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Upcoming Events
If you have an upcoming event or meeting, please let us know by email: [email protected] or call 320-285-2323.
MAY 2 Novena at 7 p.m. at the Assumption Chapel, Cold Spring.
MAY 5 Hog Roast, Bake Sale & Free Con-cert from 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. at the Com-munity Country Church of Holdingford.
MAY 11 Dads Belgian Waffles from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Grey Eagle United Methodist Church. See ad on page 5. Annual Meeting of the Moses Dane Cemetery Association at 1:30 p.m. at the Burtrum Community Center.
MAY 12 Mothers Day Brunch from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Marys Church, Upsala. See ad on page 4.
MAY 15 Freeport Community Center Chicken Fry from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Freeport Com-munity Center. The Upsala Ballpark Association Spaghetti Dinner from 5-7 p.m. at the Up-sala School. Grey Eagle Senior Center Monthly Membership Meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the center.
MAY 17 Grey Eagle/Burtrum Lions 5th An-nual Community Appreciation Picnic from 4-8 p.m. at the Grey Eagle Fire Hall.
MAY 18 Stearns County Area Horticultural Society Plant Sale from 8 a.m.-noon at the Albany Legion Park.
MAY 25 Burnhamville Township Clean Up Day from 9-11 a.m. at the Lions Park, Bur-trum.
JUNE 26-29 Melrose Riverfest.
JULY 19-21 Grey Eagle GEM Fest - Note: Change in Weekend.
JULY 27 2nd Annual Michael Lodermeier Me-morial Softball Tournament starting at 9 a.m. at the Lindbergh Lions Recreational Complex Softball Fields, Little Falls.
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
Cloudy, showers. High: 63 Low: 37
Cloudy, showers. High: 55 Low: 37
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One day an entrepreneur took his young sales manager up to a magnificent es-tate overlooking a beautiful river.
He then took him up on the highest peak on the property, put his arm around him and pointed down and said:
Look at that stunning home and gor-geous swimming pool! How do you like those fabulous tennis courts? Take a look at those beautiful horses in the sta-ble. Now all I want you to do is continue to meet the high standards and goals Ive set for you and someday, son . . . some-day all this will be mine.
This is one of my favorite stories, and it came from a close friend of mine by the name of Larry Wilson. I went to Larry when I started my public speak-ing career to ask for a humorous opening story. He came through with this stellar anecdote.
On several occasions we shared the stage. I was uncomfortable with that be-cause the audience always knew he was the more gifted and polished speaker. One of the main reasons was his ability to tell stories. He always told me that content alone wont make it. You must be a story-teller to drive home your sa-lient points.
Sadly, we lost Larry Wilson on April 6, but I will long remember Larry and his many pearls of wisdom. He was a
personal friend for over 45 years and a mentor to me. We both graduated from the University of Minnesota, although some years apart, and started our careers in sales, then built businesses and got into the speaking business.
Larry didnt set out to build an edu-cational empire that would eventually train more than one million people from around the world. His daughter Susie said he was just trying, like so many oth-er young men, to support his wife and eight children. He began as a teacher, but then realized he had an exceptional talent for sales.
His legacy includes accomplish-ments such as becoming the then-youngest lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table in the life insurance field at age 29. A mutual friend told me that Larry once got on an airplane from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, and by the time the plane landed, Larry had sold a life insurance policy to the person sitting next to him.
His success led to requests to share his selling secrets. He realized he had a real gift, and he wanted to know why. He met with experts from around the world so he could better understand how we can learn to be better in our careers and our personal lives. And that, I be-lieve, is Larrys greatest gift to all of us.
He started with a sales program called Sales Sonics - later called Counselor Selling - a program that promoted a consultative approach to selling, suggesting that successful sales did not require manipulation. That launched his ultra-successful compa-ny, Wilson Learning in Minneapolis.
His companys mission statement was Helping people and organizations be-come as much as they can be. With that intent, Wilson Learning grew globally and provided training in eight languages in 20 countries. His client list included hundreds of companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, DuPont, Caterpillar and Dow Chemical.
After he sold Wilson Learning he moved on to his next challenge, creating Pecos River Learning Center in Santa Fe, N.M., which emphasized growth, leadership and change management, a novel concept in the 1980s. True entre-preneurs like Larry are always thinking of new ideas. He was a true entrepre-neurial visionary.
Larry embodied the characteristics that every successful entrepreneur and salesperson must possess: mental tough-ness, risk taker, generous, creative and innovative. He believed in developing
Harvey Mackay continued to pg 3
Larry Wilson: Be the best you can be -By Harvey Mackay
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listening skills and practicing visualiza-tion long before those were accepted principles. He showed how a counselor approach to meeting customer needs produced more effective results. His teaching created a new generation of salespeople who were focused on win-win problem solving.
He taught people that by overcoming fear, individuals can reach their highest levels of performance and fulfillment. Personal growth was the crucial task of a leader. And finally, developing and cultivating trust is fundamental to a suc-cessful business. Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing to do.
For those who did not have the op-portunity to attend one of Larrys semi-nars, he published several books, in-cluding Play to Win! Choosing Growth
Harvey Mackay continued from page 2Over Fear in Work and Life and The One-Minute Salesperson which he co-authored with Spencer Johnson.
Larry was an indefatigable worker. No one was ever going to outwork Larry Wilson, he once told me. And he wasnt kidding.
