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Harvey Mackay Page 2Obituaries: Meyer, Cremers, Pogatschnik Page 4Notes from the Capitol Page 8Local Municipality Minutes Page 9 Burtrum City, Melrose City

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SEPTEMBER 2 • St. Rose of Lima Annual Fall Festi-val starting at 10 a.m. on church grounds, St. Rosa. See ad on page 12.

SEPTEMBER 3 • Grey Eagle Labor Day Old Time Tractor Pull starting at 11 a.m. at the Grey Eagle Lion’s Centennial Park. See ad on page 12.

SEPTEMBER 5 • Grey Eagle Senior Center Monthly Membership Meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the center.

SEPTEMBER 8 • Villard All School Reunion starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Corral, Nelson.

SEPTEMBER 9 • Catholic United Financial Pancake & Sausage Breakfast from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Grey Eagle. • Catholic United Breakfast from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Spring Hill Church basement.

SEPTEMBER 14-16 • 38th Annual Albany Pioneer Days & Threshing Show.

SEPTEMBER 15 • St. Cloud Doicese Catholic Women

59th Annual Convention at 8 a.m. at St. Mary of Mount Carmel, Long Priairie.

SEPTEMBER 16 • Grey Eagle/Swanville Knights of Co-lumbus Council Sausage & Egg Breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at St John’s the Baptist Church Hall, Swanvillle. • Phase III Forever Young Singers Con-cert at 2 p.m. at the Melrose High School Auditorium.

SEPTEMBER 19 • Freeport Community Center Chicken Fry from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Freeport Com-munity Center.

SEPTEMBER 30 • Albany Legion Smorgasbord Break-fast from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Church of Seven Dolors gathering center.

OCTOBER 6 • Caramel Apple Ride, 8-10 a.m. reg-istration at Melrose Trailhead, Lake Wobe-gon Trail.

ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. • Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.

BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall.

BURTRUM CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

GREY EAGLE CITY COUNCIL • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

GREY EAGLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m.

ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building.

SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month.

SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.

UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

Weekend WeatherSaturday Sunday

Partly cloudy. High: 82 Low: 58

Mostly sunny. High: 82 Low: 60

Temperatures Date High Low 8/22 86 56 8/23 84 66 8/24 91 62 8/25 77 66 8/26 83 58 8/27 83 53 8/28 87 63

Friday

Sunny. High: 84 Low: 60

What makes me happy? It’s a question we all should ask our-selves periodical-ly, since all of our actions should, in some way, be directed toward achieving hap-piness. Initially, thoughts of riches beyond imagina-tion may fill your

mind. Or your thoughts may center on the car/house/job of your dreams. But if you are honest, you will probably find it to be a more difficult question than you would expect.

Abraham Lincoln is purported to have once said, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abe knew what he was talking about, and in the final analysis, I think you will find that the only “thing” that can make you happy is you.

Happiness is just a state of mind. So are anger, sorrow, disappointment and loneliness. The mind is the most power-ful tool in the universe, but you are the one who controls it. Like your car, if you see your mind heading in the wrong di-rection, you can steer it the other way. You need to recognize when you have negative feelings and try to steer your mind in a different direction. You don’t want to be dwelling on the situation that brought you to that emotional state.

Of course, it is easier to steer your mental car toward happiness if you have directions. That brings us back to

our question, “What makes me happy?” By answering this question, you will be drawing the map. Try an easier question if you are stuck: “What has made me happy in the past?” My guess is that it was not material things.

My definition of happiness is not the fleeting, live-in-the-moment feel-ing that accompanies a birthday present. Rather, I think of happiness as a way of life. Truly happy people may have diffi-cult times, but they know how to bounce back because they know better times are possible - and probable. They are con-tent to have more positive thoughts than negative ones. They also understand that their happiness depends largely on how much happiness they share with the peo-ple around them.

Happiness is a powerful, addictive narcotic. Step into the bliss often enough and you’ll carry it with you and seek sit-uations that perpetuate it. Build a power-ful reserve of positive feelings that will carry you through the tough situations that life throws at you.

Studies have shown that too much stress can inhibit your immune system, causing many of the health problems that plague our society. Heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcers, migraine headaches, mental illness and even can-cer are just a few of the health issues that have been linked to excessive stress. So in addition to improving the quality of your life, reducing your level of stress and increasing your happiness may also help to save your life.

