELd

$109,900

Knotty Pine Throughout • 2 Car GarageMain Floor Laundry • Enclosed Porch

513 SPRing AvE PRESTOn

$45,000

630 MAin ST. ChATFiELd

$77,500

Wood Floors • 2 enclosed porches • 2 BathsSteel Siding • New Roof • All new sheet rocked

walls • Main floor laundry

310 MAPLE ST.LAnESBORO

$234,900

3 Bedroom on main floor • Wheel Chair Assess. In-Floor Heat in House & Garage •3 Baths

Main Floor Laundry • Fireplace

$117,500

14 WinOnA STChATFiELd

Ranch Home • New Roof • New Windows Wood Floors • Remodeled bath • Gas Fireplace

3-season porch

COMMERCIAl BuIlDING - wykOFF - Completely renovated building that is ideal for any type of restaurant, catering or other business opportunity. The lower level is finished for additional space. $199,900

NEw lISTING - COMMERCIAl BuIlDING - lANESBORO Great opportunity to own large commercial building in a high traffic area. Potential business could be retail, restaurant/bar, convenience store/grocery, crafts or many other uses. Can be divided off. Apartment above for rental or personal use. $89,900

COMMERCiAL

707 ROChELLE AvE. S LAnESBORO

2 Story • 3+ Bedrooms • Porch2 Full Baths • Main Floor Laundry • 2 Car Garage

$81,500

3 Bedroom • 2 full baths • Walk-out insulated garage • Living room • Dining room • Family Room

605 1/2 CALhOun AvE. LAnESBORO

$119,900

Cabin on 16 acres • Knotty Pine • Steel siding New well & septic • Covered porch In-floor heat • Loft area • Laundry

$149,900

11687 dEER ROAd MABEL

19405 ST. hWy 80WykOFF

4 + acres • 4 bedrooms on main floor Main floor laundry • Large deck • 720 Sq. Ft. Garage

Large Ranch • Enclosed Breezeway

$159,900

FARMS & ACREAgESaturday, January 19TH • Noon - 1:30pm

418 WinOnA ST. ChATFiELd

4 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Wood Floors • 4 Season Porch • 9’ Ceilings Maple Kitchen Cabinet • New Windows & Doors • 988 sq. ft. garage w/ heated

shop • 6/10 acre lot • Porch • Patio • Main Floor Laundry • Alot of Storage Garden • Firepit • Formal Dining • Living room

$164,900New ListiNg

13947 117 ST. SEChATFiELd

2 acres • 3 bedrooms on main floor • 2 baths 24x24 family room w/maple ceilings • Wood Floors

Gas fireplace • Vinyl siding • 2 car att. garage • 30x32 shed w/heated shop Edge of town • Overlooks city

$239,900

Approximately 12 Acres located south of Spring Valley on Sample Road. Part of abandoned

railroad property with some hay ground. Excellent habitat for wildlife & great hunting land.

xxx SAMplE ROAD, SpRING VAllEy

$62,900

Open House!

340 A 5th Ave SE, HArmony, mn

House and Shop! Spacious 4 bedroom home, bright & open floor plan with step saving kitchen. Two good sized bedrooms upstairs with super storage space. Detached garage also has an attached workshop with full basement and storage shed. Located on dead-end street.! $69,900/$292.28 PI/M*

You won’t believe the space in this 2 bedroom home. Beautiful oak hard-woods, updated windows & shingles, private covered patio and large det ga-rage $68,000/$284.34 PI/M*

A unique opportunity & great location, 2 finished units, high ceilings, open & bright floor plan purchase together or separate, garage option, rent to own option, North Unit $110,000, South Unit $125,000285 niagara Ct, HArmony, mn

Comfort by Design this 2 bedroom, 2 bath townhome offers open living & dining area, ample storage, att garage , patio, appli-ances. $123,000/$514.32 PI/M*

Newly painted, move in ready! 3 bedroom ranch home on quiet street, open living & dining, access to back yard from kitchen. LL rec and storage area & 1 car det garage. $77,990

120 4th St SW, HArmony, mn

Great backyard with no backyard neigh-bor! 3 Bedroom, 2 bath. Updates include shingles, siding, windows & patio door, LL offers great storage & room to expand. Att garage. $78,000/$326.15 PI/M*

