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Communities Served:Goodhue ............................ 1,3BPine Island/Oronoco .......... 2A, 1,6BWanamingo ........................ 1BZumbrota/Mazeppa ........... 1-3B

Churches ........................... 3ACommunity Calendar ......... 5BFrom Our Files ................... 4BObituaries, Births ............... 5BOpinions ............................ 2ASports ................................ 4-6A

Photo by David GrimsrudElementary school students Isaac Rossow (front), Langston Passow (left), and Max Njus (right) climb on aboulder with friends while others gather at the entrance to hear speakers at the open house for the new PineIsland PreK-4 Elementary School on September 9.

PINE ISLAND – The new PineIsland PreK-4 Elementary School(8749 125th St NW) held a rib-bon-cutting and open house cel-ebration on Wednesday, Septem-ber 9. Superintendent TammyBerg-Beniak gave the followingwelcoming address:

“We made a commitment to keepour ribbon cutting brief so youcan spend the majority of yourtime in the facility, but I simplycannot stand before you todaywithout saying – thank you!

“As Martin Luther King said,‘Thank you for having the faithwhen you couldn’t see the full stair-

New Pine Island Elementary School opens

Photo by Lisa DaakLeading a cheer at the open house are, front row, from left to right: Beam Janwatsiri, Brianna Fohrman,Kayla Anderson, and Emily Nielsen; back row: Miranda Hawkinson, Carolynn Kittleson, Morgan Brehmer,and Sydney Lenz.

Photo by Audra DePestelTammy Berg-Beniak welcomes and addresses the crowd at the ribbon cutting and open house at the new PineIsland PreK-4 School on September 9.

case.’ Some of you might thinkthe staircase is not complete untilthe road is complete, but that, too,in time will be finished.

“The recent weeks have beenbusy with questions and media con-cerns wondering if we’ll make iton time. The real story is aboutthe fulfillment of a promise onlybecause of amazing people. Fromthe work that was done planning asolution, to the weekly facilitymeetings, to the round-the-clockwork to open the doors, I cannotadequately express my gratitude.

“Thank you from the bottom ofmy heart for being here today andmaking the investment in Pine Is-

land Schools.”After a 4 p.m. ribbon-cutting,

over 750 meals were served, cour-tesy of the event sponsor, PineIsland Bank. The bank also held adrawing for activity passes andprovided shuttle service to forty-four people through HiawathalandPublic Transportation. Tours ofthe school were given from 4:45-6 p.m.

The over 100,000 square footbuilding is the result of a referen-dum vote in May 2014. The firstday of school for students at thenew school was on Friday, Sep-tember 11.

Zumbro River Art Splash is Sept. 19ZUMBROTA – The 10th an-

nual Zumbro River Art SplashArtists’ Studio Tour provides arare, intimate view of the artistsand their work during the creativeprocess in the most unique andinspiring settings. During the one-day event sponsored by ZumbrotaArea Arts Council visitors canexplore art studios and central lo-cations, learn how art is made,watch demonstrations, and buy artin a relaxed atmosphere. Therewill be artists’ studios along withcentral locations to visit on thisself-guided tour that begins at any

of the eight sites along the way,September 19, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.This event is free.

On display will be paintings,ceramics, photography, mixedmedia, custom jewelry, mosaics,fiber arts, glass, books by localauthors and more from traditionalto contemporary and from repre-sentational to abstract.

Locations this year are in Zum-brota and Mazeppa, with the Zum-bro River Valley serving as a back-drop to the tour.

See the ad in this week’s Zum-bro Shopper for a map to the stu-dios and events and a list of theartists.

ZUMBROTA – On September18 you will have a chance to makethe State Theatre in Zumbrota avenue to serve people and the artsfor generations to come. The Arton Main event will be at the VFWin Zumbrota from 6:30-10 p.m.and will feature hors d’oeuvres, acash bar, music by the CBB JazzCombo, and two auctions.

Art on Main is a fundraisingproject by the Zumbrota Area ArtsCouncil (ZAAC) and is a collabo-ration between 48 members of thearts and business communities.Artists donated original art in vari-ous media, including oils, water-colors, and fiber art. These workswere reproduced on banners, whichwere sponsored by local busi-nesses.

All of the original art and ban-ners will be sold via a silent auc-tion. Additionally, there will be alive auction on special art experi-ences.

All proceeds from the auctionswill support the renovation of theState Theatre, which includeshandicapped-accessible bath-rooms, a larger foyer, and a con-cession area.

Goodhue FFA exhibits at 2015State Fair FFA Livestock ShowST. PAUL – Twelve Goodhue FFA members participated at the Minnesota State Fair FFA Livestock ShowSeptember 4-7, 2015, in St. Paul. From left to right: Maddie Schafer, Connor Jacobson, Kendrah Schafer,Dallas Jacobson, Emily Benrud, Jacob Brinkman, Justin Thomforde, and Matthew Betcher. Not pictured:Max Schafer, Jay Dicke, John Altendorf, Christian Hokanson. Members showed market sheep, breedingsheep, market swine and dairy cattle. Goodhue FFA had numerous blue ribbon winners and champion andreserve champion winners. They placed second overall chapter in the sheep division. Individual winnerswere Madison Schafer who received the Minnesota State Fair Rural Youth Scholarship; Christian Hokansonwho competed for supreme champion in breeding sheep; and Jacob Brinkman who received the HickmanRookie Award for sheep showing.

Two auctions will be heldat Art on Main celebration

This painting by David Grimsrud ofZumbrota is one of those up forauction at the September 18 Arton Main celebration.

If you’re interested in biddingon the artwork or special experi-ences but cannot attend, ZAACwill arrange a proxy for you. You

can view the artwork atwww.zaac.org. Tickets for thisevent can be purchased at Cross-ings, Luya, and Wild Ginger, orby calling Roxanne Bartsh at WildGinger – 507-732-4123.

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By Tim KellyMN Rep. District 21A

CapitolComments

How did schoolsbenefit from 2015 session?

Classrooms across Minnesotaare once again open for business,making this the perfect opportu-nity to discuss a few of the ac-complishments for K-12 educa-tion during the 2015 legislative

session.Most school administrators I’ve

spoken with are pleased with thehistoric investment lawmakersmade in education. In all, $525million in new revenue was sentto schools throughout Minnesota.Locally, this results in an increaseof $389 per pupil for the GoodhueSchool District through Fiscal Year2017, while Wabasha-Kellogg willreceive $378, Cannon Falls andLake City will see $372, Red Wingwill receive $362, and Zumbrota-

Mazeppa will collect $332 moreper pupil during that sametimeframe to use as the districtssee fit.

A number of reforms were alsoimplemented during the 2015 ses-sion. These include improvingaccess to quality educators bystreamlining out-of-state teacherlicensure reciprocity, and mandat-ing fewer tests in order to increaseclassroom learning time.

The legislature also providedfunding for facilities maintenance,which will help reduce fundingdisparities for rural school districtsand help finance the preservationof their school buildings. $95 mil-lion was also allocated to earlylearning initiatives including schol-arships and school readiness aid.

In all, we approved dozens ofprovisions that should make lifeeasier for school districts and theirteachers while ultimately helpingour children succeed in school.

As always, I welcome your ques-tions and feedback. Please con-tact me anytime at 651-296-8635or atrep.tim.kelly@house.mn ifyou’d like to further discuss lastsession’s education agenda.

Here’s wishing the best of luckto all of the students, parents, andteachers in southeastern Minne-sota. Have a wonderful school year.

FromDevil’sKitchenBy Jan David Fisher

US laws and religion

The United States of Americais a religious nation. Everyone hasthe right to follow and believe any,all, or none of the religions in theworld. But, not one of them is thenational religion of the USA. Thatfact is part of our Constitution andis the first amendment presentedand approved. This amendmenthas consequences that affect ourprivate and public lives. How youdeal and interact with people isaffected by these consequences.

You decide to open a pharmacyand to carry certain products. Themoment you decide to sell a par-ticular product to someone, youmust sell it to any who asks for it(assuming the person is legallyentitled to buy it). You cannotrefuse to sell the product to some-one because their religion is dif-ferent from yours. You cannot statethat your store does not serve people

of certain religions. This is a formof discrimination and is illegal.

You work as a county clerk. You,personally and religiously, don’taccept gays. Too bad! Your statelegislature has passed a law al-lowing gay marriages. You claimthat issuing a marriage license togays violates your personal andreligious principles. Again, too bad!When you filled out a job applica-tion, or signed up for election, noone asked about your religiousbeliefs (because they can’t). Youwere elected to the position ofcounty clerk. Your job is to ex-ecute the laws of your county, stateand nation. You do not get theprivilege of “coloring” your ex-ecution with your personal pref-erences.

We have too many times let ourofficials get away with their “per-sonal preferences” in the past andit is time to stop doing it. All lawsmust be applied equally to every-one, without exception. Otherwisewe are allowing discrimination ofsome kind.

The first consequence of free-dom of religion is that you cannotdiscriminate on the basis of reli-

gion. On the other hand, the lawdoes not force you to sell an itemthat violates your principles. If youbelieve that birth control devicesand drugs are against your prin-ciples, then do not stock or sellthem. But if you do decide to sellthem, then you must sell them toanyone. You cannot give certaincustomers special privileges forsome purchases if your recogni-tion is based on religion.

Can you think of other conse-quences of the Constitution thataffect our daily lives? Until nextweek.

AsThe Worm

TurnsBy Jeanne Truestedt

Just right or dead wrong

Friends don’t like it when I goplant shopping with them. Thecomplaint is that every time theyfind just the right plant for a project,I read the tag in the pot and tellthem it won’t work. That’s oftentrue because the right plant won’tgrow if not given the kind of envi-ronment it wants.

Plants, like people, have strongpersonal preferences and needs.If we don’t like sun, we find shade.Since plants can’t move from wherethey are planted, they suffer throughsun until they dehydrate, scorch,and eventually die. Light and tem-perature are important, but wateris too. Hostas (shade tolerant) lapup water, but succulents (sun tol-

erant) rot in too much water. Andjust like we hate frigid winters,tropical plants can’t stand coldeither. That’s why zone 3-4 pe-rennials survive in Minnesota whilezone 6+ annuals do not.

Call them fussy, but plants alsowant to grow where that can ma-ture, look good, produce seed, andthrive. Tall plants on windy hill-tops have problems without sup-port. Short plants put too close tolarge ones get buried under largerleaves and look scrawny. So, con-sider the mature size numbers andprovide enough room for growthto occur. All of a plant’s specialneeds should be written on its tag.

Of course some quirks can’t beanticipated even when one readschapter and verse. Colors are rarelythose shown on the tag, becausecameras don’t tell total truth. Col-ors vary, so don’t choose for anexact match. Size is another un-certainty because soil, rainfall,storms, etc. all affect growth.

Bloom time is also hard to deter-mine from tags. “Blooms all sum-mer long!” is a geographic, prun-ing, water table, and marketingopinion.

Drainage is a major health con-cern. Humans with constantly wetshoes soon suffer smelly, painful,yucky fungal foot problems. Sodo plants in soils that don’t drainwell…because the roots are forcedto stand in water until they rot. Allpots need holes in the bottoms(preferably without saucers to holdexcess water); soils should beheavy, clay-free (or amended withsand, perlite, etc.); and wateringdone as needed, not on a sched-ule. If something smells rotten, itprobably is. Throw the plant andsoil out, and bleach the pot beforeusing it again.

So when you’re shopping forthe perfect plant, read the tag tomake sure that plant will find theperfect place to set down rootsand grow…or cross your fingers.

PI Elementary is a new beginning

Pine Island School District resi-dents approved a new elementaryschool to be built at Elk Run. Thenew school opened on time Fri-day and under budget. It marks anew beginning for Pine Island andthe Elk Run development.

Elk Run received renewed pub-licity in the Rochester Post-Bul-letin and Minneapolis Star-Tribunein part due to the new school be-ing the first building erected atElk Run since its inception manyyears ago.

Both stories provided a historyof the failed biotech development.The stories emphasize unfulfilledpromises for money spent on front-age roads, a highway interchange,and city sewer and water.

Publisher’sNotebook

By Pete Grimsrud

The Star-Tribune story impliedthat the new school suffered fromthe Elk Run vision. There isn’tmuch dispute that the new schoolis in the country and accessibleonly by gravel roads. But thissimple viewpoint is incomplete andunfair at this time.

Residents knew what they werevoting for when they elected tobuild at the Elk Run site and reno-vate their old overcrowded down-town location for less cost than anew building.

Now they’ve completed con-struction of a beautiful, functionalnew school for now and the futureat Elk Run.

Gravel roads will be paved.When the bridge across the ZumbroRiver is built in 2017 or 2018, itwill connect the school to the “in-terchange to nowhere,” making ita viable interchange connectingthe south side of Pine Island toOronoco and Rochester.

This will spur realistic residen-tial and commercial growth at Elk

Run. I gave up on biotech jobsbefore they even built the “inter-change to nowhere.”

The erection of the interchangewas only a matter of time whenlooking at MnDot’s vision forHighway 52. Increased speed andsafety between Minneapolis andRochester has been a priority be-fore Zip Rail was seriously con-sidered on this stretch.

The Elk Run interchange is anexample of why the Zip Rail maybe unnecessary. Future travel be-tween Minneapolis and Roches-ter will be faster and more cost-effective by car because Highway52 will be a limited access high-way.

Instead of dwelling on the nega-tives of Elk Run again, Pine Is-land should be proud to have sucha fine academic facility. The schoolis real. The interchange is real.The bridge across the ZumbroRiver will be real. Wishful think-ing and doubt are finally replacedby a new beginning.

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PINE ISLAND POLICE REPORTBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

The following information wasprovided by the Goodhue CountySheriff’s Office.August 21

1:14 p.m. – A deputy was askedto check on the welfare of a per-son on 6th St NW. The subjectwas fine and agreed to call if helpwas needed.August 22

12:28 a.m. – A citation for speed-ing and no insurance was issuedon Center Dr E.August 23

8:14 a.m. – It was reported thata male tackled a female to theground near a gray van with haz-ard lights on near 490th St andHwy 52. A deputy was unable tolocate the vehicle or persons.

12:32 p.m. – A home alarm wasactivated on Turnberry Ln SE. Itwas a false alarm.

9:45 p.m. – Medical help wasrequested on 3rd St NW.August 24

5:52 p.m. – A possible drunkperson was reported. The com-plaint was unfounded.

8:08 p.m. – A deputy checkedon a vehicle in violation of the 72-hour parking enforcement in thecity lot near Main St S.

8:16 p.m. – A male in a greenSaturn was reported smokingmarijuana on Main St S. A deputywas unable to locate the vehicle.

8:24 p.m. – A car was reportedswerving near 520th St and Hwy52. No citation was issued.

10:59 p.m. – Lights were on ina mobile trailer at the Xcel yardon White Pines Rd. A key wasalso in the door. The trailer waschecked and no one was found.August 25

1:40 a.m. – A person near Cen-ter Dr E and Hwy 52 reported hear-ing a gun discharge. A deputy didnot locate the source of the sound.

1:58 a.m. – A traffic stop wasconducted on Main St N.

7:23 a.m. – A semi turned aroundin a cul-de-sac on Island HeightsCt NE damaging a yard and a tree.

10:51 a.m. – Medical help wasrequested on 6th St NW.

1:24 p.m. – A deputy assistedthe public on 6th St SW.

4:07 p.m. – A commercial ve-hicle was inspected near WhitePines Rd SE and 520th St. Warn-

ings were issued.August 26

10:00 a.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on the 17500 blockof Cty 27 in Roscoe Township.

3:40 p.m. – A stolen vehiclewas seen traveling on Hwy 52 nearCty 11. A deputy assisted the StatePatrol with the stop.

6:40 p.m. – Family complaintswere reported on 2nd St SW.August 27

8:58 a.m. – Medical help wasrequested on 4th Ave SW.

9:26 a.m. – A driving complaintwas reported near 500th St andHwy 52 in Pine Island Township.The State Patrol handled the inci-dent.

2:02 p.m. – A female on the17500 block of Cty 27 in RoscoeTownship reported a disabled ve-hicle near her home with suspi-cious people beside it. A deputychecked the area but did not lo-cate the vehicle or subjects. Extrapatrol was requested.

5:25 p.m. – A deputy checkedon a vehicle stopped near Hwy 52and Cty 11. The person was sickbut declined medical help.

5:40 p.m. – A speeding ticketwas issued near Hwy 52 and Cty11.

7:38 p.m. – A little girl was re-ported crying near the school andacting like she was lost. A deputychecked the area but the girl wasnot found.August 28

6:06 a.m. – A car with Iowaplates was reported swerving nearHwy 52 and Cty 11. The vehiclewas not located.

7:43 a.m. – A deputy assistedDodge County authorities with adriving complaint resulting in adriving while intoxicated arrestnear Cty 27 and 135th Ave inRoscoe Township.

10:31 p.m. – Suspicious activ-ity was reported near 3rd Ave and1st St NW.August 29

7:28 a.m. – A citation for noproof of insurance was issued near3rd Ave NW and Center St.

7:55 a.m. – A traffic stop wasconducted near Main St and 5thSt SE.

8:24 a.m. – A citation for ex-pired registration and no proof ofinsurance was issued near MainSt and 5th St NE.

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ChurchesBELLECHESTER

ROLLING 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: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Tuesdayand Thursday mornings: 8 a.m. Mass.

GOODHUEHOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ,Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Masstimes: Monday and Wednesday, 8a.m. at Holy Trinity; Tuesday andThursday, 8 a.m. at St. Mary; Satur-day, 5:30 p.m. At Holy Trinity; Sun-day, 8:30 a.m. St. Mary and 10:30a.m. St. Columbkill.

ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Has-sanally. Secretary hours: Monday andThursday: 5:15-8:15 p.m.; Tuesdayand Wednesday: 9:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.Wed., Sept. 16: 6 p.m. Special councilmeeting. Sun., Sept. 20: 8:30 a.m.Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Worshipwith communion. Wed., Sept. 23: 6:30p.m. Confirmation.

ST. PETER’S EV. LUTHERAN,WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor.

MAZEPPAST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN ,Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211, home; 843-5302 work. Bibleclass every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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

UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30a.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, 8-11a.m. Website: www.graceLutheranOronoco.com. Follow us on Face-book. Sun., Sept. 20: 8:45 a.m. Sun-day School; catechism; 10 a.m. Wor-ship; 11 a.m. Adult Bible class; 7p.m. Council meeting.

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.,Sept. 16: 6:30 p.m. Interchurch coun-cil meeting. Sun., Sept. 20: 11 a.m.Worship with Rev. Rider. Wed., Sept.23: 5-7 p.m. Food shelf open; 5 p.m.Dorothy Day dinner.

PINE ISLANDCORNERSTONE BAPTISTCHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.cornerstonepi.org, ASL Interpretation avail-able. Sun., 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;10:30 a.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Worship(most Sundays) Wed., 7 p.m. Prayerservice; Cornerstone Club.

GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREECHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Is-land, Eric Johnson, Pastor, (507) 356-4834. Email: gnefc@goodnewsefc.org. Website: www.goodnewsefc.org.Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible classand children’s Sunday school; 10:30a.m. Worship; Wednesdays: 6 p.m.AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30 p.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.

CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL CATHO-LIC, 451 5th Street SW, Pine Island,356-4280, Father Randal Kasel, Pas-tor. http://www.stpaul stmichael.comSaturday 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.-noon. Mass atPine Haven Care Center is the firstWednesday of the month at 11 a.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN , ELCA, 2143rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,Audrey Lukasak, interim senior pas-tor, and Kip A. Groettum, associatepastor. Email: saint paulpi@yahoo.com; Web site: www.saintpa1ulpi.org.Wed., Sept. 16: 3:30 p.m. 7-8 gradeconfirmation. Thurs., Sept. 17: 7 p.m.Church council. Sat., Sept. 19: 8 a.m.Men’s group breakfast; 5:30 p.m.Worship with communion. Sun., Sept.20: 8:15 a.m. Worship with commun-ion; 9:30 a.m. Adult forum; Fellow-ship; Sunday School; Handbells;10:30 a.m. Worship with commun-ion; Sunday School; 4 p.m. Youthkick-off for grades 6-12; SundaySchool teacher installation. Tues.,Sept. 22: 8:30 a.m. Quilting; 9 a.m.Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m. Bible study.Wed., Sept. 23: 3:30 p.m. 7-8 gradeconfirmation; 7 p.m. Chancel choir.

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. Wed., Sept.16: 9 a.m. Pastor Carolyn at BetterBrew; Noon Pastor Carolyn at Ro-tary. Thurs., Sept. 17: 10 a.m. Biblestudy at Pine Haven; 9 a.m. Districtretreat day. Sat., Sept. 19: 9 a.m.Pastor Carolyn at Homestead UMCfor retreat. Sun., Sept. 20: 8:30 a.m.Coffee; 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Fel-lowship; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School;10:30 a.m. Evangelical committeemeeting. Wed., Sept. 23: 9 a.m.Pastor Carolyn at Better Brew; NoonPastor Carolyn at Rotary; 3:30 p.m.Disciple class; 6 p.m. Meal andchildren’s worship; 6:30 p.m. Cov-enant study.

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; www.TrinityWanamingo.org.Wed., Sept. 16: 4:30 p.m. Confir-mation. Thurs., Sept. 17: Newslet-ter deadline. Sun., Sept. 20: 9 a.m.Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worshipwith communion; 7 p.m. Youth group.

WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,Wanamingo, MN 55983, ChristopherCuluris, Pastor. Office hours Thurs-days 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. onvacation. Pastor Luther Matheson canbe reached at 789-5261 or 789-6770.Wed., Sept. 16: 4:30 p.m. Confir-mation at Trinity. Thurs., Sept. 17:Newsletter deadline. Sun., Sept. 20:9 a.m. Worship with communion; 10a.m. Sunday School. Wed., Sept. 23:4:30 p.m. Confirmation at Trinity.

ZUMBROTACHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCHand School, WELS, 223 East 5thStreet, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 732-5367. Wed., Sept. 16: 10 a.m.Chapel; 10:30 a.m. Bible study; 3:15p.m. Junior choir; 3:30 p.m. Confir-mation class; 6 p.m. Bell choir. Thurs.,Sept. 17: 3:20 p.m. Volleyball gamevs Goodhue at home. Sun., Sept.20: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship; 9:15a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Biblestudy. Tues., Sept. 22: 2:15 p.m.Towers Bible study and communion.Wed., Sept. 23: 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. Bell choir.

FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weeklyworship services: 81 West 5th Street,Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m- Corinthians.Wednesdays 7 p.m. Interactive Biblestudies, prayer, and counseling.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;Rev. Lisa Johnson. Secretary’s of-fice hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed., Sept. 16: 6:30p.m. Interchurch council meeting atOronoco. Sun., Sept. 20: 9 a.m.Worship with Rev. Rider.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.Office: 732-5074. Thurs., Sept. 17:6:30 p.m. Bible study at church. Sun.,Sept. 20: 10:45 a.m. Worship; Mat-thew 6:25-34; 2 p.m. Worship at Zum-brota Health Center.

NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD ,290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.507-732-5156. Pastor Gary Basin-ski. Service times: Saturday, 6 p.m.p.m. www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.

OUR SAVIOUR’S LUTHERAN AFLCEric Westlake, Pastor, 1549 East Av-enue, Zumbrota, 732-5449, churchoffice. Website: oslczumbrota.org.Office hours: Tues., Wed., and Fri.,8 a.m.-noon. Wed., Sept. 16: 9 a.m.Women’s Bible study; 12:45 p.m. Earlyrelease; 6 p.m. Youth group; 7 p.m.Bible study.

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL CATHOLIC,749 Main St. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, email stpauls@hcinet.net Pas-tor Father Randal Kasel, pastor. Of-fice hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. http://www.stpaulstmichaelcom.Mass Schedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.;Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.Mass at Zumbrota Care Center isthe second Thursday of the monthat 9:15 a.m.

UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,Pastor Marggi Sippola and Youth Di-rector Cindy Wilson. Wed., Sept. 16:10 a.m. Food shelf open.

RURALEMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., Sept. 16:3:15 p.m. Overcomers 5:15 p.m. 1styear confirmation at Hauge; 6:15 p.m.2nd year confirmation at Hauge; 6:30p.m. Choir at Hauge; 7:30 p.m. Biblestudy and prayer at Hauge. Sat., Sept.19: 8 a.m. Men’s fellowship break-fast. Sun., Sept. 20: 9 a.m. Wor-ship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; 4:30p.m. 3rd year confirmation at Hauge;5:45 p.m. Youth group at Hauge.Wed., Sept. 23: 3:15 p.m. Overcom-ers; 5:15 p.m. 1st year confirmationat Hauge; 6:15 p.m. 2nd year confir-mation; 6:30 p.m. Choir; 7:30 p.m.Bible study and prayer.

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., Vacancy Pastor Jim Bourman.Grace: 7 p.m. Wednesday worship;Sundays 8:30 a.m. worship. Com-munion on Wednesdays following thesecond and last Sunday of the month.Communion on the second and lastSunday of the month. St. John’s: Sun-days 10 a.m. worship. Communionon the second and last Sunday ofthe month.

HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., Sept. 16:3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5:15 p.m. 1styear confirmation; 6:15 p.m. 2nd yearconfirmation; 6:30 p.m. Choir; Biblestudy and prayer. Sun., Sept. 20: 9a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Coffeetime; 10:45 a.m. Worship; 4:30 p.m.3rd year confirmation; 5:45 p.m. Youthgroup. Mon., Sept. 21: 7 p.m. Dor-cas circle at Lucy Goyum’s. Wed.,Sept. 23: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5:15p.m. 1st year confirmation; 6:15 p.m.2nd year confirmation at Emmanuel;6:30 p.m. Choir at Emmanuel; 7:30p.m. Bible study and prayer at Em-manuel.

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. Pastor: David Krinke. Youthand family facilitator: Ashley Corbett.Wed., Sept. 16: 7 a.m. Youth break-fast at Bridget’s with Ashley; 9 a.m.Coffee and conversation; 6:15 p.m.Worship; Confirmation; 7 p.m. Planconfirmation service with parents; 7:30p.m. Noodle hockey confirmands andsenior high. Thurs., Sept. 17: 9 a.m.

Quilters; 6 p.m. Property meeting;6:30 p.m. Stewardship for all sea-sons team meeting; 7 p.m. Praisepractice. Sat., Sept. 19: 8 a.m. High-way clean-up. Sun., Sept. 20: 7:30a.m. Praise practice; 8:30 a.m. Praiseworship with communion; 9:30 a.m.Sunday School; 9:45 a.m. Visitationteam meets; 10:30 a.m. Worship withcommunion. Tues., Sept. 22: 11 a.m.Text study. Wed., Sept. 23: 7 a.m.Youth breakfast at Bridget’s withAshley; 9 a.m. Coffee and conversa-tion; 6:15 p.m. WOW service andconfirmation; 6:30 p.m. Confirmationand mentors stole making; 7 p.m.Youth group.

MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628County 50 Blvd. Rev. Hannah Berg-strom de Leon, Pastor. 9:30 a.m.Summer Sunday worship.

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.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN, WELS ,Minneola Township, County Road 7,rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,Pastor.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN , The Luth-

eran Church Missouri Synod, Bel-videre, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,Pastor. Sun., Sept. 20: 9:30 a.m.Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worshipwith communion.

STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA , Ru-ral Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507-271-5711. Sun., Sept. 20: 9 a.m.Confirmation; 9:30 a.m. Choir; 10:30a.m. Worship with communion. Tues.,Sept. 22: 11 a.m. Text study.

URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor An-drew Yackle. Wed., Sept. 16: 6:30p.m. Affirmation class. Sun., Sept.20: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; Youthforum; 10:30 a.m. Communion wor-ship followed by potluck. Mon., Sept.21: 6:30 p.m. Council. Tues., Sept.22: 6 a.m. Men’s Bible study. Wed.,Sept. 23: 7 a.m. See You at thePole; 6:30 p.m. Affirmation class.

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.

Engagements

ROJAS-KNAPPNissa Rojas and Tim Knapp

announce their engagement. Theirparents are Jeffrey and Joan Rojasof Preston, and Steve and RitaKnapp of Pine Island.

The bride-to-be graduated fromSilver Bay High School and isemployed by One Block at a TimeDaycare in Preston. The groom-to-be graduated from Kenyon-Wanamingo High School and isemployed by Waters Medical Sys-tems in Rochester.

An October 10, 2015, weddingis planned in Fountain. The couplewill make their home in Fountain.

FISHER-KNAPPLindzy Fischer and Andrew

Knapp announce their engagement.Their parents are Brad and JeanneFischer of Stewartville, and Steveand Rita Knapp of Pine Island.

The bride-to-be is a 2006 gradu-ate of Stewartville High Schooland works at Bremer Bank in Roch-ester as a universal banker.

The groom-to-be is a 2005 gradu-ate of Pine Island High Schooland is employed by RandeHemingway Hauling, driving autotransport.

A September 26, 2015, wed-ding will be held in Kasson.

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Area Sports

Pine Island has a busy week of actionKW Invitational

The Panthers won 3 of sixmatches in the seven-team roundrobin Kenyon-Wanamingo Invi-tational, Saturday.

Each team played a two-setmatch, with Kenyon-Wanamingoposting a perfect 6-0 record.

The Panthers posted wins of 25-13 and 25-14 over Harding, 25-16and 25-19 over Randolph, and 25-16 and 25-11 over Dover-Eyota;split 25-20 and 17-25 with Min-nehaha Academy; and lost 25-23and 25-19 to Kenyon-Wanamingoand 25-21 and 25-22 to Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

Leading the Panthers in the sixgames were: Eliza Warneke 23kills, 18 digs and three ace serves;Amanda Troester, 26 kills, 22 digsand three ace serves; Madi Owen,23 kills, 17 digs and eight aceserves; Megan Quintero, 15 killsand three ace serves; MadelineSorum, 62 set assists; SydneyAndrist, 37 set assists; Steph Norte,nine kills, 16 digs and seven aceserves.

By Faye HaugenPINE ISLAND – In their only

action last week, the Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls soccerteam won big in an HVL contestat Lake City.

The 5-0 victory ups PIZM’srecord to 3-2-1 overall.

The Wildcats will host Kasson-Mantorville on Thursday at 7 p.m.,

PIZM girls win big at Lake Cityand play at Red Wing at 2 p.m. onSaturdayLake City

The Wildcats jumped out to a3-0 lead in the first half at LakeCity and they added two more goalsin the second half. No scoring sta-tistics were available.Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa 5Lake City 0

PIZM 3 2 = 5Lake City 0 0 = 0PIZM shots on goal: 14

Southeast White District FootballOffense

Team Rush Pass TotalCaledonia 757 389 1146Triton 938 106 1044St. Charles 283 556 839Dover-Eyota 474 296 770Chatfield 594 161 755Pine Island 528 193 721Cotter 355 286 641Zumbrota-Mazeppa 80 441 521

DefenseTeam Rush Pass TotalCaledonia 59 292 351Triton 279 95 374Chatfield 238 375 613St. Charles 465 164 619Zumbrota-Mazeppa 413 217 630Pine Island 434 313 747Cotter 624 173 797Dover-Eyota 569 249 818

PointsTeam PS PA NetCaledonia 158 41 117Triton 118 18 100Pine Island 100 80 20Dover-Eyota 72 66 6Chatfield 56 66 -10St. Charles 59 115 -56Zumbrota-Mazeppa 20 91 -71Cotter 25 173 -148

Individual rushingPlayer Att Yds AvgParker Fossum, Chat 87 377 4.3Michael Otomo, DE 63 348 5.5Jax Bryngelson, T 34 329 9.7Triston Akason, PI 38 298 7.8

Individual receivingPlayer Rc Yds AvgJacob Winjum, Cal 14 177 12.6Cody Nicklay, SC 10 146 14.6Zach Sanborn, ZM 6 124 20.7Bailey Berg, ZM 9 116 12.9Josh Milbrandt, PI 4 56 14.0

AREA SPORTS SCHEDULEThursday, September 17

Goodhue volleyball at Lake City, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball, Byron at Kenyon, 6 p.m.PIZM girls soccer, Kasson-Mantorville at Pine Island, 7 p.m.Pine Island cross country at Rochester Mayo, 4 p.m.Pine Island volleyball at Cannon Falls, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa volleyball, Kasson-Mantorville at Zumbrota, 6 p.m.ZMKW cross country at Rochester Mayo, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 18Goodhue football, Kingsland at Goodhue, 7 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo football, Medford at Kenyon, 7 p.m.Pine Island football at St. Charles, 7 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa football at Caledonia, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 19Goodhue volleyball at Wabasha, 8 a.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball at Wabasha, 8 a.m.PIZM girls soccer at Red Wing, 2 p.m.PIZM boys soccer, St. Charles at Pine Island, 1:45 p.m.

Monday, September 21Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball, Blooming Prairie at Kenyon, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, September 22Goodhue cross country at Lake City, 4:30 p.m.Goodhue volleyball at Dodge Center, 6 p.m.Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball at Kasson, 6 p.m.PIZM boys soccer, Lourdes at Pine Island, 7 p.m.Pine Island volleyball, Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Pine Island, 6 p.m.Zumbrota-Mazeppa volleyball at Pine Island, 6 p.m.

HVL Girls Soccer Conf OverW L T W L T

Kasson-Mantorville 2 0 0 5 2 0Lourdes 2 0 0 3 3 0PIZM 1 0 0 3 2 1Stewartville 1 1 0 3 4 0Cannon Falls 0 1 0 0 6 0Byron 0 2 0 2 3 0Lake City 0 2 0 0 5 0

HVL Boys Soccer Conf OverW L T W L T

Kasson-Mantorville 2 0 0 3 1 1PIZM 2 0 0 2 1 2Lourdes 1 0 1 3 1 2Lake City 1 2 0 1 4 0Cannon Falls 0 1 0 3 3 0Byron 0 1 1 2 3 1Stewartville 0 2 0 0 5 0

News-Record photo by R.D. AalandGoodhue cross country coach Mark Opsahl completes the splash portion of the Splash-N-Dash triathalon inGoodhue Saturday.

By R.D. AalandGOODHUE – Saturday, Sep-

tember 12 was a great day forGoodhue’s cross country teamsthird annual Splash-N-Dash fund-raiser. Last year there were 106contestants; this year there were88.

Mark Opsahl is the organizerand driving force behind thisevent. The race has three sectionsstarting with a one-mile run, fol-lowed by a two-mile bike rideand then an obstacle course with

Goodhue CC team holds Splash-N-Dasha finale of a slide through water.Robby Ebner, on his scooter, wasthe “pace car” for the run andthe bike ride.

Contestants were divided intofour age groups and each entrywas charged ten dollars toparticipate. There were thirty-seven individuals racing in thefirst group, kindergarten throughthe second grade. First place wentto Cam Agenten who finishedahead of McKenzie Lodermeierand Ethan O’Reilly. Third grade

through fifth grade added another35 entrants. Brandon Eckhoffcame in first ahead of NathanBeck and Adam Poncelet. Thefinal two classes were thesmallest. There were 12 partici-pants from sixth through eighthgrade. Macae O’Reilly was thewinner, with Hannah Gadient fin-ishing second and Alex Nelson,third. The four adults finished inorder: Casey Ide, Andy Mc-Namara, Dawson Everson andMark Opsahl.