Researchers at the Institute for Ag-ing Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine questioned 243 people age

100 or older. They found that centenar-ians tend to share certain personality traits (in addition to other factors, like genetics). In general, these long-lived people are:

• Outgoing,• Positive-minded about other peo-

ple,• Full of laughter,• Open with their emotions,• Conscientious and disciplined,• Unlikely to obsess about anxieties

or guilt.The scientists point out that these

characteristics don’t necessarily rep-resent a cause and effect relation ship. They did notice, however, that in many cases the personality traits they observed weren’t necessarily lifelong tendencies, but behaviors their subjects learned as

Harvey Mackay continued to pg 5

Happiness breeds success -By Harvey Mackay

Hometown News • Thursday, August 30, 2012 •

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Anniversaries

John and Marlys Atkinson of Upsala celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family. They were married Aug. 25, 1962 at her parents home.

John and Marlys Atkinson

Birth Announcements

June and Cory Ellering of Melrose are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Courtney Joan Ellering, born Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 4:56 a.m. at the CentraCare Health System, Melrose. Courtney weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 22 inches in length. Courtney is welcomed home by her big brother Jack and big sisters Kaylee and Faye. Grandparents are Michael and Joan Ellering of Melrose and Donald and Helen VanDrehle of Melrose. Great grandparents are Mary Ellering of Melrose, Helen Blommel of Melrose and Magdalene Garding of Albany.

Courtney Joan Ellering

Nicholas and Katrina Hoeschen of Freeport are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Abagail Mary Hoeschen, born Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 12:14 a.m. at the CentraCare Health System, Melrose. Abagail weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 21 inches in length. Grandparents are Ted and Mary Hoeschen of Freeport and Duane and Gail Olmscheid of Melrose. Great grandparents are Lorene and (Jerome) Pfau of Freeport, Gene and (Ana) Olmscheid of Melrose, Kitty and (Reinie) Gruber of Melrose and Lorraine and (Lawrence) Hoeschen of Freeport.

Abagail Mary Hoeschen

Jennifer Kunstleben of Holdingford are proud to announce the birth of their daughter born August 27, 2012 at the Albany Area Hospital & Medical Center.

Victor and Beatrice (Douvier) Tschida are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in September with their family. They were married Sept. 4, 1952 in St. Mary’s Church in St. Francis (Freeport), MN. They now live in Melrose, MN. They have 11 children, 35 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren and 5 on the way!

Victor and Beatrice Tschida

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Marcella B. “Sally” MeyerMarcella B.

“Sally” Meyer, age 82 of Melrose, died peacefully on Friday, August 24, 2012 surrounded by her family at the Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose, Minnesota.

Mass of Christian Burial

was held Tuesday, August 28 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Marvin Enneking officiating and Rev. Ken Thielman and Rev. Vincent Lieser concelebrating. Interment followed in the parish cemetery.

Marcella Bernadine Ahrens was born December 4, 1929, in Melrose, Minnesota to Henry and Elizabeth (Hallermann) Ahrens. On June 28, 1955 she married Jerome Meyer at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. Sally worked at Fingerhut in Sauk Centre and at Bohlig Cleaners in Melrose. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening,

playing cards and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose and the Christian Mothers.

Survivors include her children, Thomas (Linda) Meyer of Melrose, Janet (Duane) Kobliska of Staples, Sharon (John) Johnson of St. Joseph, Donald (fiancée, Theresa Borgman) Meyer of Melrose, Mark (Karen) Meyer of Melrose, Mary (Pat) Breth of Melrose, Joan (Dale) Loxtercamp of Melrose and Bruce (Joyce) Meyer of Cold Spring; 24 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; and sister, Lorraine Uphoff of Melrose.

Sally was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerome Meyer on September 12, 1999; daughter-in-law, Kathleen (Odegard) Meyer; brothers, Norbert and Ralph Ahrens; and brother-in-law, Raymond Uphoff.

Serving as casket bearers were Chris Meyer, Jeremy Meyer, David Kobliska, Colin Johnson, Evan Johnson, Jordan Breth, Josh Loxtercamp and Samuel Meyer. Cross bearer was Amanda Breth and scripture bearer was Sarah Turbes.

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Edwin “Butch” J. PogatschnikMass of

Christian Burial was held Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Avon, for Edwin “Butch” J. Pogatschnik, age 82, of Avon, who died on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Cherrywood Advanced Living,

Richmond, surrounded by his loving family. Rev. Blane Wasnie, OSB officiated and burial followed in the parish cemetery.

Butch was born March 12, 1930 in St. Joseph to John and Bertha (Schloemer) Pogatschnik. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp. Butch married Mary Ann Chock on September 21, 1954 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Anna. He owned and operated Avon Elevator

from 1959 to 2007. Butch served on the Board of Directors for Avon State Bank for over 40 years, and served on the Avon City Council. He was a member of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church; attending many of the church social gatherings throughout the years, and serving one term on the parish council. Butch is a member of the Avon Legion, and life member of the Holdingford VFW #5160. He is a 22 year retired Avon Fireman, and was very proud to have three generations involved in the fire department. He was most proud of his family and grandchildren.