Mackays Moral: Dont avoid risk and be afraid to become as much as you can be.
Reprinted with permission from na-tionally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive, We Got Fired!...And Its the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us, The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World, and Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The Door.
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On Sunday, May 5th from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the church is having a hog roast and bake sale which the public is invited to attend. Tickets for the dinner will be sold at the door. The dinner in-cludes pulled pork sandwiches, beans, potato salad, potato chips, coleslaw, des-sert and a beverage.
At 1:30 there will be a free concert by Kent Dudley & the Bended Knee Band. This inspirational country band comes from Solway, MN. They were recently nominated top 5 with Christian Voice Magazine for Male Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Band of the Year and Musician of the Year.
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Obituaries
Loren GundersonL o r e n
Gunderson, 89 year-old resident of Upsala, MN passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at St. Ottos Care Center in Little Falls. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Gethsemane Lutheran Church
in Upsala with Rev. Trisha Jorgenson officiating. Burial took place in the Elmdale Lutheran Cemetery in Elmdale.
Loren was born on July 4, 1923 in Swan River Township to the late Knute and Minnie (Nelson) Gunderson. He was raised on the family farm north of Elmdale and attended District 25 County School, north of Elmdale and then the Little Falls High School until 10th grade. Loren drove truck for Elmdale Shipping Association and also worked for Consolidated Breeders. In 1950, he purchased a farm half-way between Upsala and Elmdale. Loren was united in marriage to Helen Johnson on January 25, 1951 in Minneapolis. The couple dairy farmed and raised pigs until his retirement in 1989. Helen passed away on September 3, 1990 and Loren married Delores Knoll on July 11, 1992. The couple moved into
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Roger D. IlgenRoger D.
Ilgen, age 77 of Grey Eagle, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the CentraCare Nursing Home in Long Prairie, Minnesota.
A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 30 at St. Johns
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grey Eagle with Rev. Ron Tibbetts officiating. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery.
Roger Dean Ilgen was born June 2, 1935 in Birchdale Township, Todd County, Minnesota to Boyd and Mary (Wikle) Ilgen. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. On June 22, 1972 he was united in marriage to Carolyn Schwanke Wildman at St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grey Eagle. Roger worked various jobs until taking over Ilgen Bait from his father.
After selling the business, he drove U.S. Mail trucks until his health forced him to retire.
He was a member of St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grey Eagle where he served as a trustee. Roger loved hunting, fishing, gardening, western books and movies, and loved to tease the grandchildren with his cane.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Ilgen of Grey Eagle; son, Darryl (Lisa) Ilgen of Hector; step-daughter, Julie (Doni) Wildman Berscheit of Grey Eagle; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Roger was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, George Ilgen and Leland Ilgen.
Serving as casket bearers were Calvin Ilgen, Nathan Homan, Steve Ostendorf, Brad Folta, Kevin Bitz, Mike Anderson, Paul Larsen, Bill Schwanke, and Ron Strassburg.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Grey Eagle.
Upsala and he continued to help out on the family farm by driving tractor and giving advice. He was a volunteer driver for Morrison County Social Services for 20-years. Delores passed away on July 3, 2001. Loren enjoyed going to town for coffee, attending auctions, going to Bowlus for a Loren burger, and sitting outside the shop on his special tractor seat watching the activity on the farm. He took great pride in his grandchildren whom he loved very much.
Loren is survived by children, Ruthie Frie and husband Elmer of Upsala, MN; Lee and wife Cheryl of Dawson, MN; Keith (Charlie) and wife Beth; David and wife Patricia, Alan (Fred) and wife Tina, all of Upsala and sister, Ardis Borgstrom of Little Falls, MN; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Loren was preceded in death by parents, Knute and Minnie (Nelson) Gunderson; wives, Helen and Delores; daughter, Lois Gunderson; brothers, Glen and Wesley Gunderson; and sisters, Shirley Lautt and Carol Hewitt.
Funeral arrangements were with the Shelley Funeral Chapel.
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Ronald Leo SchmitMass of
Christian burial celebrating the life of Ronald Leo Schmit, age 51 of St. Anna was held at 11AM Monday, April 29th, 2013 at Immaculate C o n c e p t i o n Catholic Church in St. Anna. Father Eberhard S c h e f e r s
officiated and burial took place in the Arban Cemetery following the service. Ronald died peacefully at Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Cloud Thursday evening.
Ronald was born July 6, 1961 to Alfred and Marie (Doll) Schmit. He graduated from Holdingford High School in 1979. He worked his entire career at St. Johns University, first in Dining Services and then for thirty plus years at the Liturgical Press. Ron had a love for travel, taking
several cruises, visiting the west coast and making several trips to the Indy 500 race. Ron enjoyed the simple things that come with living on the lake including fishing, gardening, and just simply sitting on the dock watching the sunset. He had many friends and was a great friend to all. His quick wit and sense of humor will be sorely missed by all who knew him. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Anna.
Ron is survived by his siblings Ernie (Lois) Schmit, Holdingford; Lawrence (Lenore) Schmit, Holdingford; Mary Jane Schmit, Bloomington; Betty (Terry) Schmit-Olson, Rockville; Gerald (Terri) Schmit, Avon; Ralph (Laura) Schmit, St. Joseph; and Rons special friends include Mike and Jen Hennen.
He was preceded in death by his father Alfred in 1973 and his mother Marie in 2007.
