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ORONOCO – DairylandPower has signed an agreementwith Minnesota-Three, LLC, topurchase the renewable energyproduced by a planned largesolar facility to be located alongU.S. Highway 52 north of Roch-ester. The new solar installa-tion will be 517 kilowatts (kW),and could produce enough en-ergy to power nearly 60 homes.The facility will be located inthe Oronoco Crossings businesspark and interconnected toPeople’s Energy Cooperativepower delivery system. Con-struction of the solar facility isscheduled to begin this springand is planned to be operationalby June 1, 2014.

The solar installation will bedeveloped, owned and managedby Minnesota-Three, LLC,owned by three Dairyland mem-ber cooperatives: Freeborn-Mower Cooperative Services(Albert Lea), People’s EnergyCooperative (Oronoco) and Tri-County Electric Cooperative(Rushford). Dragonfly Solar ofLakeville will be responsiblefor engineering, procurementand construction for the projectwhich will utilize U.S. manu-factured solar components.

“The development of thissolar project complementsDairyland’s current renewableenergy resources, which pro-vide about 12 percent of ourmembers’ energy,” said BillBerg, President and CEO. “Ex-panding solar resources is con-sistent with Dairyland’s strate-gic intent to diversify our en-ergy resources portfolio.”

Dairyland also purchases theexcess energy output from a

Large solar facilityplanned atOronoco Crossings

Longtime employee Lacey Lexvold (far right) purchased Zumbrota Optometric Center, P.A. from Dr. KevinKish. The business is now called Zumbrota Eye Care, LLC, and Kish will remain the practicing doctor. Otheremployees are, from left to right, Joan Boomgaarden and Kelsey Schulz.

By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA – Effective Janu-

ary 1, 2014, Zumbrota Optomet-ric Center, P.A. became ZumbrotaEye Care, LLC when longtime em-ployee Lacey Lexvold purchasedthe practice from Dr. Kevin Kish.According to both Lexvold andKish, however, patients shouldn’texpect to see changes in the 352South Main Street office.

“Kevin has a real good thinggoing here, so nothing is reallychanging,” said Lexvold. Otherthan a new sign outside due to thebusiness’s name change (when theweather improves), possibly somelighting modifications and accept-ing credit cards in the future, pa-tients and families should expectto still see the familiar, experi-enced staff amid the mix of origi-nal brick walls and modern tech-nology.

Kish purchased the practice fromDr. Tracy Mercer in 1977. At thattime, the office was located acrossMain Street, at the present site ofEdward Jones Investments. Hemoved the practice to its currentlocation in 1992. He will remainas optometrist with the change ofpractice ownership.

No other staffing changes areplanned either. Lexvold, an areanative, has worked in the practicefor 17 years as an optician butplans to become certified. JoanBoomgaarden will continue towork in the office, further addingonto her 22 years of experience.Optician Kelsey Schulz is the new-comer, joining the others in Au-gust, 2013.

Services offered include eye

Zumbrota Optometric Centerhas new owner and new name

exams, contact lens exams andvisual fields testing. Zumbrota EyeCare is a provider for many insur-ance companies. Lexvold alsopointed out the wide selection of

competitively priced eyeglassframes available for patients toselect from. Frames are chosenfrom the vendors by the staff.

The hours of Zumbrota Eye Care

also remain the same: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday8 a.m. - noon and 1 - 5 p.m.; Thurs-day and Saturday 8 a.m. - noon.The office phone number is 732-5013.

368 kW solar generation facilityowned by the City of Galena,Ill., and a number of smaller dis-tributed generation projects.There are over 300 customer-owned solar photovoltaic facili-ties in the Dairyland system andthat number continues to grow.

The managers of the local elec-tric cooperatives that make upMinnesota-Three shared a jointstatement about the opportunityto bring solar energy to their partof the state. “Going it alone on aproject like this would not havebeen possible. Electric co-opshave a rich history of workingtogether, whether it is helping torestore power following a stormor providing additional programsor services to their memberships.We couldn’t be more pleasedabout working together to bringrenewable energy to this area ofMinnesota that will benefit ourmembers,” stated Elaine Garry,President/CEO of People’s En-ergy Cooperative; BrianKrambeer, President/CEO of Tri-County Electric Cooperative; andJim Krueger, President/CEO ofFreeborn-Mow-er CooperativeServices.

With headquarters in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Dairylandprovides wholesale electricity to25 member distribution coopera-tives and 16 municipal utilities.A Touchstone Energy Coopera-tive, Dairy-land’s service areaencompasses 62 counties in fourstates (Wisconsin, Minnesota,Iowa and Illinois). Dairyland’sgeneration resources include coal,natural gas, hydro, wind, biom-ass, landfill gas, animal wasteand solar. For more information,visit www.dairynet. com.

But don’t expect any other changes at Zumbrota Eye Care, LLC

Pine Island High School senior Alex Kautz gets some assistance on making his custom fishing rod frominstructor Mel Dickie (left) and his teacher Shawn Erickson on Wednesday, January 15. Kautz said eventhough he isn’t much of a fisherman he really enjoyed the class and had fun working on the project.

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By Audra DePestelPINE ISLAND – Pine Island

High School students in Mr. ShawnErickson’s outdoor and wildlifeclasses and natural resources classspent the last couple of weeksbuilding their own custom-madefishing rods under the experiencedguidance of Mel Dickie from Roch-ester.

The students were supplied witha plain rod, guides, handle, thread,epoxy, and other miscellaneoussupplies. Dickie helped them getstarted and then continued to as-sist them as needed throughoutthe project. Though Dickie do-nated his time, the students paidbetween $65 to $75 to cover thecost of materials if they wanted tokeep the fishing rod. Some of thestudents said they are keeping therods for themselves while otherssaid they are giving them away asgifts.

Dickie is well known aroundthe area when it comes to buildingcustom fishing rods. The 92-year-old has been teaching his tech-niques for more than three de-cades. It is a lifelong passion forhim and he has no plans of stop-ping anytime soon.

Dickie wasn’t sure when he first

Dickie has been crafting fishing rodswith students for over 35 years

taught a class at Pine Island School,but he recently talked to a formerPI student whom he taught backin1978. “I didn’t think it was that

long ago but it must have been,”Dickie said with a smile.

Dickie also has been teachingan open after-school custom rod

class at Pine Island School everyspring since 2009. For more in-formation contact him at 507-269-2579.

By Alicia Hunt-WelchWANAMINGO – Cherie John-

son, director of the GoodhueCounty Education District, spoketo the Kenyon-Wanamingo SchoolBoard during its work session onJanuary 13. Johnson informed theKW representatives that the GCEDBoard has voted to move forwardwith building a new special edu-cation site, and the preferred lo-cation is near Red Wing HighSchool.

The school districts of Kenyon-

GCED buildingdecision brought toKW School Board

Wanamingo, Goodhue, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, Cannon Falls and RedWing combine special educationresources to educate students withspecial needs. Currently, old build-ings in several locations are beingleased and lack of space is an is-sue. For months the districts havebeen weighing the option to ei-ther throw money into deferredmaintenance projects or into con-structing a new building and con-solidating at one site.

With the GCED making theirdecision to move forward withbuilding at one site, each consor-tium school district will need tovote as an individual board onwhether or not to support that move.At the December meeting, the KWBoard briefly discussed if com-bining with Byron for special edu-cation services was an alternativeto contributing to a GCED build-ing project. Superintendent JeffEvert said he believed space wasalso limited at Byron, so eventu-ally they may need to look at build-ing there as well.

The board work meeting agendaincluded time for discussion aboutthe building proposal. The boardwill vote on this issue at the nextregular monthly meeting on Janu-ary 27 at 7 p.m. in the elementaryschool media center in Wana-mingo.

The board also discussed the2012-13 audit report, school board

policy, program reductions, fieldtrips, and a site visit to Kasson-Mantorville Schools for emergencyprocedures and school securitysystems. No official action wastaken during the meeting.

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What part of illegal don’t you understand?To the Editor:

When the Wabasha CountyBoard passed a resolution to hireoutside legal counsel to defendthe Safe Driving Class, what werethey thinking? What part of ille-gal didn’t they understand? Notone dime of taxpayer money shouldbe spent on this fee. The countyattorney and the county sheriff putthis diversion program togetherand tried to pass it off as legal yearafter year, thinking no one wouldever take them to task. Well, some-one did and the end has come totheir program, and the taxpayershould not have to pay the legalcosts for their folly. It should notcome from the general fund, theattorney fund, or the sherifffund...no taxpayer dollars period,should be spent paying this bill.

This lawsuit did not seek mon-etary rewards and was paid for byprivate citizens. The sheriff had achance to make the program legaland avoid the lawsuit but hedidn’t. Instead they spent moneydefending a program that the state

auditor’s report said was illegal,quoting the law and statute that itwas breaking?

To spend taxpayer money de-fending a program you know isillegal is a crime itself. I believethe county attorney, county sher-

iff and the three commissionerswho agreed to hire outside coun-sel should pay this bill. What sayyou?

It’s time to clean house in 2014.Virginia Kautz

Zumbro Township

FromDevil’sKitchenBy Jan David Fisher

Bullying the bullies

Finally, after two years or moreof public and hidden debate, theMinnesota Legislature is going todraft the salient paragraphs andterms of a public school bullyingpolicy. Forget about the work that’sbeen done to update the policy tomatch stronger ones across thenation. The practitioners of retali-ation are going to tell us how notto do it. It seems that politicalretaliation is okay at the state andnational level but not in the schoolyard. I believe it is time that po-litical retaliation is outlawed at alllevels.

What is retaliation in generalterms? My Merriam-Webster’sCollegiate Dictionary EleventhEdition gives the definition: “re-

taliation ... to repay (as an injury)in kind; to return like for like; esp.to get revenge.” For bullying, itmeans the bully cannot seek re-venge against the person or per-sons who turned them in to theauthorities. While the policy isjust “words on paper,” violating itwill bring legal retribution.

Now let’s look at our great andwonderful political system; thatis, the actions of Democrats andRepublicans or any other politi-cal party that gets some power.Our current public example is ChrisChristie, governor of New Jersey,and his staff. A few of his staffconvinced the New Jersey Depart-ment of Transportation to do laneclosures on the George Washing-ton Bridge for a week to causetraffic problems in a town at oneend of it. The mayor, a Democrat,refused to endorse Christie for gov-ernor and possibly president in2016. Christie’s staff performedretaliation on the mayor.

The Democrats are more subtle.

They used the IRS to block theregistration of conservative PACs(Political Action Committees).Then the FBI “investigated” theIRS without questioning the PACs.The FBI concluded that the IRSdid not commit a foul.

Now ask yourself this question:How can a group of people whopractice retaliation daily, tell therest of us that retaliation is wrongand not to do it? When are theCongress and state legislaturesgoing to ban the use of retalia-tion? The “finger pointing” alsocovers the president and the gov-ernors, their staffs and organiza-tions, and the judges (and staffs)in the courts.

Retaliation has a long historywith some societies openly prac-ticing it and other hiding it. Feudsare the open way and many timesforced people to perform retalia-tion instead of seeking a peacefulresolution to the perceived prob-lem. We need to break the cycleof retaliation in these United Statesof America now. Until next week.

To the Editor:Assistant Wabasha County At-

torney Michael Plante recently re-sponded to my letter that exposedthe excessive wage increases paidto elected officials in WabashaCounty. Plante draws the conclu-sion that generous wages equatewith “top-flight managers.” Let’scontemplate his logic.

Plante stated, “Taxpayers shouldhave the best and brightest offi-cials running their government.”Does he really believe that wageincreases will suddenly yield su-perior public servants? Thisattorney’s logic is twisted.

For nine years Wabasha’s “best

and brightest” officials have beenoperating an illegal program. Thestate auditor, attorney general, andtwo county commissioners triedto instruct these “top-flight man-agers” to cease their illegal ruse.It took ordinary citizens (not top-flight managers) to rise up andhold our officials accountable tothe very law that Plante and hiscompensation increase-seekingcolleagues lacked the ability toproperly interpret.

How can it be that every day,underpaid taxpayers/citizens un-derstood the law and Plante didn’t?The judge’s recent ruling to shutdown the program stated, “The

statute is unambiguous.” He alsosaid the continuation of this pro-gram would represent a “contin-ued and repeated trespass on thelaws of the State of Minnesota.”If the court insists the statute isclear, why did Michael Plante re-peatedly counsel his county boardto continue this illegal program?

So the world according to Plantewould have you believe he andthe officials who willfully partici-pated in an illegal program fornine years are not incompetent,they are simply underpaid.

Beverly C. SnowZumbro Falls

Wage increases will not yieldsuperior public servants

A legal traffic diversion program is proposedFor years, Wabasha County,

through the sheriff’s office andapproval of other public officials,have been operating a traffic di-version program, the Safe Driv-ing Class, that the district courtrecently found unauthorized un-der state law. For years, despitethe state auditor’s repeated warn-ings of the diversion program’squestionable legality (and doingnothing about it) the county sher-iff continued to ignore state law.This meant that for years, thesheriff’s office has improperlycollected money from citizens forminor traffic infractions.

Before the commencement ofthe lawsuit that put a stop to thecounty’s diversion program per-manently, we tried to present a

resolution to the Wabasha CountyBoard to bring a legally sufficienttraffic offense diversion programgoverned by state law to the county.Each time, the board leadershipthwarted our efforts. Each time,the board leadership rejected ourresolution and kept it from theagenda.

We do not object to a trafficdiversion program. We objectedto law enforcement’s illegal pro-gram and their willingness to dis-obey the law they are sworn toobey. All we ask is that a diver-sion program for minor traffic of-fenses be legal. It serves the pub-lic well that law enforcement of-ficials obey the law – just as pri-vate citizens must. It’s called goodgovernment, since it is a govern-

ment by the people and for thepeople.

We respect the law. The lawcan be a sword when necessary; itcan be an olive branch as well.Our resolution, committed to thecreation of a legal diversion pro-gram is an olive branch to thosewho have broken the law, how-ever minor the traffic offense, togive the people an option otherthan expensive court proceedings.But, we must proceed as the lawinstructs us to do so. Without thelaw there is anarchy; there is nodemocracy. We must fight fordemocracy and for the rule of law.We are both committed to con-tinue that fight, like it or not.

County CommissionersDave Harms

Deb Roschen

Dispatchfromthe DenBy Michael RedmondGoodhue Superintendent

Staying informed

One of the key components indoing a good job as a school su-perintendent or school board mem-ber is staying informed and con-tinually growing knowledge on awide variety of topics which im-pact student learning and schoolsystems. On the surface this soundspretty simple. But in practice itcan be quite challenging.

I am very fortunate to work witha school board that greatly valuesstaying informed and continuallygaining knowledge. As I write this,I am at the Minneapolis Conven-tion Center attending the Minne-sota School Boards Associationannual conference. Each of myboard members planned to attendthe conference, but unfortunatelyone member had something veryimportant come up at work andhad to cancel. I write the last sen-

tence because this type of dedica-tion and commitment from an en-tire school board is the exceptionrather than the rule.

I feel very fortunate to workwith a school board that takes itsrole of representing the Goodhuecommunity and running a schooldistrict very seriously. Each mem-ber is deeply committed to doingwhat is right for our students andour school system. And each mem-ber is willing to take the time offwork and time away from familywhen needed to continue their in-dividual and team learning relatedto running a school system.

One of the best learning oppor-tunities for school board membersand superintendents is the Min-nesota School Boards Associationannual conference. This year’sconference has the theme “Vision,Mindset, Grit!” While at the con-ference the Goodhue School Boardmembers and myself are learningabout topics such as early literacypractices, preparations for the up-coming state legislative session,proposals to reform alternativefacilities/deferred maintenance/capital funding, understanding

employee contracts, MinnesotaState High School League prac-tices and policies, technology, stu-dent discipline practices, theTennessan Warning, employeemisconduct investigations, anti-bullying, college and career readi-ness, the implementation of theAffordable Care Act, the rulespertaining to booster clubs, andmany other similar topics. Thereare also many opportunities to visitinteractive displays and learningopportunities where Minnesota dis-tricts share what’s working for themin the classrooms and in their sys-tems.

There is sometimes the percep-tion that when folks attend a con-ference it’s a time of relaxationand slacking off. Well, that’s notthe case at the MSBA conferencefor the team from Goodhue. Aswe begin the final day of the con-ference, I’m mentally tired andmy brain hurts a little from tryingto digest so much information insuch a short time. I’m hoping mynote-taking has been up to par as Iknow in the weeks ahead I will berevisiting the information sharedwith me at the conference.

To the Editor:I fear you have been duped into

printing a release by the Legisla-tive Evaluation Assembly as a newsitem rather than a political adver-tisement.

This group, which deceptivelyasserts that it is a “non-profit, non-partisan organization,” in realityis just another right-wing cabal.That they saw fit to honor Rep.Drazkowski as their poster boy of2013 simply means that he is moreradically to the right of the otherRepublican legislators they “hon-

Drazkowski was honoredby right-wing cabal

ored” and, by implication, the coreof the Minnesota Republican Party,which seems to be turning awayfrom The Tea Party type extrem-ists.

I note that the Post-Bulletin andthe Star Tribune editors weren’tas gullible and suggest that in thefuture you charge this group’s re-leases at your political advertise-ment rate, and clearly identify itas such. It’s more ethical too.

David A. RockneZumbrota

OutdoorRamblings

By MelissaGerken

Coping with winter

I heard it on January 12. As Iwas methodically going about mybusiness outside, doing chores,something familiar foggily regis-tered in the back recesses of mybrain. Stopping to take note, I lis-tened intently. There it was again!“Fee-bee…Fee-bee,” the firstspring song of our tiny avian friend,the black-capped chickadee. Al-ways highly anticipated, this simplelittle melody is a reminder that thedays are once again lengtheningand spring is right around the cor-ner. Since December 21, the short-est day of the year, we have gaineda whole 40 minutes of daylight,

frosty though it is. Yes!However, despite the chicka-

dee’s hopeful announcement, weare obviously still very much inthe depth of winter’s grasp. Wildcritters, each in their own ways,are coping amazingly well. Song-birds, for instance, in an effort tostoke their furnaces, have beenhitting the bird feeders prettyheavily. Blue jays have even foundthe dog food, and are snacking onthat between canine visits. Lasttime I discussed how certain mam-mals use hibernation to deal withwinter, but what about the so-calledcold blooded animals? Where arethey now?

Many years ago, Pat dug a pondnear our house with the goal ofattracting wildlife. Well, it worked.The pond has become a hotbed ofaquatic life. Starting in April andlasting until July, the pond resoundswith the calls of at least five dif-ferent species of frogs and toads.As water temperatures slide downin the fall, they decide (to heckwith this!) it’s time to get readyfor winter. Unfortunately, hoppingto a Florida marsh for the winteris not an option.

Species such as leopard andchorus frogs that spend most ofthe warm months in the water, sinkto the pond bottom. Here they“sleep” ( joined by their relatives,the salamanders), tucked a bit intothe mud, their metabolism slow-ing waaay down. Luckily, theirdelicate skin absorbs just enoughoxygen from the frigid water tokeep them alive. Sound like fun?Makes the polar plunge sound likea piece of cake!

However, it’s the woodland spe-cies, such as wood frogs and springpeepers, that take first prize fortheir hibernation skills. Spending

most of the summer in the moistleaf litter of the woods, these spe-cies remain there all winter, skip-ping the winter pond situation al-together. Basically, as soon as thefirst snow flies and touches theirskin, it sets off a chain reaction.Blood sugar levels go sky high,creating a natural antifreeze ef-fect. Ice crystals are prevented fromforming inside the cells, keepingthe frog safe from harm. Most or-gan function comes to a completeand utter halt. For months the frogdoes not breathe, nor does the heartbeat…at all. It sits under the snowin a sort of miraculous suspendedanimation until spring. If you wereto dig under the snow and findone now, it would appear to bedead. A frozen frogsicle, the typeof treat only a raccoon could onlydream about (I’ll stick to my choco-late peanut butter ice cream, thankyou very much!).

Once the snow melts and soilswarm up enough, something hap-pens to that little hockey puck of afrog. Scientists aren’t sure how,but the creature mysteriouslycomes “back to life,” and beginsto thaw from the inside out. In anamazing process that can last aboutten hours, organ function slooowlyresumes, one breath and heart beatat a time.

Once again, nature sure puts usto shame! Scientists have beenworking on cryogenics for years,but just can‘t figure it out. It’shighly unlikely that Ted Williams,the famous Boston Red Sox playerwho was cryonically frozen in2002, will ever be as fortunate asa lowly wood frog. Until next time,keep listening for the chickadee’ssweet spring song, but don’t startputting the boots away just yet!

