2015-2016 Better Newspaper Contest Winners

2015-2016 Better Newspaper Contest
Better Newspaper Contest

Press Photographers
Portfolio
All Weeklies
First Place: Winona Post, Chris Rogers
Rogers memorable photographs put you
in the thick of the action with interesting
perspectives.
Second Place: Morris Sun Tribune,
Brooke Kern
Compelling composition and eye for
detail.
Third Place: The Voyageur Press,
John Grones
Nice variety of approach, use of light and
composition.
PORTFOLIO DAILY WINNERS ON BACK
2015-2016 college Better Newspaper Contest
Website
First Place: University Chronicle, St. Cloud State University
The design packs a punch. The stories, videos and images leave an impression.
Second Place: The Advocate, Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Clean and simple, the site is easy to navigate, has quick links and is a
clear winner.
Third Place: The Campus Eye, Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Well done. The format is attractive and lets the reporting stand alone.
Best Advertisement: Print or Online

First Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas,
Zach Neubauer
Grandview Barber ad
Great footage, camera angles and verbiage. Well done.
Second Place: The Campus Eye, Anoka-Ramsey Community
College, Dominic Dang
Campus Eye Ad
Clean, eye-catching and effective.
Local Breaking News Coverage

First Place: University Chronicle, St. Cloud State University,
Sarah Rudlang
Body confirmed of missing St. Cloud man
This story package is an all-around winner with good reporting and a
nice multimedia addition.
Second Place: University Chronicle, St. Cloud State University,
Jessie Wade
SCSU President Potter dies in 1-694 crash
Solid reporting. Nice work.
Third Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Claire Noack
Charge filed in Peeping Tom case
The reporter used several sources and made the story relevant to campus
residents.
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2015-2016 College Better Newspaper Contest
Government/Public Affairs Reporting

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REMEMBERING DAVID BOWIE,
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ADVOCA
The
Monday, January 25, 2016
By the students, for the students.
MSUMs weekly student newspaper
msumadvocate.com
Moorhead, Minn.
Vol. 45 Issue 14
Charting the
Future campus
committees
resolve past
tensions
From reservation
to graduation
BY SAMANTHA STARK
starksa@mnstate.edu
Budget threats and system

MnSCU
have
conflicts
forming campus committees
to implement the Charting
the Future education reform.
The decision was made
to go from a central office
to a campus initiative,
President
Senate
Student
said.
Duckworth
Sean
six
of
consists
CTF
recommendations introduced
by MnSCU Chancellor Steven
was
reform
The
Rosenstone.
designed to develop means to
better serve MnSCUs 435,000
students and communities,
strengthen its 31 institutions
and protect its unique character
First Place: The Advocate, Minnesota State University, Moorhead,

Samantha Stark
Charting the Future campus committees resolve past tensions
Strong, nose-to-the-grindstone reporting on campus issues in a broader
context that have big effects on students but are often poorly understood.
Second Place: The Advocate, Minnesota State University, Moorhead,
Samantha Stark
Budget gap prompts Student Senate subcommittee
Strong, nose-to-the-grindstone reporting on campus issues in a broader
context that have big effects on students but are often poorly understood.
Third Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas,
Lauren Andrego
St. Thomas student to run for state legislature
Good localized feature on student embracing the possibility of public
service.
Investigative Reporting
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ssenger.com
Long-term non-tenure
track professors
fall through the cracks
of St. Olaf s
faculty policies
By Nick Bowlin and
Emma
Executive Editor and
News Editor
Whitford
number of employe
d faculty must track
the
size of the annual budget,
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employ adjuncts, whose
and budget size deEvery academic institutio
pends on fluctuations
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in enrollments, financial pay rate often works out to below
n must decide
wanted and allowed
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minimum achieve
wage even when teaching
me to
its faculty will be tenured donations and the endowment. But
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and tenure track. Having
fessors believe that
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made that decision
when it comes to
each school must
,
retrack
longstaffing at St. Olaf
term NTT professo
then figure out a
are often unfair and
rs. The faculty manual
way to potentially
staff the courses that
I didnt have a famil
states that NTT contract
exploitative.
remain. Most make
s are renewable for
y when no
use
of non-tenure track
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more than six years.
faculty (NTT), and
that NTT faculty
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In practice, many St.
St. asked to take
Olaf is no different
are
ion. But Olaf NTT faculty remain far past
on
. Like many other
schools, would typically a lot of responsibilities that
St. Olaf is debating
the six year
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the role of NTT faculty
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years as an NTT professo has taught here 16
debate has become
compensated or a tenure-track posit
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how to handle these
a nationwide trend.
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rollment.
percent of faculty in
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American higher educa- tively, NTT at St. Olaf are treated well.
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tion were NTT. Today,
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has particular needs
76 percent hold term
for multi-year contract
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President David Anderso
about competing policy
NTTs in 1995, whereas
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proposals regardin 2009 of teaching
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rs
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do it
experience. Keir Fogarty in need ing NTT faculty in the Faculty
47 percent. This year,
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taught at Commit
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Olaf faculty is NTT
tee.
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and NTT fessor
thing happens that
proand now holds a tenure
[An NTT contract
requires you to rethink faculty teach 38 percent of academi
] isnt a commitment
track position at
c courses.
your expenses, you
Faculty at some of St.
High Point Universi
of
the sort that would
are unable to do that
Olaf s peer institutio
ty.
enable someone to
be- have protested
cause youve made
ns
really
I was essentially
relax into being here,
permanent commitm
this trend. In 2014,
treated
Kuxhausen said.
as other tenureents and students
adjuncts track professo
to everybody who is
They
still have to be thinking
at Macalester College
working there.
rs and given opportun
about
demonthe
No college can do
ities
strated
next year,
for
both
for better pay and more
the year after, the year
leadership and research
without some degree
job security for hard-pre
beyond that, so the
that I would be
of
flexibility in staffing.
administration is asking
ssed to find elsewher
The number of courses its contingent faculty. They received
people to be committ
e, Fogarty said.
national I went
offered must track
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ed
to St. Olaf and to these
in viewing the visiting
the number of students
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program
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position
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ty
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ity that I hoped would
students and yet that
face of ad- a springbo
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be
facopposition.
ard for me to obtain
a tenure-track
position. By that measure
, the visiting position NTT...
First Place: Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf College, Emma Whitford &
Nick Bowlin
Overworked and undervalued, Subcommittee debates future of NTT
faculty
Strong, topical and timely, with sharp reporting and good personal anecdotes.
Second Place: Echo, Rochester Community & Technical College,
Zechariah Sindt
Too costly to celebrate? ... Funding for centennial becomes contentious
... Endowment request in dispute
A deep dive into the biggest news story of the year on campus.
Human Interest Story2 year

Vic Mensa concer
By Avery Ellfeldt
Staff Writer
t controversy expl
continued on A7
ained
Other students reported

raising their fists in
Each year the Spring
solidarity with Mensa
Concert draws a large
during these songs,
crowd, with students
only
to be jostled so violently
eager to see the artist
they could not hear
that
the Music Entertain
ment Committee (MEC) or see the artist convey his full message
brings to campus.
. On
Sunday, April 9, campus
Rapper Vic Mensa
awoke to a tangible
per- tension in the
formed on Saturday
air and signs filling
, April 8, attractin
g both boards of
the bulletin
students who had
Buntrock Commo
never heard of Mensa
ns
in
protest of
and several events
those who are long
that transpired during
time fans.
and after
Unlike many concerts
the concert. Yik Yak
was also proof of disconbefore, Mensas social activist platform
tent, plastered with
heavily influenced
yaks expressing various
the
dynamic of the event.
Inspired and informed points of view.
by the Black Lives
We wanted to make
Matter movement,
sure we brought in
Mensa artist that
rapped two songs that
an
we would be able to
addressed racism in
say something
the about, support
United States.
and stand behind,
MEC coorWhen I listened to
him speak, I saw a man dinator Emily Nyberg 16 said.
who wasnt just trying
The morning after
to make money, [but]
the concert, students
an woke up to
artist who uses his
find
music to reflect the
world campus calling hand-made posters around
around him and voice
out concert-goers.
the pain and suffering
Rumors
that People of Color
began to circulate
face in this country,
that Mensa shortene
Dil- performance
lon Cathro 17 said.
d his
because he felt that
students reMensas song 16 Shots
spected neither him
nor his message. Nyberg
references Laquan
McDonald, a black
has confirmed that
teen from Chicago
Mensa was only schedule
who to perform
was shot 16 times
d
for 45 minutes and
by a white police
did not leave
officer, the stage
Jason Van Dyke. One
out of frustration or
excerpt from the lyrics
anger at the ac- EMMA WHITFORD/MANITOU MESSENGE
reads, We all know
tions of the crowd.
Students plastere
R
its cause he black/
d posters of protest
Shot
em 16 times how f**ked
Regardless, many
after the Vic Mensa
up is that? In anothstudents feel that,
concert on April
as a
primarily white student
8.
body, St. Olaf has a
re- response to
sponsibility to absorb
Dont you dare tell
this post and similar
and learn from Mensas
statements, music.
message.
me
Oles have initiated
a new discourse on
that Im overreacti
priviI didnt hear about
lege in the context
The controversy followin
ng
of the event.
the people shouting
g the concert has
at
him on stage until
After
left
when yall ruin the
students
the
concert I was lighthear
afterwards on Yik Yak,
confused about who
Nytedly ask- they are
is upset, why
berg said. To me this
one
upset and who is
was very disheartening. ing people, Would you ever protest with
concert of the year
to blame. While
When you bring in
Black many students
Lives Matter after seeing
an artist, you want
that
directed their anger
such a display? Wells
him to said. Several
be respected, and
at white
apathy to
spoke [to] my exper
laughed in my face
think that says a lot
and said no. activists racial injustice, others accused the
about I asked them
ience our communitys Iinability
of overreacting.
if they understood
to completely reas a brown man in
what he was
spect an artist.
saying and they replied,
One Yak asked, cant
this
Yeah I totally underwe just be like other
Some students felt
schools and say Oh,
country.
that too many audience stood, so I asked if the performance
that was a fun concert
changed or oh, that
members were not
perceptive to the meaning [their stance on the movement].
concert
sucked
Dillon Cathro 17
and move the f**k
To this, stu- on?
of the performance,
showcasing their apathy dents answered, No, I just dont think
its that
toward racial injustice
important.
The sentiment of this
by
Yik Yak post parallels
cated, rowdy and sexual being overly intoxiWells feels that although
a nationwide discussio
during Mensas songs.
n about increasing
some white stuer song Mensa addresse
In response to the
dents have the privilege
sensitivity among college
s the water crisis in
and ability
students. Both students
the the day of McDona police audio played from derstand
predominantly black
issues of racial injustice not to un- of color and allies within
city of Flint, Mich.,
lds death, one Yik Yak
the community have
where read, I was
because they voiced
citizens unknowingly
post will never be
so drunk and high
frustratio
drank lead poisoned
personal
n
ly
and
affected by them. She
anger with this view.
that the radio believes
wa- part confused
ter for over a year.
Man, I am so tired
that too many St.
me and I thought
Olaf students are
of
someone at personal
When Vic Mensa
too angry or too sensitive being told that Im
ly affected by these
did the song 16 Shots, the concert had been shot but I just
very same issues
, Cathro said. Dont
kept befor them
he laid down in the
ing lit anyways.
you dare tell me that
to go unnoticed, unackno
same position that

Im overreacting when
Laquan
McDonald was in after
wledged or yall
Similar actions and
not acted upon.
ruin the one concert
he was shot by the
attitudes during the
of the year that spoke
po- concert were
lice, Samantha Wells
In widely viewed
perceived as a sign
17 said. She heard
Facebook post, Udeepta [to] my experience as a brown man
of compla- Chakrav
peo- cency among
ple shout, Get up and
in this
country.
arty 17 wrote, He
the student body when
keep singing.
will rap for a group
it comes of people
to the message Mensa
who will sing along
was communicating.
to his songs but
In are in denial of
the experiences that
ellfel1@stolaf.edu
inform his
www.
manitoumessenger.com
First Place: The Campus Eye, Anoka-Ramsey Community College,

Gail Wilson & Alan Morgan
Student Experiences Global Transitions
Great story on Saudi Arabian immigrant adjusting to life in the United
States.
Second Place: The Campus Eye, Anoka-Ramsey Community
College, Elizabeth Saby
PSEO Students Share Gratitude and Challenges
Nice angle on PSEO students adjusting to college life.
Third Place: The Campus Eye, Anoka-Ramsey Community College,
Jennifer Aanerud
Going back to college as an adult has unique challenges
Good story on going back to college.
Page 3
Between her involvement in student

organizations on campus, mentoring
a
youth, teaching hip-hop and having
full course load, sophomore student
an
Tottiana Duffy stays busy as
y.
active member in the communit
Her experiences have motivated
difference.
a
make
to
her
Duffy grew up in Lakeville,
Minnesota until she was 10-yearsold when she moved to the rough
side of Chicago with her mother
and younger brother, Timothy. Duffy
came from a predominately white
community, which was very different
from her neighborhood in Chicago.
She remembered being picked on
at school when she first transferred
girls
because she spoke properly and
at her school thought she was uppity.

While the transition to Chicago was
eventually
she
Duffy,
for
difficult at first
home.
new
her
in
found her place
Five years later when Duffy was
and
15, she along with her mother
.
brother moved back to Minnesota
She describes the decision to move
us.
back to Minnesota as spontaneo
Their first night back in Minnesota
first
was spent in a shelter. The
shelter they went to turned them
away as it was filled for the night.
The second shelter was also full but
let Duffy and her family stay in a small
had
room that resembled a closet and
ed
a marble floor. Duffy remember
pad.
having to sleep on a thin mattress
During her transition back to
Minnesota, Duffys mother became
very ill. Duffy remembered having
on
to read road signs for her mother
their drive from Chicago to Minnesota
because her mothers vision was so poor.
mother
Duffys
After going to the hospital,
was diagnosed with diabetes. Duffy
at
remembered doctors being shocked
was.
how bad her mothers blood sugar
This was a turning point for Duffy
and her family. After the hospital
d.
visit, her mother felt rejuvenate
We werent at a good spot financially
of Tottiana Duffy
Human Interest Story4 year

First Place: Pipers In-Depth Magazine, Hamline University, St. Paul,
Cloe Gray*
Choreographing her future; Tottiana Duffys journey to Hamline
Second Place: Pipers In-Depth Magazine, Hamline University, St.
Paul, Cloe Gray*
Following Her Heart: Anna Semankos Story of Strength and Courage
Choreographing her future:

Tottiana Duffys journey to
Hamline
By Cloe Gray
Third Place: University Chronicle, St. Cloud State University, Sarah

Rudlang*
Lost love letters result in happy ending
Business Story
Photography courtesy
First Place: ThreeSixty Journalism, University of St. Thomas,

Annrose Jerry
Making their mark on the business world: Young Minnesota entrepreneurs turn visions into reality
Nice enterprise piece featuring strong anecdotes and good local sourcing.
Second Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas,
Noura Elmanssy*
Econ students visit Delano to present on energy efficiency
Social Issues Story

m an it o u
messenger
Friday, April 8, 2016
A2
A4
A6
Hollywood remakes arent all bad

Urban Sound heard from the hilltop
A2
Professional baseball season preview
Volume 129, Number 16
SURVIVOR
SPEAKS
OUT
Student launches campaign, exposes
ambiguities and inconsistencies in
St. Olaf s sexual assault policy
By Amy Mihelich
Managing Editor
rapists. A group of
Ask me how my school is protecting
printed with this slogan
students has been wearing gray shirts
to draw attention to St.
since Wednesday, March 30. They hope
their implementation has
Olaf s sexual assault policies and how
16.
Wilson
Madeline
including
survivors,
failed
of this year, WilAfter reporting her rape at the beginning
She believes
son spent months dealing with case proceedings.
policies allowed for
the ambiguities of St. Olaf s sexual assault
flawed logic in her trial.
influence, my testiThey said that because I was under the
that because I
mony didnt count. But they wont acknowledge
the administration takes action.

Jo Beld and
On Thursday, March 31, Title IX Coordinator
a joint statement.
President David Anderson 74 sent out
already exceed federal
While our policies and procedures
improvements, often in
and state mandates, we regularly make
continue to do so, they
consultation with students, and we will
that is about people's
wrote. We also know that this is an area
we remain committed
lives and the life of our community, and
do for the well-being of
to doing the best possible job we can
both.
gesture but continThe concerned students appreciated the
April 1, WCCO sent a
ued to wear the gray shirts. On Friday,
That evening, CBS
reporter to campus to interview Wilson.
yes, it does require con

Olaf policy does not requrie a verbal
sent.
in place all along,
Weve had an affirmative consent policy
it could have been. We
Beld said. It hasnt been as clear as
policy. What weve done
havent changed the substance of our
explicit.
more
is make it clearer and
like to revise St. Olaf s
The students in gray shirts would also
looked to Carleton Col
single adjudication system, and have
warned that a panel
leges panel system for inspiration. Beld
as St. Olaf students may
might not solve as many problems
hope.
panels oft
Colleges that do have adjudication
as we do from our
many requests for changes in their processes
First Place: Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf College, Amy Mihelich

Survivor speaks out
Timely story given the national conversation about sexual assault on
campuses. This story brings home the issues to how they are playing out
on this particular campus.
Josie Gereszek
Millennial Mentality: Putting claims in context
Very well written story on youth moving forward in their own communities, not waiting for anyone else to do it for them. Excellent depiction of
local action.
Third Place: ThreeSixty Journalism, University of St. Thomas,
Sebastian Alfonzo
They need to listen to the youth: Young people help NOC on front lines
in fight for racial and economic justice
This story took a local program or project, and gave it a wider breadth
of study and examination, including the larger issues in the community.
Very nice reporting.
Page 4
Arts and Entertainment Story

First Place: Pipers In-Depth Magazine, Hamline University, St. Paul,
Marissa Wandzel*
Putting passion in action: On and off the field
Ellen Rossow*
Every gamers dream: Student makes living as pro Starcraft player
Covenant, Ars Nov
a
Cody Vaughn, Ham

line

Noura Elmanssy*
Hoop it up: With fitness brings fame
Football
Putting passion in
action: On and off
the field
By Marissa Wandzel
Pho
When Junior Cody
Vaughn is not
explains his music
tographs Gino Ter
perfectly.
rell
comes from life fuckin

g you over, you
Sports Story
A SHOW FOR THE KIDS, PAGE
THE UNSEEN COSMOS, PAGE
ATE
ADVOCA
The
Monday, November 16, 2015
MSUMs weekly student newspaper
By the students, for the students.
msumadvocate.com
Moorhead, Minn.
Vol. 45 Issue 11
THE
PRINCE
OF
COMPTON
Senior wide receiver
First Place: The Advocate, Minnesota State University, Moorhead,

Anthony Schnabel
The Prince of Compton
Very interesting feature. I read every word. Good example how football
may have saved a young man.
Second Place: ThreeSixty Journalism, University of St. Thomas,
Aidan Berg
Tackling concussions: Safety measures in football have been taken in
recent years, but some call for sports removal from schools
Nice story on a popular (concussion) topic. Well written.
Third Place: University Chronicle, St. Cloud State University,
Maddie MacFarlane
Goaltender Charlie Lindgren having great success early on
Nice feature on SCSU goaltender.
Use of Information Graphics & Graphic Illustrations

First Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Kari Johnson
Minnesota caucus results
This was well done.
*Please note, an asterisk indicates that no comments were submitted by contest judges for the entry.
Page 5
Best Use of Multimedia

First Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Jesse Krull
Tommie Spotlight: Jordan Roberts
The reporter did a good job setting the stage and explaining the subjects
two passions. Tightly edited.
Sarah Rudlang
Protestors continue to fight for justice for Jamar Clark
The reporter and videographer made the most of the trek to the protest
scene.
Sarah Rudlang
While orange is in, brown is down for firearm season
Artfully done.
News Photo
First Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Carlee Hackl
Feminism speakers draw protesters to University of Minnesota
Good shot, no distractions, you can see exactly what the photographer
was trying to capture in this scene.
Kayleigh Omang
Welcome home
Well done, great shot.
Feature Photo
First Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Carlee Hackl
Holi Festival of Colors
Clearly the winner in this category, as it jumped out immediately and
caught my eye. Very nice!
Second Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Meghan
Vosbeek
Student keeps therapeutic guinea pig in dorm
You can see from this photograph how much happiness her pet gives her.
Nice, simple photo.
Page 6
Sports Photo
First Place: TommieMedia, University of St. Thomas, Andrew
Brinkmann
St. Thomas wins 84th Tommie-Johnnie clash
Way to get the Carusos Crew sign in the frame. The blurry faces and
phones up in the foreground add to the excitement of the image.
Maddie MacFarlane
Huskies start season with big win over Concordia-St. Paul
Good lines and angles in this shot, along with nice light.
Maddie MacFarlane
St. Cloud State loses in a heartbreaker to St. Johns 80-83
Image is sharp, action is lively and looks on the faces are telling.
Photo Story
First Place: University Chronicle, St. Cloud State University,
Maddie MacFarlane
SCSU Mens Hockey Photo Gallery NCAA West Regional
Nice variety of action and feature shots. All the photos were amazing, and
no need for explanation as each spoke for themselves.
Jessie Wade
Skate Unity celebrates 10 years of giving back to the community
Very well done, beautiful photos.
Third Place: Echo, Rochester Community & Technical College,
Rachel Halverson
Art + Design field trip
Very nice photos, and a nice variety to tell a story.
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First Place: Echo, Rochester Community & Technical College,

Zechariah Sindt
Zechariah Sindt has a strong finger on the pulse of the campus community and the pressing issues, and writes with strong accuracy and thoughtfulness.
THE
ECHO

Jonathan Knecht
Solution to gun violence lies within us
An insightful take on an impossibly complex social issue.
Third Place: Echo, Rochester Community & Technical College,
Jennifer Rogers
Centennial celebration expenditures are worth it
A great counter-point to a pressing campus issue, a stance that was undoubtedly not the most popular among students, making it all the more
courageous to take.
Columnist4 year
Melisa Robles
Why I joined a high school walkout
Excellent, thoughtful writing with strong anecdotes, show-dont-tell
reporting, and a perspective that looks but doesnt judge. Strong, call-toaction ending.
Second Place: ThreeSixty Journalism, University of St. Thomas,
Marissa Abara
Race and political correctness
Very strong and personal piece - takes courage (and, probably, some
frustration) to pull back the curtain to reveal a day in the life of someone
who doesnt look like anyone else in class.
Jacob Sevening
North Sider blues
A nice, reflective piece of writing. All the more poignant given the Cubs
victory in 2016.
Page 8
Editorial
Shay Radhakrishnan
The (lack of) youth vote: Young people need to take part in their civic
duty
An important issue at a time when so much is at stake, This editorial
stood out.
Zechariah Sindt
Be free to be offensive -- in context
Sensitivities and political correctness puts discourse at risk in schools
when trying to teach delicate subjects diplomatically. Nice job.
Third Place: Manitou Messenger, St. Olaf College, Abi Tupa
Participation points detract from constructive discourse
Editorial speaks up for those who do not want to or can not by taking on
a college grading system.
General Excellence
First Place: ThreeSixty Journalism, University of St. Thomas
ThreeSixty Journalism
Wide breadth of coverage. Good photos. Strong writing, featuring compelling ledes and strict adherence to AP style.
Second Place: Clarion, Bethel University
The Bethel Clarion
Strong layouts and photography.
Third Place: Echo, Rochester Community & Technical College
Too costly to celebrate ...Student affairs VP candidate withdraws ... A
century of graduates
Good coverage of the school presented in an eye-appealing package.
Page 9
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around the city of McGregor for protection
that weather permitting, they burn
said
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equipment such as skidders
Wednes HORTON
was moving and quit his route
March 30, 2016 at that time, but she never
BY SHARIday,
Vol. 128, No. 13
and Jessie recalled, It was fall
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When she met Jeff Hooper,
in and do it. She had just two
a week on the road. On her
his parents owned Lakes
weeks to get trained in on the
in
opened
busiest days, she climbs in and
they
which
Sanitary,
AHS group safe in

Europe
nt issue
U.S. State Departme
s travel warning
By Tom Westman
Were it not for
Staff Writer
phones we really wouldour smart Schlafke said. In a second
text,
have seen Schlafke
no news about the
asked Elizabeth if
A group of Annandal
attacks as we trip
the
e High have
itinerary had been
School students left
changed.
on an 11-day watchabsolutely no time to sit and
In her reply she
European tour Sunday,
TV, and
asked me
March speak Italian, of course we dont why I would
20, just two days prior
be asking her that,
Sparks said. Ironto the ter- ically,
rorist attacks in Brussels,
the message came through Schlafke said. So I decided to say
Bel- while we
gium.
were inside a church nothing further.
It is certainly not
built upon the remains
Annandale students
the kind of
of St. news I want
on a European tour have gone Francis of Assisi.
to hear as a group
every two
leader, Sparks said.
Jamie Schlafke, mother
years since 1994.
I can honof estly speak for
Elizabeth,
Teacher Adam Sparks,
the trip immediat texted her daughter (when I say) our entire group
leader, learned of
that
ely after she heard
the attacks the
of been a moment there hasnt
bombing.
while the group was
where we have
felt unsafe.
When I asked her
tiny town in central touring a
about it in
Italy, Assisi, the
Submitted photo
From left, Elizabeth
on Tuesday, March
first text, she did
Schlafke, Brittany
22.
Haley Prewitt are
what I was talkingnot know
Europe
among the Annandal Reimer, Katya Sparboe and
about,
e High School students
ing Europe. They
Turn to page 8A
were
in Brussels on Tuesday,in Italy at the time of the terrorist tourattacks
March 22.
Physical education
classes
operate a lot differentl
y
now than they used
to, and
both students and
teachers
are pleased with
the options available to
them
Annandales schools. at
See
page 8B.
INSIDE
Wastewater
plant awarded
WRIGHT COUNTY BOARD
Proliferation of
solar proposals
The AnnandaleMaple Lake-Howard

Lake Wastewater
Commission learned
last week that its treatment plant has earned
an award. See page
5A.
By John Holler
County Reporter
Youth team
heads to state
Twenty years ago in

Wright
County there was
a considerable consternation
number of cell phone after a
companies who were experienc
ing
dead zones looked
to
towers built in rural get cell
areas
with requests going

from none
to a flood in a
matter of
months.
The AnnandaleMaple Lake youth

wrestling team took
second at regions,
upsetting the top seed,
to qualify for state.
See page 2B.
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Wednesday,
March 30, 2016
Volume 128, Number
13
2 Sections, 16 Pages
There are more than
50
advertisements in
this newspaper
encouraging you to
shop your local
community.
Photo by Paul Downer
Addison Carlson of
Annandale, 3, along
Egg Hunt at Municipa
with
l Park and neighbori countless other children took part
26. Rain from the
in the Lions Easter
ng properties on
previous night and
earlier in the morning a wet, cold Saturday morning, March
sent children up to
age
had stopped by the
and candy. See page 12 scurrying around the areas assigned
10 a.m. siren that
8A for more photos.
for their age group
to pick up eggs
Success, and strug

gle,
Unique model has

been
well-received by man
but founders concerny,
ed
Townshi
At the Tuesday, March

p concerns
22,
meeting of the Wright
In the public comment
Board of Commissi County portion of the hearing,
oners, the
Decommissioners found
Wayne Bauman
selves in the middle them- Franklin Township of the
Board said
of the
growing controvers
y over solar the push for solar farms has
farms.
been driven by the
Met
cil unelected officials CounA public hearing was
concerning the potential held are trying to dictate he feels
govertion of an amendme adop- nance to Wright
County. He
nt to the
countys land use
felt the farms should
plan.
utilize
purpose of the hearing The land that doesnt
have a farmcentered on the questionwas ing purpose, not
prime farm
of acreage
land entitlements
on
properties and whether rural
The one thing that
is getthey ting
would be required.
hard to handle with
all
this is
Planning and Zoning
Ad- shovedthat it is literally getting
ministrator Sean Riley
down
our
throats,
the process, saying laid out Bauman said.
that, because of a state-adop
Im not against solar.
ted proThe
gram for larger solar
other supervisors in
farms
didnt include counties, that Township, if I can Franklin
speak for
County is behind the Wright them, are not against
curve in
solar. But
terms of taking action
were against the
on solar
location.
farm applications.
Theyre going to be
using the
best ag land in Wright
Three projects through
County
Aurora Inc. as part of
an Xcel En- for a solar farm. Thats ridicuergy initiative were
lous to burn up our
permitted
best ag
at the state level.
There is a land.
project in Woodland
ship, and a project in TownRockford
County
has already been approved.
Turn to page 5A
UP NEXT
The South Haven

Sportsmens Club will
host its 78th annual
fish
fry from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
on Friday, April 1, at
the fire hall.
The history club
will hear about the
Carlson brick factory
at
12:30 p.m. on Monday,
April 4, at city hall.
More community
items are on page 3A.
Currently in front
of the
planning commissio
n are projects proposed near
Delano, in
Franklin Township
,
cello Township, MapleMontiTownship and a second Lake
in Woodland Townshipproject
.
There are also proposed
projects in Annandal
e, South
Haven, Waverly
and
dleville townships that Midare also
in progress.
in schools first yea

r
By Paul Downer
Sparby, a former
Managing Editor
elementary
school principal in
Cold
who now does consulting Spring
The innovative Jane
work
Environmental SciencesGoodall St. Cloud State University at
and
Acad- around the
emy at Camp Courage
nation, said he has
has made mixed
a big difference in
feelings about the schools
the lives of progress
many students during
thus far.
I did not expect miracles
year, but not without its first
some
the
siz- first year. I think
able bumps along the
weve
way.
stresses beyond what had some
Various issues have
we
anticicaused
the pated, he said.
schools founders and
But we have
the families staff
that is extremely committe a
of about 20 percent
of
d
dents involved to walk the stu- and want to make this
model
away from work.
the new startup.
A red flag has
But many of the families
who ture of founders been the deparremain swear by the
Bob and Kathy
schools
ect-based learning model proj- DeBoer of Maple Lake,
along
and the with longtime
natural setting that
school advocate
allows stu- and
board member John
dents in grades six
through 12 to Silver
Jones of
escape
Creek. All three
Its the
elemen
confines of convenhad
worked for more
tional classrooms tary
al than
was
10 years
and pursue lay Festiv
a blast
to
their own interests,
the
Brown Jug return
at their own school, groundwork for the
s
pace, within the boundarie
but departed before
Firefighter propos
the
s of end of its first
state academic standards.
al
academic year.
From left, Ryker Pierson
of Maple Lake, Eric
Photo by Paul Downer
School board chair
Raisanen of Buffalo
Longhenry of
Jerry
tend
THURSDAY, SEPTEM Turn JGESA
Jane Goodall Environm to pots of maple sap, which they Foley, Cailyn Doms of Buffalo and
to page 7A
Ava
BER 17,
2015
first year and features ental Sciences Academy. The charter are boiling down to make syrup at
the
school based at Camp
a unique project-b
ased learning model.
Courage is in its
HOMET
OWN
Referendum
Page 5
Steamboat Days
23 years later
Pages 14-16
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Burning love at
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BY MARK W. OLSON
First Place: Waconia Patriot

Centerpieces are great on news and sports fronts. Whoever is designing
those centerpieces is the reason I chose this paper as winner.
Second Place: Shakopee Valley News*
Third Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune
Loved the play given to the story about the coach with cancer. Perfect
using skybox as part of dominant art.
Second Place: The Journal, Minneapolis*

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Dailies under 10,000
Mark Johnson
cuts down bines
(similar to vines)
of hops in late
August on his
small farm in
Dahlgren
Township.
Inset Hops
are a key
ingredient
in making
beer.
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Good use of color, photos, and graphics made this a visual treat.
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Second Place: Cottonwood County Citizen, Windom*
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| editor@chaskaherald.co
Mark Johnson
was enjoying a
beer with a cousin
years ago.
three
As they sat on the
deck, a neighbor
9, 2016
of
cut hay on some
5 acres that Johnson
Tuesday, February otainthe
owns with his
Dahlgren Townshi
mother
Worthington, Minnes
e
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m home
Chaska parks will

swap
p. My cousin looked
and said, I cant
at me
believe you let him
take that
for free, Johnson
recalled. He was
literally
chewing me out
for it.
Johnson countere
d that the land
looked nice after
its mowed.
If it helps him,
it helps us,
Johnson argued,
adding
he was just doing
the
neighborly thing.
Hops to 11
names
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No. 33
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BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO
mfrancisco@swpub.com
Veterans, Schimelpfen
ig
In a rare 3-2 split

vote, the Chaska
Council opted to
City
swap
pfenig and Veteran the names of Schimels parks Monday
to give veterans
night,
a downtow n location
ceremonies and
for
reflection.
parks
Councilor Jay
Rohe made the
motion to
switch the park
names and form
a task force
to deal with the
transitio
This fixes a wrong n.
that happened seven
to eight years
ago, said Rohe,
referrin g
to the original
siting of Veteran
s
the north end
of Victoria Drive, Park at
adjacent
to Highway 212.
While veterans
seemed to
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initially support
OBITUARIES/ 8
the park plans
CALENDAR/ 19
council approve
that the
SPORTS/ 29
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to a revised park
ly led
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block of Third Avenue
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with police MAILING
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driving
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day morning that
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48-year-old
efforts of respond
ways, hampered
covery of a deceased 52-year-old
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of
injured
outside
ers from
male and an
Entry and Arrest
home.
HEAT (High Risk
female inside the
Department
in from Jackson
Team) was called
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stating
also came from
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issued a press release
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made entry into
the HEAT Team
arrived on the scene, from inside
it found the
the residence, where
hear shouting coming tried to
injured female,
then
deceased male and to the Winthe home. Officers
when
ted
house
the
who was transpor
make entry into
l for treatment
from within the
dom Area Hospita
shots were fired
of injuries.
residence.
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es, including a
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Monday morncover
bank, did not open
residence and took of snow near
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piles
ing in Windom.
squad cars and
were due to the
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if their closures
the property. The
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Page 10
Second Place: Winona Daily News

Clean and colorful, but fonts are jumble and the redesign wasnt as attractive to me as the original.
Third Place: The Bemidji Pioneer
Good fronts thought some heads were too deep and too light. Good
sports pages.

Dailies 10,000 and over
MONDAY,
First Place: Grand Forks Herald

A clean appealing layout on the front, with a nice mix of news and main
feature. The inside was easy to read, the fonts were more consistent than
most of the entries, and there was good use of both color and pictures.
Fighting Hawks will play

on
Northeastern Huskies
Friday in Cincinnati: D1
Obama visits
Cuba in first trip
by U.S. president
in 88 years: B4
March 21, 2016
MINNESOTA
and cocaine.
led past led him to crime
Patrick ORourkes troub
ming himself and
hes committed to redee
Through God and work,
City leaders
keeping eye
on aid from
government
Living a new life
By Brandi Jewett
Grand Forks Herald
Patrick ORourke trims
up Kent Poitras hair
Friday afternoon at People
Barbers in the Grand
by MinneST. PAUL Money provided

t Aid program is a
sotas Local Governmen cities throughof
mainstay in the budgets funding hikes
out the state, and potential
leaders keeping a
and cuts to it have city
.
close eye on the Legislature
For 2017, Gov. Mark
Dayton has included a
inone-time $21.5 million
in
crease to the program
his supplemental budget
while Senate leaders confirmed Wednesday they
have placed a $45.5 million boost in their version
Dayton
of the tax bill.
A potential increase
in aid, which can be used
by a city for any lawful
purchase, would be good
news to Crookston, which
66
for
aid
the
on
relies
percent of its General
Fund revenue.
Were really hoping
that the Senates proposal
Stassen
evcan gain traction with
eryone else, Crookston
Stassen. The
City Administrator Shannon
be beneficial to a
proposal would certainly
doubt about it.
city like Crookston, no
to receive nearly
This year, the city is set
Should the
$3.6 million from the program. remain
proposal
Senates $45.5 million to gain $270,000 in
intact, Crookston stands
aid for 2017.
Cities Mall.
rks
Grand Forks barber emba
on journey of success
the state have

Dozens of cities across
support of an LGA
ratified resolutions in cities such as
increase, including area
Forks and Thief
Crookston, East Grand
River Falls.
Senate are pushing
While Dayton and the
versions of the
past
funding,
of
surge
for a
LGA cuts to the
Houses tax bill includes
cuts primarily tartune of $84 million. The and St. Paul, which
s
get Duluth, Minneapoli $77.8 million and
will receive $29.2 million, , this year.
$62.3 million, respectively
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Grand Forks Herald
atrick ORourke still

remembers the first time
he tried cocaine.
in
It was in the late 1970s
Orlando. ORourke managed
a bowling alley in the Newand
York City area back then,
from
managers had traveled
cross-country for a convention
a party
in Florida. There was said
Las Vegas night, he from
and there was cocaine
who
a guy from New Jersey
dealt on the side on a hotel
ORourke
discusses his struggle
back from addiction
at gfherald.com.
room table.
ready
ORourke said he was
it.
to go to bed. Then he tried
Perspective, sound, feeling,
felt
pleasure everything was
he
heightened. Suddenly,
the life of the party.
I dont know how to explain it, ORourke said,
Other than the best sex
youve ever had on Christmas
Day.
It was this first brush with
him
the drug that haunted adfor decades, sparking an
him
diction that would put a
behind bars and through
nt
devastating estrangeme
from his wife and children.
life unraveled, and he
seen
His
are
hters
ORourkes granddaug to his comb
A3
OROURKE: See Page
in a picture frame next
and
s
Local LGA program
On the Web:
By Sam Easter
Hoyt Lakes
woman takes
priest fight
to cemetery
Grand Forks Herald
Photos by Jesse Trelstad,
ORourke sits in a chair
Friday at People Barbers.
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LEONARD, N.D.
ice
Town to get rural water serv
By Patrick Springer
Forum News Service
gravestone
Pat Helms objects to
.
honoring accused clergyman
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Traditional but clean and attractive layouts, lots of news and easy to read
on the front and inside. The five-deck headlines were a bit much. The
paper didnt jump out at me but it was consistently readable and was
quietly strong.
By Tom Olsen
Forum News Service
scissors on the bench.
To get your Herald:
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A second place that flirted with first, this entry made good use of color
and pictures, had strong and consistent sections, and the inside was appealing. The distinctive half page features at the top of each front page, a
hybrid magazine and newspaper format, were both a strength and weakness. They looked good but the newsstand appeal was too dependent on
the quality of only one article and didnt convey at least a sense of daily
news people might want.
rural water service

The cost of extending
d at $3.1 million,
to Leonard is estimate
In a small
HOYT LAKES, Minn.
edge of the Iron
cemetery on the eastern
sticks out.
Range, one gravestone
Literally.
A granite
Its always
headstone honbothered me
Rev.
the
oring
Thomas Stack,
to see that
who founded
headstone. To
the Catholic
church across
go and visit the
the street, sits
cemetery, the way
atop a hill near
the entrance of
man looms
this
the Hoyt Lakes
Memorial
over my family,
Cemetery. The
it makes me
stone is the only
one permitted
absolutely sick.
to stand above
Pat Helms
ground in the
municipal cemetery.
unremarkable
It would seem to be an
graveyard,
site in an off-the-beaten-path is fighting
woman
but one Grand Rapids
for the stones removal.
in a devout
Pat Helms, who grew up the mining
to
Catholic family and camein the 1950s, says
boom town as a teenager
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LEONARD, N.D.
covered by
with more than $2.3 million
The day when Leonard
the
residents can turn on
sion grant.
a State Water Commis
tap and not have to worry
about toxic arsenic in
a
The fact that we can
their water has drawn
the
mended approval for
get this fixed is a godbig step closer.
grant and water managers send, said Leonard resThe State Water Comvira
view final approval as
ident Tracey Jacobson,
mission has awarded
to
tually certain.
whose well was found
grant that will pay threeOnce the grant is apcontain arsenic at a level
quarters of the cost of
proved, design work can
of 127 parts per billion,
extending rural water
n
230 begin and constructio
more than a dozen times
service to this town of
could start this summer,
higher than the 10 parts
located 25 miles southwith rural water service
considered
west of Fargo.
in Leonard and per billion
available
be
must
drinking
The decision
safe for public
nearby areas no later
of
water systems. Im so
ratified by the board
than next spring, said
grateful.
the Garrison Diversion
Jerry Blomeke, manager
Conservancy District,
of the Cass Rural Water
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but the boards executive
District.
committee has recom-
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They didnt know
They did not know

I came close to blackFat. Ugly. Retard.
ing out while sitting
No one will every love
in class.
you. Those words
They did not know
haunted me.
that I felt like a failFear can be a powure, despite my acerful motivator. Durcomplishments.
ing sophomore health
They did not know
class I remember not
how
I was secretly
ding
that
understan
waiting for someone
someone could starve
to see me crying in
themself, how they
the corner and know
could end their own
something was not
life. Little did I realEDITOR
right.
ize that in 18 months
deep the
time, I would underThey did not know how
down
stand all too well.
of despair I had traveled
person, you well
When you look at a
was.
to see. You really
was waiting
only see what you want
They did not know I
person wants
also only see what that
to be saved.
my closest
you to see.
Nine years later,
I asked how
out the truth.
How many times was
found
friends
I would
about my exI was doing? A few. Fine,
I first wrote publicly
on my face.
with bullying, depression
answer, pasting a smile
smile never periences
I remember
I am fine. But the
and anorexia last year.
not
saying, If Tim did
reached my eyes.
of friends one friend
none of us would have.
I had a small group
joking know, then
moments,
in high school. I remember
knew I had my sad
and laughing Tim
know
my best friend did not
around the lunch table
even
but
the assistant
so hard I cried. One time
deep I had sunk.
and came to how
be wondering what bulprincipal saw me crying
may
You
four
When I finally
see how I was doing.
bullying that ended
the
recovered, I lying
caught my breath and
prior had to do with
The tears were years
during
assured her I was fine.
disorder I developed
became a thing eating
happy ones. It quickly
senior year of high school.
they could get my
emotionfor my friends to see if
As someone who was
for
of tears.
physically beaten down
me to laugh to the point
day in the ally and
who was socially
We hung out every
someone
years,
lots of amazI had become convinced
band room and made
our Friday isolated,
loved.
ing memories during
had to be perfect to be
were a few that I
at my sports, in the
night shindigs. But there
friends I had to excel
and
closest
solo
my
state
even
to
it
things not
classroom, make
do it
and be trim. I had to
knew.
when I ate ensemble,
They did not know that
I had to be perfect.
at lunch, many all.
stop at the
my entire plate of food
Bullying does not
I ate all day.
The damage does not even
times it was the only food
that when I classroom.
Bullying
They did not know
when the abuse ends.
last piece, it stop
that puncture
intentionally ate every
can leave deep scars
on.
catch
psyche
not
very
the
would
into
they
was so
the flesh,
that those below
seed
They did not know
individual. The rotting
the highlight of an
into all kinds
lunchtime laughs were
planted, it can blossom
s and manifest a vaof my day.
by the time of insecuritie Sometimes those are
ways.
of school I riety of
ng, sometimes they have
I started my senior year
but was down self-defeati Sometimes they result
weighed 170 pounds,
violent ends.
,
ing.
sometimes
Thanksgiv
And
before
illness.
140
to
as a year- in mental
not begin to see the effects
47 weeks you will
round athlete in training
years later.
consuming no until
editor of
out of the year, I was
Rachel Wittrock is the
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t. She can be
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over the
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Weierke grew up in Farmingto
in Eagan Internet.
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Today she makes a home
I am a huge social media
Meyer, who
thing it
with her fiance Dylan
think it can be a positive
in May.
in the right
is a new she will marry the most chal- is just about using it
Chelsey Weierke, 24,
with time.
What is
ways and that comes
school year
this
being
of
counselor
school
lenging aspect
is important we try
and Jorand So, I think it
at Jordan Middle School
a school counselor
safe ways and ways
kids
teach
to
the
is
dan High School.
positive way.
what you do feel
to use our words in a
She splits up her
most rewarding?
be so passive aggressive
g thing Maybe not
counseling time at
The most challengin
types of outlets because
great things on those
each building. She
where drama stems
is to hear the not so
but that that is really
teaches Monday
just easy to type
kids have to go through,
, in because it is
to
and Wednesday at
is also the most rewardingbe a something up, but they have
you can
the middle school
something in the long
my opinion, because
about
think
when
and
lives
and Tuesday
positive adult in their
can provide run.
do in
Thursday at the
they need it most. You
What do you like to
need them
high school. Weithem resources if they
your spare time?
biggest
erke takes turns
my
of be a really good buffer
of
kind
one
and
Well,
Chelsey
fan.
working at each
for those types of situations.is the
ties is I am a Packers
Weierke
building on FriWhat do you find
I really live for Sundays
days.
most difficult for middle and I love football. That is one big
job
This is her first teaching uschool and high school thing about me that is necessary
undergrad
soto those
after she earned her
youth in regards to
from the
for people to know. Sorry
.
ate degree in psychology
cial media?
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who are from Minnesota
with
time
University of Wisconsin
because it is so availthink
spending
I
adore
I just
masters
have it literally
and hangFalls. She earned her
from able, kids can
my family and relaxing
degree in school counselingStout. in the palm of their hand whenjokes.
ing out and cracking
fiance bethe University of Wisconsin- job ever they need it. They can be in
I love cooking for my
with
Before landing her counselingshe contact with one another, with
it is so fun to come up
Schools,
know and it cause
for Jordan Public
I love it when he likes
people they may not
recipes.
school
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new
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worked at an elementar
easy to say something
I cook because he is
Rosemount is really
or a phone. what
picky so
in Chippewa Falls, at
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kids
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and at a Menomonie
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READER LETTER
Paved Dakota Trails pro

mis
future for McLeod County ing
Kudos to Hutchinson Parks,

Recreation and
Community Education for
planning loads
of energetic activities for
young children
FROM MARY BEHRENS