Arrangements were made with the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home of Holdingford.
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Elaine R. TschidaMass of
Christian Burial will be 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell for Elaine R. Tschida, age 49 of Sartell who died on Friday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Rev.
Timothy Baltes will officiate and burial will be private at a later date. Friends and relatives may call two hours prior to services Thursday afternoon at the church in Sartell. Arrangements are entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids.
Elaine Rose Tschida was born on March 26, 1964 to John, Jr. and Theresa (Boecker) Tschida in Melrose. She has lived in the Sartell area for nearly all of her life. Elaine worked in accounting support and payroll and also cosmetology. She enjoyed baking, replicating family recipes, old movies, antique jewelry, flowers and gardening. Elaine was an avid reader who was independent, shy, quiet and loved animals.
Elaine is survived by her brothers and sisters, Roger (Sheila) of South St. Paul, Karen Tschida of St. Cloud, Phyllis Tschida of Sauk Rapids, Bernice Tschida of Grey Eagle, Les (June) of Alexandria and Darlene Tschida-Pracht of Sartell. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Gerald and Philip; sister, Linda Tschida and brother in law, Richard Pracht.
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Kenneth (Ken) Ambrose GaebelK e n n e t h
(Ken) Ambrose Gaebel, 63 of Freeport went to spend eternity with Jesus on April 28th, 2013 at home, after battling cancer. A memorial service will be held at Avon Community Church on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 11:00 am
with military honors. Friends may gather on Monday, May 6th from 4:00-8:00 pm and Tuesday, May 7th from 10:00-11:00 am at the Avon Community Church in Avon, MN.
Ken was born on September 25th, 1949 to Cyril & the late Alfrieda Gaebel. He married Sharen (Linn) Ettle on January 27th, 2010. Ken worked as a manager of
the Maleska Turkey Farm for 34 years. He enjoyed vacationing, houseboating, camping, snowmobiling, and motorcycle riding. Ken was a member of Avon Community Church, New Munich Sno-Gliders Club, New Munich Conservation Club, and the MN State Snowmobile Association.
He is survived by his wife, Sharen; father, Cyril; children, Sheila Gaebel of Melrose, Michelle Heinen of Freeport, Darren (special friend Corinda) of Versailles, KY, Melissa (Eric) Luethmers of Holdingford, Katie (Branden) Banks of Beaverton, OR, Paul (Jackie) Ettle of Albany, Shawn (fianc LeeAnn) Ettle of Avon, and Ben (fianc Bethanie) Ettle of Freeport; siblings MaryKay (Steve) Flynn of Elk River, Don (Judy) Gaebel of New Munich, Rich (Sherry) Gaebel of Albany, JoAnn (Jerry) Fleischhacker of Albany, SueAnn (John) Tidd of Sartell; and 15 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother, Alfrieda in 1994.
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These counties include Aitkin, Ben-ton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Stearns, Todd, Wadena and southern Cass (the portion south of Highway 200).
Burning restrictions took effect April 21 in Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hen-nepin, Isanti, Pine, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties.
With the return to normal and above normal temperatures over the last few days, snow is rapidly melting, exposing dry grass and brush and creating a poten-tial for wildfires.
While weather patterns this spring have been hard to predict, the DNR an-ticipates that more counties will be in-cluded in the restrictions in the near fu-ture.
If the anticipated weather pattern holds, additional counties will be added soon after May 6, said Steve Simmer, DNR fire prevention supervisor. I an-ticipate most of the northwestern and central Minnesota will lose the majority of their snow by then.
Counties likely to be added soon will be Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Pennington, Ro-seau and the southeast corner of Polk (the portion south and east of County Road 6 from the Manhomen County line to state Highway 92 east to the Clearwa-ter County line).
The DNR restricts burning during the spring between the time when snow melts and green up. This is traditionally the time when most wildfires occur. In Minnesota, most wildfires are caused by
Burning restrictions take place May 6people.
Once restrictions are in place, special permits will only be written for extenu-ating circumstances. This may include time-sensitive construction projects and prescribed burning conducted by profes-sional firefighters. The DNR encourages the use of composting, recycling, and chipping as alternatives to burning.
If homeowners need to burn debris, they should plan to complete it before the restrictions take effect. When burn-ing, use extreme caution, never leave the fire unattended, have a water source available and make sure fire is complete-ly out before leaving.
While debris burning will be cur-tailed, campfires, if smaller than 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet in height, will continue to be allowed. Permits arent required for this type of fire if it meets those conditions and is monitored until coals have cooled.
Fire conditions may change quickly. If conditions warrant, DNR foresters have the ability to restrict local burning on short notice.
For more information and maps, and to check fire conditions, see: www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/fire/firerating_re-strictions.html.
The Grey Eagle United Method-ist Church will sponsor its eighth an-nual waffle supper on Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 4:30-7:00 p.m. It will be held at the site of the Grey Eagle Unit-ed Methodist Church building, 30422 County Road 2, at the intersections of County Roads 2 and 47. This is ap-proximately two miles south of the city of Grey Eagle. The supper is supervised by Dads Belgian Waffles, an organiza-tion that assists a large variety of groups of people with fund raisers such as this in the states of MN, SD, and Iowa. This years proceeds will go to the GE UMC Youth Group and Imagine No Malar-ia, a world-wide mission of the United Methodist Church.