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Wanamingo

Stephanie Kish is hired aspool manager in WanamingoBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

WANAMINGO – Pool managerBrandi Kyllo submitted her resig-nation to the Wanamingo CityCouncil in December, citing per-sonal reasons for her decision. Atthe January 13 meeting, the coun-cil accepted her resignation. Thecity personnel committee ap-proached assistant pool managerStephanie Kish about the positionand an interview was conducted.Kish has worked at the Wanamingopool for five years. Finding herqualified for the position, a mo-tion was made by Danny Benson,seconded by Jennifer Berquam tooffer Kish the position of part-time pool manager at a rate of$10.25 per hour. The motion car-ried 5-0.Liquor license for JB’s Tavern

Licenses for the sale of ciga-rettes, on-sale intoxicating liquor,and Sunday on-sale liquor wasapproved for JB’s Tavern. Theaction nullified the licenses pre-viously approved for Merlin Ringof Ringo’s Bar. Ringo’s held theirlast night of business on the week-end of January 11. JB’s Tavernoperator Barney Nesseth will beleasing the building. The businessis closed while the interior is be-ing remodeled. JB’s Tavern isexpected to open for business be-fore the end of the month.Public Works report

Public Works Director SteveHaggstrom gave a summary of ac-tivities from the last month. Heand co-worker Monty Schaeferspent many days working on theice rink. They began looking atpaint sprayers and prices for paintin preparation for street painting

this year. A refurbished batterywas obtained for the grader at adiscounted price. Benches and trashcans were taken from Main Streetand stored for the winter. A toiletwas replaced at the Medical Fa-cility building, and the staff willcheck to be sure the height meetscode. Salt was sprayed on the streetsbut is ineffective in extreme coldweather. The Christmas decora-tions and lights were taken down.A well house was leaking water,so the city engineer will be deter-mining parts needed for repair andinsurance representatives will becoming at assess the damage. Itwas suggested that when the citycompletes work on the water towerthat they also insulate the walls ofthe well house better and create achemical storage area in the build-ing.Other business

The reappointment of MayorHolmes, Benson, Brian Johnson,and Josh Sandberg to theWanamingo Economic Develop-ment Authority Board was ap-proved.

Following a public hearing withno comment, the fees charged bythe city for services in 2014 wereapproved.

A public hearing will be heldon February 10 at 7 p.m. regard-ing the 2014 City of WanamingoSmall Cities Development Pro-gram Application. The Southeast-ern Minnesota Multi-County Hous-ing and Redevelopment Author-ity conducted a survey for hous-ing rehabilitation needs in the com-munity. The public hearing regardsfunding being made available forhousing improvement projects.

At the February meeting thecouncil will vote on action to pro-ceed with the water tower paint-ing and updates project. If ap-proved, bids for work would beaccepted in March and construc-tion could begin in April or May,with a project completion date inAugust.

A temporary liquor license wasapproved for the WanamingoFirefighters Relief Association fortheir annual fundraising snowmo-bile show on March 1.

Wanamingo City Councilsets yearly appointmentsBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

WANAMINGO – Mayor RyanHolmes opened the first Wana-mingo City Council meeting ofthe year on January 13 by thank-ing his fellow councilors DannyBenson, Jennifer Berquam, JamieMajerus, and Larry VanDeWalkerfor making 2013 a productive year.Holmes thanked them for theirwillingness to serve and make thehard decisions. He also thankedCity Administrator Michael Boul-ton for helping to bring the cityinto financial stability. Holmesextended his thanks to the publicfor their support and for allowingthe council to make the tough de-cisions for the betterment of thecommunity. Looking toward theyear ahead, Holmes said, “I’mexcited, and I hope everyone isexcited for 2014.”2014 appointments

Legal designations and appoint-ments for 2014 were approved asfollows.

Acting Mayor: BensonAuthorized Check Signers:

Boulton, Ryan Holmes, Bensonand VanDeWalker.

Official Depository: SecurityState Band of Wanamingo; Stifel,Nicolaus, & Company

Official Newspaper: News-Record

Audit Committee: Boulton,Berquam, and Majerus.

Financial consultants: NorthlandSecurities – George Eilertson; StifelNicolaus - Rahn Lund

Bond Council: Kennedy &Graven

City and EDA Attorney: RogerPetersen

Criminal Attorney: HJJ LawFirm – Steven Jorstad and DavidJacobson

Emergency Management: FireChief (Scott Goodman)

Civil Defense Director: GreggErickson

Ambulance Board: BoultonEngineers: WHKS – Brandon

TheobaldWater and Sewer: Steve

Haggstrom/Monty SchaeferPersonnel Committee: Benson,

VanDeWalker, and BoultonSafety Committee: Boulton,

Haggstrom, Schaefer, andVanDeWalker

Enforcement Officers – Holmesand Boulton

Weed Control/Inspection:Benson, assisted by Schaefer

Police Work Group: Holmes,Berquam, Boulton, Goodman,Marlene Malerich, and ChuckFredrickson

EDA Director: BoultonEDA Board Members: Holmes,

Benson, Brian Johnson, JimKittelson, Brian Gudknecht, JoshSchaefer, and Josh Sandberg.Meeting dates

Council meetings for 2014 willbe held on February 10, March10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July14, August 11, September 8, Oc-tober 6, November 17, and De-cember 8. Meetings will begin at7 p.m. in the council chambers.On July 28 a special budget plan-ning meeting will be held. Anychanges to these dates and timeswill be posted in the News-Recordprior to the meeting.

KWES Accelerated Readers rewarded

KW Elementary School student accepting free book awards for their participation in the Accelerated Readerprogram at the January 15 recognition ceremony are, from left to right, front row: Brody Parks, Lily Woods,Bailey Leininger, Connor McGowan, Soren Kyllo, Madrox Wagner, Zach Mason, and Kobe Glende; back row:Sydney Belcher, Ashley Rechtzigel, Sophia Poquette, Tate Miller, Aidan Lindell, Mason Mensing, and JaedaButterfield. Not pictured: John Smith.

By Alicia Hunt-WelchWANAMINGO – On January

15, awards were presented toKenyon-Wanamingo ElementarySchool students who are partici-pating in the Accelerated Readerprogram. Upon successful comple-tion of a book, students take a com-puterized test on its content. Thosewho pass the test get credit for thenumber of words in the book. Rec-ognition is given at various levelsin the program. Awards were given

for word levels attained as of theend of December.

50,000 words – Trent Foss,Zachary Mason, Mason Mensing,Madison Stenbakken, and LilyWood.

100,000 words – Louis Briem-hurst, Sophia Culuris, Josie Flom,Tate Miller, Brody Parks, JosiQuam, Ben Short, and MadroxWagner.

250,000 words – Sophia Po-quette, Ashley Rechtzigel, and JohnSmith.

400,000 words – Bailey Lein-inger

500,000 words – Hannon Pe-ters

Free book certificates were pre-sented to Sydney Belcher, AidanLindell, Jaeda Butterfield, ConnorMcGowan, Soren Kyllo, KobeGlende, Rechtzigel, Poquette,Miller, Mensing, Parks, Woods,Leininger, Wagner, Mason, andSmith. Rechtzigel also received afree Dairy Queen treat award.

By Alicia Hunt-WelchWANAMINGO – At the an-

nual organizational meeting of theKenyon-Wanamingo SchoolBoard on January 13 the floorwas opened to the nomination ofofficers. Lisa Johnson nominatedDoug Kyllo for school board chair.No other nominations were voiced.The nomination carried 7-0, andKyllo accepted the role as boardchair for the third year in a row.

Also re-elected unanimouslywere Marilyn Syverson as vicechair, Debb Paquin as clerk, andKarla Bauer as treasurer. This willbe the third year each of the boardmembers has held these respec-tive positions. Salaries for boardmembers will continue at $1,000per year. Additional compensa-tion is given to officers: $300 forboard chair, $200 for clerk, $150for treasurer, and $150 for vice-chair.Official designations

Depository – The district has acontract with Security State Bankof Wanamingo until 2015.

Newspaper – The legal news-paper must have an office in thedistrict boundaries; therefore, amotion to designate the KenyonLeader carried.

Legal counsel – The districtvoted to continue with Ratwick,Roszak & Maloney of Minneapo-lis.

The regular board meetings willbe held the fourth Monday of eachmonth at 7 p.m. with odd-num-

bered months in Wanamingo andeven-numbered months in Kenyon.In addition, the board establishedbi-monthly work sessions to beheld on the second Monday. Thesemeetings will begin January 13 at6 p.m. and thereafter will be heldon odd-numbered months with thelocation to be determined at a laterdate. No legal action or voting willtake place at the working meet-ings.New District Advisory Committee

Superintendent Jeff Evert rec-ommended the board establish aDistrict Advisory Committee, assuggested by “World’s BestWorkforce” legislation. Eachschool site will have their ownadvisory committee and eachwould meet four times a year.

The Curriculum and Staff De-velopment committees will berolled into the new Advisory Com-mittee. The committee will makerecommendations to the schoolboard pertaining to curriculum,staff development, academic stan-dards, and program evaluations.They will also accept recommen-dations from the school board re-garding education, site targets,student achievement and budget-related issues.

The Advisory Committee willconsist of the superintendent, twoschool board members, a staffmember, an elementary teacher,and secondary teacher, a student,six parents and the principals.Parents interested in serving onthe Advisory Committee shouldcontact a school administrator.

Board committee appointmentsare as follows:

Administrative Committee –Bauer, Syverson, Johnson

Building and Grounds – Paquin,Dotson

Certified/Non-Certified Nego-tiations – Kyllo, Bauer, Wrolstad

Community Education –Wrolstad

Goodhue County Education

District – WrolstadKW Education Foundation –

PaquinFinance – Syverson, Johnson,

DotsonPublic Relations – Paquin,

WrolstadSchool Policy – Bauer, JohnsonWasioja Education Technology

Cooperative – Syverson, Dotson.Technology – BauerThe Ag Advisory Council, Food

Service, Minnesota State HighSchool League, Coaching Evalu-ations, Transportation, andWellness committees will be as-signed representatives as neededwhen business arises.

The next regular KW SchoolBoard meeting will be held Mon-day, January 27 at 7 p.m. in theelementary school media centerin Wanamingo.

Doug Kyllo is elected chair of KWSchool Board for third straight year

Wanamingo refinancesbonds at lower ratesBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

WANAMINGO – Three largeproject general obligation refund-ing bonds had reached a date mak-ing them eligible for refinancing.The Wanamingo City Council tookadvantage of this opportunity byapproving the sale of $1,085,000and obtaining an average interestrate of about 2.54%.

Financial advisor GeorgeEilertson of Northland Securitiesattended the January 13 councilmeeting to inform the council thatthe sale of the bonds was placedin the market that day. As a resultof the lower interest rate, the cityis expected to see an overall sav-ings of $925,745 over the life ofthe borrowing terms. The paybackdates for those bonds will remainthe same.

Eilertson said that by refinanc-ing the bonds, the city cut theirinterest rate by about 40%. In im-

proving the city’s financial sta-bility over the last few years, thecity was issued a better bond rat-ing and was able to benefit fromthe lower interest rateCity debt report

CityAdministrator MichaelBoulton presented a report out-lining the city’s remaining debt.As of December 31, 2013 the cityowed $5,214,414 on general obli-gation, tax increment, revenue, andother various borrowing bonds.In total $1,333,900 was paid to-ward bond balances. The debt bal-ance for the Wanamingo EconomicDevelopment Authority totaled$839,000 at the end of 2013.

Boulton said the city has workeddiligently in recent years to im-prove their fiscal condition.Eilertson agreed, saying Wana-mingo’s financial situation hasindeed improved.

Area Sports

By Faye HaugenKASSON – The Dodge County

girls hockey team upped theirrecord to 17-5 with a 4-1 win overHoly Family Catholic on Satur-day in Kasson. The Wildcats willclose out their regular season sched-ule when they play at Buffalo onSaturday February 1. Section 1AAplayoffs begin on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 5.

The Wildcats jumped out to a4-0 lead before the Fire scored.Dana Rasmussen gave DC a 1-0lead in the opening period off as-

DC girls up record to 17-5sists by Jacie Hoehn and EmilyGunderson. Rasmussen and Hoehnalong with Barret Boyer comninedto give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead.Rasmussen earned the hat trickon a short-handed goal for a 3-0lead. Darby Dodds made it 4-0with a shorthanded goal at the endof the second period. Holy Fam-ily Catholic scored their only goalat the end of the period.

Gabby Suhr had 11 saves in goal.Dodge County put 41 shots ongoal.Dodge County 4

Holy Family Catholic 1First Period

DC: Power play goal by Dana Rasmussen;assists by Jacie Hoehn and EmilyGunderson

Second PeriodDC: Goal by Dana Rasmussen; assists byJacie Hoehn and Barret BoyerDC: Shorthanded goal by Dana RasmussenDC: Shorthanded goal by Darby DoddsHFC: Power play goal by Abby Hansom

Third Period1:40 -DC: Goal by Darby Dodds; assist byMolly SheltonDC shots on goal: 41Saves: Gabby Suhr, 11

Player G Pts AvgByron

Vanessa Anderson 12 183 15.3Cannon Falls

Courtney Woodcock 11 100 9.1Goodhue

Mikayla Miller 7 188 26.9Shelby Hinsch 7 68 9.7Kali Ryan 7 67 9.6Michelle Hadler 7 48 6.9

HayfieldDani Wagner 12 208 17.3Jessie Foster 13 162 12.5Johanna Bungum 13 160 12.3Bhrett Zahnle 13 156 12.0

Kasson-MantorvilleCori Kennedy 14 224 16.0

HVL GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERSKristin Scott 14 189 13.5Taylor Miller 14 152 10.8Taylor Wiebke 14 141 10.0

Kenyon-WanamingoSiri Sviggum 9 184 20.4Audra Clark 9 123 13.7Megan Quam 9 95 10.6Meg Clark 9 71 7.9Brittney Flom 8 63 7.9

LaCrescentKatie Weller 10 173 17.3Jen Michalke 10 133 13.3

Lake CityMadi Green 11 154 14.0Breanna Gates 10 131 13.1

LourdesKatie Helt 11 159 14.5

Megan Hobday 11 112 10.2Pine Island

Nikki Fokken 10 181 18.1Sam Heeren 11 170 15.4Noelle Langworthy 11 83 7.5Summer Cavallaro 11 56 5.5

StewartvilleHunter Miller 11 116 9.6

TritonEmily Hodgman 11 99 9.0

Zumbrota-MazeppaCarley Henning 10 104 10.4Hailey Dykes 10 87 8.7Kalli Paukert 10 75 7.5Taylor Mort 10 75 7.5Alyssa Quam 10 65 6.5Molly Lawler 9 38 4.2

ByronBuster Meyer 13 247 19.0

Cannon FallsBrock Peterson 14 206 14.7Alex Bultena 14 174 12.4

GoodhueTyler Schumacher 14 166 11.9Riley Bollum 14 155 11.1Riley Augustine 13 129 9.9Alex Thomforde 14 67 4.8Jacob Pasch 14 55 3.9

HayfieldCole Kruger 13 225 17.3Jeremy Stuart 13 151 11.6

HVL BOYS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERSPlayer G Pts Avg Kasson-Mantorville

Braxton Raymond 12 187 15.6Brandon Scott 13 181 13.9Alex Pena 13 139 10.7Chad Aaker 13 132 10.2

LaCrescentZach Melbostad 13 279 21.5Joe Sandvik 13 155 11.9Nate Peterson 13 1412 10.9

Lake CityBradley Kuchinka 3 60 20.0Reid Lundell 12 203 16.9Jesse Oliver 13 145 11.2

LourdesJacob Schaefer 13 321 22.9

Nick Hanson 14 172 12.2Pine Island

Ben Warneke 12 190 15.8Luke Thornton 12 146 12.2Brock Finstuen 11 122 11.1Jared Lohmeyer 12 63 5.3Matt Kukson 10 50 5.0

StewartvilleAaron Quandt 16 351 21.9Evan Schlee 16 166 10.4

Zumbrota-MazeppaEllis Hirman 13 191 14.7Jacob Ugland 13 179 13.8Kurt Gadient 13 115 8.8Jacob Tschann 13 49 3.8Jacob Forrey 13 44 3.4

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Allen advanced to the nationalcompetition after winning the Ex-cellence in Agriculture Contest atthe MFBF YF&R Competitionheld in November. The contest isdesigned as an opportunity foryoung farmers and ranchers, whomay not derive 100 percent of theirincome from farming, to earn rec-ognition while actively contrib-uting to the agriculture industryand building their leadership skills.Participants were judged on theirinvolvement in agriculture, lead-

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Girls Basketball

ZM tries to snap six game losing skid

By Faye HaugenKENYON – The Kenyon-

Wanamingo girls basketball teamrolled over Cannon Falls in Kenyonon Tuesday evening. The Knightscrushed the Bombers 80-32 tomove their record to 12-1 overall.

The second-ranked Knightsrushed to a 52-24 lead at the half,and they came back from the breakto play even better defense, limit-ing the Bombers to just eight pointsover the last 18 minutes.

Brittney Flom led KW in scor-

KW cruises to a big win at CFing with 21 points. Siri Sviggumadded 15 and Megan Quam 11.Coach Brent Lurken was able toget all of his players court timewith nine of the 11 players scor-ing in the win.

Two of the top teams in the HVLBlue Division will tangle in Kenyonon Friday when Goodhue comesto town. KW has an 8-0 HVLrecord with Goodhue at 7-2. Thegame will tip off at 6 p.m. with thegirls game. the KW-Goodhue boysgame will follow at about 7:30

p.m. Kenyon-Wanamingo willtravel to Dodge Center to faceTriton on Tuesday.Kenyon-Wanamingo 80Cannon Falls 32KW - Mara Quam 7, Meg Clark 8, Audra Clark6, Siri Sviggum 15, Brittney Flom 21, MeganQuam 11, Savannah Bleess 4, Emily Ashland6, Kailee Berquam 2

Scoring by halvesCannon Falls 24 8 = 32Kenyon-Wanamingo 52 28 = 80Free throws: KW - 13 of 27 for 76%; CF - 8 of13 for 62%; Three-pointers: KW - MaraQuam (1), Brittney Flom (4); CF - 2

By Faye HaugenZUMBROTA – The Zumbrota-

Mazeppa girls basketball team sawtheir losing streak reach six gameswhen they fell 47-46 to Lake Cityin Mazeppa, Friday.

“Overall, we shot pretty wellfrom the floor, (20 of 48), but shotvery poorly from the free throwline (3 of 14). This resulted in an-other close loss,” lamented CoachScott Paukert. “We need to find away to finish out close games.”

ZM trailed 22-21 at the half and

they didn’t gain any ground onthe Tigers in the second half, los-ing by a point.

Carley Henning had a great gamewith 19 points and a career high14 rebounds. “Carley played verywell. She hit some mid-range shotsand was very active with a careerhigh 14 rebounds,” praised CoachPaukert.

ZM will try to start a winningstreak when they host St. Charlesin non-conference action on Thurs-day. The Cougars will play at home

on Friday against Cannon Fallsand they will play at Chatfield,Monday.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 46Lake City 47ZM - Kalli Paukert 10, Carley Henning 19,Molly Lawler 3, Hailey Dykes 12, Taylor Mort 2

Scoring by halvesLake City 22 25 = 47Zumbrota-Mazeppa 21 25 = 46Free throws: ZM - 3 of 14 for 21%; LC - 11 of19 for 58%; Field goals: ZM - 20 of 48 for41%; LC - 17 of 47 for 36%; Rebounds: ZM - 30(Carley Henning 14); LC - 26; Turnovers: ZM- 13; LC - 14; Three-pointers: ZM - KalliPaukert (2) Molly Lawler (1); LC - 2

By Faye HaugenGOODHUE – In a rare Satur-

day afternoon game, Goodhueturned a close game into a big winover Pine Island in a rescheduledgame from Tuesday.

The first half was very closewith the game tied many times.Shelby Hinsch hit one of two freethrows just before the break for a27-26 Goodhue lead.

Sam Heeren came back fromthe locker room to sink a three togive Pine Island the lead. A pairof Michelle Hadler free throwsbroke a 31-31 tie, and from therethe Wildcats took over, outscoringthe Panthers 20-2. A pair of Kal-ley Berg free throws were all theoffense that Pine Island could mus-ter for nearly 10 minutes of play.A Heeren three with 6:23 to playmade the score 49-36. Goodhuewas content to use the clock astheir defense on their way to a 55-41 win.

Mikayla Miller led the way forGoodhue with 29 points. ShelbyHinsch added 14. Sam Heerennetted 20 points for Pine Islandwith Niki Fokken adding 11.Goodhue 55 - Pine Island 41G - Mikayla Miller 29, Kali Ryan 2, MichelleHadler 5, Shelby Hinsch 14, Meredith Watson3, Rachel Watson 2PI - Noelle Langworthy 2, Kaitlyn Champa 2,Niki Fokken 11, Sam Heeren 20, Summer

Goodhue gets a convincing win over PI

Cavallaro 2, Kalley Berg 4Scoring by halves

Pine Island 26 15 = 41Goodhue 27 28 = 55

Free throws: G - 21 of 29 for 72%; PI - 9 of 11for 82% Field-goals: G - 17 of 43 for 39%;Rebounds: G - 24; Turnovers: G - 9; Three-pointers: G - 0; PI - Sam Heeren (4)

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenPine Island’s Summer Cavallaro give chase after Goodhue’s Shelby Hinsch makes a steal in Saturday’s gamein Goodhue.

Goodhue’s Megan Ryan and Kali Ryan trap Pine Island’s Kaitlyn Champaduring Saturday’s game in Goodhue.

News-Record photo by Faye HaugenPine Island’s Noelle Langworthy uses a little muscle to try to prevent Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s Kalli Paukert fromgetting the ball down the court in Tuesday’s game in Pine Island.

Pine Island holds off Zumbrota-Mazeppa

Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s Tayler Mort gets a shot off as Pine Island’s NikiFokken closes in for the block in Tuesday’s game in Pine Island.

By Faye HaugenPINE ISLAND – By hitting their

free throws down the stretch, PineIsland held off Zumbrota-Mazeppain HVL girls basketball play inPine Island, Tuesday, 44-40.

The Panthers held a slim 21-20lead at the half, but poor shootingby the Cougars in the second halfallowed the Panthers to build ontheir lead.