Lester Prairie
18B), rep.glenn.gruenhagen@
house.
mn
Lester Prairie-area residents
Sen. Scott Newman
(District 18),
and the greater McLeod
County
sen.scott.newman@sen
ate.mn
area have an exciting
opportunity
Minnesota State Parks
and Trails
as the Minnesota Legislature
celebrate its 125th birthday
ifteen years ago,
convenes. Rep. Glenn
in 2016.
and kickball are planned.
Gruenhagen
On April 20, 1891, the Minnesota
Hutchinson kids whose
has put the Dakota Rail
Martial arts are new
Regional
Legislature did something
families didnt leave
this year,
Trail paving project in
nearly
as is Zumba. For the
the 2016
unprecedented. By a margin
older kids,
town for spring break
bonding bill, an effort
of one
dodgeball and flag football
receiving
vote, members created
were left to their own
are
of the Minnesota Legislature
Itasca State
assistance from Chris
returning because they
, as
Schultz of
Park to preserve the headwaters
devices. If youre a
were last
well as positive feedback
the Herald Journal, and
of
years most popular activities.
from the
parent, you know what
Adam
our countrys most treasured
Department of Natural
that can
Birkholz, Lester Prairie
river,
Resoruces.
All events are supervised
mean.
economic
the Mississippi, the second
by
This is wonderful news
development coordinator
state
Bushman and three helpers. Ms.
for us as
That caused us to ask
.
park
in
the entire country. Now
For
there were numerous
in an
Their efforts are being
we
some activities such as
groups and
editorial if a local group
have one of the finest
rewarded organizatio
martial arts
could
parks and
ns throughout Greater
as
the
Parks
and
Zumba,
and
Trails
organize youth activities
outside instructors will
Council of
trails system in the nation.
Minnesota attending the
for at least
Minnesota is backing
be present.
event who
a few of the nine days
the project
Our Dakota Trail will
would also like a slice
theyd be off
become
with
tremendous
of the bonding part
The activities will take
support. The
from school.
of that system in McLeod
place at
bill pie for their projects.
council has proposed
Burich Arena, where
$105 million
Our plea fell on deaf ears.
County, providing wonderful
the ice will
If the bonding bill is passed,
in the bonding bill for
be temporarily replaced
the
Then last year, Raquel
state parks,
opportunities for hundreds
by an
finished project will be
Bushman,
recreation
of local
A
enormous, turf-like mat.
a beautiful
areas, and trails
recreation supervisor
residents and thousands
The.com
price Section acquisition
trail and trailhead in
crecord
with
of other
www.m
for allRecord
Lester Prairie, visitors
, development, repairs
three days
Hutchinson Parks Recreation
is $25. To register,
n County
from all over the region
a connection providing
and renovations throughout
future trail
r 11, 2015 Morriso call 320-587-2975.
and Community
and state. Over half of
the
6 OctobeEducation,
development to Hutchinson
Minnesotans
came
state.
Activities for preschooler
, and
up with a host of activities
bike, and a quarter ride
s are
linkage
to
for
the
at least
Luce
There
Line State Trail.
from 9 to 10:20 a.m. Kindergart
are only two Greater
preschoolers through
weekly during the summertim
ners
The 2016 legislative session
fifth grade.
Minnesota trail projects
e.
and first-graders meet
is
It was kind of a last-minute
being
Over
half
from 10:30 to
say
short
parks
and will only last 10 weeks.
and trails are
recommended by them.
11:50 a.m. Second- and
thing to see if we could
One is for
a key consideration when
third-graders
The first and very important
get some
deciding
a $900,000 grant to the
meet from noon to 1:40
interest, Ms. Bushman
McCleod
where to live.
p.m. And
deadline for the initial
said.
County Regional Rail
fourth- and fifth-grader
vote on the
Authority to
Not surprisingly, the
Every $1 spent on trails
s meet from
bonding bill is April 1.
program
extend the Dakota Trail
saves
1:50 to 3:30 p.m.
It is vital to
was a success. More than
to the west
an estimated $3 in health
encourage our representat
80 kids
costs.
edge of Lester Prairie
Any parent will recognize
ives and
participated.
and pave the
Parks and trails create
senator
to
$2.8
keep
two-mile
billion
working
this two-hour block of
segment beginning at
on the bill,
The program is returning
in economic activity and
the
fun is just
asking them to vote to
this
support
Carver-McLeod County
enough time to keep kids
include the
year, and will be open
line.
22,000 jobs. Biking is the
active and
Dakota Rail Trail project
to 24 kids in
largest
Last week Chris, Adam
engaged with their peers,
in it. They
four age groups, enabling
sporting activity in the
and I
and away
need to hear from us now!
a total of
metro area
attended a Parks and Trails
from the computer and
Here is
96 youth to participate.
and second largest to
event in
TV.
their contact information
Called 2016
the fishing
St. Paul. I was very excited
But theres more. Parks,
:
Spring Break Sports
industry in Greater Minnesota.
to see the
Rep. Dean Urdahl (District
Challenge,
support the bill is receiving
Recreation and Community
18A), So, the facts clearly
more than a dozen activities
from the rep.dean.urd
speak for
are
ahl@house.mn
Parks 00
and Trails Council, members
Education is also planning
those in a $200,0
planned for Monday,
themselves: We have nothing
. Eventhree
month
ad
Tuesday and
Rep.
an
Glenn
area
Gruenhagen
pay
to lose
ille of fun for tweens
evenings
only
(District and much more
Swanv
Wednesday, March 21-23.
on will
three
to gain!
upscale house
Last November,
consecutive
re to in- Wednesday
For kids in preschool
monthly.
s, starting
d a measu
l $13.50
through
ditiona
l the
March
voters rejecte
16. On
first grade, theres
ts specia
first Wednesday
may think that
soccer,
Zumba, distric
a
Some23, voters ,
the school
its football.
discrease day,
race and competition
average.On March
its kill the school
tumbling
to the state
can
dodgeball. Andifon they
ing levy
and gymnastics
operat
March 30, its have to pay any
losing
, and hapkido
close,
was
wont
Wiffle
vote
they
Ball.
martial arts. However, the
.
activities are co-ed.
untrue
areAll trict,
BY JOHN
LOFDAHL
all. Thats
Costrters
is $5. Playtime
taxes at
The youngestby
35 votes, so suppo
for fourthschool
wed
only
age
Hutchinson
and is a funding source
and
groups
question on
that will
would be swallo and
s is 6Swanv
sessions will end with with the same fifth-grader
to 7:30 ille
currently has no plan
p.m. For
allow us to keep local
back Kids
to increase
district
sixth- and seventh-gra
property
Choice, a period for
the funding for LGA.
a neighb
its 7:30oring
Nov. 3.
taxes low. Increased
the youngsters
up byders,
Hutchinson
have
The legislative
the ballot
to 9 p.m.
funding
is inis $5
t Cost
s would
session began
to do whatever they
residents should contact
per session.
area
will reduce the need
Tocitizen yesterday n
want. Swanville Distric
their
The
register,and
to increase
it Swanville
childreand one of the most
call 320-587-2975
We learned last year
legislators and ask them
.
how their
our operating levy in
theyoperat
need ing debt,
important
to
ry
the future
Its good
issues that should be
less say about are educat
ed and
to see these
to have some unstructur
statutoed
increase funding for
favors
n any
to cover the increasing
free
local
childre
addressed
its
opportuniti
during
costs
doing
the session is to
es for young people,
time, Ms. Bushman
they
government aid. Keep
isntsaid.
much the
of roads, infrastruct
how restore
They the
your money
especially the spring
ure and
2002 funding levels for
just need some time
asking
in your community.
break
than
byto run
employee
taxed
aroundto sessions.
benefits
Local
are
Government Aid.
as well as other
The programs recognize
and be goofy.
items such as increasing

school board
now.
LGA
a void that has existed
is important to rural
they do
public
For kids in second through
ions
John
for
too
Lofdahl
long.
operat
safety
is a member of the
costs.
cut
fifth
communiti
the past,
Ms. Bushman knows
In
es like Hutchinson
grade, soccer, hockey,
Hutchinson City Council.
that, too. Not
The House of Representa
dodgeball,
bone.
has
to the
all families, she noted,
tives
hapkido martial arts,
Swanville
go out of
flag
it is, com- town during spring
As football
break.
looked at the opthe
Viewpoint
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Swanville area ne trict
dis
to back its school
Ask your legislators to incr

ease LGA
ng a
After constructi it
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ville to starve its tion of pairing

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the overturning of the
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Local letters, Meaningful editorials, staff commentaries with pictures,
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editorial doesnt fully explain cowardice.
First Place: Hutchinson Leader
Lots of local issues covered in editorials, columns. Good explanation
about mayors role in aquatics center bid. Great engagement - but it must
be hard to be mayor with so many former mayors weighing in all the
time. Clean overall look. Some headlines lack a verb.
Second Place: Anoka County Union Herald
Good point about the weakness of local enforcement of water quality issues. Motorcycle helmet law seems like a no-brainer. Lots of letters.
Third Place: Faribault County Register, Blue Earth
Good job letting readers know how much effort goes into research with
the Richard Krumm editorial. Like the levity in the poll questions. Understanding that hes not exactly local, still love the Al Batt pieces.
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Local editorials, poignant commentaries, with supporting art. A nice array of views. Many letters.
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include
ing Star Landing, $3.5 million for Albert Leas Blazwhich would have
to make way for
development along moved Front Street north
funding to connec
Albert Lea Lake,
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between the two sides.
water to the Stablesalong with
case. compromise
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the amount of
Anderson made a compelling
failed by one vote
area.
Even though it lowers
is managed by
to hire exserious drug
legislators will be
on Thursday, we
over capacity, which
Employers are reluctant
prison time for the most
jails.
able to construct
hope
similar offendmore lenient
sion that will benefit
contracting with 18 county
a new one still this
convicts, so keeping
dealers, it establishes
of
to their
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The lock-them-up-and-throw
ers out of prison is critical
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is politically
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away-the-key approach
future employability.
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drug possession.
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Thanks to Sparks boost our local economy.
get his wish.
their homes further
popular, but its not cost-effectiv
Its likely Ostrem will
more than from
and support
its
ment Committee. , who serves on the Senate Capital
costs Minnesota taxpayersone inmate. them from their families
the commission votes,
However
from
them
Lets see what will
Investeager to be
$31,000 annually to house
systems that could keep
weeks.
a good bet legislators,
happen in the next
80 percent of the inmates
two
as being tough on crime,
reoffending.
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perceived
numis
the
with
system
proposal
forward with man?
PEN TO PAPER
Opinions
cing laws need reform

Our drug senten
,
Stiffer penalties for drunken driving
s
drug offenses have filled our prison
hen the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission

will
meets Wednesday, it
between 1995 to 2015,

during that
ber of people imprisoned
jumping by 171
time for drug offenses
to a Minnesota
sentenc- percent, according

Christopher
QUOTATI
on a proposal to reduce
vote ONS
Supreme Court Justice
and
IN offenders.
THEsentences
commission chairman
es for certain drug
NEWSDietzen,
senthe proposal to reduce
The plan would reduce
first- author of
free
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offenders convicted of
which he projects would
for some
g to
see
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thefrom
damage
crimes
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cars 700 prison beds.
madedrug
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you feel
prison.
sidepopulation
lucky
to four years in
to get
stan, after leaving
The burgeoning prison
eli- of there.
be out
would
of tougher penalthe fire-rav
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result
Jim Dunsecond-degr
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city
Canada, as part
of prison
of Fort McMur
instead
and drunken
probation
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offor
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a mass
gible
ties for drug
Alberta
evacuation.
,
people
which have sent more
sentences.
approves
We hope the commission
prison
the proposal. Minnesotas 84 percent
population has increased
HOW TO SEND A
driving,
sentences.
to prison with longer
are 500 inmates
Minnesotas prisons
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regardissues, weve long advocated
a public health
ing their addictions as
by long
issue, which is not solved
imprisonment.
felon
Randy Anderson, a three-time
hearwho testified at a commission
asked that
ing last week in St. Paul, be reduced.
the sentencing guidelines
months in
I was sentenced to 87
he said.
prison for having a disease,
an additional
What purpose does
five or six years serve?
Still, others believe the

too lenient.
Mark
Olmsted County Attorney
because he
Ostrem opposes the plan
drug sellers
says it groups low-level who earlier
with drug users. Ostrem,
president of
this month was elected
Attorneys Asthe Minnesota County
see laws that
sociation, would rather
certain drug
raise the threshold for
across-the-board
crimes instead of an
sentence reductions.
is a
Dietzen said the proposal
will intervene.
of our
The reality is too many
criminals
inmates are not hardened nonviolent
are
to be feared, but many
drugs to
addicts who turn to dealing inmates
These
support their habits.
prison
need treatment, not longer
sentences.
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for
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illegal immigran s
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Any benefits from frac-sand mines
Article on Rochester Elks Lodge
Balancing the budge
Celebrating heritage
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INDEPENDENT
Sherco development
l board looks
TOMORROW Our editoria
Birthday balloon ride

breaks record
SISTERS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
an 87th
our sisters celebrated
majestical ly
birthday by floating
on a clear
in a hot air balloon
blue skies day.
f loate d
Perh aps t hey even
nine.
cloud
heavenly
the
close to
her 87th birthLinda Warden celebrated
three beloved sisters
day alongside her
basket that floated
inside a hot air balloon
and near the Minover the city of Carver
nesota River.
sipped a glass
Afterward s, the sisters
Wardens daughter,
of champagne while
with song lyrics:
Joan Woxland, toasted
be joyful, may
May your heart always and may you
be sung
your songs always
young.
stay forever
First Place: Jordan Independent

A solid presentation of news and enterprise told appropriately and
cleanly. Strong depth to content lots of details and very solid editorial/opinion pages. This newspaper had the full package of reporting and
content that you would want.
letters for community service.

prompts council action
at a program providing varsity
Soaring
sisterhood
BY KARA HILDRETH
khildreth@swpub.com
each sister
There is no doubt
Weibel, 94,
Linda Warden, 87, Gladys 84-year-old
82, and
Alice Kansanback,
joy in their
Lue Karstens embodies
to family member
lives today, according
Joan Woxland.
away joy to others
Each woman gives
years in her life,
as she enters the golden
explained.
Woxland
thinking about a
When Woxland began
to celebrate her 87th
way for her mother
to make it special.
birthday, she wanted
present to literShe wanted the birthday
to new heights.
ally elevate her mother would enjoy the
Plus, she knew her mother
sitting in the basket
balloon ride even more
sisters.
alongside her beloved
celebrate her birthI wanted them to
all salt-of-the- earth
day because they are
BY RACHEL WITTROCK
editor@jordannews.com
concerns over
In response to continued
Sherco Construcarising issues with
Jordan City Council
tion developments,
night voted to withmembers on Monday
of Occupancy
hold issuing a Certificate
homes until the
for all future Sherco
reviewed and apfinal as-built has been
The birthday
balloon ride
broke a record
because the
passengers ages
totaled 347 years
the highest number
in the history of
balloon rides for
s
Balloon Ascension
Unlimited in Jordan.
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
good, hard-work ing

p e ople who are all
just heroes, Woxland
people and they are
said.
their mother at a
The Wiese sisters lost
Lela Wiese, died
young age. Their mother,
it
pneumonia because
at the age of 37 from
was invented.
was before penicillin
aunt has a special
Woxland said each
her Auntie Gladys,
place in her heart, but
as a living inspithe eldest sister, serves
for most in the Wiese
and
her
for
ration
family.
I cant think
She is my hero because
goes about taking
about how someone
that at her age and
charge of a family like
siblings like she were
really raising her
such a strong persontheir mother with
grace and positivity,
ality that is full of
Woxland said.
proved.
result of a recent
The vote came as the
at 233 Lydia
concern with the property and Cheryl
by Ron
Road in Jordan, owned
in December.
Smith, who took occupancy
documents, the
According to meeting
retaining wall would
Smiths were told a
was constructe d in
need to be built and
yard along
side
the
in
the utility easement
Arabian Drive.
sent by Jordan
According to an update
Tom Nikunen on
City Administ rator
Construction built
Friday, Sept. 4, Sherco
contacting the
the retaining wall without researchin g
or even
city, getting a permit
easements.
the setback rules or
was discovered by
The retaining wall
a review for
staff when they conducted
Council members
the landscape escrow.
a landscaping escrow
also voted to release
rs, contingent
directly to the homeowne ement b ei n g
agre
up on a n e a sement
signed.
a poor planning or
To me it is kind of
planning. They send
execution of their
yet they dont follow
you the builds and
council member
their direction, said
asked if there was
Terry Stier, who also
BALLOON RIDE
hot air balloon

This was not the first
floated in a hot air
back for Warden, who
36 years ago.
balloon over Shakopee
hot air balloon
The birthday party
5 p.m. from the
launch took off around
ds on Saturday,
Scott County Fairgroun
were perfect
Aug. 29. Weather conditions quilted hot
patterned,
for flying. The blue
9
along County Road
air balloon floated
River for an
and followed the Minnesota
a celebration
87th birthday with
celebrated Linda Wardens
Alice Kansanback,
Four Wiese sisters
Gladys Weibel, 94,
are Linda Warden,
balloon ride. Pictured
Lue Karstens.
82, and 84-year-old
hour.
loves the sensation
Warden recalls she
ly on a clear day and
of floating majestical
a
miles. We did see
being able to see for
have never seen them
flock of egrets and I
fly like that, she said.
Balloon to 2
Second Place: The Tower Timberjay, Tower/Soudan

The combination of enterprise and news reporting was solid. There was
also good depth of overall content. The coverage of storm that wrecked
the area was the best response to a big story I saw. Commitment to editorial voice is important. Also this paper was consistent, which can be a
problem in this category.
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Close call between second and third place. I liked the variety of coverage
and breadth of coverage. Good work on state champ wrestlers. Some soft
content on section front, but it was audience-driven. I liked the work on
the plane crash. This paper had three sections of varied content, which I
thought really added to its strength.
Page 13
General Reporting
An official
opening
Tigers are in a
familiar spot
A ribbon cutting
and open house Feb.
18 officially welcomed people to The
Rosemount
The FHS boys

hockey team will
play Lakeville North
tonight with the
season on the line
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FARMINGTON
Longtime Farmington High School coach, teacher dies
Students
knead to learn
Earl Wetzel was a

popular teacher and led
the Tiger football team
to its only Prep Bowl
appearance
Matthew Steichen
A bakery project
offers several lessons for students
at Akin Road
Elementary School
Sports editor
Longtime Farmington
High School English
teacher and head foot-
PAGE 8A
Earl Wetzel
three straight trips to the

state tournament in 1990,
91 and 92. He guided the
Tigers to their only Prep
Bowl appearance in 1992,
where they lost to Detroit
Lakes.
Farmington
Those
teams were known for
their run-oriented Wing-T
offense, which Wetzel
learned from his coaching mentor, St. Thomas
Academys Gerry Brown.
ball coach Earl Wetzel

passed away unexpectedly Monday in California.
He was 69.
to
came
Wetzel
Farmington from Winsted
Holy Trinity in 1980 and
taught English at the
high school until 2008.
He coached the football
team until 1999, amassing a school-record 126
wins, seven Tri-Metro
Conference titles and
Wetzel Page 2A
FARMINGTON
A statement on stage
FARMINGTON
Wetzel graduated from

St. Thomas Academy in
1965 and got his first job
from Brown coaching
the Cadets ninth-grade
team while he was attending the University of St.
Thomas. Wetzel brought
the Wing-T to Winsted
for three years, where he
guided that program to its
first state tournament, and
then ran it for another 20
FHS grad
will take on
Crashed Ice
Priore enters
Senate race
Lakeville resident
Mark Priore will
seek the Republican
endorsement in
District 58
Photo submitted
TJ Aubrecht has traveled the world

competing in the downhill skating
events
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ROSEMOUNT
Nathan Hansen
Did you lose

a ring?
Editor
| Independent Town Pages

27.
of Dance at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 and
will present Be Moved: An Evening
Rosemount High School students
are choreographed by students.
this one focusing on homelessness,
The pieces in the show, including
at rosemounttownpages.com.
Find more photos and a video
Nathan Hansen
Rosemount police
are looking for the
owner of a ring that
may have been stolen
locally
ROSEMOUNT
Benefit will support local family
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er from Happy Harrys, along

something special for the
with the opportunity to bid on
man who works with him at
an array of items at the silent
Happy Harrys Furniture in
auction.
Farmington but has been his
McPhillips would like to
friend since he was 12.
people to come out
So, with the support encouragetheir support, whethand show
of many businesses in
er they know the Schwarting
Jennifer Steichen
Farmington, Rosemount and
family or not.
his
beyond, McPhillips and
Staff writer
People can expect a lot of
wife Danielle will host a beer
fun people, a lively group, he
bash, raffle and silent auction
like this
When Rosemount resident to benefit Schwarting from said. We need guys
around,
Brandan McPhillipss long- 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 27 at the in the world. If hes
to be in a
time friend Justin Schwarting Rosemount VFW, located at then were all going
better place.
was diagnosed with stage 3 2625 120th Street W.
Schwartings cancer diagcolon cancer in October, he
A $20 ticket will buy attendthan a year
was amazed at how quickly ees a home-cooked dinner, nosis came less
the community pulled togeth- beer and a raffle ticket for a
Page 2A
Benefit
do
to
er. McPhillips wanted
Best Home Furnishings reclin-
Justin Schwarting was

diagnosed with cancer
shortly after gaining custody
of his niece and nephew
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When TJ Aubrecht played hockey

had to
for the Farmington Tigers he
slap
worry about body checks and
he
shots. These days, the challenges
faces on skates are more gravity-based.
Since 2013, Aubrecht, who graduatin
ed from FHS in 2006, has competed
crashed ice, the chaotic downhill-onskates race that returns to downtown
St. Paul Feb. 27.
since
Aubrecht, whos been skating
sport
he was 3, was introduced to the
then,
in 2012. He was just a spectator
race
but when the Red Bull-sponsored
year,
came back to St. Paul the next
to comhis roommate signed him up
FARMINGTON
Crashed Ice Page 2A
District, Numen Smith thought

he might be the only American
Indian living in the city. Hes
not, but that kind of thinking is
one reason Smith believes his
new job is so important.
Smith started this fall as
Nathan Hansen
the districts American Indian
Education Liaison. The partEditor
time position, made possible
this year by new funding from
Before he started working the Minnesota Legislature,
for the Farmington School
Numen Smith started this

year as the Farmington
School Districts American
Indian Education Liaison
makes him part tutor, part

counselor, part community builder for the districts
American Indian community. He works one-on-one with
the districts approximately
40 American Indian students
on academic subjects, but also
does what he can to connect
students and their families to
each other and to their cultural
Second Place: Pipestone County Star

Another newspaper that understands news and how to play it. The commitment to news enterprise was solid (legislative preview), and there was
depth of staff content. Much a plus. The Viewpoints page was a solid
package. I liked the graphic that added information on tourism, to help
explain a key local economic story. Sports stories were very LONG, but
they were enterprising in nature. This was a very close call with first
place.
ROSEMOUNT
Packing hope
in a duffel bag
Bags of Hope donates handpacked
duffel bags to children in foster care
Jennifer Steichen
ts
New support for American Indian studen
First Place: Farmington / Rosemount Independent Town Pages

This newspaper had the best single story I saw in any: the piece about
the man who killed his grandmother. I have quoted it around my newsroom. There were some problems, but it was a tale told with detail. This
newspaper had the mix of news and enterprise that I like, and this one
had dynamic sports coverage. There was a commitment to organized presentation of crime information and community events, the staples, plus a
solid editorial/opinion page (a must). This wasnt the prettiest paper, but
it had a lot of very deep content. Well done.
Staff writer
for
Missy Hosmann wasnt looking
2 to
a project. Her three children, ages
when
14, keep her busy enough. But
some
her sister began telling her about
on chilresearch she had conducted
knew
dren going into foster care, she
something.
do
she had to
fosA lot of kids, when they go into
ter care, they have absolutely nothing,
pack,
Hosmann said. Or when they do
bag.
they have to put it all in a garbage
I was
Hearing that just broke my heart.
we
thinking there must be something
Hope Page 2A
Smith Page 2A
Third Place: Cottonwood County Citizen, Windom

Solid commitment to local news. A staff that obviously understands its
community. Its enterprise was good but not quite as sharp as the winners.
Viewpoints page was good, and glad to see the Faith package. That was
the best of such pages.
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 10, 2016
$1.50 ON NEWSSTANDS
A CROW RIVER MEDIA
NEWSPAPER
SLUGGING THEIR
WAY TO STATE
BACK TO
SCHOOL
Hutchinson Huskies secure

spot with 13-2 blowou
t / A12
Special section previe

ws
the first day of class
MIDWEEK
ELECTION 2016
Revealing a treasureof high schools histortrove

y
117 years
ago, Hutch
explored social trendinsons student newspaper
s, graduates accom
plishments
Primary election
results are online
BY JEREMY JONES
jones@hutchinsonlead
er.com
Check out the results

city, county, congres of Tuesdays
sional and
judicial races at
hutchinsonlead
er.
com.
A student newspap
er from more than
years ago provides
a glimpse into Hutchins 100
past.
ons
The Criterion, first

published in March
was edited by George
1899,
Sivwright and Amos
ery. It was a monthly
Avnewspaper that
featured
a photo of the newly
constructed Penderga
School Building
st
on the front page,
along with
advertisements,
stories, class pictures
and lists
of graduates on
the inside.
Copies of the Criterion
are preserve d
Amos Averys son,
by
Carlos Avery. The
Maryland
resident who was
born in Hutchins
on came
across the Hutchins
on
page while research High School Wikipedia
ing his familys
He recently contacted
history.
Hutchinson High
Principal Patrick
School
Walsh, who has
turned the
page into a long-term
project.
Im just digging
into research and
trying to
Treasure to A5
The front page

of the Criterion
s first
issue.
Case tractors
take center
stage this
weekend
The 37th annual

Heatwole Threshing
Association show will
feature that tractor
manufacturer
BY TERRY DAVIS
davis@hutchinsonlead
er.com
Mark Landrev
ille, co-owner of
Landy Lodge Bar
drinking water
& Grill in downtow
because he has
a responsibility
n Hutchinson,
STAFF PHOTO BY
DOUG HANNEMAN
to the health of
said he values
the citys commitm
his customers.
ent to safe
Lifes elixir: Safe dr

inking water
Hutchinson residents
share their thoughts

about city water
BY RUBY REDEKOPP
rubyredekopp@gmail.c
om
More water quality stories
inside
A6: A layer of protectio

n at the source
highlights the key
points of Hutchinso
ns
Wellhead Protection
Plan.
A7: Where the magic
happens provides
background about
the importance of
Hutchinsons water
treatment plant.
A7: From ground
to tap lays out a water
droplets journey
through the Hutchinso
n water
plant.
A8: Preventing another

Flint, Michigan,
explains why lead
and copper enter
water and
how we can fight
them.
A8: Four water quality

myths sheds light
common misconcep
on
tions.
hile many people
prefer
A9: Keeping country
coffee or tea, Phyllis pop,
water clean offers
Hecht
tips
for private well owners.
loves to drink water.
I drink a lot of
A9: The reader poll
water,
question displays
A8: Public water
said Hecht, who
answers
to the question, What
supplies receive
moved to
do you think of the
an annual
check-up summariz
Hutchin son in
of Hutchinsons tap
taste
es the 2015 water
1967
her husband, Don.
water?
quality
testing results from
I have to have good with
Hutchinso
A9:
water, and I like
tasting
Test yourself is a
n and 12
surrounding cities.
the Hutch water.
quiz that tests how
Don prefers
well
youve been paying
to flavor his water,
attention. All answers
though.
be found in previous
can
Opinions about
the taste of Hutchins
articles.
water are as vast
on city nutrients
and varied as the
faucet style nutrition , said Beth VanOverbeke, dietician
aisle in a home
improvement store.
ist with Hutchins
on Health. It keeps tal Care, said he believes vast improvem
common denomin
But one your
body
ator underlies all
Hutchinson water
ents in
opinions: nutrients temperature constant, transpor
When Hutchins
quality were made
on residents turn
ts new water treatmen
when the
on the tap, bricate and oxygen to your cells. It helps
they expect to receive
t
plant
was
built in 2007.
lujoints and body
healthy water.
From a general
tissues like the
Water is one of
health point of view,
eyes and nose.
mouth, have pretty
the bodys most
we now
good water here
essential
Dr. Tom Lyke, dentist
in Hutchinson,
with Bryn Gardd
DenWater to A6
We break news at
hutchinsonleader.com
,
facebook.com/hutchl
eader
and twitter.com/hutchlead
er.
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TO REACH US
Orange, cream,
green and dark
paints all found
their way onto vintage gray
tractors of one year
Case
or another. The machines
made by a Racine,
Wisconsin-based
company,
will be featured
at this years Heatwole
Threshing Show
on Saturday and
Sunday,
Aug. 13-14.
A desire to keep
fresh
ings past, or to experienc memories of farme what Grandpa did,
has kept hundreds
of people coming
to the
Heatwole Threshin
g Associations
grounds
in Lynn Township
tor 36 years. This
years
37th annual show,
named after a crossroad
three miles southwes
s
t of Hutchinson,
keep that tradition
will
alive.
Association president
Corey Henke said
oats have been
cut and put up
into shocks
ready to be run through
powered by a Rumely a threshing machine
Oil
Threshing is a major Pull tractor.
attraction. Perhaps
as big are the
antique tractors
the show
typically draws.
Last year, when
red International Harveste
r tractors were
featured,
approximately 185
tractors were displayed
.
Tractors to A5
FILE PHOTO
Case tractors were
made in a variety
of colors over the
years, from green,
gray, orange and
to
orange with a
cream
color hood.
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I loved the flair of this paper, how it reacted to news, how it organized its
content, how it presented enterprise articles. The writing was solid and
the variety admirable. The editorial page had a presence. Sports was a
bit thin, but features had a lot of verb. This paper, though, was the clear
winner.
Second Place: Savage Pacer
This was the better of two similar tabloids. It was a little more polished,
some good enterprise balanced with a solid news package. There was
something worth reading on every page. The election coverage was solid
and easy to digest.
Third Place: Woodbury Bulletin
This was a very close call to take third place. In the end, the sheer
volume of the July 27 edition was overwhelming. That issue had a lot
of solid news school probation for open meetings, nanny abuser and
some solid enterprise. But throughout it had this incredible run of news,
Sports and 2 (!) Features sections. The other entries werent that large,
but they had a consistent presentation of news and, in one, a strong election preview package.

Weeklies over 5,000
Create more moments
before life is over A8
First Place: Alexandria Echo Press

Among a large group of newspapers that do community journalism well,
Alexandria stands out as a weekly that reads like a daily. Complete news
report that reflects the community, hits hard news hard, does enterprising
stories with nice layers, and some real informative pieces that rise above
others.
ECHO PRESS
Alexandria
of life
$1.50
www.echo press.com
20, 2015
FRIDAY, Novem ber
New view on Third
plan
Its part of the museumsNorth
to revitalize and improve
Broadway.
that teaMuseum leaders said provides
ring down the building the mufor
much better visibility
city that the
seum. They told the asset to the
MLMM is an economic
visits
view on community through museum
Theres a whole new
Alexandria.
and as a location for events.
property
Third Avenue West in
as the
The total taxes on this
The office complex known down
citys share
torn
in 2015 were $5,414. The owns the
Tischer Building was
city
was $1,318. Once the
t.
Wednesday.
Maritime property, it will be tax-exemp its
The Minnesota Lakes
amended
purThe city council
to inMuseum (MLMM) recently
removing it ground lease with MLMM
chased the building, is
to the clude the newly acquired property.
and will donate the property
$1,200 annuaThe current lease of
city at no cost.
lease the lly will remain the same.
The MLMM will then
city.
the
property from
Tischer Building demo

part of museums plan
By Al Edenloff
aedenloff@echopress.com
Lowell Anderson | Echo Press
Second Place: Morrison County Record, Little Falls

The distance between first place and second was a thread. A great mix of
news, features, sports and opinion. 1A provides a great mix of stories told
with an understanding of the community and what it needs and wants
to know. Kudo!
was recently purchased

West Wednesday. The property
Tischer Building on Third Avenue which hopes to improve the museums visibility.
Workers tear down the old
Museum (in background),
by the Minnesota Lakes Maritime
Q & A on
the new
school
How will it impact local high

school and community center?
By Al Edenloff
the NorthStar
New information aboutsurfaced at a puChristian Academy (NCA)
blic forum Tuesday.
discussed a new
For starters, the NCA
school students to
way of getting high
take NCA courses
through religious
Truth lies in release time.
A standing-roomthe mind of
only crowd of about
the beholder. 100 attended the
forum, which was organized by the LeaDuWayne Paul
gue of Women Voters
NORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY
from Alexandria and
St. Cloud.
format, they
In a question-and-answer
board members
heard details from NCA
Paul about a
Brent Smith and DuWayne
including:
wide variety of topics, NCA plans to open
NCAs goals/beliefs. non-denominatiotal,
a private, supplemen
next to Alexandria
nal school next fall right With an emphaArea High School (AAHS). NCA will teach
view,
sis on a biblical world skills, encouraging
students critical thinking
them to seek the truth.
SCHOOL A6
Audience asks about teaching
Contributed | Philip Hussong
Reagan
Reagan Lennes and her mother,

out of the Life Link III helicopter.
Lisa, smile with excitement
Traumatic accident leads

to ride of a lifetime
the truth
Cities urged to
fight for state aid
By Jessica Sly
jsly@echopress.com
WINONA DAILY NEWS
Program is at crossroads
By Al Edenloff
(LGA) the money
Local government aid
across the state
the state gives cities
It funds people,
does not fund city halls. Paul Marquart,
ative
noted State Represent Coalition of Greathe
DFL-Dilworth during
Conference held in
ter Minnesota Cities Fall
12-13.
Alexandria November
has strongly
Marquart, a former mayor,
his eight terms in
during
LGA
supported
room of city leaders
the House. He told a
state that LGA allows
from throughout the drive on well-mainfamilies to visit parks, theres a half-foot
tained roads even whenfire protection, and
of snow, have police and
CITIES A6
of
ix-year-old Reagan Lennes
first heliAlexandria took her
12, 2014.
copter ride on March
it. She
But she doesnt rememberthat day
injury
suffered a severe head of the emern
and has no recollectio save her life.
gency flight that helped
and reMany surgeries, emotions
received the
coveries later, Reagan again.
chance to take flight once
HE ACCIDENT
T
old, and her
Reagan, then 5 years
were pla4-year-old sister, Hayden,which was
house,
weeklong festival While Reagan rode and sister, her

REGION,
her friends
with
PAGE
STORM
Broadband also an issueS
surgeon, Dr. Lance Svoboda,
floor
A3
trapped.
head somehow became caught someHer head had gotten able to get
was
how in a space that
mother, Lisa. It
stuck, said Reagans
to ear and
Photography
offer helping hands to assist
her
TAK ES
FLI GH T
face. Except
broke every bone in her
her head.
her nose, Lisa said, shaking
little nose.
Odd. Shes got this tinyto Level I PeReagan was airlifted
at Hennepin
diatric Trauma Center
(HCMC),
County Medical Center
surgeon Lance
where maxillofacial
her scalp and
Svoboda reattached
to repair
conducted a 12-hour surgery
her face.
a calm demeaReagan woke up with
curiously
She
years.
her
nor beyond
her with life
felt the tubes pumping
and first thought of others.
very worried,
She was worried,
the whein
girl
right away about the use her elevaelchair, if she could still
at a friends
a
with an in-home elevator,
Tractors roll at Rus ying
commercial elesmaller version of a
hfoequipped
rd
in a wheelchair.
for a girls
vator, Day
to the second
Main attraction at
as Reagans father, Mike, and
You think
It took time, Lisa said.
months later,
youre doing so well, and believe that
you get hit with I cant kind of like
Its
that all just occurred.
a full grieving process.
TOWARD HEALING
STEPS
could have
Reagans recovery
ons, but
been riddled with complicati
place.
everything fell right into expect the
At the time, you always
from the moworst, Lisa said, but surgeon said,
ment we walked in, the
theres no brain
As far as we can tell,
that moment on,
damage. Then fromSUNDAY, JULY
could be.17, 2016 | A1
it was just the best it
its support.
The community showed website to
a
One individual created
started Rabbits
tor, Lisa said.
the hospital, raise money. Another Reagan receiwhich
After about 24 days in
from
heaReagan,
for
Then the
of rabbits.
Reagan returned home.
ved 1,400 colored pictures Lisa said
began.
one,
real
a
ling, emotional and physical,
wanted
She
right when
and laughed. Of course,
what?
Guess
said,
we
ts
she woke up,
Everybody commen
Youre getting a real rabbit!
did its part to
The hospital staff even She lost two
about that, how amazing
e.
keep Reagan comfortabl a generous
an
what
and
is
and
she
teeth in the accident, the hospital.
in
tooth fairy visited her
inspiration she is.
REAGAN A6
All smiles up in the air
Lisa Lennes
Duel at Troon
Stenson a shot up
on
MOTHER
Micke
lson SPORTS, PAGE B1
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Woman
charged
in slave
case
Accused of beating,
starving Chinese
nanny
WOODBURY, Minn.
(AP) A
Minnesota woman
is charged with
beating and starving
a
brought from China woman she
nanny, holding her to work as a
in a state of
slavery or indentur
ed servitude,
a prosecutor said.
Lili Huang, 35, of
Woodbury is
charged in Washing
ton County
with five felony counts,
Mohamed, left, and
including
labor trafficking,
Carol Elhindi, right,
false imprisonin January at age of
sit with their daughter
ment and assault.
14.
, Taycier, as she holds
Huang remains
advocating for dialogue The Elhindis, in honor of their son,
RORY ODRISCOL
L, DAILY NEWS
in jail after making
have created Solomon a photo of her brother, Solomon,
and resources around
her
who
s Song, a nonprofi
mental illness and
appearance Friday. initial court
t that aims to make took his own life
suicide prevention.
a difference through
The 58-year-old
woman, who
is not named in
the complaint,
arrived in the U.S.
on
March. Accordin a visa in late
g to the complaint, the nanny
was
work up to 18 hours forced to
child care, cooking a day doing
and cleaning.
Police calculate her
pay at about
$1.80 an hour, but
she
did not receive any apparently
of it.
Taycier, know his
The woman recently
story
was found
wandering in the
a difference in others can make
street, her eyes
after a laugh.
blackened. A hospital
advocate for dialoguelives, can
exam found
and
reThats
she
sources around addressi
had many broken
where his joking
bones.
WHAT: Solomons
and
humor came in, because
tal illness and suicide ng menShe was rationed
Super
prevention.
Soaker Fun Fest
sense that somebo he could
TESLA MITCHELL
meals and her weight crackers for
So a few months
Special to the Daily
happy and he wanteddy wasnt
from 120 pounds whenhad dropped
founded a nonprofi ago they
WHEN: Saturday, Aug.
News
to change
t
13, at
the situation and
in the U.S. to 88 pounds,she arrived
omons Song, which called Sol10 a.m.
Solomon Elhindi
make it lighter,
will hold its
the comMohamed said.
plaint said.
ture-oriented. Loving. was fu- first fundraiser in August.
WHERE: West Lake
Popular. Carol
One year on April
The woman was never
Winona
He brightened
and Mohamed have Both
Fools Day,
allowed
while Mohamed
to leave the house,
mood. He had big everyones their focus to the work, turned
DETAILS: Tickets are
was in the
the
plans for his hamed
$20
with Moshower, his nice clean
said. The nanny told complaint
life, his future, and
person or $15 per person per
set to step down
a police inbig
for a
on the bed, Solomon work outfit
vestigator she eventual
how he would accomp ideas on as chair of the Winona Thursday
full team registrati
rigged the
on. Visit solly fled the
Area Publish them.
fan
house
above
omonsso
when
the
He always had an
bed
Huang threatened
ng.org for more info.
to turn on when
lic Schools board
eye for the
to
the light switch was
kill her with a knife.
future, said his
halfway through
flicked. On
She told pomother, Carol
top
lice she was looking
of the fan blades
Daul-Elhindi. He
his term.
for
Solomon
wanted to go
had piled flour.
and gave it to her.
so she could go home the airport
to Harvard.
His kindness
The
to China, the
fund- touched
It wasnt long before
complaint said.
Mental illness wasnt
her so much that
raiser, set for
Mohamed
she shouted Solomon
in those
kept the rock for
Washington County
plans.
s name, but
Aug. 13, will feamore than 10 when
prosecutor
years, only parting
Pete Orput said
he caught him, his
At 14, the Winona
the nanny was
ture a fun run,
with it to give a
son had
boy
took
his
ready
it
held
to
his
explanation.
own life.
in appalling conditio
parents at his funeral.
a slip-n-slide,
ns, the
He
St. Paul Pioneer Press
He once convinc
Within two months
family-friendly
ed his family Fools said to me, Dad, April
reported.
, and the Elhindi
to save up pennies
Dan Le, a Minneap
is an American holiday
use of two different
activities and
and
olis attorney
medications, more.
and
buy a goat for a family change to you need to celebrat
for Huang, did not
Solomon transfor
e it.
immediately
med from the
Even when Solomon
respond to a phone
At school, he went in Africa.
The idea is to bring
kid everyone knew
message and
was
out
and
email from The Associat
someone else entirely, loved to participants, the kind joy to all way to accept kids who of his hospital just before Christm in a
as for
of joy
ed Press
were contemplating
his family omon
on Saturday.
said.
once infused the Sol- pushed to the sidelines.
suicide, he made
world
a
joke about his purple
He
with, until everythi
Police from four
Where Solomon
hospital
ng changed. could wanted to do whatever he pants
agents from the U.S. cities and
and had his whole
ended, his familys s journey
for people who went
Department
family
began.
hun- laughing through
gry.
of Homeland Security
Big love, big plans
They werent ready
their tears.
searched
for his
Huangs home and
He told his family
Solomon loved uncondi
name to stop being
arrested her,
he loved A sudden
tion- them. All
the complaint said.
song to be silenced spoken, his ally. His family. His
change
the time.
.
teachers.
In November 2015,
He was one of those
The world.
A bag hidden under
Solomons parents,
Solomon
the nannys
kids that started
Carol
just felt everyon
mattress containe
As a younger child,
and Mohamed, along
suffering anxiety
d
e
a
elses
large
amount
and
he
pain,
with
cared
panic
their so deeply
Carol said. He
of her hair, which
daughter and son,
for one teacher
Huang allegedly
was a gentle cially attacks at school, espeSamuel and he
that soul.
ripped from the
over his homewo
painted I love you
woman
rk.
s head.
on a rock
The nanny had been
He was also a prankste
r, always
Huang wouldnt find hiding it so
Please see Solomon,
it and force
Page A4
her to eat it, the complai
nt said.
Solomons song
Winona family forms

nonprofit to address
mental illness
If You Go
Trump presents partn

er
Still no doubt about

whos the star
Third Place: Plymouth Sun Sailor

This newspaper has a nice mix of news and features on 1A and throughout the publication. Great efforts for writing quality is obvious throughout each issue. Keep up the great work.

First Place: Winona Daily News
Excellent writing throughout the publication. The reading is easy because
the stories are written like the reporters are talking directly to readers.
A gift. I suspect good editors are working hard to help these reporters to
grow. Its clear reporters spend time thinking about the best way to get
into a story, without taking the old-school path. Kudos.
Second Place: Austin Daily Herald
The Austin Daily Herald is chock-full of local news. If its happening in
the community, this news staff is there, from big newsy stories and court/
crime reporting to solid people stories that reflect the tone of the community.
Third Place: The Bemidji Pioneer
Very local, covers daily news, crime and people with great focus. Encouraging to see reporters and editors doing such work on a local level.
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ative
tials. Then he moved creden- 30 minutes before calling nearly
on to draw to the
Pence
sharp contrasts
stage.
between the
His far-ranging
newly formed Republi
remarks deand Democrat Hillary can team voted more time to
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recapping
Clinton. his primary
Trump
Yet the announcement
presented running
victories and
lacked he even
Pence to the nationmate Mike much of the stagecra
found time to tout
ft
typically
Saturda
his
y, associated with
new hotel in Washin
hailing the Indiana
the public ungton
than introducing
as his first choice governor veiling of a running
the relativel
mate, one of unknow
and my the most
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n Pence to America y
significant momen
n. But under a
s
he left no doubt
presidential campaig ts voters.
in a
ns
awkward event that sometimes control.
Pences
role
The only sign onstage
will surely be as
Please see Pence,
sidekick to the
Page A4
in the
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MINNESOTA
him to crime and cocaine.