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The Upsala Ballpark Association (UBA) will be hosting a Spaghetti Din-ner May 15 from 5-7:00 p.m. at the Up-sala school. There will be a program in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m.
This is a fundraiser for UBA, sea-sonal finale for the High School Base-ball and Softball Teams and kick off for the summer league baseball and softball leagues.
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Ralph Wolbeck and Lester Berscheit from the Knights of Columbus Msgr. Lorsung Council #14616 of Grey Eagle and Swanville, Minnesota presented a check to Melony Butler, Director, and Dorothy Sills, CFO, of Eagles Healing Nest in Sauk Centre. Programs for veterans are one of the many charitable organizations that the Knights support. Pictured (from left) Ralph Wolbeck, Dorothy Sills, Melony Butler and Lester Berscheit. Submitted by Jim Sinclair.
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M a t t h e w Abeler of Bur-trum, is the son of Bill & Lisa Abeler and the valedictorian of his class. During high school, he has participated in basketball, drama club, band, choir, National Honor Society,
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A g r i c u l -ture students were honored at the Agricul-ture Department Awards Banquet which was held at Ridgewater C o l l e g e - Wi l l -mar Campus on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Students
received awards for their participation in state and national Postsecondary Ag-riculture Students (PAS) contests. The state PAS contests were held in Mar-shall, Minnesota in February and the na-tional contests were held in Louisville, Kentucky in March. Students were also recognized at the banquet for other aca-demic achievements.
Tiffany Hulinsky of Burtrum, the daughter of David and Shirley Hulin-sky, received the following award(s) for state competition: 2nd Place Employ-ment Interview Floriculture, 3rd Place Dairy Specialist Team and 7th Place Dairy Specialist Individual. Tiffany was also recognized at the banquet for being an Ag Department Ambassador and for qualifying for the Ridgewater Fall Se-mester Deans List.
R e b e c c a Scepaniak of Bowlus, is the daughter of Tom & Eda Scepaniak and the salutato-rian of her class. During high school, she has participated in Big Brothers and Big Sisters, dance team, Knowl-edge Bowl, vice
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Thought for
the week:Notes from the Capitol By State Rep. Paul Anderson
Most of the major spend-ing bills have been debated and passed in the House. The last two weeks saw some long floor sessions with nu-merous amend-ments being of-fered, but few actually being accepted. The
Health and Human Services bill, for ex-ample, had around 90 amendments filed onto it, and most of them were heard but eventually voted down during the seven hours of debate on the bill.
Several bills remain, among which are the Legacy bill, which was slated to be heard a week ago but was pulled off the calendar because of ongoing dis-cussions pertaining to its content. Sev-eral items were added to the bill during committee hearings, including a change
in the previously agreed-upon split of parks and trails money between the three entities that receive the funding; namely metro parks, out-state parks, and the DNR, on behalf of state parks. Some want the recommendations of the Les-sard-Sams Council followed more pre-cisely, while others feel the Legislature should make whatever changes it feels are necessary. Because of this impasse, the fate of the Legacy bill is uncertain.
Another omnibus bill that hasnt been heard yet is the one pertaining to energy. The bill was put together several weeks ago, but much opposition was raised about certain parts of it, includ-ing the solar mandate and accompany-ing sales tax. Rural electric co-ops and municipal power systems were eventu-ally amended out of several of the most expensive provisions of the bill, but it hasnt moved very quickly to the floor. One of my colleagues who serves on the Energy Committee said there was a chance the entire bill would be dropped and certain parts of it added to other bills. Well see if it shows up on the cal-endar for this week.
The tax bill passed last week in the House is another example of the huge increases in spending this majority plans on implementing. A fourth-tier income tax bracket is added, along with a fifth bracket thats supposed to be a tempo-rary tax to pay off the school shift. In all, the bill raises $2.6 billion in new tax rev-enue. One of the measures contained in the bill thats gaining attention because of its huge increase is the tax on alcohol. Current state tax on a 31-gallon barrel of beer is around $4, but under this plan it
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will go up to around $27. When all fed-eral, state and local taxes are figured in, the total tax bite on that barrel of beer will be $54. Compare that to neighbor-ing Wisconsin with its total beer tax of $18, and it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that our border communi-ties will have a difficult time in keep-ing Minnesota residents home when it comes time to buy their favorite refresh-ments!
A key component in figuring tax policy should be one of remaining com-petitive. This tax bill certainly goes in the wrong direction. The higher income tax brackets, which would make us the second highest in the nation behind only California, make us less competitive with our neighboring states, especially when some of them are considering ac-tually lowering taxes. The 600-percent increase in the tax on beer is too much, and will certainly drive business out of state.
Itll be interesting to see what comes out of the conference committees that will work on these bills. In several in-stances, the Senate did not put such large increases in their language. They also did not address higher fees for large wa-ter users in their agriculture bill. Its my hope some of these increases are scaled back.
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.
It is not often that you hear of this man, a man who is so dishonest that even his shadow is crooked.
One day, however, he became a Christian. A neighbor who noticed the dramatic difference asked his wife, Has your husband changed his reli-gion?
No, came the reply. My husband has never been religious. He turned his life over to Christ and God changed him.
No one has to stay the way they are - discouraged, defeated, disgraced, dishonest. If we ask Him, God can and will change us. But we must be willing. Ones age, background and attitude are irrelevant. God can take what we have and turn our fear into faith, our weak-ness into strength and make our crooked lives straight. Again, we must be willing if we want to experience His power to bring about His change in our lives.