“We played pretty well, but ourpoor shooting in the second half(7 of 34) did us in,” said ZM CoachScott Paukert. “Pine Island hitenough free throws for the win.”

The Cougars did a good job ofholding leading Panther scorer NikiFokken to just 6 points, 12 underher average. But Noelle Langwor-thy pumped in 11 points and SamHeeren led the Panthers with 14.Carley Henning netted 14 pointsto lead ZM, with Kalli Paukertadding 11.Pine Island 44Zumbrota-Mazeppa 40PI - Noelle Langworthy 11, Niki Fokken 6, SamHeeren 14, Summer Cavallaro 4, Kalley Berg9ZM - Kalli Paukert 11, Alyssa Quam 3, CarleyHenning 14, Molly Lawler 2, Hailey Dykes 3,Tayler Mort 7

Scoring by halvesZumbrota-Mazeppa 20 20 = 40

Pine Island 21 23 = 44Free throws: PI - 10 of 19 for 52% ZM - 5 of10 for 50% ; Field-goals: PI - 15 of 40 for 37%ZM - 10 of 43 for 23%; Rebounds: PI - 25; ZM

- 17; Turnovers: PI - 3; ZM -11; Three-pointers: PI - Noelle Langworthy (3), SamHeeren (1); ZM - Kalli Paukert (2), AlyssaQuam (1), Tayler Mort (2)

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenKenyon-Wanamingo’s Siri Sviggum blocks the way out for Pine Island’s Kalley Berg after Berg makes arebound in Friday’s game in Pine Island.

By Faye HaugenGOODHUE – One of the top

teams in the HVL Blue Divisionsquared off against one of the bot-tom teams and the result was a 75-30 win for Goodhue over CannonFalls in Goodhue, Friday.

The Wildcats had little troublewith the Bombers, roaring to a43-13 lead by the half. Coach JoshWieme was able to use numerousplayers in different combinations.

Mikayla Miller netted a game-high 21 points followed by Shelby

Goodhue has a big first half against CFHinsch with 17 and Sydney Lo-dermeier came off the bench topump in 10 points.

Goodhue will get a big test onFriday when they take on second-ranked Class AA Kenyon-Wana-mingo. The Wildcats, ranked fourthin Class A, are one game back ofthe Knights in the HVL Blue Di-vision standings. Friday’s gameis part of the girl-boy doubleheader.The Goodhue and Kenyon-Wana-mingo girls will take the court at 6p.m. with the boys varsity game

By Faye HaugenPINE ISLAND – Both Pine Is-

land and Kenyon-Wanamingoplayed a great first half of basket-ball on Tuesday in Pine Island.The game was close with the scoreknotted 26-26 late in the first half.But KW was able to score fiveunanswered points to take a 31-26 lead into the locker room. Itwas a glimpse of what was to come.

The five-point lead turned intoa 22-point lead for the Knightswhen they held the Panthers tojust a three at the opening of thesecond half of play. Pine Islandhad some great looks at the bas-ket, but they could not get theirshots to fall, trailing 51-29 with9:52 to play.

With the big lead, Kenyon-Wanamingo settled in and playeda much slower game. With 3:14to play, the game was stopped andthe Knights’ Siri Sviggum washonored for scoring her 1,000thvarsity career point.

The Panther offense did pick

Second half play lifts KW over PIup in the last half of the secondhalf, but they were unable to makea long run at the Knights, falling57-43.

Sviggum led KW with 26 points,with Brittney Flom adding 14. Flomhit three of her four three-pointersat the start of the second half tospur the Knights on their scoringrun. In all, KW hit 11 threes in thegame

Niki Fokken pumped in 16 pointsto pace Pine Island. Sam Heerenadded 10.Kenyon-Wanamingo 57Pine Island 43KW - Mara Quam 9, Audra Clark 4, Siri Sviggum26, Brittney Flom 14, Megan Quam 4PI - Noelle Langworthy 3, Emilee Fredrickson4, Niki Fokken 16, Sam Heeren 10, SummerCavallaro 3, Kalley Berg 4

Scoring by halvesKenyon-Wanamingo 31 26 = 57Pine Island 26 17 = 43Free throws: KW - 8 of 9 for 89%; PI - 7 of 17for 41%; Field-goals: PI - 16 of 42 for 38%;Rebounds: PI - 17; Turnovers: PI - 5;Three-pointers: KW - Mara Quam (2), BrittneyFlom (4), Siri Sviggum (5); PI - Sam Heeren(1), Noelle Langworthy (1), Amanda Troester(1)

to follow. Goodhue will host LakeCity on Tuesday.Goodhue 75 - Cannon Falls 30G - Mikayla Miller 21, Kali Ryan 6, MichelleHadler 2, Shelby Hinsch 17, Meredith Watson4, Rachel Watson 7, Megan Ryan 7, SydneyLodermeier 10

Scoring by halvesCannon Falls 14 16 = 30Goodhue 43 32 = 75Free throws: G - 14 of 21 for 56%; Field-goals: G - 27 of 61 for 44%; Rebounds: G -32; Turnovers: G - 14; Three-pointers: G- Megan Ryan (1), Michele Hadler (1), MikaylaMiller (3), Kalli Ryan (1), Sydney Lodermeier(1)

STANDINGSHVL Girls Basketball

Conf OverBlue Division W L W LKenyon-Wanamingo 8 0 12 1Goodhue 6 2 12 3Pine Island 5 4 9 6Lake City 3 4 7 5Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2 6 3 8Cannon Falls 0 6 3 9Triton 0 8 2 11Gold Division Conf OverKasson-Mantorville 7 1 12 3Hayfield 7 2 12 3Lourdes 5 3 8 5LaCrescent 4 3 7 5Byron 3 5 4 8Stewartville 1 7 1 11

Goodhue-KW double-header set for Friday

KENYON – Kenyon-Wana-mingo will host Goodhue for agirl-boy doubleheader basketballgame on Friday. The girls willlplay at 6 p.m. and the boys at 7:30p.m.

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Wrestling

By Faye HaugenZUMBROTA – Despite snowy

weather conditions the sixth an-nual Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestlinginvitational was held on Saturdaywith the home team taking the title.The Cougars defeated three Sec-tion One teams, downing Wabasha-Kellogg, Stewartville and Dover-Eyota.

The Cougars will wrestle atGoodhue on Thursday and willhost Lake City in Mazeppa onTuesday.Wabasha-Kellogg

The Cougars used four forfeitsto Maverick Jackson, Joey Ma-jerus, Freedom Hunt and DillonDownes, and five falls from Hay-den Stensland, Jacob Bennett, CodyHeitman, Hunter Prodzinski andSeth Tupper to roll to a 54-23 winover Wabasha-Kellogg in the open-ing round of the dual meet tourna-ment.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 54Wabasha-Kellogg 23106 - Hayden Stensland pinned Jamie Hewitt,24 seconds; 113 - Luke Tupper lost 15-2 toTagen Miller; 120 - Maverick Jackson won byforfeit; 126 - Joey Majerus won by forfeit; 132- Jacob Bennett pinned Bradley Schmalzriedt,3:58; 138 -Freedom Hunt won by forfeit; 145

ZM wins home invitational title- Cody Heitman pinned Ryan Lager, 3:26; 152- Devin Manzy lost 13-0 to Bryton Miller; 160- Dillon Downes won by forfeit 170 - NoahProdzinski lost 5-0 to Paul Novak; 182 - HunterProdzinski pinned Dalon Miller, 26 seconds;195 - Seth Tupper pinned Ben Tintis, 1:13;220 - Caleb Arendt was pinned by Eric Norgrant,1:54; 285 - Shane Bode was pinned by MikeSchivley, 5:11Stewartville

The Cougars topped fellowHVL member Stewartville 40-23in the semifinals. Joey Majerusand Freedom Hunt both won byfalls., Seth Tupper and Shane Bodewon by forfeit. Decision winnerswere Cody Heitman, Devin Manzy,Dillon Downes, Caleb Arendt andHunter Prodzinski.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 40 - Stewartville 23106 - Hayden Stensland lost 6-1 to JoeyThompson; 113 - Luke Tupper lost by technicalfall to Tanner Prochaska, 18-1; 120 - JoeyMajerus pinned Ryan Clark, 2:41; 126 - MaverickJackson was pinned by Alex Higgins, 3:55;132 - Jacob Bennett lost 6-1 to Bailey Herman;138 - Freedom Hunt pinned Brady Keefe,3:45; 145 -Cody Heitman won 9-5 over BrandonSweet; 152 - Devin Manzy won 8-0 over TravisCapelle; 160 - Dillon Downes won 4-1 overAaron Clark; 170 - Noah Prodzinski was pinnedby Shane Curtis, 2:43; 182 - Hunter Prodzinskiwon 8-7 over Jamie Gehling; 195 - CalebArendt won 2-0 over Troy Bailey; 220 - SethTupper won by forfeit; 285 - Shane Bode wonby forfeit

Dover-EyotaFor the second time this sea-

son, the Cougars defeated Dover-Eyota. ZM sent the Eagles pack-ing after a 41-25 win in the cham-pionship. The Cougars defeatedDE 45-27 on December 10. It ispossible these two teams couldtangle again in the Section 1A tour-nament in February.

Falls were posted by Joey Ma-jerus, Dillon Downes and SethTupper. Hayden Stensland wonby forfeit. Decision winners wereFreedom Hunt, Cody Heitman,Devin Manzy, Noah Prodzinskiand Hunter Prodzinski.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 41 - Dover-Eyota 25106 - Hayden Stensland won by forfeit; 113 -Luke Tupper was pinned by Michael Nelson,2:37; 120 - Joey Majerus pinned MarcusOtomo, 4:49; 126 - Maverick Jackson waspinned by Dakota Welsh, 3:15; 132 - JacobBennett was pinned by Ryan Keach, 5:41;138 - Freedom Hunt won 6-2 over Ben Boynton;145 -Cody Heitman won 5-2 over MichaelOtomo; 152 - Devin Manzy won 7-5 overKeaton Schafer; 160 - Noah Prodzinski won14-2 over Alex Olson; 170 - Dillon Downespinned Reid Seelhammer, 4:26; 182 - HunterProdzinski won 19-8 over Cord Andring; 195- Seth Tupper pinned Nick Richards, 21 seconds;220 - Caleb Arendt lost 7-6 to Noah Teed;285 - Shane Bode lost 12-3 to Tanner Welsh

Goodhue wins consolation title at RogersBy Faye Haugen

GOODHUE – Blowing snowforced the cancellation of a doubledual wrestling meet at Goodhueon Thursday against Pine Islandand Triton. That match will nowbe held Thursday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m.

The Wildcats did get to wrestlethis week when they took part inthe Rogers Royal Rumble, plac-ing fifth out of eight teams.Blaine

The Wildcats got hammered intheir opening dual against Blaine,falling 60-6. Matthew Lexvold’sfall at 132 pounds was Goodhue’sonly win in the match.Goodhue 6 - Blaine 60106 - John Altendorf lost 7-6 to Michael Bourgeois;113 - Kaleb O’Reilly lost 12-5 to Carter Newman;120 - Joel Gadient was pinned by Malik Stewart,4:29; 126 - Bailee O’Reilly lost 4-1 to JoeCarlson; 132 - Matthew Lexvold pinned MiltonTotimeh, 1:20; 138 - Mason Huemann lost 4-3 to Sam Peterson; 145 - Logan Breuer waspinned by Jameson Allen, 2:54; 152 - RileyHuemann lost 7-5 to Craig Bolster; 160 -Casey Deneen lost 6-0 to Justin Woods; 170- Matthew Deneen was pinned by Jimmy Kittleson,2:22; 182 - Charles Dahling was pinned byJimmy Wallraff, 3:47; 195 - Goodhue forfeitedto Glenn Meyers; 220 - Ben Ramboldt was

pinned by Caleb Butler, 39 seconds; 285 -Goodhue forfeited to Ahmed HassesOnamia/Mille Lacs

Dropped into the consolationbracket, Goodhue posted a 53-15win over Onamia/Mille Lacs.Winning with a pin were KalebO’Reilly, Joel Gadient, LoganBreuer, Riley Huemann and BenRamboldt. Matthew Lexvold andCharles Dahling won by forfeit,Bailee O’Reilly won by technicalfall, and decision winners wereCasey Deneen and Matthew De-neen.Goodhue 53 - Onamia/Mille Lacs 15106 - John Altendorf lost 8-3 to MatthewJeska; 113 - Kaleb O’Reilly pinned HunterSumner, 3:45; 120 - Joel Gadient pinnedNoah Petty, 3:56; 126 - Bailee O’Reilly won bytechnical fall over Matthew Patrick, 17-2, 2:00;132 - Matthew Lexvold won by forfeit; 138 -Mason Huemann was pinned by Nik Borchert,23 seconds; 145 - Logan Breuer pinned KrisKohlgraf, 4:54; 152 - Riley Huemann pinnedMatthew Petty, 4:41; 160 - Casey Deneen won6-5 over Luke Thompson; 170 - MatthewDeneen won 13-11 over Sam Virnig; 182 -Charles Dahling won by forfeit; 195 - ZachScott was pinned by Austin Sperr, 2:50; 220- Ben Ramboldt pinned Colton Cashman, 1:01;285 - Double forfeit

St. Cloud TechThe Wildcats closed out the tour-

nament with a 45-30 win over St.Cloud Tech to place fifth. JoelGadient, Bailee O’Reilly, MatthewLexvold and Charles Dahling allwon with a fall. Mason Huemannand Josh Dahling won by forfeit.Earning a decision win was BenRamboldt.

The Wildcats will host Zum-brota-Mazeppa on Thursday.Goodhue will wrestle at Robbins-dale Cooper on Saturday begin-ning at 9 a.m.Goodhue 45 - St. Cloud Tech 30106 - John Altendorf was pinned by DallasHooper, 1:37; 113 - Kaleb O’Reilly lost 10-2 toAustin Brenner; 120 - Joel Gadient pinnedMax Dresow, 1:59; 126 - Bailee O’Reilly pinnedJadyn Sundstrom, 46 seconds; 132 - MatthewLexvold pinned Tucker Brouwer, 3:16; 138 -Mason Huemann won by forfeit; 145 - LoganBreuer lost 3-1 to Jacob Johnson; 152 - RileyHuemann lost by technical fall to Cole Schreder,16-1, 5:39; 160 - Casey Deneen won by forfeit;170 - Matthew Deneen was pinned by TylerHugg, 1:50; 182 - Charles Dahling pinnedJeffrey Karros, 2:00; 195 - Zach Scott waspinned by Micah Mangel, 1:27; 220 - BenRamboldt won 7-1 over Derek Kiffmeyer; 285- Josh Dahling won by forfeit

By Faye HaugenKENYON – Kenyon-Wana-

mingo saw their perfect HVLrecord blemished with a loss toKasson-Mantorville in HVL ac-tion on Tuesday. The Knights didpick up a big win at Cannon Fallsand they placed third in the Min-nehaha Academy tournament onSaturday.

The Knights will wrestle at NewPrague starting at 6 p.m. on Fri-day.Cannon Falls

When cold weather closedschool on January 7, the Knightswere scheduled to wrestle at Can-non Falls. That match was madeup on Saturday, December 11 withthe eighth-ranked Class A Knightsearning a 48-18 win over the 10th-ranked Class AA Bombers.

The Knights got off to a greatstart with a pin by Ethan Cota anda forfeit to Bradley Kish for a 12-0 lead. Cannon Falls came back totie the match 12-1 with wins overthe next three weights. Ted An-droli got KW back on track with adecision followed by falls by JaceClawiter and Trent Brossard, aforfeit to Mason Stevenson and afall by Drew Sathrum for a 27-12lead through 170 pounds. A deci-sion by Austin Jackson and fallfrom Seth Donkers closed out thematch.Kenyon-Wanamingo 48Cannon Falls 18106 - Ethan Cota pinned Peter Fritterer, 1:29;113 - Bradley Kish won by forfeit; 120 - JaredClawiter lost 7-0 to Paul Fitterer; 126 - MatthewHouglum lost 13-3 to Ryan Epps; 132 - DylanCraig lost by technical fall to Keston Lopez,4:51; 138 -Ted Androli won 5-2 over ConnorRohr; 145 - Jace Clawiter pinned HaydenStrain, 3:58; 152 - Trent Brossard pinnedCole Gorsland, 3:33; 160 - Mason Stevensonwon by forfeit; 170 - Drew Sathrum pinnedSterling Carlson, 3:14; 182 - Luke Rechtzigellost 9-3 to Derek Johnson; 195 - Bailey Paquinlost 11-4 to Nathan Melhouse; 220 - AustinJackson won 5-2 over Cooper Rohloff; 285 -Seth Donkers pinned Austin NobleKasson-Mantorville

The Knights took on anotherranked Class AA team on Tues-day when KW headed to Kassonto take on the fifth-ranked KoM-ets

The Knights had their chancesin this dual, falling 34-26, but ev-ery close decision seemed to go tothe KoMets who won four matchesby a combined total of five points.

KW got a technical fall fromJared Clawiter (120), falls fromMatthew Houglum (126) and Dy-lan Craig (132), a decision byMason Stevenson (160), and a for-feit to Drew Sathrum (170) for a26-17 lead. But the KoMets wonthe last four weights to pull outthe victory.Kenyon-Wanamingo 26Kasson-Mantorville 34106 - Ethan Cota lost 8-6 to Keaten Schorr;113 - Bradley Kish lost 4-3 to Elijah Wilcox;120 - Jared Clawiter won by technical fall overBrady Laumb, 17-1; 126 - Matthew Houglumpinned Porter Sullivan, 1:22; 132 - DylanCraig pinned Jim Paulson, 4:18; 138 -Ted

KM tops KW for first place in the HVLAndroli lost 3-2 to Alek Bernard; 145 - JaceClawiter lost by technical all to Brady Berge,19-3; 152 - Trent Brossard lost 6-1 to AaronBerge; 160 - Mason Stevenson won 3-1 overNoah Ryan; 170 - Drew Sathrum won byforfeit; 182 - Luke Rechtzigel lost 11-3 toHayden Sheeran; 195 - Bailey Paquin lost 6-2 to Chase O’Connor; 220 - Austin Jacksonlost 8-0 to Bryce Seljan; 285 - Seth Donkerswas pinned by Sam Stoll, 44 secondsMinnehaha Academy

The Knights had a very goodday at the Minnehaha AcademyInvitational on Saturday, scoring265.5 points with six championsand a team title. Winning titleswere: Ethan Cota (106), BradleyKish (120), Matthew Houglum(126), Ted Androli (138), BaileyPaquin (195) and Austin Jackson(220).

Coming in second for KW wereBen Bohn (113), Drew Sathrum(170) and Seth Donkers (285). Inthird place were Tyler Ryan (106),Dylan Craig (132), Trent Bros-sard (152) and Luke Rechtzigel(182). Peyton Hilke placed fourthat 120 pounds; Clay Burow (138),Kyle Munstermann (152), BillyHenslin (160) and Riley Donkers(170) all placed fifth.

If there was an open spot in thebracket, teams could fill that po-sition with one of their wrestlerswho competed unattached.Kenyon-Wanamingo 265.5, Tri-City United(TCU) 202.5, Trinity (T), Orono (O), EastRidge (ER) 91.5, Cretin-Derham Hall (CDH)88, Mahtomedi (M) 76, MinnehahaAcademy (MA) 59, St. Thomas Academy(STA) 54, Unattached (U)106 - Ethan Cota placed first. He pinned IsaacRose (U), 1:18; pinned Xach Mikel (TCU), 26seconds; and won by technical fall over JonSchmidt (O), 17-0Tyler Ryan placed third. He lost 9-4 to JonSchmidt (0); pinned Jack Ridgeway (T), 1:06;won by technical fall over Zach Mikel (TCU);and pinned Dan Rascher (STA), 30 seconds113 - Ben Bohn placed second. He pinnedStephen Brewer (T), 1:26; and lost 6-0 toThomas Frank (TCU)120 - Bradley Kish placed first. He pinnedPeter Swanson (T), 50 seconds; pinned LegendMoua (ER), 57 seconds; and won 4-1 overLogan Smith (CDH)Peyton Hilke placed fourth. He lost 8-0 toLogan Smith (CDH); pinned Legend Moua(ER), 3:03; and lost 10-0 to Evan Lawrence (M)126 - Matthew Houglum placed first. He pinnedSpencer Schuh (O), 1:30; pinned Travis Billmeyer(TCU), 3:14; and pinned Min Lark (MA), 1:17132 - Dylan Craig placed third. He pinnedRonan Winkels (O), 3:11; lost 4-2 to Levi Nelson(TCU); pinned Erik Snook (MA), 55 seconds;and pinned Roan Winkels (O), 2:43138 -Ted Androli placed first. He pinned DavidSinchi (MA), 52 seconds; pinned Jonah Johnson(TCU), 3:48; and lost 6-4 to Devin Fitzpatrick(M)Clay Burow placed fifth. He was pinned byDevin Fitzpatrick (M), 1:19; pinned ChristianLowrey (STA), 21 seconds; was pinned byJonah Johnson (TCU), 1:07; and won 9-6 overColm Maines (T)145 - Kyle Munstermann placed fifth. He lost6-4 to James Power (ER); won 12-2 over JackGallager (CDH); lost 7-5 to Mat Arroyo (TCU);and won 11-2 over Thomas Hickey (O)152 - Trent Brossard placed third. He lost 7-6to Dietrick Balsbaugh (T); pinned HarrisonWold (MA), 57 seconds and pinned BobbyStriggow (O), 3:25160 - Billy Henslin placed fifth. He lost 6-0 toSam Swanson (T); pinned Billy Sullivan (STA),1:09; lost 6-4 to Mark Arroyo (TCU); and won9-3 over Campbell Wozniak (CDH)170 - Drew Sathrum placed second. He pinnedTrenton Weston (U), 33 seconds; pinned JonPaul Monhaut (T), 1:27; and lost 8-2 to JoshSelly (TCURiley Donkers placed fifth. He lost 4-2 to WillAnema (MA); lost 3-0 to John Paul Monaut (T);and won 5-0 over Davonta McClam (ER)182 - Luke Rechtzigel placed third. He pinnedChristian Lassell (STA), 1:08; lost 11-1 to JacksonStriggow (O); pinned Joe Kalina (TCU), 57seconds; and won 6-1 over Matthew Boncich(CDH)Matthew Bauer did not place. He was pinnedby Matthew Boncich (CDH), 1:44; and waspinned by Joe Kalian (TCU), 5:34195 - Bailey Paquin placed first. He won 6-2over Jimmy Vitt (ER); and won 9-4 over JackGainer (CDH)220 - Austin Jackson placed first. He pinned

By Faye HaugenPINE ISLAND – The Pine Is-

land wrestling team took part inthe nine team Lake Crystal/Wel-come Memorial Invitational plac-ing fourth with 116 points. Thehost team Lake Crystal/WelcomeMemorial took team honors with255 points. Glencoe-Silver Lakewas second with 181 points.