STANDINGS

SOUTHEAST WHITE FOOTBALL STATISTICSIndividual passing

Player Att Com YdsIsaiah Stueber, ZM 39 66 441Owen King, Cal 36 48 388Justin Ruhbeg, SC 26 46 323Garrett Studer, DE 20 41 286David French, WC 24 66 286Derek McCready, SC 14 35 251Keegan Majerus, PI 14 32 186

Dillon Bance, Chat 11 21 161Jax Bryngelson, T 3 7 86

Individual scoringPlayer TD PAT FG TSam Stemper, Cal 7 1 0 44Leif Bungum, Triton 6 1 0 38Michael Ottomo, DE 6 1 0 38Jax Bryngelson, T 5 0 0 30Tristan Akason, PI 5 0 0 30

By Faye HaugenPINE ISLAND - The Pine Is-

land volleyball team had a busyweek with a pair of dual matchesand a tournament at Kenyon-Wana-mingo on Saturday. The Knightsmoved to 7-3 overall.

Pine Island will play at CannonFalls on Thursday and host Zum-brota-Mazeppa on Tuesday.Wabasha-Kellogg

The Panthers lost their firstmatch of the season to eighth-ranked Class A Wabasha-Kelloggin Wabasha, Tuesday.

The Falcons won 25-17, 25-18,23-25, 26-24 and 25-19 in the verycompetitive match.

Steph Norte led PI with 11 killsand 13 digs. Amanda Troester hadeight kills and four blocks. ElizaWarneke had four kills, nine digsand seven blocks. Madeline Sorumhad 25 set assists.Pine Island 17 18 25 24Wabasha-Kellogg 25 25 23 26Kills: PI - Steph Norte 11, Eliza Warneke4, Madi Owen 4, Amanda Troester 8Set assists: PI - Madeline Sorum 25

Digs: PI - Steph Norte 13, Eliza Warneke9, Madi Owen 6Blocks: PI - Eliza Warneke 7, AmandaTroester 4Triton

The Panthers won 25-18, 25-15, 20-25 and 25-23 at DodgeCenter on Thursday for their firstHVL win of the season over Tri-ton.

Eliza Warneke led PI with sevenkills, seven digs, two blocks andan ace serve . Steph Norte had twokills, 12 digs and an ace serve.Amanda Troester had six kills, 13digs, four blocks and an ace serve.Madeline Sorum dished out 22assists.Pine Island 17 18 25 24Triton 25 25 23 26Kills: PI - Steph Norte 2, Eliza Warneke 7,Madi Owen 3, Amanda Troester 6Set assists: PI - Madeline Sorum 22Digs: PI - Steph Norte 12, Eliza Warneke7, Madi Owen 6, Amanda Troester 13Blocks: PI - Eliza Warneke 2, AmandaTroester 4Ace serves: PI - Megan Quintero 1, StephNorte 1, Eliza Warneke 1, Madi Owen 1,Amanda Troester 1, Madeline Sorum 2

Co-ed softball teams neededZUMBROTA – A fall co-ed soft-

ball tournament is being plannedfor Saturday, September 26 at theCovered Bridge Softball Diamondsin Zumbrota.

Last year five teams took partin the tournament and more areneeded this year.

If you are interested in playing,

please contact Emily at Emily.Bowman@goldenliving.com or507-261-7550 to sign up or formore information. All proceedsfrom the tournament will be usedto help an area family that is strug-gling or will be donated to theZumbrota Area Foodshelf.

CountyKenyon teen airlifted after accidentBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

Zachary Baumgartner, 16, a ru-ral Kenyon teen, was airlifted toSt. Marys Hospital in Rochesterand admitted to the intensive careunit following an accident on Sep-tember 11. At about 4:37 p.m. aFord Explorer was westbound on480th Street in Kenyon Townshipwhen he lost control of the ve-hicle about a half-mile west of50th Avenue. The Explorer wentinto the ditch and rolled once. .

Six other passengers were in thevehicle at the time of the crash.

According to the Goodhue CountySheriff’s Office, one passenger wastreated at the scene of the accidentfor a laceration to the head butwas not transported to the hospi-tal. Five other passengers reportedno injuries.

The driver and four of the pas-sengers were reportedly wearingseat belts. Two passengers ridingin the cargo area of the vehiclewere not belted.

Agencies assisting at the sceneincluded the Goodhue CountySheriff’s Office, Kenyon First

Responders, North Memorial Am-bulance, and the Kenyon PoliceDepartment.

As of Monday, September 14,at press time, Baumgartner re-mained in the hospital with sev-eral broken bones and injuries tohis lungs.

4-HCherry Grove Busy GophersBy Kate Rechtzigel

In a small rural church on High-way 12, the Cherry Grove BusyGophers held their meeting at 7p.m. on September 13.

The new enrollment started onSeptember 1 and it goes throughNovember 15 for old members,and new members have to fill outa form and turn it in to AnnFitzgerald or they can enroll onlineat mn.4honline.com. The beef IDdeadline is February 15, and thedeadline for all species is May 15.

Tonight was also election nightand since Sam Tudor was vicepresident, he is now president.Madeline Faith Patterson won theelection for vice president. BellePatterson is now the secretary,which was her position before theelection. Katie Fitzgerald waselected as the treasurer. Last butnot least, Kate Rechtzigel was onceagain elected as the reporter. Wealso welcomed new members,Destiny and Serenity Marquardt.To finish off the meeting, the theFitzgeralds brought pizza and bothwhite and chocolate milk.

In other news, I am going to theNational 4-H Dairy Conferencein Madison, Wisconsin, Septem-ber 27 through October 1. At thisconference all of the delegates werechosen and there will be delegatesfrom all across the country there.I am the only one from GoodhueCounty who was chosen, and I amsuper excited! At this conference,we get to tour the World DairyExpo, hoard’s dairyman farm, anda bunch of other places. But, mostimportantly, we get to hand outbuttons, which I am making tohand out and we get to meet peoplefrom all across the country.

The meeting for October willbe the first Sunday in October atDale Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. Ifyou are interested in joining, emailme at katerechtzigel@gmail.comor just show up to the meeting.

Learn about treatmentoptions for hip arthritis pain

ZUMBROTA – Hip pain causedby arthritis can be debilitating.Fortunately, many treatment op-tions are available to help thosewho suffer from hip arthritis toimprove their quality of life.

Jess Brehmer, M.D., an ortho-pedic surgeon who sees patientsat Mayo Clinic Health System inZumbrota and Red Wing, will shareinformation on managing hip ar-thritis pain. This educational semi-nar will take place on Thursday,September, 24 at 5:30 p.m. at theZumbrota Library located at 100West Avenue.

“Individuals don’t need to suf-fer from hip pain,” said Dr.Brehmer. “We can manage it

through non-surgical options thatI’ll talk about. We also have hipreplacement surgery available. Iwant to help people learn abouttheir options so they can improvetheir quality of life.”

A physical therapist from RedWing will also be available to dis-cuss the recovery process after hipreplacement surgery.

Dr. Brehmer joined Mayo ClinicHealth System in 2013. He earnedhis medical degree at the Univer-sity of Minnesota and completedhis residency there as well.

The presentation is free and re-freshments will be served. To re-serve your spot at this session, call651-385-3359.

Natural Resources ConservationService offers assistance

GOODHUE – As the days getshorter and we all look forward toharvest season – don’t forget tokeep your eyes open. For safety –of course, but also for problemsthat may be lurking in your fields.Do you see some small gullies?Is there a new sediment fan in thefield? Is your creek running prettycloudy? Are there places in thefield where the crops just don’tlook as good as the rest?

How to best to deal with theseresource concerns is what conser-vation planning is about. If youhave resource concerns, contactthe local office of the Natural Re-sources Conservation Service(NRCS) and a trained professionalcan meet with you to review anddiscuss your concerns. We don’t

have all the answers, but we canhelp you identify alternatives whichmay help. You may have a con-servation plan but check the date– we all know that changes hap-pen and there may be new optionsavailable to you.

Various USDA programs offerfinancial assistance to address re-source concerns. These are allpredicated on having an up-to-dateconservation plan, so as you fin-ish harvest and identify concerns,give the NRCS office a call andwe can schedule a visit to discussyour resource concerns with you.

Contact the office in Goodhueat 651-923-5300 or stop in at104East Third Avenue to talk to astaff person.

USDA is an equal opportunityprovider, employer, and lender.

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ZUMBROTA – Two artists withwit and a sharp sense of humorwill display some real charactersat Crossings, September 14 throughOctober 24. Ceramist Brad

Wegscheid and multi-media art-ist Aaron Butcher each feature fun,oddball faces in their works.

Wegscheid, from Wadena,started as a graphic designer, but

later branched out into the threedimensional world and ceramics.His particular interest is raku, anancient Japanese firing techniquein which the ceramic piece is takenfrom the kiln (very carefully, withlarge metal tongs and heat deflect-ing gloves) while glowing red hotat approximately 1500°F, andplaced into a metal bin filled withcombustible materials. The resultsare wonderful and unpredictable.Wegscheid’s talents as a ceramisthave been recognized with a grantfrom the Lakes Region Arts Coun-cil and a number of commissionsfor public art. In addition to hismore serious work he also createsfun, funny, whimsical ceramicfaces, which will be the primaryfocus of the exhibit at Crossings.

Butcher, whose studio is inDubuque, Iowa, is a drawer, painterand illustrator who is gaining aregional reputation for his imagescrowded with, in his words “funny,unique and sometimes weird char-acters.” Butcher talks about want-ing to create pieces that make theviewer invent stories in their ownmind – and he definitely achievesthis. His works are colorful andplayful, at times incorporatingcollaged elements such as sche-matic drawings, blueprints or wall-paper which add another narra-tive layer. Butcher’s figures, whoat first glance may seem just wackyor cartoon-like, on further view-ing reveal personalities with whichthe viewer begins to feel a kind ofempathy and curiosity. A numberof the groupings totally seem likefolks with whom one could spenda fun and interesting – albeit slightlyoff-kilter – evening!

This show will make peopleforget their ideas about art exhib-its being serious and stuffy; thisexhibit will make viewers smile.Everyone is invited to meet thesecolorful characters and the artistswho created them at a free recep-tion on Saturday, September 26,from 6-7:15 p.m.; wine a lightappetizers will be served.

The exhibit and reception arefree and open to the public. Theshow can be viewed during regu-lar business hours, MTWF 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 8p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4p.m. For more information, visitwww.crossingsatcarnegie.com,call 507-732-7616, or stop in at320 East Ave., Zumbrota.

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Football

PI offense struggles against ChatfieldBy Faye Haugen

PINE ISLAND - For the sec-ond week in a row, the Pine Islandfootball team struggled to movethe ball. The Panthers suffered a33-0 shutout at home against Chat-field in a Southeast White Districtgame in Pine Island, Friday.

After being held to just a 100yards of offense against top-rankedCaledonia last week, the Panthersgained just 76 yards of offenseagainst the Gophers.

The Gophers scored in everyquarter. Carter Duxbury scored onruns of 24 yards in the first quar-ter, six yards in the third quarterand 51 yards in the fourth quarter.He also kicked three PATs. Chat-field also scored on a seven-yardpass from Dillon Bance to NoahBrogan, and Parker Fossum re-turned a PI interception for a TD.

Keegan Majerus was 4 of 18passing for 33 yards. Tristan Aka-son led the PI rushing attack with29 yards on five carries. KyleGroven made two receptions foreight yards.

Keanan Peterson-Rucker (threetackles for a loss) and Bryce Hin-richsen each had 10 tackles to leadthe Panther defense.

The 1-3 Panthers will play at 0-4 St. Charles on Friday eveningbeginning at 7 p.m. The Saints arecoming off a 40-7 loss to Dover-Eyota.Pine Island 0 - Chatfield 33

PI CFirst downs 4 19

by rushing 2 11by passing 2 7by penalty 0 1

Rushing plays 34 53Rushing yards 43 244Passing attempts 19 15Passing completions 4 11

passing yards 33 122interceptions 2 0touchdowns 0 1

Total offense 76 366Punts/avg. 7/29 1/24Penalties/yds 5/45 3/25Fumbles/lost 0/0 1/1

ScoringChatfield 7 7 12 7 = 33Pine Island 0 0 0 0 = 0

First quarterC: 24-yard touchdown run by Carter Duxbury.PAT kick by Carter Duxbury. 7-0

Second quarterC: Seven-yard touchdown pass from DillonBance to Noah Brogan. PAT kick by CarterDuxbury. 14-0

Third quarterC: Interception by Parker Fossum returnedfor a touchdown. PAT kick failed. 20-0C: Six-yard touchdown run by Carter Duxbury.Conversion run failed. 26-0

Fourth quarterC: 51-yard touchdown run by Carter Duxbury.PAT kick by Carter Duxbury. 33-0

Individual statisticsPassing: PI - Keegan Majerus, 4 of 18 for33 yards, 2 interceptions; Jake Navratil0/1Rushing: PI - Tristan Akason, 5 rushesfor 29 yards; Jake Navratil 2/10; AaronGillard 5/10; Josh Milbrandt 1/7; TrevorTurner 1/1; Derek Fall 2/-2; Bryce Hinrichsen1/-3; Keegan Majerus 2/-9Receiving: PI - Aaron Gillard, 1 receptionfor 16 yards; Mitchell Acker 1/9; KyleGroven 2/8

Pine Island defensive statisticsT AT TL I FR

Bryce Hinrichsen 10 0 0 0 0K. Peterson-Rucker 10 0 3 0 0Kyle Groven 8 0 3 0 0Brady Braaten 5 0 0 0 0Tristan Akason 5 0 1 0 0Alex Aarsvold 4 1 2 0 0Derek Fall 4 0 0 0 0Trevor Turner 3 1 0 0 0Austin Keller 3 0 0 0 0Josh Milbrandt 2 0 0 0 0Reed Johnson 2 0 0 0 0Blane Burkhalter 2 0 0 0 0Jack Navratil 2 0 0 0 0Aaron Gillard 1 0 0 0 0Tanner Bates 1 0 0 0 0Mitchel Acker 1 0 0 0 0

KW stops unbeaten Loyola, 15-8By Faye Haugen

KENYON - With a 15-8 winover Mankato Loyola on Fridayin Kenyon, the Kenyon-Wana-mingo football team finds itself infirst place in the Mid SoutheastWest District standings midwaythrough the season.

The Knights (3-1 overall and 2-1 in district play) will host winlessMedford on Friday at 7 p.m.

Both teams had a sloppy firstquarter with an interception and afumble each. Loyola also waswhistled for many of their 13 pen-alties (for 100 yards) in the open-ing quarter.

The Knights got on the score-board first with a 34-yard touch-down run by Calvin Steberg. Quar-terback Luke Rechtzigel ran in theconversion with 5:30 to play inthe half for an 8-0 lead.

KW came back from halftimeto score on their first drive of thesecond half when Steberg ran infrom the nine. Jack Buelke’s PATkick lifted the Knights to a 15-0lead with 8:23 to play in the thirdquarter.

The Knights’ defense playedwell the entire game. A KW fumblewas recovered by the Crusadersinside the Knight five-yard linein the opening quarter, but KWmade a great goal-line stand andLoyola turned the ball over ondowns. The Crusaders had just nineyards rushing in the contest, butthey did throw for 289 yards.

Mankato Loyola’s only scorecame with 20 seconds remainingin the contest when Noah Rajtarhit Jackson Dehen with a 15-yardpass. The same pair connected onthe conversion pass for the 15-8final score.

Kenyon-Wanamingo cameaway with the emotional win, dedi-cating the victory to teammate ZachBaumgartner who was injured ina car accident prior to the game.Baumgartner is expected to recoverfrom his injuries.

Steberg rushed for 127 yardson 22 carries to pace the KW of-fense. Rechtzigel hit 4 of 10 passesfor 86 yards. Gavin Roosen madethree receptions for 91 yards.

The Knights overcame six turn-overs (two interceptions and fourfumbles). Loyola turned the ballover four times. Roosen and RyanPelkey both picked off passes.Kenyon-Wanamingo 15Mankato Loyola 8

KW MLFirst downs 16 12

by rushing 11 1by passing 3 10by penalty 2 1

Rushing plays 45 21Rushing yards 206 9Passing attempts 10 39Passing completions 4 25

passing yards 86 289interceptions 2 2touchdowns 0 1

Total offense 292 298Punts/avg. 2/29 4/35Penalties/yds 11/86 13/100Fumbles/lost 4/4 3/2

ScoringLoyola 0 0 0 8 = 8KW 0 8 7 0 = 15

First quarterKW: 34-yard touchdown run by CalvinSteberg. Two-point conversion run by LukeRechtzigel. 8-0

Third quarterKW: Nine-yard touchdown run by CalvinSteberg. PAT kick by Jack Buelke. 15-0

Fourth quarterML: 15-yard touchdown pass from NoahRajtar to Jackson Dehen. PAT conversionpass from Noah Rajtar to Jackson Dehen.8-15.

Individual statisticsPassing: KW - Luke Rechtzigel, 4 of 10for 86 yards, 2 interceptionsRushing: KW - Calvin Steberg, 22 rushesfor 127 yards; Ted Androli 9/46; JacobWhipple 5/30; Mason Stevenson 2/8;Luke Rechtzigel 7/-5Receiving: KW - Gavin Roosen, 3 receptionsfor 91 yards; Calvin Steberg 1/-5

Goodhue rolls to a convincing victoryBy Faye Haugen

ADAMS - After suffering anarrow defeat to 10th-ranked Fill-more Central last week, theGoodhue football team regroupedand won big in a 41-0 shutout overSouthland, Friday, in Adams.

The Wildcats ran wild in thevictory, gaining 244 rushing yards,123 by Garrett Huemann on 14carries and 104 yards by MasonHuemann on 15 carries. In all,Goodhue held a 322-83 yardageadvantage.