Patrick ORourkes troubled past led
ted to redeeming himself and
Through God and work, hes commit
City leaders
keeping eye
on aid from
government
Living a new life
By Brandi Jewett
Grand Forks Herald
Patrick ORourke trims up Kent
Poitras hair Friday afternoon at
People Barbers in the Grand Cities
ST. PAUL Money provided by Minneis a

sotas Local Government Aid program
mainstay in the budgets of cities throughhikes
out the state, and potential funding
a
and cuts to it have city leaders keeping
close eye on the Legislature.
For 2017, Gov. Mark
Dayton has included a
one-time $21.5 million increase to the program in
his supplemental budget
while Senate leaders confirmed Wednesday they
have placed a $45.5 million boost in their version
of the tax bill.
Dayton
A potential increase
in aid, which can be used
by a city for any lawful
purchase, would be good
news to Crookston, which
relies on the aid for 66
percent of its General
Fund revenue.
Were really hoping
that the Senates proposal
Stassen
can gain traction with everyone else, Crookston
The
City Administrator Shannon Stassen. to a
proposal would certainly be beneficial
it.
city like Crookston, no doubt about
nearly
This year, the city is set to receive
the
$3.6 million from the program. Should
Senates $45.5 million proposal remain in
intact, Crookston stands to gain $270,000
aid for 2017.
Mall.
Grand Forks barber embarks

on journey of success
Local LGA programs
Dozens of cities across the state have

an LGA
ratified resolutions in support of
as
increase, including area cities such
Thief
Crookston, East Grand Forks and
River Falls.
pushing
While Dayton and the Senate are
of the
for a surge of funding, past versions the
to
cuts
LGA
includes
bill
tax
Houses
tartune of $84 million. The cuts primarilywhich
Paul,
St.
and
get Duluth, Minneapolis
and
will receive $29.2 million, $77.8 million
$62.3 million, respectively, this year.
On the Web:
By Sam Easter
Grand Forks Herald
Patrick
atrick ORourke still

remembers the first time
he tried cocaine.
It was in the late 1970s in
Orlando. ORourke managed
a bowling alley in the New
York City area back then, and
managers had traveled from
cross-country for a convention
in Florida. There was a party
Las Vegas night, he said
and there was cocaine from
a guy from New Jersey who
dealt on the side on a hotel
ORourke
discusses his struggle
back from addiction
at gfherald.com.
seen
ORourkes granddaughters are
in a picture frame next to his comb
and scissors on the bench.
LEADERS: See Page A5
room table.
ORourke said he was ready
to go to bed. Then he tried it.
Perspective, sound, feeling,
pleasure everything felt
heightened. Suddenly, he was
the life of the party.
I dont know how to explain it, ORourke said,
Other than the best sex
youve ever had on Christmas
Day.
It was this first brush with
the drug that haunted him
for decades, sparking an addiction that would put him
behind bars and through a
devastating estrangement
from his wife and children.
His life unraveled, and he
OROURKE: See Page A3
Hoyt Lakes
woman takes
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to cemetery
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HOYT LAKES, Minn. In a small

the Iron
cemetery on the eastern edge of
Range, one gravestone sticks out.
Literally.
A granite
Its always
headstone honbothered me
oring the Rev.
Stack,
Thomas
to see that
who founded
headstone. To
the Catholic
church across
go and visit the
the street, sits
atop a hill near
cemetery, the way
the entrance of
this man looms
the Hoyt Lakes
Memorial
over my family,
Cemetery. The
it makes me
stone is the only
one permitted
absolutely sick.
to stand above
Pat Helms
ground in the
municipal cemetery.
It would seem to be an unremarkable
site in an off-the-beaten-path graveyard,
fighting
but one Grand Rapids woman is
for the stones removal.
Pat Helms, who grew up in a devout
Catholic family and came to the mining
says
boom town as a teenager in the 1950s,
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Town to get rural water service

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LEONARD, N.D.
The day when Leonard
residents can turn on the
tap and not have to worry
about toxic arsenic in
their water has drawn a
big step closer.
The State Water Commission has awarded a
grant that will pay threequarters of the cost of
extending rural water
service to this town of 230
located 25 miles southwest of Fargo.
The decision must be
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The cost of extending rural water
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with more than $2.3 million covered
a State Water Commission grant.
mended approval for the

grant and water managers
view final approval as virtually certain.
Once the grant is approved, design work can
begin and construction
could start this summer,
with rural water service
available in Leonard and
nearby areas no later
than next spring, said
Jerry Blomeke, manager
of the Cass Rural Water
District.
criterium, but
Brad Huff and Ellen Noble win the Stillwater
overall titles at this
Evan Huffman and Brianna Walle captureevent. Page B2
years North Star Grand Prix cycling
Stillwaters Katie Lottsfeldt receives

Jake Anderson Award as top senior
goaltender in the state. Page B2
The fact that we can

get this fixed is a godsend, said Leonard resident Tracey Jacobson,
whose well was found to
contain arsenic at a level
of 127 parts per billion,
more than a dozen times
higher than the 10 parts
per billion considered
safe for public drinking
water systems. Im so
grateful.
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Cole Wahlstrom helps the SAHS clay

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June 24, 2016

FRIDAY
FOOTBALL
Miller
in upstart CAFL
to play for Shanghai Skywalkers
round of
Stillwater graduate drafted in 11th
draft
inaugural China Arena Football League
BY STUART GROSKREUTZ
THE GAZETTE
Former Stillwater player Travis Miller will require a passport
for his next football adventure.
Miller, a 2007 Stillwater Area
High School graduate, was
drafted by the Shanghai Skywalkers in the 11th round of the
inaugural China Arena Football
League draft on June 10.
The upstart CAFL will con-
duct a six-week season, which is

being called the Super Series,
beginning on the weekend of
Oct. 1 and will conclude with
the China Bowl in Shanghai on
the weekend of Nov. 5.
The other teams competing
in the CAFL include the Beijing Lions, Guangzhou Power,
Shenzhen Naja, Dalian Dragon
Kings and Qingdao Clipper.
Miller will play for Derek
Stingley, who was the head
Professional Indoor Football

Dallas Cowboys
coach when Miller played for
League (Lehigh Valley Steelas an undrafted
the Pittsburgh Power of the
hawks), Indoor Football League
free agent. The
Arena Football League.
(La Crosse Spartans and Cedar
did
Each CAFL team features 20 Cowboys him to
Rapids Titans) and the Arena
invite
not
from
each
10
players, including
Football League (Iowa Barncamp,
training
China and the U.S.
stormers and Pittsburgh Power).
he
and
Two of the CAFL partners however, working
Prior to that he spent two seahas been
Dick
coach
NFL
former
are
sons playing at North Dakota
Miller
in private security
Vermeil and retired quarterback
State College of Science.
area
Dallas
the
in
and current ESPN analyst Ron
As a prep for the Ponies, Millsince that time.
Jaworski, who also owns a stake
received honorable mention
Since leaving Stillwater, Mill- er
as a dein the Philadelphia Soul of the
a well-traveled all-conference honors
enjoyed
has
er
lineman for Stillwaters
Arena Football League.
in football. The 6-foot- fensive
Miller has not played football career
section championship team in
offensive/defen
5, 315-pound
since a year ago when he partici2006.
sive lineman has played in the
the
with
camp
rookie
in
pated
Ponies place third at state

GIRLS LACROSSE
Stillwater bounces
back from narrow
loss to eventual
champs with win
over Lakers in finale
LEGION BASEBALL
Post #48
wins nine
in a row to
start season
THE GAZETTE
OAKDALE The
Stillwater Legion baseball
team reeled off its ninth
consecutive victory to
start the season, but needed nine innings to outlast
Oakdale 9-5 on Monday,
June 20.
Post #48 has recorded
four shutouts and outscored its opponents by a
combined 64-16 through
nine games.
Against Oakdale, Stillwater scored four times in
the top of the ninth and
Owen Sutherland notched
the victory with four shutout innings on the mound.
Thomas Bruchu, Matthew Stanton, Trevor
Eder-Zdechlik and Fisher
Jakupciak each finished
with two hits for the winfor the Ponies during the thirda shot on goal from close range
High School.
ners.
Stillwaters Olivia Konigson fires
on Saturday, June 18 at Chanhassen
tournament
state
the
lacrosse
over
girls
7-6 victory
place game of the
a Prior Lake player during Stillwaters
Still 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 12 1
Below, senior Sara Stickler, left, shadows
Stickler)
Oak 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 1
Lakers. (Contributed photos by Mark
THE GAZETTE
CHANHASSEN It wasnt
the trophy Stillwater was chasing
when the girls lacrosse state tournament began, but the Ponies
captured the hardware at stake
in the third-place game while
holding off second-seeded Prior
Lake 7-6 in steamy conditions on
Saturday, June 18 at Chanhassen
High School.
The fourth-seeded Ponies (172), who similar to a year ago were
stopped by eventual state champion Eden Prairie in the semifinals, bounced back this year to
finish third for the second time
in the past three seasons. Stillwater, which has finished fourth or
higher at state each of the past
six years, delivered a stronger
showing in this years third-place
game.
It feels beyond amazing to
end my senior season like this,
goaltender Katie Lottsfeldt said.
It was a big deal to all of us.
Coming out of that (semifinal)
game last year, our hearts were
definitely in the third-place game
but our heads just werent there.
We kind of broke down after the
Eden Prairie game last year.
The Ponies jumped out to a
3-0 lead against the Lakers (163), who defeated Stillwater 8-7
in overtime in the second game
of the season. The Ponies reeled
off 15 straight wins since that
loss before falling to the Eagles
15-14 in the semifinals a loss
WP: Owen Sutherland

0-r, 0-er, 1-bb, 0-so
Stillwater at state tourney
Stillwater 5, Forest Lake 2
which only made them more determined to finish the season on

a high note.
I just had the sense when we
came on the field we were ready
to play and I felt our energy was
At Rosemount, Graham Laubscher struck out

nine in a complete game
three-hitter as Post #48
topped Forest Lake in the
See Legion, Page B4
See Lacrosse, Page B2
BOYS LACROSSE
McGuire and Bates honored as top

Five Ponies receive
all-conference honors
THE GAZETTE
Tom McGuire was honored
as the Top Offensive Player and
Haden Bates received the Top
Defensive Player awards for the
Stillwater boys lacrosse team
during its recent postseason
awards banquet.
Bates was one of five Ponies
to receive All-Suburban East
Conference honors, a list that
also includes Max Evensen,
Luke Burridge, Marcus Darby
Page 16
4-ip, 3-h,
Leading hitters: St, Graham

Laubscher 1x3 (2 RBI), Austin Murr
1x4 (RBI), Thomas Bruchu 2x3 (RBI),
Matthew Stanton 2x4 (RBI), Trevor
Eder-Zdechlik 2x4, Fisher Jakupciak 2x4 (3B, 2 RBI), Grayson Hosch
1x2, Owen Sutherland 1x2 (2 RBI).
Finish
Year
2011............................................4th
2012............................................4th
2013............................................4th
2014........................................... 3rd
2015............................................4th
2016........................................... 3rd
players for Stillwater
DaBruzzi will serve as captains

injury in the season opener, was
(20 goals and 15 assists) for the
for the 2017 team.
the only one of the four to regPonies, who finished with a 10-5
ister a point this season. The
Boys lacrosse
record, including 6-2 to tie for
Ponies expect to return players
All-Conference: Max Evensen,
second place in the conference
who accounted for 138 goals Luke Burridge, Haden Bates, Marevento
fell
Stillwater
standings.
Allcus Darby and Pad DaBruzzi;
and 78 assists next season.
tual state qualifier Tartan 9-8 in
added
Conference Honorable Mention: Tyler
DaBruzzi
and
Darby
overtime in the Section 4 semiThureson, Mike Kaufman, Tom Mc16 goals apiece for Stillwater.
Luke VandenBergh; Top
and
finals.
Guire
Joe
Top
Sophomore defenseman
Offensive Player: Tom McGuire;
Thureson, an eighth-grader,
Bates
McGuire
Sanderson was chosen the Most Defensive Player: Haden Bates; Most
led the Ponies with 23 goals
Player for the PoPlayer: Joe Sanderson; Pony
and Pad DaBruzzi. McGuire, while junior Jaeger OBrien Improved Evensen, who joined ImprovedMax Evensen; Top Offensive
Award:
while
DefenTyler Thureson, Mike Kaufman matched McGuire with 20 goals. nies
in serving as captains, JV Player: Mason Green; Top Pony
and goaltender Luke Vanden- Jack Siedow delivered 14 goals Corcoran
Jake Morlando;
the Pony Award. The sive JV Player:
Bergth, who finished with a .543 and a team-high 18 assists for 32 garnered
Award JV: Ben Carle; Most Improved
the
to
presented
is
elect:
Award
Pony
JV Player: Max Paul; Captains
saver percentage, were honor- points for a young lineup.
who displays exceptional Haden Bates, Marcus Darby and Pad
able mention all-conference seStillwater featured just four player
leadership on and off the field. DaBruzzi.
lections.
seniors this season and Colin
Also announced at the banMcGuire, a sophomore, fin- Corcoran, who played in just
is that Bates, Darby and
ished with a team-high 35 points three games after suffering an quet

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This is a really outstanding community sports section. There is a large
variety of sports covered with several storytelling styles. The photography and design are strong. What sets this entry apart is the use of columns. The Notre Dame column was fantastic. Well done!
Second Place: Jackson County Pilot
Fantastic entry. The amount of coverage with a large variety of sports
included. The photography was quite good and the design is strong.
Writing was solid...could use a little more storytelling, but I enjoyed the
variety.
Third Place: Le Sueur News-Herald
A very solid section. The photography was strong, many of the stories
were good, but could have used a little more in the way of storytelling
elements. The softball package with the pitcher getting hurt and tossing
her 1,000th K was good. Well done.

V
TY CITIZEN
COTTONWOOD COUN
SPORTS
ER 23, 2015
W E D N E S D A Y, S E P T E M B
ament title
Eagles capture Mankato West Tourn
TIME OUT
Joel Alvstad
Sports Editor
Strength in
numbers
Word came this
week that, for now, the
Big South Conference
will remain a 13-team
league.
St. Peter declined an
invitation to join the
Minnesota River Conference, opting to stay
in the Big South.
The main reason for
the decision was one
of the leagues biggest
strengths: numbers.
St. Peter offers 20
extra-curricular activities. The Big South has
competition in 19 of
those, with only swimming not offered by the
conference.
By contrast, the
MRC does not have
swimming, boys
tennis, boys or girls
hockey, gymnastics or
boys and girls soccer.
St. Peter asked
about the possibility
of being an associate
conference member
in those sports, which
would have required
unanimous approval,
which it likely would
not get. The conference
has only two associate
members Mankato
Loyola in soccer, and
Sleepy Eye in girls tennis. The league voted
down Dodge County
as an associate member for boys and girls
hockey.
St. Peter has said if
the MRC adds more
programs, it could
revisit the decision.
Travel-wise, the MRC
would be a good fit for
St. Peter.
But competitionwise, the Big South is
a good fit for St. Peter,
and vice versa.
The Windom Eagle volleyball team went 2-0 in pool

play, then went 2-0 in bracket
play Saturday to claim the
title of the Mankato West
Tournament.
The Eagles opened the day
with a 25-21, 32-30 win over
Sibley East. Windom then
Porsha
defeated St. Clair 25-22, 25-13
Lauren
Porath
to advance to the championHuset
ship bracket.
In the semifinals, the
to win the second set from
Eagles handed Martin
Martin County West and we
County West its first loss of
came from a set down to beat
the season 25-18, 25-23. The
Mankato West.
I think the girls really
Eagles then dropped the first
25West
set against Mankato
played to the best of their
20 before rallying to win the
ability, which will set us up
championship 25-19, 15-13.
very well for the second half
The girls were put into
of the season.
For the day, Lauren Huset
some tough situations
throughout the day and rewas 37-of-39 serving with
sponded really well, Eagle
four aces. Madison Maras
Coach Ron Wendorff said.
was 36-of-40 with four aces
We had some girls playand Sydnee Broberg went 29ing in different roles and
of-31 serving with three aces.
At the net, Porsha Porath
they were able to get the job
set
few
a
off
done. We fought
led a balanced Eagle attack
points against Sibley East.
with 23 kills. Morgan Hockel
We had to come from behind
had 22 kills, Maras had 16

and Becca Hacker added
15. Porath finished with 14
solo blocks, Hacker had 10
blocks and Katie Kelly had
six blocks.
Huset finished with 50 set
assists. Broberg had a teamhigh 35 digs.
The Eagles return to
Big South Conference play
Thursday when they host
Luverne.
Then, Friday and Saturday, the Eagles will play in
the Burnsville Showcase.
Our pool for the Burnsville Tournament is very
formidable, Wendorff said.
Mayer Lutheran started the
season ranked pretty high
in the state. Verndale is still
undefeated and Stephen-Argyle has only one loss, and
they both were getting some
state consideration. Those
are all teams were not very
familiar with, so well have
to be on top of our game and
be up to the challenge.
11
32 2
Windom.....................................................25 30 0
Sibley East ................................................21
25 2
Windom.....................................................25
22 13 0
St. Clair .....................................................
25 2
Windom.....................................................25
....18 23 0
MCW .....................................................
25 15 2
Windom..............................................20 19 13 1
Mankato West ....................................25
Huset 37-39,
Windom Stat Leaders: Serving: Lauren Broberg 29-31,
4A; Madison Maras 36-40, 4A; Sydnee
22; Maras
Hockel
Morgan
23;
Porath
Porsha
3A. Kills:
14; Hacker
16; Becca Hacker 15. Solo Blocks: Porath
Hacker 24.
10; Katie Kelly 6. Set Assists: Huset 50; Hacker 17;
Digs: Broberg 35; Maras 28; Hockel 17;
Emily Steen 15.
Eagles sweep Redwood
The Windom Eagle volleyball team improved to 3-0 in

Big South Conference play
Thursday with a 3-0 sweep of
Redwood Valley at Redwood
Falls.
The Eagles had a solid
night on defense, with effective blocking. Porsha Porath
led Windom with five blocks.
Becca Hacker added three.
The block also slowed
down Cardinal spikes, setting up the Eagle back row
for digs. Madison Maras had
a team-high 13 digs. Sydnee
Broberg added 12.
Morgan Hockel led Win-
Standings
BIG SOUTH
WEST DIVISION
VB
W L
Team
Win (9-1) .....3 0
JCC (7-2) ....2 0
Mar (8-2) .....1 0
Pipe (8-1) ....1 1
RV (7-4).......0 2
Luv (5-6)......0 2
Worth (2-3) ..0 2
Volleyball
Thursday vs.
Luverne, 6 p.m.
FridaySaturday at
Burnsville
Showcase
Tuesday vs.
WWG, 6 p.m.
dom from the

service line, going 19-of-19 with three aces.
Katie Kelly added a pair
of aces on 16-of-17 serving.
Madison Maras had a teamhigh seven kills. Hockel and
Kelly had six kills each.
Lauren Huset finished
with 18 set assists.
25 25 3
Windom..............................................25 21 17 0
Redwood Valley .................................17
Hockel 19-19,
Windom Stat Leaders: Serving: Morgan 11-12, 1A.
2A; Katie Kelly 16-17, 3A; Lauren Huset6; Becca
Kills: Madison Maras 7; Kelly 6; Hockel2; Hacker 2. Set
Hacker 4. Solo Blocks: Porsha Porath Digs: Maras 13;
Assists: Huset 18; Brianna Hedman 6.
Sydnee Broberg 12.
Huska
named to
USD Hall
of Fame
Windom head girls basketball coach Jeff Huska

returned to his hometown
of Vermillion, S.D., over
the weekend to receive
one of the highest honors
from his collegiate alma
mater.
Huska
was named
to the University of
South Dakota Athletic Hall
of Fame
for his
excellence
on the
Jeff
collegiate
Huska
baseball
diamond.
I got the call this
spring, and I was very
surprised, Huska said.
It was shocking. I remember as a kid, growing
up in Vermillion, watch214
JOEL ALVSTAD 9/23 cross country
ing a lot of the great athInvite. Irwin finished fourth
letes at USD and seeing
from behind during Mondays Eagle at the meet.
10th
leads one of the front packs
many who made it onto
individually, while Green placed
EAGLE JUNIOR Nickolas Green
teammate John Irwin closes in
the Hall of Fame wall
down a straightaway, as junior
in the dome, but I never
imagined that I would be
Spikers return
there.
Fresh off their title
The ironic thing is I
at the Mankato West
brought the basketball
Tournament last weekgirls to a game in Vermilreally ran well.
behind first-place SpringThe Eagle
end, the Windom Eagle
lion last year, and one
Our junior high girls and
63.
Four Eagles place
boys had three field-Cedar Mountains sevvolleyball team reasked if I was ever going
boys both won team titles
Windoms girls placed
top-10 finishturns home to take on
to make it on the wall. I
and had individual chamenth with 148 points. Lake
in the top 10 at the
ers, while the
Luverne in Big South
never imagined it would
pions. Our varsity girls ran
Crystal-Wellcome MemorialEagle girls
Conference action
actually happen.
very well and our varsity
Nicollet captured the title
Cross
teams home meet.
had one.
Thursday. The Eagles
Huska, a 1994 USD
boys just about came away
with 59 points.
The three
Country
then face a sub-section
grad, was a three-time
with the title.
It was a really nice day

Thursday at
top-10 scores
test Tuesday when
All-North Central ConferWindoms boys had three
JCC Invite (Loon
and a great overall perforBy JOEL ALVSTAD
was nearly
they host WWG.
ence selection, leading the
top-10 finishers for the day,
Lake GC), 4:30
mance for the kids, Eagle
joela@windomnews.com
enough to
The Eagle football
conference in batting as
p.m.
led by John Irwins strong
Coach Melissa Pletcher said.
catapault
team looks to get on
a freshman, when he hit
fourth-place time of 18:02.
The Windom Eagle cross
We couldnt have asked for
the Eagle
track at Blue Earth
.500.
Isaac Tade placed eighth
country team nearly stole
a better day for the meet. We
Friday.
Huska broke the USD
boys into the title. Instead,
(18:34) and Nickolas Green
the show at its own home
had tremendous fan support,
The Eagle cross
single-season batting
Windom placed third with 65
on all levels,
Monday at the Windom
kids,
meet
our
and
S E E MEET P A G E 1 4
sepoints
his
heads
two
.419
team
country
record, hitting
points, falling just
Country Club.
south Thursday for the
nior year. He graduated as
JCC Invite, held at the
the USD career leader in
Loon Lake Golf Club.
eight offensive categories,
including batting average
(.382), hits (165), RBI (117),
doubles (35) and slugging
percentage (.595).
He also hit 18 home
runs, scored 91 runs and
TEN YEARS AGO
Jackson County Centrals
Standings
The Eagle girls cross
had an on-base percentoffense proved to be virtualSOUTH CENTRAL
age of .456 in his four-year
country team turned in
ly unstoppable Friday night
DISTRICT WHITE
career with the Coyotes.
its best effort of the seaat Island Park.
Team .........W L
Huska began his teachPipestone .....5 0
son on the home course,
The Huskies scored
Football
Redwood ......4 1
ing career in Windom
winning the Eagle
Friday at Blue
touchdowns on all seven of
Luverne ........3 2
Earth, 7 p.m.
in the fall of 1996. In
Invitational with 50 team
their first-half possessions,
JCC..............3 2
that time, he has taught
points. Jenna Sorensen
building a 52-7 lead on their
MCW ...........2 3
the opening
Blue Earth ....2 3
high school biology and
placed third and Holly
way to a 58-21 win over the
Windom .......1 4
kickoff and
anatomy, has been head
Knigge fourth, but varWindom Eagles.
St. James .....1 4
scored within
coach for the Eagle boys
sity newcomer Chelsea
JCC was equally effective
SECTION 3AA
the games
and girls basketball
Garrison added a ninthon the ground and through
FB STANDINGS
first two
programs and has been
place finish, and Carrie
the air, and scored on four
Team .........W L
and
minutes on
an assistant football
Jones had a career-best
short drives in the half. JCC
Pipestone .....5 0
Redwood ......4 1
a 5-yard run
baseball coach.
22nd-place finish.
had two one-play scoring
Lakeview ......3 2
wife,
and
his
volleyball
drive
and
Keegan
Eagle
by
Huska
The
drives, a two-play
MCW ...........2 3
Moore. The
Jennifer, have three chilJOEL ALVSTAD 9/23 football 43
team regrouped after a
a three-play drive in the first
Windom .......1 4
two-point run
dren: Sam, Kaitlee and
disappointing effort at
Pigman (75) went high in an
half.
YME .............1 4
AUSTIN FAST goes low and Jesse back Keegan Moore.
St. James .....1 4
gave JCC an
Charlee.
the JCC Tournament
Theyre a very good
E A S T R I D Ginto
attempt to bring down JCC running
GFW.............0 5
E B O Y S football
lead.
Eagle Coach
8-0
He was inducted
to defeat state-ranked
B A S Kteam,
E T B A L L got
After an
the USD Hall of Fame
Renville County West
Bobby Elwell said. We
could not sustain the drive
Bahr for a 24-0 lead.
Eagle interalongside his twin
3-1. Lexi Towlerton led a
was again forced to
hit in the mouth. Hopefully,
A bad Windom puntEon
A SitsT R and
pinned
ception, JCC scored on a
brother, Jason, who was
I D G Despite
balanced attack with 11
we can learn from it going
punt.
E B O Ybeing
S HOC
next possession set JCC up
15-yard end-around by Ryan
also a three-time All-NCC
kills. Maggie LaMaack
forward for the rest of the
at its own 2, JCC needed K E Y
plays
Two
27.
Eagle
the
at
two-point
Salzwedel. The
baseball player for the
added 10.
season.
just five plays to score on a
later, Moore scored from a
conversion gave JCC a 16-0
The Eagle football
Coyotes.
We have some tough
45-yard run by Moore for a
yard out for a 31-0 lead after
lead.
It was a very special
team was hit with injuopponents coming up, but
38-0 lead.
one quarter.
Following a Windom
weekend, Huska said.
ries by survived to claim
JCC is a different monster
Windom was able to put its
Windom recorded its first
punt, JCC scored on its next
A lot of our friends from
a 24-19 win over Redwood
compared to the rest of our
best driver of the first half
converted first down of the
offensive play when Ryan
Windom came to celValley. Mike Nagorske
schedule and most of our
next drive, but
S E E FB P A G E 1 4
Christopher caught a 62-yard game on its
ebrate with me, and I had
scored on a touchdown
section.
touchdown pass from Easton
a great time with family
run and a kickoff return
The Huskies received
and friends.
to lead the Eagles.
Eagles enjoy home cooking
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his team didnt
get hungry seemed game wore on, that
enough in front
to go away.
of the net.
I think after we
Their goaltend
realized
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crowd wasnt a
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hes career with

Zac Rodeheffer finis e No. 116
gam
Chaska Hockey in
ps. He
Section 2AA
Boys Hockey
18
Thursday, Feb.
Quarterfinals
6,
(2) Eden Prairie
(7) Chaska 0
10,
and Benilde match-u70 saves,
(3) Holy Family Catholic
make
was unreal. To
(6) Shakopee 0
night.
thats quite a
match-up
(4) Prior Lake 5,
It was the first
1
116 career
schools since
(5) Chanhassen
Five season s,
between the two the Hawks
Rodeheffer as
20
Januar y of 2010, Chanhasgames for Zac
Saturday, Feb.
with
co-oped
a Chaska Hawk.
Semifinals
lined up then the Lake Conference.
4,
The senior, who
sen in
(2) Eden Prairie
leaders got
2
at center, on
Eden Prairies
on the wing,
(3) Holy Family Catholic
University of
varsity career
on the board,
defense in his
t Casey
g goalten der
(4) Prior Lake 3,
Minne sota recrui g twice,
just missin
1
Section 2AA
(1) Minnetonka
Mittels tadt scorin
entered the
Feb. 24
Feb. 18 at sixth- the only tally in the second
Finals: Wednesday, i Arena
quarter final
early in the
Mariucc
Prairie knowat
again
Eden
and
p.m.
8
period
ranked
last.
ing it was his
for third stanza.
a nd
k
AA
wia
Class
to
Ja rod Blacko
Moving up
extra life
, University
for the first
The goal sprung
the post-season Rodeheffer Michael Graham
recruit, each
which were outinto the Fire,
of Notre Dame
time in his career,
second period
minutes ahead scored in the opening period
shot 17-6 in the
knew the 51
game.
his last.
and 36-17 for the
were potentially game No. for the Eagles.
d power
n t he clos Michel s negate s after
T wo goa ls i
And in career
the
second
went out and
, the final on
play goal came
116, Rodeheffer
final ing minute closed out the
a flying
his
down
into
f
d
play,
Rock knocke
power
poured himsel
p in
hand to the ice,
.
d playoff match-u
puck with his
Hawks contest
ciz) and lopsideChaska had nine shots
from the puck,
Dann y (Urban
checked away
which
picked up the
we knew the
where Michel
on goal.
Cal (Pierce ),
up
year.
lock
this
on his third
We had our wingsmore of
puck and scored
challen ge ahead nine freshhad
t.
D and we did
attemp
the
shot
on
Basical ly we
drew the
varsity for us. a man-to -man approach and
Graha m, who
men playing
winthe depth issue Im sure that helped keep the
that set-up his
Without them
to
KRAUSHAR penalty
open space
been tough
PHOTO BY ERIC
I just think people
ning tally, found
would have
to total down. challen ge. We
one-timing
knew we had
s for the Hawks
the left side,
rose to the
compete. We
in five season
tadt with
Feb. 18. on
each night and were excited to play against
116 career games playoffs in Eden Prairie
a feed from Mittels
go out there
ffer played in
and be leadstate and see
Section 2AA
s Zac Rodehe
a top team in
work really hard
his run in the
sh- 4:25 to play.
against Chaska
his first casaid.
program, ending
we match up
Reddan for embelli to
Moe, making
where
called
ers, Rodeheffer
Hockey
step
the
stopped 32
ffer said.
both players
Double-A is quite
reer playoff start, Fire.
them, Rodehe
ment, sending
four seevident with
the
The Hawks, with , closed
of 35 shots for
the penalty box.
up. It was pretty was weird,
from fourthwhich scored
It
The 20 wins
Eden Prairie,
niors in the program
the competition.
eded Holy
with 44 secthe rest of my out the 2015-16 campaign with
ranked and third-se programon a power play
becaus e all
d
second period,
season s ended a 13-11-1 record. It matche
matches a
onds left in the
high school
2-for-4 Family
polis).
wins in a
was
2013-14.
tie,
Minnea
most
from
1-1
(in
a
best effort
the teams
breaking
at Parade
ffers career
, ranked No.
a 100 games
advantage.
Eden Prairie
with the man
Ive played over rink and I season in Rodehe
No. 2
University of
s
state and seeded
Mittelstadt, a
from 2012-13.
in Eden Prairie
some
opened 6 in
now 3-0 alld thats where
ota commit,
was nice to get selfthe section, is
It
in
Minnes
never expecte
mark
Fire.
the 10:25
my last game, wins. You dont develop
time against the
the scoring at
I would play
c beat
on a rocket
a hockey player
Holy Family Catholi
confidence as
of the first period
he added.
game. I know
outrag eous
in the quarter
of Holy Family
Faced with
Shakopee 10-0
by losing every
past the glove
der Jared
18.
the younger
this season
for
Feb.
goalten
times
ic
round
season
at
final
this
odds
NEWS Cathol
nt player s
lassmen on
for them. They
HUSS, EDEN PRAIRIE
Seven differe
Moe.
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only five upperc Chaska guys was good
, counrecord ing
76 shots
d to Double -A
The Fire, though s later, scored goal, 11
m fires one of
the varsity roster to them. were expose
Fire,
we a lso won
second
s Michael GrahaBen Urbanciz for the
fact get
point for the
hockey, but
tered just 81
never let that
, Eden Prairie
g at least a
der
54-10
and
ee
feeling
rfinal
ked
notchin
goalten
that
Shakop
quarte
top-ran
to get
which outshot
senior Will Garin
Section 2AA
They played
on net on Chaska
-St. Mar- enough
said.
of the season
Eagles in a 6-0
too, Rodeheffer
his 27th goal
undefeated Benildeonly 5-1.
sixth-ranked
a in the game.
on 10 shots
ound goal off
Four goals
with a wrapar
garet tough, losingPrairie , a
Feb. 18.
CATHO LIC
Cathol ic
s added an
the net.
HOLY FAMILY
Holy Family
Hunter Johann
Agains t Eden
final steal behind n, on the line gave
age, with
turnin g
the third
n I talent
net goal in the
John Pearso
That was the
Trailing 2-1 into Catholic
the early advant 30 secondteam with Divisioline-up, it
Holy Fam- empty
ist leaving
on
final two-goal
the
with Ben Almqu sion ear- four more goals sealing the
up and down
period, Holy Family a four- point in the game,Noel Rahn seconds for the
story. Until the
c coach
attempts
twice over
with a concus
difference.
was the same
a ily Catholi
cor- the ice
Eden period
only scored
ke
a
the
t
Hockey
was
to
it
ota
decoyed
s,
win.
pass
The hand
post-season
ly in the game,
closing minute
told the Minnes
mi nute st retch
Byers and
der Shawn
Section 2AA
was just one of
dless of what
Garin, Mack
Prairie goalten of the net.
rect ruling
a four-goal game. that was 3-2 lead in the
Hub. Regar
s
twice
calls,
referee
scored
of
the
calls, or missed and Durocher in front
A large part
Almquist each
else happen s,
semifinals.
game. many
Marooney,
second talthought.
benche s
tely blew this
Mittels tadts
Or so the Fire
for the Fire with
that left both
goaltending.
ing
Urbanciz
on a Matt comple
Mesler and
the right side,
nate that were both fan bases scratch
Sophomore Ben shots in
Tying the game
Reddan , Ethan Rock also
ly, also from
from Its unfortu
400
h traffic, apof game and
ee native
on rebound goal
heads.
passed throug
faced more than
in this (stage)
the
defen- Shakop
s that their
for Chaska Anders with 11:06 to play,
first period
the net. It was
have official
to deflect off a
Late in the
13 starts in net
for the finding
ly for
to the pearing
playoff the slot
Rock talic was we dont
Moe
one
slash
game
proper
Cathol
t
In
past
it
.
nded
stick
straigh
Family
calling
fifth
a two-ha
this season
Holy
Catholic seman
ed a go - are
late in the
turned away
of Holy Family
Eden Prairie
lied a goal.
start, he alone
origin a l ly award on the both sides.
a slash- head
Marooney 2-1
Jaxson Staugoal with 7:10
Junior goalie
One minute later, Fa mi ly defenseman James .
middle period.
70 of 76 shots.
totals were aheadon a Nick Michel score.
shot on net
Holy
his playoff debut,
d in a no-call
A harmle ss
Urbancizs save
i ng c a l l on
clock
d by ber, making
he faced
a game- resulte second period, the
discus sion
for the third
c resulted in
Tyler Rock, droppe on stopped all 10 shots of the
In the
Follow ing a
23, 27 and 20
cap- Catholi
goal
t
headed from
saves was the
er, led to an Andersthe for his fifth shutou
appeared to be
two Eden Prairie and winnin g power play
Duroch
Fire
periods. The 70
with
l
this
for
h
referee s
state history
nd 5-on-3 opporPrairies Michae
Stauber was 10-1
nd goal throug
sixth-most in
tains, the two
time, from Edenof f a pretty feed to a 30-seco Patrick Reddan backha
game at season.
der.
pads to tie the
after
m
an met for some
a boys goalten
to corral goalie Holy Family Catholic. year.
tadt, who tunity
about both linesm g in the goal judge Graha
The large part
two for
from Casey Mittelsin the 4-2 was tripped skating
ding. Ben bringin
, the referee
waving off the
two goals
a puck. Instead
games was goalten in both at one point,
earlier scored
head
a hand pass
stood on his
Eagles win.
Ro- goal for
said
lie,
games. I cant
in the play.
Eden Prairie
deheffer of the
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with a little bit
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more urgency
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afternoon at the
better in this game, to do
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Sanford Center.
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we
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group.
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the puck away.
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After a mostly quiet
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of the second period,
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never
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yardage list
in his NFL
debut at San
Diego. The
second-round
14
pick from Nebraska had
ding
touches for a league-lea
199 yards and ranks third
touch
in average yards per
(14.2) behind Seahawks
(19.1)
rookie Tyler Lockett
Jones
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and Atlantas
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a pack of racers to the NorthShor
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place. Photos by Steve Kuchera
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All eyes were on a pair
.
huddled
NorthShore Inline Marathon
in Duluth, race watchers Bart
On a cloudless, mild morning
wondering if
the William A. Irvin,
along Harbor Drive near
usurp mens record holder
could
Belgian,
in the events
Swings, the blazing
d the course standard
Chad Hedrick, who establishe
Third Place: Grand Forks Herald

Creative headlines go well with strong variety in stories. This is an extremely strong section in so many ways. Again...very deep field!
in 57 minutes,
infancy.
crossed the finish line
Riding a tailwind, Hedrick
re.
third year of the NorthSho his Duluth
18 seconds, in 1998, the
mind as he prepared for
Swings had Hedrick in
fides to think
certainly has the bona
on speed skates
debut. And the 24-year-old
champion, who was fourthin Sochi, Russia,
big. The former world
the 2014 Winter Olympics
26.2-mile
at 5,000 meters during
the first half of Saturdays
kept a record pace through
for mere
race.
it, though, instead settling
Swings couldnt maintain ly fast at 58:49.02, just the third sub-60
for a per-mile
victory. He was still remarkab
re history. Thats good
NorthSho
in
finish
minute
it was going to
average of 2:15.
17 miles that I noticed
I think it was after about said. Of course I was a little disaphe
be hard to beat the record,coming in.
goal
Two Harbors
pointed. That was the
solo after departing the long strides
Swings largely skated
e teammates. His effortless,
start with his Powerslid easy spin, but Swings legs eventually
an
recovering.
made his trek look like
during miles 16-20 before
started barking. He slowed then the legs started hurting, he said.
I kept the pace OK, but
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(15.7).
Week 2 brings a trip to
a
the Twin Cities to face
Minnesota Vikings team
rushthat allowed 230 yards
in a
ing on 39 carries (5.9)
.
20-3 loss at San Francisco
203-pound
5-foot-9,
the
Yes,
coach
Abdullah has Vikings
Mike Zimmers full attention despite his backup
status.
Asked if Abdullah looks
a
like a young Reggie Bush,
longtime irritant of the
See Vikings, Page B4
NorthShore
up as he finishes Saturdays
Bart Swings holds one finger with a time of 58:49.02.
Inline Marathon in first place
29-yearMaybe next year.

The second-place finisher,
How dominant was Swings? more than five minutes back in
was
old Joey Mantia of Florida, thats an eternity.
1:04:19.44. On inline skates,
See NorthShore, Page B3
UMD rally not enough at Sioux Falls
and tipped the ball away.

powerful runs and big
Sioux Falls only needed
throws over the middle,
a first down on its ensufast
got
and the defense held
ing possession, and it
in the second half when
that when Josh Angulo
to
started
offense
UMDs
took a screen pass past
threaten.
marker. The Cougars
the
razer
F
ian
The game came down
TRITON
ran out the clock to move
Argus Leader
fourth down
crucial
a
to
ACTIVITIES
UMD,
MUSEUM
WAX
to 3-0 and send
S.D.
PROFESSIONAL
SIOUX FALLS,
on the 8-yard line with
DIRECTOR HUNEKE
highlights historical
which already had lost
a
less than two minutes
JUGGLER
Minnesota Duluths
steps down at K-M
to top-ranked Minnesot
figures
left in the game. The
NCAA Division II playoff
Entertains summer
State-Mankato, to 1-2.
by
Bulldogs, rejuvenated
hopes took a big U-turn
Sioux Falls led in total
reading program
as No. 12
quarterback Drew Bauers offense with 464 yards
Saturday nightPage
participants
the
B5 firstimproved passing in
Sioux Falls scored 35
to the Bulldogs 432, and
Page C1
Dominic
hung second half, sent
half points and then
the Cougars ran 26 fewer
Page B2
over the middle
Bonner
seventhquarterthe
Cougars
defeat
on to
plays.
all
at
toward the end zone.
back Luke Papilion led
ranked Bulldogs 35-31
of
Bauers throw was
players with 343 yards
Bob Young Field.
true, but Cougars corner- total offense.
The Cougars dismanwith help
back Clifford Redmond
the Bulldogs defense
hand
Sioux Falls Matthew Young
Falls, tled combination of
reached out his right
Bofferding escapes from
at Bob Young Field in Sioux
Minnesota Duluths Beau
with a
Second road loss in

three weeks a big
hurt to playoff bid
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(82) during their game
from teammate Keynon Phillips Leader
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talk
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Kasson, Minnesota
THURSDAY | JUNE 23, 2016
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lined up for an onside

kick. With four steps and
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a downward thump of
into
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right foot, he launched
took the field on the fringes, motion a parabolic nightWhen: 7:30 p.m. today
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of a remarkable comeback
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and adults
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the public
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negative perceptionSteven
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the Seattle Seahawks
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shade of trees on
SEAHAWKS (0-1) AT
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Picnic educates pub
Under the
peoa pleasant spring evening,
But
ple sat, ate food and talked.
than
this picnic was different
its aim
the average picnic with
of educating the Dodge County
community.
The Dodge County Farm
with
Bureau hosted Dinner
a Farmer Veterans Memorial
16. In
Park in Kasson on June
about
order to educate people
modern agricultural practicpublic
es, the event gave the
with
an opportunity to speak
farmers.
is
The idea behind this
of bad
that ag has caught a lot
Young
publicity lately, State
ComFarmers and Ranchers
mittee member Pete Henslin
said.
opHenslin believes that the
learn
portunity for the public to
that
Plus, Henslin mentioned
genthe average person is three
farm.
erations removed from a
With that degree of separation,
the average person is unaware
of advances in agricultural
technology. This is just anothers
reason why it is advantageouto
for members of the public to
talk
have the opportunity to
farm in
farmers about how they
this day and age.
parSome of the younger
as
ticipants in the event, such
Martha
Triton FFA Member
the imabout
Moening, agreed
to
portance of exposing people
agricultural practices.
rural
Even though were in
alMinnesota, people dont to
ways have the opportunity
see animals, Moening said.
Moening brought her market
to edcommunity were present

Sauder
ucate the public. Amy
Eland her children Amanda,
lie and Josie brought animals
to the event as well. Amanda
filled
sat with a cardboard box
draw
with black kittens, a big
picnic
for many of the younger
a rabattendees. Ellie brought
bit that she answered questions
about throughout the event.
inThere were also several
teractive events for children.
alumni
Kasson-Mantorville
AmanSamantha Finger and
kids
da Tumbleson walked
through the process of making
greena mini-greenhouse. The
houses were created by putting
Dinner
Continued on Page A5
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fantastic, coverage of area is shown well through them and placement
and quality are great.
of onside kicks
to take
down- scored a touchdown they
arced 11 or 11 yards
the lead. In overtime,
field, the perfect distance
scored again to win the
for teammates careening
Pack- game.
toward the Green Bay
That the comeback
ers hands team. The wrong involved a successful onside
it,
catch
to
jumped
player
kick, one of the most ranand the ball caromed off
dom and fortuitous plays
the helmet of reserve tight
in all of football, speaks
The
end Brandon Bostick.
to the improbability of
Seahawks recovered. They
the Seahawks triumph.

in
Converted only six times
each of the past two years
across the NFL, an onside
and
kick invokes creativity
precision for an oblong
object devoid, for the most
Its
part, of predictability.
an unusual act on an
See Packers, Page B4
INDEPENDENT | HANNAH
before she
Princesses on their tiaras
complimented the Dairy have any ice cream.
Delaney Doherty, who
before her sister could
cream, enjoyed the treat
dge
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great coverage.

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Newsstand $1.25
Serving Waseca,
City considers
movie theater for
Central Building
Janesville and New

Richland
www.wasecacountyne
ws.com
EDUCATION
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Good use of color and placement, great community coverage. Nice looking paper.
By JACOB STARK
jstark@wasecacoun
tynews.com
www.faribault.com
Area residents may not

tonna or Mankato to see have to drive to Owaa
depending on the results movie for much longer,
of
into installing a theater a district investigation
at the
The Waseca school district Central Building.
ing the feasibility of convertin is currently examing the Central Buildings auditorium into
a movie theater in response
to both the recent passage
of
erendum and a perceived the districts bond reflack
The conversation started of use of the facility.
from a couple of different places. First, the
fact that a new auditoriu
will be added to the Waseca
m
Junior/Senior High
School as part of the
recently approved facilities
improvements had the
district thinking of diff
erent ways to use the Central
Buildings auditorium.
We dont want any spaces
to go to waste, so
what potential uses could
we expand on in this
particular building?
Paul
Education director, said. DeMorett, Community
Thats where the Waseca
Area Foundation
came in. After conducti
ng
to determine what area a community survey
residents wanted to see,
it was found that some
felt the Central Building
was underused.
See THEATER on
5A
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of community through its photographs.
Brodie Snow, right,
ON FACEBOOK
Followers on the Waseca

County Facebook
page
were asked how they
felt
about the possibili
ty of a
movie theater coming
to town and
what movies should
be played. Among
the comments:
Angela Brooks: Yes!
New releases
and on occasion oldies.
Would also
be a great way for
local businesses to
advertise! On the
big screen.
Amanda Hanks: New
releases or
a suggestion box
and the owner or
whoever in charge
picks
can do new but sometimfrom a hat. I
es the oldies
are good too.
Jennifer Epper: Second
run movies
like the Cine Grande
in Mankato would
be awesome! But
honestly, I would
go
to any!
Renee Stoltz: This

would be great,
but please keep the
unique charm of
our auditorium.
Jackie Root: I think
it would be a
great idea. Wells works
so well with
that population because
WEDNESDAY people will
travel to go there
because
the prices
10, 2016
are lowerAUGUST
than traveling to Mankato
/
Owatonna to go to
the theater, so I
would think thats
another thing to
keep in mind.
started the Walking
M AKING
TR ACKS
Club at Waseca Junior/Se

nior High School as
By DANIEL RING
dring@wasecacoun
tynews.com
a way to gain some
By DANIEL RING
dring@wasecacoun
tynews.com
WALKING CLUB
The Waseca Walking

Theres a Blue Cross and
Club
Blue Shield of Minnemeets Tuesdays and
sota commercial that
Thursdays
takes
immediately after
and parodies it, featuring the song Tomorrow
school in the
folks saying theyll work
media center for 25
out tomorrow.
minutes of
studying. After, the
The commercial ends
club walks
stop making excuses. with today is the day we
until 4 p.m., typically
supervised
For one Waseca eighth-gr
by a teacher.
ader, the commercial
struck a chord.
A few weeks into the
2015 school year, eighth- study session.
grader Brodie Snow and
Waseca Junior-Senior
It shows a sense of confi
High
School Principal Jeanne
dence that he came up
Swanson concocted a
plan. with the idea and came forward
Snow was struggling with
with it, Swanson
his
grades
and looking said.
to find a way to lose weight.
Snow, 13, took the idea
The two, along with
and ran with it, hanging
ers, settled on a walking a few of Snows teach- up posters for the
club that read You can
club coinciding with
talk the
a talk, but can you
walk the walk? Thats
parlayed
SLUGGING THEIR
exercise. (Daniel Ring/Was

eca County News)
Waseca Junior-Sen
ior High School
Walking Clubs offers
activity
alternative for stud
ents
not interested in spor
ts
into The Walking Club.