The Panthers had two champi-ons in Noah Bauer at 106 poundsand Sam McPhail at 160 pounds.Placing third for Pine Island wereAdam Pleschourt and ZachKennedy. Trevor Turner placedfourth, Alex Aarsvold was fifth,and in sixth place were Isaac Ha-man and Connor Swarthout.

Pine Island will make the longtrip to LaCrescent on Thursdayevening. The match scheduled atGoodhue for last Thursday willnow be held on Friday, February7 at 5 p.m.Lake Crystal/Welcome-Memorial (LC)225, Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) 181,Austin (A) 121, Pine Island 116, Litchfield(L) 115, LeSueur-Henderson (LH) 85.5,Benilde-St. Margaret’s (SM) 76.5,Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther (MT) 70,Blooming Prairie (BP) 62, Redwood Valley

(RV) 48106 - Noah Bauer placed first. He pinnedTommy Amberg (RV), 3:59; pinned ChristopheRomero (A), 2:42; and won 5-3 over WallaceMichels (LC)113 - Isaac Haman placed sixth. He lost 15-4to Austin Anderly (LH); pinned Cole Pietsch(MT), 3:16; and lost 12-2 to Don Tibbits (L)126 - Connor Swarthout placed sixth. Hepinned Juan Rodrigues (A), 3:59; lost by technicalfall to Aaron Donny (GSL), 18-3; pinned KameronHerndon (BSM), 5:40; and lost 8-1 to DerekFruetel (L)132 - Tyler Lejcher did not place. He waspinned by Levi Marsh (LC), 5:33; and lost 5-0to Jesse Kaelberer (LS)138 - Trevor Turner placed fourth. He won 12-9 over Nathan Brinkman (A); lost 4-1 to Ryan

PI takes part in LCWM InvitationalAnderson (L) and lost 9-7 in overtime to DevanHaage (LC)145 - Adam Pleschourt placed third. He wonby technical fall over Brady Golblirsch (RV), 17-2, 4:15; lost 14-2 to Brandon Cotter (A); andwas pinned by Nate Tesch (GSL), 1:25160 - Sam McPhail placed first. He won 13-3over Nick Brejle (GSL); won 13-1 over ChaseRahe (RV); and won 9-2 over Dalton Elliot (LC)182 - Colton Pike placed fourth. He lost 11-5to John Williams (GSL); and lost 6-3 to CodyAnderson (RV)220 - Zach Kennedy placed third. He pinnedZach Nirk (BP), 1:57; lost 4-0 to Dalton Clouse(GSL); and pinned Jameer Anderson, 3:10285 - Alex Aarsvold placed fifth. He was pinnedby Logan Zaske (RV), 1:22; and pinned JoeAbrahamson (LH), 2:51

Connor Roering (CDH), 1:32; pinned QuincySpiering (STA), 3:15; and won 3-1 over HansCarlson (MA)285 - Seth Donkers placed second. He won 4-0 over Jack Lee (STA); and lost 12-2 to AlexBurns (TCU)

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenZumbrota-Mazeppa’s Noah Prodzinski tries to turn Wabasha-Kellogg’s Paul Novak over for back points in theCougars’ opening match at the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational on Saturday.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa seventh-grader Jacob Bennett works to gain control is his opening match at 132 poundsat the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational on Saturday in Zumbrota. Bennett earned a second period fall overBradley Schmalzriedt.

Wrestler W L106

Ethan Cota, Kenyon-Wanamingo 17 7Hayden Stensland, ZM 16 8Noah Bauer, Pine Island 14 6Mark Buringa, St. Charles 13 6Jackson Hedt. Hayfield 12 6Mike Nelson, Dover-Eyota 12 9Trey VanSickle, Chatfield 10 4

113Jared Clawiter, Kenyon-Wanamingo 20 8Isaac Haman, Pine Island 17 4Bradley Kish, Kenyon-Wanamingo 14 9Alan Spaeth, St. Charles 11 6Tagan Miller, Wabasha-Kellogg 11 8

SECTION 1A WRESTLING RECORDSMichael Otomo, Dover-Eyota 13 8Cody Heitman, ZM 11 3

152Harvey Friederichs, Chatfield 18 0Trent Brossard, Kenyon-Wanamingo 16 8Connor Nelson, Hayfield 12 5Ryan Lager, Wabasha-Kellogg 9 5Caden Steffen, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 8 6

160Mason Stevenson, KW 22 6Dillon Downes, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 16 6Andrew Dayland, St. Charles 15 2Alex Haffner, Chatfield 12 6Shane Siewert, Lake City 10 4

170Sam McPhail, Pine Island 19 0

STANDINGSHVL Wrestling Conf Over

W L W LKenyon-Wanamingo 6 1 10 1Kasson-Mantorville 6 0 10 5Zumbrota-Mazeppa 3 1 15 5Lake City 3 1 5 6Cannon Falls 3 2 11 4Triton 2 3 8 8Goodhue 2 3 8 7Stewartville 2 3 6 8Hayfield 2 4 4 5Pine Island 1 4 2 6Byron 0 4 6 7LaCrescent 0 4 0 10

Morgan Moreno, Hayfield 10 4120

Joey Majerus, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 20 2Ty VanSickle, Chatfield 16 2Joel Gadient, Goodhue 15 4Kevin McGinley, Lake City 15 7Jacy Ball, St. Charles 13 4

126Patrick Ramirez, Triton 16 2Jake Mandt, Chatfield 15 3Dakota Welsh, Dover-Eyota 15 5Bailee O’Reilly, Goodhue 14 5

132Ryan Keach, Dover-Eyota 19 2Ryan Meeker, Chatfield 13 2

Mason Moreno, Hayfield 12 0Dylan Craig, Kenyon-Wanamingo 12 10Matthew Lexvold, Goodhue 11 7Jacob Bennett, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 10 7Lane Heim, St. Charles 10 8

138Freedom Hunt, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 19 5Andrew Schmidt, Lake City 19 5Hank Friederichs Chatfield 17 1Ben Boynton, Dover-Eyota 16 5Ted Androli, Kenyon-Wanamingo 13 11

145Jace Clawiter, Kenyon-Wanamingo 20 7AJ Riley, Chatfield 14 1Adam Pleschourt, Pine Island 14 7

Drew Sathrum, Kenyon-Wanamingo 17 9Paul Novak, Wabasha-Kellogg 14 7Jesus Ferandez, Hayfield 12 5Noah Prodzinski, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 10 9

182Niko Anderson, FCLMC 20 1Hunter Prodzinski, ZM 21 3Nick Richards, Dover-Eyota 16 2Charles Dahling, Goodhue 15 5

195Lucas Etchason, Triton 21 0Monty Holm, FCLMC 20 0Michael Noll, Lake City 16 5Seth Tupper, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 13 9Bailey Paquin, Kenyon-Wanamingo 9 7

220Eric Norgrant, Wabasha-Kellogg 18 3Zach Kennedy, Pine Island 11 4Randy Henderson, Triton 13 5Jacob Blees, Chatfield 12 6

285Mike Schivley, WK 17 5Andrew Denzer, Lake City 17 6Tanner Welsh, Dover-Eyota 15 6Tyler Heim, St. Charles 14 1Shane Bode, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 14 9Adam Vacura, Triton 12 6

By Faye Haugenfotofaye@yahoo.com

Wrestling rankingsKenyon-Wanamingo moved up

one to seventh place in theGuillotine’s latest Class A wrestlingrankings. Chatfield stayed ranked ateighth and Zumbrota-Mazeppa isranked 14th.

Section 1A individuals ranked inthe top 10 with their grade andranking in the first poll are asfollows:106 - 9. Ethan Cota, 10, Kenyon-Wanamingo (9)113 - 4. Jared Clawiter, 10, Kenyon-Wanamingo (3); 7. Jared Goldsmith, 11Chatfield (6)120 - 2. Joey Majerus, 11, Zumbrota-Mazeppa (3)126 - 9. Patrick Ramirez, 12, Triton (nr)138 - 1. Hank Friederichs ,11 , Chatfield(1); 9. Andrew Schmidt, 11, Lake City(nr)145 - 7. AJ Riley, 12, Chatfield (7); 8.Jace Clawiter, 12, Kenyon-Wanamingo(8)152 - 3. Harvey Friederichs, 12, Chatfield(3); 7. Connor Hanson, 12, FillmoreCentral/Lanesboro/Mable-Canton (7)160 - 3. Sam McPhail, 12, Pine Island(3); 6. Andrew Dayland, 12, St. Charles(7); 7. Shane Siewert, 11, Lake City (6);170 - 2. Niko Anderson, 12, FillmoreCentral/Lanesboro/Mable-Canton (1)182 - 4. Cody Bly, 12), Chatfield (4); 8.Nick Richards , Dover-Eyota, 12 (nr)195 - 3. Lucas Etchason, 12, Triton (3)220 - 4. Zach Kennedy, 12, Pine Island(5); 8. Eric Norgrant, 12, Wabasha-Kellogg(8)285 - 6. Tanner Welsh, 10, Dover-Eyota(6); 8. Tyler Heim, 12, St. Charles, (nr_

College newsShelby Auseth, a sophomore at

St. Mary’s University in Winona, wasnamed MIAC Player of the Week inwomen’s college basketball. . .Alison Newton, a freshman fromPine Island, is on the University ofSt. Benedict’s women’s basketballteam. She has seen action in 12games so far this season for the 8-5Blazers. . .Mattie Shelton, afreshman from Pine Island, is amember of the Hamline Universitywomen’s basketball team. . .JaridGroth, a senior from Kenyon-Wanamingo, has an 17-11 record forthe Luther College wrestling team.

Past the midway pointHigh school sports team are past

the midway point of their schedulewith some getting to the end of theregular season.

The HVL dance meet will be heldin Goodhue this Friday beginning at7:15 p.m. The Section 1A dancemeet will be held in Eyota onSaturday, February 8 beginning atnoon.

The Dodge County girls hockeyteam has just a few games remain-ing before heading into the Section1AA playoffs that begin on Wednes-day February 5.

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Area Sports

By Faye HaugenZUMBROTA – Zumbrota-

Mazeppa hit enough free throwsto pull out a 62-54 win over PineIsland in HVL boys basketball inZumbrota, Tuesday. The game wasmuch closer than the score indi-cates.

Up just 28-27 at the half, ZMbuilt up an 11 point lead with eightminutes to play in the game. De-spite being in foul trouble, thePanthers kept chipping away atZM’s lead, making it a one-pointgame with just under two minutesto play. That is when ZM startedhitting their free throws. Ellis Hir-man hit four straight over the last22 seconds to seal the victory.

For the game, ZM hit 18 of 33free throws compared to PI’s 14of 20. The Panthers also lost threestarters to foul trouble in BenWarneke, Ben Farrell and LukeThornton.

Hirman had a big night, settinga new ZM varsity record for re-

Free throws are key in ZM’s win over PIbounds in a game with 21. He alsonetted 23 points, hitting 11 of 18free throws. Jacob Ugland led ZMin scoring with 26 points.

Pine Island saw Thornton net16 points, with Jared Lohmeyeradding 12.

“We couldn’t stop the insidegame of Ugland and Hirman,” saidPI Coach Jim McNamara of thetwo Cougars who scored a com-bined 49 points. “I felt ZM out-worked us on both ends of thecourt. ZM was up by 10 midwaythrough the second half, but wewere able to cut it to four. Thatwas as close as we got.”Zumbrota-Mazeppa 62Pine Island 54ZM - Jacob Forrey 3, Jacob Tschann 3, EllisHirman 23, Kurt Gadient 7, Jacob Ugland 26PI - Matt Kukson 4, Ben Bauer 2, Ben Warneke8, Ben Farrell 3, Broc Finstuen 9, Jared Lohmeyer12, Luke Thornton 16

Scoring by halvesPine Island 27 27 = 54Zumbrota-Mazeppa 28 34 = 62Free throws: ZM- 18 of 33 for 54%; PI - 14 of

Pine Island’s Jared Lohmeyer is able to get to his feet and rush after the loose ball after colliding with Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s Jacob Tschann inTuesday’s game in Zumbrota.

News-Record photos by MJ TempletonZumbrota-Mazeppa’s Ellis Hirman is headed for the floor after runninginto Pine Island’s Broc Finstuen who was on his way for a layup inTuesday’s game in Zumbrota.

By Faye HaugenGOODHUE – It was a busy week

for the Goodhue boys basketballteam. The Wildcats opened theweek with a non-conference winover Blooming Prairie, but thenlost back-to-back HVL games toCannon Falls and LaCrescent.

Goodhue will play the secondgame of a girl-boy doubleheaderin Kenyon on Friday evening. Theboys game is expected to beginabout 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats willhead to Lake City on Tuesday.Blooming Prairie

Goodhue earned a 54-44 win atBlooming Prairie on Monday be-hind balanced scoring and goodshooting from the field. The Wild-cats hit 23 of 43 from the fieldwith Riley Augustine netting 17points and Riley Bollum and AlexThomforde adding 11 each.

The first half decided the game,with Goodhue holding a 27-19 leadheading into the locker roomGoodhue 54 - Blooming Prairie 44G - Riley Bollum 11, Jacob Pasch 4, TylerSchumacher 6, Riley Augustine 17, Alex Thomforde11, Austin Buck 1, Calvin Peterson 4

Scoring by halvesGoodhue 27 27 = 54Blooming Prairie 19 25 = 44Free throws: G - 6 of 11 for 54%; BP - 7 of 14for 50%; Field goals: G - 23 of 43 for 53%; BP- 16 of 38 for 42%; Turnovers: G - 8; BP - 14;Rebounds: G- 20; BP - 23; Three-pointers:G- Tyler Schumacher (2); BP - 5Cannon Falls

HVL Blue Division leadingCannon Falls hosted the Wildcatson Friday and they came awaywith a 61-57 win.

Both teams shot the ball verywell with Goodhue hitting 23 of44 shots for 52%, but Cannon Fallswas even better, sinking 20 of 35for 57%. The Bombers drainednine threes compared to Goodhue’s

Goodhue wins one of threefour. Cannon Falls held a 30-28lead at the half and they outscoredthe Cats by two points over thelast 18 minutes for the four-pointwin.

Riley Bollum led Goodhue inscoring with 20 points. Tyler Schu-macher netted 13 and Riley Au-gustine added 12.Goodhue 57 - Cannon Falls 61G - Riley Bollum 20, Jacob Pasch 2, AustinBuck 4, Jacob McNamara 4, Tyler Schumacher13, Riley Augustine 12, Alex Thomforde 2,

Scoring by halvesGoodhue 28 29 = 57Cannon Falls 30 31 = 61Free throws: G - 7 of 8 for 87%; CF - 12 of 16for 75%; Field goals: G - 23 of 44 for 52%; CF- 20 of 35 for 57%; Turnovers: G - 7; CF - 5;Rebounds: G- 21; CF - 12; Three-pointers:G- Riley Bollum (3), Tyler Schumacher (1); CF- 9LaCrescent

Goodhue closed out the weekby hosting LaCrescent on Satur-day evening in a rescheduled gamefrom Tuesday. The Wildcats gotoff to the start they wanted, takinga 30-27 lead to the locker room,but the game changed in the sec-ond half with the Lancers takingcontrol, outscoring Goodhue 41-26 for a 68-56 victory.

Riley Augustine scored 19 pointsto lead Goodhue in scoring withTyler Schumacher adding 11.Goodhue 56 - LaCrescent 68G - Riley Bollum 9, Jacob Pasch 3, TylerSchumacher 11, Riley Augustine 19, AlexThomforde 4, Austin Buck 2, Jacob McNamara8

Scoring by halvesLaCrescent 27 41 = 68Goodhue 30 26 = 56Free throws: G - 4 of 10 for 40%; L - 18 of 25for 72%; Field goals: G - 23 of 48 for 47%; L- 24 of 37 for 64%; Turnovers: G - 9; L - 12;Rebounds: G- 20; L - 25; Three-pointers:G- Riley Bollum (1), Tyler Schumacher (1),Jacob Pasch (1), Riley Augustine (1), JacobMcNamara (2); L - 2

By Faye HaugenZUMBROTA – With leading

scorer and rebounder Ellis Hir-

LC takes advantage of ZMman missing from Friday’s game,Lake City took advantage to earna 69-51 win in HVL Blue Divi-sion boys basketball.

Lake City jumped out to a 34-24 lead by the half and they con-tinued to build on their lead, out-scoring ZM 35-27 in the secondhalf.

Jacob Ugland netted 19 pointsto lead Zumbrota-Mazeppa inscoring with Kurt Gadient chip-ping in17.

The Cougars will host HVL BlueDivision leading Cannon Falls on

Friday evening and play at DodgeCenter on Tuesday.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 51Lake City 69ZM - Jerrell Guider 6, Jacob Tschann 2, KurtGadient 17, Nathan Debner 2, Jacob Ugland19. Adam Krage 1, Noah Erickson 4

Scoring by halvesZumbrota-Mazeppa 24 27 = 51Lake City 34 35 = 69Free throws: ZM- 12 of 17 for 70%; LC - 10 of16 for 62%; Field goals: ZM- 18 of 52 for 34%;LC - 28 of 62 for 45%; Rebounds: ZM- 27; LC- 41; Turnovers: ZM- 18; LC - 15; Three-pointers: ZM - Jerrell Guider (1), Kurt Gadient(2); LC - 3

20 for 70%; Field goals: ZM- 20 of 43 for 46%;PI - 19 of 50 for 38%; Rebounds: ZM- 29 (Ellis

Hirman 21); PI - 26 (Luke Thornton 11);Turnovers: ZM- 10; PI - 9; Three-pointers:ZM - Jacob Forrey (1), Kurt Gadient (1), JacobUgland (2); PI - Ben Warneke (2)

By Faye HaugenKENYON – The Kenyon-

Wanamingo boys basketball teammay have lost 56-42 to HVL BlueDivision leading Cannon Falls onTuesday, but Coach Mat Schaefersaw good things from his team.

“I really felt our team took astep forward in this one. For astruggling team, at times this sea-son we have played tough and wematched Cannon Falls’s intensity.We kept our turnovers to 16 whichI felt was good against a team thatputs a lot of pressure against you,especially with their senior guards,”said Coach Schaefer, “CannonFalls is a good shooting team andif you leave them open , you willpay. I felt our kids did a good job

Cannon Falls gets pastKenyon-Wanamingo

of getting out and contesting theirshots.”

Marcus Irrthum led KW with14 points. Ben Nystuen chippedin 11.

The Knights will host a girl-boy doubleheader in Kenyon onFriday against Goodhue. The boysgame is expected to begin about7:30 p.m. Triton will come toKenyon for a game on Tuesday.Kenyon-Wanamingo 42Cannon Falls 56KW - Eric Hokanson 4, Connor Sviggum 4, BenNystuen 10, Marcus Irrthum 14, Abram Medrano2, Gavin Roosen 8

Scoring by halvesKenyon-Wanamingo 20 22 = 42Cannon Falls 28 28 = 56Free throws: KW - 8 of 3 for 62%; CF - 5 of 6for 83%; Three-pointers: KW- Gavin Roosen(2); CF - 5

News-Record photo by Faye HaugenKenyon-Wanamingo’s Eddie Matul keeps the ball away from Pine Island’s Jared Lohmeyer in Friday’s gamein Kenyon.

AREA SPORTS SCHEDULETuesday, January 21

Dodge County boys hockey at Waseca, 7 p.m.Goodhue boys basketball, Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Goodhue 6 p.m.Goodhue girls basketball at Zumbrota, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo boys basketball at Rochester Lourdes, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball, Lourdes at Kenyon, 6 p.m.Pine Island boys basketball, Lake City at Pine Island, 6 p.m.Pine Island girls basketball at Lake City, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball at Goodhue, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball, Goodhue at Zumbrota, 6 p.m.

Thursday, January 23Goodhue wrestling, Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Goodhue, 6 p.m.Pine Island wrestling at LaCrescent, 6 p.m.Pine Island girls basketball at Chatfield, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball, St. Charles at Zumbrota, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling at Goodhue, 6 p.m .

