Quiz A ProfessionAl Monday, July 28, 2014RECORD-REVIEW -- Barnesville, Minnesota 5B

Clay County Public HealthMoorhead • 218 299-5220

Q. What are some tips on getting ready for back-to-school?

HEALTHA. Be positive about school starting!

Work on creating a routine sleeping schedule a few weeks before school starts

Get any paperwork/forms completed ahead of time

Write down important dates throughout the school year on your calendar

Determine how you will get to school (bus, bicycle, drive, etc.)

Get any back-to-school clothes shopping done Get all your back-to-school supplies

Plan healthy meals the day before if you bring your own lunch to school

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QUIZ Our Professionals

NEWSPAPERQ. I have heard the newspaper is online. What is the address and can I advertise?A. The Barnesville Record-Review is online now. The web address is www.barnesvillerecordreview.net. You can subscribe to the newspaper or see the special sections that we have done on the site. There are advertising options for you on the site and just give us a call and we can go through it with you. We are excited to have this option now and have been seeing continuous growth of subscribers and hits to the web site.

Clay County ConnectionOffice : 218 354-2606 • Fax: 218 354-2246Mobile: 218 790-8002 • 218 790-5751

E-mail: ccc@bvillemn.net

423 Front Street • Barnesville • 218 354-2148

Dr. Sean Wahl

Q. I continue to suffer from seasonal allergies Is there any nutritional supplements that can help?

CHIROPRACTIC

A. There are several things that can help for seasonal allergies. One of the most important things you can do is keep yourself properly hydrated. Most people will notice that if they drink more water during the allergy season, their symptoms are not as bad. Secondly, the use of nutritional supplements can greatly reduce your symptoms. The most common supplements that I use with patients are Vitamin C, Omega 3 Fatty acids, and increased levels of multi-vitamins. If this does not work, I will recommend either a specific nutritional supplement designed to help with the allergic response or homeopathic remedies that help to reduce sensitivity to the offending substance, causing the allergy. Contact my office for a specific evaluation regarding nutritional intervention to help with seasonal allergies.

DESIGNER

Quinn SchenckKitchen Designer

701.232.3109 • 800.450.3691quinn@braatencabinets.comwww.braatencabinets.com NCIDQ #023023

Q. What is the best way to find the perfect vanity for your bathroom?

A. Start with picking a style of vanity. Whether it is contemporary, vintage, or traditional, the vanity is an essential part of the room. Dresser style vanities can blend modern and historical elements in your bathroom. Dresser or furniture style vanities give the bathroom a little more character then the conventional vanity. There are many different leg styles to choose from to fit with the look you are trying to achieve. For more storage try taking cabinets to the ceiling. When you extend the cabinetry past the countertop to the ceiling, the vanity takes on the essence of a free standing hutch. Double sink vanities can be ideal for a couple, providing space for both to use the area simultaneously. Large framed mirrors can make a room look more spacious.

FARMING

CLAY/WILKIN SOYBEAN & CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Sponsored by: MN Soybean Check-offwilkin.clay@gmail.com

Q. What is a “million dollar rain?

A. Most cropland in this area is not irrigated, therefore most farmers rely on mother nature for their water needs. All crops need rain, some need more and some don’t need as much. For instance wheat and soybeans don’t require as much rain as corn or sugar beets do to have a decent crop. However, too much rain at the wrong time can be just as devastating as too little rain. When a crop is small it requires very little rain to get established and start growing, too much rain at this time will really hurt the crop. By August when late crops like corn, soybeans and sugar beets are bigger they need more rain and too little rain will really hurt the crop. When you ask a farmer about a million dollar rain, it could mean a million dollars either way.

Diversion Project Meetings Held At Local Cemeteriesarea that were found to be negatively affected by the diversion. The group also visited Salem Lutheran Cemetery in Wolverton.

The meetings were held in a question-and-answer format where members of the public would ask the representatives for details on the project and its impact on the land where their deceased friends and family are laid to rest.

The representatives then asked for details about each location, including whether the cemetery had flooded, how debris was taken care of, the boundaries of the property, and potential problems

The mood was generally calm, but there were moments of tension between the two groups

The representatives explained that they were holding the cemetery tours on the assumption that the diversion project would be completed and were now trying to decide how to prevent the locations from flooding.

Several members of the public questioned how the plan could have been approved when it would directly affect the resting places of their loved ones and ancestors. Several members of the public held the opinion that the entire project was inappropriate.

Several of the questions could not be answered by the representatives at the time. Other suggestions, such as possible flood mitigation factors, were noted and the representatives said would be addressed in the future.

Among those present at the meeting were Terry Williams, Jon Sobiech and Kurt Heckendorf of the US Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, Assistant Clay County Engineer Nathan Gannon, Lee Beauvois of Houston-Moore Group, and Rocky Schneider of AE2S.