Select Properties®

Roxanne Johnson, Broker, ABR, CRS, [email protected]: 507-458-6110

25 Center St. W, Harmony, MN 55939www.SEMNrealestate.com • [email protected]

Toll Free: 888-839-2142

Kelsey FischerLicensed AssistantOffice 507-886-4221

Church Hill School Condos

Traditional brink home. Original oak hardwood floors & woodwork on the main floor. Walk in pantry, plus built-in, main floor bedroom & open staircase. 1 car detached garage. $59,900/$250.47 PI/M*

401 north St nW PrESton, mn

Relax & Enjoy! 2 bedroom, 2 bath, townhome. Great layout with generous sized rooms. At-tached garage, CA, patio, appliances included. $120,000/$501.78 PI/M*

Pretty & Practical! Nicely updated 2 bedroom home, new kitchen with solid surface counter tops, updated bath, oak panel doors, CA, deck, 2 car det garage. $61,500/$257.16 PI/M*

330 main Ave S, HArmony, mn

Surprisingly spacious 4 bedroom, 2 ½ bath home. Updates include siding, windows, fur-nace & central air. 784 sq ft 2 car heated ga-rage $85,000/$355.43 PI/M*

312 Preston St nW PrESton, mn

Move in ready! Well kept 3 bedroom, 1 ¾ bath, nicely updated kitchen with access to compos-ite deck, finished family room on lower level, 2 car garage. $109,900/$459.55 PI/M*

210 Park St. PEtErSon, mn

210 Center St. WHArmony, mn

Lovely turn of the century home. 9 ft ceilings, pillars, decorative moldings, hardwood floors, & original cabinetry detail. Eat in kitchen, plus a large dining room. Large 3 season porch. $94,900/$396.82 PI/M*

Everything is ready! One level home on a corner lot! 2 bedroom, 2 bath, kitchen open to dining, breakfast bar, att 2 car garage. $95,000/$397.24 PI/M*

355 3rd Ave SE, HArmony, mn

125 St. Paul Street PrESton, mn

Great opportunity and super location! This building is located on the courthouse square. Main floor 1298 sq ft of space. Upstairs offers an additional 3 offices, bathroom and spacious break room area. Basement is equipped with shelving and offers nice storage. $60,000

30 3rd Ave nW, HArmony, mn

405 Spring St. nW, PrESton, mnSpacious 3 bedroom, 1 ¾ bath home with an updated galley kitchen open to family room, and a nice wooded backyard. Large family room ad-dition with fireplace. Basement features a rec or hobby area. $110,000/$459.96 PI/M*

340 B 5th Ave SE, HArmony, mn

235 1st Ave nE HArmony, mn

Church Hill School CondosA unique opportunity & great location, 1 finished unit on first floor, 1,106 sq ft with garage $150,000, 1 unfinished unit on top floor with panoramic view 1,478 sq ft with garage $150,000

38608 Cty 24, LEnorA, mnCharming well cared for 2 bedroom 2 bathroom home. Rural setting, newer garage with attached greenhouse. Heated Amish built summer kitchen. $74,900/313.19 PI/M*

25 3rd Ave nW, HArmony, mnSpacious 3 bedroom 2 bath ranch home on a quiet street with hardwood floors in kitchen and living room. Family room with stone fireplace. Backs up to country, no backyard neighbors! 3 season porch to enjoy views. $104,900/$438.64 PI/M*

100 acres of woods, meadows and a creek bottom provide excellent deer and turkey hunt-ing. 25 tillable acres in alfalfa/clover, adjoins Forestville State Park. $315,000

212 StreetPrESton, mn

Quaint 2 bedroom, 1.5 story home with view of north bluff, easy access to downtown, trail, theatres & river. Great location, take a look! $39,900/$166.84 PI/M*

203 Coffee St.LAnESBoro, mn

Quality built ranch home offers a picture perfect setting overlooking a trout stream. Geothermal heat, Custom Amish cabinets, floors, and millwork. Professionally landscaped & cedar fencing. $259,900

45742 Cty 29, mABEL, mn

10 Acres!

Efficient 1991 built 2 bedroom ranch home, full basement offers room to expand. Detached 24 x 32 shed $59,000/$246.71 PI/M*

401 E Hwy 52 CAnton, mn

New ListiNg!