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Local Municipality Minutesand the retaining wall, just to name a few. He also noted that there is a group of interested citizens in the community who are willing to assist the Council in further researching the project. He requested the Coun-cil reconsider their vote and delay any construction at this time.
Alan Schulzetenberg con-curred that the decision seemed to be rushed and that there were un-answered questions that should be addressed.
Jim Illies noted that he had obtained input regarding the bridge replacement from downtown busi-ness owners. He suggested that the Council and taxpayers need to look at things as investments rather than getting things done quickly.
The following items were con-sidered for approval under the Con-sent Agenda:
a. the minutes from the Coun-cils February 21 Regular Meeting and the February 21 Special Joint Meeting with Area Township and City Officials.
b. list of bills in the amount of $138,690.81.
c. list of investments for the month of February.
d. Donation Resolutions: 1) Resolution No. 2013-14, Donation in the amount of $30 from Irene Becker towards Tri-Cap bus ser-vice.; 2) Resolution No. 2013-15, Donation in the amount of $90 from Kelly Glynn towards the Melrose Senior Activity Center - memorial of Hub Sundermann.
e. Wayne Senst has submitted his resignation from the Fire De-partment effective March 1, 2013. Mr. Senst has served on the Depart-ment since February, 2006.
f. Correspondence has been re-ceived from the Chamber of Com-merce requesting the City again contribute $2,000 to be used for ad-vertising costs incurred to promote the City for the Melrose Riverfest Celebration (formerly the Melrose Freedom Fest Celebration) to be held June 26-29, 2013. This amount was included in the 2013 budget. The Council to take action approv-ing the donation for advertising purposes.
A motion was made by Ms. Mayers, seconded by Mr. Chris-tenson and unanimously carried to approve the Consent Agenda items.
Linda Elfstrand, Director of Transportation for Tri-Cap, and Doris Washington from the En-ergy Assistance Program provided an overview of the programs. Ms. Elfstrand noted that the ride count has consistently increased since the inception of the program with the highest percentage of passengers being that of students and children. Ms. Washington spoke about the Tri-Cap Energy Assistance Program and thanked the Melrose Public Utilities Commission for its contri-bution through CIP dollars.
Police Chief John Jensen pre-sented the Police Departments February report. He noted that a total of 11 citations were issued in the month of February. There were 46 verbal warnings and six written
Melrose CityMarch 21, 2013
The Melrose City Council met in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at the Melrose City Center pursuant to due notice being given thereof. Present were Council Members Joe Finken, Jenny Mayers, Tony Klasen, Dick Christenson, Mayor Tim Vogel, City Administrator/Treasurer Mi-chael Brethorst and City Clerk Patti Haase. Mayor Vogel presided there-at. Also in attendance were several American Government students from the Melrose Area Public High School. The Council then recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
A motion was made by Mr. Klasen, seconded by Mr. Finken and unanimously carried to approve the agenda as amended.
Bob Hock addressed the Coun-cil asking that further research be conducted prior to moving forward with the current bridge replacement siting environmental studies and the negative impact on revenue. Mr. Hock noted that the current design and proposed replacement will have a significant negative impact on downtown businesses both from the loss of prime parking spaces as well as the reduced traffic through town.
Gerry Osendorf took a look back when the high school was located in the heart of town and Superintendent John Provinzino encouraged the board to purchase a 160 acre farm on the north side of town. Mr. Osendorf noted it was Mr. Provinzinos vision of having all the school-age children on one campus which, at that time, was a very radical idea. He noted that this should serve as an example of what we are trying to accomplish with the bridge and stated that the City should not rush into this project without further research.
Jim Mohs presented a compi-lation of thoughts from individuals from the community. They include Jim and Nancy Mohs, Don and Kay Andersen, Bob and Doris Hock, Loren and Sharon Meyer, Bill and Cal Meyer, and Mark and Barb Meyer. Comments included that the Council should have taken time to address the two major questions: 1) Does Jennie-O Turkey Store have current or future plans to expand; and 2) The question of CentraCare Health Systems campus was not addressed prior to the meeting and vote. CentraCare has expressed an interest in additional assisted living facilities and this would be great for the City and the residents.
The group encouraged the City to consider selling the health care campus to CentraCare and earmark this money for infrastructure and, therefore, lessening the impact to the residents for the construction of a bridge east of the current option. Mr. Mohs continued noting that if the Council proceeds to move for-ward with the current option with modifications, they need to take into consideration of maximizing the site lines on Main Street, right-of-ways for turning lanes, lighting on the bridge, property acquisition,
warnings. Chief Jensen stated there were 191 calls for service during this month compared to 205 for February of 2012. The year-to-date number of calls is 374 compared to 412 in 2012. For the month of February 2013, the Department re-ceived 12 agency assist calls.
City Administrator/Treasurer Brethorst presented the General Fund Financial Year End Report. Administrator Brethorst noted that the City revenues are within the budget perimeters and expenditures are under budget. Administrator Brethorst noted that the report was prepared prior to year-end audit ad-justments. He also stated that Citys auditors will present the final audit-ed numbers at the Councils April 18 Regular Meeting.