Friday, January 24HVL dance meet at Goodhue, 7:15 p.m.Dodge County boys hockey, LeSueur-Henderson at Kasson, 7:30 p.m.Goodhue boys basketball at Kenyon, 7:30 p.m.Goodhue girls basketball at Kenyon, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo boys basketball, Goodhue at Kenyon, 7:30 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball, Goodhue at Kenyon, 6 p.m.Pine Island boys basketball, Triton at Pine Island, 6 p.m.Pine Island girls basketball at Dodge Center 6 p.m.Pine Island gymnastics, LaCrescent at Pine Island, 6:30 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball, Cannon Falls at Zumbrota, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball at Cannon Falls, 6 p.m.

Saturday, January 25Goodhue wrestling at Robbinsdale Cooper, 9 a.m.Goodhue dance at Eyota, noonZumbrota-Mazeppa dance at Eyota, noon

Monday, January 27Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball, Chatfield at Zumbrota, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball at Chatfield, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, January 28Goodhue boys basketball at Lake City, 6 p.m.Goodhue girls basketball, Lake City at Goodhue, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo boys basketball, Triton at Kenyon, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball at Dodge Center, 6 p.m.Pine Island boys basketball at Cannon Falls, 6 p.m.Pine Island girls basketball, Cannon Falls at Pine Island, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling, Lake City at Mazeppa, 6 p.m.Pine Island’s Ben Warneke and Matt Smith contest Kenyon-Wanamingo’s

Connor Sviggum’s shot in Friday’s game in Kenyon.

STANDINGSHVL Boys Basketball

Conf OverBlue Division W L W LCannon Falls 7 3 10 7Lake City 4 5 7 7Goodhue 3 6 9 6Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2 8 4 10Pine Island 2 7 5 9Triton 1 7 4 11Kenyon-Wanamingo 0 9 0 13Gold Division Conf OverByron 9 1 11 4Kasson-Mantorville 8 2 9 5Hayfield 7 2 12 3LaCrescent 6 2 9 5Lourdes 6 3 8 7Stewartville 5 5 9 7

PI’s hot shooting leadsto a win over KWBy Faye Haugen

PINE ISLAND – Hitting 57%of their shots from the field, thePine Island boys basketball teamearned a 67-45 win at Kenyon-Wanamingo on Friday.

“We played our best game sincemid-December,” stated PI coachJim McNamara. “We had a greatall around team effort and all 12players scored. Ben Bauer had avery good game at the point guardposition, running the offense andscoring seven points.”

The Panthers took a 36-19 leadinto the locker room and they out-scored the Knights 31-26 in thesecond half.

“This was a tough one for ourkids. After coming off a night witha cancelled game with Waterville-Elysian-Morristown and no prac-tice on Thursday, we were not readyto play which was frustrating af-ter playing so good against Can-non Falls on Tuesday,” pointedout KW coach Mat Schaefer. “Weplayed to a 17-17 tie in the first

half, and then Pine Island went ona 19-2 run to break the game openby the half. We have gone throughmany spurts like this one all sea-son. We can go toe-to-toe at times;however, we fins a way to get in arut and can never overcome it. Weare getting open shots, but just notmaking them. I was proud of oureffort, though, and a bright spotwas only having nine turnovers inthe game.”

Ben Warneke paced Pine Islandwith 13 points. Broc Finstuen andLuke Thornton each chipped in11. Connor Sviggum scored agame-high 16 points to paceKenyon-Wanamingo, but he wasthe only player in double figures.Pine Island 67Kenyon-Wanamingo 45KW - Connor Sviggum 16, Marcus Irrthum 8,Ben Nystuen 7, Eric Hokanson 3, Ethen Benda3, Gavin Roosen 3, Blake Jacobson 3, TannerWarner 2PI - Ben Warneke 13, Broc Finstuen 11, LukeThornton 11, Ben Bauer 7

Scoring by halvesPine Island 36 31 = 67Kenyon-Wanamingo 19 26 = 45

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Section B of NEWS-RECORD Wednesday, January 22, 2014 • No. 4

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Zumbrota MazeppaGoodhueNeighbors

Garrett Hein wins 2014 ZM Spelling Bee

The 2014 Spelling Bee was held in Neuman Auditorium in Zumbrota onJanuary 13. Participating were, from left to right, kneeling: EmmaUtley, Landen Chandler, Haley Kalina-Aakre, and Sofia Wagner; standing:Mya Aiton (runner-up), Tyler Soltau, Soren Hellyer (runner-up), Jarret

Haglund, Katie Drenckhahn (runner-up), Kalli Olson, Willy Heitmann,Heidi Davis, Naomi Downes, Tristan Johnson, Ben Roberts, Garrett Hein(2014 winner). Hein will advance to the regional contest February 11 atthe Southeast Service Cooperative in Rochester.

By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA – Zumbrota-

Mazeppa sixth-grader Garrett Heinwon the 2014 Spelling Bee. Six-teen representatives from grades5-8 participated in the contest onJanuary 13 at the Neuman Audi-torium in Zumbrota. Hein willadvance to the regional contest onFebruary 11 at the Southeast Ser-vice Cooperative in Rochester.Runners-up were fifth grade stu-dents Mya Aiton, Soren Hellyer,and Katie Drenckhahn.

Participants for the contest werechosen by holding spelling beesat each grade level with the topfive and alternates identified. Thefollowing is the full list of contes-tants by grade (asterisks denotethose participating in the bee Janu-ary 13):

• Fifth grade: Landen Chandler*,Mya Aiton*, Emma Utley*, SorenHellyer*, Katie Drenckhahn*; al-ternates – Jack Smothers, Spen-cer Everly.

• Sixth grade: Kalli Olson,* HeidiDavis*, Naomi Downes*, BenRoberts*, Garrett Hein*; alternate– Ishvari Garcia.

• Seventh grade: Tristan John-son*, Haley Kalina-Aakre*, SofiaWagner*, Tyler Soltau*, DavidBefort; alternate – Joe Hehl.

• Eighth grade: Willy Heit-mann*, Kaci French-Erickson,Jarret Haglund*, Spencer DeFrang,Sam Nordquist; alternates – Steph-anie Everly, Aimee Wiggins.

ZM K-6 Principal Quinn Ras-mussen welcomed the audienceto the event and congratulated the

contestants. Pronouncer SeleneO’Reilly and judges Jean Roth,Brenda Medina, and CarmenHirman were introduced. KelseyBradley, middle school languagearts teacher coordinated the spell-ing bee.

After instructions and a prac-tice round, the spelling roundsbegan, with each contestant tak-ing their turns stepping to the cen-ter of the stage and microphone.The words proved particularlychallenging for the contestants thisyear. When only four students re-mained, Hein correctly spelled“moustache” while Aiton, Hellyer,and Drenckhahn were unable tocorrectly spell the words they weregiven in the round. In order to bedeclared the winner, Hein needed

to correctly spell an additionalword. When Hein correctly spelled“congressional,” he was declaredthe 2014 winner.

All participants received a pocketdictionary. Hein received a deskreference set.

After the regional contest onFebruary 11, the SE MinnesotaFinal will be held on February 25,also in Rochester. The ScrippsNational Spelling Bee takes placein Washington, D.C. in May.

After the bee, Bradley was askedabout the role of spelling in edu-cation today with the current levelof computer use (with automatedspell checking) and text messag-ing (acronym usage). Bradley saidspelling is still addressed in themiddle school classrooms. “Wefeel that it is important for a well-rounded education, and to be amaster of the English language isa vital skill. In addition, under-standing how to spell, and spellwell, assists with the ability to readwell, which is the basis for all dis-ciplines in education. Overall,spelling is important for the suc-cess of our students and is stillemphasized in school.”

PINE ISLAND – For overtwenty years, Pine Island Ameri-can Legion Post 184 has spon-sored a local oratorical contest forhigh school students, who mustpresent an original speech on someaspect of the U. S. Constitution.Pine Island students have done wellin this competition over the years,and several have reached the StateOratorical Contest.

This year, PIHS senior KellyLeibold was unopposed at the lo-cal level as she presented her com-position entitled “First Amend-ment Rights” on January 2. Thejudges evaluated her speech, andrecommended her to compete atthe district level. Leibold then ad-

Lions raise $530 for Diabetes FoundationGOODHUE – Special guests at the Goodhue Lions regular meeting on January 11 were Lions Bruce Klein ofLewiston and Jill O’Donnell of Rushford. They are co-chairs of the Minnesota Lions Diabetes Foundation, andO’Donnell spoke about her experience with diabetes in her immediate family. After her presentation,Goodhue Lion Pat Franklin auctioned off two cans of Spam for a donation to the Diabetes Foundation. $530was raised and presented to the guests. From left to right are Franklin, Ray Kehren, Klein, O’Donnell,Goodhue Lions President Richard Bigelow, and Kerry Bien.

Can Do Canines brings Tails toTell Tour to southeast Minnesota

This young Can Do Canine will betrained to assist people who haveproblems related to one of five areas:autism, diabetes, hearing, mobility,and seizures. Volunteers are neededfor the program.

By Karen SnyderBYRON – Can Do Canines is

bringing its Tails to Tell Tour tosoutheastern Minnesota. The TwinCities-based charity trains dogsto help individuals with disabili-ties, matches each canine to some-one who needs an assistance dog,then gives the dog to that person.The Tails to Tell Tour will hold apresentation from 11 a.m. to noon,Saturday, January 25 at Leashesand Leads, 6214 14th St NW,Byron.

Information will be given at thepresentation about the dogs andtheir training and specialties. Af-ter completing their basic educa-tions, the dogs enter canine col-lege to major in one of five assis-tance dog disciplines: autism, dia-betes, hearing, mobility, and sei-zures.

Can Do Canines client NancyBauman of Rochester and her mo-bility assist poodle Nigel will beat the presentation. A puppy raisermay also be there, said Can DoCanines volunteer coordinatorLaurie Carlson, who will be there,too. Puppy raisers are volunteerswho take the dogs home and rearand train them until they’re readyfor canine college.

At 25 years old this year, Can

Do Canines operates with a smallstaff and lots of volunteers, andthe nonprofit’s success dependson those volunteers. Informationwill be given at Tails to Tell onhow you can help.Puppy raisers wanted

Can Do Canines’ waiting list isgrowing, with autism and diabe-tes dogs in hugest demand. “Weare desperate for more puppy rais-ers,” said executive director AlPeters. “We need more in the Roch-ester area.”

The presentation will cover thepuppy raising program – its re-quirements and importance and

the fun and satisfaction it brings.Can Do Canines hopes to recruitsome puppy raisers in the area andto start a puppy raiser group here.

Carlson pointed out that bring-ing up a Can Do pup is a wonder-ful 4-H project. “4-H groups mightbe interested in coming to the pre-sentation,” she said.Furlough fosters wanted

Some puppy raisers are inmates.Can Do Canines’ prison programincludes the Federal CorrectionalInstitution in Waseca and the Min-nesota Correctional Facility inFaribault.

Prison puppies get plenty oftraining – their raisers have an abun-dance of time to devote – but thevital visits to public places can’thappen, at least not without fur-lough foster volunteers.

Furlough foster folks pick upthe prison pups and take them homefor a few days. “Three or four daysbeing out of prison and out in publicand exposed to public situationsis crucial,” Carlson said.

Can Do Canines seeks volun-teers to provide furloughs.

For more information or to RSVPcontact Laurie Carlson: 763-331-3000 ext. 113 or lcarlson@can-do-canines.org. Polka Dots booked in Las Vegas

The News-Record was able to identify a few members of the Polka Dots in this photo from 1949. Front row,second from the left is Harry Erickson of Zumbrota and third is Bob Erickson who both owned the ZumbrotaBakery; fourth is Art Fitch of Zumbrota; and sixth is Ray Sands, the only current member of the group. In theback row on the far left is Manton Steberg of Zumbrota.

LAS VEGAS, NV – Ray Sandsof Kenyon and the Polka Dots willbe packing their bags for a trip toLas Vegas, Nevada, where theywill perform at the Southwest PolkaParty February 11-13 at the Or-leans Hotel and Casino. Peopleplanning to attend should call 701-

367-9696 to make reservations.Ray Sands and the Polka Dots

has a tradition of more than 50years of providing their big bandDutchman style of music.

People attending the SouthwestPolka Party come from all overthe United States and Canada. The

Polka Dots will be joined on stageby Sweet Dreams, the trio of Jes-sica Lodermeier Flotterud, KateLodermeier Schaefer, both for-merly of Goodhue, and Heidi SandsGusenius, a Kenyon-WanamingoHigh School graduate and daugh-ter of Ray Sands.

Pine Island senior Kelly Leibold earned second place at the ThirdDistrict Legion Oratorical Contest on January 11 and is congratulatedby District Commander Mark Dvorak.

Leibold takessecond at districtoratorical contest

vanced to the Third District con-test held at Montgomery Ameri-can Legion on January 11. Thereshe took second place and won$200. The Pine Island Legionawarded her $100 for her effortsas well.

Local students in the publicschools as well as home-schooledare encouraged to prepare for andbecome involved in this contest,which is held annually in Decem-ber or January. More informa-tion can be found on the Minne-sota Legion website www.mnlegion.org . Local coordinators areMr. Patrick Smith at the Pine Is-land High School and Legionaireand former teacher Tom Bollman.

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Wanamingo EDA elects officers for 2014By Alicia Hunt-Welch

WANAMINGO – At the Janu-ary 13 Wanamingo Economic De-velopment Authority meeting, RyanHolmes, Danny Benson, JoshSandberg, and Brian Johnson tookthe oath of office to renew theirpositions on the board. Followingthe oath, a motion was made byBrian Gudknecht to approve theirreappointments to the board. Ascouncil representatives, Holmes andBenson’s terms will be for one year.Terms for Gudknecht, Jim Kittelson,and Josh Schaefer run through 2015.Brian Johnson and Josh Sandberg’s

terms expire at the end of 2017.In the nomination of positions, a

motion carried to re-elect JimKittelson as President, Brian Johnsonas Vice President, and Danny Bensonas Treasurer, and to appoint CityAdministrator Michael Boulton asSecretary.

EDA meetings, if needed, will beheld the same evening as city coun-cil meetings, usually the secondMonday of the month. A minimumof four EDA meetings are requiredduring a year as part of the bi-laws.

Information for Goodhue Countyregarding Health Impact Assessment

was provided to the board. The HIAmeeting was held the same eveningas the EDA meeting, so memberswere not able to attend. The pur-pose of the HIA is to provide knowl-edge regarding land use and policyplanning decisions and how policychange can effect the health of apopulation. Funding for the HIAprogram was provided by a grant.

Boulton presented a report out-lining EDA bond indebtedness. Atthe end of 2013, the principal amountowned on bonds was down to$839,500. In total, $120,250 waspaid off during 2013. Of the amountowed, $524,000 was owed for theMedical Facility building, and$315,500 was owed on a refundingand two other bonds.

The board approved a resolutionallowing Brian Groth first rights topurchase the vacant EDA lot westof Decker Power Equipment andthe former Wright Coaches build-ings. At the November 2013 EDAmeeting, Groth inquired about pos-sibly buying the lot. As of yet, nodecision has been made. If anotherinterested buyer comes forward,Groth has until August 1, 2014 toexercise his option to buy.

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Zumbrota

Two ZM students attendDorian Vocal Festival

Ryan Bennett and Griffin Gartner of Zumbrota-Mazeppa High Schoolattended the Dorian Vocal Festival at Luther College January 12-13.

DECORAH, IA – The 64th an-nual Dorian Vocal Festival atLuther College in Decorah, Iowawas held January 12-13. Two Zum-brota-Mazeppa students attended,Ryan Bennett and Griffin Gartner.They were two out of approxi-mately 1,150 who attended thisfestival.

Students came from several dif-ferent states including South Da-kota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wiscon-sin, and Illinois. The students re-hearsed both Sunday and Mon-day on their mixed and male cho-ral pieces with director, AllenHightower. Hightower chose vo-cal pieces for the mixed choir whichincluded “Domine Fili Unigenite”by Antonio Vivaldi, “In the Night

We Shall Go In” by Imant Raminshand “He’ll Make a Way” by ByronJ. Smith. Along with the threeSATB pieces, the men’s chorussang “Shout for Joy!” arrangedby Dan Davison and the women’schorus sang “Two Strings, But OneVoice” by Z. Randall Stroope.

The ZM students were able toattend a concert on Sunday eveningin which the Cedar Rapids KennedyHigh School and two freshmenLuther College choirs performed.On Monday night, the FestivalGrand Concert was held, at whichthe Luther College Nordic Choir,five selected high school vocal-ists, the Festival Chamber Choir,and the High School Festival Choirperformed.

ZM ISD 2805REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD

MEETINGINDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 2805ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA

PUBLIC SCHOOLSMONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014

7:00 P.M.ZM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MEDIA CENTERMAZEPPA, MINNESOTA

I. Call Meeting to Order (Action)II. Recite the Pledge of AllegianceIII. Adopt the Agenda (Action)

ZM fourth grade collects winter wearZUMBROTA – The fourth-graders at Zumbrota-Mazeppa School collected many items of warm winter wear todonate to the Zumbrota Area Food Shelf as part of their community service project in December. Mrs.Langley talked to the fourth-graders about the food shelf and how it operates. From left to right are HaileySchliep, Brenna Thomas, Rianne Buck, Mrs. Pam Langley (school counselor and board member for the foodshelf), Sydney Higley, Hunter Hoefs, Gabe Tupper, and Tyson Liffrig.

City will take on additional roleswith the Zumbrota Fire BoardEconomic development report presentedBy Tara Chapa

ZUMBROTA – The City ofZumbrota approved to take on thesecretary and treasurer duties ofthe Zumbrota Fire Board at thecity council meeting on January16. At the last fire board meeting,Zumbrota volunteered to take onthese duties which were normallythe responsibilites of the fire chief.The duties will be transferred overFebruary 1.

In a memo from City Adminis-trator Neil Jensen, he said the staffat city hall could handle the addi-tional duties without any unduestress. In the past they had takencare of all the maintenance andutilities which amounts to 25% ofthe billing. The city can run thiswith their new system and run twochecking accounts.Economic development

Community Development Di-rector Dan King gave an updateon Zumbrota activity in 2013:

• Casey’s North has expandedand been renovated. The projectinvolved a 525 square foot expan-sion and complete interior reno-vation. The project allows addi-tional food service options and isvalued at $185,000.

• Zumbrota Ford is finishing uptheir expansion and renovation.This project involved an additionof 9,800 square feet and the demo-lition and renovation of 5,400square feet. The project will al-low further auto servicing andshowroom space. It is valued atnearly $1.2 million.

• The Bridges of Zumbrota ex-

pansion has added approximately32,200 square feet for renovationand improvement of existing fa-cilities.

• Our Saviour’s Lutheran Churchadded 15,155 square feet at a costof $1,200,000.

The Zumbrota Economic De-velopment Authority handed outone loan out of the revolving loanfund (RLF) to the Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District in theamount of $200,000 for the voca-tional home building program. Thefund had a year-end balance of$102,135.12 with $234,175.28owed from outstanding loans. Thefollowing are outstanding loan bal-ances: Zumbrota-Mazeppa owes$200,000, Eric Westlake/Laundromat owes $4483.29, MarieMarvin/Crossings at Carnegieowes $5397.00, and Terry Driscollfrom Custom Iron owes$24,290.50.

The EDA continues to partnerwith the Southeastern MinnesotaMulti-County Housing Redevel-opment Authority (SEMMCHRA)to administer a comprehensiveSmall Cities Development Grant(SCDG) grant from the Minne-sota Department of Employmentand Economic Development(DEED). The grant is used for resi-dential and commercial rehabili-tation. Zumbrota residenthomeowners received a total of$126,747; business owners re-ceived a total of $162,297.

The EDA continues to marketthe former Grover Auto site for aquality redevelopment, they as-sist Zumbrota business owners with

“Rock the Block” event with a$1,000 contribution. The EDAassists with the Covered BridgeFestival, Community Trust, Pio-neer Trail Association, CoveredBridge Task Force, Rotary Inter-national, and with Zumbrota Bankregarding the former Kalass prop-erty the bank purchased. An ar-chitect has been hired to draft asite plan for the future develop-ment of a trailhead and welcomecenter. The city was awarded a$9,000 Minnesota Department ofTransportation (MnDOT) land-scaping partnership grant whichis providing for improvementsalong Highway 58/Main Street.Goodhue Pioneer Trail

The city approved a resolutionin support of the desired upcom-ing Goodhue Pioneer Trail project.Roxanne Bartsch, GoodhueCounty Pioneer Trail representa-tive, has been working on this forthe past five years.

The signed resolution from Cityof Zumbrota to the state says thattrails in Minnesota are part of thesolution to the long-term healthcosts associated with the growingproblem of obesity by providingopportunities for increased physi-cal activity within local commu-nities and trails will offer a trans-portation alternative and a saferoute for people to walk or bike towork or school complementingother investments in roads, bridgesand commuter routes. Lastly, theresolution states that the 2014 leg-islature will have the opportunityto invest in Minnesota’s tourismeconomy while providing solutionsto long-term health costs throughbiannual bonding.County Road 10 improvement

County Road 10 from GroverAuto to Roscoe will receive anoverlay next summer. GoodhueCounty received state aid for theproject and the project is locatedwithin Zumbrota City limits. Thecity approved the resolution andthere will be no additional costs toZumbrota.