Butch is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Mary Ann of Avon; children, Bob (Karen) of Cold Spring, Rick (Sharon) of St. Anna, Dan (Sue) of Avon, Laurie (Mark) Swenson of East Grand Forks, MN; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, John; sisters, Magdalene, Lorraine, Evelyn, Esther, Yvette, Mel; and grand-daughter, Anna.

Joan B. (Hanauska) CremersJoan B.

( H a n a u s k a ) Cremers, 85, of Albany passed away peacefully on August 23, 2012. Services were held on Monday, August 27, 2012 at the Seven Dolors Catholic Church,

Albany. Interment followed in the parish

cemetery. Joan was preceded in death by

parents, Joseph and Beata Hanauska; sisters, Rita and Alice; sister-in-law, Ann.

She was survived by husband, Gordon; children, Gail (Michael) Ketter, Randy (Jill), Bob (Stacy), Charlie (Michelle) and Maryjo (Angus) Bennett; grandchildren, Kevin, Katherine, Chad, Kyle, Justin, Jason, Cerissa, Cozette, Maggie and Anna; brothers, George (Marie) Hanauska and Don Hanauska. Mass of Christian

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they grew older. Focusing on the good and not worrying about the negatives may have a positive impact on overall life expectancy.

So now that you know what finding your bliss could do for your quality of life, why wait? Organize your life so you have time to do the things you love.

I am not advocating that you aban-don all responsibility. Life’s pressures are going to prevent you from playing golf seven days a week and even sunsets start to look alike after a while. You may

Harvey Mackay continued from page 2not be able to just quit your job to be-come a professional singer. But the more attuned you are to what truly makes you happy, the more your life will align itself with the things you value and treasure.

As Albert Schweitzer said, “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

Mackay’s Moral: Only you can draw the map of the road to your hap-piness.

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islature continue to promote the fairy tale that the state went from a $5 billion deficit to a $1 billion surplus and that our taxes didn’t go up thanks to their so-called “fiscal responsibility.” (“Gazelka, Anderson talk to Cass board, Brainerd dispatch, Aug. 22, 2012). Like any good fairy tale, it makes for a good story, but is not based in reality.

The facts are, we still face over $4 bil-lion in red ink and rural Minnesotans paid 64% of a statewide property tax increase. Rather than work with Democrats to solve the $5 billion deficit in a balanced and re-

sponsible way, Republicans protected big corporations and the wealthiest Minneso-tans and - after a state shut-down - passed a budget that borrowed billions and left schools and the average tax-payer to foot the bill.

Ask any business or family if borrow-ing money to cover the bills is fiscally re-sponsible and I think you know what their answer would be. Ask them if borrowing more money than you have in savings is the same thing as having a surplus and they’d probably laugh you out of the room.

It’s time to restore real fiscal responsi-bility to the state’s budget process. We do have a choice in November.

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By Kent TrulsonThe Big Birch Lake Association has

awarded their 2012 “Friends of the Big Birch Lake Award” to Gene and Cheryl Enneking, at 30998 Birch Valley Rd., Melrose, MN at their annual meeting on August 18, 2012. The Enneking’s home and lake side project is on Para-dise Beach on the south west side of the lower bay of Big Birch Lake.

They broke ground for their new house this Valentines Day and incorpo-rated into their lake side landscape a 55 foot wide and 30 foot deep buffer zone of “Bird and Butterfly Mix” wildflow-ers.

This seed mixture of 28 varieties of wildflower seeds provides seeds and nectar to songbirds, hummingbirds, and butterflies. They seeded their wildflow-ers in the latter part of May 2012.

Some of the wildflower varieties are: Butterfly Milkweed, Calendula, As-ter Crego Mix, Cornflower Polka Dot,

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Shasta Daisy, Cosmos, Purple Corn-flower, Blanket Flower, Sweet Alyssum, Corn Poppy Mix, Prairie Cone flower, Black-eyed Susan, and Zinnia Califor-nia Giant, to name a few.

Gene and Cheryl utilized informa-tion developed by the Sauk River Wa-tershed District, and then worked exten-sively with Dave Nett, Stearns County Environment Engineer to assure they were following proper county regula-tions and having a design that mini-mized erosion and runoff into the lake, by shaping the lake side slope, use of a retaining wall to lessen the slope at wa-ters edge, and installing the wildflower buffer zone to capture/filter rainfall.

They contracted with Ken Frieler, Central Lakes Landscape & Construc-tion LLC, to guide them in their wild-flower choice and to install this and all of their other landscaping.

They chose “Bird and Butterfly” Enneking continued to pg 7


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A wildflower is defined as one that is native to the country and has not been cultivated or modified by artificial selec-tion or breeding. Wildflowers are special because their colors can be naturally vi-brant, or subtle and unusual.