Garrett Huemann scored twicein the first quarter on runs of 14and 57 yards with Mariano Bi-galk kicking five of six PATs.Goodhue scored three times in thesecond quarter. Jacob Pasch tosseda 29-yard touchdown pass to SamMcNamara, Mason Huemann ranin from the one, and Pasch andMcNamara hooked up for a 41-yards passing TD with just threeseconds left in the half for a 34-0lead at the break.

McNamara scored for the thirdtime when he picked off a Rebelpass and returned the interception30 yards to the end zone for the41-0 final score.

Pasch was 6 of 10 passing for88 yards with McNamara makingthree receptions for 82 yards.

Bailee O’Reilly led Goodhuewith 11 tackles and Casey De-neen made eight. Wilson Jonashad two sacks in the game, andNathan Altendorf intercepted apass.

With a 3-1 overall record,Goodhue will host winlessKingsland on Friday at 7 p.m. The

Knights are coming off a 26-0shutout loss to Wabasha-Kellogg.Goodhue 41 - Southland 0

G SFirst downs 14 5

by rushing 11 3by passing 2 2by penalty 1 0

Rushing plays 40 30Rushing yards 244 45Passing attempts 10 17Passing completions 6 7

passing yards 88 38interceptions 0 2touchdowns 2 0

Total offense 322 83Punts/avg. 4/37 -Penalties/yds 4/302/10Fumbles/lost 2/2 1/1

ScoringGoodhue 14 20 7 0 = 41Southland 0 0 0 0 = 0

First quarterG: 14-yard touchdown run by GarrettHuemann. PAT kick by Mariano Bigalk. 7-0G: 57-yard touchdown run by Garrett

Huemann. PAT kick by Mariano Bigalk.14-0

Second quarterG: 29-yard touchdown pass from JacobPasch to Sam McNamara. PAT kick byMariano Bigalk. 21-0G: One-yard touchdown run by MasonHuemann. PAT kick by Mariano Bigalk.28-0G: 41-yard touchdown pass from JacobPasch to Sam McNamara. PAT kick failed.34-0

Third quarterG: Interception by Sam McNamara returned30 yards for a touchdown. PAT kick byMariano Bigalk. 41-0

Individual statisticsPassing: G - Jacob Pasch, 6 of 10 for 88yardsRushing: G - Garrett Huemann, 14 rushesfor 123 yards; Mason Huemann 15/104;Jacob Pasch 1/15; Sam McNamara 1/4;Calvin Peterson 2/3; Wilson Jonas 3/-1;Sven Otterness 2/-2; Jack Gadient 2/-2Receiving: G - Sam McNamara, 3 receptionsfor 82 yards; Nathan Altendorf 1/6

News-Record photo by Faye HaugenKenyon-Wanamingo’s Blake Jacobson makes a great open field tackle on Mankato Loyola’s Taylor Gross inthe opening quarter of Friday’s game in Kenyon. The Knights won 15-8 to take over first place in the MidSoutheast West District.

Mankato Loyola’s John Sadaka gets stood up by Kenyon-Wanamingo’sTed Androli (9) and Seth Donkers (79) for no gain in the first quarter ofFriday’s game in Kenyon.

ZM wins big over Winona CotterBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA - Through threegames this season the Zumbrota-Mazeppa defense has kept theCougars in football games, but theiroffense has been lacking. In theirfourth game on Friday, both partsof the Cougar program meshedfor a 36-0 win over Cotter.

The Cougars rolled up 314 yardsof offense, their most of the sea-son, in this first win. ZM tallied314 yards of offense (221 yardsrushing and 93 passing) as theyheld the Ramblers to just 69 totalyards (48 rushing, 21 passing).

Maverick Jackson scored the firstof his two touchdown on a one-yard run midway through the firstquarter. Less than a minute laterafter a Cotter fumble, Isaiah Stu-eber hit Alex Nelson with a 33-yard passing TD. Caden Steffenfound Zach Sanborn with the con-version pass for a 14-0 lead at theend of the first quarter.

The Cougars took a 30-0 lead tothe locker room when Jacob Ben-nett scored on a five-yard run withLandon Rauen running in the con-version and Rauen scored just be-fore the half when he picked off aRambler pass. Steffen ran in theconversion.

ZM tallied their last score of thegame midway through the thirdquarter when Jackson rolled in fromthe one.

Jackson was a workhorse forthe Cougars, carrying the ball 21times for a season-high 107 yards.Stueber was 6 of 10 passing for 93yard with Kevin Nordquist mak-ing four receptions for 53 yards.

The ZM rushing game was lim-

ited to 46 yards, with Jacob Ben-nett leading the ZM ground gamewith 41 yards on eight carries. TheCougar passing game was muchbetter as Isaiah Stueber hit 6 of 10passes for 93 yards and one touch-down. Kevin Nordquist made fourreceptions for a team high 53 yards.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 36Winona Cotter 0

ZM WCFirst downs 18 7

by rushing 14 4by passing 4 3by penalty 0 0

Rushing plays 55 28Rushing yards 221 48Passing attempts 11 13Passing completions 6 2

passing yards 93 21interceptions 0 2touchdowns 1 0

Total offense 314 69Punts/avg. 1/36 4/23Penalties/yds 7/45 3/15Fumbles/lost 3/2 3/2

ScoringCotter 0 0 0 0 = 0ZM 14 16 6 0 = 36

First quarterZM: One-yard touchdown run by MaverickJackson. Two-point conversion pass failed.6-0ZM: 33-yard touchdown pass from IsaiahStueber to Alex Nelson. Two-point conversionpass from Isaiah Stueber to Caden Steffen14-0

Second quarterZM: Five-yard touchdown run by JacobBennett. Two-point conversion run by LandonRauen. 22-0.ZM: Interception by Landon Rauen returnedfor a touchdown. Conversion run by CadenSteffen. 30-0

Third quarterZM: One-yard touchdown run by MaverickJackson. Conversion run failed. 36-0

Individual statisticsPassing: ZM - Isaiah Stueber, 6 of 10 for93 yards, Caden Steffen 0/1Rushing: ZM - Maverick Jackson, 21rushes for 107 yards; Jacob Bennett 16/82; Caden Steffen 3/12; Colton Webster2/11; Jacob Lawrence 4/8; Corey Dahl4/5; Robvon Jackson 2/5; Isaiah Stueber3/-11Receiving: ZM - Kevin Nordquist, 4receptions for 53 yards; Alex Nelson 1/33; Jacob Bennett 1/7

News-Record photos by Peter GrimsrudZumbrota-Mazeppa’s Adam Krage forces a fumble when he tacklesCotter’s Austin Griffin in Friday’s game in Zumbrota. ZM was able toscore to take a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Zumbrota-Mazeppa offensive line of Landon Rauen (9), Jarrett Haglund (76), Adam Krage (3), RobbyPollitt (55) and Nathan Horsch (71) open up running room for Maverick Jackson (16) in Friday’s game inZumbrota.

Pine Island’s Tristan Akason (13) runs behind the block of teammateAlex Aarsvold (65) in Friday’s game in Pine Island.

News-Record photo by Faye HaugenPine island’s Tanner Bates makes a flying tackle on Chatfield’s NoahBrogan in Friday’s game in Pine Island.

District Football StandingsSoutheast Conf OverWhite Division W L W LCaledonia 3 0 4 0Chatfield 3 0 3 1Triton 2 1 3 1Dover-Eyota 2 1 2 2Pine Island 1 2 1 3Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1 2 1 3St. Charles 0 3 0 4Cotter 0 3 0 4

Mid Southeast Conf OverEast Division W L W LLewiston-Altura 3 0 4 0Goodhue 2 1 3 1

STANDINGSFillmore Central 2 1 3 1Rushford-Peterson 2 1 2 2Southland 1 2 2 2Hayfield 1 2 1 3Wabasha-Kellogg 1 2 1 3Kingsland 0 3 0 4

West Division W L W LKenyon-Wanamingo 3 0 3 1Mankato Loyola 2 1 3 1Blooming Prairie 2 1 3 1United South Central 2 1 3 1Bethlehem Academy 2 1 3 1JWP 1 2 1 3Medford 0 3 0 4St. Clair 0 3 0 4

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By Faye HaugenHAYFIELD - With the weather

settling into normal conditions,cross country runners completeda full 5000-meter race this weekin Hayfield.

The Pine Island boys and theZumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo girls both placed thirdin the 13-team Hayfield Invita-tional run Thursday at The OaksGolf Course.Varsity girls

Byron took team honors in thegirls race at Hayfield, scoring 65points. Stewartville was secondwith 82 points, ZMKW was thirdwith 102 points, Pine Island placedfourth with 112 points andGoodhue placed 10th with 301points.

Skyler Jacobson led ZMKW,placing 11th in 21:55. She wasfollowed by Lauren Berg, 14th,Tess Hokanson, 20th, Haley Ell-ingson, 26th, and Sophie Holm,36th.

Josselyn Lindahl led the Pan-thers, placing ninth in 21:31. Shewas followed by Alyssa Rauk, 10th,Jocasta Adelsman, 13th, Ally Noll,37th, and Taylor Rasmussen, 48th.

Emily Benrud placed 30th tolead Goodhue in 23:39. She wasfollowed by Krista Gadient, 76th,Ellie Smith, 81st, Laura Ringeisen,10th and Keisha O’Reilly, 118th.

Tierney Winter of WEM/JWPwas the medalist in 20:00Byron 65, Stewartville 72, Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo 102,Pine Island 112, Plainview-Elgin-Millville132, Kasson-Mantorville 155, Water-ville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-

Waldorf-Pemberton 157, Kingsland 185,Pacelli 188, Goodhue 301, Hayfield302, Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Southland 314; incomplete: BloomingPrairieMedalist - Tierney Winter, WEM/JWP,20:009. Josselyn Lindahl (PI) 21; 31; 10. AlyssaRauk (PI) 21:31; 11. Skyler Jacobson (ZMKW)21:55; 13, Jocasta Adelsman (PI) 22:03;14. Lauren Berg (ZMKW) 22:04; 20. TessHokanson (ZMKW) 22:40; 26. Haley Ellingson(ZMKW) 23:12; 30. Emily Benrud (G) 23:39;36. Sophie Holm (ZMKW) 24:19; 37. AllyNoll (PI) 24:23; 48. Taylor Rasmussen (PI)25:00; 58. Maddie Patterson (ZMKW) 25:35;63. Summer Rauk (PI) 26:14; 64. KallieAlders (ZMKW) 26:17; 65. Brooke Salfer(PI) 26:24; 70. Josselyn Lonneman (PI)26:50; 73. Payton Kruse (ZMKW) 26:59;74. Bethany Renken (ZMKW) 27:00; 76.Krista Gadient (G) 27:03; 81. Ellie Smith (G)27:43; 95. Clara Flikke (ZMKW) 29:37; 101.Kira Quam (ZMKW) 29:53; 104. BreannaKreps (ZMKW) 30:10; 106. Laura Ringeisen(G) 30:27; 113. Amanda Edstrom (ZMKW)31:20; 118. Keisha O’Reilly (G) 32:11; 123.Kalley Diercks G) 33:28Varsity boys

Kasson-Mantorville captured theboys team title with a low score of30 points. Plainview-Elgin-Millville was second with 64 pointsfollowed by Pine Island, third with76 points, ZMKW, fifth with 139points, and Goodhue, sixth with185 points.

Jack Williams led Pine Island,placing fourth in 17:45. He wasfollowed by Logan Meurer, 13th,Joe Bauer, 24th, Garrett Bates,26th, and Jacob Olson, 33rd.

Ben Bohn led ZMKW placing11th in 18:32. He was followedby Aaron Grove, 20th, Cole Ha-ferman, 45th, Ben Erickson, 53rd

and Willy Heitmann, 72nd.Ryan Alpers ran to a 31st place

finish in 19:42 to pace Goodhue.He was followed by Derek Alp-ers, 41st, Johnny Possehl, 48th,CJ Hahn, 58th and Kelby Heit-man, 91st.

Alec Ille of Blooming Prairieearned medalist honors with a timeof 17:01.Kasson-Mantorville 30, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 64, Pine Island 76, Byron 82,Z u m b r o t a - M a z e p p a / Ke n y o n -Wanamingo139, Goodhue 185,Stewartville 194, Pacelli 205, Kingsland269; Incomplete: Blooming Prairie,Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Southland Hayfield, Waterville-Elysian-Morris town/Janesville-Waldorf-PembertonMedalist - Alec Ille, Blooming Prairie,17:014. Jack Williams (PI) 17:45; 11. Ben Bohn(ZMKW) 18:28; 13. Logan Meurer (PI) 18:32;20. Aaron Grove (ZMKW) 19:09; 24. JoeBauer (PI) 19:23; 26. Garrett Bates (PI)19:27; 31. Ryan Alpers (G) 19:42; 33. JacobOlson (PI) 19:51; 37. 20:09; 37. Evan Goplen(PI) 20:09; 38. Danny Langworthy (PI) 20:09;41. Derek Alpers (G) 20:16; 45. Cole Haferman(ZMKW) 20:37; 47. Garrett Cobb (PI) 20:47;48. Johnny Possehl (G) 20:52; 50. MichaelHorkey (PI) 20:56; 53. Ben Erickson (ZMKW)21:15; 64. Jacob Ableitner (PI) 22:08; 68.CJ Hahn (G) 22:16; 72. Willy Heitmann(ZMKW) 22:27; 73. Corbin Avery (ZMKW)22:29; 75. Diego Becerril (ZMKW) 22:37;76. John Nelson (ZMKW) 22:38; 80. PeytonLiffrig (ZMKW) 22:51; 82. Ben Knowlton(ZMKW) 22:55; 83. Pedro Martin (ZMKW)22:59; 91. Kelby Heitman (G) 23:24; 96.Andy Kroll (PI) 24:08; 97. Kam Lodermeier(ZMKW) 24:10; 107. Fletcher Bengtson (ZMKW)27:01; 112. Ray Valek (ZMKW) 28:55; 113.Cole Lingbeck (ZMKW) 28:56; 114. JonathanAggen (PI) 29:45; 115. Collin Warren (G)29:53; 116. David Barsness (PI) 30:33

PI boys and ZMKW girls placethird at Hayfield Invitational

Area Sports

By Faye HaugenPINE ISLAND – The Pine Is-

land/Zumbrota-Mazeppa boyssoccer team moved their record to2-1-2 this past week with a con-ference win over Lake City and anon-conference tie with Red Wing.

The Wildcats will host St.Charles at 1:45 p.m. on Saturdayin Pine Island, and Lourdes onTuesday at 7 p.m.Lake City

The Wildcats trailed 1-0 afterthe first half in Pine Island onTuesday, but they rallied for a pairof goals to pull out a 2-1 HVLvictory over Lake City in the sec-ond half.

“We played well, but we justcould not score in the first half.Lots of balls went high above thegoal which doesn’t help the score.In the second half, we capitalizedon the opportunities and scored.We will have more work to do toplay as a team and start playingbetter in the first half,” said CoachRafal Konik.

Brandon DePestel and Matt Lieneach scored. DePestel and ColeVanHouten each earned an assist.Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2Lake City 1Lake City 1 0 = 1PIZM 0 2 = 2PIZM goals: Brandon DePestel (1),Matt Lien (1)PIZM assists: Cole VanHouten (1),Brandon DePestel (1)PIZM shots on goal: 6PIZM goalkeeper saves: BradySchoenfelder (2)Red Wing

The Wildcats earned a 2-2 over-time draw at Red Wing on Satur-day.

Jeric Christianson and Matt Lieneach scored, with Christiansonearning an assist.

Brady Shoenfelder had 12 savesin goal with TJ Bjorngaard hav-ing one save. PIZM put six shotson goal.

“Red Wing is a tough team froma larger school, but our boys playedwell as a team,” remarked CoachKonik. “We had an amazing scor-ing shot from Jeric and our de-

PIZM boys post a win over Lake Cityfense as very strong and reliable.I was happy with the tie.”Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2Red Wing 2Lake City 2PIZM 2PIZM goals: Jeric Christianson (1),Matt Lien (1)PIZM assists: Jeric Christianson (1)PIZM shots on goal: 6PIZM goalkeeper saves: BradySchoenfelder (12), TJ Bjorngaard (1)

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenGoodhue Cass Ramthun finds her hit blocked by Kenyon-Wanamingo’s Ally Peterson (13) and Corynne Dahl(5) in Thursday’s HVL volleyball match in Goodhue.

KW front line is too much for GoodhueBy Faye Haugen

KENYON - Ranked eighth inthe latest Class AA volleyball poll,Kenyon-Wanamingo made quickwork out of Goodhue in a three-game HVL sweep in Goodhue,Thursday.

The Knight front line was fir-ing all evening with kills and blocksthat kept the Wildcats on defensemuch of the match.

KW rolled to an easy 25-8 winin the opening game, but the Wild-cats had a better showing in thelast two games, losing 25-21 and25-23.

Megan Flom led KW with 15kills and four blocks. Mara Quamhad 10 kills, 10 digs and four aceserves. Siri Quam dished out 16set assists and had eight digs.

“This was our first conferencematch and we started off the nightvery strong, our strongest start sofar this season,” said KW coachJen Nerison. “Our setters did agreat job of running our offense.Mara Quam serve from the backline and Megan had an outstand-ing night at the net. Our defense inthe backrow made some great playswith Kasey Dummer leading usin digs (16). All around, it was agreat night for us.”