ZUMBROTA – With just over$65,330 already collected for thefilm project, “His Neighbor Phil”is definitely a “go” for Zumbrota.A steering committee consistingof Pam Langley, Bob Hawley,Angie Gustafson, Paul and JudyRockne, Judy Lang, Jan Fischer,Sue and Jim Wedge, and RondaSand met Tuesday, January 14, todiscuss planning details for thefilm which will be shot in Zum-brota in March/April 2014.

Although more than 75% of thelocal financing commitment is inthe bank, an additional $19,671 isneeded. Thus far 29 community

members have contributed finan-cially. Before actual productioncan begin, and to protect all par-ties involved, the Bank of Zum-brota needs to certify that $85,001is on deposit for the project. Fundswill be accepted at any time, but ifyou would like to contribute pleasecontact someone on the commit-tee by January 29. After that datethe committee will meet again todiscuss the next steps. Checksshould be made payable to “HisNeighbor Phil LLC” and mailedto HNP, PO Box 45, Zumbrota,MN 55992.

As Scott Thompson puts the fin-ishing touches on his script, he isasking for local input on thingsunique to Zumbrota for the film,such as landmarks, stories, localhistory, and remarkable people.Please send your ideas by January31 to statetheatre@zaac.org or toHNP, PO Box 45, Zumbrota, MN55992. These will be compiledand forwarded to Thompson.

Another public meeting will beheld with Thompson in late Feb-ruary to discuss further details.Casting choices should be fairlysolid by then and the committeelooks forward to the announce-

ment of nationally known actorsfor the cast.

In the meantime, the commit-tee is also gathering informationon other resources they have tooffer, such as locations and vol-unteers. If you have an older homethat could be used as a filminglocation, please contact Pam Lan-gley or Ronda Sand. Volunteerswill also be needed to providehousing, meals, transportation, andto work as personal assistants tothe national cast members.

“His Neighbor Phil” is a touch-ing yet humorous story of a fam-ily dealing with Alzheimer’s dis-ease. The State Theatre will playa key role and music is a centralcomponent.

More information aboutThompson’s company My TownPictures can be found at www.mytownp ic tu res .com. TheFacebook page for “His NeighborPhil” has links to Scott’s websiteand trailers for three of his featurefilms: “A Place For Heroes,” “Af-ter Life” and “One Song.”

For more information about theproject, contact Ronda Sand (732-7830) or Pam Langley (732-7682).

Zumbrotans to performwith Choral Arts Ensemble

ROCHESTER – The Choral ArtsEnsemble will present “Midwin-ter Serenade” on Saturday, Feb-ruary 1, 7:30 p.m., at the LourdesChapel at Assisi Heights in Roch-ester. A pre-concert talk will be at7 p.m. For tickets, call 507-252-8427.

Among the members of the choirare Aaron and Stephanie Schu-

macher and Andy Buchholz, allof Zumbrota.

The Choral Arts Ensemble’s2013-14 season, “Partners in Per-formance,” features a special col-laboration at each concert. “Mid-winter Serenade” is a collabora-tion with a professional vocal en-semble from the Twin Cities calledThe Singers: Minnesota ChoralArtists.

Martin Jordanov of Kocani, Macedonia, is attending Zumbrota-MazeppaHigh School this year. Patrick and Sara Adams, along with sons Sam andAaron, are his host family.

By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA – Living in and

attending high school in the UnitedStates “has definitely been one ofmy dreams,” said Martin Jordanovof Kocani, Macedonia. With onlya few days remaining in the firstsemester of his junior year at Zum-brota-Mazeppa High School, thesoon-to-be 17-year-old is havinghis dream fulfilled. He will re-main through the end of the 2013-14 school year.

Through Ayusa (Academic Yearin the U.S.A.), a cultural exchangeprogram, Jordanov joined his hostfamily just before the school yearbegan. He’s been living withPatrick and Sara Adams and theirsons Sam, a freshman, and Aaron,a junior. The rural Mazeppa fam-ily has hosted two other studentsin recent years.

Jordanov’s own family consistsof his parents and a six-year-oldbrother. His father works for acompany that publishes newspa-pers and magazines. His motherhas a master’s degree in teachingand currently works in a fashionboutique. Jordanov’s extendedfamily is also very important tohim. A cousin, nearly the sameage as he, “is like a sister to me”while her twelve-year-old brotheris like a brother. He is very closewith his grandparents, aunt, anduncle as well.

Kocani is in the eastern part ofthe Republic of Macedonia andhas an urban population of ap-proximately 50,000. Jordanov de-scribes Macedonia as a small, oldcountry in the heart of the Balkansnations. Landlocked and borderedby Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, andAlbania, the history of the areadates back to 400-500 B.C.

Prior to his arrival in Minne-sota, Jordanov was among ten

Macedonian Ayusa students whotraveled together. They arrived inWashington, D.C. and spent threedays touring the area. The WhiteHouse, Smithsonian Museum, andhistorical monuments were amongthe places they visited. Jordanovwas among Ayusa students whoreceived aYouth Exchange &Study Program (YES) Scholarshipfunded by the U.S. Department of

State for his academic year pro-gram.

Though Jordanov and his hostfamily had Skyped soon after com-pleting the matching process inMay, it wasn’t until Labor Dayweekend that he arrived and metthem. Since then, they have beento other areas in Minnesota doinga variety of activities includingskiing. He frequently rides to and

Attending high school in the U.S.was one of Jordanov’s dreams

from school and other activitieswith his host brother, Aaron. Al-though the Adams family does liveseveral miles from school, he com-mented on the amount of drivingpeople do in the United States:“At home, we walk everywhere.Here, people drive, even to schoolwhen it is close by.”

One of the differences thatJordanov has enjoyed about at-tending ZMHS is the ability toselect his own school subjects.During the last years of high schoolin Macedonia classes are struc-tured toward a particular career orsubject goal. He noted that thereis more flexibility in choices ofclasses in the United States. Healso appreciates that teachers aremore friendly and helpful here.Jordanov has been consideringcareers in computer programmingor engineering, but these are notdefinite plans. He will have oneyear of high school remaining whenhe returns to Macedonia, possiblyless if he receives credit for classescompleted at ZMHS.

Jordanov has taken the oppor-tunity to participate in several sportsoffered at ZM. In the fall, he wasa member of the ZM/Pine Islandsoccer team. Although soccer (foot-ball) is very popular in Macedonia,Jordanov did not play with a teamor club, only informally with hisfriends. This winter, he is playingbasketball, a sport he has partici-pated in since early elementaryschool. This spring, track and fieldwill be a new experience for him.

Jordanov doesn’t know the ex-act date he will return to his homecountry with the other Macedonianstudents. He said, “It has been amagnificent journey so far. It hasdefinitely been a challenge, but Iwouldn’t change it.”

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From Our Files10 Years Ago

January 21, 2004Patrick Gorman was named Pine

Island Student of the Month forJanuary.

20 Years AgoJanuary 19, 1994

Pine Island Elementary and HighSchool students who won honorsin the National Geography Beewere Andrew Campbell, RhysWiggs, Erick Mell, Jamie Ganz,Rebecca Nixon, and Kyle Sprague.

30 Years AgoJanuary 18, 1984

Donna Zimmerman, daughterof Larry Zimmerman, has beenaccepted for admission intoMankato State University. ***

Tom and Bev Jeanson returnedJanuary 8 from a trip to San Fran-cisco where they celebrated their25th wedding anniversary. ***Mrs. Steve Wegman and Nicho-las and Mrs. Jeff LaGosh and Sh-annon spent the weekend at theRobert Wegman home.

40 Years AgoJanuary 17, 1974

The first baby of the new yearin Pine Island was Chad HenrySchroeder, son of Mr. and Mrs.Melvin Schroeder. *** CharlotteHanson was elected to the post ofassistant cashier at the SecurityState Bank at the stockholders’meeting on Tuesday.

50 Years AgoJanuary 16, 1964

Dale Schiesser, injured in a two-car crash on Christmas Eve, re-turned to his parents’ home Mon-day morning. He is expected to behouse-bound for nine weeks as herecovers from a broken leg. ***Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wicker ofBerne and Mrs. Evea Raddatz wereTuesday dinner guests of Mrs. KarlStussy. *** Mr. and Mrs. CameronHayward attened the funeral ofDonald Raihala in Duluth on Fri-day.

60 Years AgoJanuary 21, 1954

BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs.Cameron Hayward, a son, on Janu-ary 13; Mr. and Mrs. Anton Sigrist,a son, last week. *** Mr. and Mrs.

PINE ISLAND

PINE ISLAND, 1984 – The SharingShelves, Pine Island’s local foodshelf has only been operating for amonth, but has already been ableto help about a dozen families,according to Hazel Samuelson,president of the group. Ione Ronning,above, works at the store.

20 Years AgoJanuary 19, 1994

Dr. Jaqueline Walter, a residentof the Wanamingo community forthe past few years, moved withher son Joseph in late Decemberto a new home and job in NewMexico. She is the daughter ofDr. Bill and Phyllis Walter. ***Ruth Stiehl spent the Christmasholidays in Hawaii. She visitedher son Phil in Hilo and otherfriends elsewhere. *** Chad Peter-son, freshman at Mankato StateUniversity, was named to the highhonors list for the fall quarter.

40 Years AgoJanuary 17, 1974

Lloyd Johnson will speak at theFamily Night at Trinity Church

next Thursday. He will show slidesand speak about experiences heand his family had while servingwith the Peace Corps in thePhillipines for two years. ***BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. JohnHegseth, a daughter, Heidi Lynn,on January 8.

50 Years AgoJanuary 16, 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Senf ofFairmont were weekend guests atthe home of her parents, Mr. andMrs. Kent Bergum. *** Mr. andMrs. Willard Struz and family ofRed Wing were supper guestsMonday evening of last week atthe Jewel Ness home. *** Mr. andMrs. Donald Benrud of Goodhueand Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Luebke

WANAMINGOwere Sunday supper guests at theJewel Ness home.

70 Years AgoJanuary 20, 1944

A telegram from the Navy De-partment received by C.D. Olsonreports that Clarence Morken ismissing, following action in theperformance of his duty. No otherdetails followed. *** Mr. and Mrs.Algot Strom and daughter Sandraof Red Wing were Saturdayevening visitors at the home ofMr. and Mrs. Joseph Romness.*** Mr. and Mrs. Hans Holtheand Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holthe andson Roland of Minneapolis vis-ited Sunday at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Anton Holthe.

WANAMINGO, 1974 – Steve Wolf scores on a fast break layup in the Bulldogs’ 58-43 win over Dover-Eyotaon Friday night. Teammates Phil Stiehl (55) and Ron Haugen (53) race down the floor with him. Wanamingohas a 4-1 record in the conference and an 8-1 record overall.

10 Years AgoJanuary 21, 2004

Brandon Schaefer, a participantin the Minnesota Agriculture andRural Leadership Program, wasat the seminar for the program heldin the Mankato area January 14-16.

20 Years AgoJanuary 19, 1994

Ben Augustine, Kristin Meincke,Meredith Voth, and Kim Roschenwere chosen to participate in the44th annual Dorian Vocal Festi-val at Luther College in Decorah,Iowa, January 9-10.

40 Years AgoJanuary 17, 1974

Mrs. Bessie Benda entertainedher bridge club Tuesday night. ***Mr. and Mrs. Orran Bremer wereTuesday dinner guests at theGeorge Sundby residence. *** Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin Hinsch visited atthe Frederick Benitt home Sun-day evening. *** Mrs. MaryReding of Mazeppa spent severaldays last week at the John Haasresidence.

50 Years AgoJanuary 16, 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Burton Austadvisited at the Maynard Voth homein Red Wing on Sunday evening.*** Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Olsonof Portland and Miss LenaHennings called on Mrs. Wm.Hennings at the Zumbrota Hospi-tal on Sunday afternoon. *** Mr.and Mrs. Walter Rusch entertainedthe bridal party at their home afterthe church rehearsal on Fridayevening.

60 Years AgoJanuary 21, 1954

GOODHUEBORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey

Hadler, a daughter, on January 14;Mr. and Mrs. Donald Thomforde,a daughter, on January 14. ***Mr. and Mrs. Karl Tomfohr andchildren of Burnside enjoyed Sun-day dinner at the Charles Tomfohrhome. *** Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeW. Diercks were in Lake City onSunday, dinner and supper guestsof Mr. and Mrs. Anton Falk.

70 Years AgoJanuary 20, 1944

Mrs. Art Reese called on Mrs.Marvin Luhman at St. John’s Hos-pital on Saturday. *** Aileen Nord,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WillNord, underwent a tonsilectomyin Red Wing on Thursday. ***Mrs. Jesse Nordvold of Zumbrota,mother of Mrs. Wallace Johnson,spent Friday and Saturday inGoodhue.

GOODHUE , 1974 – The Goodhue instrumental music department’s mid-winter concert should find toestapping in time to the elementary school trombone section’s rendition of “Slide, Kelly, Slide” on January 24.From left to right are David Munson, Gary Robbins, Dennis Hinsch, and Vaughn Miller.

ZUMBROTA, 1964 – Something different for a bakery’s oven was the42-pound pig which Arden Sikkink (right) placed in the oven at hisDeluxe Bakery. Melvin Raasch, left, of Wally’s Market, did the butcheringand dressing. After six hours of roasting, the porker was delivered tothe Herb Hinrichs residence where it was served to a large socialgathering of 27 people.

ZUMBROTA10 Years Ago

January 21, 2004The three Zumbrota-Mazeppa

Middle School Peace Poster win-ners who were guests at a Zum-brota and Mazeppa Lions Clubdinner are Casey Hein (third place)Melanie Josselyn (second place)and Marcy Swenson (first place).*** Members of the Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA Chapter selectedas two-star winners of the NationalFFA Chapter Award program areBrent Lexvold, Greg Siems, HunterBacon, Nikki Heydmann, MaryTesmer, Amanda Anderson andJon Yusten, their advisor.

20 Years Ago January 19, 1994Darin Baumberger of Zumbrota

graduated from South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technologywith a bachelor of science degreein mechanical engineering. ***

Kenneth Liffrig of Mazeppa, adelivery driver for United ParcelService, was recently recognizedby the company for completing20 years of driving without hav-ing an avoidable accident. ***Maribeth Mrozek, Cori Ahna Rudeand Sara Miller were chosen toparticipate in the 44th annualDorian Vocal Festival at Luthercollege in Decorah, Iowa.

30 Years AgoJanuary 18, 1984

New Lions Tom Lexvold,Newell Aaker and Ray Nelson wereinstalled into the Zumbrota LionsClub by the district governor LouisRichardson at the regular meet-ing. *** Dr. and Mrs. KenMagnuson and family returnedhome from Florida where Dr.Magnuson attended a conventionand they also did some sightseeing

in the Orlando area. Highlight ofthe trip was visiting the EpcotCenter. *** Mr. and Mrs. RobertHeinz of Balsam Lake, Wiscon-sin, and Tina Smith were luncheonguests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Henry Kunde. *** Mrs. MarionTrelstad and Mrs. Forrest Sharpenreturned home January 18 afterspending time visiting relativesand friends in Nevada and Ari-zona. *** Supt. Jim Neuman andSue Rockne, a member of the Zum-brota School Board, attended theMinnesota School Board Associa-tion annual convention at the Min-neapolis Auditorium.

40 Years AgoJanuary 24, 1974

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Utech werevisitors at the Lawrence Tollefsrudhome on Tuesday evening. ***Gene Peterman celebrated his ninthbirthday with six of his schoolfriends, Andy Aunan, Brian De-Witt, Tommy Weeks, RockyWiltermuth, Brad Redfield andJason Fredrickson at Shakey’sPizza in Rochester. *** Mr. andMrs. Edwin Jacobson and Gerryreturned Sunday after spendingeight days in Honolulu, Hawaii.*** Jeff Nelson of San Jose, Cali-fornia, is visiting his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Alton Nelson. *** Mrs.Emmett Myers of Red Wing vis-ited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bredehofton Friday afternoon.

50 Years AgoJanuary 23, 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Anderson,Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bailey, Cindyand Duane and Mr. and Mrs. OlafAnderson were supper guests atthe Myron Lipps home. ***IverShay and his sister Ragnhild wereamong the friends and relatives at

Floyd Baumgartner visited Mr. andMrs. Robert Rossi and family inRochester on Sunday afternoon.*** Mr. and Mrs. Neil Swartz andMr. and Mrs. Vernon Paddack ofRochester spent Sunday at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Dahl.*** Sharon Streiff of Berne spentMonday afternoon with her grand-mother, Mrs. Baltz Streiff.

the wedding of Miss Sandra Ulstadand Bruce Lisko. *** Mr. and Mrs.Duane Finstuen, Faye, DeeDee andKimberly visited in Winona withMargarete Jerowski. *** Mr. andMrs. Duane Jonas and son ofGoodhue were afternoon visitorsat the Forrest Scharpen home. ***Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Tilly areenjoying a winter vacation in Tuc-son, Arizona. *** Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Carlson were among rela-tives who celebrated ClarenceCarlson’s birthday at his home inWanamingo. *** Mrs. FrancisGoplen entertained a group of rela-tives at a dinner honoring her hus-band on his birthday.

ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORTDecember 1

12:12 a.m. – A driver was cited fordriving 97 mph in a 65 mph zone andno proof of insurance.

3:27 p.m. – A deputy asked for assis-tance with traffic.

3:32 p.m. – The Covered Bridge Res-taurant reported that a male was uncon-scious in the bathroom. A needle wasnext to him. The male was arrested forfelony possession of a controlled sub-stance (heroin).December 2

1:49 a.m. – An Olmsted County Deputyasked an officer to drive by a house andlook for a vehicle.

11:43 a.m. – A male called 911 andasked for an officer to call him backabout getting money for his mother.

6:02 p.m. – A female reported hear-ing 10 shots in the past five minutes. Anofficer spoke with the person.

8:44 p.m. – An officer assisted theState Patrol with investigating a foundvehicle. The vehicle was stolen out ofRed Wing and a male was arrested forpossession of stolen property.December 3

2:19 p.m. – A female was havingchest pains. An ambulance was dis-patched.

4:38 p.m. – A male reported that anunknown person tampered with a lockand damaged it.

8:12 p.m. – A female reported thather daughter told her that she neverwanted to see her again and left thehouse with her boyfriend. An officer lo-cated them on the corner of 10th andsouth Main. She said her mother toldher to leave. The daughter returned homeand they worked out an agreement forthe daughter to stay with a friend.

9:23 p.m. – An officer assisted with alift.December 4

8:20 a.m. – An officer assisted amale whose vehicle had run out of gas.

1:39 p.m. – A driver was given averbal warning for driving the wrong di-rection on the Highway 52 and Highway58 ramp.

5:58 p.m. – A person requested acheck on a car that was parked and hadbeen there for quite sometime. The driverhad pulled over to make a cell phonecall.December 5

1:50 p.m. – A female reported that avehicle had been parked at the ballfieldsand had been there numerous times.The person was homeless and ThreeRivers would help him out.December 6

8:01-8:23 p.m. – Two drivers werewarned for speeding.

8:40 p.m. – A driver was warned fornot stopping for a stop sign and speed-

ing.9:03-9:25 p.m. – Three drivers were

warned for having a headlight out.11:43 p.m. – a driver was cited for

speeding.December 7

12:15 a.m. – A driver was cited forspeeding.

1:19 a.m. – A driver was stopped fordriving without headlights on. The driverwas arrested for DWI.

7:43 a.m. – A vehicle was pulled overwith four-way lights on. An officer checkedon the driver. Everything was fine.

8:32 a.m.-12:32 p.m. – Four driverswere warned for speeding.

1:49 p.m. – A driver was cited fordriving 85 mph in a 65 mph zone.

3:16-4:42 p.m. – Two drivers werewarned for speeding.

7:52 p.m. – An officer answered ques-tions regarding a child custody.

8:20 p.m. – A female reported thather mother had fallen in the bathroom,and was dehydrated and weak. She wasnot complaining of any specific pain,however, she had rheumatoid arthritisand was generally in pain.

9:43-10:05 p.m. – Two drivers werewarned for speeding.

10:32 p.m. – A driver was warned forhaving a left taillight out.

11:13-11-45 p.m. – Two drivers werewarned for speeding.December 8

12:55 a.m. – A female reported thata vehicle hit a median. The driver pulledover to the shoulder and was walkingaround it.

9:33 a.m. – An officer unlocked avehicle.

10:59 a.m. – A vehicle went off aroadway and hit a fire hydrant.

10:39 a.m. – A female was concernedabout the welfare of her grandchildrenwho live with their mother. The motherwas arrested on November 28 and thekids were treated at a hospital. The motherwas refusing to tell her where the chil-dren were.

11:44 p.m. – An officer assisted withan escort to a cemetery.

11:49 p.m. – A driver was warned fordriving in construction on 5th Street andwas given a warning for no seat belt.December 9

9:12 a.m. – An officer unlocked avehicle with a small child inside.

12:55 p.m. – An officer assisted withan adult male employee that was havinga seizure. He was breathing but notconscious.

3:02 p.m. – An officer helped theRochester State Patrol with a traffic stop.December 10

11:33 a.m. – The City of Zumbrotareported that someone took out a stopsign during the night.

1:52 p.m. – The Zumbrota Libraryreported that parties had not returned

rented materials.3:26 p.m. – A vehicle ran into a pole.

December 114:28 a.m. – Wabasha County asked

for an officer the check the Zumbrotaarea and local bars for a male fromMazeppa.