Gene and Cheryl’s wildflower buf-fer zone project is a wonderful example

of creating a beautiful panorama of col-or viewed from the lake and from their home, plus adding to our lake’s quality, by avoiding erosion and minimizing wa-ter runoff into the lake. They will enjoy spectacular color changes through out the year.

The Big Birch Lake Association and their Board of Directors congratu-late Gene and Cheryl Enneking for be-ing mindful of lake friendly steward-ship practices, and enhancing our lakes’ quality and beauty that we all cherish and enjoy.

Because CentraCare Health System is seeing more patients from racially, culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse communities, CentraCare re-cently engaged a consultant to com-plete an in-depth cultural competency assessment. Surveys and focus groups were designed to better understand how well CentraCare serves its diverse pa-tient population and where improve-ments are needed.

CentraCare Health Foundation has invested in cultural competency by ap-proving a $512,600 grant to cover the cost of special training for physicians and advanced practice providers. The goal of the training is to improve their ability to deliver culturally and linguis-tically appropriate care for all patients we serve. Minorities now make up al-most 9 percent of the population in the St. Cloud metropolitan area.

CentraCare invests in cultural competency“CentraCare continues to improve

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“CentraCare Health System is striv-ing to be the leader in Minnesota for quality, safety, service and value,” said Terry Pladson, MD, the health system’s president/CEO. “Our effort to provide culturally competent care is an impor-tant component of that vision.”


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Notes from the Capitol By State Rep. Paul Anderson

Legislators were back in St. Paul on Friday of last week for a special ses-sion dealing with flood relief for various parts of Minnesota.

In total, the bill allocates just under $168 million in two separate disas-

ter relief funds. The larger of the two, $159.6 million, will help counties and cities recover and rebuild from storms and flooding that occurred in June. Kan-diyohi and Meeker counties are among the 13 counties designated in a Presiden-tial Disaster Declaration and included in this part of the relief package. A smaller amount, $7.8 million, is set aside for seven counties in north central Minne-sota for wind damage as the result of

storms in early July.Although the total amount may

seem large, it’s about $27 million less that Gov. Dayton originally proposed. In addition, several safeguards were added to the bill’s language to insure the money is used for its intended purpose. Any funding not spent will return to the state’s General Fund, and recovery loan payments will now be made to the state and deposited into a special fund des-ignated for future disaster relief, rather than going to cities and counties to be spent again.

The largest portion of the disaster money, about 45 percent, will go toward repairing roads and bridges washed out by heavy rainfall. Most of that money will come from bonding so it won’t af-fect the funding of transportation proj-ects in the planning stages in other parts of the state.

About $12 million is also designated for homeowners who suffered damages to their place of residence. The maxi-mum loan amount per housing structure is $30,000, although in some cases that amount may be higher.

Made our annul trip to St. Francis, which is north of Albany, for their out-standing chicken dinner this past Sun-day. It’s amazing how a church of that size can put on an event such as this. I visited with a gentleman who was sell-ing dinner tickets and he told me the count was around 1,600 and they were

still serving! It was another near-perfect day as folks strolled around the church yard enjoying the various activities in addition to the live old-time music.

One of the final church celebrations of the summer takes places this week-end at St. Rosa. It’s another big one with chicken and ham on the dinner menu, in addition to a polka mass Sunday morn-ing and a full afternoon of activities.

Most schools begin the new year next week, following the Labor Day weekend. Watch for little ones walking to and from school, and also pay extra attention to the orange buses soon to be on the road again. High school sports activities are in full swing, with some contests having already been held. Most football teams begin their new season with games this week. Good luck to all, and may you have a safe and successful year.

Rep. Anderson can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone at 651-296-4317. To receive email updates sign-up on his webpage at www.house.mn/13a.

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Local Municipality MinutesA motion was made by Mr.

Finken, seconded by Mr. Klasen and unanimously carried to approve the agenda as amended.

There was no one requesting to speak at the open forum.

The following items were con-sidered under the consent agenda: Approval of the following:

a. The minutes from June 28 Regular Meeting.

b. list of bills in the amount of $741,047.69.

c. list of investments for the month of June.

d. Fire Chief Jeremy Kraemer is requesting Council approval to hire Andrew Wirtz and Chris Sch-neider as volunteer firefighters. Chief Kraemer and other officers of the Department have conducted the oral interview and physical agility tests. Hiring of these two individu-als is contingent upon them pass-ing a background check and a pre-employment physical. The hiring of these individuals would bring the Fire Department membership to 29 members; they are able to have up to 30 members. Mr. Wirtz is also a member of the Melrose Ambulance Department. The Council to give consideration to approving the hire of Mr. Wirtz and Mr. Schneider as volunteer firefighters contingent upon successful background checks and pre-employment physicals.

e. Ambulance Department Semiannual Report.

f. Police Reserve Department Semiannual Report.

g. Fire Department Semian-nual Report.

h. The Council to give consid-eration to approval of a Community Festival License - Public Property to The Dam, Inc. for Saturday, Sep-tember 8, 2012. The event will be held outdoors and a portion of 4th Avenue NE from Main Street to 1st Avenue NE will be closed. This event must comply with City Code Chapter 113.23(D) which deals with Community Festivals - Public Property. Police Chief Jensen and Public Works Director Harren have reviewed the Community License Application and recommend ap-proving the application.