The club has grown into
a legitimate after-school
activity. Twice a week,
club members which
cludes students from
inseventh- to 12th-gra
de
meet immediately aft
er school to study and
finish
homework. After that,
the
Sometimes its through members go on a walk.
classrooms and hallways
the school, other times
in
its around town or
in one
case through aisles at
Wal-Mart.
My goal is to lose 50
pounds and get
NDS
ON NEWSSTA
up to
miles a week,$1.50
said the
13-year-old. And I wanted4
to keep my grades up,
too. RIVER MEDIA
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Andrew Hopkins, the
ER
therapeut
at the school, is one ofNEWSPAPic room teacher
the
helps lead The Walking teacher volunteers that
Club, joining the group
nearly every Tuesday
since its inception.
BACK TO
SCHOOL
See CLUB on 5A
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ts that arent necessarily
in a sport.
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Andrew Hopkins
Special section previews
By JACOB STARK
program has tripled
jstark@wasecacoun
both its offerings
tynews.com
and attendance.
OPENING
She says this happene
Angela Ulmen looks
d through
forward to working to
OPPORTUNITIES
enjoying a fun night
understand the needs
with
for
month through activities friends each the program.
Opening Opportu
like Club Night.
nities
We recognized that
Its a lot of fun, and
is open to individu
we have
its something sumers
als ages
in the Waseca area who conto do that gets you out
15 and up with physical
needed
of the house. I classes
or
specific for them and
get to see my friends,
developmental disabilit
adaptable
Ulmen said. I for their
ies.
really appreciate what
needs, Harms said.
A flier detailing course
they offer.
per
newspa
Jennifer
offerings
student
Club Night
Sandbeck
nsons
,
is
who
just
is
works with
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per year.
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The 37th annual

Heatwole Threshing
manufacturer
BY TERRY DAVIS
davis@hutchinsonleader.com
Sailor
STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG
Lodge Bar & Grill in
, said he values the
Wayzata
downtown Hutchinson
of his customers.
citys commitment to
HANNEMAN
safe
water
Lifes elixir: Safe drinking
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Mark Landrevill
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drinking
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about city water
BY RUBY REDEKOPP
rubyredekopp@gmail.com
pop,
hile many people prefer
Hecht
coffee or tea, Phyllis
I drink a lot of water,
Hecht, who moved to
and dark gray

Orange, cream, green
way onto vintage Case
paints all found their
another. The machines
tractors of one year or
ased company,
made by a Racine, Wisconsin-b
this years Heatwole
will be featured at
Saturday and Sunday,
Threshing Show on
Aug. 13-14.
memories of farmA desire to keep fresh
what Grandpa did,
ings past, or to experience
people coming to the
has kept hundreds of
Associations grounds
Heatwole Threshing
36 years. This years
in Lynn Township tor
after a crossroads
37th annual show, named
of Hutchinson, will
three miles southwest
keep that tradition alive.
Corey Henke said
put up into shocks
oats have been cut and
a threshing machine
ready to be run through
Oil Pull tractor.
powered by a Rumely
attraction. Perhaps
Threshing is a major
tractors the show
Vol. 46,
as big are the antique
No. red Interyear, when 3
typically draws. Last
were featured,
national Harvester tractors
were displayed.
approximately 185 tractors
Tractors to A5
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opens for season
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ts in
in vast
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improvemen
ta. Broomwater, and
ice fishing contest
tal Care, said he believes
the
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and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
on
on weekends. (Sun Sailor duty, weather permitting,
Wayzata events
photos by Jason Jenkins)
To page 3
Sled Dogs in the

Garden Jan. 23
Wayzata coffee
sho
spring into action p patrons
goes into cardia after man
c arrest
Talks continue
around Mill Street
parking ramp des
ign
City hires consultant,

sets up steering
committee to address
ramps scale
BY JASON JENKINS
SUN SAILOR NEWSPA
PERS
Looking at the
northsouth orientation
of
ramp and the location the
Wayzata has taken
of
step forward in trying a the parking structure and
find a sufficient design to recession into the hillside.
for
The exterior design

a parking ramp
on Mill material
and characterisStreet.
At its Jan. 5 meeting, tics of what the ramp will
look like.
the city council voted
A mans life may
to
A green
approve a $70,000
been saved thanks have
agree- roof and or non-green
to the
ment with HGA
landscaping
quick response
Archi- elements
of two
tects and Enginee
that may help
Caribou Coffee
rs, with to screen
shop
Walker Parking
the top of the
customers in Wayzata
Consultants acting as a sub-con- ramp.
It was a normal .
There are a number
afsultant.
ternoon at the
of considerations
popular
This
contract really
Lake Street business
that
theyre going to
Jan.
covers what would
look at
5 when a 64-yearbe
in
old Lotheir
scope, but those
phase one of a two-pha
retto man collapse
d
design process, said se were kind of the primary
went into full cardiacand
Thomson, the citys Jeff ones that came out of
rest in front Heather ardirec- the councils
Bis- The Caribou Coffee
tor of planning and
discussion,
sen, the shops manage
on Wayzatas Lake Street
build- Thomson
r. a 64-year-old Loretto
where on Jan. 5,
ing.
said.
He was talking
man collapsed and
The
to
went into full cardiac
me arrest. Two bystande
citys agreement
The first phase
when he collapse
is ex- with HGA
d. We paramedics arrived. rs began performing CPR before police
pected to last
follows a deand
all really couldnt
(Sun Sailor photo by
approxi- cision
believe
Jason Jenkins)
made at
mately three months.
it was actually
A 17 regular city the Nov.
happenproposal and
council
ing, the manage
contract meeting
r said.
to finalize prowould then be reviewed
He was talking to
Bissen grabbed a
me when he
phone
the council for phase by gramming and proceed
and dialed 911.
collapsed. We
all really couldn
which includes projecttwo, with ramp design. At the
Minnetonka resident
t
enbelieve it was actual
meeting, three ramp
titlement (plannin
June Van Valkenb
oply happening.
g
urg
mission and city com- tions were presented from
mid conversation was
council SRF Consulti
Caribou Manager
with
zoning review), schemat
ng (formerHeather Bissen
her friend Bob
Fisher,
design development, ic ly known as LSA Design)
a Wayzata resident
bid- and the council
and sponsive man.
ding and construc
moved
former owner of
tion ad- ahead with
Bobs find a pulse, Unable to breathing and helping
ministration.
the option for
Shoe Repair.
she under- Fisher
Based on a draft project a ramp at grade-plus-two
We were standing stood how increasingly compre count out chest
levels in size,
ssions.
schedule, construc
important each
there chatting when
tion of ing to explorewhile agreepassing
I dont know
we second was becomin
the ramp could
design opwhat I
heard this man
begin in tions for
g in would have
collapse trying to
the
September, with
done without
revive
at the counter.
comple- and height, ramps mass
We tionless stranger the moher there, Fisher
tion in May 2017.
a potential
said.
both ran over, she
.
roof and screenin
Wayzata Police
said.
Included in the
He was starting
Officer
Van Valkenburg,
agree- neighborhood g for the
to Rose Young
a turn blue and
ment, HGA will
and Sgt. Phil
north of
nurse practitioner
cold, she Reiter
deliver the site.
at Al- said.
were
design
the
options that will
first to
lina Health Edina
arrive at the scene
In the councils discusClinic,
work to address
Van Valkenb
began assessing
a few
topics sion Jan.
the unre- gan perform urg bethat have been previous
5, councilm
ing rescue
ly ber Bridget Anderso emdiscussed by the
n exSAVED - TO PAGE 5
council,
which include:
RAMP - TO PAGE 6
Families are invited

learn about sled dog to
racing at Sled Dogs
in the
Garden 1-2 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 23, at Wayzata
Library, 620 Rice
St. E.
North Star Sled
Dog
Club will show off
gear
and introduce visitors
to
the sled dogs and
what
they can do. Families
should dress warm
because this event
will be
held outside, weather
permitting.
This event is presente
in collaboration with d
the
city of Wayzata.
Info:
hclib.org/wayzata.
CPR performed befor

BY JASON JENKINS
SUN SAILOR
NEWSPAPERS
e police and paramedics
First Place: Wayzata Sun Sailor

This newspapers use of photographs was well balanced and showed
good use of photography, as well as many good photos in general. Photos
pulled pages together very nicely.
$1
Wayzata Community
Church to host
Ice Palooza on Wayza
ta Bay Jan. 23
Flint, Michigan,
at the source
enter water and
A6: A layer of protection
explains why lead and copper
of Hutchinsons
highlights the key points
how we can fight them.
Wayzata
sheds light on Commu- offered and
myths
Wellhead Protection Plan.
nity
prizes will
Church is inviting
provides
ns. families
be given for the
A7: Where the magic happens of
common misconceptio
largest
to an afternoon
importance
fish caught. Fishers
clean offers tips
water
background about the
outing
on Lake MinA9: Keeping country
plant.
all ages and abilities of
Hutchinsons water treatment
netonka for Wayzata
are
water
a
Ice invited to join.
out
lays
displays
Palooza
A7: From ground to tap
poll question
. answers
The
the Hutchinson water A9: The reader
tasteevent is
General
think
do you
droplets journey through
noon
admission
toof3the
p.m. Saturday, guests
to the question, What
may participate in
plant.
of Hutchinsons tap water?Jan. 23, on Wayzata Bay.
receive an annual
a
closest
well
supplies
how
water
to
tests
the
that
Public
The event will
A8:
pin golf
A9: Test yourself is a quiz
host contest and
2015 water quality
can
All answers
several
check-up summarizes the
enjoy hot
activities, includyouve been paying attention.
and 12
Hutchinson
drinks
from
and live music.
testing results
ing one of the
be found in previous articles.
largest
Broomball
surrounding cities.
broomb
Trojan wrestler said

in 1967 with
Hutchinson
Klap
prich
tasting
Don. I have to have good
piles her
uphusband,
wins
Don prefers
rink
I like the Hutch water.
Weeklies over 5,000
Second Place: Blaine Spring Lake Park Life

Great placement of photographs and quality photos. I enjoyed looking at
all the photos, and the whole paper, as I am certain its regular readers do
as well.
Third Place: Isanti County News, Cambridge
Great photos, lots of community involvement here. Enjoyed the sports
and special event coverage.
arrived
Wayzata senior
earns award
For Wayzata
High
School senior
Eva
Petterson, good
character ultimately
is doing things for
others
without recognit
ion
or expecting anythin
in return. Seeingg
what good comes
out
of putting others
before myself is reward
enough for me,
she
said.
To page 2
Public notices
Read the latest

nouncements from anyour
city, school district
and
other public agencies
.
To page 9
Sun-Sailor
PO Box 280
Osseo, MN 55369
763-425-3323
IOCP has most

successful Sleep
Out yet
Campaign tops
$2 million with
record effort
The organization will

use of an immedia
the funds to work
te housing
with and solution.
In the prior fisprovide support
to 2,000 cal year,
the organization
suburban families
who sur- served
88 homeless famivive on incomes
hovering
near
or below the federal lies.
BY JASON JENKINS
A safe and affordab
poverty line ($24,250
SUN SAILOR NEWSPAP
le
for a place to call
ERS family of four).
home is
to helping homeless key
Since the Sleep
The 20th year of
famiOut lies and kids
Inter- began two
stabilize and
faith Outreach and
Com- IOCP said decades ago, begin to move forward,
munity Partners Sleep
it has prevented said
IOCP Executive
campaign has provenOut families from experiencing
Director LaDonna
to
homeless
be its most successfu
ness 26,680 times
This is the reason Hoy.
date. As of Jan. 11, l to in its service area, which
we
so much time, effort put
a
of $2.15 million had total includes Hamel, Long
and
resources into our
been Lake, Medicin
housing
collected during
e Lake, Methe two- dina,
IOCPs Goal Thermom
Minnetonka Beach, programs.
month campaig
n from Orono,
The charitable event
front of the nonprofi eter Playhouse sits on display in
the 36-year old Plymout
Plymouth and
ts headquarters in
has
come a long way
Plymouth Jan. 9.
h- Wayzata.
since its (Sun Sailor photo by Jason Jenkins)
based nonprofit,
with a
humble
beginnings in 1996.
And the need for
goal of reaching $2.2
meal
sup- That year,
Bob Fisher, a lies. for struggling fami- munities, 30
lion by Jan. 15. After mil- port is growing within
schools and
In two weeks,
Wayzata shoe repairma
ing this years Sleep add- the community. IOCP ren, had raised $10,000 Fisher civic groups and 2,400 inunknowingly
Out
and
cently
launched
reported
contributions, the
Sleep Out was born. the dividual donors working
that 285 the commun
ity campaign
paign has collected cam- client families (about 900
The annual year-end toward raising awareness
when he decided to
a total individua
and funds to address
of more than $23
ls) experienced
collect campaign
has
million homeless
donations to sleep
subin a tent to include since grown urban poverty.
in its 20-year history.
ness in 2015 and
on winter nights
found themselves
in order port from annual supThe Sleep Out has
in need to provide
more than 140
bea Thanksgiving businesse
s, 32 faith comSLEEP OUT - TO PAGE
14
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Use of Photography as a Whole

Tuesday, February
9, 2016
Worthington, Minnes
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First Place: Daily Globe, Worthington

Vibrant, colorful photos. Loved the Ruff competition play at the top of
the page. Strong main art and good use of secondary art. Photos were
played well and grabbed the readers attention.
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turbance at a residenc of a disthe law enforcem
ent scanner to
area agencies. By
block of Third Avenuee in the 700
9 a.m., a request
in Windom was
led to a standoff
made to barricad
with police Monin the area to prevent e the streets
day morning that
ended more
people from
driving by.
than four hours
later
covery of a deceased with the disBlizzard conditio
ns, with drifting
snow and partially
male and an injured 48-year-old
blocked road52-year-old
ways, hampered
female inside the
efforts of respond
home.
ers from outside
The Windom Police
of Windom. The
issued a press release Department HEAT (High Risk
Entry
and Arrest
Team) was called
Cottonwood County stating
in from Jackson
dispatch
County, and help
received a call of
also
a disturbance at
the Minnesota State came from
the residence at
approximately
Patrol, Minnesota Bureau of Crimina
8:24 a.m.
sion and the Cottonw l ApprehenWhen law enforcem
ood
ent
County
officers
Sheriffs Office.
arrived on the scene,
hear shouting comingthey could
At approximately
12:36 p.m.,
from inside
the HEAT Team
the home. Officers
made
then tried to
the residence, where entry into
make entry into
the house when
deceased male and it found the
shots were fired
from within the
injured female,
who was transpor
residence.
ted to the Windom Area Hospita
Officers then retreate
l for treatment
d from the
of injuries.
residence and took
cover behind
squad cars and
Several business
piles of snow near
es, including a
bank, did not open
the property. The
Windom Police
Monday morning in Windom.
Department reported
It isnt known
two rounds
if their closures
struck a squad car
were due to the
parked on the
armed standoff,
street.
or because of
weather conditio
ns.
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The Grand Forks Herald does a really good job with packages, using
strong main art with great supporting photos and detail shots that give the
reader a complete picture of the news story, from food layouts to inside
packages on veterans. Excellent shots especially in sports, including
Home on the ice and Sacred Heart.
Page 2A
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The St. Cloud Times just goes the extra mile with use of photos, from the
great banner shot on Jan. 16 down to the multiple color, inside shots that
lend support to news stories instead of looking like they are there to fill
space. Stories that deserve more illustration get it. The Celebrating winter
package on Jan. 16 was outstanding. Great use of photos from readers!
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All photos, especially local photos, were given the attention they deserved without cluttering the page. The photos illustrated what the stories
were about. The photos were used in a variety of ways to make the layout
interesting.
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COURT IC

Great photos, especially in sports. The Jan. 16, 2016 front page used
shots that showed emotion and excitement and really complemented the
story.

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Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead

The Forum loves its photography and its community, and it shows. The
photos really illustrate their stories, demonstrating strong planning and
presentation, especially with the Big Milestones and Bus-ted stories.
Headline Writing
First Place: Jackson County Pilot
Concise, engaging, compelling headlines. Very professional.
STRAIGHT
HUSKIES WIN THREEboys
basketball
The Jackson County Central

games to get to 15 wins
team won three straight
on the season.
Story, B1
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
4, 2016
Second Place: Observer/Advocate, Mountain Lake

Most headlines are efficient and get the point across without gushing.
Some show a flair for fun when appropriate.
126TH YEAR/ISSUE 5
Text hotline
offers help
in new way
Minnesota, allowing students to contact trained

counselors by text message. One of the counties
covered is Jackson County,
of
through the partnership
TXT4Life and the Southwestern Mental Health
Program to be
introduced to
middle school
kids on Friday
by MARC STROM
Third Place: Star Herald, Dodge Center/Hayfield

Mostly above-average headlines, some showing a bit of wit.
Center.
Staff Writer
SMHC partnered with
in August 2015,
As the way youth com- TXT4Life new method of
the
municate today is chang- offering
prevention to teens
ing, so too is the way sui- suicide
County.
cide hotlines are listening in Jackson
The program was into childrens and adolesin
troduced to Minnesota
cents cries for help.
TXT4Life Program
Options to seek help out- 2011.
Eric McClellan
side a counselors office Supervisor5,200 texts were
up to
have already become read- said
in the state just
ily available to youngsters received
a last year.
in Jackson County with
McClellan said teens
simple phone call. Now,
speak on the phone
as teens shift to text mes- rarely
because texting is
saging for communication, now,
way students choose to
the TXT4Life program has the
.
taken the next step in sui- communicate
Prior to TXT4Lifes
cide prevention.
in Jackson County,
TXT4Life has a Rich- startup
hotline was only
suicide
a
operatcenter
field-based
in the area by
ing 24 hours a day, seven available Amber Nase,
a phone call.
days a week, 365 days
regional cooryear. The program part- TXT4Life
HOTLINE on A3
in
See
counties
ners with 38
PHOTOS BY JESSICA OYE
finger created for him

the function of his new prosthetic
rt three-dimensional printer.
a computer keyboard utilizing
Galen McCarthy types on
Jacobsen using a state-of-the-a
Central art teacher Blaise
by fellow Jackson County
FINGERPRINT
JCC art teacher,
3D printer create
prosthetic finger
Right: The
MakerBot
Replicator
is the
desktopsize 3D
printer
that was
used to
create a
prosthetic
finger
for Galen
McCarthy.
Pilot still one

of states best
weekly newspaper as determined by total points

earned in the MNA Better
Newspaper Contest.
In earning the honor of
by JESSICA OYE
Staff Writer
Jackson County Central

art teacher Blaise Jacobsen
has taken an idea from comof
puter screen to the hand
fellow art teacher Galen
McCarthy, with the creation
of a prosthetic finger.
Parishioner
is honored
Paper wins major

sports
Visitand
us online
photo
www.he
week
last
adlighth
awards
erald.co
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The technology
Jacobsens focus at the
high school is creating art
is
with technology, and he
on
always trying to stay up
what is new and unique.
Last summer, he was able
to purchase a three-dimensional printer for the art department and was excited
to introduce something new
to his students. Jacobsen
said 3D printers have been
around for a while, typically
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after a tie vote
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an effective
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to waive around
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point below a perfect
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said about the invite.
get in that school,
how hard it is to
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in it already, and
get
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Professional, accurate, compelling headlines with occasional wit.
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Above average headlines that make a good show of being compelling,
though some are a reach.
Bayer
pee Cub Foods.
Donna Lane said
days
SDA treasurer
on June 9, two
contacted the group to reject fee waivers.
after the city declined Foods reached out
Cub
A couple days later
said Cub
help, too. Lane
and said it would
donor to the festival.dia
been
how
had already
hard to ignore
Breiter said it is
The Cub store
become.
has
e
verse Shakope
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with foods from
stocks its shelves
and Eastern Europe.
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nds the city position
He said he understa but didnt think that
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FRIDAY, Novembe r 20, 2015
New view on Third

By Al Edenloff
Lowell Anderson | Echo Press
Theres a whole new view on

Third Avenue West in Alexandria.
The office complex known as the
Tischer Building was torn down
Wednesday.
The Minnesota Lakes Maritime
Museum (MLMM) recently purit
chased the building, is removing
and will donate the property to the
city at no cost.
The MLMM will then lease the
property from the city.
Its part of the museums plan

to revitalize and improve North
Broadway.
Museum leaders said that tearing down the building provides
much better visibility for the museum. They told the city that the
MLMM is an economic asset to the
community through museum visits
and as a location for events.
The total taxes on this property
in 2015 were $5,414. The citys share
was $1,318. Once the city owns the
property, it will be tax-exempt.
The city council amended its
inground lease with MLMM to
clude the newly acquired property.
The current lease of $1,200 annually will remain the same.
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Some nice puns, double play on words and alliteration (love alliteration)
Surf and Turf, Fond farewell, Geared up for geese. This newspaper also
connects with the reader through clean to-the-point thought in what I call
The Big Words. $66 million and change, Reunion 50 years in the making, Run, Angie, run, Smooth sailing all quickly tell readers something
important and interesting to pull them into the story.
was recently purchased

on Third Avenue West Wednesday. The property
Workers tear down the old Tischer Building
the museums visibility.
(in background), which hopes to improve
by the Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum
Q & A on
the new
school
How will it impact local high

school and community center?
By Al Edenloff
New information about the NorthStar
at a puChristian Academy (NCA) surfaced
blic forum Tuesday.
a new
For starters, the NCA discussed
to
way of getting high school students
take NCA courses
through religious
Truth lies in release
time.
A standing-roomthe mind of
only crowd of about
the beholder. 100 attended the
forum, which was orDuWayne Paul
ganized by the LeaNORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN
gue of Women Voters
ACADEMY
from Alexandria and
St. Cloud.
they
In a question-and-answer format,
members
heard details from NCA board about a
Brent Smith and DuWayne Paul
wide variety of topics, including:
to open
NCAs goals/beliefs. NCA plans
oa private, supplemental, non-denominati
Alexandria
nal school next fall right next to
an emphaArea High School (AAHS). With
will teach
sis on a biblical world view, NCA
encouraging
students critical thinking skills,
them to seek the truth.
SCHOOL A6
Audience asks about teaching the truth
Cities urged to
fight for state aid
Contributed | Philip Hussong Photography
Reagan
Reagan Lennes and her mother, Lisa, smile

out of the Life Link III helicopter.

to ride of a lifetime
By Jessica Sly
jsly@echopress.com
By Al Edenloff
money
Local government aid (LGA) the
the state
the state gives cities across
people,
does not fund city halls. It funds
Marquart,
noted State Representative Paul of GreaDFL-Dilworth during the Coalition held in
ter Minnesota Cities Fall Conference
Alexandria November 12-13.
strongly
Marquart, a former mayor, has
terms in
supported LGA during his eight leaders
the House. He told a room of city allows
LGA
from throughout the state that
well-mainfamilies to visit parks, drive on half-foot
a
tained roads even when theres
and
of snow, have police and fire protection,
A6
CITIES
Broadband also an issue
with excitement as Reagans father, Mike,
ix-year-old Reagan Lennes of

Alexandria took her first helicopter ride on March 12, 2014.
She
But she doesnt remember it.
day
suffered a severe head injury that
emerand has no recollection of the
life.
gency flight that helped save her reMany surgeries, emotions and
the
coveries later, Reagan received
chance to take flight once again.
THE ACCIDENT
her
Reagan, then 5 years old, and
pla4-year-old sister, Hayden, were
was
ying at a friends house, which
a
equipped with an in-home elevator,
elesmaller version of a commercial
vator, for a girl in a wheelchair.
While Reagan rode to the second
her
sister,
and
floor with her friends
head somehow became trapped.
someHer head had gotten caught
to get
how in a space that was able
It
stuck, said Reagans mother, Lisa.
and
ripped her scalp from ear to ear
ECHOPRESS.com
and surgeon, Dr. Lance Svoboda, offer helping
TAKE S
FLIG HT
broke every bone in her face. Except

head.
her nose, Lisa said, shaking her
Odd. Shes got this tiny little nose.
PeReagan was airlifted to Level I
diatric Trauma Center at Hennepin
County Medical Center (HCMC),
where maxillofacial surgeon Lance
and
Svoboda reattached her scalp
repair
conducted a 12-hour surgery to
her face.
Reagan woke up with a calm demeanor beyond her years. She curiously
life
felt the tubes pumping her with
and first thought of others.
She was worried, very worried,
wheright away about the girl in the
elevaelchair, if she could still use her
tor, Lisa said.
hospital,
the
in
After about 24 days
heaReagan returned home. Then the
ling, emotional and physical, began.
Everybody comments
about that, how amazing
she is and what an
inspiration she is.
It took time, Lisa said. You think

later,
youre doing so well, and months
that
you get hit with I cant believe
of like
that all just occurred. Its kind
a full grieving process.
STEPS TOWARD HEALING
Reagans recovery could have

but
been riddled with complications,
everything fell right into place.
the
At the time, you always expect
moworst, Lisa said, but from the
said,
ment we walked in, the surgeon
brain
As far as we can tell, theres no on,
damage. Then from that moment
it was just the best it could be.
The community showed its support.
to
One individual created a website
raise money. Another started Rabbits
receifor Reagan, from which Reagan
ved 1,400 colored pictures of rabbits.
said
She wanted a real one, Lisa
when
and laughed. Of course, right
what?
she woke up, we said, Guess
rabbit!
Youre getting a real
to
The hospital staff even did its part
two
keep Reagan comfortable. She lost
teeth in the accident, and a generous
tooth fairy visited her in the hospital.
No Dollar General in Grand

Mar
but chain still has Northla ais,
nd plans B1
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com
More than 90,000
A6
REAGAN
Lisa Lennes
Obituaries . . . . . . . .A12
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . .A4
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . C1
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Napa of the North, Debate over biosolids use reignites on 1A, Daily
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Whole New Ball game on features. At a time when copy editors dont get
the time they once did, the editors for this newspaper are still carving it
out.
Lisa KaczKe
lkaczke@duluthne
ws.com
A recent routine
Chisholm fire hall cleaning of the
ended with a hole
in the floor and
heightened urgency
to construct a new
building to house
the citys governm
ent and emergency
services.
As the Chisholm
was hosing down Fire Department
the
weeks ago, the floors garage floor a few
concrete began
breaking away in
pieces until there
was a hole, Chishol
m Mayor Mike
Jugovich said.
Its an important
piece of our fire
hall, obviously. It
has
weight of the trucks, to support the
so
weve moved
the trucks out right
now, he said.
The Chisholm City
Council has
engaged Superio
r-based AMI Consult
ing Engineers to
study the damage d
floor in the buildin
g that also houses
Chisholms police
department. The
city plans to repair
the
the process of decidin floor but is in
g how extensive
the repairs will be
with a new buildin
being discussed,
g
Jugovich said.
City officials will
is adequate for both ensure the space
departments, which the fire and police
function of Chishol are critical to the
m, Jugovich said,
adding that theyre
glad no one was
injured when the
hole formed.
More than 8,000 soldiers

are buried at the
Joseph and Theodor
e Beardsley, who died Netherlands American Cemetery in Margrat
while fighting in World
en,
War II. Photo courtesy Netherlands including Duluth brothers
of Sebastiaan Vonk
An everlasting memor
ial
Dutch revere Worl

d War II dead,
including Duluth
brothers
Brady sLaTer
bslater@duluthne
ws.com
leven miles from

the German border,
the only Americ
an military cemeter in
the Netherlands,
y
sit the neighboring in
crosses that mark
burial
the graves belongi
ers Theodore and
ng to brothJoseph
Killed in World War Beardsley of Duluth.
II roughly seven
apart, the two men months
never married or sired any
children.
A nephew, living
patriotically decoratin a small,
ed apartment housed in
what
the Gary-New Duluthonce was
Hotel,
is one of the last
remaining
Beardsley relative
s to
anything about the know
brothers.
He sat among his
cats earlier
this month and recalled
he could of his uncles. what
My dad grieved
after he lost his two all his life
said Bob Beardsl brothers,
ey, 69, talking
about his father,
Roy.
Roy was the younge
st of the
three sons born
to Leonard and
Almeada Beardsl
ey. The boys
grew up on tiny
Joseph (top)
Ramsey Street
in West Duluth.
They
and Theodore
close, and they saw were
it all the
Beardsley
Great Depression,
the war.
We
Beardsley, who himself served, said Bob
did three tours in
nam War. Thats
the Viethow we
Like Bob, the brother were raised as kids.
than 6 feet. He recalled s were tall all more
from his dad that
home on leave for
Joe came
what
several weeks before would be his final visit
mandy in June 1944 the historic invasion of Norlife. Joes ominou that would take Theodores
s words during that
are part of family
visit home
lore.
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Opinion.................A5
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MANKATO, Minn.
When Shelly
Bartlett opened
her Mankato salon,
organic market
and deli, she didnt
limit her custom
er base,
She made sure INdiGOshe said.
Organics
seating was mobile,
ordered specialt
massage tables and
y
personally measured signs and
hand rails so people
will disabilities
could comfortably
visit
her business. Her
work
of her regular custom paid off one
ers is a disabled
man who travels
40 minutes to get
his
hair cut, she said.
Thats why Bartlett
was so surprised
to be sued for violating the Americans
with Disabilities
Act for what seemed
technical problem to her to be minor
s.
Tomorrow
Showers, storms
High: 57 Low: 46
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Lots of good, clean headline writing in this newspaper. Some of my
favorites because alliteration and cadence are everything: Co-Op Conundrum; several bike heads including Weld done: Shes riding high on the
tall bike; Is the Silica Sand Boom slowing. Nice to see a newspaper that
clearly puts some emphasis on great headlines.
Third Place: Owatonna Peoples Press
How refreshing to see a sports headline writer pay attention to the details.
Nice cadence on Solies bunt, Hylles hit help Huskies stay alive and
Freeze Out, though the sports section headlines overall are sharp.
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Commissioners
talk shop
County commissioners
are weighing the future
of highway shops
Page 3
Rory
Johnson
still
recovering
from
tragic
motorcycle
accident
in June
Snapshots from
Band Showcase
WAMHS bands kick off

concert season with Fall
Band Showcase
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Flying start
for Falcons
Early Christmas
presents
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Clean ads. Clean Classified section. Nicely done.
RORY AND BARB

JOHNSON are so
thankful for the prayers
and support theyve
received after Rorys
motorcycle accident in
June. Although there are
some visible scars from
the accident, Rory is well
on the road to recovery.
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Thanksgiving
and Friday .......
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BY DAVE FJELD
ust a couple stops remained

on the June 6 poker run for
Relay For Life. Fifty-eightyear-old Rory Johnson had
last
decided that he would skip the
the
two stops and just head back to
final destination in Windom, the
Phat Pheasant Pub.
Instead, he was encouraged to
Next Week
Is a review of the U.S.

terrorist screening process
needed before accepting
Syrian refugees?
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DAY
at
Vote
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death.
However, the less noticeable
scars are more of a problem. Rory
still deals with a ringing, popping
and cracking in his left ear from
displacement of his seventh cranial nerve. That also has resulted
in struggles with facial movements
on the left side of his face, although
and
those are improving each week
are not noticeable to the average
SLUGGING THEIR
WAY TO STATE
The end of
the livery
business
According to the
Cottonwood County
History Book, Windoms
livery business came
to an end almost
exactly a century ago,
as automobiles became
popular. History shows
that in 1886, Windom
had four livery stables.
Each stable had 10 to 25
driving horses, plus room
ELECTION
farmers horses. One
for2016
stable kept black horses
for hearse service. The
charge for renting a team
and driver was $3 per
day. Customers included
salesmen, doctors and
the public.
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BY JOEL ALVSTAD
unter Hayenga admits

that he relives June 18 in
his mind fairly often.
Each time, the same
nagging questions come up about
the Legion baseball game that
night in Slayton.
What if he had stopped at second
base instead of trying for a triple?
What if his dad and Jeff Huska
werent at the game? What if Hunter wasnt one of the lucky ones?
a
During the game, Hayenga hit
to
long fly ball to right-center field
he
drive in a run. But shortly after
on
reached third base, he collapsed
the field.
Initially thought to be severe
dehydration, follow-up tests found
frightening.
more
far
something
Stress tests revealed a diagnosis
of catecholaminergic polymorphic
ventricular tachycardia (CPVT),
an
a rare heart defect that causes
irregular heartbeat.
More frightening is the fact that
in 93 percent of CPVT cases, the
fatal.
first cardiac arrest incident is
While CPVT may have ended his
high school athletic career, Hayenga survived.
Now, the son of Tim and Kris
Hayenga, who will turn 18 on
new
Thanksgiving day, is taking his
it,
lease on life and running with
with the goal of making a difference for others.
ago, Hutch
explored social trendinsons student newspaper
s, graduates accom
plishments
A look back . . . P
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Heart ailment ended Hunter Hayengas

career but gave him a new purpose in life
Revealing a treasureof high schools histortrove

y
117 years
Primary election
results are online
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
received after son,

MILY is thankful for the support theyve
AMILY
FAMILY
F
GA FA
family
THE HAYENGA
baseball game last summer. The
Hunter, collapsed during a Legion father Tim, son Hunter and mother Kris.
includes, from left: daughter Abby,
continue.
Twenty minutes later, a motorcyperson.
life
cle-pickup accident claimed the
He has gained back most of the
and
is
of 26-year-old Lenny Busswitz
rotation of his shoulder, but it
left Johnson face down in a pool
still sore.
of his own blood. The first people
A skin flap around his foot and
to reach Johnson thought he had
ankle is also on the mend.
died. But a registered nurse, who
Those are things he can live with
near
happened to be visiting family
as opposed to what
the accident scene,
the alternative
discovered othercould have been.
wise.
Still . . .
My face was
Rick Nelson,
Im not the perwho lives in that
son I was, Johnson
just mangled.
area, said he heard
admits. Im 58
the motorcycles
years old and in
Barb said she
go by and then he
pretty good shape,
heard this bomb
but now when I get
kissed me in
and he knew it was
up in the morning,
not good, Johntakes me a while
it
the one spot on
son explains, relatto get walking. It
ing what Nelson
takes a little adjustmy head that
had told him. His
ment.
daughter, Renee,
A little part of
wasnt cut or
and her husband,
my mouth doesnt
were there and he
work yet. Its hard
scratched.
told Renee that she
to eat. I cant whishad better check
tle because that
that out.
part of my lip isnt
Renee and othmoving yet. But my
RORY JOHNSON
ers responded to
eye is starting to
accident survivor
Motorcycle
the scene immediblink again.
The game
ately and treated
Perhaps the bigJohnson until the
June 18 was just like any norgest and most frustrating setback
He
finambulance arrived.
mal summer day for Hayenga.
has been the loss of his middle
the
From that instant, the longtime
the way he
attended acceleration camp in
road ger. He has had to adjust
Windom resident began a long
morning, worked at his summer
holds the end of his pool cue when
all
to recovery, a road that continues
construction job in the hot sun
he plays league pool.
a
today.
day, then traveled to Slayton for
More debilitating is the fact that
for a couple of facial
Except
baseball game.
BY JEREMY
Legion
JONES
his left arm, it
scars on
scars and
S E E JOHNSON
Meanwhile, back in Windom,
jones@hutc
hinsonleader.com
Johnof
graduate
GE
would be difficult to tell that
B A C K Ps Aon
the
inside.
of
son had come within a whisper
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Heart condition survivor
Hunters father, Tim, had contacted

his friend, Jeff Huska, about going
to the game in Slayton.
Normally, Tim and I didnt go
to many Legion games our wives
usually went, Huska said. This
time, the wives decided to stay
last
home, so Tim and I went at the
minute.
It was early in the game when
with
Hunter stepped up to the plate
to
a runner on base and a chance
give Windom the lead.
I remember when Hunter
rounded second, saying to Tim,
Huska
run,
to
way
long
a
Thats
said. He kind of hit the wall bewas
tween second and third, but it
third,
pretty typical. When he got to
everyone was cheering. Tim and
I were laughing about having to
teach Hunter to pull up at second.
Next thing we know, Hunters
just
on his knees. We thought it was
him goofing around to catch his
into
breath. Then he went face-first
the dirt and couldnt stop himself.
Thats when we knew something
wasnt right.
Hunter said he remembers some
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Packed full of ads. Ads nicely done. Nice classified section.
Around 11 a.m., on
Saturday, if you listen real
closely, you could very well
hear a Ho, Ho, Ho echoing
through the streets of downtown Windom.
Yes, Santa Claus is comin
to town.
It is known as one of Windoms grand traditions the
official Thanksgiving weekend arrival of Santa Claus
at the Cottonwood County
Courthouse. He is expected
to roll into town aboard
one of Windoms finest fire
Weeklies over 5,000
day
Santa Claus is comin to town Satur
Santa waving
along the route Santas
ride will pull into the Courthouse circle, on the buildings east side. Then hell
probably let out a hearty,
Ho, Ho, Ho, as he steps
down from the big truck and
ambles toward the Courthouse steps.
Once inside, Santa will
take a seat next to the giant
Christmas tree in the Courthouse rotunda and greet
youngsters, one by one.
Each child will receive
a candy cane and a few
Of course, countless
The front page
of the Criterion
to
Treasure
parents make the trip
to A5 issue.
s first
Windom for Thanksgiving.
Its a time for reminiscing
because many of those parents have fond memories of
the days their folks brought
them downtown to see
Santas arrival.
The event coincides with
Small Business Saturday,
meaning many stores will be
open all day. In addition, the
FILE PHOTO
Windom Area Chamber of
the Cottonwood County
THIS WAS THE SCENE outsidelast Thanksgiving weekend.
Commerce office offers giftCourthouse during Santas arrival
wrapping from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Case tractors
take center
e this
stage
Where the walls becom
the world all aroundweekend
The 37th annual
Heatwole Threshing
manufacturer
May 19June 1, 2016

Vol. 27, No. 10
southwestjournal.com
BY TERRY DAVIS
davis@hutchinsonlead
er.com
Mark Landrev
ille, co-owner of
Landy Lodge Bar
drinking water
& Grill in downtow
because he has
a responsibility
n Hutchinson,
STAFF PHOTO BY
DOUG HANNEMAN
to the health of
said he values
the citys commitm
his customers.
ent to safe
Lifes elixir: Safe dr

inking water
Orange, cream,
green and dark
paints all found
their way onto vintage gray
tractors of one year
Case
or another. The machines
made by a Racine,
Wisconsin-based
company,
will be featured
at this years Heatwole
Threshing Show
on Saturday and
Sunday,
Aug. 13-14.
A desire to keep
fresh
ings past, or to experienc memories of farme
what
Grandpa did,
has kept hundreds
of people coming
to the
Heatwole Threshin
g Associations
grounds
in Lynn Township
tor 36 years. This
years
37th annual show,
named after a crossroad
three miles southwes
s
t of Hutchinson,
keep that tradition
will
alive.
Corey Henke said
oats have been
cut and
ready to be run through put up into shocks
powered by a Rumely a threshing machine
Oil
Threshing is a major Pull tractor.
attraction
. Perhaps
as big are the
antique tractors
the show
typically draws.
Last year, when
red International Harveste
r tractors were
featured,
approximately 185
tractors were displayed
.
An activist in
Wthe classroom
The roots of a sophomores
racial justice activism
More water quality stories
inside
A6: A layer of protectio

n at the source
highlights the key
points of Hutchinso
ns
Wellhead Protection
Plan.
A7: Where the magic
happens provides
background about
the importance of
Hutchinsons water
treatment plant.
A7: From ground
to tap lays out a water
droplets journey
through the Hutchinso
n water
plant.

Flint, Michigan,
explains why lead
and copper enter
water and
how we can fight
them.
myths sheds light
common misconcep
on
tions.
hile many people
prefer
A9: Keeping country
coffee or tea, Phyllis pop,
water clean offers
Hecht
tips
I drink a lot of
A9: The reader poll
water,
question displays
A8: Public water
said Hecht, who
answers
to
the
question, What do
supplies receive
moved to
an annual
you think of the taste
check-up summariz
Hutchin son in
of Hutchinsons tap
es the 2015 water
1967
her husband, Don.
water?
quality
testing results from
I have to have good with
Hutchinson and 12
A9: Test yourself
water, and I like
tasting
is a quiz that tests
surrounding cities.
the Hutch water.
how well
Don prefers
youve been paying
to flavor his water, By Dylan
/ dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Thomas
attention. All answers
though.
be found in previous
can
Opinions about
the taste of Hutchins
articles.
County
water are as vast
onSchools
city nutrients
students were on spring break when Hennepin
and varied
Minneapolis
as the Public
faucet style nutrition , said Beth
officers in the
aisle in a home
two police
to chargebeke,
notVanOver
dietician
improvem
istdecision
announced his
with Hutchins
ent store.
Mike Freeman
Attorney
on Health. It keeps tal Care, said he believes vast improvem
common denomin
But one your
body temperat
ator underlies all
Jamar Clark.
Hutchinson water
ents in
of 24-year-old
death
ure constant, transpor
opinions
When Hutchins
November shooting
quality were made
start
: nutrients and
thewater
High School
on residents
ts for
Southwest
when the
to
new
oxygen
returned
turn
students
as
4,
treatmen
to
April
on
your
they expect to receive
Monday,
cells. It helps lu- planned for
t plant was built
tap, bricate joints
That followingthe
in 2007.
healthy
From a general
andon
a sit-in students
about
body
water.
his blog
tissues
Smith wrote
Billand
Water is one of
health point of view,
like the mouth,
quarter, Principal
eyes
the fourth
nose.
the of
the
have
but
we
bodys
now
absence,
pretty
most essential
good water here
for the protest count as an unexcused
class Lyke,
Dr. Tom
in Hutchinson,
that morning. Smith noted missing
dentist
walked out of
repeatedly
had
Bryn
students
Gardd
year whenwith
Denblog post written near the end of a school
Water to A6
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om
Copies of the Criterion

are preserve d
A student newspap
Amos Averys son,
by
er from more than
Carlos Avery. The
years ago provides
Maryland
a glimpse into Hutchins 100 resident who was born
in Hutchinson
past.
ons across the
came
Hutchinson
The Criterion, first
page while research High School Wikipedia
published in March
ing his familys
1899, He recently
history.
Sivwright and Amos
contacted Hutchins
on High School
Av- Principal
Patrick Walsh,
newspaper that
and
photos
who
for
featured
a photo of the newly
has
moments
turned
about 11 a.m.page into a long-term
the
trucks
construc
of Santa Claus
Christmas
ted at
project. lists
arrival
Pendergast Square a discussing
The
School
Building
After circling the
Im just digging He will be there
on the front page,
weekend coincides with
thisadvertise
research and trying
along
blaring and with Santa.into
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with
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ments, stories,
to
until 1 p.m.
Small Business Saturday. class pictures and at
youngsters
lists
named the nations

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best childrens bookstore Page B3
about city water
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Tractors to A5
FILE PHOTO
Case tractors were
made in a variety
of colors over the
years, from green,
gray, orange and
to
orange with a
cream
color hood.
TO REACH US
First Place: Southwest Journal, Minneapolis

Great color, design & layout. Classified section done very well.
Second Place: The Journal, Minneapolis
Great color, design & layout.
Third Place: Alexandria Echo Press
Great color, design & layout.
Collin
Robinson is
a sophomore
at Southwest
High School
where hes a
member of
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group focused
on racial
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by Courtney
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Accused of beating,
starving Chinese
nanny
WOODBURY, Minn. (AP) A
Minnesota woman is charged with
beating and starving a woman she
brought from China to work as a
nanny, holding her in a state of
slavery or indentured servitude,
a prosecutor said.
Lili Huang, 35, of Woodbury is
charged in Washington County
s posit
with five felony counts, including
notes around town ive
e shop coming labor trafficking, false imprison, VARIETY
to strip
and assault. Huang remains
ment
mall near NDSU
after making her initial court
in jail
, BUSI
NESS
NEWS
DAILY
RORY ODRISCOLL,
appearance Friday.
who took his own life
The 58-year-old woman, who
holds a photo of her brother, Solomon,
sit with their daughter, Taycier, as she
a difference through
is not named in the complaint,
Song, a nonprofit that aims to make
Mohamed, left, and Carol Elhindi, right,
honor of their son, have created Solomons
in
in the U.S. on a visa in late
arrived
Elhindis,
The
14.
of
age
at
in January
around mental illness and suicide prevention.
March. According to the comadvocating for dialogue and resources
plaint, the nanny was forced to
work up to 18 hours a day doing
child care, cooking and cleaning.
Police calculate her pay at about
$1.80 an hour, but she apparently
LATE EDITION
did not receive any of it.
The woman recently was found
SATURDAY, NOVE
wandering in the street, her eyes
MBER 7, 2015
blackened. A hospital exam found
bones.
she had many broken
INFOR
after a laugh.
for
M
She was rationed crackersUM.CO
Taycier, know his story can make
Thats where his joking and
meals and her weight had dropped
a difference in others lives, can
humor came in, because he could
120 pounds when she arrived
from
reand
wasnt
dialogue
for
Super
somebody
advocate
sense that
WHAT: Solomons
in the U.S. to 88 pounds, the comsources around addressing menhappy and he wanted to change
Soaker Fun Fest
said.
plaint
prevention.
tal illness and suicide
the situation and make it lighter,
The woman was never allowed
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 13, at
So a few months ago they
Mohamed said.
complaint
the
house,
the
to leave
10 a.m.
founded a nonprofit called SolOne year on April Fools Day,
TESLA MITCHELL
said. The nanny told a police inomons Song, which will hold its
while Mohamed was in the
WHERE: West Lake Winona
Special to the Daily News
vestigator she eventually fled the
fundraiser in August. Both
shower, his nice clean work outfit
Solomon Elhindi was fu- first
house when Huang threatened to
DETAILS: Tickets are $20 per
Carol and Mohamed have turned
on the bed, Solomon rigged the
ture-oriented. Loving. Popular.
kill her with a knife. She told poperson or $15 per person for a
focus to the work, with Mofan above the bed to turn on when
He brightened everyones their
lice she was looking for the airport
full team registration. Visit solhamed set to step down Thursday
the light switch was flicked. On
mood. He had big plans for his
so she could go home to China, the
omonssong.org for more info.
as chair of the Winona Area Pubtop of the fan blades Solomon
life, his future, and big ideas on
complaint said.
lic Schools board
had piled flour.
how he would accomplish them.
Washington County prosecutor
halfway through
before Mohamed
long
wasnt
It
the
for
eye
an
kindness
had
His
He always
Pete Orput said the nanny was
and gave it to her.
his term.
shouted Solomons name, but
future, said his mother, Carol
held in appalling conditions, the
touched her so much that she
fundhad
son
The
his
him,
caught
he
go
when
for more than 10
Daul-Elhindi. He wanted to
St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
raiser, set for kept the rock
give a ready explanation.
to Harvard.
Dan Le, a Minneapolis attorney
fea- years, only parting with it to
will
April
13,
Dad,
Aug.
me,
He said to
at his funeral.
Mental illness wasnt in those
for Huang, did not immediately
and
ture a fun run, it to his parents
his family Fools is an American holiday
convinced
to a phone message and
once
plans.
He
respond
it.
a slip-n-slide,
and change to you need to celebrate
At 14, the Winona boy took his
email from The Associated Press
family-friendly to save up pennies
Even when Solomon was in a
family in Africa.
Elhindi
own life.
on Saturday.
activities and buy a goat for a
just before Christmas for
Within two months, and the
Police from four cities and
At school, he went out of his hospital
made
he
suicide,
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PARKERS PRAIRIE
LESS
THAN 5 UNITS,
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ARE NOT PROPERTY
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Printed requests
USED FOR AGRICULTU
should be made
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in
PARKERS PRAIRIE,
TION, AND ARE
ABANDONED.
fee
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Partial sets of bidding check attached.
Dated: January 25,
2016
documents will
Public notice is hereby
Ditech Financial
not be issued.
LLC FKA Green
given that the City
of Parkers Prairie
Tree
Servicing, LLC
(to be known herein
collectively
Assignee of Mortgagee
All bids shall
and in all bidding
be accompanied
and construcSHAPIRO & ZIELKE,
tion related documents
by a
Bidders Bond payable
LLP
as the Owner) will
to the order of
BY /s/
receive sealed bids
Owner for not less
for
than five (5%) percent
Lawrence P. Zielke
Parkers Prairie Aquaticconstruction of the
of the amount bid,
- 152559
Center until:
as security that the
Diane F. Mach bidder will enter into
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the Contract to perform
Melissa L. B. Porter
2:00
P.M. local time;
such work and give
February 15, 2016
surety bond guaranRandolph W. Dawdy 0337778
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- 2160X
thereof,
Gary J. Evers - 0134764
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as provided in
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the Specification
w/ related mechans therefore.
Attorneys for Mortgagee
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12550 West Frontage
Electrical
All bids shall
Burnsville, MN 55337 Road, Ste. 200
be directed to
Sandy
Mechanical
Froemming/Vi Dorn,
(952) 831-4060
securely sealed,
Water play equipment
and endorsed
THIS IS A COMMUNIC
on the outside
of the
Excavating
wrapper stating
A DEBT COLLECTOR ATION FROM
Bids for Parkers
Prairie
Masonry
Aquatic Center.
Published in the
Roofing
Parkers Prairie Independent
Sitework
Mail bids to: 102
January 28, February
N Otter Avenue,
4, 11, 18, 25,
PO Box
Concrete
70, Parkers Prairie,
March 3, 2016
MN 56361. Faxed/
Carpentry
emailed bids will
502599
not be accepted.
Fencing
page
All bids will be opened

and tabulated at
The Owner reserves
2:00 p.m. local time
the right to reject
at
TO
any or all bids, to
city hall on February the Parkers Prairie
THE DEBT AND VERIFICATION OF
waive
15, 2016, and shall
IDENTITY OF
bidding and to accept any informality in
be considered by
THE
ORIGINAL CREDITOR
the bid most advanthe Owner no later
WITHIN THE
tageous, or of best
than
February 22, 2016,
TIME PROVIDED
value, to the Owner.
for possible contract
BY LAW IS NOT
The Owner reserves
award.
FECTED BY THIS
AFACTION.
bidders qualifications the right to check
Plans will be on file
NOTICE IS HEREBY
for each work spefor public examination
GIVEN, that decialty and reserves
fault has occurred
in the offices of
the right to reject
USAquatics, Inc.,
in
bidders the Owner
the following describedthe conditions of
and at
the following plan
deems unqualified.
rooms:
The
Owner reserves
Mortgagor: Kristin mortgage:
the right to hold
all bids
Darrin K. Torgusson, L. Torgusson and
for a period of 60
Builders Exchange
days.
wife and husband
FargoMortgagee:
Moorhead
Retail Employees
Site Location:
Builders Exchange
Credit Union
307 N. Otter
Brainerd Lakes
Avenue,
Dated:
Parkers Prairie,
11/30/2001
Builders Exchange
MN 56361
- Willmar, MN
Recorded: 02/13/2002
Pre-bid meeting:
Builders Exchange
10:00
Otter Tail County
- St. Cloud, MN
2016 (on site weather a.m. February 8,
Recorder Document
permitting)
No. 898354
Construction Start:
Questions pertaining
March
Transaction Agent:
T
to the docuing award of construction 1, 2016 (pendments may be
N/A
directed to the
Transaction Agent
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offices
Mortgage ID No:
of Signature
Aquatics; 124
N/A
July 1, 2016
Bridge
Ave.; P.O. Box 679;
Lender or Broker:
Delano, MN 55328;
Copies of the Drawings,
phone: (763) 267-7552;
Retail Employees
Specifications
fax (763) 972Credit Union
and Bid Documents
5864.
Servicer: SharePoint
are available from:
Signature Aquatics;
Mortgage Originator: Credit Union
124 Bridge Ave;
P.O.
Box 679; Delano,
Published by authority
Retail Employees
MN 55328; phone:
of:
Credit
(763) 267-7552;
The City of Parkers
LEGAL DESCRIPTIO Union
fax (763) 972-5864.
Prairie, MN
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Forty-two (42),
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the Northeast Quarter
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line 20 rods; thence
due South 30 rods;
thence due East
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life preservers, lamps and patio oor
folding tables, some small furniture,
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lamps, fresh rhubarb $2 per bunch.
Townhouse garage sales. Watch
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Winds Elementary School. Wed.
for signs, down near tracks by North
things. Furniture of a matching sofa
- Thurs., 8 - ? We have lots of nice
color; comforters (queen), vacuum,
and chair, ottoman, in a green pretty
small appliances, nick-nacks,
3 hanging lights, nice for over a counter,
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Wed. - Fri., May 25 - 27
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clothing, XS-M dresses and pants
p.m. Tons of name-brand teen/women
lots of miscellaneous, reese bike
0-2; mens clothing, bikes, Ikea chairs,
rack. 48s
Wed. - Sat., May 25 - 28
- Fri., 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat., 8 a.m.