Taylor Larson led Goodhue atthe net with six kills with SydneyLodermeier adding four. MichelleHadler had 16 set assists. HaleyLexvold had a team-high 22 digsand Cass Ramthun had two aceserves.KW 25 25 25Goodhue 8 21 23Kills: KW - Mara Quam 10, Megan Flom15, Ally Peterson 12; G - Taylor Larson 6,Sydney Lodermeier 4Set assists: KW - Siri Quam 16, MiaPeterson 9; G - Michelle Hadler 19Digs: KW - Mara Quam 10, Siri Quam 8;G - Haley Lexvold 22, Kate Stehr 12Ace serves: KW - Mara Quam 4; G - CassRamthun 2

Goodhue’s Taylor Larson tries to get in front of Mara Quam’s hit duringThursday’s game in Goodhue.

Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa’s TJ Bjorngard fights Lake City’s Cole Waller for the ball in Tuesday’s HVLmatch in Pine Island. The Wildcats rallied for a 2-1 victory.

PIZM’s Jeric Christianson leans into Lake City’s Nate Baer as he movedthe ball up the field in Tuesday’s match in Pine Island.

ZM gets an HVL win over Lake CityBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA - The Zumbrota-Mazeppa volleyball team had towork hard to pull out a five-gamewin over Lake City in HVL playin Zumbrota, Thursday.

The Cougars used great hitting,blocking and serving to pull outtheir first conference win of theseason.

ZM won the opening game 25-23, suffered a 25-20 setback inthe second, won the third game

25-17, but lost the fourth game25-24, setting up the fifth and de-ciding game that the Cougars won15-11.

Breanna Haag led the Cougarswith 10 kills and 19 digs. AspenBrubaker added nine kills, 14 digsand three ace serves. Tara Ma-tuska had 27 set assists. Bella Wag-ner had 17 digs, and Lauren Millerhad six blocks with Miranda Mol-lenhauer making five blocks.

The Cougars will host fourth-

ranked Class AA Kasson-Mantor-ville on Thursday and they willplay at Pine Island on Tuesday.Lake City 23 25 17 26 11ZM 25 20 25 24 15Kills: ZM - Aspen Brubaker 9, BreanaHaag 10, Lauren Miller 4Set assists: ZM - Tara Matuska 27Digs: ZM - Bella Wagner 17, Aspen Brubaker14, Breana Haag 19, Tara Matuska 11Ace serves: ZM - Aspen Brubaker 3Blocks: ZM - Lauren Miller 6, MirandaMollenhauer 5

KW ups early season record to 9-0By Faye Haugen

KENYON - With a pair of winsover Medford and Goodhue andwinning the annual Kenyon-Wana-mingo Invitational, the Kenyon-Wanamingo volleyball team rantheir early season record to 9-0.

The Knights will host Byron onThursday, play at Wabasha be-ginning at 8 a.m.. on Saturday andhost fourth-ranked Class AA Kas-son-Mantorville on Tuesday.Medford

The Knights swept Medford innon-conference action on Tues-day in Medford, 25-14, 25-15 and25-20.

“The girls had a great night. Ourserve receive was much improvedfrom our first match last week,”pointed out Coach Jen Nerison.

Megan Flom had 14 kills to leadKW at the net. Mara Quam fol-lowed with 13 kills, 11 digs andtwo ace serves. Mia Peterson dishedout 30 set assists and had two aceserves, and Kasey Dummer had12 digs.KW 25 25 25Medford 14 15 20

Kills: KW - Mara Quam 13, Megan Flom14Set assists: KW - Mia Peterson 30Digs: KW - Kasey Dummer 12, MaraQuam 11, Mia Peterson 8Ace serves: KW - Mara Quam 2, MiaPeterson 2KW Invitational

Seven teams took part in theKenyon-Wanamingo Invitationalon Saturday with KW winning allsix of their matches in the round-robin meet.

The Knights posted wins of 25-11 and 25-10 over Randolph; 25-11 and 25-13 over MinnehahaAcademy; 25-23 and 25-9 overPine Island; 25-13 and 25-12 overHarding; 25-14 and 25-16 overDover-Eyota; and 27-26 and 25-5over Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

“It was a great day for KW vol-leyball. These girls worked hardall day and our focus was a strongstart and a strong finish,” remarkedCoach Nerison. “We only playedtwo sets per team and we neededto stay on top of our game everysingle point. We had a few closeand tough sets with Pine Island

and PEM, and we had to dig out ofa few holes to get back into ourgroove. We had some key servingand some front row defense. I toldthe girls I was impressed how theyplay aggressively until that finalpoint. No playing it safe.”

Leading the Knights in the tour-nament were: Mara Quam, 46 killsand 13 ace serves; Megan Flom,52 kills and 10 ace serves; MiaPeterson, 82 set assists and 15 aceserves; Siri Quam, 48 set assists,and Kasey Dummer, 67 digs.

HVL Volleyball Conf OverW L W L

Kasson-Mantorville 2 0 5 4Kenyon-Wanamingo 1 0 9 0Pine Island 1 0 7 3Cannon Falls 1 0 5 2Stewartville 1 0 5 3Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1 0 2 2Byron 0 1 2 1Rochester Lourdes 0 1 4 4Goodhue 0 1 3 3Triton 0 1 3 4Lake City 0 1 2 3Hayfield 0 2 2 3

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Section B of NEWS-RECORD Wednesday, September 16, 2015 • No. 37

OronocoWanamingo Pine Island

Zumbrota MazeppaGoodhueNeighbors

Pine Island Community Garden’sfirst season draws to a close

The new Pine Island Community Garden opened in May for the growing season and will close later this fall.

By Audra DePestelPINE ISLAND – Early this

spring the idea for a communitygarden was suggested. In a shortamount of time the idea became areality thanks to the support ofLive Well Goodhue County andthe Statewide Health ImprovementProgram, the Pine Island ParkBoard, and other local contribu-tors. David Anderson, coordina-tor of Live Well Goodhue County,along with PI Park Board ChairTodd Omberg, PI Public Works/Park Advisor Wayne King, andformer EDA Director Karen Dollall worked on the project.

The Pine Island CommunityGarden is located on the corner of

1st Avenue NE and 2nd St. NE,the former Duane Kundert resi-dence. The garden is divided upinto eighteen 8x20 foot plots plustwo raised beds built for the use ofPine Island Area Home Services.Plot rental was based on one perfamily/organization on a first–re-served/paid basis which includeda $15 refundable deposit for thegrowing season. With the help ofa productive growing season, thegarden proved to be a successfulproject and has been well receivedby the community. Future expan-sion of the garden is possible ifneeded.

The mission of Live WellGoodhue County is to improve

the health of our residents by mak-ing it easier to walk, bike, eat nu-tritious foods and avoid the use ofand exposure to tobacco products.They accomplish this by partneringwith child care providers, schools,businesses, communities andhealth care providers to implementnew strategies that help everyonelive well. The Pine Island Com-munity Garden is an example ofthat. The garden gives more fami-lies access to fruits and vegetables– a key to good health.

For more information about thePine Island Community Gardencontact Pine Island Park BoardChair Todd Omberg at 507-356-2040 or ToddO.with.PIparkboard@gmail.com.

Princess candidates’ likenesses carved in butterST. PAUL – Princess Kay of the Milky Way finalists Maggie Mills, left, and Samantha Keller had their likenesses carved in butter at the State Fairon August 29 and September 2, respectively. Mills, 19, is from Lake City and is a graduate of Goodhue High School. Keller, 19, is from Goodhue.

WANAMINGO POLICE REPORTBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

The following information wasprovided by the Goodhue CountySheriff’s Office.August 28

5:29 a.m. – Sparks were com-ing from under a semi near Hwy57 and 510th St in Cherry GroveTownship. The farm truck wasfound parked at 9th St and Hwy

57 with four flat tires on the pas-senger side. The driver, who wasenroute to St. Paul, did not have acommercial driver’s license. Avehicle inspection was requested,and the State Patrol handled it.

7:17 a.m. – An alarm was acti-vated at SEMA Equipment on Hwy60. It was a false alarm.

10:13 p.m. – Screaming wascoming from behind JB’s Tavern

for over 25 minutes. A deputy droveby and did not hear anything. Thecomplainant on 2nd St said thenoise had died down.August 29

4:06 p.m. – Medical help wasrequested on the 46600 block of135th Ave in Roscoe Township.August 30

1:44 a.m. – Kids were reportedthrowing rocks across the streetand then went on top of the Watkinsstore on Main St. The kids werelocated, returned to their parents,and given warnings for curfew andtrespassing.

2:28 a.m. – A deputy gave anintoxicated person near BeverlySt and 3rd Ave a ride home.

2:37 p.m. – Debris was in theroad near Hwy 60 ad 90th AveWay in Wanamingo Township.

3:15/8:15 p.m. – Deputies at-tended to civil matters on the 11700block of 415th St in WanamingoTownship.

6:29 p.m. – A situation involv-ing a person with mental illnesswas reported on the 41900 blockof 97th Ave in Wanamingo Town-ship. The subject received assis-tance.August 31

7:07 a.m. – Medical help wasrequested on 2nd St E.

6:25 p.m. – An intoxicated per-son was reported on the 51700block of Hwy 57 in Roscoe Town-ship. The person was not supposedto be drinking.

8:03 p.m. – Unsanitary condi-tions were reported at a residence

ZM Homecoming candidates announcedZUMBROTA – Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School announces its Homecoming King and Queen candidates for2015. In front: Laura Drackley, Bella Wagner, Breana Haag, and Kellie Nordquist; in back: Noah Krueger,Ryan Archer, Colton Webster, and Derek Stehr. Coronation will take place on Monday, September 21, at 7p.m. at the Neuman Auditorium in Zumbrota. Homecoming activities continue throughout the week. OnTuesday, the volleyball team plays at Pine Island at 7 p.m.; and the PIZM boys soccer team plays a home gameat 7 p.m. On Wednesday is the Powder Puff football game at 7 p.m. On Thursday, the cross country team isat Pine Island at 4:30 p.m.; PIZM boys soccer plays at home at 5 p.m.; the volleyball team plays a home gameat 7 p.m.; and PIZM girls soccer plays at Lourdes at 7 p.m. Homecoming week concludes with the footballgame against Chatfield on Friday at 7 p.m.

in Roscoe Township.September 1

1:33 a.m. – A vehicle was beingdriven slowly with its flashers onnear Hader. The driver said shewas driving cautiously on a sparetire after having a flat.

3:25 p.m. – Medical help wasrequested on the 49600 block ofCty 1 in Cherry Grove Township.

6:52 p.m. – A parking violationwas reported on 1st Ave. The carwas moved.September 2

5:28 p.m. – A dog was hit by acar near Cty 27 and Hwy 57 inRoscoe Township.

6:54 p.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on Main St.September 3

9:58 a.m. – A coon hound waswandering around near Hwy 60.The owner was located.

1:58 p.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on the 11700 blockof 415th St in Wanamingo Town-ship.

4:06 p.m. – Three pit bulls killeda chicken at a neighboring prop-erty on the 50200 block of Hwy57 in Roscoe Township. A deputyprovided options for talking withthe neighbor about it.

7:05 p.m. – A citation for noMinnesota driver’s license wasissued on High Ave.

8:45 p.m. – A speeding ticketwas issued near Hwy 60 and 3rdAve.September 4

8:19 a.m. – Damage to a citybench was reported on Main St.

HOME SERVICES HAPPENINGSPINE ISLAND – Pine Island

Area Home Services serves thePine Island and Oronoco areas andprovides the following servicesand events during the months ofSeptember and October. Unlessotherwise noted, all occur at thePine Island Senior Center locatedat 109 3rd St. SW. Services areavailable to adults 65 and older.

Shopping Trips: Walmart tripsscheduled on Thursdays, Septem-ber 17 and October 1 at 11 a.m.and Thursday, October 22 at noon.Limited seating / reservation re-quired.

Foot Care Clinic: By appoint-ment only at the City Centre onThursdays, September 17 andOctober 22. In-home services areavailable for those who have dif-ficulty leaving home.

Friday, September 18: SmokedPork Chop Dinner , P.I. AmericanLegion 5-7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23 at9:30 a.m.: “Coffee with a Cop.”

We will be presenting informa-tion on the Minnesota Triad Con-ference at Treasure Island.

Thursday, September 24 at noon:Senior Forum with Dr. McBeath

Exercise classes: Tuesdays andThursdays at 9:30 a.m. Class in-corporates gentle strength andbalance training, stretching andfun. You can join this ongoingclass at any time, and exercisesstart at your ability. Weights areprovided for optional use.

Aerobics exercise classes: Fri-days from 10–10:45 a.m.

Blood pressure clinics: 11 a.m.,second and fourth Tuesdays at CityCenter in Pine Island; 11 a.m. onfirst Wednesday at Pine IslandSenior Center. Unable to leavehome? Call PIAHS to schedulean in-home blood pressure check.

Senior Bus Trip, Wednesday,October 14: Preston & HarmonyFall Tour. We will be touring theJailhouse Inn, several Amish farmsand the newly completed Minne-

sota State Veterans Cemetery. Costincludes lunch at the Branding Iron.

Pine Island Area Home Servicesis looking for volunteers to helpwith our Meals on Wheels pro-gram. If you have the time and arewilling to help we could use a driverfor Tuesdays to deliver meals aswell as subs for our current driv-ers.

For more information or if youare in need of assistance, pleasecontact our office at 507-356-2999;hours are M-Th 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Zumbrota

By Tawny Michels

Citywide Garage Sales were Sept. 11-12ZUMBROTA – Zumbrota held its annual Citywide Garage Sales on Friday and Saturday, September 11-12 withthirty-seven registered garage sales happening around the city. From left to right, Jennifer Roberts, JessicaShane, Alexa Roberts, Loralie Roberts, and Taitum Shane sold lemonade and baked goods at a garage saleon Larson Drive.

Sarah Johnson examines a kitchen set at the estate sale for Bill andFlorence Eberhart on September 12.

Star Larson of Zumbrota sits in a chair she admired at a sale onSaturday, September 12.

Samantha Larson of St. Paul views a 1973 Volkswagon convertible at agarage sale at the home of Jean Roth.

Mazeppa approves proposed levy for 2016By Alicia Hunt-Welch

MAZEPPA – The Mazeppa CityCouncil reviewed the tax levy tobe payable in 2016 at its Septem-ber 9 meeting. City administratorclerk Karl Nahrgang recommendedthe proposed levy amount of$349,399. This is a 0.07% increaseover this year’s amount.

Funds the city is levying for werebroken down into the followingcategories: $208,490 for the roadand bridge fund; $72,365 for gen-eral revenue; $64,844 for bondand interest payments; and $3,700for debt service funds. Nahrgangsaid that in reading the newspa-pers, some cities are proposing3% increases, so a less than a onepercent levy increase is good newsfor Mazeppa taxpayers.

A motion to approve by MikeHammes, seconded by DeraldMitchell, carried. Nahrgang wasgoing to certify the proposedamount with the county auditor/treasurer prior to the September15 deadline.Liquor store had low sales month

Municipal liquor store managerCindy Smith said sales were downin August, resulting in about a$4,000 loss. A large beer purchasewas made so inventory is high atthis time. Smith suggested that aliquor store advisory committeecould be formed to set policy, givedirection, and offer input. Mem-bers of the council could sit on the

committee to be closer to busi-ness operations. Smith said as apolicy she does not carry beer kegsor Sparks alcoholic energy drinksas a conscious choice.

Mayor John Betcher recom-mended a handicapped parkingspot in front of the liquor store. Amotion to approve carried.Legal easement approved

A legal easement for the VincentDohrer family was approved. Theaction allows for a garage locatedpartially in an unused alley way toremain in place until its demise.City attorney Steve Erwin set upthe easement as a quick claim deedand it is for ten feet around theperimeter of the garage. The cityreserves all rights to the alley.Policing report

Wabasha County Deputy KeithFratzke presented the policing re-port for the month. During Au-gust, deputies responded to fivesecurity checks, four traffic vio-lations, three driving complaints,two reports of suspicious activity,an animal complaint, a civil mat-ter, a domestic incident, a medi-cal call, a report of fraud, a trafficcrash, a request to help locate aperson, and a warrant arrest.Fratzke said they were in townfrequently while the bridges wereclosed.

Councilman Mike Hammescomplained that unlicensed youthare driving motorcycles and rec-

reational vehicles, and he inquiredabout the age requirements. Fratzkeprovided licensing age require-ments and said he would share theinformation with other deputiesto watch for future incidents.MFD report

Mazeppa Fire Chief BrandonGoranson said that during Augustthe department responded to anall-terrain vehicle accident inMazeppa Township, a lightningstrike house fire in Chester Town-ship, a carbon monoxide incidentin Mazeppa Township, two medi-cal calls in Mazeppa Townshipand four medical calls in the Cityof Mazeppa. Goranson said thetwo fire trucks had the pumps, airpacks, and Jaws of Life tool alltested to meet standards.Other business

Erwin presented the drug test-ing policy for its second reading.The policy applies to all city em-ployees, city elected officials, andfirefighters/first responders. Amotion to approve carried.

Nahrgang and Erwin suggestedchanges to the land managementordinance. They will work on re-visions during the next month.

Building permits were approvedfor Taren Kraft for a shed andMichael Eyre for re-roofing.

The council approved sendinga document in support of the Nu-Telecom broadband grant.

Work was recently completed

on Highway 60 bridges and theyare open. City representatives arenow working with state highwayofficials about maintenance ondetour roads that were highly trav-eled during the bridge closures.

Nahrgang said things are goingwell in the office and it is nice tohave the bridges open again.

New public works director ScottEllingson said things are goinggood so far.

Helen Reiland of the MazeppaArea Historical Society saidthey’ve had many visitors thissummer working on genealogy.

Mazeppa Planning & Zoning/Economic Development Author-ity will have a public hearing onSeptember 24.

The next regular city councilmeeting is on Wednesday, Octo-ber 14, at 6 p.m. in council cham-bers at city hall.