A motion was made by Mr. Finken, seconded by Mr. Chris-tenson and unanimously carried to approve the Consent Agenda items.

Police Chief John Jensen pre-sented the Police Department’s June report. Chief Jensen noted that there were 244 calls for service dur-ing the month of June 2012 com-

Burtrum CityAugust 6, 2012

The meeting of the Burtrum City Council was called to order at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 6th by Mayor Allen. All members an-swered roll call except Anna Payne.

Minutes of the July 2nd meet-ing were read and approved on a motion by Jenny Ahrendt and sec-onded by Clara Taft. Upon vote motion carried.

Finance report was given and approved on a motion by Ron Strassburg and seconded by Clara Taft. Upon vote motion carried. Checks number 7004 thru 7012 were approved for payment on a motion by Clara Taft and seconded by Ron Strassburg. Upon vote mo-tion carried.

The Todd County Attorney’s contract was presented to the coun-cil. After some discussion, a mo-tion was made by Jenny Ahrendt and seconded by Ron Strassburg to accept the contract. Upon vote mo-tion carried.

The Initiative Foundation re-quested a donation from the city. A motion was made by Clara Taft and seconded by Ron Strassburg to send them $100 as we have in the past. Upon vote motion carried.

A motion was made by Jenny Ahrendt and seconded by Ron Strassburg not to change the elec-tion judges wage. Upon vote mo-tion carried.

Due to the Labor Day holiday, the September meeting will be held on Tuesday, September. 4th.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned on a motion by Jenny Ahrendt and seconded by Clara Taft. Upon vote motion car-ried.

These are unapproved min-utes.

Dorothy Strassburg, Burtrum City Clerk

Melrose CityJuly 19, 2012

The Melrose City Council met in a Regular Meeting on Thurs-day, July 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at the Melrose City Center pursuant to due notice being given thereof. Present were Council Members Joe Finken, Tony Klasen, Dick Chris-tenson, Mayor Tim Vogel, City Administrator Michael Brethorst, and City Clerk Patti Haase. Council Member Jenny Mayers was absent. Also present was City of Melrose Intern Jenny Linning from Germa-ny. Mayor Vogel presided thereat.

pared to 268 calls for June of 2011. He stated there were a total of 13 ci-tations issued in the month of June. The year-to-date number of calls is 1378, compared to 1644 in 2011.

During the period from June 20, 2012 through July 12, 2012, the City Attorney has not given signifi-cant attention to any projects on be-half of the City of Melrose.

A motion was made by Mr. Finken, seconded by Mr. Klasen and unanimously carried to adopt a proclamation proclaiming Tuesday, August 7, 2012 as “Night to Unite.” The residents of Melrose are invited to attend Night to Unite on Tuesday, August 7 from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Sauk River Park.

Staff and Committee Mem-bers have prepared the Request for Qualification (RFQ) for City Engineer. It is the intent to use the City Engineer/Consulting Engineer for a minimum of five years depen-dent on performance. Staff is rec-ommending soliciting RFQs from three or four engineering firms. The City would allow for a 20-minute presentation outlining the compa-ny’s qualification.

A motion was made by Mr. Christenson, seconded by Mr. Fink-en and unanimously carried approv-ing the RFQ for City Engineering as prepared. The preliminary en-gineering meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 30 at 5:00 p.m. at the Melrose City Center.

Community Development Director Walz noted that, at its April 19 meeting, the Council con-curred with the recommendation of MADA to give favorable consider-ation to the concept of vacating part of the Kraft Drive SE road right-of-way easement to accommodate the parking and drainage needs for the Danzl restaurant project if such a request were presented in the fu-ture.

A preliminary plat along with site, grading and landscaping plans has been received for the Danzl res-taurant area and the adjacent com-mercial property. The preliminary plat includes the vacation of part of the Kraft Drive SE road right-of-way easement. It is expected that the Planning and Zoning Commis-sion will hold a public hearing on the proposed plat on August 16 for presentation to the Council on Au-gust 23. It is expected that the peti-tion for the vacation of part of the Kraft Drive SE road right-of-way easement will be received within the next week requesting Council

mance evaluation; this would be September 1, 2012. According to the Personnel Policy regarding Per-formance Evaluations of the City Administrator, the City Council and Public Utilities Commission shall conduct the performance evalua-tion. The City Administrator has the right to decide if the evaluation should be an open or closed meet-ing. Step increases shall be an ac-tion item at a regular scheduled meeting of the Council and PUC.