Delano - 317 Bridge Avenue E Wed.
shing lures, FL8 sh nder, stereos,
- noon. Rods and reels, tackle boxes,
guitar, knives, decoys, router, books,
Oxford English dictionaries, acoustic
and much more. 48s
Thurs. - Sat., May 26 - 28
- Sat., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Multi-family

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scrapbooking, crafts, home desale. Ladies, juniors, and mens clothing;
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womens clothing, jewelry and much
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collectibles, patio and lawn furniture,
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First Place: Owatonna Peoples Press, Ginny Bergerson & Keeley

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Explore Steele County
Excellent local appeal which draws the reader in and lets them see you
are the best source; great use of color. well written and wonderful layout.
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Second Place: The Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Tim Engstrom

The Most Interesting Pressman in the World
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Third Place: Marshall Independent, Joyce Larsen

Happy Independence Day!
Original, colorful and informative; sure to draw attention to local audience.
Use of Color in Advertising
First Place: Star Herald, Dodge Center/Hayfield, William Weigel &

Mary Nelson
Hayfield softball team Signature page
Loving the variation of blues and gold used.
Second Place: Sauk Centre Herald, Brian Dingmann, Amanda
Thooft & Tara Pitschka
Prom 2016
Love the blues and that the page pops out at you.
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nship game against
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advance to the State 12-4 win against W-K to
tournament.
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Second Place: Alexandria Echo Press, Jody Hanson &

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First Place: Winona Post, Monica Veraguth*

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Safeway Agency
Third Place: Tri-County News, Kimball, Sue A. Hughes

The train is coming! (CP Rail Holiday Train)
The Christmas train colors are awesome. The colors used in in the ad
makes the ad pop out at you.
Coulee Road,
5154 Mormon
54601
La Crosse, WI
888-624-9514
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fireplace.com
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Use of Color in Advertising

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MINN. AUGUST 19,
First Place: Marshall Independent, Joyce Larsen

Fall into Comfort - Slumberland
What makes a first-place ad? Sometimes you just know it when you see
it, and I see it here. In fact, I couldnt take my eyes off it, and thats just
what the advertiser wants of the newspapers readers. Good job.
2016
Second Place: The Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Emily Hermes

Cullens Grand Reopening
Color blocks are extremely effective tool in making this ad eye catching
and effective.
Third Place: The Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Emily Hermes
Meadow Farm Foods
Beautiful. Nice colors, but not overdone.
Everything we put in
and on our bodies mus
t be nutritious and safe.

Horst M Rechelbacher
INdiGO Organic is
a clean air salon, offering
a lifestyle shoppe
featuring USDA organic salon and spa services as well as
food items and lifestyle
and a new organic
products
deli cafe and juice
bar. We incorporat
eco-friendly practices
e
to protect the future
of the earth.
ORGANIC SALON
1541 East Madiso
SPA LIFESTYLE
SHOP
n Avenue
Mankato, MN
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We exclusively use
INTELLIGENT NUTRIENT
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services-free of sulfates, hair and skin care
ethyoxylates, PEG,
parabens, silicones,
pthalates and synthetic
at absorbing the many
fragrances. Our skin
is excellent
beauty products that
be chemically or harmonica
we use daily, whether
they
lly made. We believe
of our inner bodies
that we need to take
as well as our outer
care
beauty and keep
cals and synthetic
out the chemimaterials. Every aspect
of our salon is based
practices, designed
to nourish the inner
on organic
and outer beauty
of our clients.
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First Place: The Free Press, Mankato, Jordan Greer
Indigo Organic
Great balance in colors, art and information creates a beautiful ad. And I
bet it was effective for the customer as well.
Second Place: Brainerd Dispatch, Lisa Henry
Dining Guide
So, you wanted to create excitement? Youve done it beautifully with this
ad.
Third Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Hailey Huizenga, Monica
Hensley & Ad Factory Staff Designer
How do you like them apples?
Red Delicious or Granny Smith, I like these apples a lot!
Best Advertisement
First Place: Byron Review, William Weigel
Byron Wrestlers go to State Signature page
Great idea, flawlessly executed.
Second Place: The Kerkhoven Banner, Ted Almen
Sophies is closing for the season
One of the funniest things Ive seen. Small production issues edged this
ad out of first place.
Third Place: Eden Valley Watkins Voice, Jessica Euerle, Julie Bulau,
Emily Laumer & Michael Jacobson
Watkins Tough
Nice. Sounds like a tough place to live.
Page 30
er is The Hackensack Hub
Justin Shaw and John

Fank, and Kris Biessener. Harapat, Walker Ford employees
Inspired by the Drive 4
which has raised about
UR
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nonprot
brings a truckload of new
organization brings its
Fords to the event,
local
completed, Ford contribute network of fans and supporters. For every and the
test drive
s $20 to the organization,
up to $6,000. Photo submitted
The Hackensack Senior

Citizens Club has chosen
a
new name to go with the
new
image and mission for the
facility.
On June 16 members voted
for their choice. After receiving more than 35 suggestions
from the community
, the
names were narrowed
down
by the board to seven.
The tension mounted
as
ballots were handed out.
The
winning submission was
name sent in by three differenta
people The Hackensac
Hub. In a random drawingk
from those three, one winner
was chosen Mary AckerMary Ackerman (right)
man from Hackensack.
is presented a bigcheck
Con- from (left to
for $200
right) Karen Peternell,
gratulations to the winner.
president; Myra
secretary; Norm Steiger,
A new logo is being
vice president; and Cathy Damm,
de- treasurer. Photo
Iversen,
signed to t the new
submitted
name,
and signs will be erected
soon. July 7 at 1 p.m.
The next meeting will be
Come and interesting
activities planned
held hear about lots more
fun and for The Hub.
A Reality
2015-2016
Better Newspaper Contest
Make Your Dream Backyard
Walker, MN 218-547-4328
www.lakesidefireplace.com
First Place: Walker Pilot-Independent, Laurie Tabaka

Kelseys
Catchy idea, proving it doesnt have to be big to work.
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Second Place: Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, Nikki Eystad &
Darla Johnson
Knights wrestling
Nicely done - Congratulations.
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$3.50
ALL DAY LONG!
Meat Raffle at 3:30 p.m.
DJ & KARAOKE
Thursday - Saturday
8 p.m. - Close
Save the
Date! Walker
Legion Golf
Tournament
July 15th,
2016!
Hours:
Mon-Fri 7am-5pm
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Third Place: Sauk Centre Herald, Amanda Thooft

Ladies Night Out Wild Wild West
Wonderful colors and graphic elements really pull all this information
together.
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6 p.m. Rounds 8 & 10
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9 p.m. - close
SATURDAY Burger Bar
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $6.25
Texas Holdem every
Sat. night at 7 p.m.
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Open Mon.-Sat. 11
AM to 1 AM, Sun. 11
AM to 8 PM
Kitchen open Mon.-Sat.
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First Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune, Luanna Lake & Kristie Welle
Bergens Greenhouses, Growing Happiness
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Second Place: Cook County News-Herald, Grand Marais,

Laurie Johnson
Find Your Gunflint Trail Adventure
Great way to present too much information in an appealing, easy to follow way.
Third Place: Park Rapids Enterprise, Russell Zinke &
Mark Harmon
Emmaville - The Biggest Little Town in the World!
Makes me want to visit.
Weeklies over 5,000

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Second Place: Alexandria Echo Press, Izzy Rusch

Alexandria Area Arts
Clean and eye catching! Placement of the text was a perfect way to make
the background an integral part of the ad.
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First Place: Winona Post, Ashley Levis

Dahl Chevrolet (Kaleidoscope)
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Third Place: Alexandria Echo Press, Jody Hanson

Eldens Fresh Foods
Clean, modern and to the point!
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Best Advertisement
CATCH THE ACTION !
First Place: Owatonna Peoples Press, Jennifer Sorenson & Keeley

Krebsbach*
Larrys Liquor
BROOKTREE GOLF COURSE
Owatonna
1369 Cherry Street
507-444-2467
dubbed one of
course has been
This municipal golf n Minnesota. From their 18 holes
g superb
the finest in souther
Golf
the Clubhouse featurin
and golf carts to Masters Bar & Grill, Brooktree
repeat!
entertainment and destination to eat, play and
golfers
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is
Course
Second Place: Daily Globe, Worthington, Chandra Carlson &

Jessica Pass*
Warehouse Sale
BLOOMING PRAIRIE COUNTRY CLUB
Blooming Prairie
7701 SE 118th Street
507-583-2887
Country Club facility
Blooming Prairie course and 3,026 yards of golf.
features a 9-hole Clubhouse for a quick bite or
course offers
Take a break in the
with a beer. This to the public
loosen your grip
but is open
private memberships
as well.
HAVANA HILLS GOLF COURSE
Third Place: The Journal, New Ulm, Becky Wilbrecht & Tanya
Thomas*
Puhlmann Lumber
Owatonna
210 Dane Road
507- 451-2577
corjunior passes to
From family and
Moonlight Golf
porate outings and is for the learner,
events, Havana Hills
and the one looking
the experienced
time. This 9-hole,
to just have a goodchildren and
par-3 course is for
adults alike.
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Disney renews
Elena of Avalor
LOS ANGELES
Disneys first Latino princess
will keep her throne:
TV series Elena of The
Avalor
is getting a second-seaso
n
renewal.
The decision was

announced Thursday,
shortly
after the July debut
of the
animated series on
Disney
Channel and Disney
Junior.
Disney had already
demonstrated its confidence in the project
with
extensive merchandise
tieins, including dolls,
books,
accessories, a soundtrack
and upcoming DVD.
The
Princess Elena character
was introduced at
Walt
Disney World in Orlando,
Florida, on Thursday
will make her bow and
at the
Disneyland Resort
in California this fall.
The series, which
incorporates elements
of
Latin cultures and
folklore,
added to Disneys
once
whites-only princess
universe. That has gradually
expanded to include
Asian,
African-American,
Native
American and Middle
Eastern royals in screen
projects.
The Associated Press
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First Place: The Free Press, Mankato, Jordan Greer

Rivers Edge Hospital & Clinic/Urgent Care
Clever headline.
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Second Place: St. Cloud Times, Theresa Erdmann

Royal Tire
Unique placement makes this a great ad.
Third Place: Brainerd Dispatch, Lisa Henry
No paper!?
Fun!
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First Place: St. Cloud Times, Beth Schiller
Premier Real Estate
Wow, what an absolutely lovable advertisement. Cute, neat graphics,
motion, strong message. This one grabbed me.
Second Place: St. Cloud Times, Trae Hutchinson
Flying Pig Pizza
This is new territory, using all the bells and whistles technology brings.
Very effective approach, but the photo of the pizza slice could have been
more appetizing.
Third Place: St. Cloud Times, Andy Gruber
Cove Development
I really like the motion in the type of this one, and the art photo is so
strong. The little lookover from man to woman speaks volumes.
Page 32
Human Interest Story

Humble service
s palette
First Place: Jordan Independent, Rachel Wittrock

Run, Angie, Run
Once you start reading this article, theres no way you can stop. It was
an absolutely joyful and inspirational read. Good work!
Inside
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Jordan School District,

teachers union enter
into mediation
BY KARA HILDRETH
khildreth@swpub.com
decade,
in more than a
into
For the first time
union will enter
the Jordan teachers Jordan School District
e
mediation alongsid
a negotiated
to hammer out
administrators
contract.
up of
two-year teachers
committee is made
The negotiations
union
from the teachers
(EMJ),
five representatives
n
ta-Jorda
Jordan
Education Minneso
tration and the
District 717 adminis
and
Jordan resident
survivor
breast cancer
Jordan
Angie Keiser and
Rachel
Independent Editor
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at the Mankat
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of Sleepy Eye also
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into
School Board.
Board entered
The Jordan School a half hour at the
nearly
closed session for
The board
Tuesday, Oct. 13.
a third
last meeting on
forward with hiring
n
approved moving
the Bureau of Mediatio
party mediator from hire the mediator will
to
Services. The cost
union and the
teachers
the
be split between
all day,
school district.
process can take
The
The mediation
Nov. 2 in Jordan.
if needed, on Monday, a two-year teachers
negotiate
two groups will
2017. The
2, 2015 to June 20,
who
contract from July
of about 126 teachers The
EMJ is made up
Jordan Public Schools.with
teach at the five
place in two rooms
mediation will take
sides.
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Message in a Bottle
Thursday, Decembe
r 17, 2015
Milaca, Minnesota
Jeffrey hAge
wine. When the

jeff.hage@ecm-inc.com
wine
took a piece of paper was gone, Barsody
and scribbled: This
Erik Johnson,
letter is my
is accustomed to of Calumet, Michigan, Cole. I am message to you. My name is
16 and from Milaca,
the stone beachesseeking treasures along are spendin
MN & we
Michigans Copperof Lake Superior along on a boat g my last week of summer
exploring and adventu
A treasure, to Harbor.
found, please call
ring. If
Johnson, could
or text me.
agate chipped from
be an
Barsody then rolled
the
bedrock
up
or precious copper
, fossils the letter,,
p
placed
for which the
it in
near the tip of
area the wine bottle,
the Keweenaw
sealed
Peninsula it with
is named.
a cork,
Never in his
sent the bottle and
wildest dreams
overJohnson think
did board.
he would find a
like the one he
treasur
e
Its
uncovered on Nov.
someth
day after Thanks
27, the Ive done before ing
giving.
I went up to Copper
the past, Barsodin
Harbor looking
agates, Johnson
for said of sending y
explain
I was three-quarters ed.
message in a bot-a
of the way up the tle.
peninsula. Id gone
But Ive never
3 miles up the
in an area that
no one goes this beach had a response.
year, he continu
time
of
Three
ed.
months
There was a lot
and 181 miles later,
of stuff on that
Stuff that had
washed to shore beach.
change in seasons
as the
brought 6- to 12-foot
messAge
waves to shore.
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And thats when
Johnson saw his
sure.
treaIt was a bottle,
had a note in it, and, no way, the bottle
Johnson said.
It was a find
that would eventua
connect the retired
lly
a 16-year-old Milaca Michigander with
High School student.
Rewind three months
weekend. Cole Barsody to Labor Day
and his parents had just sailed
out of Bayfield,
Wisconsin, on a
44-foot boat owned
by lifelong family
friends who live
Duluth. Seven people
in
set sail, in all.
It was the last
vacation, and the week of summer
for four nights ontwo families set off
the boat, Barsody
said.
I wrote the note
on the boat after on our first day
leaving Bayfield
he said.
,
Barsody said his
mother is a wine
connoisseur, of
sorts, and the adults
the boat had just
on
finished a good
Jeff Hage
bottle of
Cole Barsody is / Mille Lacs County Times
pictured with a
bottle he put in Lake
Superior.
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First Place: Mille Lacs County Times, Milaca, Jeff Hage

Message in a Bottle
What a neat topic! A fun and interesting read. The author went all out on
this story, contacting both parties and weaving in history and personal
details. Well-written with strong narrative and great use of quotes. Good
details throughout and nice ending.
Second Place: Norwood Young America Times, Adam Gruenewald
Family speaks out about teens death
A strong lead into the story and thorough reporting really stood out with
this entry. The story has a nice flow. Good use of quotes and great ending. The author tells the familys story in a compelling way.
Tradition of Santa Lu
After 36 years,
a Swedish church
tradition carries
on
On Dec. 11, Zion in Milaca.
Lutheran Church
celebrated the
Saint Lucys Day Swedish holiday of
Lucia Luncheon. at the annual Santa
The local traditio
n started at Zion
when a church
members son,
celebrated the
who
holiday yearly
at the
Swedish Gustav
us Adolphus College
asked his mother
,
recognize the day. why Zion didnt also
Louise Peterso
vice and decidedn took her sons adtion to the church, to bring the tradienlistin
g
the
help of
Martha Norrgar
d
tensen. It wasnt and Virginia Chrislong
church women stepped before more
in to help with
the event as well.
Norrgard, who
and was fluent was born in Sweden
in Swedish, led
the
Third Place: Spring Valley Tribune, David Phillips

Felony stop leads to discovery of rock
There was no way readers put down this article until they were finished.
It was compelling. It was shocking. It was funny. It was just well-written...good job.
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Second Place: Jordan Independent, Rachel Wittrock

Kickoff Kid
This compelling story was told very concisely in a manner that makes the
reader want to keep going. Also, the subject matter is very important in
human interest stories. The people must be compelling, and you found
one here. Good work.
Ashley
Haynes / Mille Lacs

County Times
with Swedish music.
Third Place: Sauk Centre Herald, Jennifer Coyne

When Heartbreak Struck Town
A very well-written, easy-flowing piece on a sensitive event. Strong narrative and quotes, allowing the victim to tell the story. Leading in with
the memory was great and instantly humanized the crime victims gone
for 20 years and made it feel like it happened yesterday. A nice, and tearjerking, read.
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Human Interest Story

ulogy
A Simple E
Transporting the
Story and photos
by Mark DeLap
By MARK DELAP
Managing Editor
ed a friend
ish who transport
Am
as he was writing
about Jim Belyou
I got to meet and learn I was deeply touched by his life
his life.
I would always tell
the last chapter of
As a basketball coach be made when the
to
and by his passing.
an important choice
my players, there is
clock starts.
ce or you can choose
make an appearan
You can choose to
that choice on the
e. I not only live with
to make a differenc in all of lifes pulpit. When you choose
basketball court, but
until you are finished
count the moments
be a cruel taskto just appear, you
and your journey can
with the task at hand choose to make a difference, you sumyou
life itself, and lives
master. But when
alter
to
the strength
ea word of encourag
mon the courage and
around you. Perhaps
can be changed all doesnt give up.
go hungry.
ment and a small boy
and a family doesnt
bread
of
loaf
a
Perhaps
is transported to a
red van and a family
ministry. He proPerhaps a ride in a
a man with an unusual to go to the store
new home. This was
Whether they had
his wife provided
vided rides to the Amish.
and
man
this
state,
or relocate to another
would just light
the transportation.
his ministry, his eyes but a love for
When he spoke about
Amish,
a fascination for the didnt adhere to or
up. He not only had
way of life. He
of a different world,
their simple and dedicated
but here was a man
worship their ways, culture of these separated people.
permeating the closed culture they embraced, or that their
He didnt care which were different, Jim had a gospel that
ways
Bible says that God
clothing and their
that he lived. The
he didnt preach, but outward appearance, but that He looks
the
doesnt look upon
the Fathers business.
upon the heart. Thats his Fathers business. No fanfare,
And Jim was all about or fame, he just had that special
fortune
differences and see
no motivation for
the
past
able to look
of people that would
gift. The gift to be
the hearts. The hearts
the needs. And see and who had a need.
humble carriages
become close friends
proud horses pulling didnt make an
Friends with their
Jim and his wife, Sue difference. Espeand precious cargo.
made a
truly
they
life,
hear about until
appearance in this
a
those people you never
cially in the lives of going to slow on a main highway on
is
one of their buggies
Miss
of
Sunday morning.
have the role driving
Now Jim didnt always e in every endeavor that he endifferenc
on his map. There
Yoder. He made a
lives at every fold
r
countered and touchedabout six years ago that I will remembe
was a Friday in April . On one hand, Jim won his battle over
as if it were yesterdaymade a proclamation there at 8:15 p.m.
He
cancer and death.
but I am still and
I am still alive.
longer on planet earth,anymore. I have no
He said. I am no
cant hurt me
Cancer
alive.
because
me,
now eternally
me with fear or stop
pain. Death cant embalm
can look death in the
to the other side. I
Ive found my path
.
purpose and vision
You provided
nd about
hing so profou
There is somet
it can
se, and what
the gift of purpo
there were only

ng spirits. Although in a realm that
of angels and ministeri
present, we felt crowded
During the day we
a handful of family
with the human heart. room, we sang
the
could only be seen
family in and out of
fellowshipped with d, we talked about poems, prayers and
One of
together, we intercede
to laugh together.
time
a
found
we offered it as one
promises. We even
to do was laugh and
Jims favorite things
cant seem to reof our final gifts.
love jokes. But I just had many facets
He told me once, I
day
go the next day. The and now is simply
member how they
with you here
share
the
will
I
story
to it. The
be appreciated with
too can only fully
and
so powerful, that it
had become more
that Jims breathing
heart. We noticed
day wore on.
we felt that his
more labored as the
heavily medicated,
Although he had been us. By 6 p.m. the death rattle was
with
a
like
that
knew
connection was still
we
more intense, and
submerge his lungs.
growing louder and
were beginning to
flood, the bodily fluids and gone in the two days that he
come
came and didnt want
Many visitors had
on this day, people
had spent there, but
standing at the shore be
, we wanted to be
and a privilege to
to leave. Somehow
And what an honor
when his ship sailed.
man.
do for another
-Mark DeLap
First Place: Steele County Times, Blooming Prairie, Mark DeLap

A Simple Eulogy
This entry has by far the most powerful writing in this category. That it is
told in the first person could be seen as either distracting or lending immediacy, but what really sets the piece apart is the descriptions strong
and emotional. The category is human interest, and this is the entry
where the humanity is most powerfully evident, as in this: By 7:50 the
labored breathing had gone to shallow breaths, pushed out like contractions every few minutes. As if he were birthing his own death.
Second Place: International Falls Journal, Richard Johnson
Spooky latte?
People love a ghost story. The leads detail about the indentation is an
example of a telling detail that sets the scene for the rest of the story,
though the story could have used more dramatic storytelling rather than
straight feature writing.
Third Place: Shakopee Valley News, Amanda McKnight
Surrogate carries couples baby as wife battles cancer
Among many features with essentially even writing, the topic elevates
this and makes it likely most readers noticed the story.
Thursday, Dec. 24,
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Richfield
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dual matches of the g team won its first
season after starting
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Home for Christma
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Above: Academy of
Holy
AHA Freshman Thomas Angels Sophomore Martu Zabinski, middle,
made an unexpected Zabinski, are surprised to see their sister, is joyed and astonished as she and her
Christmas homecom
brother,
U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentic
ing near the end of
teacher Cathy Anhut,
e Emma Zabinski, who
a Nov.
left,
siblings from the Zabinksi introduced the visitor. Martu, from Liberia, 18 holiday program in the AHA gym.
Theology
and Thomas, from China,
family, residing in south
her surprise appearan
Minneapolis. Top
are two of five adopted
ce. Bottom right: The
Current staff photos
Zabinksi siblings addressright: Martu and Thomas greet their during
by Andrew Wig)
after
a throng of media on
hand for the surprise.
(Sun
City council addre
Attendance
is the central
issue as
bylaws are
addressed
sses absenteeism
on commissions
ments for member

ship on cilmemb
er Michael Howthe advisory bodies.
I know there have
ard moved to
The city has nine
been and they
com- saying he table to vote, some comments
cant take acmissions, which
on the tion, Dmytren
lish a process for
wanted more whole
removal
evalu- time for
ko said at based
attendance
ate policy across
feedback on the
on a recommenall
Goettel said at the issue, the study session.
of governance and areas new code, hoping a new
dation from a
study
At that time, the
session. ... We
commiscouncil
have had went
recommendations make policy could be enacted in
over a draft policy sion chair or staff liaison.
to the time for
times when we
have
Richfield City
commission proParticular absentee
Council. spective
commissioners who had that mandated commiscommissioners to
Each commission
would be brought issues
have
sioners
be present for 75
never showed up
to the
ates under its own oper- be interviewed in January.
council
when percent of
BY ANDREW WIG
they are called.
set of
their meetings. moval. to decide on reOver
the
bylaws,
course
but the council is
SUN CURRENT
It can paralyze commis- The proposed code lanNovember study of a
considering establish
Howard was
guage
sessions ability
NEWSPAPERS
among
to act, since automatinitially called for those pushing
more unified policy ing a sion and this months
to erase
ic
a certain number
for op- city council
erations.
of com- threshol removal if that 75 percent requirem the
meeting
To increase clarity
d is not met, but
central issue has , the missioners must be presfrom the policy, stating ent
The council postpon
address absenteeism and
upon the direction
been ent for a
ed commission
he
on its a vote on
vote to count,
of the did not want
meeting
various commiss
city council, the code
at- according
to deter resiions, the this regard a resolution in tendance whateve
con- dents from
city of Richfield
r their City Manageto Assistant sidered this month
joining a comis taking 8 meeting during its Dec. reasons, some
did not mission.
r Pam Dmy- include
action to codify
commis- trenko.
the provision.
require- issue until , tabling the sioners fail to show
Addressing
January. CounInstead,
There are commiss
the
meetings regularly up for
new language last the policy
ions policy languag
.
month, City
that dont have
e under
quorums consider
ation would estabBYLAWS - TO PAGE
5
Legalize bees? Cit

y considers
allowing backyard
colonies
Proposal
would allow
one to two
hives per
home
approved similar
measure
and during a period s least 10 feet from adjacent
of dwellings, and
population declines
if a hive is
among within 25
pollinators.
feet of a lot line
would have to
Its a trend not
be surlost
the Richfield Garden on rounded by a flyway barClub, rier of at least
according to
6 feet, which
Planning raises
bees
Commissioner Sue
Rosen- they come flight path as
berg, who is also
and go from the
president hive in
order to avoid nuiof the club.
BY ANDREW WIG
sance or safety
Those in the
concerns
SUN CURRENT
garden for neighbo
club made a special
rs.
NEWSPAPERS
The planning commisto plant this year effort
so that sion made
we would have
the recommenRichfield residents
a lot of dation
are plantings for
with some changes
already trying to
attract tors, Rosenbe our pollina- in mind for the draft
bees to their yards
lanrg said. ... I guage.
during purposely
One concern rethe warm months.
planted this year
garded warning
Soon, so I would
they might be allowed
have more bees,
of a hives presenceothers
have a colony of their to and I had tons more.
. The
own.
The city has received ordinance as heard by the
The Richfield Planning
commission included
several requests
Commission on
no
to allow requirem
Dec. 14 bee colonies
ent
for beekeep
unanimously recomm
, according to ers
end- a staff report
to post warning signs. - Joe Geary
ed the passage of
of Minneapolis stands
an ordi- the commiss prepared for
While neighbors
outside the Richfield
nance to allow beekeep
would open on Thanksgiving. Geary
ion meeting.
Best Buy as he waits
takes advantages of
ing
I knew these requests know about the bees, some he may give the purchase
in the city, a practice
such holiday door busterfor the store to
d goods to strangers
commissioners were
sales so that
photo by Andrew Wig)
struggling with misfortun
currently prohibit that is would be coming, Riched. The field Code
cerned about visitorscone. (Sun Current staff
consideration comes
Compliance Ofto
neighboring properti
other communities after ficer Charlie OBrien said,
es.
Planning
have because most
commissioner
of the
first-ring suburba other Erin Vrieze Daniels said
n com- she was
enthusiastic about
munities have adopted
Sun Current
this allowing bee
10917 Valley View Rd.
kind of ordinance.
colonies, but
his exploits.
I am concerned
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Under the zoning
about the
change concentr
Because its time,
ation in a specific
ordinance recomm
952-829-0797
maybe, Minneap
ended location,
olis resident Joe
Current.mnsun.com
by the planning
Geary
commis- sidering especially conmonth, the day after said earlier this
any unaware chilsion, residents and
in San Bernardino, the mass shooting
mercial properties com- dren that might get near a
Calif.
The tragedy weighed
be allowed to keep would hive.
on his mind as
one to
he
sat down to shed
The
concern
two honeybee colonies
therein is
stealthy generosity. some light on his
BY ANDREW WIG
pending on the size , de- bee allergies. The citys
The San Bernard
of
the
ino
shooting is exactly
SUN CURRENT NEWSPA
protocol would be
property.
the
to deny
PERS
ing event that Geary, kind of life-shakbeekeeping at properti
The hives would
55, responds to
es
be reA gift-giving mystery
in his attempts to
quired to be placed
ease pain in his own
man who small
touches peoples
at
way.
lives during some
BEES - TO PAGE 5
their darkest hours
of
has opened up about
GEARY - TO PAGE
2
Stealth gift-giver
For years, people

have received
anonymous gifts
during trying time
s
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comes clean
Weeklies over 5,000
First Place: Richfield Sun Current, Andrew Wig

Stealth gift-giver comes clean
What an inspiring story. This is a well-told tale, shedding light on someone who has spread so much joy over two decades. It is well-reported,
with voices of his wife and the retail manager highlighting Joe Gearys
humility.
Second Place: Grand Rapids Herald Review, Lisa Rosemore
Vietnam vets return for camaraderie, fishing
So often we hear about veterans who wont talk about their experience.
The quote from Howard Hibbard sums it up: The only people who understand are people who were there. The story sheds light on the ties that
bind the soldiers together. The reader comes away with an understanding
of not only how difficult the war was, but how difficult the healing is.
Third Place: Southwest Journal, Minneapolis, Dylan Thomas
An activist in the classroom
Collin Robinson is a student turning words into action, a sophomore who
is not only picking a superintendent but also leading other student activists to action. The story captures his passion and describes how Americans can peacefully promote change. His story is inspiring to change
agents of all ages.

ZACH HACKER/DAILY
Monday,
October 19,
2015
Worthington,
Minnesota
No. 248
First Place: Daily Globe, Worthington, Julie A. Buntjer

Lost & Found: Makram the Christmas Waif discovers three biological sisters
I was very moved by this well-told tale of four women seeking something theyd never known family and then finding each other. The
writer skillfully describes the perseverance of each of these women as
they searched for each other for decades, finally finding themselves
through social media, genealogy websites and genetic testing kits. Im
heartened to learn that Facebook is good for something other then cute
animal videos and Donald Trump memes.
GLOBE
Adrian head coach

Randy Strand
(foreground) watche
s his
offense during
a crucial moment
of the
fourth quarte
r Saturday during the
DragDrag
ons 34-26 Section
3A semifinal
game
against Sleepy
Eye St. Marys
.
Daily Globe
dglobe.com
Lost & found
Second Place: Marshall Independent, Karin Elton

Against the Odds-Back for Another Spin
This is a very stark portrait of a young boy with nothing who walked
all the way from Ecuador to the United States, twice, seeking a life and
finally finding it. The writer gets out of the way and lets the young man
tell his story.
Makram the
Christmas
Third Place: Winona Daily News, Tesla Mitchell

Solomons Song
The anguish of losing a child, first to mental illness and then to suicide is
touchingly told in this moving story.
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DEMANDING CHANGE
RAPE ON CAMPUS,
By DANA MELIUS
rald.com
dmelius@stpeterhe
transportation to
Issues ranging from
g in between
mental health and everythintheme at Saturbrought forward a commonmeeting there
hall
days legislative town
to go around.
money
enough
be
wont
kato, and
Sen. Kathy Sheran, DFL-Man
th Mankato,
Rep. Clark Johnson, DFL-Norof an engaged
in front
addressed myriad issues Center, bouncing
crowd at the St. Peter Seniorhour and a half. It
an
from topic to topic over
statement
longer.
Womyns Awareness Center
could have lasted much
the capacity to
Theres way more than heading into
who is
support, said Sheran,
The 68-year-old
her final legislative session. r announced
veteran lawmaker in Decembe
first been elected
her retirement after having
in 2006.
funds, coupled
This finite amount of state
between Sherans
with a growing stalemate an-controlled
DFL party and the Republic
to predict the tenor
House, make it difficult
officially opens March
of this session, which
nish May 16.
8 and is supposed to fi
ical differSheran said those philosoph
President
any long-term transences could again stall
seeks culture shift;
She and Johnson
Center at Gustavus
ss concerns
portation funding package. the state gas tax
in
Womyns Awareness
de forum to addre
both support an increase and bridge imclosed campus-wi
on
dedicated funds to road
with
stories
their
Bergman calls for
vors sharing
wanted
provements.
bills, held over due
social media. And we How
Transportation and tax
it.
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to do something about safer
sides to compromise
By DANA MELIUS
s Adolphus College
to the inability of the two
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a Square Park pavilion
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campus.
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to move this conversat
as both Johnson and
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to
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believe
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asking for $300,000 toward the memorial
at
to be an under-reported
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only
page essay on sexual violence.
campus Christ Chapel
was also noted that while bonding funds
they has publicize d a list of deto the of sexual assault and violence.
state
Gustavus officials say
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in Virginia has received
includA campus -wide email can not comment on an indi- mands and encouraged Gusa communities, a half
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among rural Minnesot
until Feb. 11 redue to tavus alumni to get involved
have been granted
ing students, faculty and of wasnt issued
vidual students status
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dozen in the metro area
ent
garding the Dec. 13 incident. federal laws on data privacy.
as well, both in contribut to
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monies.
state
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Center
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the
at the discussion and
and so little time
Others question
the Womyns Awarenes
This has been an issue
But with so many issues Legislature will
are
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the
at Gustavus, said studentsover istrations decision not
a long time, Soule withhold donation are met.
this session, Johnson noted
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as well Gustavus for
ernoon lege until demands
outraged and frustrate
the alleged perpetrator
need to be efficient.
said during a Sunday aft
delays in
said. But the Leghas
that one of the sancwhat they consider
6A
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admin- as reports the student, who interview. Conversation
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alleged tions issued
campus been sparked
time.
istration related to an
reportedly remains on
peoples work done in
the
campus,
on
rape
wont be easy beDec. 13, 2015
But Johnson stressed it
bills from 2015 and
ongoing issues
cause of key holdover
March 7 to discuss
from throughout
a campus-wide forum
growing demands and issues
Bergman called for
. (Herald file photo)
President Rebecca
student concerns
the state.
Adolphus College
assault case and
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more
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bassadors
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St. Patricks
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ursday by the St. Burgs father. grandparents and one
the Thursday
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issues with conIrish
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1B-2B, 6B // CLASSIF
Erika Egdorf
has a room full of
medals and trophies
that she's earned
through her 24-year
skating career.
After 24-year career,
Egdorf to skate fare
well performamce
at this weekend's spri
fter 24 years of skating,

Luvernes princess
of the
The doctor looked
ice rink is retiring
her
at her and told
skates. A hobby turned
competitive passion has fi
us shed probably
lled
never walk;
trophies and medals a room with
that we should put
a source of self-este andprovided
her in an institution
em for a woman
born with Down syndrom
.
e.
He said she was the
I just really love
Egdorf when asked it, said Erika
why
ugliest baby hed ever
up for so many years. shes kept it
seen.
Her mother, Signe
said skating has playedUnderwood,
an important role in making
... Shes just such a
Erika who she is
today. Its been her
life,
This weekend will she said.
gift to the world.
Erikas biggest skating be one of
lifetime a farewell events of her
performance
during the Blue Mound
Figure Skat
ers annual spring
Signe
Unde
show
rwood, Erika's moth
Shes 36 now, Sig in Luverne.
er
said, and we
want her to go out
on a high
For the spirited skater note.
whos
known for her smiles
egon; Pentiction,
Canada; Chicago
hugs, this weekend and generous
,
Illinois; and Anchora
s
ge, Alaska.
just another opportu show will be
Erikas tenacity clearly
nity to shine
comes
on the ice.
from Sig, who as a
single
But it will mark the
moved her little family mom
end of
another chapter in
ka and a young son, baby EriAdam from
Erikas life story of
Alaska to Wenatch
ee,
overcoming obPhotos and
Washington.
stacles.
She went back
text by
to college to be a
Shell probably
Lori Sorenson
registered nurse,
and
never walk
in 1992, she married
Erika was born in
Buck Underwood.
lage in Alaska where a remote vilIt was in Washing
her
father
ton
that Erika,
was
a bush pilot.
at age 12, first tried
skating
The doctor looked
a school Special Olympic through
s activity.
told us shed probably at her and
The school took
never walk;
them to the
that we should put
ice rink in a bus,
her in an instituSig
tion, Sig said. He
have never known said. I would
said she was the
she could skate
ugliest baby hed
otherwise.
ever seen.
Today, Sig said shed
Erika learned speed
like
to find
skating
that doctor and show
first.
her daughter went him all that
She was really fast,
on to accomSig said.
plish.
She got first every
where private lessons
time; she would
were
She mastered swimmi
even beat the boys.
Wenatchee newspap
A professional figure offered.
ng,
er article.
skating
bicycling, track and
couple who helped
Erika giggled at this
Usually were happy
field, bowling,
coach special
story.
if we can
softball and of
Mom! But she admitted
needs skaters noticed
get special needs
course skating.
skaters going
Erikas natuit was true.
Skating is her love,
She was fast.
ral talent and were
forward and backwar
Sig said.
impressed by
d on ice. Erika
Its a passion thats
what she could do.
did spins, jumps
Then through public
and spirals. There
lessons,
Seattle, Washington; taken her to
she
was nothing we showed
We
learned
were
figure skating and
struck by Erikas love
Portland, Orjoined the local fi
for skating, they
she didnt enjoy doing. her that
gure skating club
were quoted
She
loved to
as saying in an April
please and just loved
26, 2000,
being out on
the ice.
ng show
Above, Erika Egdorf

delivers
of her signature impulsive one
hugs to
Blue Mound Figure
Skating Club
Coach Cathy Shearer
during a
vitis to Egdorf's home
on Thursday.
March 10.
(Lori
Sorenson photos)
At left is a photogra
ph Egdorf after
her medal-winning
performance in
the 2011 ISI World
Championships.
She knows how
to work the crowd
and always gets the
biggest cheers
with her blowing kisses
and waving to the audience
," said
Jo Frankenhoff, assistan Madi
t skating
coach for the Blue
Mound Figure
Skating Club.
Skating in the big
leagues
For years Erika compete
d
in and dominat
ed Special
Olympics skating
competitions, but
around 1995 her
coaches entered
her in a competition
abled skaters, and with non-disshe won.
Princess on ice/Cont
inued on page 2B
At left Erika is pictured

with her mom, Signe
Mound Figure Skating
Underwood (left)
and Blue
Club coach Cathy
Shearer in Egdorf's
home.
Below, Erika is pictured
as a child with one
ington. It's the cover
of her early coaches
of a
in Washdocument her success scrapbook one of several that
were created to
ful skating career.
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Rape on campus
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series looking at sexual assaults on the Gustavus campus, demands for
action, the universitys response and reaction from multiple sources.
The story is peppered with national and local statistics to support or give
perspective to what those interviewed had to say. Congratulations on a
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Princess on ice
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Healthy Lunches
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Cuba Embargo
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Meth: Borderlands drug of choice
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of Minneshow that
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Chantill Roberts
Joe Roberts ; mother,tumor and suffered
with his father,
a cancerous brain a featured speaker at
, center, poses
years old, has
Noah Roberts
l will be
Noah, who is 4
last summer. Chantil
and Spiderman.
from brain surgery School.
complications
High
April 17 at Falls
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Ready to Relay
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Falls High School
BY EMILY GEDDE
Staff Writer
has been
Chantill Roberts for Life
Relay
involved with
never in the
in the past, but
find herself
capacity she will
in this year.
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The lifelong Internat ch
Shorelun
Falls resident and
April 17 will
Cafe owner on
of people at
stand up in front
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giver a role she
warning.
in with very little
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ld son Noah
her then 3-year-o
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had a cancerous
it was growing.
brain stem and
the best
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in the
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said.
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backs, includin
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to eat or swallow
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with a feeding
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she said, adding
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closer to care
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A 2-year old girl

scoops
up a clean cotton
ball with
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little creature and
gently
delivers it to her
grandfather who is sitting
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Two days later,
busy schedu
to have meaning
s from cope with
though he says his
and pur- and relative le as friends awoke in the middle Steve
the difficulties
addic- suicide, Steve says.
pose.
of the
s who are
of aging.
workin g or raising still night and was on his way
They find themse
chillves dren.
see Sobriety on
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Harriet Tubman
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item donation fro
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make many of
the
there very happy, residen ts
said Tartan
The Skills USA
group from junior Ruth Pee.
Tartan High School
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completed a commu recentl y wanted to help Tartan group
nity
people in need,
project that involve service and after researc
d collect hing differing items such as
clothes, toys, ent organizations, the Tubman
books, toiletri es
Center stood out.
and
for the Harriet Tubma jewelry
The Harrie t Tubma
n CenEast in Maplewood. n Center ter East provide
s shelter, legal
Skills USA is an
organization services, mental and chemical
that helps high school
health counseling,
learn essential skills students resources, youth elder abuse
programming
they
will and
need in a workpl
commu nity educat
ace setting.
ion.
The eight studen
These services are
provided for
Tartan group organiz ts in the people who
have experienced
ed a donation drive that
collect ed 997 trauma such as addiction, sexitems, which were
delivered on ual exploit ation, relatio nship
March 9.
violence and elder
abuse.
The Tartan Skills
Jen Polzin, Harriet
USA group
Tubman
organizes two or
three service Center CEO, said that Tartan
projects each school
students have a
year.
long history of
I believe it is
import ant volunteering and gathering donato help the Tubma
tions for the Tubman
n shelter.
Center.
becaus e I know
Jordan Cich, left,
that it will
Brandon Ong, center,
see Tubman on page
lect donations from
and Ruth Pee are
10
Tartan student
three of eight
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tension at these meetings. The stories balanced the conflicting viewpoints
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Reaching for sobriety
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Teens family shines a light on suicide awareness
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shared concerns from the school system, parents, and the community as
they faced the deaths of two students and the fact that local teenagers
continue to play the game.
students who helped