The sentiment among the majority of the public was that the smaller towns and cemeteries were

being left behind while more focus was paid to projects at locations like the Oxbow area in North Dakota.

The representatives told the group they were they to gather input on the public’s concern about the effect of flooding on each cemetery and to try to figure out a site-specific way to fight it, whether it be a flood wall, pumping system, dike, etc.

Three of the four cemeteries had never been flooded before, with only Hoff Cemetery being inundated in the past.

The flood mitigation factors were based on a cemetery impact study showing the level of flooding if the diversion was in place. The results showed that Hoff, Clara, Roen Family and Comstock Lutheran Cemeteries would all experience increased flooding in the case of a 100-year flood event after the diversion project was complete.

The current Hoff Cemetery level of 6.2 feet of standing water would

rise to 14.2 feet with the diversion project, while Clara Cemetery would increase from .4 feet to 7.3 feet.

Roen Family Cemetery would rise from .5 feet to 5.3 feet, and Comstock Lutheran would grow from no flooding to .3 feet in the case of a 100-year flood.

Among the many other concerns brought up by the meeting attendees were ease of access for the elderly, the effect of flood mitigation on new burials and family plots, the removal of debris if a flood event occurred, and the effect of flood prevention alterations on the cemetery at times not including a flood.

It was stated that the public would prefer to be able to continue handling the upkeep of the cemeteries versus a government entity.

With both sides now having shared their opinions and input on the issue, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the flood mitigation project.

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US Army Corps of Engineers representative Terry Williams answers a query from County Commissioner and member of the FM Diversion Land Management Committee Jon Evert.

Industrial Finishing Services (IFS), a metal coating company, has been the subject of a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation for air quality and hazardous waste violations at its facility in Perham.

An MPCA inspection at the IFS facility in Perham last fall uncovered emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that exceeded the facility’s permit thresholds. The company needed a piece of equipment called a thermal oxidizer to control hazardous air pollutants associated with coatings the company uses. Because IFS’s emission levels were increasing, the company should have applied for a different category of permit in 2009 but did not do so until 2014. The violations were discovered during the application process for the new permit.

The MPCA also discovered the company had begun construction on a new expansion before receiving a required MPCA permit, and found other issues with contingency planning, personnel training, use of a non-licensed site for hazardous waste disposal, and pollution risks posed by hazardous waste at the facility.

The company has agreed to changes that will bring the facility into compliance with air pollution and hazardous waste regulations. Many of the corrective actions have been completed. The company has also agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty.

When calculating penalties, the MPCA takes into account how seriously the violation affected the environment, whether it is a first-time or repeat violation, and how promptly the violation was reported to appropriate authorities. It also attempts to recover the calculated economic benefit gained by failure to comply with environmental laws in a timely manner.

Industrial Finishing Services Investigated

Take It For What It IsAs we look ahead to the NFL season the same topic comes up

every year, what can the NFL do to make the preseason better? The answer is nothing. These games don’t mean anything and all they are good for is evaluating young talent for the coaches and general managers. We need to know that going into the games both as fans and spectators. Expecting anything less will just lead to disappointment.

If you take it for what it is worth you can enjoy the games if you are willing to see kids trying to make the 53 man roster. I am anxious to see if Detroit Lakes native Adam Thielen is going to be one of the “go-to” guys for Matt Cassel or Teddy Bridgewater for the Minnesota Vikings this year.

Speaking of Cassel and Bridgewater, I am curious if the rookie can play so well in the preseason first year Head Coach Mike Zimmer will be forced to start the inexperienced kid out of the University of Louisville. The first preseason game is Friday, August 8 at TCF Bank Stadium against Oakland and I am looking forward to it.

Yes, it is a rip-off that these games are full price to the season ticket holder, but as long as the demand to see NFL games is high, and season tickets are sold by the thousands, not too much will change, although NFL Commissioner Roger Goodel had hinted they may tweak the games in years to come, by taking two of the games away, adding a playoff team in both the AFC and NFC to make up for the overall revenue lost by the owners. I like that idea better than having 18 regular season games and only two preseason games.

18 games are too much. 16 games are a perfect amount, and the saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The NFL is the most popular sport in the nation, and the others are a distant second or third. I wouldn’t dilute the product by adding more regular season games to create more injury and have either the season start in late August or end March 1.

Either of those ideas would create too long of a season. We complain because the NHL and NBA seasons seem too long, so I am guessing the NFL doesn’t want to fall into that trap.

Adding another playoff team for both conferences isn’t the greatest idea either, but if I had the option of one or the other I’d take having only the top seed in either the NFC or AFC getting a playoff bye week and having the second seed play another wild card team over expanding the season any day.

Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. I love steak, but I couldn’t eat it every day. The same can be said for the NFL.

Hanson hosts “Couch Potato Radio” Sundays on KFGO