City Attorney Dymoke re-ported that during the period from February 14 through March 14, he has given significant attention to the following projects:
Open Meeting Law: Re-viewed applicable laws and regula-tions regarding the use of interac-tive television to conduct Council meetings. Prepared and forwarded opinion to City staff summarizing requirements.
Street Parking: Reviewed ap-plicable laws in response to request from business owner for dedicated parking spaces on city streets. Prepared and forwarded opinion to City staff advising that parking spaces on city streets cannot be dedicated to adjoining businesses.
5th Avenue Bridge Project: Attended public hearing on 5th Av-enue Bridge replacement project
Parkview Expansion: Partici-pated in discussions with City staff and Council to review possible Park View expansion project.
Assistant County Assessor Kelly Lemke provided an update on valuation changes and other items pertaining to the assessment pro-cess. Ms. Lemke presented data for the residential property sales for the period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. Twenty-seven residential property sales occurred during this period. Ms. Lemke reported that there was only arm length commercial/industrial sales in Melrose for the reporting period. It is anticipated that there may be a slight increase to residential proper-ty tax while commercial will likely remain flat. The full report is on file at the City Center.
City Administrator Bretho-rst stated that in accordance with GASB rules, if the City of Mel-rose designates funds for a special purpose, it must do so via resolu-tion. Therefore, Melrose has made the final refunding payment on the 2005 GO Improvement Bond/Fund #504. (Kraft Drive, Daylight Court, and Industrial Park) Accord-ing to debt payment projections, staff recommends transferring any remaining balances after payment to 2011 Refunding Bond/Fund #506. Staff recommends transfer-ring the remaining cash from the 2005 GO Improvement Bond Im-provement debt service fund to the
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2011 Refunding Bond/Fund #506, Designation of Fund Refunding 2005 GO Improvement Bond. At the time of publication, the actual amount transferred is estimated at $37,000. The final amount will be determined upon the final cash and interest allocations.
Mr. Christenson introduced Resolution No. 2013-16, Capital Balances Transfer 2005 GO Im-provement Bond. The motion was seconded by Mr. Finken with a roll call vote recorded as follows: For: Council Members Christenson, Finken, Klasen, Mayers, and May-or Vogel; Against: None. A copy of the resolution is on file in the City Administration Office.
Mayor Vogel noted that the Ambulance Department is seek-ing approval to replace its 1996 Ford Ambulance. They are seeking to purchase a used 2005 or newer ambulance at an estimated cost of $65,000.
Historically, the ambulance would be replaced once every 10 years. It is estimated the 1996 Ambulance will earn an estimated $2,000 on trade-in. The 1996 cur-rently has 150,000 miles and is need of new struts and annual re-pairs. The City generally replaces an old ambulance with a new am-bulance. The third ambulance will be used in the rotation with the three ambulances; however, it will be used primarily as the standby ambulance and serve as the primary ambulance in reserve during times of maintenance when the ambu-lances are in for maintenance or at a standby event. There are not many times throughout the year that there all three ambulances are out at the same time.
A motion was made by Mr. Finken, seconded by Ms. Mayers and unanimously carried authoriz-ing the Ambulance Department to begin the process of seeking a re-placement of the 1996 Ford Ambu-lance and authorizing direct solici-tation from Road Rescue for the bid due to the nature of the purchase and the limited number of vendors.
Mayor Vogel noted that Amer-ican Legal Publishing Corporation has completed the Supplement to the Code of Ordinances. This is an update to the Code of Ordinances incorporating any new or amended ordinances.
Mr. Klasen introduced Ordi-nance No. 3-21-2013-1, An Or-dinance Enacting and Adopting a Supplement to the Code of Ordi-nances for the City of Melrose. The motion was seconded by Mr. Chris-tenson with a roll call vote recorded as follows: For: Council Members Klasen, Christenson, Mayers, Finken, and Mayor Vogel; Against: None. A copy of the ordinance was published and is on file in the City Administration Office.
Mayor Vogel next noted that American Legal Publishing (ALP) has completed updating the City of Melrose City Code. Staff has obtained a quote from ALP for the conversion of the Code of Or-dinances into Folio VIEW for a one-time fee of $550. ALP would host the Code on the Internet for an
annual fee of $495. Future Supple-ments of Folio Code would cost $195 annually. It was recommended that staff further research and con-siders hosting the Code on the City of Melrose website. No action was taken at this time.
City Administrator Bretho-rst reported that at its February 28 meeting, the Council discussed the possible refinancing of the Lease Revenue Bond 2008A (aka Fire/Ambulance Bond). The Council was asked to consider a possible refinance of the bond and convert the bond to a Capital Improvement Bond.
Based on current markets, a refinance of the 2008A Bond would yield annual savings or could equal a cash savings at the end of the bond. The Fire/Ambulance Bond is callable February 2015. Due to this fact, we would conduct an ad-vanced refunding of the current bond as we have done twice before in the past four years. Our current all-inclusive rate is 4.78% under a refinancing, it would be 2.25% for the 2008A Bond.
The estimated annual sav-ings for a traditional refinance at a lower rate would be approximately $15,000 annually for an estimated total savings of $190,000. If the City were to refinance the bond and keep the payments at approximately the same or an estimated $2,000 less per year, the City would save an estimated $236,000 over the life of the bond. (ie. paying more prin-ciple per year) The term of the bond would remain the same and be paid off February 2029 in both scenarios.