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Social Issues Story

2/24/16 MINE PA
MESABI DAILY
HIBBING DAILYNTEWS
RIBUNE
GE 25
HIGHER EDUCAT
ION MESABI
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD

CHISHOLM TRIBUNERPEVIEW
RESS
RANGE COLLEG
After being laid off

from Mining Resour
to the Business Associa
ces last year, former
te of Science program
employees Joe Golden
at Mesabi Range
, Laura Holter, Jen
College.
Mogensen and Heidi
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I write this on Election Day. I mention the date because it figures in why
I liked this story so much. One presidential candidate appealed to displaced workers like those featured in this story with a message of hate
and fear. These woman show what you can accomplish with hope and
trust. Instead of whining about their fates they did what Americans have
always done: They got up off the floor and tried to make their lives better.
They are the Trump antidote.
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their attention
CARVING A NEW
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MOST ANYTHING A
ANGIE RIEBE
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had a cleansing effect in these small communities.
POSSIBILITY
VIRGINIA Laura
Holter, Jen Mogensen, Joe Golden
and Heidi Anderso
n
gather before class
in the
Mesabi Range College commons at
on a recent afternoon, offhandedly
joking
together opening Jens about one day
Brewery.
The business students
are
not
sure,
exactly, what they
will do once they
graduate.
Their only concret

e plan right now is
to nish school with
very good grades,
says Holter. Thats
where
They, along with their the focus is.
friend, Heather
Nelson, are all on
track to do just that.
The ve students never
expected to be
back in school.
But they are driven
and determined
succeeding more
than ever this second
time around.
The choice to return

to school marks
only the rst pages
in this unchosen new
chapter of their lives.
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This solidly reported series on a developing social problem the shortage of foster parents was eye-opening. Matthew Liedke did a fine job
explaining the issue and offering solutions.
The ve friends once

belonged to
a larger family that
was
nine months ago when disbanded
Steel Dynamics
Inc., announced on
Students relax before
May
the start of their
boards to connec
Resources iron concen 26 that Mining
t three schools with accounting class at Mesabi Range
trate plant in ChCollege. The class
the teacher at Rainy
isholm and Mesabi
uses interactive video
Nuggets iron-making
River Community
College.
facility in Hoyt Lakes
ment and federal program
would be idled for
s, such as Trade
a Adjustment Assistan
minimum of two years,
prompti
ce
(TAA),
ng
which offers
a
layoff
of about 200 employ
workers who have
ees between both
lost jobs, as the result
places.
of foreign trade, opportu
The Indiana-based
skills to become re-emplnities to obtain
parent company
oyed,
paying for
cited an extreme decreas
two years of schoolin
g.
pig iron, the end product e in pricing for
They made sure no
of those operaone
tions, as the reason
the cracks, and represen fell between
for the closures.
tatives from area
There were fewer
community colleges
than 100 workers
were on-hand at
at
Mining Resources,
and you knew every- those gatherings, Holter said.
one by name and
Thats
when
by face, said Holter,
the friends decided
school
who worked there
as an accounts payable was a good option, she said. It would
clerk since Octobe
r 2013. It was a tight- also extend their unemployment
benknit group.
ets. We picked
something all ve
IN COUPONS INSIDE
of us
It was like part of
the family left when agreed on.
Mining Resources
That turned out to
shut down, said Mobe
Mesabi
s
Busines
gensen, who began
s
Associate of Science
there in September
program. We all
2012, working several
started at the end
of August,
positions, including in plant utility
Studies in that program Holter said.
and as a lab technihave
hit very
cian, and later in accoun
close to home for
the dislocated workers
ts payable.
We found out at
,
especially in econom
the same time; we
ics classes, where
cried at the same
they have discusse
time. ... It hurt. I was
d such topics as unemmad. This was my
ployment, imports
second
and exports, and the
years, said the mother family for three effects of foreign
steel dumping.
of three, ages 16,
11 and 7.
We are learning about
it, Mogensen
It was a difcult time
said. We lived it.
IN COUPONS
for everyone, especially for families
The students are also
who had two spouses
cognizant, they
laid off, she noted.
said, of how deeply
2016
layoffs at area mining
SUNDAY, JULY 24,
But employees were
operations cut across
well-informed
the board, affectin
at meetings about
g
also the contractors,
options for employ
subcontractors and
Displaced worker
s open their accoun
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DAVE SCHWARZ,
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arrest a man June
day, at
happening here. Every
Sex trafficking is
l Minnesota is not
all hours. And Centra
e, drug use and trauma
immune to the violenc
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that follows prostitu
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advocacy organiz
enforcement and
such
t the issue, but factors
working to comba
and economics
as pornography, sexism
culture of exploitation.
continue to fuel a
proseenforcement and
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part report, readers
s in
getting conviction
to
to women who want
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business and the
get out of the sex-for-hire
to them.
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in
to the johns caught
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and
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to curb demand and
working
is
Cloud
fore reduce sex trafficking.
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with
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trafficked
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being
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JCC Basketball
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3 MATT RINGKOB
TRENT SUKALSKI
DS SR
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relies on all
basketball team
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championship
The Jackson Count dream of winning Section 3AA
game.
fulfill
championship
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the Class AA state
and playing in
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Excellent story. Well written. Great quotes. Presentation really helps this
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15 CARTER HEINRIC
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MIKE WIERSON COACH
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JCC Huskies boys

basketball team
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like an intemade him feel
since
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part of the team
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giving everythi
That include
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all season.
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itz is fighting to get
back on his bike. The
Waseca
multiple-time state motocr High School graduate is a
oss champion. Just before
accident took him off
the
track, he had qualified
for the biggest race of his life.
Now, three months removed

, the week he heads
memory of that accompli
to occupational, physishment lin- cal and
gers somewhere in
speech therapy.
the
He wakes each day
brain. He has no recollectiback of his
with a
ing the finish line, realizingon of cross- not remembering, a body not brain
moving
a lifetime and eyes not
goal or that moment
seeing the way they
of
lost the memory along pure joy. He to. But with every new day used
there is
with so many improvem
others. But hes fighting
ent.
to get it back.
Ive been feeling closer
Wyatt, who graduate
and closschool last June, lives d from high er, he said of his recovery.
at
his parents, brother and home with
sister. Twice a
See TRACK on 5A
8A
By JACOB STARK
jstark@wasecacoun
tynews.com
opher, D.D.S.
Debby Christ
MN
Street, Jackson,
road to recovery after
pweyhe@lesueurne
property just outside
Waseca. (Philip Weyhe/L

e
carbon monoxide
poisoning
FAITH
Paulette, Wyatt and
the Krampitz family
believers in God and
are firm
the power of prayer.
From the very
beginning of Wyatts
recovery from carbon
poisoning, Paulette
monoxide
prayed and encoura
ged others to
pray with her.
We had people praying
have a sister in Californi all over the world, she said. I
a, a sister in Owaton
mom in New Richland
na and my
, who were all told
by God to pray
for him.
Wyatts faith also strength
ened through the
process.
recovery
I believe God saved
me, he said.
Many of the support
events for Wyatt also
faith and prayer, includin
involved
Lake Park, which began g at the Walk for Wyatt at Clear
with a group prayer.
believed from the
Paulette
beginning that Wyatts
life was in
Gods hands.
I wouldnt let any
negative words come
room, she said of
into the
her sons time at the
hospital. I said
this is a long road
between God and
Wyatt.
Hours of tension
F.W. Striemer,
in the Central Buildings
meet47-3620
ing room broke Tuesday
507-8
night as Waseca pha.com
intendent Tom
mstatebankofalSuperLee entered
www.fa
the room,owned
since 1911
expression revealing the nt and
locally his joyful
Independe
news before
his words did:
both questions of the
Bank
MEMBER
districts
A Centu
bondryreferendu
had passed.
m
FDIC
The first of the two questions
passed 1,514 to
929. The second question
was much closer, passing
MORE
1,272 to 1,164. Oppositio
n
to question two was much INSIDE
more evident in precincts WEM
voters
three and four precinct pass
pair of
three voted it down
205 operating
to 166, and precinct four,
levies. Page
which encompasses the
ru- 7A
ral portions of the school
district, was 402 to 376.
The $30 million bond referendu
m addresses the
districts facilities in two
questions. The first, which
totals $15.5 million, includes,
security updates to among other things:
its school buildings to
better control access
replacing 58-year-o
ld boilers at Hartley Elementary
completing deferred
nior/senior high school maintenance at the juchanical and electrical (JSHS), including mesystem
adding a new girls locker upgrades
room at the JSHS
comply with Title IX
regulations and remodeli to
the existing girls locker
ng
room
visiting team locker room into a community/
remodeling several fi
rst floor rooms at Central to accommodate
preschool and portions
the second floor to accommo
of
date Adult Basic
Education and ELL classes
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Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Precinct 3
Precinct 4
Total
OTHER COUNTY
EVENTS
Other Veterans Day

programs in the county
All Hy-Vee location
include:
s are oering complim
veterans. Breakfas
entary breakfast to
t includes, among
other things, eggs,
sausage and bacon.
hashbrown,
Waseca Intermediate
School 8:10 a.m.
Waseca Junior/Senior
in the gym
High School 8:50
Hartley Elementary
a.m. in the gym
School 9:30 a.m.
in
Sacred Heart
mass at 8:30 a.m. followedthe gym
juice in the church
by rolls, coee, and
basement
Program at Janesvill
e-Waldorf-Pemberton
auditorium. Breakfas
t is provided for veterans High School
8:30 a.m. Starting
at 9:30 a.m., the program and families at
showcasing students
includes speakers
, a video
discussing veterans
and choir perform
New Richland-Hartlan
ances.
d-Ellendale-Geneva
Starts at 9:30 a.m.,
High School program
featuring singing
.
of the national anthem
performance, Lions
, choir
Club presentation,
recognition of veterans
flag folding.
and
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By JACOB STARK
jstark@wasecacoun
tynews.com
The mood next Wednesd

ay will be one of
solemn respect and celebratio
n of the men
and women who have
served
While the point of the their country.
changed, concerns about day has never
safety have led
Wasecas Veterans Day
organizers to move
the annual event from
the
American Legion building.courthouse to the
See CEREMONY on
Football standings
Team
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Rochester Mayo
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Rochester JM
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Rochester Century
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ict Red
Southeast Distr
District Overall
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Bulldogs finish one win shy of state
Good story. Written well. Classic agony of defeat side of sports.
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District Overall
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PF
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6.5
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By Kyle Stevens
-eagle.com
kstevens@republican
Austin Burlage
RANDOLPH
offense. The Ranstands behind the
team is going
dolph Rockets football practice last
day
through Wednes
in preparation
week, running plays. Austin kneels.
Meadow
for Grand
beAustin shuffles
Austin stands.
tes.
hind his teamma
a clear photo
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difficult, but idle
fault gear.
has been blitzed
Austin Burlage
JV line
school
high
a
by life. Like
ota Vikings deagainst the Minnes had a chance.
fense, Austin never
to Austin. Or his
But dont tell that . Or his coach.
mom. Or his brother
belongs.
Austin Buralge
but three words
Austin had spoke
was 3 years old.
by the time he
hi. And pot was
Pot, ma and
ted beverage.
actually a carbona
divorce, and then
There was the
5 years ago this
his sister, she died Dawn, Austins
November, said
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think
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20.0
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31.0
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Autism hasnt stopp
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First Place: Red Wing Republican Eagle, Kyle Stevens

Burlage Blitz
Well done. A positive story that allows the reader to really get to know
Austin.
Wednesday
2016
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Overall
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Grand Meadow
Houston
Spring Grove
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LeRoy-Ostrander
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everyth
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Austin took his Focus
the defensive line,
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lays this year
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Third Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune, Paula Quam

Girls hockey team wows crowds with sportsmanship
Yay for these young ladies! Story well written nice to see attention
given to this level of sports.
13.0
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GAME OFFillmo
re Central
Goodhue at
www.faribault.com
Second Place: Waseca County News, Daniel Ring

A Fond Farewell
A terrific year later story filled with a look back and a look ahead. Nicely
done and the photo is wonderful.
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Safety concerns move Vet
Big Southeast Distr
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Team
Mankato West
Winona
Faribault
Mankato East
Austin
Red Wing
First Place: Waseca County News, Philip Weyhe

On Track
Well written and inspirational. The writer told the story perfectly and
drew me in. Kudos to both the writer and the young man.
on 7A
THE BREAKDOWN
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Precinct 3
Precinct 4
Total
Third Place: Mille Lacs County Times, Milaca, Jeff Hage

Banking on Molly
Enjoyed the comeback story. Found myself rooting for this player.
QUESTION 1
SPORTS
Red Wing
Republican Eagle
Hwy. 71
Junction of I-90 and
800-634-3444
507-847-2444
www.americinn.com
Ryan
Christopher
You put alot of

the
bright smiles on
JCC fans faces!
ON TRACK
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, right, adjusts the
pose of her son Wyatt
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in the
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Le Centers Anderson leaves lasting memories with family, friends, players and students
One of the best entries. Terrific story, well written, nice quotes ... covered
all the bases.
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INSIDE:
Collins big dream
,
B2
WED NES DAY
Trygs tribute to faith:
the
Finding clarity amidst
ECHO PRESS
First Place: Alexandria Echo Press, Will Benson

Finding clarity amidst the storm - The bond of brothers
The lead in to this story stood out and led me into the powerful narrative.
B1
a future
I can know I have
like this is
after this; its not
to be.
always how its going
Tryg Burgau
ALEXANDRIA SENIOR
STORM
Alex senior faces

testing road toward
Hodgkins diagnosis
2016
Augus t 17,
during this
He was anemic
earhis ear
stretch, and thought
s could posly-onset symptom
sports-induced
sibly have been
asthma.
west to
The family headed
y to see a
Seattle in Januar
of drivBy Will Benson specialist with aims
into remission.
wbenson@echopress.com ing the Crohns
ther-week
Tryg began every-o, a medicaTryg
Humira
years,
injections of
For the past five right.
Crohns, and
felt
tion used to treat
d.
Burgau has not
senior had
feel slightly improve
The Alexandria sympto ms began to on to play baseball
of
went
Contributed
nce
He
s of
abunda
an
his diagno- that spring, but the struggle low
on July 7 at Mayo Clinic
stemmi ng from
in early
g body aches and
round of chemotherapy
sis of Crohns disease nt pro- recurrin
beginning his second this past May.
cease.
treatme
a thumbs up before
energy refused to brighte ned
2015, but as the not.
senior Tryg Burgau flashes
Stage IV Hodgkins lymphoma
stances
did
Circum
in- Alexandria . The 17-year-old was diagnosed with
gressed, Tryg
past May, the in September, as Tryg was
in Rochester
One Sunday this
seemed
Crohns
answers
the
some
formed that
family received
remission. Unwaged on.
to be going into
s re but Trygs battle
round of
WHAT IF IM DYING?
bly, the symptom
back to
Entering his fourthHodgkins predicta
The Burgaus traveledy of this
as a
mained.
chemotherapy
in Februar
was playing
IV patient,
Even when I it was still Washington
checkup, as
lymphoma, Stage
l [in 2015],
nced far more
year for a regular and stomTryg has experie than many en- basebal me. I played, but I didnt
shortness of breath
hard for
at 17 years of age
Tryg explain ed. ach issues persisted.
.
great,
feel
lifetime
a
that visit,
dure in
faith, how- When I was in remission [from
On a CT scan taken located
His will, and his resolute.
a lump
never like I felt
d
they
Crohns], it was I still had the doctors noticed
ever, have remaine
lung but stated
three
completely fine. low energy. I in Trygs
comfortable waiting ine
and
TAINTY body aches but I had to push were
, given the borderl
STORMS OF UNCER
did kept lifting,
en- monthsof the nodes size, to obno
health
had
with
I
it;
nature
through
Trygs battle
ments.
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serve any develop then pursue
not begin with his
ergy.
one parThey decided to regimen of
agnosis.
Tryg remembers
g 185
ive
the 17-yearFour years ago, low-grade ticular lift, bench pressin he a more aggress
in which
old suffered from ous body pounds, a weight
fevers and mysteri
Second Place: Northfield News, Nick Gerhardt

Above the Rest
The writing in this article stood out as crisp and allowed the subject to
take center stage.
Third Place: Chaska Herald, Eric Kraushar*
Road to Rio
All Dailies
45 inches!
Sunday, January 31,
2016
Beargrease
trail, teams
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A save for Duluth hockey
Tackling an age old question who knows better: parents or coaches?
is never easy, but this story provides numbers, facts and emotion for a
touchy subject in the community. Great explanation to readers on a big
decision.
Lisa KaczKe
lkaczke@duluthne
ws.com
The trail is looking

the mushers 400-plus good and
dogs have
been determined
fit to start the
John Beargrease
Sled Dog Marathon races today
.
The veterinary checks
went
well Saturday to
ensure all the
dogs are ready for
the marathon
and mid-distance
races,
grease media director Bearsaid. The 32nd runningJason Rice
of the
Beargrease begins
at 11 a.m. today
near Two Harbor
s.
Its good that we
make sure that everydo this to
dog thats
about to hit that
trail is in peak
running conditio
n,
added the remind Rice said. He
er that spectators should not bring
pets to Beargrease their own
start but
should be dressed
for the outdoors
and be prepared
for walking.
Glen Avon Dynamo
The race is named
Squirt B hockey players
in honor of
John Beargrease,
game against Herman
Logan Lian (25) and
who
town at Fryberger
Nick Heffernan (31)
used a sled dog team for years
Arena in Duluth on
head out to the ice
Wednesday evening
mail to communities to deliver
. Photos by Clint Austin after intermission during a
on the North
/ caustin@duluthnews.com
Shore. A ceremo
ny was held
Saturday at Beargre
ases
grave in
Beaver Bay.
The ceremony was
Beargreases great-gr led by
andson
Mike Keyport, a
Beargrease race
board member and
City embraced chang
a
the Grand Portage member of
e to
Band of Lake
combat declining
Superior Chippew
participation
a.
Rice said that as
Billy BlackBrady sLater
well of the Grand
Portage Band
bslater@duluthne
completed the peace
ws.com
pipe ceremony blessing
uluth gets its close-up
the mushers and
this week
dogs, the dogs howled
when Hockey Day
in unison.
Minnesotas
Rice said he had
television camera
never seen anys focus in on
thing like it.
Bayfront Festival
Park.
It was like a bizarre
In separate games
ly emoSaturday, the boys
tional thing that
high school teams
spontaneously
from
Denfeld
happened, Rice
and East
will take over a pictures
said. As hes
que outdoor rink
blessing the dogs,
in front of rabid
they began this
fans and a Fox Sports
very solemn howl
North television
as though to
audience.
say, Thank you.
Sometime during
We acknowledge
you.
city will be lauded the broadcasts, the
for its unique position
The trail has a deep
in youth hockey.
pack on it, Rice said. snowIn
a
modern
era in which many
conditions at night The cooler
young
players come to
the organized game
should create
a hard, fast trail
through indoor rinks,
for the mushthe city mainers, even though
itll
tains a strong tether
slushy start today be a warm,
A look at
Dean Cooke, one of
that wont be
to hockeys outdoor
the
ideal for sled dogs.
players between periodscoaches of the Portman Black Squirt
Hockey Days history. Seven
B team, talks to his
youth
during a game at Fryberg
It should mean
a
er Arena on Wednes
history, Page B1 programs throughout
trail if the forecast hard, fast
day.
holds. Theres
the city continue
a condensing action
to
operate the outdoor
when you get warm that happens
rinks where the
1,200
citys youngest players
and then it refreeze days like this,
get their introdu
1,106
ction to the game.
s overnight; it
1,061
has a tendency to
Duluth is unique
really pack the
and
its
really
trail, (and) it really
to compare it to
hard
1,000
another
densifies the
snow, he said.
Shea, a board membe city, said Dave
Morgan Park rink r in the GaryVolunteers spent
association. We
ning errands, such Saturday runseven different,
800
completely separat have
as dropping off
straw and firewoo
e
rink boards. Its
d at the checkold-time neighbo
rhood
points along the
hockey, and thats
753
North Shore in
whats kind of cool
665
preparation for
about it.
600
the race.
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A5
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Second Place: Grand Forks Herald, Brad Elliott Schlossman

24 hours to a title
The reporters ability to gain access to a top-level program provides a
fun, colorful look at its biggest day in a generation.
Third Place: St. Cloud Times, Tom Elliott
Baseballs big for Father Nett
There were a lot of good features in this category, but this story hit all the
right notes for color, depth and length. I came out the other side feeling
like I knew a person everyone else was talking about.
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Hockey Association
Coalition concerned about

mining waits for next movecopper Candidates hope to
exceed
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Business owners
opposed to
copper mining say
they support
regional economic
diversification
John Myers
jmyers@duluthne
ws.com
It started in October
with a few Duluth
business owners
concerned about
plans
copper mining in
Northeastern Minnes for
and then grew fast
ota
to 64 members from
across the Northla
nd.
But the Downstream
Business Coalitio
may have run its
n
course, one of its
founders
says, and is sitting
mostly quiet as the
Met copper project
Polyawaits approval.
We did what we
set out to do. We
put our
names out there
and let the County
Board
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r know that there
is a
segment of busines
ses and employers
that want to make
here
sure we dont harm
we have going,
what
said Greg Benson
, CEO of
Duluth-based Loll
Designs, a manufa
cturer
of outdoor furnitu
re and other items.
it was never intende
But
d to be something
went on and on and
that
on. We have busines
to run. Im not
ses
sure what more
we might
do.
The group organiz
ed as the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the
PolyMet copper mine
was released, with
critics
saying the mine
and processing plant
release pollution
could
into
watershed that could the St. Louis River
find
stream to Lake Superio its way downr.
See Coalition, Page A5
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Outdoors ........ B8-10
Sports.....................B
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But that is the history

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WASHINGTON
states of expec Welcome to
tation, a system
that has produce
the caucus and primary
d
axioms like you
expectaneed to have one
tions game, where
of the three tickets
third place can
be as good as first,
Sometimes, finishinout to survive.
where a distant
g first is not
second can make
you the comeback always enough because,
well,
kid, and where
you
are expected to.
Vince
would think he was Lombardi
After Thursday
in never-never
land.
Republican consultnights debate,
ant Steve
Schmidt told MSNBC
The football coach
that Jeb
of the winBush, his campai
ning isnt everyth
gn declared
ing,
defunct by much
thing credo would its the only
of
go crazy trying
poised to replicat the media, was
to understand the
e the
whos-on-first
comeback-kid scenari Bill Clinton
calculations leading
o because
into Mondays
he
was
inching up in polls
Iowa caucuses and,
in New
eight days later,
Hampshire.
New Hampshires
primary.
Today
Snow south
High: 31 Low: 15
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Tomorrow
Partly sunny
High: 22 Low: 9
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Business Story
COUNTRY
Serving Marine on
St. Croix, Scandia,
May Township
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBE
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U of M students
tackle drainage
dilemma
First Place: Country Messenger, Scandia, Suzanne Lindgren

Wood, Working
Well written and holds the interest of the reader. Great story of how a
business owner got his start and became successful.
Wood, working
BY SUZANNE LINDGREN
EDITOR@COUNTRYMESS
ENGER.COM
BY SUZANNE LINDGREN
Ben Johnson isnt
EDITOR@OSCEOLASUN.C
handmade furnitur saying his
OM
change the world. e is going to
In May Townshi
But
p, a troublesome
the bonds of commun in sparking
reimagined by graduate
road has been
ity, keeping
students in the
history in close
of Minnesotas civil
reach and satisengineering programUniversity
fying an ancient
Dubbed the Carnelia
.
human drive to
n
create,
Hills
Drainage Improve
his pieces
ment Project, the
students were tasked
little harder than are working a
ing a solution for
with designyour average
a
end table.
and the resulting neighborhood prone to erosion
sediment runoff.
Johnson, Scandia,
ing was their capstone
The undertakmakes cusproject,
tom
furniture and
a final design assignment that gives
the moniker Wood dcor under
before graduation. students real world experience
He salvages materialthat Could.
One significant
s from old
barns, cast offs,
runs downhill on symptom of the problem: sand
forests
a
shops. Once hauled and thrift
sion at the bottom gravel road, contributing to erohome, he
of the hill, and
works each piece
in particular.
one private drive
into something
unique.
The students identifi
ed 133rd Street
If its an idea
of the problem,
as the source
and I have the
and suggested redirecti
wood, I can make
of water off the
ng the flow
road.
Every single piece it, he says.
"They're proposin
has
g
that
it. You put it together a story to
we re-grade 133rd
drains to the east
so it
and it has
instead
a sentimental
tie Kasper, the township of the west," reported Kavalue. Hopefull
s
y
were creating
engineer, "That
not getting as much
way we're
heirloom pieces
excess from the
that people will
The design also
roadway."
keep
calls for the installat
ily. We want them in their famwater retention
ion of stormto be around
ponds as space
Ben Johnson and
allows, somethin
the township is
SUZANNE
Kelli
looking into.
g
wood scrap. Johnson Carlson, Scandia, describe the potentialLINDGREN | COUNTRY MESSENGER
"Right now we're
SEE WOOD, PAGE
founded Wood that
6
of a discarded
and metal into furniture
Could,
to see if we'd have staking the right of way out there
and decorative pieces. which turns reclaimed wood
space available,"
said Kasper.
Silt would have
any potential pond,to be cleaned periodically from
said Board Chair
noting that he thought
Bill Voedisch,
Finaally, the design it could be done.
recomme
nds paving the road,
a move township
leaders are loathe
May's comprehensive
to approve.
plan
calls for maintain
rural nature of
ing the
the town, with a
preference for gravel roads. In addition,
nance of pavemen said Kasper, long-term maintet is expensive.
"No one thinks
goes with it, she about all the maintenance that
said. It's one thing
a road, it's another
to pay to pave
seal coat later, the to talk about the crack fill and
mill and overlay
struct later especiall
later, the recony when there are
in the township
other roads
that
Won and lost by
and others we need would be more of a priority,
to fix. Budgetin
margins, results slim
so much."
g only allows for
were
split for the
Kasper noted that
two-part
the Carnelian Hills
bond proposal,
ers Association
Homeownput
has offered to cover
vote Tuesday, Nov. to a
costs for the road
maintenance
once it is paved.
the Forest Lake 3, in
Based on the engineer
school
ing students design,
district.
Carnelian-Marine
the
-St. Croix Watershe
Question one,
will prepare a
d District
formal
$143-million bond for a
estimates for various feasibility report with cost
to
imoptions, includin
prove building
ported Kasper.
g paving, resecurity,
Cost estimates
efficiency and
should
in January for
budget and planning be available
tenance district mainproject organize
, she said, and
rs hope to have
passed. Question wide,
improvements completed in 2017.
two, Voter support,
Second Place: Jackson County Pilot, Justin R. Lessman

The Town TIF, tax abatement built
An excellent an easy-to-understand article on a complicated topic. This
was an in-depth piece that had to be of great community interest.
Forest Lake school bond

issue: yes and no
Scandia
Elementary to see
safety, efficiency
upgrades
SEE SCHOOL, PAGE
Third Place: Spring Grove Herald, Craig Moorhead

Area ingredients create perfect recipe for RockFilter Distillery bourbon
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and how the legislature made it easier to get started. Great writing.
by percentage, during
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did not.
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one passed; question
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Castle Danger Brewery)

After a couple months
Brewery. (Photo courtesy
Eckrs Monday at Castle Danger
in office, Rep. Rob
four more 60 barrel fermente
lund was in Lake County
A truck arrives to deliver
County
to meet with Lake Sve as
Rich
Commissioner
well as county
administrate Castle Danger
St. Cloud, to distributhe Twin Cities.
tor Matthew
er Clint Macbeers to Duluth and distribution to
120 barrel brites. Co-own
Huddleston,
for another expanBernicks took over week. Up
Farlane said they plan year and there is
JAMEY MALCOMB
land comlast
this
the Twin Cities just brewers had been
sion purchase later building for a similar
missioner
that point, the
current
the
Ecklund
until
in
room
.
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Castle
Nate
d in the
both areas.
Harbors taproom
Its getting crowde
self-distributing to the brewery is also
expansion at the Two space in the breand officials
with four fermentaWith the growth,
Danger brewhouse, brite tank being
In an attempt to clear started renting
from Silver Creek TownCurrently, it is adverhe
looking to add staff.
tion tanks and a giantand increasing the
whouse, Castle Danger
marketing repship. Ecklund said
y
en Building across
tising for a third brewer, Cities and central
dropped off Monda 70 percent.
space in the Tradesm ay 61 last month to
spoke with the officialsin
Twin
resentatives in the more production opbrewerys capacity by a crane spent
from Sonju on Highw they are filled.
about his work so far of
and
three
truck
and
before
ota
cans
delivery
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Minnes
store unused
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the nearly
rapidly
the Minnesota Househis
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s has been growing wn
of the morning getting ters and
and
erators.
most
s
busines
The
ntative
Represe
fermen
production
in downto
ses.
was rolled into the
20 feet tall, 60 barreltank installed in
since the taproom opened
priorities for the next .
tributing in Duluth
2014, increasing
brewery ceased self-dis
the 120 barrel brite
Two Harbors in Aug.
ng the brewersion that begins Tuesday
percent since openthe brewery and increasi and its annual
its capacity by 150 brewery also recently
Ecklund said the main
to
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ies capacity by 70 percent
In addition, the
s,
ing.
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barrels.
Bernick
thing he had hoped
14,000
with
deal
the
production to nearly the total housed
signed a distributiondistributor based in
accomplish during an
bring
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tanks
new
beverag
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was
and
a food
previous session
10 60-barrel fermen
loyin the brewhouse to
extension of unemp
brite tanks and two
ters, two 60 barrel
ment benefits for miners
and those affected by
but
the U.S. steel crisis
He
it didnt get done.
inted
said he was disappo on
by the lack of action felthe item and he and ota
low northern Minnes
Carly
Reps. Tom Anzelc,
Metsa
Jason
and
Melin
sent out a press release
they describe
expressing their displeaable gathering place ent.
session.
the
JAMEY MALCOMB
sure with
in the Mission Statem s mission
press reNews.
put the
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and Page
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Cloud
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in the Speakers officeRep.
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Roland Kraft, 90, Blackduck
Board ofdown
George Lhotka, 74, Silver
Warriorsfor people who are experiencing
to the Lake CountyPage sthe
Lake
talking about it and
about 4B
illness to
missioners Tuesday 1Bofand
Melin called me and in
various forms of mental
ization the Washare their
can
reorgan
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where
me
told
socialize
Harbors.
one another
terfront Center in Twois a location
right away didnt you,
strengths, learn from have fun.
weve
The drop-in center mental
Ecklund said. But
and simply relax and number of
with
workdealing
a
our
for people
got to support
There have been
comoutings to
r one.
to find support and over
movie
numbe
illness
like
es
ers, thats
Serving
activiti
the commun
took
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of Howard Lake, Lester
bowling ofpanionship. The county earlier in
Ecklund did howeve ities
Duluth, bingo and
Prairie,
s
Mayer, New German
Monday, Feb.on29,
remain
ons of the center
but have had just
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a priority and he hoped
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of them are consum
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by the Northshore
over
that
take
to
ont Center.
vices made the decision
ing shutdown in Silverout
run like the Waterfr had origiit to a new
operations and move facilities to
Bay have not yet run the
Thompson said she
use
with better
clubho
workers at
the
,
t
location
benefits
though
of
Cokato-bain
array of activi- nally
it
in
Keewat
Forsm
Mine sed
allow a more diverse participants.
was a good idea, but she
an Farms hope
Keetac
model
more
laying
as
s
ful
to expand from
out.its Howa
hens
run at
ties and include
have already
has not been as success t to have
1.2 million
the Ward Lake location
addit
ional 1.25 millio
During the last year, time peoff Highway 12,
had hoped. It is difficul ont Center
n hens at a propo
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as many as 375,00
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activities, Thompson ago we
140,000-square-fo
farm in Stockholm
and does not even havemost activiot
a result,
result of this, six months
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in.
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snacks or a meal cannot
have minimal
Township Board
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to prepare
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before
the Stockholm
cause there is no wayafterward.
planning and zonin it can begin construction. The
participation. We are such a way
the food or clean up
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their concerns
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and spread their wings.and giving them room to roam
expansion of its egg-producing facility.
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First Place: Lake County News-Chronicle, Two Harbors, Jamey

Malcomb
Castle Danger growing rapidly
Lively writing and informative. I felt like I got to know the business. Just
the right amount of now, future and before.
Second Place: Scenic Range News Forum, Bovey, Manja Holter
Cashing in on chaga
Interesting read about a topic most would overlook. Good use of sources.
A pleasure to read.
Third Place: Scenic Range News Forum, Bovey, Mary Beth Bily
Cliffs unveils plans for DRI at Essar site Detail by the truckload.
Writer obvious has done extensive research and is well connected to
principals of story.
First Place: Herald Journal, Howard Lake, Bruce Strand
Chicken Controversy
This entry clearly stood out for both its thorough and balanced look at the
issue. Clear writing and solid reporting also helped propel it to the top of
the entries.
Second Place: Woodbury Bulletin, Youssef Rddad
Woodbury Red Roof Inn undergoes name change
Well-reported story looking at many different angles and talking to the
appropriate sources.
see CITIZENS, 5A
LP School District
achi
100 percent graduatio eves
n rate
four years in a row
IVAN RACONTEUR
A few local kids who

Carl Horrmann; back live with the challenge of Type 1 diabetes
Ashley Hoese, Dakota
are:
Patterson, and Gwyn front Maggi Jo Jagodzinski, Jena
Templin,
Schmidt.
Fighting diabet
es
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Fundraiser set for

Saturday
Blue Note Ballroom , March 5 at the
in Winsted
BY MARK MITTEN
it better.
Correspon
dent
This past Decembe
Gwyns mother, Toni,
Waverly was diagnosed r, 12-year-old Gwyn Schmidt of
described how her
acting unu
with Type
daught
put in by each and

Editor
every one of
them.
Lester Prairie School
one of 18 school districtsDistrict is
This is a success that
should be
through- shared
out the entire state
by every single staff
to post a 100 ber
percent graduatio
and student who has memn rate
been in
the previous four years, through our building through
the last four
according
years, he added.
to the Minnesota
Department of
Education (MDE).
The high level of
accountability plays a large part
In addition, according
in this achieveto the ment, but
list of 2015 Minnesot
so
does
the safety of the
a
rates released by the graduation building, the relationsh
ip among
ter Prairie School MDE, Les- students and staff members,
District is one
and
the time and effort
of just nine schools
our school puts
with an enrollinto preparing our
ment of more than
students to suc30
make the prestigiou students to ceed and continue
to learn in a
s
ing to a release from list, accord- changing world, Schmidt
Lester Prairie Schools.
Lester Prairie School noted.
District
has added programs
Statewide, the average
in recent
gradua- years
tion rate for 2015 was
81.9 percent. cess to help students achieve sucThe statewide average
and
has been addition graduate on time. The
steadily increasing
of PBIS, Olweus, and
since 2011, LP
the
when the rate was
REACH program
72.2 percent.
have been
instrumental in providing
Graduating from
an enviis an important step high school ronment for students
to learn
in a students ly
life, opening doors
and focus on academic safeto
cation, a wider array higher edu- in the school building, s while
of
Schmidt
jobs,
and
added.
better wages throughou
t their lifetime, Education
This is truly a
testament to
Commissioner
everything that is
Brenda Cassellius
going on with
said in a re
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Help Wanted: Local chambers of commerce respond to worker shortage;
Area worker shortage may have silver lining
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Vol. 27, No. 5
l.com
southwestjourna
and buried
Beset by inspectors
es,
under violation notic
ty Coaches feels
the owner of Quali
Hall
picked on by City
By Dylan Thomas
estjournal.com
dthomas@southw
of
his story in the spring
Mark Brandow opens
city
he says someone at the
2005, which is when
the cars parked on the
first got after him about
Coaches, his auto
sidewalk in front of Quality 38th & Nicollet.
on of
shop near the intersecti
s
towed a customer
car
a
and
ticket
a
I got
car, Brandow said.
set it off, he said:
That decade-ago incident and rescinded
granted
the obstruction permit
the paper storm of
just seven months later,
since
business
his
on
violation notices falling
a zoning inspector filed
2014. Finally, in January, ordering Brandow
pliance
a notice of non-com
wire topping the fence
to remove the barbed
around his back lot.
on by the city.
He said he felt picked
a dog, Brandow said
like
me
Youre treating
here for 30 years trying
in February. Ive been
ood better, and now
to make the neighborh
Mark Brandow, owner

Dylan Thomas
of Quality Coaches,
was told to remove
a strand of razor
wire he installed
around his back
. Photos by
lot after several break-ins
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By Michelle Bruch
/ mbruch@southwe
stjournal.com
nt officers have begun

Minneapolis Police Departme
and procedural justice.
training in implicit bias
said Lt.
the difficult topics,
They really enjoyed
Erick Fors.
professional
mystified when their
Virginia, MN Officers can bewith hostility, he said, and it helps to talk
to
behavior is met
of law enforcement related
actions
historical
about
how immigrants
laws. They also learn
slavery and Jim Crow
e with policing
T H E NEW
police, given past experienc
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SO URCE
might
OF T H E I RON
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we RANG
in other countries.
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d how we got to where
If you dont understan
Fors said.
there?
from
how do we move forward
By Sarah McKenzi
MINEVIEW
/ PAGE A12
I N P RI N T &at a community forum

speaks ONLI NEMichelle
Sgt. Darcy Horn
by AT WWW.VI
bias training. Photo
RGI
discussing implicit
Bruch
JERRY
BURNES
Pat Meinzer snaps
a photo
of her husband
Steve
Meinzer and grands
on
Caiden Edblom
on
Sunday. The lifelong
Virginia residen
ts took
Edblom for his
rst
visit to the site
on its nal
day of business.
PAGE
SEE STREETS /
NIAM N.CO M
Nolan states
opposition to
new trade deal
Congressman says
END OF AN ERA
Andy and Soa

Bonicatto, of
Hayward, Wis.,
capture photos
of
the Rouchleau
mine pit during
the nal day of
business at
Mineview in the
Sky in Virginia.
Bonicattos recent
ancestors were
from
the Iron Range.
westjournal.com
e / smckenzie@south
gap to keep pace with

$30 million annual funding
Minneapolis faces a
ction projects.
street repairs and reconstru investment is needed over the next
million
condition index
An additional $300
the citys average pavement
10 years to ensure that
d fair, said Lisa
70, which is considere
Department during
(PCI) would be around
of the citys Public Works
Cerney, deputy director
e March 1.
e a City Council committe projects remains the
apresentationbefor
funding for street
10 by 2033 a
If the citys current projected
around
to
PCI would dip
same, the streets average
poor.
very
d
of residential streets,
level considere
includes 630.9 miles
Aid (MSA) streets
The citys street network
miles of Municipal State
378 miles of alleys, 206.7 $1.00
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2015
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U.S. cant
aord to dump impo
rted sugar
on already-damaged
market
Area tourist attraction
JERRY BURNES
for 36 years closes
view the Rouchleau

But it was always
and its crystal blue Mine pit
living on
waters. It
borrowed time, in
was one more opportu
VIRGINIA The
a sense. The
nity
lights above engulfe
land was leased
Mineview in the
d by the shadow to be
by RGGS Land
Sky
of a 250- and Minera
ton yellow dump
over the city at night.still shine
ls, which decline
truck or for the
d to
renew
kids to climb on top
The large trucks
of the larger- Iron the sites contract. The
so rich in
than-life tires.
Range staple closed
the history and develop
Sunday
ment of
in the
Its a nostalgic day.
the Iron Range
Its a mel- ings name of progress and minawait their
ancholy day.
future.
nal fate as either
Cliffs Natural Resour
Its the end of an
ics or historic scraptreasured relera,
ces,
iron.
said
which owns United
Virginia Mayor Larry
The people poured
in and
in Eveleth, leased Taconite
Its a sad day today. Cuffe Jr.
out of the windin
property for
g driveway to
Highway 53 in 1960,
For 36 years, Minevi
Mineview on Sunday
which
ew in
runs alongside its
hours and one more for its nal the Sky reigned as one
mine and the
of the
chance to
Rouchleau pit.
areas top tourist
attractions.
Search resumes for 3 miss

ing
boaters on Lake of the
Woods
BAUDETTE, Minn.
SEE CLOSED, A10
PUMPKIN PATCH PAIN
concerns regarding
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
ongoing Trans Pacithe
Partnership (TPP) c
WASHINGnegotiations. They
TON Eighth
are zeroing in on
District Minnethe possibility
sota Democratic
of the Obama
U.S. Rep. Rick
administration
Nolan, never
agreeing to cona fan of intercessions permitnational trade
ting access into
agreements,
the U.S. market
is leading the
NOLAN
from foreign
House charge
sugar suppliers,
against the Trans
Paparticularly Austra
cic Partnership.
lia,
A group of nine House that would result in
damage to US produce
members, in a bipartis
rs
an and processors.
letter, expressed
their
Ely ready to get into

the Halloween spirit
ANGIE RIEBE
Heritage Center
STAFF WRITER
in the
historic Pioneer Mine
building that overloo
ELY The citys
ks
Miners Lake.
mayor will be pumpk
The carvers will
carving on Saturd in
be
ay.
Mayor Chuck Novak,
The Vermilion Community College provost VCC Provost Shawn
, Bina and his wife,
along with other
Ely
Cindy, Ely Bloome
celebrities, will
nson
be,
It will be a friendlytoo. Hospital Administrator John Fossum
competition not only
, high
show off their pumpkto school Principal Mary
in McGrane, and the
carving skills, but
Roalso
lando Duo.
to take part in the
Their pumpkin carvFamily Fun Fair Fall
Ely
ing skills will be
Greenstone Public
on disArt
play
beginni
ng at 10:30
event at the Ely
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TING KUNRS
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Sheriff Gary Fish

(AP) A search
said
relate Monday afterno
sumed Monday for
on.
missing men on a three About 15 to 20 law ennorth- forcement
ern Minnesota lake
personnel are
near involved in
the Canadian border,
the search,
which involves about
but searchers were
a
ing no trace of the nd- square mile of water,
men, Fish said.
a sheriff said.
A shing guide found
The search was to
the men's capsized
continue until around
boat on
Lake of the Woods
dusk and then resume
Saturday afternoon and
Tuesday morning,
2016 alerted
31,Fish
Lake
y, Julyties,
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said.
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Classified...........B7-8
Comics...................B6
Range Report......A6
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Rozy Kunnari-Camp
paints a few pumpk bell
ins
white to use as
decorations at
the
Kunnari's Farmer
s
Market pumpkin
stand in
Virginia on Monda
y
afternoon. The
market$2.50
and
y in stand are
pumpk
Sunda
0 readers every
open Monday through
More than 140,00
Friday from 6 a.m.
8 p.m., and Saturdato
y's
from 7 a.m. to 2
p.m..
This year the family
grew
well over 4,000
pumpkins
for the October
holiday.
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Sports.................B1-5
Viewpoint.............A4
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Third Place: Chaska Herald, Mark W. Olson

Hop to it: Beer spice grown locally
Again, solid reporting and writing that tells a full story anecdotes to
hard facts.

First Place: Mesabi Daily News, Virginia, Jerry Burnes
Mineview: End of an Era
Evocative writing elevates this entry. The writer produced a piece thats
for the scrapbooks not only because of the milestone but because the
phrasing evokes a response and helps readers removed from the story
feel how locals must feel.
BILL HANNA
SEE NOLAN, A10
MANAGING EDITOR
Second Place: Chaska Herald, Mark W. Olson

Hot & cold: As curling blasts off, business impact is mixed
Well-reported and tightly written story. Hard numbers are sprinkled
throughout without impeding the story flow, and the reporter talked to
what seemed like all of the relevant stakeholders.
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Second Place: Mesabi Daily News, Virginia, Jerry Burnes

UTAC to reopen in August
The writers knowledge of the topic shines through. Strong writing adds
authority.
Third Place: Owatonna Peoples Press, Kim Hyatt
Symbols of Sentiment
Very well written business feature.

First Place: Duluth News Tribune, Brady Slater
Soaring together
In addition to carefully analyzing an important local industry, the writer
made the story easy to read by mixing in a number of interesting anecdotes. Well-written.
ns
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from the Democr
tion stage
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in PhiladelThat
phia.
same day,
socialist
Seattle City
Councilmember
Kshama
STEIN
Sawant
who had
backed
Sanders
told a crowd
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at a rally
Photos by Bob King
the factory in Duluth.
at
town
plane
across
Cirrus
buff a new
to continue
and Phil Haag, detailer,
an exterior finish detailer,
Sanders
Cody Van Roy (left),
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political
duluthnews.com
revolution,
his lead,
not by following
Green
but by voting for
Jill Stein.
Party candidate
Stein has been court-in
ers
ing Sanders supportLiberPhiladelphia while candionly a handful
tarian presidential crashed
company housed
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can and
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It was that stagnan up the
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made
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Democratic convent
ness climate that
two-party
groups
Local aviation cluste
In this season of
backdrop to the Duluth
Stein and
Cirrus
pitch was
discontent, both
grows up around
trip to Miami. Their touchdown
they have
after
Johnson believe
followed shortly
off voters
by a phone
a chance to peel
back home in Duluthexecutive,
on
Brady Slater
ws.com
and leave their marks
call from a top AAR the hangar.
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preside
on
interest
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the
expressing
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recruiting
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Within months, AARs
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Miami 2011 as if
a local job fair
played
staff was scouting company the
an athlete, having
in a
show the
to
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ental
designe
an instrum
awaiting them
skilled workforce
big game.
left with 400 leads
Northland
in the area. AAR
g many
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s had descended
on employees, includin strationdelegate
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industry
Federal Aviation
on a staple aviation
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trade show, MRO
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plant certified mechan
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for Northwest.
formerly worked
orange sunset.
Moving into
mainteThat cinched it.
They had an empty miles
commercial han1,800
Duluths biggest
room
nance hangar some and the
served to tie the
2012
in
fill,
to
gar
for the local
north in Duluth
saved their pitch
together, so to speak,filling a large
local contingent
y
air a global
aviation industr
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meeting with AAR y for last.
to go alongside
ABOVE: An Airbus
maintenance void military and
craft services compan
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, said
is closed up before
the manufacturing that were
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industr
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chief
and
testing
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50 years later, grim
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ng from the recessio
Soaring together
Page 42
Survivors
of UT Tower
attack cope
with scars
Second Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Amy Dalrymple

ND oilfield business failures leave workers unpaid, jobless
Despite the tragic, complex situation, the writer carefully analyzed and
easily explained how workers were left without jobs and wages.
Third Place: The Free Press, Mankato, Dan Linehan
Small town groceries struggle to survive
Helps to put a face on an story affecting a critical business for many
communities.