Zumbrota history is ondisplay at the libraryZUMBROTA – After a few monthsof research, discussions with localresidents, and a collection of imagesand items, the Goodhue CountyHistorical Society created and hosteda display on the history of ZumbrotaTownship at their museum in RedWing for three months earlier thisyear. Eight panels of images andtext from that display are nowavailable for viewing at the ZumbrotaPublic Library. The panels includeinformation about the founding ofZumbrota and Forest Mills, as wellas featured businesses, services,entertainment venues, militaryactivity, schools, churches, andresidents from Zumbrota’s history.The panels will remain in the libraryuntil the end of September.Community members areencouraged to take a moment tostop by the library and learn someinteresting facts about local history.

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Zumbrota

EMTs Chad Klein and Jen Stumm of Zumbrota Area Ambulance demonstratehow the mechanical stretchers work on the ambulance.

ECFE instructor Tessa Norbach, left, and director Jen Burfeind hostedTransportation Night on Thursday, September 10.

Carrie Liffrig-Schafer and her children Zailey and Deacon Schaferenjoyed exploring the police cruiser provided by Zumbrota PoliceDepartment.

By Tawny MichelsZUMBROTA – Zumbrota-

Mazeppa School’s Early Child-hood Family Education (ECFE)kicked off the Fall 2015 classeswith its annual TransportationNight on Thursday, September 10,at the ZM Primary School.

On hand for ECFE students andtheir families to enjoy were afiretruck, ambulance, policecruiser, school bus, plow, and a

ZM ECFE holds Transportation NightJohn Deere tractor. Kids also gotto meet their teachers.

Although the Zumbrota Policeand Fire Departments both had toleave temporarily for a call, theyreturned to continue and let kidsexplore the police cruiser and firetruck.

ECFE officially starts classeson September 17 that run intoNovember before taking a breakuntil January 2016.

ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORTAugust 16

12:05 a.m. – A report was made ofvery loud music coming from a home onAqua. The party was warned for loudmusic.

1:22 a.m. – An officer observed ajuvenile male walking down a street.The officer gave him a ride home andwarned him about curfew.

5:15 a.m. – A male was involved in adomestic assault in Mazeppa.

5:32 a.m. – A driver was warned forspeeding.

6:19 a.m. – A dog was found runningloose. It had a Pine Island Vet rabiestag. The dog was taken to the vet clinic.The owners called, looking for the dog.

7:11 p.m. – A civil matter was re-ported over a vehicle.

7:24 p.m. – Zumbrota Nursing Homereported that a person who was visitinga family was not safe to drive due to amedical condition.August 17

4:12 a.m. – Rochester State Patrolreported a vehicle going in excess of 80mph, and crossing over the center andfog line.

4:24 a.m. – A driver was arrested for2nd degree DWI.

1:53 p.m. – A wallet was turned in tocity hall.

5:19 a.m. – A female reported thatshe thought a dog at a residence wasbeing neglected. There was lots of howl-ing and whining. An officer spoke withthe owners again. The owners were ad-vised that citations would be issued.

5:23 p.m. – A male reported that asemi had been parked by his residencefor ten days and was concerned aboutthe driver.

6:55 p.m. – A complaint was made ofa driver going over the fog line.August 18

3:34 p.m. – Zumbrota Nursing Homereported that a resident went out withher daughter. The daughter was acting

very unstable and they were concernedabout the resident.

4:52 p.m. – An officer responded to abusiness alarm.

5:57 p.m. – A female arrived homeand it looked like someone was sleepingin her bed and $260 in cash was miss-ing.August 19

2:51 a.m. – A female had a videotape of a person coming through herwindow and she was unsure if the per-son was still in the house.

1:55 p.m. – A female reported that adriver was flipping her off and cuttingher off.

4:35 p.m. – An officer responded to aparty that had extreme swelling and wasnot feeling well.

6:23 p.m. – A male was having troublebreathing. His lungs were wheezing. Themother stated that they had run out ofhis nebulizer medication. He was trans-ported by ambulance.

8:53 p.m. – An officer unlocked avehicle.

10:29 – A driver was warned for parkingin the park after hours.August 20

12:43 a.m. – A driver was cited forspeeding and not having a Minnesotadrivers license.

1:25 a.m. – An officer assisted adeputy with a warrant arrest traffic stop.

4:28 a.m. – A female reported anattempted burglary. There was no signof entry. The female was having mentalhealth problems, and Social Serviceswould follow up.

12:36 p.m. – A vehicle was parked ina traffic lane.

1:35 p.m. – A complaint was made ofa boat parking on the street all summerat residence. An officer spoke to thehomeowner.

3:44 p.m. – An officer unlocked avehicle.

5:36 p.m. – A male reported a malegoing through a window into an apart-ment building. The male refused to comeout of the apartment. He was arrested.August 21

1:35 p.m. – A vehicle rolled over in amedian. The female driver was havingdifficulty breathing and her head wasbleeding.

3:02 p.m. – Ace Hardware reported amale who was intoxicated in the store.He also threw a beer bottle in the gar-bage.

7 p.m. – A report was made of a maledrinking at a bar for the past two hourswho was going to be driving home some-time in the next hour.

10:19 p.m. – A vehicle was found inthe pool parking lot.

11:14 p.m. – A driver was warned forobstructed view with a hanging object.

11:39 p.m. – A driver was warned forhaving a hanging object.

11:57 p.m. – A female was gettingthreatening text messages.

11:59 p.m. – An officer responded toa business alarm.August 22

12:08 a.m. – A male requested anambulance for stomach pain.

1:26 a.m. – A vehicle was in the parkafter hours. Parties were not in violationof curfew and sent on their way.

3:22 a.m. – A driver was stopped forspeeding and not having a Minnesotadriver’s license.

11:02 a.m. – A female was havingchest pains and had taken three nitropills with no relief.

12:18 p.m. – A female received an-other scam phone call stating that shehad won $25 million and needed tosend $11,500 to claim the prize.

3:57 p.m. – Cenex in Wanamingoreported a $85.45 gas drive-off.

5:56 p.m. – A sick raccoon was re-ported laying on a pavement.

Mazeppa class of 1975 gathersZUMBROTA – The Mazeppa High School class of 1975 held its 40-year class reunion on Sunday, August 30,at the Covered Bridge Park in Zumbrota. Kneeling are: Molly Miller-Johnson and Tom Poncelet; first rowstanding: Kim (Halling) Buysse, Betty (Marx) Campbell, Cyndy (Perrotte) McMahan, Cindy (House) Bandel,Vicki (Mehrkens) Scheffler, Jean (Kautz) Varner, and Steve Meerkins; second row: Jon Liffrig, TerryLemmerman, Jeff Josselyn, Barb (Larsson) Kennedy, Greg Schmitt, Nancy (Siems) Liffrig, Carol (Arendt)Glander, Deb(Poncelet) Blanck, and Jenny (Liffrig) Darcy; and in back: Joan Sand.

Goodhue

Jonas Farm Seeds holds seed meeting

At Duane Jonas’s annual seed meeting in Goodhue on September 10 are, from left to right: Casey Staloch,co-founder of Agri-Guardian, addressing area famers; Roy Hardy selling his seeds; and Duane Jonasannouncing winners of door prizes.

By R.D. AalandGOODHUE – Duane Jonas held

his annual seed meeting on Thurs-day, September 10. The eveningbegan with a meal of chicken orbeef catered by Russ Ryan.

The first guest speaker was CaseyStaloch the co-founder of Agri-Guardian in Albert Lea. The goalof his company is “to produceconsistent high yields and be costeffective.” The company uses bio-stimulants to help the plants bet-ter use the available nutrients.Staloch talked about the advan-tage of using Micro-Mix to helpcrops that are nutrient deficient

due to the use of herbicides. Mo-lybdenum helps release the nitro-gen that is already in the soil. Hesaid that, “Simply stated, our tech-nology is designed to deliver whatconventional N-P-K (nitrogen,phosphorus and potassium) fer-tilizer, physical tillage, and the bestseed genetics alone cannot.”

Roy Hardy, area manager forKussmaul Seeds from MountHope, Wisconsin, also spoke. Hetold the audience of the successesthey have reached in the past fewyears and which seeds he recom-mends for this region. He reminded

the farmers that he also deals inorganic seeds for the organicfarmer.

Ten gift certificates for seed weregiven to Travis Luhman, BillGorman, Dennis Reick, LindaHofschulte, Harold Fredrickson,Cody Haase, Elaine Kline, RuthDankers, Greg Goplen and MarilynLuhman. Drawings for three doorprizes went to Brenda Luhman (asocket set), Justin Meyer (a largecrowbar), and Gary Farrell (a volt-meter).

Lastly, Duane Jonas signed upfarmers for next year’s seeds.

Goodhue ISD 253SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #253

GOODHUE, MN 55027MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

GOODHUE PUBLIC SCHOOL –MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM

7:00 P.M.1. Call the meeting to order2. Roll call3. Pledge of Allegiance4. Comments by visitors5. Consider changes to the agenda6. Reports Business Manager ReportActivities Director ReportPrincipal Reports Superintendent Report7. Old Business8. New Business1. Approve consent agenda items as

follows:1. Minutes of regular board meeting

on August 17, 2015 2. Approval of expenditures for the

months of August/September 2015 3. Approval of hires:1.Elementary Teacher and Assistant

Volleyball Coach—Donielle Hrtanek2. Secretary—Brittney Zorn4. Approval of resignations:1.Anita Otterness— Paraprofessional2. Jacob Flynn— Junior High Basket-

ball 3. Darren Wingert— Assistant Wres-tling Coach

5. Approval of terminations:6. Approval of fundraisers:7.Approval of donations:8. Approval of lane changes: 9.Approval to obtain quotes for snow

removal2.Consideration to approve changing

the following school board meeting dates:1.From November 16, 2015 to Mon-

day, November 232.From January 18, 2016 to January

25, 20163.February 15, 2015 to February 22,

20163.Consideration to approve the Sup-

port Staff Work Agreement 4. Consideration to approve breast

feeding policy 5. Consideration to approve the den-

tal insurance carrier for the 2015-16school year

6.Presentation of the annual World’sBest Workforce Report Summary

7. Consideration to approve the pre-liminary levy

8.Consideration to approve School AgedChild Care program

9. Reports1. Board/Committee reports2. Upcoming meetings 10. Adjournment

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Goodhue’s Third Streetproject is finishedBy R.D. Aaland

GOODHUE – The GoodhueCity Council approved a final pay-ment to Fitzgerald Excavating andTrucking Inc. for $69,457.24 forthe Third Street project on Sep-tember 9. The city will receive bothspecial charges liquidated charges.Other business

Landscaping at the pool will bea classroom project for theGoodhue FFA under the instruc-

tion of Susan Gorman. TheGoodhue flower group will fur-nish much of the suppliesneeded. City engineer AndyBrandel reported that a punch listis being concluded with Maertens-Brenny for work at the pool.

At the next council meeting onSeptember 23 at 6:30 p.m., BillSinger will discuss employeeinsurance. There will also be areview of next year’s budget.

Area 4-H’ers in top 25 at Dairy ShowcaseST. PAUL – The top 25 4-H dairy project members from across Minnesota were recognized for theirdedication to their cows, clubs, and communities. More than $45,000 was contributed by donors andawarded to youth at the seventh annual Minnesota 4-H Dairy Showcase on August 30 at the State Fair. EmilyBenrud of Goodhue earned fourth place and $2,500. Owen Scheffler, of Minneola Township and a studentat Kenyon-Wanamingo School, earned 13th place and $1,200.

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ZUMBROTA10 Years Ago

August 31, 2005Students from Zumbrota-

Mazeppa High School sang theNational Anthem on Sunday atthe Twins baseball game in theMetrodome. They were RobErredge, Tat Erredge, Dylon Starr,Kyle Meerkins, Andy Meyer, SamRoshen, Gunter Mussell, and JoshClancy. *** Lori and Fred Eber-hart of Zumbrota are winners ofthis year’s special edition potterypiece auctioned off by silent onSaturday. With the highest bid theEberharts took home the bean pot.*** Four new teachers were hiredby ZM School District. They areAnn Syverson, Mandy Rupprecht,Wade Kowalchyk, and SeleneO’Reilly.

20 Years AgoAugust 30, 1995

The Zumbrota Community Bandperformed Sunday evening at WastPark for the dedication of the newgazebo/band shell. The concert wassponsored by the Chamber ofCommerce and was well attended.*** John and Rose Perra enjoyedthe opportunity to host Marie-Christine Briere of France.

30 Years AgoSeptember 4, 1985

Pvt. Kelly Stiller of rural Zum-brota left Friday for Aberdeen,Maryland, where he will be sta-tioned for four months. Earlier hehad received his basic training intank maintenance at Fort Knox,

Kentucky. *** Duane and AliceFinstuen, Faye Haugen, KimFinstuen and Rob Simonson ofMinneapolis dined at Sandy PointSupper Club Tuesday evening toobserve the Finstuens’ 25th wed-ding anniversary which was thatday. *** Ron and Pat Elgas ofCedar Rapids, Iowa, were week-end guests at the home of her par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cage ofrural Zumbrota. *** Mr. and Mrs.Lloyd Johnson, Sr. of Zumbrotaobserved their 50th wedding an-niversary. The couple dined in theevening at the Kahler Hotel inRochester with members of thefamily.

40 Years AgoAugust 28, 1975

Over 1,200 people were servedat the Chicken Barbecue and CornFeed held at the Covered Bridgepark on Sunday. The annual com-munity affair included music bythe community band, concessionsby the Lions Club and the Jayceesand an old-timers softball game.*** Howard Lohmann ofMoorhead was in Minneapolis forlast week’s Legion convention andcame to Zumbrota to visit hismother, Mrs. Ed Lohmann andHarvey and Donald Lohmann. ***Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Sohn and Mr.and Mrs. Robert Sohn and Kristinattended the Minnesota State Fairon Monday. *** Mrs. Henry Rossi,Mrs. Manley Langenness and Mrs.Jack Klug accompanied Mr. and

Mrs. Burton Okkelberg and Davidof Minneapolis to Elk River onWednesday to meet Mary and JimHalseth of Tacoma, Washington.*** Mrs. Alvin Nord, Mrs. JoeNord of Kenyon, and Mrs. NoraHoven of St. Paul visited at theBennie Flaaen home on Saturdayevening. *** Gary Cahpin andClifford Scherb of Lena, Illinois,spent Thursday at the Cleon Chapinhome.

50 Years AgoAugust 26, 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Westernbergand children moved Friday to Eyotawhere he has accepted the posi-tion of school principal. *** Mrs.Lester Post and children left Mon-day morning for a week-long out-ing at the Whitewater State Park.*** Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cordesand children and her parents Mr.and Mrs. Alfred Berg of rural PineIsland spent Sunday in Minneapolisat the Floyd Buhler home. In theafternoon they visited Como Park.*** Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kalass,Todd and Scott of Minneapolisvisited over the weekend at thehome of their parents Mr. and Mrs.Harry E. Kalass and Mr. and Mrs.E.W. Lexvold. *** Miss StephaneThoreson spent a few days thisweek in Red Wing with her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. JamesThoreson. *** Mrs. Floyd Fitchenand Mrs. Clarence Jackson at-tended the Tyrone Guthrie The-atre Saturday night and saw “TheCaucasian Chalk Circle.”

10 Years AgoSeptember 14, 2005

Two new police officers are inGoodhue. They are Josh Hanson(chief) and Mark Mandelkow.

40 Years AgoSeptember 11, 1975

Rev. Roger Carlson, who hasserved the congregations of St.Luke Ev. Lutheran Church inGoodhue and United RedeemerLutheran Church in Zumbrota, hasaccepted a call to serve the twocongregations of First Lutheranin Trimont and Kansas LakeLutheran near Butterfield. *** AnnBollum won Champion BeefHeifer and Debbie Luhman wonChampion Ewe Lamb at the StateFair 4-H livestock exhibits. ***Mr. and Mrs. John Delva ofBellechester were honored on theoccasion of their 60th weddinganniversary on Sunday.

50 Years AgoSeptember 15, 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Johnsonvisited the Edward Nelson familyin Zumbrota Sunday afternoon.

*** Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Pedersonand Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mans wereSunday dinner guests at the BillPederson home. *** Arthur Ger-man was a Saturday caller at theFred Buck home.

60 Years AgoSeptember 8, 1955

BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. VernonAlbers, a son, on August 28; Mr.and Mrs. Victor Groth, a daugh-ter, on August 29; Mr. and Mrs.Ed Lodermeier, a daughter, onSeptember 3. *** Mrs. Cyril Bendaand Mark were Rochester visitorson Tuesday. *** The Fred Shorterfamily visited friends in Austinand Twin Lakes over the holidayweekend. *** Mr. and Mrs. Mar-tin Dankers, Diann, and Waynewere Lake City callers on Tues-day.

70 Years AgoSeptember 13, 1945

Friends and relatives gatheredat the home of Mr. and Mrs. ArtGregoire in celebration of their25th wedding anniversary. *** Pvt.Dennis Heaney arrived in BostonMonday evening from Europe and

GOODHUE

is expected home on furlough soon.*** Mrs. O.T. Parker returnedhome Saturday evening afterspending a few days at her farm inCosmos.

20 Years AgoSeptember 13, 1995

Seven-year-old Ashley Forssplaced third in the Minnesota StatePedal Tractor Pull championshipon September 9.

40 Years AgoSeptember 11, 1975

Ruth Braget was a finalist in theState Fair Cooking Contest. ***Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Prigge movedto their new home in Wanamingoon August 30. They had been liv-ing in the Alfred Tongen home.*** Kristi Hugstad left last Sun-day for Golden Valley Lutheran

College where she has enrolled asa freshman.

50 Years AgoSeptember 9, 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mostadwere dinner guests Sunday at theJens Barsness home in Minneapo-lis. *** Herman Naeseth of Hous-ton, Texas, visited Sunday at thehome of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Naeseth.*** Mr. and Mrs. Lars Hjermstadand grandson Michael Hjermstadwere Sunday afternoon andevening visitors at the Otto Isdahlhome at Bayport.