9:40 a.m. – An officer responded to amedical alarm. The person was hanginga picture and fell.

11:19 a.m. – A semi trailer backedover a stop sign.

2:35 p.m. – A person called saying aparty had used a credit card to order a$30 item.

5:29 p.m. – An officer assisted withan accident on a ramp.

7:52 p.m. – An officer unlocked avehicle.

10:06 p.m. – An officer pulled a deerout of a roadway.

10:43 p.m. – A driver was given averbal warning for not having taillights.

NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 • PAGE 3B

No truth to rumor ofGroth Implement being soldBy Peter Grimsrud

MAZEPPA — The MazeppaCity Council discussed a rumorthat Groth Implement was beingsold at the January 8 meeting. Presi-dent of Groth Implement BrianGroth stated, “This is not true inany way.”

Groth was surprised by the dis-cussion of the rumor by the coun-cil and the printing of it in thenewspaper. He is concerned thatthis false rumor will “impact their(customers) buying decisions.When people are buying machinesworth 10’s and 100’s of thousands

of dollars, the strength of the deal-ership is important in the decisionprocess.”

Groth added that he just returnedfrom Georgia, where he receivedthe top ag dealer award in NorthAmerica. And at the meeting, hediscussed expanding Groth Imple-ment with JCB’s Vice President.

Publisher’s note: It is our policyto report what board members andcouncilors discuss during officialmeetings, however, we don’t wantto be a party to spreading rumors.I hope this puts an end to the ru-mors that have been circulating.

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ObituariesCOUNTY

Senior DiningReservations are required by

calling 24 hours ahead at each ofthe nutrition sites.

In the Pine Island area, mealsare served at the Pine Island Se-nior Center; Zumbrota area, Zum-brota Towers.

January 23-29Thursday: Meat lasagna,

parslied carrots, coleslaw, Frenchbread, fresh fruit

Friday: Hamburger on bun (alt:brat on bun), potato salad, calicobeans, peach crisp

Monday: Hawaiian chicken,rice, peas, kidney bean salad, fro-zen vanilla yogurt

Tuesday: Roast beef, mashedpotatoes, whole kernel corn, beetpickles, pears in caramel sauce

Wednesday: Baked ham (alt:sliced turkey roast), boiled potato,carrots, seven-layer salad, dinnerroll, lemon bar

If you have questions, call 356-2228 or the SEMCAC kitchen at732-4072.

SWCD MeetingThe monthly meeting of the

Goodhue County Soil and WaterConservation District, Board ofSupervisors, will be on Tuesday,January 28, at 9:30 a.m. at the SoilConservation Office in Goodhue.

Sea Wing DisasterPresentation

The Goodhue County HistoricalSociety will hold its annual meetingon Sunday, January 26, at 2 p.m. atthe Goodhue County History Center,1166 Oak Street, Red Wing. Follow-ing a short business meeting will be apresentation on the 1890 Sea WingDisaster, one of the worst maritimedisasters on the upper MississippiRiver. Presenter will be author andhistorian Fred Johnson. The meetingis free and open to the public. Formore information contact the HistoricalSociety at 651-388-6024.

55+ Driver ImprovementThe Minnesota Highway Safety

Center will be offering 55+ DriverImprovement Courses on the fol-lowing days.

February 6, four-hour refreshercourse, 12:30-4:30 p.m., St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church, 1884 22nd StNW, Rochester.

February 8, four-hour refreshercourse, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.,Northrup Building – RochesterComm. Ed., 201 8th St NW, Roch-ester.

February 12 and 13, eight-hourfirst time course, 5:30-9:30 p.m.,

Northrup Building – RochesterComm. Ed., 201 8th St NW, Roch-ester.

For more information or to reg-ister, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888-234-1294

Seasons HospiceAll groups are held at the Cen-

ter for Grief Education and Sup-port, Seasons Hospice, 1696Greenview Dr. SW. Registrationis required two days prior to thedate of the event. For details: 507-285-1930 or shbp@seasonshospice.org.

Chester WoodsQuestions, call Celeste Lewis

at 507-287-2624.

Oxbow ParkSnowshoeing, Saturday, Janu-

ary 25, 1 p.m. Experience the parkas a winter wonderland. Learn theimportance of snowshoes and howsome animals have their own ver-sion of snowshoes. Bring your ownor rent snowshoes for $3. Recom-mended for ages 10 and up. Snowpermitting.

Questions, call Clarissa Josselynat 507-775-2451.

GOODHUECommunity Library

The Goodhue School Library,in conjunction with SELCO andGoodhue County, is open to thecommunity on Mondays andWednesdays, 3:30-7 p.m. whenschool is in session. The library isequipped with interlibrary loanservice, which means if the librarydoes not have a book you want,that book can be there in two days.

Pancake BreakfastThe Goodhue National Honor

Society will host a pancake break-fast on Sunday, January 26, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at the Goodhue LionsBuilding. Proceeds go towardscholarships to graduating seniors.

Strategic PlanningThe Goodhue School District

will holds its second strategic plan-ning session on Monday, January27, 5:30-7 p.m. in room 200 at theschool. This is the final session.The public is invited to partici-pate in setting goals for the dis-trict. The new strategic plan isexpected to be finalized prior tothe February 18 school boardmeeting. At the board meeting,the board members will considerapproval of the strategic plan. Thefirst strategic planning meeting washeld November 25.

Historical SocietyThe Goodhue Area Historical

Society is closed for the seasonuntil June 1 when regular hoursresume. If you want to arrange avisit in the meantime call ArdisHenrichs, 651-923-4629; MarieStrusz, 651-923-4302; Ray Mc-Namara, 651-923-5117; or RoyBuck, 651-923-4388. Visit goodhueareahistory.org for informationabout the historical society.

ORONOCOArea History Center

The Oronoco Area History Cen-ter is open to visitors in the CityBuilding every second Saturdayfrom 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us atOAHC, 54 Blakely Ct. NW orcall 507-367-4320. You may alsovisit our web page at oronocoareahistory.org.

PINE ISLANDTops #1280

PI Tops #1280 meets everyMonday night at St. Paul Luth-eran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15and meeting time is 6 p.m. Every-one welcome. Questions call 356-8596 or 356-8990.

Caregiver Support GroupThe group meets Monday, Janu-

ary 27, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul LutheranChurch. Respite is available uponrequest. Call the Pine Island AreaHome Services at 356-2999 formore information.

Blood Pressure ClinicThe clinic will be held Tues-

day, January 28, at 11 a.m. at thePine Island City Centre.

Cancer Support GroupThe group meets Thursday, Janu-

ary 23, at 9 a.m. at St. Paul LutheranChurch.

Toastmasters MeetingThe Pine Island Toastmasters

meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St.Paul Lutheran Church. They donot meet on holiday weekends:Christmas, New Year’s, Easter,Memorial Day, 4th of July, LaborDay or Thanksgiving.

PI Senior CitizensThe Senior Citizens meet

Wednesday, January 15, at noonat the handicapped accessible Se-nior Center for social activitiesfollowing the noon meal. All com-munity seniors 55 and over arewelcome.

History CenterThe Pine Island Area History Cen-

ter is located at 314 North Main Street.It is open by appointment only, due tomaintenance projects that have beenscheduled. Regular hours will beginon Sunday, March 2. To contact theHistory Center go to www.pineislandhistory.org or by leaving a messageat 507-356-2802. If you wish to speakwith someone, call the director at 507-398-5326.

WANAMINGOKW Board Meeting

The KW School Board will meeton Monday, January 27 at 7 p.m.in the elementary school mediacenter in Wanamingo. Items onthe agenda include the 2012-13school district financial audit, pro-gram reductions, building secu-rity, police school liaison officer,teacher lane change request, fieldtrips, the acceptance of donations,school board day at school, com-

mittee reports, and administrativereports. Anyone wishing to speakto the board may do so at the be-ginning of the meeting.

ZUMBROTAMoms in Prayer

Moms in Prayer meet on Mon-days, 7 p.m. at Our Saviour’sChurch, 1549 East Avenue, Zum-brota.

Legion Post 183American Legion Post 183 meets

Thursday, January 23, at 6 p.m. atStary-Yerka VFW Post 5727.

ZM School BoardThe school board meeting will

be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Janu-ary 27, in the elementary schoolmedia center in Mazeppa.

VFW MeetingThe VFW meets Thursday, Janu-

ary 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Stary-YerkaVFW Post 5727.

Financial WorkshopThe Minnesota Department of Com-

merce will be offering a financial plan-ning workshop on Thursday, January23, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Zum-brota Public Library. The workshopis designed to answer your financialplanning questions and help you reachyour short- and long-term goals. Topicswill include budgeting, setting finan-cial goals, and insurance (health, auto,home, long-term care). The workshopis free and open to everyone.

Zumbrota Towers EventsJanuary 23-29

Thursday: 10:15 a.m. ExercisesMonday: 1:30 p.m. Cribbage

and Games.Tuesday: 10:15 a.m. ExercisesWednesday: 1:30 p.m. Euchre

LibraryThe Zumbrota Public Library

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

History CenterThe Zumbrota History Center has

a new photo stand displaying over 50photographs of early Zumbrota scenes.They have been enlarged to 8 x 10 foreasier viewing. New photos are be-ing added all the time. Also on dis-play are military memorabilia, includ-ing Civil War items, different modelsof telephones, Zumbrota telephonebooks dating back to the 1900s, anditems of Zumbrota advertising. Mu-seum hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1p.m. Other hours by appointment (732-7049).

Tops MeetingZumbrota Tops #563 meets ev-

ery Monday night at Our Saviour’sLutheran Church. Weigh-in timeis changed to 5:30 p.m. and meet-ing time to 6 p.m. Everyone wel-come. Questions call 732-7459 or732-4766.

Community Band PracticeThe Zumbrota Community Band

practices on Monday nights at 7:30p.m. in the Zumbrota-MazeppaHigh School music room. Volun-teer musicians are welcome.

State Theatre“Love Potion #10,” a rock and

roll musical from the 50s and 60sby the Whitesidewalls, Saturday,January 25, 7:30 p.m. Tickets avail-able at 507-732-7616.

The State Theatre is at 96 East4th Street in Zumbrota. For infor-mation visit zaac.org.or call 507-272-1129.

CrossingsRandy Oas and Youngrhee Jeon

exhibit, through Feb. 14.Brush & Bourdeaux with Odell

Portz, Fri., Jan. 24, 7-9 p.m.Introduction to Stained Glass, Sat.-

Sun., Jan. 25-26, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.each day.

Pottery Wheel Boot Camp, Sun.,Jan. 26, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Yoga, Tues., Jan. 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Poet-Artist Collaboration entry

deadline, Wed., Jan. 29, 5 p.m.Spanish from the Native Tongue,

Wed., Jan. 29, 7-8:30 p.m.For more information go to www.

crossingsatcarnegie.com or call 507-732-7616. Crossings is at 320 E Ave.

Community Calendar

Caryl Moyer 1941-2014

PINE ISLAND – Caryl R. Moy-er, age 72, became an angel onJanuary 15, 2014 after his death atthe Pine Haven Care Center fromcomplications from a stroke suf-fered in January of 2012.

Caryl Richard Moyer was bornon November 22, 1941, in PineIsland, to Jesse and Helen (neeElias) Moyer. He grew up in thearea and attended Pine Island HighSchool. Caryl then became a cer-

tified mechanic. On October 16,1959 he married Sandra RoseSchiesser at Zwingli United Churchof Christ in Berne. They were weduntil the time of her passing onJune 19, 1995. Caryl worked atPostier & Eggers Buick in Roch-ester and later for Alberts Bros. inPine Island. In his younger years,Caryl enjoyed working on andracing cars. He also enjoyed gar-dening and loved spending timewith his close friends.

Caryl is survived by his chil-dren, Dawn (Troy) Kennedy, Den-nis (Jeannie) Moyer and Darcy(Greg) Goplen, all of Pine Island,and Darla Knutson of West Con-cord; brother, Daryl “Hoss” (Judy)Moyer of Rochester; eleven grand-children; nine great-grandchildren;many nieces and nephews; sisters,Joan Peper of New Port Richey,Florida, Dianna (Richard) Millerof Pine Island, and Dale Schiesserof Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Caryl was preceded in death byhis wife, Sandra, and parents.

In keeping with Caryl’s wishesa private family graveside will beheld at a later date.

LaVonne Schultz 1937-2014

MAZEPPA – LaVonne J.Schultz, age 76, of Mazeppa, diedWednesday, January 15, 2014 atSaint Marys Hospital in Roches-ter.

LaVonne Jean Lorenz was bornon June 1, 1937 in Millville toNorman and Florence (Kent)Lorenz. She graduated fromMillville High School. On August20, 1960 she married Martin C.Schultz at St. John’s LutheranChurch – Bear Valley in ruralMazeppa. She worked at PaceDairy, Plainview Canning, Trea-sure Island and also dedicated sev-eral years to taking care of her

parents. LaVonne enjoyed cook-ing, canning, gardening, flowers,fishing. She also enjoyed havingcompany over, especially her fam-ily.

LaVonne is survived by herhusband, Martin, of Mazeppa; son,Dennis (Mary) Riege of Aurora,Colorado; daughters, Wanda andSue Schultz, both of Mazeppa, andCharlene (Jerry) Sexton ofStewartville; son, Paul (Ginny)Schultz of Rochester; nine grand-children; and eight great-grand-children.

LaVonne was preceded in deathby her parents, Norman and Flo-rence; and sons, Gene and MarcSchultz.

A memorial service was heldSaturday, January 18, at MahnFamily Funeral Home – LarsonChapel in Zumbrota with PastorEric Westlake officiating. Burialwas in the Zumbrota Cemetery.

Jeanette Navratil 1935-2014

PINE ISLAND – Jeanette “Jan”Lorraine Navratil, age 78, of PineIsland, passed from this life onFriday, January 17, 2014.

She was born on July 1, 1935,on a farm south of Albert Lea, toJens and Luvina (nee Walswik)Thorson. Jan was the youngest ofthree children. She attended ruralschool until the family moved to alarger farm near Hayward, east ofAlbert Lea, and she graduated fromAlbert Lea High School in 1953.Jan attended Mankato State Col-lege to become a school teacherand received her bachelor’s de-gree in elementary education.

Between her sophomore and jun-ior years she accepted a job offerin Alexandria to work at a resorton Lake Geneva at Brown’sGeneva Beach. She did not likethe work but she met a young man,Richard “Dick” Navratil, who alsoworked there and they became goodfriends. The friendship turned intolove and they were married July5, 1958 in Hayward.

After graduated from college Janbegan her teaching career inBlooming Prairie where they renteda small apartment. Dick workedat IBM in Rochester and commuteddaily. During this time they lookedfor a place closer to Rochester andstarted planning to build a house.They found a lot in Pine Island

that they could afford and startedbuilding in November of 1959,finishing the house the followingspring. Jeanette then taught at PineIsland School full-time for twoyears and continued as a substi-tute teacher for another eight years.Dick had started a small tool anddie shop during their time in PineIsland so Jan helped in the shoptoo. She could run the machineand deliver parts when done, soshe was very versatile. While allthis was going on she raised threechildren in her spare time!

Jan enjoyed all sorts of crafts,especially when she could help.She was very good at figuringthings out and motivating Dickwhen needed. She helped the grand-children with their school projectsinvolving crafts and was a patientteacher. She was a very gentleperson who rarely got riled up overanything. Jan will be missed byall who knew her. Her memorywill go on forever, or at least aslong as Dick lives. She will behaving a good conversation withher good friends Sue and Char-lotte as well as with her parentsand sister. We look forward toseeing her again.

Jan is survived by her lovinghusband of 55 years, Dick of PineIsland; son, Jon (Karen) Navratilof Annandale; daughters, Julie(fiancé Britt Bjugan) Jobes ofZumbrota, and Mary (Patrick) Pikeof Pine Island; sixteen grandchil-dren; nine great-grandchildren;sister, Jennie Egaas of Seattle,Washington; brother, Ted (Janet)Thorson of Rochester; and manynieces and nephews.

Jan was preceded in death byher sister, Eleanor Werness.

Funeral service will be at 11a.m. on Wednesday, January 22,2014 at Saint Paul Lutheran Churchin Pine Island with Reverends JohnTorris Lohre and Kip Groettumco-officiating. Visitation will befor one hour prior to the service atthe church. Memorials are pre-ferred to Saint Paul LutheranChurch.

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SCHULTZEric Schultz of Zumbrota died

on Friday, January 10, 2014 inPalm Springs, California. A me-morial service will be held Satur-day, January 25 at 11 a.m. at OurSaviour’s Lutheran Church inZumbrota for family and invitedfriends. Visitation will be at 1 p.m.A full obituary will be in nextweek’s issue.

HAUSKENTerje Hausken, 66, of Pine Is-

land, died on Saturday, January18, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Roch-ester. A memorial service will beat 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Janu-ary 23, at St. Paul Lutheran Churchin Pine Island. Visitation will befrom 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday atthe Mahn Family Funeral Homein Pine Island. A full obituary willbe in next week’s News-Record.

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Churches

Kids of Christ have a Splish Splash DayZUMBROTA – Kids of Christ students enjoyed a Splish Splash Day on January 15 and 16. Swimming suits andbeach balls made for a fun indoor activity on a very cold day! Front row: Mya Walerak, Taylor Thomforde, andSofia Richter; middle row: Joe Ottem, Landon Decker, Anthony Storey, Oakley Anderson, Lincoln Toombs,Sophia Garcia, and Karlee Scheffler; back row: Jackson Linquist, Addison Myran, Chase Dohrn, OliviaFogarty, Cooper Meyers, and Molly Hennig.

BELLECHESTERROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITECHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2miles north of Bellechester on County2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-923-4240. Sundays: 10 a.m. SundaySchool; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. HymnSing every fourth Sunday.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC , Bellech-ester, Father Paul Kubista. Sundaymornings: 9 a.m. Mass. Tuesdaymornings: 8 a.m. Mass.

GOODHUEHOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ,Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Sat-urdays: 5:30 p.m. Mass. Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 7:45 a.m. Mass.

ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Has-sanally. Wed., Jan. 22: 9 a.m. Quilt-ing; 6:30 p.m. Confirmation. Sun.,Jan. 26: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School;9:30 a.m. Worship with communionby intinction. Wed., Jan. 29: 6:30p.m. Confirmation.

ST. PETER’S EV. LUTHERAN,WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Wed.,Jan. 22: 8:30 a.m. Quilting with Biblestudy; 4 p.m. Confirmation class.Sun., Jan. 26: 9:15 a.m. SundaySchool; 10:15 a.m. Worship with com-munion followed by annual voters’meeting and lunch. Tues., Jan. 28:1-4 p.m. Pastor’s office hours.

MAZEPPAST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN ,Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211, home; 843-5302 work. Bibleclass every Wednesday at 7 p.m.Sun., Jan. 26: 8:30 a.m. Worship;9:30 a.m. Sunday School.

ST. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC ,Mazeppa. Weekends-Masses: Sun.:10 a.m., Mazeppa, Fr. Joe Fogal.

UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ORONOCOGRACE LUTHERAN, WELS , 45 1stAvenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-noon. Sundays: 8:45 a.m. SundaySchool; Bible class; 10 a.m. Wor-ship.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OFORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.Lisa Johnson office hours Mondays1-4 p.m.; Office hours: Tuesdays andThursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed.,Jan. 22: 5-7 p.m. Food shelf open.Sun., Jan. 26: 11 a.m. Annual meet-ing during worship.

PINE ISLANDCORNERSTONE BAPTISTCHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.cornerstonepi.org, ASL Interpretation avail-able. Cornerstone Kids meet everyWednesday at 6:45 p.m. Prayer meet-ing is Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREECHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Is-land, Chris Paulson, Pastor, (507)356-4834. Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Sun-day School for children and adults;10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. YouthGroup for grades 7-12. Wednesdays:6 p.m. AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30p.m. Bible study for all ages.

PINE ISLAND ASSEMBLY OF GOD ,520 So. Main St., Pine Island, 356-8622, email: dashpole@bevcomm.net, Rev. Dan Ashpole, Pastor. Sun-days: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible class andChildren’s Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ST. MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC , 451 5thStreet SW, Pine Island, 356-4280,Father Randal Kasel, Pastor; Satur-day Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass10:30 a.m.; Confessions 4:15 p.m.Saturday; Daily Mass Wednesday8:30 a.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.; Con-fessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tues-day-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5p.m.; Friday, 9 .a.m.-1 p.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN , ELCA, 2143rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,John Torris Lohre, Senior Pastor; KipA. Groettum, Associate Pastor. Email:saintpaulpi@yahoo.com; Web site:www.saintpaulpi.org.Wed., Jan. 22:

3:30 p.m. 7th and 8th grade confir-mation; 6 p.m. Adult ed; 8th gradeconfirmation; 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m.Annual meeting; 8 p.m. Chancel choir.Sat., Jan. 25: 5:30 p.m. Worship.Sun., Jan. 26: 8:15 a.m. Worship;9:30 a.m. Adult forum; Fellowship;Sunday School; 7th grade confirma-tion; Handbells; 10:30 a.m. Worship;Sunday School. Tues., Jan. 28: 8:30a.m. Quilting; Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m.Bible study; 2 p.m. Bible study lead-ers; 3:15 p.m. Children’s choir. Wed.,Jan. 29: 3:30 p.m. 7th and 8th gradeconfirmation; 6 p.m. Adult ed; 7 p.m.Chancel choir; 8 p.m. Praise team.