A motion was made by Mr. Christenson, seconded by Mr. Klasen and unanimously carried scheduling a special joint meeting with the PUC for Thursday, August 23 at 5:00 p.m.

Mayor Vogel noted that the City of Melrose wishes to inform the residents that any petitions re-questing public improvements for the year of 2013 must be filed with the City Clerk no later than August 8, 2012. The petitions for improve-ments such as sanitary sewer, water mains, street, and curb and gutter will be given consideration for im-provement in 2013.

Mayor Vogel commented that he has been contacted by a resident regarding the possibility of the City providing a public place to dispose of yard waste as was provided in the past. The compost site was closed effective June 15, 2005 due to it being located near a wellhead pro-tection area, individuals dumping non-compliant items, and the cost

consideration at its August 23 meet-ing. In expectation of this anticipat-ed vacation petition, the Council to consider setting the public hearing for the road right-of-way easement vacation for 6:00 p.m. at its August 23 meeting.

A motion was made by Mr. Finken, seconded by Mr. Klasen and unanimously carried to sched-ule the public hearing for the road right-of-way easement vacation for Thursday, August 23 at 6:00 p.m.

Fire Chief Jeremy Kramer and Fire Relief Treasurer Wayne Senst presented the Schedule Form for Lump Sum Pension Plans for 2012 (Schedules I & II). This form includes the accrued liability for active and deferred members, and projection of assets. Chief Kramer stated that an additional City con-tribution of $553 beyond the bud-get amount of $4,700 is required. The schedules must be submitted to the Council prior to August 1, and to the Office of the State Auditor after the Council action. The Fire Relief Association is requesting an increase in pension benefit levels of $250 from $1,250 to $1,500. This is due to the Fire Relief Association joining the statewide volunteer fire-fighter plan administered by PERA. In doing so, the Relief Association will save the cost of yearly audits as well as many of the various finan-cial reports and statements current-ly required under the law. Accord-ing to the cost analysis provided by Dave DeJonge, Assistant Director - PERA, based on the Form SC-11 that was submitted to the State Au-ditor by the FRAB, it indicated that the City would have an estimated $0 contribution at a benefit level not exceeding $1,500. This benefit level is locked in for five years due to vesting requirements.

After further discussion, a mo-tion was made by Mr. Klasen and seconded by Mr. Christenson to ap-prove Schedules I & II for 2012. A roll call vote was recorded as fol-lows: For: Council Members Chris-tenson, Klasen and Mayor Vogel; Against: None; Abstain: Council Member Finken due to conflict of interest; Absent: Council Member Mayers.

Mayor Vogel noted that the biennial City election will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Two Council Members’ terms ex-pire at yearend 2012. Filings open on Tuesday, July 31 and close on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:00 p.m.

Mayor Vogel noted that ac-cording to City Administrator Brethorst’s letter of employment, he is eligible for an 18-month step increase upon a favorable perfor-

associated with disposing of these items. The Council asked staff to research this issue for further dis-cussion at the August 23 meeting.

The following informational items were discussed:

a. The following is a list of up-coming schools and conferences: 1) New Website Option for MN Pros-pector Communities - Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Webinar on July 12. Registration fee: N/A Attending: Community Develop-ment Director Gary Walz and Hu-man Resource Technician Gruber.

b. MADA/COC’s April 12 Regular Meeting minutes and May 21 Regular Meeting minutes.

c. Planning and Zoning Com-mission’s June 14 Regular Meeting minutes.

d. The County Road 13/5th Avenue NE Bridge will be surveyed for potential reconstruction in 2014. The current bridge does not meet current width requirements.

e. Staff has received a request from a resident to use City property for an archery club.

f. The Splash Pad/Skate Park Funding Committee has met and will continue to brainstorm on fundraising activities.

A motion was made by Mr. Finken, seconded by Mr. Klasen and unanimously carried that the meeting be adjourned at 6:50 p.m.

Patricia Haase, City Clerk

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Riders needed for 7th Annual Catholic Charities Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride September 8

Catholic Charities will host the 7th Annual Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Ride benefitting Catholic Charities St. Cloud Children’s Home and local participating faith communities on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. The ride begins in St. Joseph and ends in Sauk Centre. Families of all faiths are invited to participate in this benefit event. Funds raised will support the Catho-lic Charities St. Cloud Children’s Home and local participating faith communities.