WANAMINGO70 Years Ago

September 13, 1945A new athletic field has been

completed on the WanamingoSchool grounds and will be inau-gurated by a night football gameon Friday, September 21, againstMantorville. *** The WanamingoEgg & Poultry Company dissolvedpartnership last week whenLawrence Morken bought out theinterest of his partner, CarlLangeness. *** Pfc. and Mrs. R.F.Lange are spending the week inMinneapolis at the Curtis Hotel.

10 Years AgoSeptember 14, 2005

Doug and Kari Strandell arehosting Caro De Dios, an exchangestudent from Venezuela, for theschool year.

30 Years AgoSeptember 11, 1985

Charlotte Hanson celebrated 25years at the Security State Bankwith an open house on Friday. ***Fran Fox has returned from Cali-fornia where she visited her daugh-ter Fran Elaine in San Bernadinoand her son Bob and daughter-in-law RoseAnn in Irvine.

40 Years AgoSeptember 18, 1975

Phil Hamm placed first in thecross country meet against DodgeCenter with a time of 17:10. PineIsland won the meet 19-42. ***Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kundert spent

Sunday with their son Dave atLindstrom. *** Mr. and Mrs. D.M.Jolliffe of Hayward, California,arrived Monday to visit theformer’s sister, Mrs. M.W. Hay-ward.

50 Years AgoSeptember 9, 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cowdenof Oronoco will celebrate theirgolden wedding anniversary onSeptember 12. *** Mr. and Mrs.Harry Carney will celebrate their40th wedding anniversary on Sep-tember 19. *** Mr. and Mrs. Ri-chard Clemens and family spentSunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edw.Clemens.

60 Years AgoSeptember 15, 1955

Dr. Joan Gordon left today forMinneapolis to resume her posi-tion as instructor at the Universityof Minnesota. *** Mr. and Mrs.R.B. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. HenryRaatz returned Monday evening

PINE ISLANDfrom a vacation spent at the Ozarksand central states. *** Mrs. FredTewes of Rochester spent several

PINE ISLAND, 1955 – Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Collins, longtime residents ofPine Island, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Sundayafternoon.

ZUMBROTA, 1975 – Homecoming candidates at Zumbrota High School are, front row, from left to right:Carol Bjorlie, Kathy Jackson, Tami Nord, and Cindy Matthees; back row: Jeff Ripley, Lew French, and JimErredge.

WANAMINGO, 1975 – Members of the 1975 Wanamingo girls volleyball team are, from left to right, frontrow: Brenda Spitzack, Cindy Sabin, Jane Hegseth, Becky Kyllo, Kim Brant, Laureen Erlandson, WandaSteberg, and Margie Boraas; back row: head coach Lois Bjorngaard, manager Dawn Gunderson, BethThoreson, Louise Morse, Roxanne Haugen, Theresa Wallaker, Debbie Tiller, Debbie Hermann, and assistantcoach Jan Overskei.

GOODHUE, 1965 – Welcoming old and new teachers and teachers’ wives at the Study Club tea on Thursdaywere hostesses, from left to right: Mrs. Robert Allers (club president), Mrs. Arthur Lohman, Mrs. RobertMeindl, Mrs. J. Emmett McNamara, Mrs. Milo Swenke, and Mrs. C.W. Goodsell (the only continuous chartermember).

days this week with her mother,Mrs. Henry Krause.

DNRState pheasant index rebounds 33 percent; habitat loss continues

Favorable weather conditionsled to a 33 percent increase in thenumber of Minnesota pheasantscompared to last year at this time.However, the 2015 pheasant in-dex is 39 percent below the 10-year average and 59 percent be-low the long-term average. Habi-tat loss continues to be the mainfactor in a long-term decline ofthe state’s pheasant population,according to the Minnesota De-partment of Natural Resources.

“Habitat loss still poses seriousthreats to pheasant populations andother grassland wildlife,” saidNicole Davros, a DNR researchscientist. “The short-term increaseis good news that results from amild winter and relatively favor-able weather during the nestingseason – conditions that led to in-creases in the roadside index formany farmland wildlife game spe-cies.”

Minnesota’s 2015 pheasant sea-son begins Saturday, Oct. 10, andends Sunday, Jan. 3.Roadside survey data

The DNR’s August roadsidesurvey for pheasants showed a 33percent increase in the overallpheasant index from 2014. Thisyear’s statewide pheasant indexwas 40.7 birds per 100 miles ofroadside driven.

Weather and habitat are the twomain factors that drive Minnesota’spheasant population trends.Weather causes annual fluctuationsin roadside indices. Undisturbedgrassland habitat for nesting andbrood-rearing drives the longer-term pattern.

All regions showed increasesin the roadside pheasant index com-pared to 2014 except for the south-central region ,which stayed thesame as last year. The highestpheasant counts by number ofpheasants were in the southwest,west-central and east-central re-gions, where observers reported46 to 76 birds per 100 miles driven.Looking at percentage increasesfrom 2014, the highest were in thecentral, east-central, and south-east regions with increases of 44percent, 126 percent and 138 per-cent, respectively. Hunters will findgood harvest opportunities in theseareas.Pheasant populations:short-term gains, long-term loss

“The relatively mild winter andgood nesting season conditionshave really helped our pheasantpopulation across their range thisyear. It just goes to show you howresilient these birds can be if giventhe right conditions,” said Davros,who oversees the August road-

side survey.The loss of nesting habitat, es-

pecially Conservation Reserve Pro-gram (CRP) acres, is the primaryreason there has been a steadydecline in Minnesota’s pheasantharvest since the mid-2000s.

Minnesota has lost 153,492 acresof CRP since last year and greaterthan 247,000 acres of CRP since2007. Many more acres – likelymore than 495,000 acres – couldexpire by 2018 if contracts are notrenewed or new acres are not en-rolled into the program.

“The future trend for pheasants,and all grassland-dependent wild-life, does not look good unless wecan find ways to keep habitat onthe ground,” Davros said.Winter conditions and survival

Good winter conditions led tohigher overwinter survival of hens,which were up 32 percent fromlast year. Higher winter hen sur-vival means more pheasant nestsin the spring.

One important indicator of an-nual reproduction is the numberof broods observed per 100 miles.The 2015 brood index increased35 percent from last year. Thenumber of broods per 100 hensincreased 2 percent from 2014.

The average number of chicksper brood was similar to last yearand the 10-year average but was

14 percent below the long-termaverage. The median hatch dateof nests was June 9, which wasthree days earlier than the 10-yearaverage and seven days earlier thanlast year. Some areas of the statereceived above-average rainfallamounts in May, which may havedelayed or interrupted nesting at-tempts. However, near-normaltemperatures and precipitation inJune and July were beneficial tonesting birds and young chicks.

Monitoring pheasant populationtrends is part of the DNR’s annualAugust roadside wildlife survey,which began in 1955. DNR wild-life managers and conservationofficers in the farmland region ofMinnesota conduct the surveyduring the first half of August.This year’s survey consisted of170 25-mile-long routes, with 151routes located in the ring-neckedpheasant range.

Observers drive each route inearly morning and record the num-ber and species of wildlife theysee. The data provide an index ofrelative abundance and are usedto monitor annual changes andlong-term population trends ofpheasants, gray (Hungarian) par-tridge, eastern cottontail rabbits,white-tailed jackrabbits, mourn-ing doves and other wildlife.

The 2015 August Roadside Sur-

vey report and a map of pheasanthunting prospects can be viewedand downloaded fromwww.mndnr.gov/hunting/pheas-ant. Also recorded in this year’ssurvey:

The mourning dove index in-creased 14 percent from 2014 butremained below the 10-year aver-age and long-term average.

The gray partridge index in-creased 150 percent from 2014but remained well below the 10-year and long-term averages.

The cottontail rabbit index in-creased 36 percent from 2014 andwas 34 percent above the 10-yearaverage and 20 percent above thelong-term average.

The white-tailed jackrabbit in-

dex was similar to last year andremains at an historic low.

The white-tailed deer index wassimilar to 2014 and was 33 per-cent above the 10-year averageand 98 percent above the long-term average.

During the 2015 pheasant sea-son that runs from Oct. 10 to Jan.3, the daily bag limit is two roost-ers through November, and it in-creases to three roosters on Tues-day, Dec. 1. The possession limitis six roosters (increasing to nineroosters on Dec. 1). Shooting hoursare 9 a.m. to sunset. Additionaldetails are available on the DNRwebsite at www.mndnr.gov/hunt-ing/pheasant .

DNR QUESTION OF THE WEEKQ: I hunt in a deer zone that has

a lottery for antlerless permits. IfI get an antlerless permit throughthe lottery, can I shoot a doe inany lottery zone or only in onespecific zone?

A: If you receive an either-sexpermit through the lottery, it isonly valid for that specific permitarea. You can move around fromone permit area to another, butyou would be restricted to ant-lered deer only in other lotteryareas.

Keep in mind, if you shoot adeer in any area with a one-deerlimit (bucks only, youth onlyantlerless, lottery or hunter’schoice) you may not shoot anotherdeer in any other area with a one-deer limit. You can continue tohunt elsewhere in managed or in-tensive designated areas, as wellas the metro area, with the appro-priate combination of season li-cense/bonus permits.

– Leslie McInenly, DNR biggame program leader

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ObituariesAlice Zimmerman 1923-2015

PINE ISLAND – AliceZimmerman, 91, of Pine Island,died on Friday, September 11,2015 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St.Marys Campus in Rochester.

Alice Marie Wegman was bornNovember 14, 1923, in New Ha-ven Township, Olmsted County,the daughter of Nicholas and Ida(Wanke) Wegman. Raised inOlmsted County, she marriedLudwig Zimmerman in the early1940s. He preceded her indeath. She later married HaroldZimmerman, and he also precededher in death. Alice, with her hus-band Ludwig, farmed, and enjoyedworking with the cows and thechickens. She worked at SaintMarys Hospital in the housekeep-ing department for about ten years,and then at Pine Haven Care Cen-

ter in the dietary department foranother ten years. She retired atage 86. She enjoyed embroider-ing, and giving care to others washer special calling in life. She lovedbeing with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Known for lovinglydispensing cookies at every op-portunity, she became known as“Grandma Cookie.” She was amember of Saint Paul LutheranChurch in Pine Island.

Alice is survived by her chil-dren, Carl Zimmerman of Kasson,Mary Ann Reber of Pine Island,Linda (Vernon) Exe of Byron,Carol (Gary) Kramer of Pine Is-land, James (Lora) Zimmermanof Isanti, and Daryl Zimmermanof Pine Island; sixteen grandchil-dren; twenty-nine great-grandchil-dren; eight great-great grandchil-dren; a sister, Arlene (Don) Staffordof Mesa, Arizona; brother, KenWegman of Albuquerque, NewMexico; and five step-children.

She was preceded in death byher parents; two husbands; sisterEdith Wegman; brother BobWegman; son Larry Zimmerman;and daughter Edith Adkins.

Funeral services were held Tues-day, September 15, at 1 p.m. atSaint Paul Lutheran Church in PineIsland, with the Reverends AudreyLukasak and Kip Groettum co-officiating. Burial followed at PineIsland Cemetery. Online memo-rials may be written atwww.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Harriet Carlson 1929-2015

GOODHUE – Harriet OrlandaCarlson, age 86, of Goodhue, diedpeacefully at home on Fridaymorning, September 11, 2015.

Harriet was born on January 15,1929, in Albert Lea to Martin andEmma (Fremo) Westing. Shegraduated from Blooming PrairieHigh School in 1947, and marriedElmer Carlson on July 20, 1957,in Blooming Prairie. They farmedtogether and raised two children,Keith and Tamara. Elmer died in1984, and she later married DonaldTrom on June 26, 1999, inOwatonna. He died in 2009. Shewas a member of St. Luke LutheranChurch in Goodhue, and was in-volved in Bible study andquilting. She also enjoyed sing-ing and sang in several choirs, in-cluding St. Luke Church Choirand Golden Tones of Owatonna.She loved being outdoors and en-joyed gardening, flowers, andwatching birds. She was a mem-

ber of the Red Wing Sons ofNorway. And she also enjoyedgarage sales! She especially lovedspending time with her grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren.

Harriet is survived by son, KeithE. (Lee Ann) Carlson of Goodhue;daughter, Tamara Carlson (fiancé,Aaron Eastvold) of Austin; fivegrandchildren, Minde (Darik)Rude, Kristopher (Tina) Carlson,Kerry (Beth) Carlson, Kimberlee(Luke) Lodermeier, and Kamie(Colin) Lodermeier; twelve great-grandchildren, Nolan and NorahRude, Kristopher Blake, Joslyn,Julia and Whitney Carlson, Kate,Jack and Lucy Carlson, Elmer andEmma Lodermeier, and HaydenLodermeier; brother, Helmer(Bonnie) Westing of Yelm, Wash-ington; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Shirley Westing of WeekiWachee, Florida, Robert Hinrichsof Zumbrota, and Isabel Hernlemof Zumbrota; and step-children,Danny (Beth) Trom and RogerTrom, all of Blooming Prairie, Barb(Dale) Jacobson and Brian Trom,all of Owatonna; many nieces,nephews, step grandchildren, andstep great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death byher parents; her husbands; daugh-ter, Jillyn O. Carlson; brother,Manley Westing; sister-in-law,Rosie Hinrichs; and brother-in-law, Connie Hernlem.

A funeral service will be onTuesday, September 15, at St. LukeLutheran Church. Interment fol-lowed at Evergreen Cemetery,Goodhue. Memorials are preferredto St. Luke Lutheran Church andMayo Clinic Hospice, Rochester.Online condolences may be di-rected to www.lundbergfuneral.com.

Mario Spampinato 1958-2015

ZUMBROTA – Mario VincentSpampinato, 57, of Zumbrota andformerly of Eveleth, passed onSunday, August 30, at his home.

Mario was born in Chicago, Il-linois, on February 15, 1958, toN. Mario Spampinato and ArlineC. (Johnson) Spampinato. Hegraduated from Greer TechnicalInstitute in Chicago and workedin the automotive and diesel re-pair field as a young man. Mariomarried Jeralyn Shaltry of Ama-rillo, Texas, in 1981. During hisworking years he was a plant man-

ager and later a taxidermist andbusiness owner. He was a greatcook and enjoyed entertaining hisfamily and friends.

Mario has five children: DavidGower (Greg Braun) ofBloomington, Indiana, AmySpampinato Herendeen (Jason) ofDuluth, Mario C Spampinato (Tif-fany Harmadi) of Superior, Wis-consin, Christine Broszko (Steven)of Omaha, Nebraska, and MichaelSpampinato of Duluth. There arefive grandchildren, who were thelight of his life: David, Elizabeth,Quorra, Orion, and Logan, withone more on the way.

Mario is survived by his specialcompanion, Ellen Mittelstadt ofZumbrota; sisters, MarieSpampinato Kreegier (Roy Garcia)of Hibbing and Silvana Antonini(Roberto) of Rome, Italy; neph-ews, Robert, Alessio, and Stefano;and numerous cousins.

He is preceded in death by hisparents, his grandparents, andnumerous aunts and uncles.

A memorial service will be heldon Wednesday, September 16, at2 p.m. at the Zumbrota Towerswith Pastor Marggi Pleiss-Sippola.Condolences to be sent c/o JeriSpampinato, 1918 East 41st St,Hibbing, MN 55746.

Jerry Postier 1926-2015

PINE ISLAND – Gerald R.“Jerry” Postier, 89, passed awaypeacefully on Monday, Septem-ber 7, 2015 at Plummer Place as-sisted living.

Gerald Robert Postier was bornApril 30, 1926, to Clarence Sattreand Marion Postier in Rochester.Jerry graduated from RochesterHigh School in 1943. He servedin the Army during WWII. Hemarried Lois V. Rawson in 1949and they were later divorced. Hemarried Lavaun A. Radke in 1972in Rochester. Jerry worked atLibby’s as a fieldman, and then asa mail carrier and farmer until hisretirement in 1986. He enjoyedgoing to his cabin on LakeKabetogama, fishing, and hunt-

ing. He also enjoyed bowling andspending time with friends andfamily and going to the pond onhis farm. He was active in the PineIsland American Legion CharlesCowden Post 184 and a 40-8 mem-ber, VFW Swanson-Owens Post9647, and American Legion BoysState.

Jerry is survived by his wifeLavaun Postier, Pine Island; hischildren, Roland (Roberta) Postierof Oronoco and Susan (AustyAustinson) Postier of Rochester;his step-children, Nancy (Bill)Ayers of Kansas City, Missouri,Dixie (Raymond) Rabehl ofWabasha, Butch Radke of Kan-sas City, Kansas, Mary Pierson ofMcClouth, Kansas, and Danny(Connie) Radke of Oronoco; eigh-teen grandchildren, thirty-six great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and sister Karen(David) Kirkwood of Apple Val-ley.

He was preceded in death byhis parents; grandson Scott Radke;sister LaVonne Fredrickson; anddaughter-in-law Laurel Radke.

A memorial service was heldon Saturday, September 12, atRanfranz and Vine Funeral HomesChapel. Burial was at Pine IslandCemetery with military honors bythe Pine Island American LegionCharles Cowden Post 184. Me-morials are suggested to MayoClinic for Alzheimer Research.

Community CalendarCOUNTY

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 (356-2228); Zumbrotaarea, Zumbrota Towers (732-5086).