UNITED METHODIST, 200 Main St.North, PO Box 8, Pine Island, Caro-lyn Westlake, Pastor; Office hours:Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.;Web address: www.piumc.org; email:piumc@bevcomm.net.

WANAMINGONEW LIFE CHURCH , Wanamingo,Pastor Patrick McBride, 507-824-3019. New Life Church meets at 10a.m. at 525 Beverly Street, Wana-mingo. Free nursery for infantsthrough age three; Sunday Schoolfor all ages beginning at 9 a.m. SmallGroup Bible Studies Sunday eveningsat 7 p.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN , Wanamingo,Christopher Culuris, Pastor 507-824-2155.Wed., Jan. 22: 9 a.m. Volun-teers help with newsletter; 4:30 p.m.Confirmation. Thurs., Jan. 23: 9 a.m.1st call group. Sun., Jan. 26: 9 a.m.Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.Mon., Jan. 27: 8:30 a.m. Quilting.Wed., Jan. 29: 4:30 p.m. Confirma-tion.

WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,Wanamingo, MN 55983, ChristopherCuluris, Pastor. Office hours Thurs-days 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410.Wednesdays 4:30 p.m. Confirmationat Trinity. October: 9 a.m. Worship;10 a.m. Sunday School. Wed., Jan.22: 4:30 p.m. Confirmation at Trin-ity. Thurs., Jan. 23: Newsletter dead-line. Sun., Jan. 26: 9 a.m. Worshipwith potluck and annual meeting fol-lowing. Wed., Jan. 29: 4:30 p.m.Confirmation at Trinity.

ZUMBROTA

CHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCHand School, WELS, 223 East 5thStreet, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 732-5367. Wed., Jan. 22: 10 a.m. Chapel;10:30 a.m. Bible study; 1 p.m. Nurs-ing Home service; 3:15 p.m. Juniorchoir; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class;6 p.m. Power hour; 6:30 p.m. Bellchoir. Sun., Jan. 26: 8 and 10:30a.m. Worship with communion; 9:15a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. TeenBible study; Adult Bible study. Mon.,Jan. 27: 7 p.m. Bible study. Tues.,Jan. 28: 2:15 p.m. Towers Bible study.Wed., Jan. 29: 10 a.m. Chapel; 10:30a.m. Bible study; 3:15 p.m. Juniorchoir; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class;6 p.m. Power hour; 6:30 p.m. Bellchoir.

FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weeklyworship services: 81 West 5th Street,Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m.; 1 Corin-thians 15-16; Wednesday, 7 p.m.,Prayer and healing.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;Rev. Lisa Johnson office hours Tues-days 8-11 a.m. at Bridget’s. Secr-etary’s office hours: Tuesdays andThursdays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun., Jan.26: 9 a.m. Worship.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pas-tor. Office: 732-5074. Thursdays Biblestudy, 6:30 p.m. at Buschs’. Sun.,Jan. 26: 10:45 a.m. Worship; Psalm18:30-36.

NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD ,290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.507-398-2604. Pastor Gary Basin-ski. Service times: Saturday, 7 p.m.www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.

OUR SAVIOUR’S LUTHERAN AFLCEric Westlake and Tim Banks, Pas-tors, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota,732-5449, church office. Website:oslczumbrota.org. Office hours: Tues.,Wed., and Fri., 8 a.m.-noon. Wed.,Jan. 22: 11:30 a.m. Women’s Biblestudy; 3:15 p.m. Junior youth group;WINGS; 6 p.m. Youth group; Prayerhour; 7 p.m. Bible study. Sat., Jan.25: 6 a.m. Men’s fraternity; 7 a.m.Men’s prayer breakfast. Sun., Jan.26: 8:30 a.m. Prayer time; 9 a.m.Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Worship;12:30 p.m. Annual meeting. Mon.,Jan. 27: 7 p.m. Moms in prayer. Wed.,Jan. 29: 11:30 a.m. Women’s Biblestudy; 3:15 p.m. Junior youth group;WINGS; 6 p.m. Youth group; Prayerhour; 7 p.m. Bible study.

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 749 MainSt. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, emailstpauls@hcinet.net Pastor FatherRandal Kasel, pastor. Hours: Tues-day, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday 7:30-11:30a.m. http://stpaulzm.com. MassSchedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Tues-day and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Massat the nursing home is the secondTuesday of the month at 9:15 a.m.

UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,Susan Vikstrom, pastor; Cindy Wil-son Youth director. Wed., Jan. 22:7:15 a.m. CBC; 6:45 p.m. Confirma-tion class; 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal.Thurs., Jan. 23: 9 a.m. Quilting. Sun.,Jan. 26: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship;9:15 a.m. PACE; Sunday School. Wed.,Jan. 29: 7:15 am. CBC; 6:45 p.m.Confirmation class; Parents night; 7p.m. Choir rehearsal.

RURALEMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., Jan. 22:3:30 p.m. Overcomers; 6:30 p.m.Choir at Hauge. Sun., Jan. 26: 9a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. SundaySchool; 5:45 p.m. Youth group sup-per at Hauge; 6 p.m. Youth group atHauge. Wed., Jan. 29: 3:15 p.m.Overcomers; 5 p.m. 1st year confir-mation at Hauge; 6 p.m. 2nd yearconfirmation at Hauge; 6:30 p.m.Choir; 7:30 p.m. Bible study andprayer.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Ner-strand, Don Kloster pastor, (507) 334-2822. Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15a.m. Coffee hour; 10:30 a.m. Sun-day School; Confirmation class.

GRACE & ST. JOHN’S LUTHERANCHURCHES, Rural Goodhue, County4 Blvd., Andrew Krause, Pastor.Grace: Sundays: 9:15 a.m. SundaySchool; 10:30 a.m. Worship; Com-munion on the second and last Sun-day of the month. St. John’s: Sun-days: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15 a.m.Sunday School; Bible study; Com-munion on the second and last Sun-day of the month.

HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,Martin Horn, Pastoral. Wed., Jan.22: 3:30 p.m. Overcomers; 6:30 p.m.Choir. Sun., Jan. 26: 9:30 a.m. Sun-day School; 10:45 a.m. Worship; Noondinner followed by annual meeting;5:45 p.m. Youth group supper; 6 p.m.Youth group. Wed., Jan. 29: 3:15p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 1st yearconfirmation; 6 p.m. 2nd year confir-mation; 6:30 p.m. Choir at Emman-uel; 7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayerat Emmanuel.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old ChurchRoad. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651-388-4577. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Wor-ship.

LANDS LUTHERAN , 16640 Highway.60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.Zumbrota. Text study; 7 p.m. Spiri-tual guidance. Wed., Jan. 22: 9 a.m.Coffee and conversation; 6:15 p.m.Worship; Confirmation; 7 p.m. Youthgroup. Thurs., Jan. 23: 7:15 a.m.Youth Bible study at Bridget’s; 6 p.m.Property; Newsletter deadline. Sun.,Jan. 26: 9 a.m. choir; 9:30 a.m.Worship; 10:30 a.m. Annual meet-ing; Sunday School; 11:30 a.m. Pot-luck. Tues., Jan. 28: 11 a.m. Textstudy; 7 p.m. Praise practice. Wed.,Jan. 29: 9 a.m. Coffee and conver-sation; 6:15 p.m. Confirmation; Wor-ship; 7 p.m. Youth group.

MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628County 50 Blvd. Wed., Jan. 22: 4p.m. Confirmation. Sun., Jan. 26:9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship with communion; Audit com-mittee meeting following.

ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC ,36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30a.m. Mass.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN , BearValley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,home; 843-5302 work. Bible Classis every Wednesday at 6 p.m. inMazeppa. Sun., Jan. 26: 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN, WELS ,Minneola Township, County Road 7,rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,Pastor. Sun., Jan. 26: 8:30 a.m.Worship and installation of churchofficers; 9:30 a.m. Bible study. Tues.,Jan. 28: 1-4 p.m. Pastor’s officehours.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN , The Luth-eran Church Missouri Synod, Bel-videre, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,Pastor. Sun., Jan. 26: 9:30 a.m.Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.

STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA , Ru-ral Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507-271-5711. Sun., Jan. 26: 9 a.m.Confirmation; 9:30 a.m. SundaySchool; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30a.m. Annual meeting and lunch.Tues., Jan. 28: 11 a.m. Text study.

URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor DavidHurtt, Interim. Wed., Jan. 22: 6 a.m.Men’s Bible study; 6:30 p.m. Affir-mation class; 7:30 p.m. Praise andworship practice. Sun., Jan. 26: 9:15a.m. Sunday School; Youth forum;9:30 a.m. Adult forum; 10:30 a.m.Worship followed by blessing tablefor Aimee Lundell and Casey Carl-son; 11:30 a.m. Choir. Wed., Jan.29: 6 a.m. Men’s Bible study; 7:30p.m. Praise and worship practice.

WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN ,LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Can-non Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507-663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Min-ister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Biblestudy; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.

ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.

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CollegeSt. Cloud State University

ST. CLOUD – Named to thedean’s list for the fall semesterwere Samantha Hanson and Ben-jamin McPhail of Pine Island.

St. Mary’s UniversityWINONA – On the dean’s list

for the fall semester were CaitlynStrusz of Goodhue and MollyGrover of Zumbrota.

Iowa State UniversityAMES, IA – Katie Brenny of

Mazeppa received a Master of Ag-riculture, Professional Agriculturedegree at a recent commencementceremony.

Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeMILWAUKEE, WI – Jennifer

Kock of Oronoco was named to

the dean’s list for the fall semes-ter.

Rochester Communityand Technical College

ROCHESTER – Named to thedean’s list for the fall semesterfrom the following cities are:

Goodhue – Nicole AndersonMazeppa – Samantha Frank,

Darla Hammel, Kayla Kisro, Wil-liam Larson

Oronoco – Elizabeth Blanck,Kaylie Briske, Thomas Burns,Giulia Castangia, Andrew Jaeger,Veronica Lopez, Alexus Mao,Jordan Pin, Elijah Vouk, AshleyWorthen-Galuska, Timothy Wynn

Pine Island – Emily Banick,Deric Boone, Richard Brown,Cheryl Finnegan, Esther Gutzmer,Chase Haugen, Aimee Hill, Bonni

Hoang, Adam Jackson, BradleyJeanson, Shelby Kann, Alex Kast,Nicholas Kepros, KelliAnn Knuds-vig, Alison Kopp, Katheryn Mc-Connell, Amie McGlinch, AlyssaMoyer, Alejandra Murch, HaleyNelson, Rebekah Riihiluoma,Katelyn Washburn

Wanamingo – AlexandraJorrisen, Johanna Lillie, ChungLip, Bradley Parlier, Jordan Ryan

Zumbrota – Ethan Arendt,Danielle Benson, Trevor Friedrich,Mitchell Griffey, Shelby Hart,Lindsey Hill, Devan Huneke,Alexander Kehren, Paul Klan-kowski, Cody Krueger, ShelbyMalecha, Chelsea Nygaard, DavidPost, Kersti Pruka, Adam Riet-mann, Parker Rosedahl, ChristaSeymour, Marcy Swenson, Alex-ander VanOstrand, Thomas Voss

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Goodhue

Goodhue School choir tohost talent competition

GOODHUE – Do you have aspecial talent and would like toshare it? The Goodhue Schoolchoir will be hosting a talent showagain this year on Friday, Febru-ary 28 in gym two. They will bespicing things up this year with atalent competition rather than justa show. Anyone is allowed to au-dition, but all acts must be schoolappropriate.

Auditions are Saturday, Febru-ary 22 from 2-5 p.m. and Sunday,February 23 from 5-7 p.m. in thehigh school music room. If youare unable to make auditions, butwould like to be considered forthe show, you can contact EmilyShores at (651) 923-4447 ext 114.

Children 5 and under are free.All sales will go towards the pur-chase of new robes for the choir.

Goodhue Spelling Bee is January 23By R.D. Aaland

GOODHUE – The public is in-vited to watch top spelling beecontestants from Goodhue fifththrough eighth grades in Gym 2on Thursday, January 23, at 1:15p.m. Maybe you would like to seehow well you spell compared tothese students. Now is your chance.

On January 8, all Goodhue fifththrough eighth grade students tooka preliminary test for the spelling

bee and the top fifteen advanced.The regional competition will beheld Rochester on February 11.The following students will becompeting in the spelling bee:Grade 5

No one in top 15Grade 6

Christian ChavezMakayla KingSam OpsahlRebecca AlpersLuke Wallaker

Grade 7Colin WarrenTeman BradleyChris PonceletMackenzie Luhman

Grade 8Austin OmodtEthan ClarkKatie PearsonHaley EvansKennedy BuckAbby Doerhoefer

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VI. Old Business1. Consideration to approve the sec-

ond reading of Policies #405 – Veteran’sPreference & #710 – Extracurricular Trans-portation

VII. New BusinessA. Approve consent agenda items as

follows:1. Minutes of regular board meeting

on December 18, 2013.2. Minutes of Truth in Taxation meet-

ing on December 18, 20133. Minutes of the Organizational meeting

on January 6, 2014.4. Approval of receipts for the month

of December 2013/January 2014.5. Approval of expenses for the month

of December 2013/January 20146. Approval of resignations

7. Approval of hires8. Approval of retires9. Approve Child care leavesB. Consideration to approve Goodhue

County Education District’s building reso-lution

C. Consideration to approve settingthe make-up dates for the school clos-ings due to cold weather

D. Consideration to approve dona-tions

E. Consideration to approve first readingof policies #406 – Public and PrivatePersonnel Data; #610 – Field Trips;#616 – System’s Accountability

VIII. ReportsA. Board/Committee reportsB. Upcoming MeetingsIX. Adjournment

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DFL precinct caucuses set for February 4The Democratic-Farmer-Labor

(DFL) Party will hold its precinctcaucuses at February 4 at 7 p.m.Precinct caucuses are open to thepublic but in order to vote, offerresolutions or become a delegate,attendees must be eligible to votein the next general election, livein the precinct and be in generalagreement with the principles ofthe political party.

DFL Chairman Ken Martin saidprecinct caucuses are a great wayfor people to meet their neighborsand discuss issues important intheir communities and they serveas the unofficial start to the 2014election season.

“DFLers have a lot to talk aboutas we get ready to re-elect Gover-nor Dayton, Senator Franken, ourcongressional delegation, and aHouse DFL majority,” Martin said.“Gov. Dayton said he would builda better Minnesota, and with thesupport of DFL legislators and Min-nesotans, that’s what he has done.And despite Washington being fartoo paralyzed and dominated byspecial interests, Sen. Franken hasbeen effective for Minnesota byfinding common sense solutionsto the issues that matter most toour families. I encourage DFLersto come together February 4 andtalk about these accomplishments.

For those new to the precinctcaucus process, the Minnesota DFLhas developed a video, “What toExpect at a Precinct Caucus.” Itcan be viewed on the party’s

website at www.dfl.org under“Find Your District.” The websitealso features a precinct caucuslocator for people unsure of wheretheir precinct caucus is held.

All political parties in Minne-sota hold caucuses in precinctsacross the state, at the same time,on the same night, for the samepurpose.Goodhue CountyCaucus locations

Cannon Falls ElementarySchool, 1020 East MinnesotaStreet, Cannon Falls; Cannon FallsP-1, Cannon Falls P-2, CannonFalls Township, Leon Township

Goodhue Public Schools, 51023rd Ave, Goodhue: Belle CreekTownship, Bellechester, BelvidereTownship, Goodhue, GoodhueTownship

Kenyon-Wanamingo Elemen-tary School, 225 3rd Ave.,Wanamingo: Cherry Grove Town-ship, Roscoe Township, Wana-mingo, Wanamingo Township,Holden Township, Kenyon,Kenyon Township

Lake City High School: FlorenceTownship, Lake City

Northfield Middle School, 2200Division St S, Northfield: Denn-ison, Stanton Township, WarsawTownship

Pine Island High School, 2231st. Ave SE, Pine Island, Pine Is-land, Pine Island Township

Red Wing Twin Bluff MiddleSchool, 2120 Twin Bluff Rd, RedWing: Featherstone Township,Hay Creek Township, Red WingW-1 P-1, Red Wing W-1 P-2, RedWing W-2 P-1, Red Wing W-2 P-2, Red Wing W-3 P-1, Red WingW-3 P-2, Red Wing W-4 P-1, RedWing W-4 P-2, Vasa Township,Wacouta Township, Welch Town-ship

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Kendrah SchaferParents: Brandon and Monica

SchaferSiblings, ages: Madison, 17;

Max, 15; Kenneth, 11

Matthew DeneenParents: Brian and Amy DeneenSiblings, ages: Casey, 16High school activities: Foot-

ball, wrestling, TNT, KnowledgeBowl, Envirothon, speech,supermileage vehicles

Favorite class or subject: Phys-ics

Best high school memory:Going to State for Envirothon

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Building a cedar strip ca-noe, reading, and drawing

Part-time job: Mowing lawns

GOODHUE SENIOR PROFILESand housesitting

Favorite book: “The Roar” byEmma Clayton; movie: The Lordof the Rings trilogy; TV show:Bones; song: “Brand New Day”by Fireflight

Future plans: Dakota CountyTechnical College fornanotechnology.

High school activities: NationalHonor Society, Teens NeedingTeens, FFA, wrestling statistics

Favorite class or subject: Al-gebra

Best high school memory:When we beat Lake City in a closewrestling match and advanced tothe Mayo Civic Center

Out of school activities, hob-bies: 4-H, American GelbviehJunior Association, GoodhueCounty Extension Committee,Goodhue County Junior FairBoard, teaching fourth grade reli-gion classes, attending faith for-mation classes, showing beef cattleand market lambs

Part-time job: Cannon ValleyRanch and Schafer Farms, Inc.

Favorite book: “Heartland”;movie: The Notebook; TV show:Criminal Minds; song: “She’s MyKinda Rain” by Tim McGraw

Future plans: Go to either SouthDakota State University or theUniversity of Wisconsin – RiverFalls and major in animal science,ag business, and accounting. ThenI want to find a career in the agri-cultural industry, get married, andstart a family.

ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA SENIOR PROFILES

Anna BudensiekParents: Mark and Kathleen

BudensiekSiblings, ages: Ben, 20High school activities: Dance

team, National Honor Society,Senior Class Committee

Favorite class or subject: Any-thing with Mr. Raasch

Best high school memory:Getting third at State for danceteam

Out of school activities, hob-bies: More dance, reading, liftingweights, seeing movies, eating icecream

Part-time job: Dance teacher/assistant, Flowers on Main

Favorite book: “The Host”;movie: Transformers; TV show:Once Upon A Time; song: “I’llMake A Man Out of You” fromMulan

Future plans: Graduate fromthe University of Minnesota withdegrees in dance and psychology,maybe work for the FBI, get mar-ried, have three kids (two boysand a girl), and hopefully move toAlaska.

Elizabeth BoettgerParents: Esther and Peter

BoettgerSiblings, ages: Kathleen, 25;

George, 22; Michael, 20High school activities: Choir,

youth servicesFavorite class or subject: ChoirBest high school memory:

Going to Nashville and Omahawith the choir

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Girl Scouts, reading

Part-time job: Post-Bulletinpaper carrier

Favorite book: I’ve read toomany to pick one; movie: Alwaysthe last one I watched; TV show:Doctor Who; song: “Roar” by KatyPerry

Future plans: Go to college andget a job I love.

Debbie MillerParents: Ralph and Barb MillerSiblings, ages: Becky, 20

High school activities: Crosscountry, Close-Up, track, basket-ball, SADD

Favorite class or subject: So-ciology

Best high school memory: bas-ketball with Gabe

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Running, reading

Part-time job: Apple RidgeOrchard

Favorite book: “The HungerGames” trilogy; movie: IndianaJones; TV show: Game of Thrones;song: “Cruise” by Florida Geor-gia Line

Future plans: Become a nurseand have a family.

Molly LawlerParents: Pat and Carlene LawlerSiblings, ages: Katie, 14High school activities: Volley-

ball, basketball, golf, band, fresh-man mentor, Senior Class Com-mittee, National Honor Society,Close-Up, Cougar Crazies, tutor

Favorite class or subject: Psy-chology with Mr. Tessler

Best high school memory:Going to State in basketball sopho-more year

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Babysitting, spending timewith friends and family, shopping,playing sports

Part-time job: BabysittingFavorite book: Anything by

Jodi Picoult; movie: The BlindSide; TV show: Castle; song: Any-thing country – especially if it’sby Luke Bryan

Future plans: Attend the Uni-versity of Wisconsin – LaCrosse,major in occupational therapy, geta job, get married, and raise a beau-tiful family.

Isaac LeonardParents: Darrel and Valerie

LeonardSiblings, ages: Sophie, 16High school activities: GolfFavorite class or subject: Shop

with AlbersBest high school memory:

PromOut of school activities, hob-

bies: Snowmobiling, four-wheel-ing, hunting, golfing, and hang-ing out with friends

Part-time job: Grover Auto:service and detailing

Favorite movie: Step Brothers;TV show: Duck Dynasty; song:“The Outsiders” by Eric Church

Future plans: Go to college,start my life.

Maddie NyhusParents: Stephanie and Tom

NyhusHigh school activities: National

Honor Society, volleyball, golf,band, Close-Up

Favorite class or subject: So-ciology

Best high school memory:NewYork band trip

Out of school activities, hob-bies: Dance

Part-time job: ALCOFavorite book: “The Hunger

Games” trilogy; movie: MeanGirls; TV show: Pretty Little Li-ars; song: “Timber”

Future plans: College

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