The event kicks-off at 9:00 a.m. in St. Joseph, registration at 8:30 a.m., and ends 36.1 miles later at the Sauk Centre fairgrounds. Other starting checkpoints are in Avon and Melrose between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Participants will be given offi-cial wristbands for the ride. Note that hel-mets are required in order to partake in this event.

Light refreshments will be offered along the trail, as well as transportation to return riders and bikes back to their start-ing locations. The first return shuttle will depart from Sauk Centre at 1 p.m. and continue until 2:30 p.m. All are welcome to stay in Sauk Centre where refreshments will be provided from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Advance registration is preferred, but not required. Donation to ride and registra-tion forms are available online at www.cc-stcloud.org/wobegonride. Additional fund raising is encouraged but not required.

Children under 12, priests, pastors and religious sisters are invited to ride for free due to generous donors. For more information or to register by mail, please contact Chuck Rieland, Volunteer Ride Director at 763.571.9661 or 320.256.7148 (weekends).

Catholic Charities St. Cloud Chil-dren’s Home is a residential treatment fa-cility that provides a safe place for at-risk youth. These children, ranging in ages from eight to 18, are given opportunities that might not otherwise be available to them. They learn coping skills and practice healthy family lifestyles. Those participat-ing in this benefit event will have a positive impact on the youth living the St. Cloud Children’s Home.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud serves people across the heart of our state. We are a nonprofit organization supported by generous individuals, foun-dations, faith communities and corpora-tions.

Central Minnesota Credit Union is pleased to announce the purchase of the former branch building of Home Savings Bank of America in Little Falls from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC). The FDIC liquidated Home Savings ear-lier this year. This transaction is a pur-chase of the building only as no loans or deposits were included.

“We are excited for the opportunity to serve the Little Falls and Morrison County area and I would like to thank all of those individuals and organizations that have partnered with us in making this transaction possible”, said Richard Odenthal, CEO of Central Minnesota Credit Union. “We have a very strong membership base in the area and having a physical branch location will provide our current and potential members with additional products and services as we remain committed in providing an ex-ceptional banking experience.”

The acquisition of the Little Falls location extends the Central Minnesota branch network to 15 locations serving

Central Minnesota Credit Union to open office in Little Falls

Central Minnesota and their over 55,000 members.

CMCU offers a complete line of financial services at branch offices in Albany, Avon, Belgrade, Cold Spring, Freeport, Grey Eagle, Long Prairie, Melrose, New York Mills, Paynesville, Perham, St Joseph, Sauk Centre, and Moorhead, as well as online at myC-MCU.org or by phone. Membership is open to persons who live, work, wor-ship, volunteer, or attend school in and businesses and other legal entities in the following Minnesota Counties; Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Kan-diyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wade-na, Wilkin, Wright and North Dakota Counties of; Cass and Richland, or im-mediate family members of credit union members.

District 9 Senate Candidate Al Doty’s support for a cost-efficient and publicly accountable health care delivery system won Minnesota COACT’s enthusiastic endorsement following last Sunday’s (Aug. 19) 32nd Farm Picnic at Pierz Park, Pierz. The Picnic is co-sponsored by COACT and Morrison County Farm-ers Union.

Doty faces District 9 Senate incum-bent Paul Gazelka in the November 9 General Election.

“Our endorsement follows more news on the state’s failing system,” said COACT board member and Albany farm-er Jeff Kunstleben. According to a June Star Tribune report, Minnesota ranks sec-ond in the nation for people forced into high deductible insurance policies due to rising premiums. This means rising out-

COACT endorses Al Doty for District 9of-pocket costs for the 500,000 Minne-sotans enrolled in these plans and higher profit for the insurers, the report said.

To a picnic crowd of 125 people, representatives of Minnesota Farmers Union, Land Stewardship Project, and COACT made the case for achieving sav-ings and accountability through single-payer universal health care as defined in the Minnesota Health Plan bill, to which the candidates responded.

Doty cited a recent cost study by The Lewin Group, a subsidiary of United HealthGroup that shows the low overhead of single-payer would save $4.1 billion in total Minnesota health care spending in 2014. Average annual family savings would be $1,362; and average business savings would be $1,214 annually. State

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GARAGE SALE: Saturday, Sept. 1: 8:00-5:00; Sunday, Sept. 2: 9:00-4:00. Jerry Wolf residence, across from Rock Tavern, Grey Eagle. Christmas villages, porcelain dolls, Precious Moments, Cher-ished Teddies, decorative shelves, lamps, household items, furniture, clothing, holi-day decorations & much more.

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WANTED TO BUY: Good slaughter cows, big bulls, also lumpjaw, foundered, lame steers, etc. (Pay with green.) Henry Kasper, 320-547-9913, cell 320-360-9913. 10/4P

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FOR SALE: 2002 Ford Taurus, good condition, asking $3,395 or B/O. Call 320-420-5435.