COUNTRY
Serving Marine on St. Croix, Scandia,
First Place: Country Messenger, Scandia, Suzanne Lindgren

Hard Work, and No One Gets to Do It
This was easily the best-written of the bunch, a compelling look into the
artist, what drives him and what influenced his work.
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SCIENTIFIC & NATURAL AREA: County Board
A play to remember
a deof dementia, a broad term for

people living with all kinds
cline in mental ability that intermental decline, being surroundferes with daily life. Alzheimers
ed by community members who
comto is the most common form,
see the signs and know how
prising 60 to 80 percent of cases.
respond can make everyday inIn an effort to help Marine resteractions positive, from the grocomsupport
to
how
learn
idents
or
cery store checkout to church
munity members with dementia,
Recognizing memory loss isnt
a the library.
the Marine Community Library,
always easy, whether its in
Memory loss is one aspect of
Lions Foundation and Christ Lustranger or old friend. But for
theran Church are teaming up
with the St. Croix Valley Foundation to present a series of plays
about dementia.
The St. Croix Valleys larger
initiative, The Remember Project, aims to stimulate community conversation around Alzheimers and dementia.
The idea is based on a book
complied by Margaret A. Noel
called The MemoryCare Plays,
said Angie Pilgrim, a grants
and programs officer with the
in
St. Croix Valley Foundation,
a video explaining the series.
Theyre three one-act plays that
are beautifully written, that address dementia and Alzheimers.
A small cast of actors will perST. CROIX VALLEY FOUNDATION
coma
anywhere:
plays
the
form
into the Skid, one of three plays
Olsen and John Potter in Steering
munity center, a church, a hos-
The Remember Project

comes to Marine
BY SUZANNE LINDGREN
EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM
Danette
St. Croix Valley Foundations Remember
that will be performed as part of the
with local organizations throughProject. The plays are put on in partnership
out the valley.
SUZANNE LINDGREN | THE SUN
of inspiration for a new

Paul Howe with his ax, the source
Franconia Sculpture Park.
work, Getting the Hang of It, at
Hard work, and

no one gets to do it
Franconia artist sculpts homage
to ax and a hard day's work
SEE PLAY, PAGE 2
BY SUZANNE LINDGREN
Marine hires half-time fourth grade teacher

Bjorn, eighth
Sather will teach liter- boys:
Kai, sixth grade
acy to fourth graders grade;
Gunnar, fourth.
each morning, followed and
has been substiby reading intervention Sather
teaching, short and
for students in various tute
long term, for the past
grade levels.
Sather is returning to five years.
husband,
Sathers
teaching after 13 years
is a photographer
at home raising three Judd,
who owns two event
centers in downtown
Stillwater.
Sather reports a
love of the outdoors,
hiking,
camping,
subto
deadline
the
holiday,
Due to the Labor Day
running and skifor the Sept. 9 edimit advertising or news releases
ing. Shes also a fan
will be noon on Sept.
tion of the Country Messenger
of strong coffee and
7.
3. Our office will be closed Sept.
dark chocolate.
BY SUZANNE LINDGREN
Marine Elementary
School announced Aug.
26 the hire of fourth
grade literacy and inteacher,
tervention
Martha Sather.
Employed half time,
Early deadline
SUZANNE LINDGREN | THE SUN
New fourth grade literacy

and intervention teacher,
Martha Sather.
at FrancoBefore Paul Howe, artist in residence chopping,

to start
nia Sculpture Park, had a chance of their curiosisigns
visitors were already leaving
raised sculpture
ty. Howe often finds his recently
log and giant bowl of
a tower of wood, from which a
than he left it.
stones hang in balance different
wryly,
smiles
he
People like messing with it,
a cluster of long grass
unscrewing a vice to remove
Thats not supposed
someone pulled from the lawn.
to be there. Neither are those rocks. counterweight
the
He points to stones strewn near
then begins picking
that keeps the log from sinking,
them up.
days, he says, arIve gotta do this every couple
pile.
ranging them carefully on the
large chips
Last weekend, Howe began chopping
if sharpening a colosfrom the low end of the log, as
sal pencil.
lighter, hell take
As the log grows shorter and
will rise and the log
rocks from the bowl. The weight
chopping, repeating
will lower. Then, hell continue
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uation
Flood waters force band room evac
The
Frozen fire
sprinkler line
breaks; water
gushes into
Pelican school
band room
during rehearsal
By Louis Hoglund
the role of
Pelican Rapids band students played
and
a rock and roll road crewhauling equipment
the high
gear off-stage after a waterfall flooded
school band room last week.
for hustling
School officials praised students
cases to dry
drums, horns, tubas and instrument
20.
January
open
burst
line
water
a
shelter after
kids, said
He was really proud of the
Sean
director
band
of
Wanek
Superintendent Deb
Fitzsimmons.
about 11:30
Band rehearsal was interrupted at
tiles cruma.m. last Wednesday when four ceiling
bled under the pressure of water build-up.
little like a
When it broke through, it was a
waterfall, said Wanek.
evidently
The overhead sprinkler system line
band room
froze and broke at a spot between the
to the
and the construction of the new auditorium
north.
fire alarm,
The gush of water triggered the
the room.
of
prompting the quick evacuation
quickly
Fortunately, said Wanek, the alarm system
confirms that it wasnt a fire.
the band
At that point, the students re-entered
instruments,
room and began evacuating musical
them into the
chairs, music stands, and moved
hallway.
Its not entirely clear why the line froze.
culprit.
What is clear: Mother Nature was a
several
The flooding of the band room followed in the
days of brutal, sub-zero temperatures
Pelican Rapids area.
Heaters had been operating in the construction
enough
area, but simply may not have generated
heat to keep the lines open, said Wanek.
on the conWe dont see it as any negligence
just wasnt
tractors part, said Wanek. The heat
evidently adequate.
accepting
Contractor Meineke-Johnson is
to correct the
responsibility, and took rapid steps
EVAC
FLOOD WATERS FORCE BAND ROOM
Continued on Page 5
Un-Eternal
the latest temporary creations by

The Dancing Denims of Lake Lida are
nary a notion of artistic immortality
Philip Cowiea self-taught sculptor with
By Louis Hoglund
The locally-famous sculptor who creates works not

for the ages; merely for the
seasonsis again laboring in
his outdoor studio.
Artist Philip Cowie is
accustomed to fleeting
famebecause his art vanishes with the coming of spring.
Well-known for his snow
sculptures on the south shore
of Lake Lida, which he has
created for yearsdepending
on snow conditions and temperaturesCowie has found a
new medium.
Frozen garments, headless
but positioned in lively formations, pose a surreal,
dream-like image for
motorists along Highway 108
east. The dancing blue jean
figures are just a few houses
west of Maple Beach Grill.
Its not my original idea.
A guy was making them
down in the Twin Cities...and
it caught on over the internet, said Cowie. I had a lot
of old pair of jeans around,
so I froze them. I added a
few shirts the other day.
Down in the Metro area,
frozen clothing art on lawns
have been appearing like icicles along roof tops, since the
craze started.
Maybe it will catch on
Snow slulptor
Philip Cowie, has
found a new
medium.
His frozen,
dancing denims
can be viewed on
Highway 108,
east of Pelican
Rapidsjust a few
doors down
from the Maple
Beach Grill.
Cowie is pictured
right in 2014 when
he taught Pelican
Rapids elementary
students the art of
snow sculpture.
Valkyries competitive
The Pelican Rapids High School
meet Jan. 23.
dance team hosted the annual invitational
across Minnesota took the
Dancers from a dozen schools
athletic routines.
floor, hoofing through stunningly
13
Photos and story on page
THE UN-ETERNAL ARTIST

Continued on Page 5
ly $40,000
Pass It On gives nearlocal,
By Louis Hoglund
Second-hand merchandise
nearly
generated
sales
$40,000 in charitable donations, benefitting worthy
causes from Pelican Rapids to
Haiti to Africa.
To properly celebrate, the
Pass It On Ministry crew put
on a party in good, old
Minnesota fashion: With a
potluck lunch--in a church
fellowship hall.
Pass-It On Ministry, which
operates the gently-used
Store sales proceeds aided

regional, global relief programs
goods store in downtown

Pelican, honored its volunteers and looked back on year
2015 at Faith Lutheran
Church Jan. 20.
You all deserve a pat on
the back, said Mark Dokken,
president of the Pass It On
board, as about 50 volunteers
enjoyed dozens of dishes to
share at the potluck.
Volunteers are the backbone

of the organization. We had a
very good year.
And sharing is what Pass It
On is all about. Profits from
store sales are distributed
through three broad categories:
Local: $14,000 in 2015
proceeds were donated to the
Pelican Food Shelf, Catholic
Dancers by the dozens

take to the floor in Pelican
Charities, the Welcome Place

and the Multi Cultural
Resource Center.
Global: $10,912 was distributed between the Watoto
Orphange in Uganda, Africa;
Outreach International,
Nicaragua; Haiti water and
and
missions;
medical
Mawali Mobile Clinic, which
is operated by the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of America.
Regional: $14,500 to the
PASS IT ON ANNUAL REPORT
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INSIDE this week

Economic road map for
Pelican area subject of
info meeting Jan. 27
See column on page 4
Second Place: Houston County Newspapers, Inc., La Crescent,

Ryan Stotts
Preparing for a big moment
I enjoyed the inside look at the students preparation for and performance
at the festival. Writing was lively yet unobtrusive, driving the narrative
and keeping the reader engaged.
Third Place: Houston County Newspapers, Inc., La Crescent,
Ryan Stotts
Behind the tale as old as time
If youre going to write about a tale as old as time you need to have a
fresh approach, and this writer did. Strong writing seamlessly combined
background information on the show with that on the performers and the
preparations.
First Place: Pelican Rapids Press, Louis Hoglund
The Un-Eternal
This very unique subject was highlighted with beautiful writing, standing
out from the other entries.
Second Place: Pelican Rapids Press, Louis Hoglund
Beer...and church hymns
This was a truly tough competition, as there were many great entries. But
I felt that the writer really does a great job juxtaposing the church and
pub vibes, making this a winner.
Third Place: Tracy Headlight-Herald, Seth Schmidt
Little House actress wows fans
I absolutely detested the Little House show and books, but I really enjoyed this story. I think that can only be a testament to the writers ability
to make Grassale come alive on the page. Good job!
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Dunn Township Notice

Scambler Township Notices
Obituaries
Charleston, SC
William Van Bramer Fish, 65, of
formerly of Pelican Rapids
Rick Loerzel, 44, Pelican Rapids
NC
Mary Alice Loudin, 82, New Bern,
Pauline Wald, 89, Bismarck, ND,
formerly of Linton, ND
s on
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shine a
Twenty volunteers, determined to
citizen of
brighter spotlight on the oldest
up plans for
Pelican Rapids, met Jan. 21 to firm
The Day of Gathering.
Minnesota Womannewly named Nimueis
remains
believed to be among the oldest human marks
2016
ever discovered in North America.
workers on
the 85th year since a crew of road 18 is the
Highway 59 found the skeleton. June
by the
Gathering in her honor, spearheaded Woman
volunteers of the Minnesota Glacial
Organization.
9 a.m. to
The Gathering Day will be from about
4 p.m. on June 18.
the Pelican
Conducting the meeting Jan. 21 at
who
Rapids Public Library was Phletus Williams,
and sentihas helped return scientific, scholarly
NIMUE
SPOTLIGHT TO SHINE ON PELICANS
Continued on Page 5
creative projects
art students, with Minnesota Woman
Ancient inspiration sparks Pelican
school art teacher Laura Boyer.
led by artist Marcella Rose, Viking
edition
Turn to back page of this
Show
Unique twist on Antique Road
June 18
planned in Pelican Rapids
Woman gathering
for Minnesota
program Antique Road Show
Those familiar with the public television
event planned at the Gathering
will be especially interested in a special
June 18 in Pelican Rapids.
heirlooms and collectibles, and
On the TV program, folks bring in family an idea of the value of the
them
show them to an expertwho then gives
item.
discovery of Minnesota
In Pelican Rapids, on the day that the 1931 planning to have an Artifact
are
Woman will be commemorated, organizers
Road Show.
planning to bring in experts on
Volunteers, including Everett Ballard, are
boneswho will inspect the items.
antiquitieslike arrowheads, fossils and
be encouraged to bring in their
Residents of the greater Pelican area would
items to be examined.
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December 17, 2015
pineandlakes.com
First Place: Pineandlakes Echo Journal, Pequot Lakes, Dan Determan

Breezy Point man helps homeless veterans find music
A beautifully-written, heart-warming story about a local man sharing the
gift of music with homeless veterans.
| Echo Journal
ic
veterans find mus
helps homeless
that he is not doing
Breezy Point man
making, he insists
Staff Writer
few
spent the past
Breezy Point has s veterans at Eagles
Joe Thomas of
music to homeles
months bringing
Sauk Centre.
DAN DETERMAN
Healing Nest in
Lake Country
that much.
the spark and openIm just creating
said. They have
ing up a door, Thomas just a provider.
I am
to walk through it.
lot more than I
They give me a whole
awesome.
give them. It is really
a habit of makNow that he has made now addictis
he
admits
about the
ing visits, he
with the veterans,
(They can) forget
ed to playing music
it
if
even
and seeing their
problems they have,
hearing their stories musical accomown
. To me,
excitement for their
is just for a moment
plishments.
thing that
some of these
know
to
that is the greatest
get
you
Once
at its simgo back, even though
music can provide
guys, you want to
my door to Sauk
dont have to
(the journey) from Thomas said. I
plest stage. You
executionCentre is 97 miles,
and pick up
be an extraordinary
want to go back tomorrow enjoy it, the
ent. If you can
they
If
off.
instrum
left
an
we
of
er
where
... There is not a
get better
reward is both ways
hang on, you will
whole place. If I can
pretty story in the
fun every
or see them
and it will be more
ers.
smile on their face
a
see
visiting
away
you
g and say they are
I was there
week. If that takes
accomplish somethin more than pays
l Day,
that
just after Memoria
s for just
really having fun,
lawn I
from your problem
and out on the
for my gas.
worth it.
Nancy, will be
one moment, its
noticed 20 white crosses,
Thomas and his wife,
Point
would
this winter,
like the ones you
~ Joe Thomas, Breezy
s for the first time
snowbird
his
Snelling,
temporary halt to
see at Fort
which will put a
20
to Minnesota, he
music can have
Thomas said. The
visits. After they return
He knows the benefits
t the
For those who are hopes to increase his visits to every
crosses represen
for these veterans.
other
provide a soothing Thursday as opposed to every
fact that every 20 minutes,
suicide dying, music can
not only
a veteran commits
For the rest, music part of Thursday.
release.
totally
visits
was
I
these
a
make
g to fill
in this country.
Knowing he cannot
gives them somethin them a sense of
hopes that
gives
shocked by that.
y, Thomas simply
is a their day, but also
band in perpetuit
veterans at Eagles
Eagles Healing Nest
allowing them to
he has impacted the
tion that camaraderie,
for them to pass on
nonprofit organiza
help each other.
Healing Nest enough
while also together and
to enjoy it
music allows these
houses homeless veterans such as
gift of music and continue
He also feels that
jobs
suffer from the
es.
giving them on-site The building veterans - some of whom
years and
are bat- themselv
ion.
stress disorder or
say I do this for two
matic
cooking or construct
Lets
rs
post-trau
of the
s, counselo
- a temporary, positive then stop, Thomas said. A lot
is staffed by physician
tling other issues
them.
there and hopels willing to help.
from the world around problems guys will probably be
and other individua
making the trip escape
been messing with
about the
Thomas has been
fully we will have
(They can) forget
his
with
pass this
moment,
a
they
for
Thursday
that
enough
there every other
have, even if it is just
each
greatest this long
interested veterans they
To me, that is the
the other guys, helping I stay
to
said.
keyboard to help
along
an
Thomas
play
simand learn to
sharing If
provide at its
learn about music
other and keep on
thing that music can
will be
have to be an
guitar.
enough, the routine session is
stage. You dont
instrument, mainly
of an instru- long
his son at first that plest
their jam
nary executioner
He was warned by
entrenched where
whenever they
pay attention to him extraordi you can hang on, you will get
Thursday night - or
If
veterans would not
fun every every
solid enough that
due in part to a lack ment.
and it will be more from your want to do it - and is
in his first few visits,
better
even without me.
not happen.
If that takes you away its worth they know what to do
of trust, but that did
thing about music; week.
on Eagles Healing
moment,
There is a funny
More information
problems for just one
at www.eagleshealthing, Thomas said.
it is a curiosity
Nest can be found
the fruits of his
their head in the door it.
People will stick
ingnest.com.
Though he can see
on. That happened
the veterans are
to see what is going in and sat down. labor in the progress
right away. They came
AN
BY DAN DETERM
his life to
Joe Thomas has dedicated
a
is bringing it to
music, and now he
a whole new audiwhole new band and
ence.
- who spent
The Breezy Point resident as a high
years
most of his 38 teachingMaple Lake - has
in
school band director
trip of nearly
been making a biweeklyseveral months
past
100 miles for the
for music with
to share his passion
staying at
homeless veterans
Nest in Sauk
Eagles Healing
Centre.
d to
Thomas was convince
a Harley
help by his son,
tes in
guy who participa
fundraisentered
veteran-c
Faces
Second Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune, Paula Quam

Born to boogie
A great story! I love the unique subject matter: a group of elderly musicians giving back to those in the nursing home.
Third Place: Kanabec County Times, Mora, Kirsten Faurie
Inside four walls: Inmates reveal artistic talent
A great story about a unique program. Good writing throughout!
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Third Place: Northeaster, Minneapolis, Mike Madison

Naubinway: A fathers tribute to his son
I really would love to have seen this presented in a more attractive package with possibly more white space and a color photo. But nothing could
mask the beautiful storyand beautiful writingin this piece. Its a
very touching story about coping with loss, while bringing awareness to
mental illness.
See MUSIC on 6A
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and University of Wiscons Wood Johnson Foundation
in Population Health
released Minnesotas
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health factors, which
SEC Board member
the overall final score.
determines
Chris Richardson. I really like the
The Alexander Learning
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and the SUN Program
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at
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said. I went to Pine River
elementary school and
then
to a few months of middle only went
becoming professional. school before
I
to see other kids going was really sad
to school. I think
I missed that part.
Now Hong, 51, is getting
both worlds. As a lecturer the best of
music ensemble director and Chinese
at Carleton College, she is combining
her
with her desire to be in greatest talents
classrooms. And
when shes not at Carleton
or at home
with her husband, Paul
Dice, and daughter, Alida, she is paid
to travel the world
to play the pipa or to
Minnesota schools
to teach Chinese culture.
In China, at that time,
Gao Hong, back,
I
didnt
teaches Nerstran
know
how far I could go. I
knew I wanted to Board to teach Chinese culture d Elementary third graders some basic
in elementary classroom
Chinese written words.
be a teacher, she said.
Hong received a
s. (Philip Weyhe/D
I really found about the
grant from the Minneso
aily News)
my identity here. Who
pipa. Its really the introduct
ta State Arts
I am
ion Melodi Van Roekel
passion is. I have so much and what my of an unfamiliar culture that the
students grant applicatio originally wrote the Chinese garden
fun.
benefit from more than
at the front
Besides teaching at Carleton
n to the Arts Board for
any of the actual Hong
It wasnt
In a town of not even of the school.
to travel to elementa
has taught Chinese language , Hong material presented.
300 people, she preferred by choice, as she would have
classes at
Now its come full circle, ry schools. couldnt believe a piece of
As she goes through
Northfield for the past
her home cul- saw the to be in school, but her mother
as Hong takes ture stood
a lesson, the
decade. Then in kids become
music career as a better
before her.
2015, she received a grant
more and more engaged. residency in the school.
option.
She
from
toured for four years
the Min- Their hands shoot
Theres 295 people in
She exudes joy, said
nesota State Arts Board
before reenterthis small
up to answer questions
Kiley of Hong. and a
to
She has so much energy.
Chinese garden in front town ing school at age 15. She attended
tional Chinese music and teach tradi- about the population of China,
She has a love school,
secwhat the of learning,
basic culture to capital city
she said. Its amazing. of the ondary and college schools for the
a love
elementary students in
is and what makes the
next
the state.
10 years, all while continuin
pipa her culture and of teaching, a love of
For Hong, its a reminder
different than the guitar.
Her latest stop is at
making it accessible.
g her illustriof where ous music
Nerstrand Eleshe came from and
career.
It gives our kids insight
mentary School. She is
where
she
is now.
into another Transition
teaching students culture,
Then she headed to Japan
At age 8, in her hometow
said Nerstrand Director
there about basic Chinese
Maggie
China, she started playing n of Luoyang, year before moving to the for about a
When Hong came to Nerstrand
her own background writing, about Kiley. I think thats really importan
United States
and, of course,
Mon- years later, she was good the pipa. Four with her now husband
t. day, she was
Former Nerstran d
in
enough
amazed
1994.
to
She
to
travel
see
music teacher banner
a welcome with a professio
nal dancing and singing toured the country with the pipa for two
waiting for her in backdrop
of a company.
Vol. 1, No. 13 2016
Second Place: Richfield Sun Current, Andrew Wig

Prince gave Richfield musician his big break
Wonderful story about a local musicians relationship with a rock n roll icon.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Party
n is
service, Joanie Swanso
After eight years of
to wish
the Pine River Branch
Retiring! Join us at
te our
ent as we also celebra
her well in Retirem
Enjoy Sweets and
House.
Open
Holiday
Pine River State Bank
refreshments at ALL
from 10-2pm.
locations this Friday
Area Chinese musi

c
expert spreads
culture to area
students
INDEX
First Place: Northfield News, Philip Weyhe

Cultural Insights
This was a beautiful story detailing how Hong combined her talent and
childhood sacrifice to create a life of her ownone that educates others.
Northfields Carroll
healthy,
playing for Sioux Falls
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comment
If anyone can credibly music, its
in country
his
on authenticity
a boxcar that was
Haggard. Born in
lived the life others
runparents home, hes
about. His early
can only try to sing
ended up with Haggard
ins with the law
g the
jail and inspirin
serving time in
Mama Tried.
classic
country
1968
Cash perform
After seeing Johnny Haggard was
prison,
in San Quentin
make
go straight and
more resolved to
after being paroled
a life in music
started working
in early 1960. He
playing around,
regular jobs and
n.
Are Gonna Be)

hit, (My Friends
the
Sunday marks
Strangers, and
of his first album,
50th anniversary
stores.
Strangers, hitting
scored 38 No. 1
le
Since then, hes
into the Nashvil
songs, been inductedFame, the Country
of
Songwriters Hall
and
Museum
and
Music Hall of Fame y Center Honors at
received the Kenned2010.
in
the White House
being considered
The thought of
never occurred
a national treasure in prison for
was
to him while he
robbery.
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All Dailies
First Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, John Lamb
The fightin side of the Hag
The Fightin Side is a well-written story with an effective lead and an
interesting take on a familiar figure.
Second Place: West Central Tribune, Willmar, Carolyn Lange
Historical Society takes on project to photograph every church in the
county
The writers does a great job explaining the church photography project
and why it is important.
Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, John Lamb
High-end holidays
The article was short and to the point, but done in a lively and funny
way. Readers like deals, but they like to dream too.

TRI-COUNTY NEWS
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Your Hometown
Volum e 69, Issue

Thurs day
July 14, 2016
24
Inside this week:
and
Kimball, Watkins
unities.
surrounding comm
es Watkins
Tornado devastat
y,
Serving Eden Valle
Editor
By Jean Doran Matua, advised
Rogers
The beloved Mr.
ge their chilparents to encoura helpers in a
for the
re- dren to look This can help ease
Meeker County tornado
time of trouble.
s.
2.
worries and concern
covery fund, page
of helpers
resources their
Disaster recovery
There were plenty
2.
that fateful night.
from the U of M, pageprograms, out in Watkins
And since.
Kimball Library
ts in LitchJuly 11, 2016. Residen remempage 3.
will
Walters,
Watkins
Lucetta
field and
OBITUARY:
All of central
4.
ber that date forever.
96, of Watkins; page
prohit with thunder
Minnesota was
Annandale Library
flash floods,
storms, heavy rains, es.
grams, page 4.
news,
and multiple tornado
Kimball Golf Club
hit Watkins
The tornado that
wasnt visible on
just before 6 p.m.
spotter who
radar. It was a trained
called it in.
was from
The apparent path through
south,
the
in
eld
Litchfi
Highway 55
Forest City, across
the cemand
at Kramer Electric
through town
etery, then north
and out past
along Meeker AvenueCenter on the
had electricity.
Care
while Watkins still
Health
Hilltop
55 from Mies Outland,
the south before
The swath of
toward them from
nt, across Highway
north end of town.
as the tornado came
7.
than
from Keeks Restaura
page
wider
much
houses,
was
employees watched
This photo was taken
Grad open
through okay. Keeks
to devastation
Both properties came
courtesy of Hedy Robben.
Ventriloquist comes
one street, though.
residents in seeking shelter in the cooler. Photo
By the time many
Kimball, page 7.
they barely had
it,
saw
Watkins
time to seek shelter. Meeker AveThe Linns on
their window and
nue looked out
coming over the
saw the smoke
had time to
church. They barely Their brick
nt.
get to the baseme
windows, but
home had broken
replaced.
windows can be
the Watkins
Two members of
were
, and neighbors,
Council
photos,
City
th
Eders home was
Tornado afterma
hit. Mayor Frank
Tschumperpages 8-9.
damaged, but Tootz d, the roof
Library
Eden Valley Area
home was destroye
lins
10.
right off.
Book Notes, page
receives and rafters peeled
living resi MN Rep. Jeff Howe
Families of assisted Care CenHealth
award, page 12.
temof un- dents at Hilltop
CCC helped millions ion, ter were contacted to provide FamDepress
their homes.
employed in Great
porary living in
until the roads
page 13.
ilies had to wait
past 9 p.m.,
into
were open to Hilltop, heard that
Electric was strewn
Weve
of the roof from Kramer
to get through.
d
of Highway 55. Much
s were relocate
resident
Matua.
y, on the north side
several
photo by Jean Doran
al Hospita l, but A view of St. Anthony Cemeter
Monday evening. Staff
to Meeker Memori
at around the cemetery by the tornado
returned to Watkins
1 a.m. Tuesday.
nce calls
There were no ambula
only one injury
in Watkins, and
ization (so far as
required hospital
we know).
warehouse
12 emerErtl Hardwa res
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the main street
(right behind
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pretty
was
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as the
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For the second time

County commissioners in two weeks, Waseca
voted to continue private
discussions about its
administrators job performance.
The decision to recess
continu e the closed-s and
ession
convers ations until
April 19
comes after a six-mon
th review
of County Administrator
Curt
Kephart on Feb. 16.
Kephart
then received high marks
the five commissioners, from
but on
March 1 the administ
rator sur- Androli
prised the board by
saying he
planned to resign.
I am exhausted, an
emotional Kephart said.
I love this county, I love
Paul Larson, one
of Tink Larsons two
people, but Im not meeting you
sons, drove from
field that bears his
my
the Duluth area to
fathers name. Paul
expectations.
Waseca Wednesday
Larson believes that
Rook/Waseca County
after learning of
with the a little work
News)
the fire that claimed
It
was
at
that
play can resume
meeting
the baseball
on Tink Larson Field
commis sioners oppose that Kephart
this season. (Suzann
d a
e
change Kephart wanted
made
the prior meetings minutes. to
By SUZANNE ROOK
around the process used The change revolved
to select a new veterans
srook@wasecacou
service office.
nty news.com
Kephart said he felt the
It was no better in
to the minutes would proposed modifications
the
more adequately explain
grandstand was in ruins, morning light. The
what had transpired,
the concession stand
but Commissioners
where Sharon Larson
Mike
Hintz
and Dan Kuhns disagree
spent
d. Kuhns, irritated
corn and pop to baseball years selling popby the suggestion, said
fans across the state
he
was also lost.
lying to the public and felt a change would be
But Paul Larson had
to blame others for his that Kephart was trying
hope.
error.
Much of the field that
Aft
er
discussi
bears
ons with
his father, Tink
Larsons name, was
nel Committee, Kephart the countys Personburned beyond repair
on March 3 said he
Wednesday night. But
wouldnt resign. In a statemen
early
t, Kephart said that
Paul Larson, who drove Thursday morning,
he expressed concerns
to
to Waseca after learning from the Duluth area
workload and lack of the committee about his
prioritization of a number
grass and possibilities. of the fire, saw green
of critical projects. Th
e committee, the statemen
Once the investig ation
said,
t
would ask the board
into the cause
the blaze is complet
session to help determin to hold a public work
e, the massive, 77-year- of
e a strategic plan for
grandstand can be removed
old
the
administrator.
, temporary bleachers and a fence can
When hired last August,
be installed , and players
the county adminiscans be back on the
trator was also responsi
field, said Larson. Yes,
ble for human resource
this
season.
The board approved a
human resources managers.
Firefighters were called
position in the 2016
to the field around The fire
budget. That position
8:11 p.m Wednes day.
was
filled in late February
By the time Fire Chief Wednes in the grandstand at Tink Larson Field
.
was aided by light
Gary Conrath arrived
day. (Photo courtesy
Tuesdays meeting was
winds and burned
on
of Bob Jensen)
quickly
closed to the public, as
shooting from the center the scene, flames were
allowed by law. Board
of the grandstand and and flames that continu
meetings to discuss personrolling out from the
ed
to
crop
nel
up.
issues
A police
metal
can be open, but
Sixth Avenue resident
believes the fire started overhang. Conrath officer remaine d on site all evening to
Josh Cosens and his
being discussed requests only if the individual
ensure
any
somewh
wife,
recurren
Molly,
ere
ce
it.
near the
was caught
were sitting in their
middle of the grandsta
The board was expected
living room
nd.
chatting when Cosens
The state fire marshal quickly.
Waseca firefighters
saw what he thought
sions Tuesday. Board Chair to wrap up its discusremaine d on the scene day morning and Conrathwas expected Thurs- a bonfire.
was
until about 1 a.m. Thursda
March 22 meeting promisedRichard Androli at the
y to put out hot spots preliminary determination said he expecte d a
a decision following
of the cause by early
a second closed meeting
afternoon.
held Tuesday.
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History Ablaze
Good story with nice details that helped connect readers to the narrative.
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Three arrested in connection with Crow Springs murder
Thorough coverage with good online updates as the case unfolded.
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Alleged rape suspect apprehended in Pipestone
Good online updates as events unfolded.
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and trying library, so
to promote reading,
if a kid is not sure
Hartley Principal is
about, they can take an what a book
Ben OBrien said.
Between a lively game
iPad and check
out the trailer, OBrien
The event was connect
dying station and book of bingo, a tiesaid. We gave
ed to the students
trailers available schools
an
for viewing along the
walls, the gym at through book fair, which also took place work with opportunity to create and
iPads.
Hartley Elementary School
the evening. Families
entered
was
On their way out, Brian
All of these activities were bustling. the gym carrying bags of books
Breck and
from his son Nolan
part of the the fair.
schools family reading
were pleased that they
night March 31,
attended the evenings event.
The other way reading
an evening devoted to
was promoted
getting
Basicall
enjoy some free time together families to by the event was in showing
off the work one here, y, I came to support my little
in a school done by students
Breck said. We came
setting.
in the
for the
Students in grades one media center. book fair to start with and
Families could get a
to meet a few
through three teachers
snack
before
created
and
grabbing a bingo board
book
interact with classmat
es.
and joining plained what trailers, where they exHe felt that events like
the game in the center
a book they read was
this made
of
could get their picture the gym. Kids These were available for viewing about. learning more enjoyable.
taken behind the the walls
along
I think it
drivers seat of a vehicle
cutout, then go through at the family reading night with educatio supports his experience
tie-dye or color.
QR codes that families
n, adding that fun aspect
could to school, he
scan with an iPad to watch.
said.
Its about getting
families here
These codes will be on
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A table was set up
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Many mourn, celebrate Alayna (kidnapping, rape, and murder of 5-yearold Alayna Ertl)
The editors note explaining the separation of stories was a great addition, something another paper didnt do and readers unfamiliar with the
case were left wondering what happened to her until reading the arrest
story later. I can see how the community would have been pleased with
the editorial decisions made here. Online updates were a good service to
readers during a rapidly unfolding situation.
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Callaway train derailment
In what was obviously a traumatic event for a small community, this
paper provided good, thorough coverage.
Rhonda Guthier
a familiar face
ber of Commerce,
during the hiring
will be stepping in
process.
on July 7, the
In a press release
of ComOwatonna Area Chamber effective
that
merce announced
Guthier will be
July 11, Rhonda
Third Place: Pope County Tribune, Glenwood, Tim Douglass

Fire call comes at parade time
In a surprising turn of events, staff worked to ensure both the parade and
the fire got the attention they deserved without sacrificing one for the
other and the context of the two together made for good coverage.
C han hassen
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A variety of artwork
, flowers and
stuffed animals
Grace Paisley
Park
in Chanhassen
on April 21.
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cle
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Prince still kept
ownersh ip was
of the property
seen pumping his
; he also built
at the local stations own gas estate agents had
Paisley Park,
Musical supersta
an informal
his recordin g
. He even advisor
shared
Rogers Nelson could r Prince studio nearby, on
Highway 5 cerns typical suburban con- tinctive y board called Disanywhe re in the have lived and Audubon Road.
like how to keep
Homes, designed
world. But
the deer provide
from eating his
he chose Chanhas
Among the reasons
a sounding board, to
hostas, and
sen.
and
Prince complai
give advice to other
other Minnes ota-bornUnlike stayed in Chanha
ning that local
agents.
ssen may were
taxes
musiIn 1982, Clark rememb
be
cians, actors, and
that resident s
too high.
didnt treat
celebrities, him
ers an
agent in the group
We asked readers
Prince maintai
like a celebrity
was describned his Minneto
but
share
as
a
ing the difficult
their favorite
member of the
sota roots, and
y in finding the
Prince stories,
community. He
made his home
right location for
and they did:
dropped in for
in Chanhassen.
a high-profile
coffee at CariWherever he
client who was
bou Coffee near
Did you ever
toured and traveled
looking for a
wonder, how
Office Max,
around the grocery
home. The obvious
Prince chose Chanha
world, he always
shopped at 3 a.m.
came back to
choices
ssen
as were around
at his home
the Chan Cub Foods,
Chanhassen.
rode his headqua and interna tional ka: Ferndale Lake Minnetonbike on the
He bought proper
rters for his world
, Wayzata, Orono.
ty and downtow local trails and into nowned
re- But none of
built a home
music
those
n Chanha ssen,
off Lake Lucy
did Paisley Park? recording studio seemed exactly communities
his dry-cleaning
Road in the early
right. Where
in
1980s. While
was she going to
took in late night Excelsior,
Accordi
the home no
put him? The
longer exists,
movies at Victoria ng to Lee Clark of agents
the Chanhassen
brainst ormed:
, a former
Cinema, and
Eden
ies realtor, a group Twin Citof top real
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Justice for Earl
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Gloria Dei congregation resolute after fire guts sanctuary
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Gloria Dei congregation

resolute after fire guts sanctuary
Sex assault
among adverse
events at area
hospitals
John LunDy
jlundy@duluthnews.com
Northland hospitals reported

the
19 adverse events including
sexual assault of a patient during
an
a 12-month period, according to
the
annual report released today by
Minnesota Department of Health.
None of the incidents including
such things as falls, pressure ulcers
and objects left behind in surgery

in at
resulted in deaths, the first time
for
least five years that was the case
the regions hospitals. Ten resulted
in serious injuries during the period
2015,
October
to
2014
October
from
according to the Adverse Health
Events in Minnesota report.
Statewide, 316 incidents were
reported, with 16 leading to deaths.
The number of incidents was up
slightly from the previous year and
even from 2008, the first year the
report was released publicly. But
the
additional categories were added
subpast two years, and if those were
from
tracted the total would be down
312 in 2008 to 276 last year.
but
It represents a downward trend
not to a level that is acceptable, said
Rachel Jokela, director of the adverse
health events program at the Health
the flames from the

Dei Lutheran Church, firefighters douse
As fire illuminates the interior of Gloria
/ rking@duluthnews.com
Thursday morning. Photos by Bob King
Department.
go
I think its tough to get them to
much lower, but its not unrealistic
and we are going to make it happen,
Jokela said.
tower unit and from the ground
BraDy SLater
bslater@duluthnews.com
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News of possible
breakthrough for
titanium mining
on Iron Range
John myerS
jmyers@duluthnews.com
Iron ore has been mined in the

be
state for a century and copper may
just around the corner, but University
new
of Minnesota researchers say a
mineral might be even more valuable.
Its called ilmenite, an irontitanium compound, and apparently
there are large deposits of it across
the Iron Range, including a site northeast of Hoyt Lakes.
The Natural Resources Research
Institute of the University of Minnesota Duluth will ask the Iron Range
Resources and Rehabilitation Board
on Monday for a $300,000 grant for
a pilot-scale demonstration project
to process ilmenite into high-value
titanium feedstock.
The university has pledged to kick
in $300,000 of its own to see if ilmenite
can be processed effectively for commercial use.
The stuff is apparently widespread
and located relatively close to the
surface and would be easily amenable
stripto open-pit mining with minimal
to the
ping of overburden, according
request for funding.
p the sides of the building, the stones

Dei
and bricks on the exterior of Gloria
ice and
Lutheran Church were slick with
of water
frost testaments to the torrents
fire
used to extinguish an early morning
.
that ravaged the church Thursday
expert was
By afternoon, a cold-calling restoration
to take an inforcombing the area looking for someone
sanctuary gutted, the
mational folder. But even with its
churchs faith appeared to be intact.
Carlson said.
It is a devastation, Pastor David
believe in the
But we are people of faith and we
resurrection.
away from the
The last of the fire engines pulled
Third Street shortly
corner of Sixth Avenue East and
after 12:30 p.m. more than seven
by
hours after they were first called
Church members the facilitys automatic fire alarm.
gather strength The remaining Duluth Fire Departits investigators,
from community ment presence wasabout
in a stew
who were mixing
support at
of charred debris and water in the
vigil, Page A5
churchs kitchen and fellowship
hall.
loss, having borne
The sanctuary above them was a
estimated the damthe brunt of the blaze. Fire officials
Grondahl was in
age at $900,000; Fire Marshal Marnie
no hurry to supply further details.
declining to
Were still investigating, she said,
will know
give a timeline for when the departmenta congregation
left
more about the nature of a fire that
scrambling to
community
interfaith
an
mourning and
come to the aid of Gloria Dei.
prayers and the
Were really thankful for everyones
family at this time,
outpouring of love for our church
10th anniversary at the
said Carlson, who celebrated his
church in November.
worship
Within hours, the church had a temporary
Church home
place in Lakesides Faith Lutheran
blocks east on 51st
to a dwindling congregation many
that is scheduled to
Avenue East and Glenwood Street
its doors.
vote next week on whether to close
Carolyn Mowchan
Well worship together, Pastor
.
said. Theyre coming over on Sunday
Carlson and his
The gesture was well-received by
deep in the Central
parishioners, but their roots run
Hillside.
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Dave Olson, Grace Lyden & Adrian Glass Moore
Officer Jason Moszer shooting
The use of black with reverse type and the blue line was strong! Wonderful example of keeping the community updated on a breaking story.
Good job of covering the story from all angles. Timeline was a great
addition.
Online extra
Go to duluth
newstribune.
com for a link to
donate to Gloria
Deis rebuilding
efforts, and for
Karen
more photos
(left),
Dei
Gloria
of
Carlson
David
Pastor
and others
and video of
Kjolhaug of the church staff (center)
Thursfire
Thursdays fire.
watch as fire crews work to put out the
said.
Carlson
tragedy,
a
such
Its
morning.
day
Third Place: Winona Daily News, Winona Daily News Staff

Buffalo County flooding
Good use of information, packaged well and nicely told. The use of pullouts and art worked to bring it all together.
Central Hillside
The heart of our ministry is in the
and we have felt
area. Weve had a long history there
od.
Gods call for us in that neighborho
Dei Lutheran Church
Pastor David Carlson of Gloria
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Pope questions Trump over his plans for wall

DaviD Lauter anD noah Bierman
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GAFFNEY, S.C. When two of

the most visible figures on the international stage, Pope Francis and
Donald Trump, exchanged sharp
,
words over immigration Thursday
an extraordinary election year took
another dramatic twist.
The long-distance volley,
impelled, like so much of the
on
campaign, by Trumps language
a
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by the Vatican.
And no leading presidential
a
candidate has so sharply criticized
figure as Trump did
religious
major
in reply.
Popes have often

commented on other
countries politics.
But no pope has as
pointedly remarked
on a central issue in
a U.S. presidential
campaign as Francis POPE FRANCIS
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plane back to the Vatican after his
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Investigative reporting on Lake Elmo report
But for the newspaper, citizens would not know the details of their
dysfunctional government. The vacancies and turnover are costly. The
reasons to withhold the report are ridiculous. The paper published despite
threats of investigation and prosecution. Kudos!
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vestigation in Lake
AND JONATHAN YOUNG
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any part of Schwies to release councils behavior,
Zuleger, little did
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report,
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INSIDE
Residents
pack school
board
listening
session
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
last 15 years.
It costs money to run a good
operation, Ludolph said.
Despite the discussions, no
made at this
PASs special education costs

for 2014 were $420,479.13.
Melcher said the state reimburses
about 90 percent of the previous
years special education
transportation costs to school
districts. Based on the 2014 costs,
PAS would have covered around
$42,000 of its special education
costs.
There are also a number of
activities, sports and field trip
transportation costs that are
not reimbursed by the state. For
fiscal year 2015, based upon a
worksheet provided by Jacque
Kennedy, PAS business manager,
those costs are roughly $140,000
10
BY ALICIA LEBENS
hundred
parents,
PIPESTONE
commun
ity
AREA
members and students
SCHOOL
packed Stillwate
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for the Stillwate
CATEGORY
r
1,129.79
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School Board lis5.08%
ADM Served Plus Tuitioned Out
tening 4.55%
session
Administration
Level
District
Jan. 7,3.68%
1
3.86%
raising43.39%
School Level Administration
questions and41.57%
2
1.27%
Regular Instruction
voicing 1.21%
3
opinions about16.44%
Career and Technical Instruction
4
17.95%
the districts
proposal to 3.28%
Special Education
5
2.56%
close three
Student Activities and Athletics
6
elementary 3.41%
4.75%
1.62%
schools
Instructional Support Services
7
2.78%
Withrow
, Ma- 9.50%
Pupil Support Services
8
rine and 7.88%
Oak Park.
9.91%
Operation Maintenance and Other
9
5.82%
During
Student Transportation
the boards 95.77%
10
94.75%
Expenditures
Oct. 22 3.64%
Subtotal: General Fund Operating
11
meeting, the 3.39%
0.84%
Equipment
12
format of1.61%public
com- 4.23%
Land and Buildings
13
5.25%
ments changed
100.00%
Subtotal: Capital Expenditures
14
from
100.00%
a
designated time
Total PK-12 General Fund Expenditures
15
during
the boards meeting
Education
Source: Minnesota Department of
a limited time befores to
the
regular meeting
. The
time prior to the
meeting
as they consider the future of
for six buses
Locally, RTR contracts
was dubbed
at PAS, including
a listenin
transportation
Bidding for transportation
g
three, for example,
session.
separate contracts with
optional district and owns
Kris Ploeger, PAS school board
got to figure out if theres