If the City were to wait to con-duct the refinancing in February 2015, the City would save the esti-mated $58,000 in arbitrage (holding costs). Even taking the arbitrage into the consideration, the City would still see the savings as noted above. These estimates are based on current investment rates. The rates
are subject to change and may in-crease. It is unlikely the rates will decrease. If the City were to wait, the estimated $58,000 of negative arbitrage equates to approximately 40 basis points or 0.40%. In other words, if the City thinks interest rates will not rise more than 0.40% between now and February 1, 2015 you can wait and try to save those funds.
It is the recommendation of Northland Securities to refinance now and it is the recommendation of the City Administrator/Trea-surer to refinance now with a lower annual payment. Paul Donna of Northland Securities was on hand to review documents and made a formal presentation on the bond issue.
A motion was made by Ms. Mayers, seconded by Mr. Finken and unanimously carried to enter into an agreement for Financial Advisory Services with Northland Securities to execute the 2013A Bond.
Mr. Finken then introduced Resolution No. 2013-17, Provid-ing for the Competitive Negotiated Sale Of $2,000,000 General Obli-gation Capital Improvement Plan Bonds, Series 2013A. The motion was seconded by Ms. Mayers with a roll call vote recorded as follows: For: Council Members Finken, Mayers, Christenson, Klasen and Mayor Vogel; Against: None. A copy of the resolution is on file in the City Administration Office.
Mr. Klasen then introduced Resolution No. 2013-18, Calling A Public Hearing On The Intention To Issue General Obligation Capi-tal Improvement Plan Bonds And The Proposal To Adopt A Capital Improvement Plan. The motion was seconded by Mr. Christenson with a roll call vote as follows: For: Council Members Klasen, Chris-tenson, Mayers, Finken, and May-
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Continued from Pg 9or Vogel; Against: None. A copy of the resolution is on file in the City Administration Office.
The Council further dis-cussed the 5th Avenue NE/CSAH 13 Bridge Replacement Project. Mayor Vogel noted that the bridge should be aesthetically pleasing and requested WSB further research if additional funding is available for the repair of the retaining wall as well as the purchase of any proper-ty that may need to be obtained for the project. Mike Nielson of WSB noted that it would be a couple of months before firm plans are in place as far as structural design. He estimated 50% to 60% of the plan would be completed by the end of April. Final designs would ulti-mately come to the Council for final adoption. Administrator Brethorst, Public Works Director Harren and Community Development Director Walz will be meeting with WSB and Stearns County on March 22 to update the County as to the design criteria that the City would like to see incorporated into the plan as per the discussion of the Council and citizens input from the public hear-ings. No further action was taken.
City Administrator Brethorst noted that he, along with Commu-nity Development Director Walz, met with CentraCare Health Sys-tem - Melrose (CentraCare-M) rep-resentatives on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 to further discuss the possible expansion and future development of the healthcare facilities in Mel-rose.
The purpose of these meetings has been to initiate and continue discussions in preparation for the possible construction by Centra-Care-M of an additional 20 units of congregate care/assisted living facilities (senior living) onto the ex-isting Park View Center portion of the City/CentraCare-M healthcare structure.
Administrator Brethorst and Director Walz provided an update on their most recent meeting with CentraCare-M and were seeking further Council input and direc-tion regarding the Citys position in preparation for their next meeting with CentraCare-M.
Administrator Brethorst and Director Walz reported that they continue to inform CentraCare-M that the City wholeheartedly sup-ports the growth and expansion of the healthcare facilities within the community and will work with it to achieve that growth. However, they have noted that the necessary lease amendment to accommodate such an expansion would necessarily en-tail some negotiated changes from past amendments and, in addition, the sale of the healthcare campus by the City to CentraCare-M may again be placed on the table for ne-gotiation.
Administrator Brethorst stated that because terms and negotiations will likely be discussed, the Coun-cil may wish to consider closing the meeting as it discusses those changes and possible alternatives for presentation to CentraCare-M.
According to City Attorney Dymokes review of State Stat-utes, there are certain exceptions to the Open Meeting Law, which allow councils to close meetings. The City Council may, by majority vote in a public meeting, decide to hold a closed meeting to determine the asking price for real property to be sold by the public body, review confidential or non-public appraisal data, and develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property when closing a meeting under any of the preceding exceptions:
the public body must state, on the record, the specific grounds that permit the meeting to be closed, de-scribe the subject to be discussed, and identify the particular property that is the subject of the meeting.
the meeting must be tape-recorded and the property must be identified on the tape. The record-ing must be preserved for eight years and must be available to the public after all property discussed at the meeting has been purchased or sold or after the public body has abandoned the purchase or sale.
a list of council members and all other person present at the closed meeting must be made avail-able to the public after the closed meeting.
the actual purchase or sale of the property must be approved at an open meeting, and the purchase or sale price becomes public data.
A motion was made by Mr. Christenson, seconded by Ms. Mayers and unanimously carried to close the meeting at 8:00 p.m. in accordance with the protocol for doing so as presented by City Attor-ney Dymoke.
City Administrator Brethorst stated for the record that this por-tion of the March 21 Meeting has been closed to discuss the terms and conditions of the potential sale/ne-gotiations of the Medical Services District/Health Care Campus to CentraCare Health System.
Present were Council Mem-bers Joe Finken, Jenny Mayers, Tony Klasen, Dick Christenson, and Mayor Tim Vogel, along with Community Development Director Gary Walz, City Administrator Mi-chael Brethorst and City Attorney Scott Dymoke.