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STORAGE: Seasonal storage space for campers, pontoons, boats, etc. Reason-able rates. Call 320-333-0447. 9/20P

Freeport Chamber of Commerce MarketFest

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August 25 • Swan LakeTeam Name Season TotalRiverside Meats 350Waltman Appraisal 260Giddings 206Falls Fabricating 181Half “N” Inch Short 162Reds Irish Pub #1 130Bad Company 127Wheres The Fish 113Gorka’s Catering 103Reds Irish Pub #2 91OK Tire 58

Largest FishFish Date Size FishermanNo. Pike Aug. 15 291/4 Laurie GiddingsCrappie Aug. 25 121/2 Nathan HartungLM Bass June 6 20 Jim WaltmanSM Bass July 25 181/4 Laurie GiddingsSunfish May 16 91/4 Curt PearsonWalleye May 30 263/4 Jim GorkaCat fish July 25 263/4 Jessie StavishRock Bass Aug. 25 91/4 Falls Fabricating

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COACT continued from pg 10and local government would save $35.7 million. Gazelka said he instead encour-ages enrollment in market-based deduct-ible plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) where competition will achieve savings and reduce costs. Doty said that isn’t happening by pointing to the accel-erating premiums and deductibles of pri-vate plans.

The Minnesota Health Plan’s cost ef-ficiency led to its passage through four legislative committees in the 2008-2010 biennium with 74 legislators signing on, including Doty.

Doty also commended passage of bi-partisan legislation in the 2012 session that will audit the state’s HMO contrac-tors which have never been held account-able for the billions in tax dollars, now at $4 billion annually, that they receive for running the state’s health programs. They are currently under federal investigation for overcharging taxpayers.

“Of all the state legislative candi-dates, we know Al Doty and Taylor Ste-venson is one of the most informed on the current system’s waste of our tax dollars and premiums, and the savings and trans-parency that would come from the Min-nesota Health Plan,” said COACT Presi-dent Sister Ruth Lenter of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls.


St. Rose of Lima, St. Rosa2012 Annual

Sunday, September 2, 201210:00 a.m. Outdoor Polka Mass “LaVerne and the Starlights”11:00 a.m. Chicken & Ham Dinner w/ Homemade Pies Catered by All Stars Sports Bar & Grill, St. Rosa Adults $8.00, Children 4-10 $5.00, 3 and under Free12:30 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament Sign-Up $10/Participant • 75% Pay-Out • Rules Available at the Festival2:00 p.m. Quilt Auction - Beautiful Homemade Quilts Auctioneers - Mike & Jan Schultz, Upsala, MN To View Quilts, Visit www. schultzauctioneerslandmarkrealty.com

4:30 p.m. Music by “Kodiak” Sponsored by: The Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union8:30 p.m. GRAND RAFFLE DRAWING $1,000 Freeport State Bank, Freeport $500 Arnzen Construction, St. Rosa $500 St. Rosa Lumber, Inc., St. Rosa

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Grey Eagle Old Time Tractor PullLabor Day - Monday, Sept. 3At the Grey Eagle Lions Centennial Park

Weigh In 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Safety Meeting

100% Clay Track - No Need to Preregister1st Hook $15.002nd Hook $15.00Trophy to 1st & 2nd Place Winners

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1999 Chevrolet Tahoe $4,495.001999 Oldsmobile Cutlass $3,895.001996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo $2,495.002001 Chrysler PT Cruiser $5,495.001999 Dodge Ram 1500 PU 4WD $3,995.001997 Chrysler Town & Country $2,495.991996 Dodge Ram 1500 PU 4WD $3,795.001998 Mercury Mystique $1,695.002005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT $7995.002002 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport $4995.002000 Dodge Grand Caravan $4995.002004 Chevrolet TrailBlazer $8795.002001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT $6495.001993 Pontiac Trans Am $2995.00

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2010 Chrysler T&C Van - Sold - $17,495.002009 Chevrolet Equinox - Sold - $14,995.002007 Chevrolet Impala - Sold - $9,995.002009 Dodge Charger $13,495.002008 Buick Lucerne $17,495.002008 Pontiac G6 $11,995.002007 Ford Focus $7,995.002006 Chrysler 300 $8,995.002005 Ford Freestyle $7,495.002004 Chevrolet Classic $5,395.002003 Ford Taurus $4,995.002003 Chevrolet TrailBlazer LT $5,895.002002 Buick Rendevoux AWD $5,895.002000 Chevrolet Blazer LT $4,495.002000 Saturn SL2 $2,495.00

hometown news aug. 30, 2012

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