Wooded lot, zoned agricultural, buildable for storage shed or barn. Located on black top road on edge of town. $9,500

XXX Cty 24LEnorA, mn

PeNdiNg

Charming, Historical Victorian home with an addition featuring office/business space with finished basement below. Wonderful original woodwork. Updated kitchen and bathrooms. B & B licensed. $349,900

611 Kenilworth Ave S, LAnESBoro, mn

PeNdiNgSoLD - 32776 136th St. Harmony

SoLD - 19731 Aurora rd. mabel

SoLD - XXX Drake rd. Lanesboro

SoLD - 18245 160th St Spring Valley

SoLD - 15523 Cty 9 Hwy Preston

SoLD - 16108 305th Ave Harmony

PEnDInG - 10252 351st Ave Canton

*monthly Principle and Interest Payment Based on a 5% down/30

year amortization/3.34% APr. Loan guidelines subject to vary per

qualifications. other loan programs with 0% to 20% down payments

may be applicable.

450 2nd Ave SE HArmony, mn

Great location on quiet tree lined street this 3 bed-room home offers curb appeal. Main floor bedroom, 1/2 bath, and laundry with roomy kitchen and open flow dining & living rooms. Full bath & 2 bedrooms up. Det garage. No back yard neighbors. $48,000

reduced!!!

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Preston - Picturesque, approximately 900 ft of Root River frontage, 4 bed, 2 bath, 27 aceres, sportsman’s paradise with

many updates. Proposed bike trail runs next to property. 36 x 56 pole shed for all your toys. $279,000 MLS#4020938

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2 BR TRAILER for rent in Lanesboro. 888-384-7185. r17tfn- o

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LOOKINg FOR RESPONSIBLE and reliable roommates in a 4BR home with 2BR available. $275/month includes every-thing but cable/internet. Nice location in Lanesboro, call Kayla at 507-272-6912. r7,14- x

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Sat. Jan. 19 - 9:00am- Antiques, Tools, Blacksmith Tools, and Household items Auction! Auction will be held at Spring Valley Sales Auction, in Spring Valley, MN. For more information contact Spring Valley Sales Auction at www.springvalleysales.com.Listing in the Journal.

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615 FILLMORE ST SE, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedrooms • 2 baths • 2 Car garage • Hardwood floors• Open Staircase • Sunroom • Remodeled 2nd floor • Steel Siding • New roof • Fenced backyard

#4039978

DARLING CAPE COD

$149,900

105 MAIN ST S, CHATFIELD• Great Opportunity to be your own Boss!• Turn Key, Call for details!

#4039977

$369,900

7189 90TH ST SE, STEWARTVILLE• 3 Bedroom • 3 Bath ranch built in 2001• Heated shop w/bath • 2 pole sheds • 2 Cattle sheds• Calf shed • Just off the blacktop • 15 min to Rochester• Additional Land Available

#4036698

UP TO 65 ACRES AVAILABLE

10 ACRES

315 SILVER ST N, WYKOFF• 3 Bedroom • Main floor living • Deck• 2 car garage • Maintenance free exterior• New roof & windows • Just move-in

#4040531

CHEAPER THAN RENT

$69,900205 MAIN ST, FOUNTAIN• 3 Bedroom • 2 bath • Fully furnished• Totally remodeled from the studs in 1992• Oversized 2 car garage (24’x34’)• Main floor living • Move-in-condition

#4040527

CLEAN & ENERGY EFFICIENT

$99,900

502 MARGARET ST NE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedrooms plus den • 2 Baths • 2 Car garage• Exceptional layout • .47 acre lot • Patio• Quality windows • Maintenance free exterior• Backyard has no neighbors and is very private

#4040682

NEW CARPET THROUGHOUT!