Upon completion of the Cen-traCare Health System related dis-cussion, a motion was made by Ms. Mayers, seconded by Mr. Finken and unanimously carried to re-open the meeting at 8:25 p.m.
City Administrator Brethorst and several of the Council Mem-
bers may be attending the LMC Conference in St. Paul on June 19-21; therefore, the Council may wish to consider rescheduling the June 20 Regular Meeting.
It was the consensus of the Council to reschedule the June Reg-ular Meeting to Thursday, June 13.
Mayor Vogel noted that when a Police Officer is hired for part-time status, they automatically contribute to the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) Coordinated Plan versus full-time officers who pay into the PERA Police & Fire Plan (P&F); however, the Council can, by resolution, ap-prove them paying into the P&F Plan as a part-time officer. Under the Coordinated Plan, the City con-tributes 7.25% for PERA plus also pays 6.2% into Social Security for a total of 13.45%. Under the P&F Plan, the City contributes 14.4% on behalf of the officer but no social security.
If a part-time officer later changes to full-time employment and then starts contributing to the P&F Plan, the dollars already al-located to the Coordinated Plan do not rollover into the P&F Plan, they stay in the Coordinated Plan until they are withdrawn (upon termination or retirement). Staff recommends that the Council adopt a resolution approving new part-time Police Officer Aaron Baros contributing to the P&F Plan versus the Coordinated Plan. Each time a part-time officer is hired, a new resolution needs to be adopted. The Council has adopted similar resolu-tions in the past.
Mr. Finken introduced Resolu-tion No. 2013-19, Public Employ-ees Retirement Association Police Officer Designation. The motion was seconded by Ms. Mayers with a roll call vote recorded as follows: For: Council Members Finken, Mayers, Klasen, Christenson, and Mayor Vogel; Against: None. A copy of the resolution is on file in the City Administration Office.
The following informational items were discussed:
a. The following is a list of up-coming schools and conferences: 1) MMCI (Year 2 of 3) April 22-26 in Minneapolis. Registration fee: $410. Attending: City Administra-tor Brethorst.
b. Utilities Commissions Feb-ruary 11 Regular Meeting minutes.
c. Correspondence from Xcel Energy stating that structure setting is underway.
d. Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of continued partici-pation and support of the Stearns County CSW/STS Program.
A motion was made by Mr. Finken, seconded by Mr. Christen-son and unanimously carried that the meeting be adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
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DNR reminds landowners to identify property lines prior to any projects
The Minnesota Department of Nat-ural Resources (DNR) reminds hom-eowners and landowners living adjacent to state of Minnesota-owned lands to learn where their personal property lines are located before starting construction projects this spring.
State law prohibits construction on state land. Any type of residential construction, such as homes, garages, drain fields, septic tanks, driveways or additional out-buildings, prohibits the use of these lands by the rest of the pub-lic, said Dave Schuller, DNR statewide lands coordinator.
If a construction project occurs on state-owned land, the landowner may be charged with trespass violations. If there is construction on state lands, the proj-ect is generally removed and the land is restored at the private landowners ex-pense.
To avoid this, the DNR urges people to do their homework before building near any publicly-owned land. Home-owners should contact their local zoning office to make sure they are in compli-ance with any property line setbacks.
Those who suspect they may have already constructed buildings or en-croached on lands owned by the state of Minnesota should contact a local DNR area office.
April 25, 2013: At 5:43 a.m., TCSO received a call from Leeanne Becker, rural Long Prairie. Leeanne reported that as she was traveling westbound on County 12, west of County 105, a deer ran into the side of her Dodge truck causing moderate damage to the drivers side of the vehicle. Leeanne was not in-jured in the incident.
April 27, 2013: At 11:52 a.m. TCSO received a report that a busi-ness sign for DKs Tree and Landscap-ing was taken from the intersection of Apple Road and Angler Drive in Birch-dale Twp. Sect. 25. The theft happened within the last three weeks. If you have information about this incident, please call the TCSO at 800-794-5733.
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Kevin Markman inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is pleased to announce that Kevin Markman of Avon, Minn., was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nations oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disci-plines. Markman is pursuing a degree at DePaul University.
Markman is among approximately 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semes-ter hours, are eligible for membership.
Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff, and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine and headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., Phi Kappa Phi is the nations oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society. The Society has chapters on more than 300 college and univer-sity campuses in North America and the Philippines. Its mission is To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.
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Celebrate June Dairy Month by en-tering the I Dairy^ou to Cook! recipe contest. Enter an original recipe that includes your favorite dairy products including, milk, cheese, yogurt and/or ice cream. The three categories include main dish, snack/appetizer and dessert. Contestants can enter in a maximum of two categories and must include the recipe and a photo with each entry. Short video entries are also allowed, but not required. The entry form is online at the event organizers blog Put A Fork In It, www.a4kinit.blogspot.com. Photos and videos should be sent to [email protected].
Three finalists will be chosen from each category to compete in the live championship tasting round to be hosted at the St. Cloud Area Farmers Market on June 8, 2013. Their prepared recipes will be judged by a panel of area celeb-rity judges. There will also be a virtual Peoples Choice championship round hosted online for those who do not live near the St. Cloud, MN area but wish to enter. Winner of the Peoples Choice round will be announced June 30, 2013.
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