September 17-23Thursday: Chicken alfredo la-

sagna, peas and carrots, fresh greensalad, yogurt fruit cup

Friday: Roast beef, mashedpotatoes, corn, dinner roll, fruitcup

Monday: Chicken pot pie,cukes/sour cream, beet pickles,dinner roll, citrus fruit cup

Tuesday: Hunter style beef tipsover parslied noodles, Brusselssprouts, fresh green salad, cran-berry bog dessert

Wednesday: BBQ beef on bun,fresh red potatoes, baked beans,pickle spear, cherry crunch des-sert

Farmers UnionConvention

The Goodhue County FarmersUnion Convention is on Monday,September 21, at 7 p.m. at Area57 Cafe in Wanamingo. A mealwill be served. Questions, contactPat Irrthum at 507-824-1215.

Tea Party PatriotsThe Rochester Tea Party Patri-

ots presents “CNN PresidentialDebate” on Wednesday, Septem-ber 16, at the Rochester EaglesClub, 917 15th Ave SE. Meet andgreet at 6 p.m. Debate begins at 7p.m.

Swedish Meatball SupperThe annual Swedish meatball

supper and quilt raffle will be heldat Hegre Lutheran Church (51939Highway 56 Blvd, Kenyon) onSeptember 23 from 4-7 p.m.

POW/MIA RecognitionThe Minnesota POW/MIA Rid-

ers Association will hold a candle-light vigil at the Soldiers FieldVeterans Memorial (300 7th StSW, Rochester) at 7 p.m. on Fri-day, September 18, in honor ofNational POW/MIA RecognitionDay. Everyone is welcome. Forquestions, contact Scott Eggert at507-933-2414 or scottpeggert@gmail.com

CCARL MeetingThe Citizens Concerned About

Rail Line (CCARL) will meet onThursday, September 17, 6-8 p.m.at Hampton City Hall. All arewelcome.

Seasons HospiceCoffee and Conversation,

Wednesday, September 23, 9-10a.m. A group for anyone who hasexperienced the death of a lovedone.

All 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.

Olmsted County ParksOxbow Park – Feed the Deer

and Elk, Saturday, September 19,1 p.m. A short hike to the elk anddeer pens will give participants acloser look at these spectacular

creatures. Accommodations canbe made for non-hikers, seniors,etc.

Chester Woods Park – Day inthe Park, Sunday, September 20,noon - 4 p.m. Join park staff andvolunteers in helping people withdisabilities enjoy the park. Regis-tration is required. Call 507-421-3107 for details.

Questions about Chester Woods,call Celeste Lewis at 507-287-2624. Questions about OxbowPark, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507-775-2451.

GOODHUECommunity Library

The Goodhue School Library,in conjunction with SELCO andGoodhue County, is open to thepublic Mondays and Wednesdaysfrom 3:30-7:30 p.m. The libraryis equipped with inter-library loanservice, which means if the librarydoes not have a book you want,that book can be there in two days.

Historical SocietyThe Goodhue Area Historical

Society is closed for the season,but visitors are welcome by ap-pointment. To arrange a visit, con-tact Ardis Henrichs, 651-923-4629; Marie Strusz, 651-923-4302;Ray McNamara, 651-923-5117;or Roy Buck, 651-923-4388.

MAZEPPAHistorical Society

The Mazeppa Area HistoricalSociety Museum is open the sec-ond Saturday of the month fromnoon to 3 p.m. or by appointment.For inquiries, contact Helen

Reiland, 507-250-6021; Jim Siems,507-696-3506; or Diane Gilsdorf,507-843-4013, or visit www.mazeppahistoricalsociety.org.

Fall BazaarThe Saint Peter and Paul Catholic

Church Fall Bazaar is on Sunday,September 20, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.There will a ham and turkey din-ner, Bingo, a raffle, country store,and children’s games.

ORONOCOArea History Center

The Oronoco Area History Cen-ter is open to visitors in the CityBuilding every second Saturdayfrom 10 a.m.-noon and open byappointment. Contact us at OAHC,54 Blakely Ct. NW or call 507-367-4320. You may also visit ourweb page at oronocoareahistory.org and find us onFacebook.

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 356-4799 or 356-4700.

Pine Island City CouncilThe council will meet on Tues-

day, September 22, at 7 p.m. onthe second floor of city hall.

Moms in PrayerPine Island Moms in Prayer meet

Monday mornings from 8-9 a.m.in the library of the Good NewsE-Free Church, 208 North Main

(across from Kwik Trip). Enterside door of the church and godownstairs. Call 259-8012 or 356-4800 for more information.

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.

History CenterThe Pine Island Area History

Center’s open hours are Mondaysfrom 8-11 a.m. and the first Sun-day of the month from 1-3:30 p.m.Please contact us throughpineislandhistory.org or by call-ing 507-356-2802 (history center)or 507-398-5326 (director).

WANAMINGOVFW/Honor Guard

The VFW and Honor Guard willmeet on Tuesday, September 22,at 7 and 7:30 p.m., respectively, atthe Wanamingo Community Cen-ter.

ZUMBROTALibrary

The Zumbrota Public Libraryis 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.

Moms In PrayerZumbrota-Mazeppa Moms in

Prayer meets on Monday nightsat 7 p.m. at Our Saviour’s LutheranChurch.

History CenterThe Zumbrota History Center

has a photo stand displaying over50 photographs of early Zumbrotascenes. They have been enlargedto 8 x 10 for easier viewing. Newphotos are being added all the time.Also on display are military memo-rabilia, including Civil War items,different models of telephones,Zumbrota telephone books datingback to the 1900s, and items ofZumbrota advertising. Museumhours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Other hours by appointment (732-7049).

Zumbrota Towers EventsSeptember 17-23

Thursday: 8:30 a.m. MAC/NAPS; 10:15 a.m. Exercise

Monday: 1:30 p.m. Cribbage;500

Tuesday: 10:15 a.m. ExerciseWednesday: 1:30 p.m. Euchre

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.

Zumbrota VFW AuxiliaryThe Auxiliary meets on Mon-

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

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CrossingsBrad Wegscheid, Aaron

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Re-Visioning Your Story: Nowthat You’ve Started, How Does itEnd?, Sat., Sept. 19, 9 a.m. to 1p.m.

Concrete Sculpture Workshop,Sat.-Sun., Sept. 19-20, 10 a.m. to4:30 p.m.

Blues Moves Guitar Workshopwith Pat Donohue, Sat., Sept. 19,4-6 p.m.

Pat Donohue concert, Sat., Sept.19, 7:30 p.m.

Evening of Laughs with Jimmie“JJ” Walker and special guest BradReeder, Sat., Sept. 19, 8 p.m. atthe State Theatre.

Open Studio, Sun., Sept. 20,noon to 3 p.m.

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Pine Island

Photo by David Grimsrud

Panther logo runs the length of PI gymPINE ISLAND – Chris Kardong of Steinbrecher Painting (Princeton, MN) paints the Pine Island Panthers logo over the bleachers in the newelementary school gym Thursday, September 10. He projected the large letters onto the wall, outlined them in masking tape, and applied fourcoats of paint.

By Alice Duschanek-MyersPINE ISLAND – On Septem-

ber 10, Principal Jeff Horton re-viewed the ACT results for 2015graduates and juniors with the PineIsland School Board.

Of the graduating class, sixty-one took the ACT to measure theirreadiness for college in reading,mathematics, science, and English.Some took it multiple times toimprove their scores. Their aver-age composite score was 23.8,compared to a state average of22.7.

The state average of studentsper school who met all four bench-marks was 39%. The national av-erage was 28%. Pine Island Pub-lic School scored 36%.

Horton compared the results ofthese students with the junior classthat was mandated to take the ACTin the spring of 2015. Unlike thegraduates, none of the juniors re-peated the tests to improve theirscores. The junior class had overa year less instruction than thegraduating seniors. The averagegrade point average of the gradu-ates who took the ACT wass 3.52.

The juniors were required to takethe ACT regardless of their GPAs.

Eighty Pine Island juniors tookthe ACT and had an average com-posite score was 21.3. The stateaverage was 20.5.Horton said, “InEnglish, reading, and science, PineIsland Public School students out-performed the state average andthey tied the state average in math-ematics and in meeting all fourbenchmarks.”

Students who took higher levelmath and other classes scoredhigher on the ACTs. Horton said,“The district did a good job on theachievement gap.”

Chairman John Champa askedwhat groups were included in theachievement gap. These are thecomposite scores of the achieve-ment gap groups in Pine Island:Black 21.3, White 21.0, Hispanic21.4, Asian 20.0, two or more races17.0, and preferring not to specify17.2.

Rob Warneke said, “That’s greatthere is no drop with these groupswith 100% taking the test.”

Dean of students Josh Westphalsaid, “The projection for the 2015juniors was a composite of 21.54,

projected from using averages andGPAs.” The lowest expectationwas a composite of 19.4.

Superintendent Tammy Berg-Beniak said the ACT will be ad-ministered again in the spring.There are ACT preparation classes.The district is working to plan thebest approach to prepare studentsfor the test.

Horton updated the board onthe transition from using Moodleand Google Sites to Schoology, alearning management system(LMS) and social network thatmakes it easy to create and shareacademic content. He said moststaff have migrated their coursesto Schoology. It was very helpfulthat Patrick Smith, Angela Organ,and Nicole Mentjes volunteeredto assist others to be ready for thechange. The change will improvecommunication with parents.

There are staff and others readyto assist the middle school andhigh school students on the newmanagement system. Staff areworking with Skyward and reportthat it is more user-friendly thanPowerSchool. The community and

Heather Borgschatz and her firstgrade daughter Natalie waitedoutside until the school doors openedat 8 a.m. Once the playground iscompleted, children will play thereuntil the school day begins.

Photos by Peter Grimsrud

First day at newPI PreK-4 SchoolPINE ISLAND – Lisa Daak, Pine Island special ed teacher, greeted all thechildren on their first day at the new elementary school in rural PineIsland. First-grader Addison Read, left, and second-grader Ava Ryanwere first in line Friday morning. Ava said, “I was so excited when I wokeup.”

Alexander Wynn proudly shows offhis new gym shoes. On the box topwas a note he scribbled that reads,“Do not open.”

PI School certifies maximum levy payable in 2016

A comparison of the 2014 Pine Island School levy payable in 2015 and the 2015 levy payable in 2016.

By Alice Duschanek-MyersPINE ISLAND – On Septem-

ber 10, Todd Netzke of SchoolManagement Solutions reviewedthe 2015 levy that is payable in2016 with the Pine Island SchoolBoard. The board approved certi-fying the levy in the maximumamount of $3,803,187 based onhis recommendation. He said thelevy cannot exceed this amount,but could decrease.

The table above compares the2014 levy payable in 2015 and the2015 levy payable in 2016.

Netzke also reviewed some itemsfrom the 2014-15 school year. Hesaid the district was $223,000 overbudget for special education ser-vices. State aid is coming in thatcould offset this increased spend-ing. There are $325,000 of over-collected funds. The district couldstill end up below budget as stateand federal funds come in. An-other change that will benefit thebudget this year is the long-termmaintenance funding approved bythe legislature.PreK-4 building

School board chair John Champacommented on the ribbon cuttingand open house at the new PreK-4 building on September 9. Hesaid, “Yesterday and last night wasa very memorable day. A new erafor Pine Island. The event couldn’thave been better…It is definitelya new beginning. I couldn’t bemore proud of the past three years’work of the school board, staff,community, and task force…Thisis the beginning of a whole newphase in Pine Island.”

The board accepted the dona-tions of a flag for the PreK-4 build-ing from Tom and Diane Webband $1,000 for football helmetsfrom Brian and Joy Kaul.

The board recognized the EagleScout tree-planting project ofKeagan Bailey. The scouts planted20 blue spruce trees on the groundsof the new PreK-4 school on Au-gust 29. Superintendent TammyBerg-Beniak thanked Bailey andthe scouts for their work.

Berg-Beniak said the school isready and many people will beavailable on September 11 to helpthe elementary students with theirtransition from their bus stop atthe old building to the busses tak-ing them out to the new school.ZED update

Angela Heiden reported thatMatthew Prigge will come to theOctober meeting to share infor-mation about the Zumbro Educa-tion District’s (ZED) facility needs.

The superintendents and schoolboards will be meeting. More in-formation will be available inOctober. After this, the school dis-tricts will vote on facility improve-ments.Facility update

The school board has receivedsample pictures from the archi-tects for the cafeteria, café, andticket area opening from the Pan-ther doors; and flexible use areas,labs, and the auditorium. Materi-als for the auditorium stage wallsare being stored behind the build-ing.

The floor will be finished in thefitness room on September 14 and

15. Weights and equipment canthen be moved. The fitness roomwill most likely be opened by Sep-tember 17 or 18.

A bid will be approved for Phase1 of re-roofing the building onSeptember 17. Bids for fire pro-tection will be in on October 1.

The school board reported thatso far the PreK-4 project is underbudget. However, this will not befinalized until the building has beenopen for some time.Other business

In a special meeting on August26, the school board approved thehiring of Stacie Dallman as a firstgrade teacher.

The board approved these judgesfor the school board election onTuesday, November 3, 2015:

• Madge Alberts – head judge• Jan McNallan• Nancy Bergren• Vernette Pahl• Ellie MonosmithSoftball coach Kim Jones re-

turned to the school board to re-quest approval to build a storageshed for equipment. She had dis-cussed the project with the boardon July 16. She said, “The softballclub would take on the expenseand build the shed. We’ve been intouch with Beau (Twaddle) of thegrounds department.” The board

Pine Island’s ACT results are instaff have offered positive feed-back on the online fee paymentprocess.PreK-4 principal report

Principal Cindy Hansen ex-plained Minnesota ComprehensiveAssessment results in the elemen-tary school. She said, “Pine Is-land Elementary School was des-ignated as a CID (ContinuousImprovement Designation) school.We are not happy about this.”

She said the students scored ator above the state average, but therewas a small reduction in profi-ciency and growth. There was littleprogress on achievement gap re-duction in the elementary.

She said the greatest variablethat influenced the student resultswas that they had limited accessto technology. The test was online.The school plans to focus on read-ing and technology. At the newbuilding there are at least ten de-vices in each room. The schoolwill also focus on literacy instruc-tion.

Another major focus area is re-duction of the achievement gap.There are few minorities in theschool, making the achievementgap groups students in specialeducation (SE) or those qualify-ing for free/reduced lunch (FRL).These numbers are small with 16SE students and 37 FRL students.The performance of these smallgroups can have a big effect onthe results of the elementary stu-dents testing. One problem is theFRL group is confidential so theycannot be pointed out to teachers.

Hansen said that regardless ofthe designation the students aredoing well. “Staff will examinedata weekly and create individualplans, which we would be doinganyway if we did not get this des-ignation (CID)…We will keep theschool board informed regularly,”she said.

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approved building the shed. It willhave high shelving to avoid flooddamage to equipment. The equip-ment will be moved to the mainbuilding in times of threat fromwater damage.

The board set the truth in taxa-tion public hearing on Thursday,December 10, at 6 p.m. It will befollowed by the school board meet-ing.

County

Guitarist Pat Donohue to perform at Crossings

Tribute to Elton John coming to State Theatre

ZUMBROTA – Grammy-win-ning fingerpicker Pat Donohue’sdevotion to acoustic guitar hasmade him an American standard,as he echoes the tones of RobertJohnson, Blind Blake, Merle Travisor Muddy Waters. A versatileguitarist’s guitarist, Donohue en-joys entertaining fans with intri-cate fingerpicking, easy wit, andnimble interpretations of old blues,swing, R&B and original tunes.

He plays at Crossings Saturday,September 19, at 7:30 p.m.

For more than 20 years, Donohuewas the lead guitar player andsongwriter for the “Guy’s All StarShoe Band” on the NPR favorite“Prairie Home Companion.” Heis now touring the US, playing avariety of venues including blues,folk and singer/songwriter con-certs, workshops and guitar camps.

Donohue will play some songsoff his new CD. Besides the solotracks, CD features songs for whichhe was accompanied by membersof the “Prairie All Stars” who werealso members of “Guy’s All StarShoe Band.”

Before the concert, Donohue willlead a class, “ Blues Moves,” forintermediate guitar players. He’llguide students through chord se-quences and common progressions

used in blues compositions, fo-cusing on the styles of blues gui-tar inspired by Blind Blake, BigBill Boonzy and Robert Johnson.The class is from 4-6 p.m.

To reserve tickets visitwww.crossingsatcarnegie.com,stop in Crossings at Carnegie at320 East Avenue in Zumbrota orcall 507-732-7616. Call or stop into register for the class.

ZUMBROTA – The musicalpartnership of Elton John and lyri-cist Bernie Taupin was at its heightbetween 1970 and 1976 – and that’ssaying something when one con-siders that Elton John had at leastone hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 for31 years straight. The hits and deeptrack masterpieces each get theirturn in ELTONSONGS, a tributeconcert on Saturday, September26, 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre.

“Mick Sterling Presents:ELTONSONGS – The DeepTracks and Hits of Elton John andBernie Taupin 1970-76,” featureshits such as “Benny and the Jets,”“Border Song,” “PhiladelphiaFreedom,” “Levon,” and “Your

Song.” Moreover, pieces such as“Funeral for a Friend,” “The KingMust Die,” “Tonight,” “MadmanAcross the Water,” and “IndianSunset,” also will be performed.

Led by Minnesota Music Hallof Fame winner and Midwest Hallof Fame Recipient Sterling andthe musical director of The BraveNew Workshop, Peter Guertin,ELTONSONGS features an im-pressive 10-piece band that faith-fully and powerfully performsmusic from the most prolific andinfluential period of Elton Johnand Taupin’s partnership.

With more than 50 Top 40 hits– including nine No. 1 singles –Elton John is one of the best-sell-

ing music artists in the world. Hehad at least one song on the Bill-board Hot 100 at all times from1970 to 2000, and has six Grammysto his name, besides an Englishknighthood awarded for his con-

tributions to music and charities.To reserve tickets visit

www.crossingsatcarnegie.com,stop in Crossings at Carnegie at320 East Avenue in Zumbrota orcall 507-732-7616.

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