$149,900

16985 ORIOLE ROAD, WYKOFF• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bath • Manufactured home

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY - DUPLEX

$59,900

601 CHATFIELD AVE NW, PRESTON• 2-2 Bedroom Units • Numerous updates• Live on main floor and renter make payment• Great Location across from School• Easy convert back to 4 bed, 2 bath, single family home

#4040978

CHATFIELD – Fingerson & Donahoe First Subd. Covenantcontrolled neighborhood with lg cul-de-sac, walk-out lots w/pri-vate backyards. Lots starting at $29,900. NEW PRICING ANDADDITIONAL LOTS AVAILABLE!LANESBORO – 1.43 acre building site within city limits. Greatviews, walkout, city utilities, protective convenants apply.$44,900 #4031256RACINE – Lyman’s Second Subdivision. Located in newer de-velopment on cul-de-sac street with city utilities, choice ofbuilder and covenant controlled. Hurry only 3 lots available.Prices starting at $19,900.WYKOFF/FILLMORE AREA – 2 approximately 25 acre ruralbuilding sites with spectacular views and CRP. #4040787 &#4040788 priced at $149,900/each.

SOLDSOLD

105 MAIN ST NORTH, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedrooms • 0.40 ac • 135’ of Highway 52 frontage• Nice View of Mill Creek Park • 2 Car Garage

#4041374

2+ COMMERCIAL LOTS

$54,900

#4041489117 FILLMORE ST W, PRESTON$75,000• Updated Commercial building • Professional office space or retail• 2 bedroom apt (425/month), 1 bedroom apt. ($300/month)• Great location across from courthouse

OPEN LAYOUT & UPDATED RAMBLER

$139,900213 DIVISION ST NE, CHATFIELD• 3 Main floor bedrooms • 2 Baths • 2 Car Garage• Main floor Laundry • Great room w/gas fireplace• Formal Dining • Updated Kitchen & Bath• New roof • flooring • vinyl siding • central air unit

#4039553

RANCH WITH MAIN FLOOR REMODELED

$132,900425 GROVE ST NE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • 2 Car Garage • 3,000 sq. ft.• Walnut cabinets • Island • Upgraded appliances• New roof, windows & flooring throughout• Fireplace • Partial fenced yard • 0.48 acre

#4041555

926 JOHN & MARY LANE SE, CHATFIELD• 5 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Open layout • Cherry cabinets• Quality windows • Paneled doors • Maple floors• 9’ ceilings in lower level • Fireplace • Deck• Great cul-de-sac location • ½ acre lot • Storage shed

#4041576

LARGE BI-LEVEL HOME BUILT IN 2000

$189,900

549 EAST 4TH ST., ST. CHARLES• 3 Bedrooms • 3 Baths • Private lot with great view

$325,000

DOGPATCH BAR & GRILL

10594 TROY VALLEY DRIVE., ST. CHARLES• Business Opportunity • 2.3 acres • Trout Creek• Totally remodeled Tavern of yesteryear• Bar w/ fireplace, Dance Area, Kitchen/Prep area• Remodeled 2 bedroom house w/ carport

#4041744

NEW LISTING

NEW PRICE

$224,900

AMAZING SPACE & WOODWORK

327 BENCH ST SW, CHATFIELD• 6 Bedroom • 3 Bath • 2 lots • 4,966 sq. ft. • Pocket doors• Crown moldings • 2 staircases • Leaded windows • Built-ins• Butler pantry • Finished walk-up attic • Sauna • 2 car garage

#4040927

NEW PRICE

1300 CONWAY LANE SE, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedrooms • 5 baths • Brick exterior• Main floor living • 3’ doors • 9’ Ceilings • 4,784 sq. ft. • 1.3 acre lot • Private Drive • LL previously used asmother-in-law residence

#4037085

INCOME POTENTIAL IN LOWER LEVEL

$279,900

REDUCED 10K

REDUCED 30K

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19TH 2013

11:00 AM ~ 12:30 PM

SOLD

NEW PRICE2006 RANCH W/ BOTH LEVELS FINISHED

$169,9001036 LONE STONE CT. SE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Open Layout• Quality windows • Steel siding • Ceramic tile• Deck • Level yard • No backyard neighbors• Even pay Gas ($30), Elec ($35), City ($60)

#4042080

NEW LISTING

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Weather art

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