(transportation) cost savings
Transitway rejected
to us one way or the other,
Lake Elmo school board
Kris Ploeger,
changes coursesaid
on the proposed
during an Oct. 12
member,
Gold Line transitway.
school board work session.
Baatz cautioned during the
Page A3
Oct. 12 work session that the
board must consider the quality
of service provided and not price
alone as it considers its options,
and all board members agreed
that Ludolph and Priester have
provided quality service over the
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (RTR)
and Edgerton Public also
spend around 10 percent of
their general fund budgets on
transportation, according to MDE
data.
What isnt typical is that
PAS spent more on regular
transportation per student than
the rest of the 330 public school
districts in the state $1,904.71
per student in 2014, the most
recent year for which data is
available from MDE.
I cant explain it, Melcher
said. Theyre way up there in
that kind of cost.
In addition, the state
average for special education
transportation per student
is $5,659; Pipestone spends
$7,934 per student, according to
for PAS.
Total costs for 2015 are not
yet available from the state.
having
services and
whereas Edgerton Public contracts
Using 2014 state data, the PAS
Ludolph and Priester, something
bus
bus ownership
Speaker
a spare
s had
for six buses and owns
Melcher.
to sign
said Priester was interested
transportation budget would
Baatz up
School Board members have
beforeLuverne
Melcher said the states
to be used as needed.
the meetingin,, according
to meeting minutes.
have cost PAS roughly $200,000
and
discussed soliciting bids for
buses.
owns all its own
transportation funding formula
the
18 speakers where
The current arrangement
out of its general fund. If activity,
transportation as a potential cost
MDEs Melcher said whether its
is a good measure of efficient
Ludolph as the primary
given a district
sports and field trip fees were
saving measure.
and a halfwith
more cost efficient fortwo
spending by a school district
min- holder, and Priester as a
similar in 2014 to 2015s cost, the
State statute allows school
for
utes
the
on
contract
or
based
each
buses
its
own
to
because
tothespeak. contract
total PAS would have spent to
subcontractor, has been in place
districts to contract for
transportation depends
states prediction of what the
While on
the majority
15 years. Baatz said
cover transportation after state
for around
transportation services by direct
among bus
paid
regular
Matt
of
for
need
competition
will
of
Lundquist, left,
The PAS district
level
district
have
speakers voiced
and Barney would
reimbursements
during the Sept. 28 school board
negotiation by obtaining two or
transportation in
Sachs,
opposi$1,275,946. for rescue
services in the area and what
transportation. That funding
training Jan.been
$340,000. second from
left, serve ascovers
meeting that prior to the current
tionthetodistrict
can
more written quotes when possible, type of contract
costs
11. roughly
Mike Eldred
the
victims
fiscal year 2014, according to data
plan
formula adequately
and
in
to
Percentages
the
conAaron
Expenditures
Bayport
it must publish
Prichert
arrangement, Pipestone contracted
case Departme
matter
in whichFire
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states
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dense
majoritythe
November
from the Minnesota Department
negotiate. MDE
for thepractice
nts cold water
the
rescue.
districts
See the story
it is requesting quotes
with
PAS highest per student
that
10many bus companies for
notice
and
more
of Education (MDE).
many years ago and found no clear
public school districts, according
photos on page A10.
transportation.
transportation costs in
at least 30 days before awarding
did find, Melcher
The state reimburses
answer. What itSee
to MDE data. In fact, 76 percent
Schools, Page A6 Ludolph said during the Oct.
state
Ice cream social school districts for regular
a contract. Statute also allows
said, is that some school districts
of school districts receive more
The WashThe districts total spending for
12 school board work session that
school districts to contract for
ington County Historical transportation and special
used the same provider for many
state aid than they spend for
Societys
splitting the contract could cause
transportation represents almost
transportation services using sealed years and didnt solicit sealed bids
regular transportation. In this
annual winter ice cream education transportation. In
of the districts total
percent
coordination issues between he
10
up
bids.
PAS
creep
social
to
is state provided
2014, the
and the costs started
area Edgerton and Luverne
Saturday.
and Priester, and would cost his
general fund budget almost
Another transportation option
with $692,693.62 in regular
over time.
receive more state aid than they
company around $30,000 a year
twice the state average of 5.8
districts is to own some
school
for
and
funding
transportation
regular
Page B8
transportation
spend for
that it charges Priester in order to
percent, according to MDE data.
or all of their school buses. About
PAS spent $849,458.80 in that
Conversation about future
and Murray County Central and
It is not unusual that a
hire a full-time employee to help
82 percent of the public school
category, meaning the district
transportation arrangements manage the billing and take phone
RTR, like Pipestone, spend more
small rural school district like
districts in the state own at least
School Board members have
spent $156,765.18 more on
than they receive.
Whenone
to MDE data,
calls.
Pipestones would spend a
medical
bus, according
a variety of options
marijua
transportation than what the
na camp.
be- 5. discussed
percentage of its budget
came legal
PAS in the minority
But we have seen
putting
BY need,
JONATHANhigher
in Minneso
state estimated it would
quality of
ta on July life improve
transportation, according
onYOUNG
MDE
1, 2015, Kargel
they had generic
according to Tom Melcher,
ments.
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GAZETTE
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to Melcher. For example,
diagnoses of fi
school finance director.
Emily
rst to
intractab
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have been
decisions
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photos from the Partnership
time, and the current contract
Plans
with Ludolph Bus, Inc. expired
Da Vinci Fest.
Aug. 31. The district is still
Page A7
operating under the terms of the
First Place: Pipestone County Star, Kyle Kuphal

School board set to examine busing future
Good digging and numbers crunching by reporters to let citizens know
their school district spends more on transportation than any other school
district. The district had let the contract go unbid for 15 years. This led to
more stories and had impact.
THE GAZETTE
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of the
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.
Page A2
to figure out if theres a
I THINK as a board weve got
to us one way or the other.
(transportation) cost savings
Home demolition
Oak Park
Heights has ordered
a fire-damaged home demolished
.
I think as a board weve
Page A3
a
Page A15
expired contract.
PAS spending versus state

reimbursement
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France or Germany. It
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is unclear if
decision.
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pick up the first happen much.
the war has caused
trying 24
could
it
like
communicalooks
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old daughter treatmenmedications, plus other
life
change for our
perished.
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that for awhile.
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whole family,
Six
firstlike
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suspecte
months
husd sei- band were
in Stillwater
Bank
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ready to give almost
later, the results Kargel said.
vice president, First Farmers & Merchants
hope for her safe return.
Mike Hansen,after
She said Emily, who
March 2005. The her birth in anything a shot.
Kargel joined Emily Kargel havent
enjoys goseizures wors- the
been
ened, and shes hadvice American
fight to convince
Soybean Association.
what she hoped, ing to fifth grade at Lake Elmo
the Min- but Kargel
Mike Hansen, frequent seiEconomically,
Elementary, has
nesota
is weighing
zures ever
The strong dollar
Legislature to
said the treatmen
since.
at First
also been more
president and ag lender
legalize havent
ts engaged with
commodities market
heavily on themedical
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been in vain.
years, the
cannabis in 2014,
and Merchants
the world around
Farmers For
Kargels
with
said,
Hansen
now,
couldnt
right
and
her, and others have
the 2015 harvest a
she shared her story
I cant say that weve
get agave
specifi
PUBLIC NOTICESPipestone,
c diagnosis, although
noticed.
countries with weaker currencies
in a Gazette zure
seen seifair-to-good rating.
In the last six months,
article for the U.S.d
improvement, which
having to spend more publishe
March 21, 2014.
people
is a real
We had good crops, expenses
bummer for us,
commodities they want. That lowers
they
Legals Keep up on
Kargel said Jan.
the latest were not terrible harvesting,
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Page A13-14
didnt have
I think guys were fairly conservative
because of the grain prices,
Hansen said. Prices arent the best.
It looks like it could be like that for
awhile.
Cash prices for new corn in
the Pipestone County area were
between $3.15 - $3.35 per bushel
last week, with soybeans in the
$7.95 - $8.02 range. The corn price
is down from the 2012 high of an
average $6.89, according to the
National Corn Growers Association.
That same year soybeans were
sold at $14.40 per bushel, a high
for soybeans, according to the
keeps the supply high and prices

down.
The USDA had projected corn
production in Minnesota at a record
1.42 billion bushels and 3 percent
above the previous record set in
2012. Yields were projected at 183
bushels per acre, six bushels more
than the previous high set in 2010.
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managers are seeing upwards
corn harvest and locally, grain
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An investigation into Northfiel

d City Administrator Nick Haggenmiller
was the topic of a closed
meeting on Tuesday evening.
The meeting was a result
against Haggenmiller by of a complaint being filed
a female
Following a public informati department head.
the News, Michelle Mahowa on request made by
communications and human ld,
source manager, confirmed replaint was made against a comHaggenmiller and that the complain
t has
been investigated.
Tuesdays meeting consisted
the findings of that investigati of
on.
Discussion at the meeting
Haggenmiller
focused on an inapprop
riate relationship between Haggenm
partment head. That female iller and the female dedepartment head was not
named in the meeting.
At the conclusion of the
that discussion about the meeting, it was decided
matter should be continued
and the parties will meet
again for another closed
It was a shot heard around
session on Tuesday regarding
Northfield.
the same allegations
Nicholas Gustavson dead
Henry Wheeler was
against Haggenmiller, who
sitting in front of his
on the street. Wheelis subject to the Council
fathers drug store across
ers most famous shot,
authority.
s
from the First National
however, was the one that
Bank of Northfield on
For the past two weeks,
Sept. 7, 1876, when he killed James-Younger gang member Clell Miller.
Haggenmiller
heard J.S. Allen shout
The
absent
bravery
from
and heroics
the city council meetings. has been
Get
theyre robbing the bank! your guns, boys, townspeople who defeated of Wheeler and the other
In an email,
Mahowald said he is on
the James-Younger gang
sick
leave.
and sent them fleeing south
That set in motion
According to city policy,
the
if the city administrator
Northfields most well-kno heroics of one of a big part of the annals down Division Street are
perceived
is
to
be the cause of
of Northfield history.
wn townspeople. A
medical student at Michigan
Adding to the story is
behavior involving city uncomfortable workplace
Derk Hansens newest
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personnel, the report is
on summer vacation,
to be
made to human resources
Wheeler ran into the drug painting entitled I knew how to handle
2, 2016
and referred to the city
a rifle.
store yelling Robbery
torney, who will undertake
atTHU RSD AY, JUNE
, Robbery! and proceed- The limited edition painting celebrates Wheelers
the necessary investigati
70 years
ed out the back to the
heroism. In the new painting,
on.
Art Center marks
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borrowed Edward Dampier House Hotel. He the moment when Wheeler Hansen captures
torney,exhibit
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closed it. Councilor David
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rector Hayes Scriven Society Executive DiWheelers first shot found firing.
councilor who opposed Ludescher was the lone
says 100 percent of the
its mark, hitting proceeds
closing the meeting.
Bob Youngers elbow
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gang on Sept. 7, 1876. collection now on display at thehundreds
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said: Im
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did or didnt know
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g injuryinto The case menting
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pain
any
of
During the meeting,
load
townspeopleby
the victim in 1991. it than is needed
any aspect
want to cause any
because
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councilor
during
you want to
prejudice
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the diocese that
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Haggenmiller misdeeds, separation
Good digging for public records and exposing the sweetheart deal to
manager.
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WAPS San Diego trip
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Winona vicar general resigns
Instant impact in 25 year old case.
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Unrest at RCTC results in presidents resignation
Persistent reporting on a shaky administration.
THE DISTRICT
thing is working together

,
said Antoine. I cant
express enough how
important partners
hips with parents
are.
We cant do this alone.
and Arcadia Char- the
of closing the achievem
ter School on a whole
MMR and waive NCLB state is allowed to use

ent
saw lower rates in 2014
gap.
Antoine said that the
in 2015.
than actions for not achieving and its system of punitive
school has very
WeTOGET
strong ties with parents
results.
continueHER
to have concerns about
What is MMR? MMR
and she believes
How did local schools
OF BUILDING
how well were able
that is the key to the
PROCEInSSNorthfiel
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surements Rating. This stands for Multiple Mea- all eligible schools
to address the
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d,
is
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achievement gap,
and its students have
one scored at 50 percent
Today
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said Richardson. As
mea-73higher on the MMR.
shown.
or
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science
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Another importan
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achievement gap and
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a rating of 58.04 perratings were the response
students and students
white cent. Northfield
support all students
Middle School rated
of
to
in doing well.
intervention system
living in and
60.41 percent
poverty, students receiving color, studentsSaturday
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that is in place. The
scored 45 points out
special education services, 70
Bridgewater Element
school is addressing
and English learners
Park Elementary scored of 75 possible. Greenvale
more
ary received high
and
ratings in both MMR
lowest of all schools in
for help when it comes students needs
n rates from index:
current year, according graduatio
and FR and was
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to reading and
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to the Minnesot
designated as a reward
math. These interven
percent. It scored 34
a
of Education.
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tions
school.
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2015
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field.
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city is
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And have at least
veterans
if that person is harmed
legal and biblical
a shed
when they see the
in of pity for the
scholars, any way.
star.
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of salt.
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her to stand watch
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man, but
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uninsured verearms or dangerousor possession of
the correct decisions.
hicle, dismissed, SO;
critical comment from accept a asking he said a silent prayer,
23, 2015
Abraham, Justin
by any outstanding weapons, abide
for a way out of this
Brian J. Kable, 38,
her best
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order for protecJoseph, sentenced Robert, age 35, of St.
paintion/harassment
must carry proof Hutchinson, driver
he found friend, but all she wants from
on
order/no contact
Misdemeanor Giving 11/20/15 for Gross
himself at a mall
a ful interview.
order, have no contact
missed, SO; Justin of insurance, disman is blind afrmation.
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one
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victims residence
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and place of employin the form
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ing.
ment and stay ve
session, $110, DNR; sh license in poswalk up of two of Victorias friends,
miles
Skippy would have
tions of probation, one year on condicontact with probation away, maintain
and down a bit, he
Glencoe, driving afterJose A. Muniz, 36,
agent and sign
said the shoes appeared at that moment. who
pay $200 ne plus serve 20 days jail,
tent to wander aboutbeen con- made
and abide by all probation
MSP; Kaycee R. Kegler, revocation, $285,
surcharges, have
her
no
agreements
and
look
22,
Lester
see
like a poodle on
The women joined
Sentenced by Judge
.
Prairie,
driver must carry
what there was to see.
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Halsey.
by Judge Mottl.
proof of insurance,
forces,
roller skates.
dismissed, WPD;
chatting excitedly
Jolyn M. Gibbons,
Victoria had a list.
Gravelle, Ryan Mathew,
in
that
myste36,
St.
Victoria
Paul,
disorderly
age 20, of
made a noise that rious language women
Montrose, sentenced
conduct, stay of imThe rst store they
position, no alcohol
on 11/20/15 for
have.
Gross Misdemean
violations, no alcovisited was sounded like a grizzly bear
Skippy suffered
hol/controlled substance
or
a womens clothing
with
365 days jail, $300 Violent Threats to
in
a sore throat.
use, no same
store.
or similar, random
The following cases

carrying the womens silence,
for two years on ne; 335 days stayed
There were probably
packages
year probation, threetesting, $100, one
conditions of probaMcLeod County District were heard in
Skippy correctly took
worse
tion, serve 30 days
days sentence to
Court Nov. 17,
this as a while dreaming of football
places she could have
service, BPD; Carl
jail,
Judge Michael Savre
N. Rains, 33, Gibbon,
surcharges, pay $75 pay $300 ne plus
and
presiding:
taken him, sign of disapprobation.
wondering how to avoid
speed, $145, GPD;
Joseph Mitchell
but Skippy was unable
payment, completepublic defender coaccidenHe pointed out that
Hutchinson, pleaded Human, 33, of
Jason E. Ahlfs, 21,
Batterers InterventionDomestic Abuse
when he tally volunteering to accompan
what those places mightto think of had
of imposition, two Glencoe, DWI, stay
misdemeanor count guilty to one gross
come home wearing
y
low all recommend Program and folbe.
of driving after
days connement, years probation, 45
cancellation after
a new Victoria on shopping trips in the
Skippy didnt like
being
or possession of ations, have no use
three days credit
to shop for leather jacket, Victoria had
for time served, serve
rearms or dangerous
cal to the public safety. deemed inimifuture.
his own clothes, much
weapons, provide
said
as work release
if eligible, sentence
imposition of sentenceThe court stayed
DNA sample, abide
less watch he looked like an aging escapee
by any outstanding
to serve if eligible,
someone else shop
report within 30 days,
on probation for two and placed him
order for protecfrom a juvenile detention
for
tion/harassment
years,
clothes.
no
possession
with
the
folorder/no contact
alcohol or drugs,
lowing conditions:
of
Next, they stopped
no alcohol/controlled
order, have no same
that
I said that to keep center.
substance use, random
in the McLeod County he serve 45 days
or
you from
Sentenced by Judge similar violations.
that sold candles. at a store going
impact panel, chemicaltesting, victim
of sentence to service, Jail, serve 36 days
Mottl.
around
The
looking like an
Kalland, Michael
powering aroma nearly over- iot,
evaluation and treatment,dependency
the amount of $934.63,pay restitution in
Princeton, sentencedJon, Jr., age 49, of
Victoria snapped. You idpay court costs
follow reccaused
ommendations of
of $450, and pay a
on 11/19/15 for
Skippy to swoon, but
said
evaluation, aftercare,
ne and surcharge
Felony Assault in
what
the Second Degree
keep court/attorn
you said just to be
$3,000.
of
he powered
ey
60 months prison,
to
through it.
rent address, remain informed of curpay
Ericka Saenz, 24,
dont know why you mean. I
$50 ne plus surcharges,restitution, pay
of Hutchinson,
same or similar, contactlaw abiding, no
pleaded guilty to
Isnt that romantic?
defender co-payment pay $75 public
one
come shopping with wanted to
with probation,
sign all releases of
alcohol to a person count of selling
. Sentenced by
me if all you
commented as they Victoria are going
Judge Mottl.
under 21 years of
all instructions of information, follow
age. The court placed
headed for
to do is make rude
probation, $85, 45
Leyhe, Jamie Arthur,
her on probathe next stop, indicating
redays sentence to service,
tion for six months,
age 47, of
Watertown, sentenced
SO;
a cou- marks.
conditions: that she with the following
Beau C. Braun,
ple about their own
on 11/20/15
for Theft by Swindle
This silenced Skippy
age
after revocation, 27, Darwin, driving
sentence to service serve two days of
$285,
while he
days stayed for one to 90 days jail; 90
hands as they walked. holding tried
Granquist, 21, Glencoe,SO; Maycee L.
service, and pay a or community work
to gure out what
ne and surcharge
of probation, pay year on conditions
SO; Noah L. Peterson, speed, $145,
$500.
of
restitution, have
have done or said to he might
no
19, Norwood
Young
The
give her the
America, window
following case
Sentenced
by Judge Tenney.
tint, $135,
MSP; Michael L. Schatz,
McLeod County District was heard in
Lherault, Brian John,
38, Plato, seat
Court Nov. 20,
belt, $110, MSP;
Judge Michael Savre
age 58, of OtKyle F. Ondracek,
sego, sentenced
presiding:
on
22,
Hutchinson, speed
Julio Salazar, 47,
Misdemeanor Third 11/24/15 for Gross
greater than reasonof Hutchinson,
able, $125, BPD; Jessica
appeared for sentencing
days jail, $200 ne; Degree DWI to 365
A. Dingman, 24,
on a felony
Hutchinson, failure
county of possession
361 days stayed for
four years on conditions
to stop at stop signs
or stop lines at
substance, to which of a controlled
of probation,
entrance to through
serve 4 days jail, pay
highway, $135, HPD;
guilty in a previous he had pleaded
$200 ne plus surcharges, attend MADD
son, 18, Hutchinson, Dillian R. PeterThe court stayed court appearance.
Panel, complete
a Level II driving program
the
Thomas E. Russell, speed, $125, HPD;
sentence and placed adjudication of
and follow all
recommendations,
24, Excelsior, speed,
dismissed, HPD;
for three years. The him on probation
have no use or possession of alcohol
defendant also appeared for sentencing
until completion
Logan A. Crotty,
ST. MARYS GARDEN
LINDEN WOOD APARTMEN
program, have no
of
on a gross misdeunder-21 consumptio 20, Hutchinson,
same or similar violameanor count of
HOUSE
SARAH HEUER, DDS
TS
assaulting a peace
tions. Sentenced
Winsted, MN
n
Winsted, MN
alcohol,
$250,
by Judge
concurrent, SO;
ofcer, to which he had
Lester Prairie, MN
Joseph D. Lee,
McCoy, Riley Eugene, McPherson.
(320) 485-3159
(320) 485-4303
30,
Hutchinson, driver
previous appearance pleaded guilty in a
age 22, of
(320) 395-2323
Rockford, sentenced
must carry proof
insurance, dismissed,
the adjucation and . The court stayed
of
Probation Violations on 11/24/15 for
place him on probajia, 21, Glencoe, speed,SO; Sandra P. Metion for two years,
for Gross Misdemeanor Criminal
DISTINCTIVE DENTAL
$145, SO; Christopher T. OMalley,
Damage to Property
conditions: that he with the following
to 365 days jail.
21, Stillwater, speed,
serve 30 days in the
SERVICES, P.A.
MAYER LUMBER
SCHIROO ELECTRICA
$145, SO; William
McLeod County Jail,
Sentenced by Judge
CO.
S. Schauer, 33, Silver
Tenney.
Howard Lake, MN
Mayer, MN
1215 Hennepin Ave, L REBUILDING
Lake, disorderly
sentence to service, serve 30 days of
conduct, stay of
complete a chemiNeuman, Todd Joseph,
(320)
imposition,
cal
(952)
Glencoe,
dependency
543-2233
657-2291
one
age
MN
year
49, of
evaluation and follow
probation, two days
Monticello, sentenced
connement, two
its recommendations,
Winsted, MN
(320) 864-6200
days credit for time
Misdemeanor Driving on 11/23/15 for
served, keep court/attorn
After Cancella(320) 485-4344
tion to 90 days jail,
ey informed
of current address,
a ne and surcharge or drugs, and pay
stayed for one year $100 ne; 80 days
remain law abiding,
of
JMS AUTO REPAIR
no same or similar,
The following case$300.
on conditions of
KEAVENY DRUG
CENTER
WINSTED DENTAL
probation, serve
attend and success590 Main Ave. W.
10
fully complete an
McLeod County District was heard in
Annandale, MN
ne plus surcharges,days jail, pay $100
anger managemen
Winsted, MN
Winsted, MN
class and provide
Judge Timothy Looby Court Nov. 20,
have no same or
(320) 274-3062
proof of completiont
similar violations.
presiding:
(320) 485-3881
to Court Services,
Sentenced by Judge
(320) 485-2261
Byron Andrew Spring,
Tenney.
Cokato, MN
no disorderly con26, of Silver
duct, no assault, $400,
Lake, had pleaded
guilty at a previous
Olson, Kiersten Anna,
domestic assault,
(320) 286-5618
dismissed, SO;
court appearance
age 25, of Elk
B&B TIRE
River, sentenced on
to a felony count
Winsted, MN
driving while impaired
of
Philip E. Scheneder,
410
Receiving Stolen 11/20/15 for Felony
3rd
St. S,
refusal to
CR ELECTRIC, INC.
(320) 485-2649
Property to a stay
DWI, $685, SO; McKayla 48, Montrose,
test. He appeared
execution for ve
Nov.
of
Winsted, MN
R. Trigg, 18, Mi(320) 485-3176
laca, speed, $135,
ing. the court stayed 20 for sentencyears on conditions
SO; Roger P. Meredith,
of probation, serve
the execution of
(320)
485-2550
31,
sentence
75 days jail, pay
Chaska, watercraft/p
and placed
HOWARD LAKE DRUG
$100 ne plus surcharges,
ersonal oatation or lifesaving
tion for seven years, him on probaBRANDEL ELECTRIC
Howard Lake, MN
lic defender co-payment pay $75 pub$110, DNR; Sherry devices required,
conditions: that he with the following
WASSER REPAIR,
, provide DNA
Cokato, MN
sample, have no
serve 90 days in the
(320) 543-2141
INC.
Hutchinson, seat belt,A. Anderson, 45,
use
McLeod County Jail,
601 White St. SE,
(320) 286-6123
rearms or dangerous or possession of
serve six months of
C. Clement, 19, Maple $110, MSP; Maxim
electronic home monitoring,
weapons, do not
Watertown, MN
register to vote or
complete
of drug paraphernal Grove, possession
vote until discharged
a chemical dependency
(952) 955-2761
from probation,
ia, $135, MSP; Ian
evaluation and
have no use or
Harper, 24, Norw
follow its reco
C.
McLeod Court
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was born to do
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these emergin
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to do his lifes
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what they
already love, what
parents actually
died!
they want
to explore, the
The ultimate irony?
wisdom theyve
already gained,
Curatin g your
child kills the
their
learning and living zest for
very curiosit y,
love of learning
and loving
,
others. Pretty
authent icity and
often
persona l
nervous , sometim theyre
initiative that
colleges are
es theyre
into things that
looking for. The
I know nothing
march of the
about (filk music?
achievement-bo
ts doesnt even
electron ics? Japanes embedded work half the
time,
e?), but
usually I can get
awful for the hearts,and its
them going on
souls and
somethi ng and
minds of teens.
see what makes
that kid light up
How do we as parents
inside.
remove our teens
Except when I
cant.
from the
Curation Station?
Ive met chess
I dont plunge.
champions
The first
who could not
step is explicit
I take a long time
tell me one
ly putting power
single thing they
into their hands:
a pool. I dont jump to get into
What do you
like about the
in. I dip a
game of chess,
love? What have
toe. I dont even
accompl ished
you always
take the ladder.
musicia ns with
wanted to do?
I walk down the
What would you
no
stairs. I slowly
compose r, pre-med favorite
like to try next?
ease my way in,
A second step
as if I am getting
with no idea what candidates
is culling: helping
acclimated to hot
attracts
our
lava. Or an ice
kids
them to medicin
figure out what
bath.
they
e, voluntee rs
who cant express
stop doing to allow should
That is why there
why they
new
things
is just no
chose that opportu
to grow. A final
explanation as
step is making
to why I have
potentia l scientis nity,
sure teens have
agreed to particip
time to just
ts without
ate
any discover y
explore, read,
Prairie Polar Plunge. in the Eden
and talk about
they are
intrigue d about.
things that have
Eden Prairies
no
annual
other than because purpose
These teens are
is set for noon Saturda event
sometimes
theyre
y, March
incredibly accompl
interest ing and
12,
at
Riley
cool.
Lake Park.
ished
and must have
EDITOR
There is nothing
years, Eden Prairies In seven
been working
more
plunge has
80 hours a week
beautifu l than
raised more than
a teen on fire for
at least to
three quarters
do all that stuff,
somethi ng, and
of a million dollars
It was never on
that fuel only
yet
for Special
my bucket list
emotion ally disconntheyre
comes
Olympics Minneso
my ice bucket
ected from teen from within. Help your
ta.
list.
all of it. It feels
find that enthusia
Last year, 750 plungers
But the more I
like
sm over
think about it,
raised
good human being a perfectly and over, and
donations of more
the more it actually
you will have
has been
than $160,000,
seems like a
molded into an
given her or him
according www.plu
good decision.
achievement
the secret to a
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ive life.
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I am participating
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an Eden
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Prairie parent
Prairie Lions and
taken photos at
of five children
suppose dly
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the plunge for
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The decision to take
high school
week of the
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the plunge
month.
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Brightly, lively, conversational writing. First-person without screaming,
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Text book column writing lede piques interest, topic developed, effective, tidy conclusion. Well done!
plunged several
times. There is
Rick Spielman
of the
Vikings and David Minnesota
St. Peter of
the Minnesota
Twins. I see the
name of Central
Middle School
Principal Nate
Swenson on the
list of plungers
who have signed
up so far, as well
as several local
police officers.
Some
have already raised individuals
thousands of
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Fitting tributes, well written.
And its a great

cause. Funds
raised for Special
Olympics
Minnesota through
plunges
across the state
help
than 8,000 children more
and adults
with intellectual
disabilities to
participate in sports
competition year-routraining and
nd.
So Ill plunge. And
maybe you
should too!
The only thing
Im
that nobody records asking is
slo-mo. Im talking my jump in
to you, EP
News reporter
Patty Dexter.
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In a category with dozens of good entries, the most compelling columns
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through our daily lives (and occasionally deal with death). The first-place
winner had the finest writing. Sam Cook writes with intimacy, pulling us
in to see things through his eyes a stranger on a sidewalk, a friend in
his deathbed, a cherished old dog whose world is about to be upset by a
puppy. Well done.
Second Place: The Free Press, Mankato, Robb Murray
Rob Murray writes with wit, compassion and a dash of zaniness.
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to my passing. Kept
in
officers shooting
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might
black men. I thought
SAM COOK is a Duluth
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ness of living. Maybe
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Page 50
Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Sherri Richards

Sherri Richards columns are rich with detail and insight.
News Photo
First Place: The Voyageur Press, John Grones
Controlled Burn
Photographer has done a great job capturing this controlled burn at dusk.
Y, pg x
Second Place: Citizens Advocate, Henning, Chad Koenen

Wet, wild fun at Henning Festival
Photo serves as a great illustration of the wet and wild fun at the festival.
SPORTS, pg 7
Central
wrestlers
fall short in
semifinals
hy
ners
Third Place: Jackson County Pilot, Mark Strom

Detouring Business?
Photo grabs the eye with color and composition. It also aids in storytelling.
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Central marks 100th day
The photographer made the effort to tell a story with this picture. The
intent faces of the children help communicate the importance of the event
to them, and by extension, to the community. It has a Norman Rockwell
quality that makes a reader want to know more.
Second Place: Clarissa - Independent News Herald,
Trinity Gruenberg
Fire destroys couples dream to dairy farm
We see plenty of fire pictures with flames or with people poking through
debris. But this one poignantly speaks of the loss of the animals and the
dream farm of the couple in the story. It stands out because it is a unique
look at a common subject.
Third Place: Pelican Rapids Press, Louis Hoglund
Sculpture presented to awestruck audience
This was a nice idea for capturing a moment. The reader is drawn to the
faces of the people, just as the photographer hoped. Well-planned and
well-executed.
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that hes put out
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ties in Minnesota
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First Place: Pine Journal, Cloquet, Jamie Lund

Skateboarders
Id read this story just because of the photo. It is, simply, an arresting
picture, well-composed with your eye taking you from the plaid-shirted
fellow in the foreground to the foursome in the back, framed by the trees
and capturing something that is both strange and serious. Great enterprise
work by the photographer.
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victims
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is not kit-care
ording to CloMary Robertson.
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enjoyable
eer as a nurse,
to give back to
nity by volunh the Red Cross
ing disasters.
son has worked
teer for the Red
few local disashe past year, but
be her first time
ployed out of the
elp.
ed nursing, and this
r opportunity for
actice nursing to
er folks, Robertson
s take
Local skateboarder
hall
their cause to city
hall on their way to the
y evening to make a
Cloquet City Council Tuesda
Second Place: Faribault County Register, Blue Earth, Chuck Hunt

Under Construction
The reconstruction this main street had to be a huge project for this town,
with a deep impact on daily life. And this photo does a great job, very
simply, of capturing the scope of the project. A nice example of letting a
picture tell the story.
near city
Caleb Essler skateboard
eft Minnesota
Pfisthner, Brady Hall and
Into, Kaden Lindvall, Nick
y morning and was
rnal.com
Local teens (from left) Riley
Jamie Lund/jlund@pinejou
ed to arrive in Cofor a skatepark in town.
tation
presen
1:30
d
S.C., aroun
capital
help in a disastering $100,000 in the
skateboard park
ds a
helter. Record rains
project fund towar
projects how the
involved in similar
could be used by other lists skateboard park for the
oding have caused
Hall, Brady Doran
Brady
bicyc
past.
about
ing
the
and
in
d
money
groups, includ
o be close
aclast several years,

Jamie Lund
and Nick Pfisthner
Sometimes parents
nt as the
s to
and rollerbladers.
residents evacuated
that remains unspe
to the
jlund@pinejournal.com
meets every few week
the
company the teens
on has
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ny shelters around
ed,
debate over a locati
plans for presentainvolv
over
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go
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raised
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ngs
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been
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said.
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aging) teenagers
The teens are anxio
rt the
ver is needed at the
suppo
seriand
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men
along
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nearly
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on the
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their
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and The Avenue cafe
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Caleb Peterson said,
Long time skateboarde
they
the plan they came
.
parking
West End Cloquet;
advocate present
oking forward to the
skate in whatever
the funding is in place
breakother
and skateboarding
but
up with, including
have volunteered for
lot or area they can,
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Jana Peterson
Contents:
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Crossword
Legal Notices
Obituaries
Opinion
TV Listings
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to 250
Looking out at close
the Carlton
people gathered for
Heroin ComCounty Opioid and
ay, Cloquet
munity Forum Mond
Stracek threw
Police Chief Steve
technical about
out his plans to get
-based
heroin and other opiate into our
get
drugs and how they
community.
surprised
Im impressed and
e here, he
at the number of peopl
crowd in the
said, addressing the
r lecture
Cloquet Forestry Cente
standing room
hall, where it was
s us very clearly
only. And it show
serious concern
that theres a very
ss here.
that we have to addre
came simSome in attendance
the issues
ply to learn more about other
and
of heroin, methadone
plagued
opiate abuse that have
and much of
Carlton County
ry in recent
the rest of the count
because theyve
years. Others came
addiction,
been touched by drug
through friends
either personally or
the discussions
and family. While
impassioned,
were informative and
clear answers,
no one left with any
explore.
just more ideas to
Carlton
Four members of the
e Task Force
County Drug Abus
Page 52
Third Place: Kanabec County Times, Mora, Denise Krebs

Sprawling flames usher in Wildfire Prevention Week
Among the many fire photos entered in this category, this one stood out.
It is a beautiful shot, dramatically framed by the trees in the foreground.
The menace is palpable I could see this on the cover of a Stephen King
novel.
Weeklies over 5,000
d opening
wore on, people starte
member and
about turning
Superior Chippewa
up. One mom talked
Defoe also
for selling
son into the police
spiritual leader Ricky
her
them
, telling
was in tears as
addressed the crowd
drugs, and another
from a
her wits end
how his daughter died exactly two she told how shes at
t
what to do about
heroin overdose almos
and doesnt know
is addicted to
years ago.
her daughter who
in and
His daughter had been by
drugs.
targeted
my seven-month-old
lost
I
out of jail, he said,
said,
who set her
because of it, she
child
a white informant
grand
she was truly
he suffocated
up, but he realized
explaining later that
how. Ive
picked her up
addicted when he
six years ago but not
gone to the
to take her to a
in the courtroom,
and she asked him
been
about
and talked
es. I ask for
doctor in Superior
police, human servic
goes to jail.
a drug used to
getting suboxone,
higher bail when she to put her
to opiates.
them
treat people addicted
I have begged for
wants
some blame
ent. They say if she
While he shouldered
treatm
in
to
tion
own addic
go. She doesnt want
can
himself, citing his
she
it,
also
younger, he
the streets, homeless.
beer when he was
ent of it. She runs with any of us. Your
live
d society and its treatm
could
blame
She
Carlthe
e.
crowd at
can help you.
Ricky Defoe addresses the
Native American peopl
head turns. Nobody
said, she
how her
Heroin Community
When she died, he
She told the crowd
ton County Opioid and
ic daughter
the Forestry Center. recently had gotten out of rehab
beautiful and athlet
Forum held Monday at
to
positive for
pinejournal.com
a straight-A student
from
because she tested
went
that
Jana Peterson/jpeterson@
ey argued
.
morphine. Her attorn
drugs
a voice
to jail, her father
including
I feel for you, said
she should not go
spoke as panelists,
I had
judge to
n, director of
back of the room.
he argued with the
the
said
from
Stracek, Rick Colse
ter into
ty here in Carlcenter on
hold her in a facili
to sign my granddaugh
the TagWii treatment
me.
vation; Dr.
ton County.
treatment. She hated
the Fond du Lac Reser al toxid better,
it takes
medic
The attorney argue
The same voice noted tures to
Elisabeth Bilden, a
about how all
ency medicine
y members signa
famil
Defoe said. I think
two
cologist and emerg
may
er it
lockdown treattia who also
those things tied togeth
sign someone into
physician at Essen
it, she
ng the system
with Minbut they have to want
seem like Im blami
ment
works as a consultant
.
ol; and Kim
but it does have flaws
nesota Poison Contr
e A7
terrible
social worker
See Opiate on Pag
His wasnt the only
Munoz, a clinical
As the evening
ty.
story, just the first.
with Carlton Coun
of Lake
Fond du Lac Band
First Place: Alexandria Echo Press, Lowell Anderson

Traffic switch, detour begins-Construction
Making a picture that is inherently a little dull into something eye-catching is a skill every news photographer needs. Here, a road construction
shot jumps off the page because it is framed by the orange and white of a
road barrier. Nice enterprise by the photographer.
Second Place: Northeaster, Minneapolis, Mike Madison
Muslim couple contemplate rainbow-lit Lowry Bridge
This is a lovely, somber shot capturing a sad moment.
Third Place: St. Croix Valley Lowdown, Jackie Bussjaeger
The next steps: Wildlife Science Center begins effort to move from DNR
land
Cat pictures cant lose. And when it is a great shot of a bobcat like this
one, you know your readers are going to want to check out the story.

All Dailies
First Place: The Free Press, Mankato, Pat Christman
Downtown destroyed
The image captures the physical devastation of fire. Good choice to deliver the encompassing view. Fire and ice. Well done.
Second Place: St. Cloud Times, Jason Wachter
Watkins Tornado
Weather can alter life in an instant, and within the image are the touched
and untouched elements for a home. Even the innocent teddy bear. Well
done.
Third Place: The Bemidji Pioneer, Jillian Gandsey
A vigil for Rose
Candlelight on the face of the one remembered, and of those gathered a
moment excellently captured. Well done.
Sports Photo
First Place: Minneota Mascot, Byron Higgin
Emotional Moment - Hennen Brothers
I love photos with emotional content. This image tells the story without a
single written word.
Second Place: Stillwater Gazette, Stuart Groskreutz
Hockey celebration
Action sequence tells the story, plus a great after-the-fact reaction from
team and fans.
Third Place: Minneota Mascot, Byron Higgin
Frustration - Mudhens Baseball
The intensity is visceral in this photo. Great framing and content.
First Place: Farmington / Rosemount Independent Town Pages, Matt
Steichen
Lightning strike late
Joy and pain all in one shot. Great storytelling.
Second Place: Pipestone County Star, Kevin Kyle
Down but not out
You can see the hustle and determination on both competitors. Super
framing.
Third Place: Morris Sun Tribune, Brooke Kern
Locked In
Wonderful framing from the track and field meet. Compelling composition.
Page 53
Bill Clinton was

settling
into his chair in the
oval office the last time
the
zata High boys bask Wayteam beat Hopkins etball
.
Fifty-six games
and 24
years later, the Troj
ans finally beat Hopkins
Friday, Jan. 29, befo again
re an
audience of alm
ost
at Hopkins Lind 3,500
bergh
Center. The final
score of
71-58 was hardly
indi
of how close the gam cative
e was.
Hopkins was forc
ed to foul
at the end, and the
Troj
wrapped it up with ans
foul
hots.
With the series
hist
nown by almost ever ory
y
the gym, there was fan
rama on the court. high
Would this finall
y
ayzatas chance afte be
r so
any near misses?
As the game
Wayzata High boys bask
wou
etball coach Bryan Schn
wn in the second nd Hopkins Jan. 27
ettler is dancing on
at Hopkins Lindberg
half,
the bench in
h Center. (Sun Sailo
d Wayzata leading
r staff photo by John the final seconds of the Trojans 71-58
59- fensively, we
win over
Sherman)
the Trojans found
didnt want
We focused on pack
their them getting
to the rim..
ger.
ing
Wh
en they shove you
the
pain
t defensively, said
A big part of that
, from Slater and
ix-foot-two
you
gam
ve
e Beeninga, and
got to shove them
Parker
juni
we tried
Hlavacek.
rd Ryan Lind or plan was a 2-3 zone that limi
t Hopkins ability to back, said Wayzatas 6-6
berg limited Hop
We feel good abo
kins
nd himself open on
to senior forward,
ut this
the tunities in the oppor- run.
Troy Lou- one,
side, free-throw line
lane. Amir
said
wag
Sch
ie.
nett
ler,
Wayzata was able
ex- Coffey, the Roy
club lost to Hopkins whose
to run
als 6-foot-8 its half
ed, and drilled a thre
Senior guard Ty
80-79
-court offense mor
Gelin- the first
ter that caught nothe- senior guard, was held to delibera
e
time through the
tely than usua ske said one of the keys Lake
- 15 points (seven
but net.
l. to Wayzatas vict
Conference schedule
under his The ball
ory was a Hopkin
.
season average).
few minutes earl
Only one hands was in Beeningas common purpose.
s knows how to
ier, other Royal, seni
muc
win, and in the
Ryan came out
or guard as he initi h of the time,
We have put in a
of Xavier Johnson,
ated the Trojans
lot of they put thei second half
ame, I told him,
had
hard
mor
r
wor
head
e
passing game.
k the last month,
s
Get
and got to the rim. down
to hit a dagger, said points. He finished with 17.
he said. And we
Wayzatas
believe in
The key player
Schnettler was plea
n head coach Bry
for the ter Austin 6-8 senior cen- one another.
an Trojans, 6-fo
Slater had his
see Beeninga and sed to
ot senior han
ttler. When he let
We
rely
Sowada
on teamwork, clos
ds full against
it
Hop
e out the game at
knew it was in. Wer guard Johnny Beeninga, led kins
tall trio of Coffey, - said 6-5 senior guard Jack free
the
e all scorers with 23
-throw line.
6-7 Sowada. An
y good team when
d we have so
we starter since his points. A Erik Davis and 6-7 Sim
Thats the reason
on many scorers
the extra pass, and
freshman Wright.
on the floor. Troj
the
season, Beeninga
ans
that tonight. I cred
had lost
shoo
In addition to Bee
t foul shots in
We knew we had
it to Hopkins nine
ningas practice
to be 23 points,
times in a physica
ys for being able
- to be ready for a
the Troj
to row prior to Frid
l
ay nights Slater. with them, said 10 from Sowada ans had moment like this.
the game plan. De, nine each
Box out hard
game.
...
from
Lindberg and
and then go get it.
Baumgartner and Gavin Contact John Sherman at
six each john.she
rman@ecm-inc.com
Sports Photo
First Place: Faribault County Register, Blue Earth, Kevin Mertens
They did it again
A nicely composed photo from an interesting perspective. My eyes were
instantly drawn to the primary subject in the photo.
Second Place: Pine Journal, Cloquet, Dave Harwig
Softball slide
This photo captures a great expression from the runner as the play happens.
Third Place: News-Record, Zumbrota, Faye Haugen
Wild Ride
Photo could have been framed slightly wider to produce a better image,
but the photographer captured this moment at the perfect time.
ndi Puls enjoys

big day at Wolfp
ack meet
zata girl
s 36.90 in
ound
Weeklies over 5,000
OHN SHERMAN
LOR NEWSPAPERS
he end of her high

ymnastics career
a month away,
senior co-capPuls hopes for
f in style.
y, in the Wolfational at Park
e Grove High
ls recorded her
reer all-around
0). All-around
es scores in all
- vault, bars,
oor exercise.
t events have
floor exercise
so her ability
l in the other
has lifted her
core in recent
switched her pass

es on
floor to allow her
to score
higher, said
Holden.
Andi has also
put in a
new skill on bea
m, and
our goal is to add
it [to her
routine] at state.
First Place: Wayzata Sun Sailor, Mark Trockman

Gymnastics - Andi Puls
Favorite Event
A
solid photo with good framing and lighting.
Puls said floor exer
cise
is
her favorite event.
Its
flowing nature allo freews the
most creativity.
Maybe its my favo
rite
because do well,
she observed.
While top perform
on floor exercise ances
require
style, grace and
athleticism, beam is
an event
that requires con
fi
and precision. In dence
one recent meet Puls
appeared
to jump four feet
the beam before above
landing
softly on that narr
ow piece
of wood.
To make a jum
p,
lfpack meet,
have to have pow you
er
a career-best
concentration, and and
you
exercise and
have to trust
you
rself,
50 on beam.
said Puls.
king for that
The Wayzata capt
ain,
ne of her two
who is the dau
ghte
t last years
Bob and Kate Puls r of
, pracA Meet, Puls
tices each skill of
her
in floor exroutine once a day. beam
9.475. WayWhile Puls is the
ghth in the
of the Wayzata leader
squ
there are many othe ad,
r girls
contributing to
the team
scor
e, which recently
Asset
rose
above 140 for the
fi
rst
en a great
time
this season.
m in each
Eighth-grader
ons, said
Treanor, who cam Grace
e to the
ach Carly
team from club
gymnasl definitetics this season,
is having
her adora phenomenal first
year as
next seaan all-arounder.
Senior co-captain Andi
wants to
Puls of the Wayzata
Grace is getting
beam during a rece
nt meet against Minn High girls gymnastics team hovers high
used
eryone is
etonka. (Photo by Mark
above the to the feel of high scho
Trockman - trockstoc
lso great score in
ol
gymnastics, and she
k.com)
dual meets and inis doer team- vitation
she
wan
ts
to
ing
qua
als.
very well, said
lify for have kind
Puls.
state. I know she

of
Andi has always
will do bars, Puls struggled on We have similar skill sets
been whatever it
nly part determi
,
said last week. so we talk
takes. And
ned, Holden obabout our rouhe team. served.
the potential to qua i has I am doing better this tines.
She knows this
lify for year afte
leading is her
r adding some
Asked about goa
last year of high state in all events, includ- bigger
ls
he team school
skill
for
ing all-around.
s.
the season, Puls
gymnastics, and
Andi has imp
emphaThrough the year
roved
s I on bars this
year, and we
PULS - TO NEXT PAG
E
Second Place: Morrison County Record, Little Falls, Tyler Ohmann

Flyers down Otters in double OT
An interesting moment during a game thats nicely framed.
Third Place: Northfield News, Nick Gerhardt
Above the Rest
Lighting could have been better in this one, but its framed nicely. A
creative photo too.
All Dailies
First Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, David Samson
Moorhead boys soccer collision
Perfect combination of peak action, great expressions and clean background.
Second Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Ken Klotzbach
Powerlifting support
The expressions made us laugh but this is a very intense photo.
Third Place: St. Cloud Times, Dave Schwarz
Just in time
Pretty light combined with clean background and the ball gave us an
interesting view of a second base play.
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First Place: The News, Raymond, Josie Oliver

Im an old man
This is just a fun image with lots of activity and a bright expression and
moment captured by the photographer
In Spo
Festival
During a chilly
s warm
of Bands, judge
ows
to Marching Arr
Page 12
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ee tiered
they do
d, noting
they can
t, make
t always
aid they
ome of
n 2009.
certain
e look
uce the
. . . is what Harrison
Freese, center, of Raym
at ways stuff
his Raymond Harv
ond exclaimed as
est Fest
he rubbed his large
venues soybeans
bell
was provided by RaymGrown Local in Raymond t-shirt
family sters.
with soybeans durin y. Freese had help from his friends
ond Farmers
Many events took
to
g the week
I TH
endsINK
place throughout the Co-op and the hay bales by Darren
celebrations. The
to re- petitions,
Hardebeck, all for
pit of
day to celebrate the
pony rides, tractor
the enjoy
annu
pull, grand parade,
the newspaper.
e 6)
queens coronation al Harvest Fest, from wafe feeds, gardment of the young, and much more.
Coverage of the even en and ower comt can be seen throu
ghout
Im an old man!
Punt retires after
31 years
By Billie Jo Rass
at
outs of the
After 31 years in
the insur- b u s
iness,
ance business, Roge
r
hang up his hat to Punt will where they
see where are now
the next adventure
comin his life plete
ly in the
will take him.
agent role.
Punt began work
ing as an
The role
insurance agent
with Farm Punt
Bureau Financial
held
Serv
June 15, 1985. Man ices on was to help
years later, on June y, many his clien ts
15,
Punt ofcially retire 2016, with
risk
that career to pursu d from management,
one. I was ready e a new helping with
Roger Punt (Submitte
to
d photo)
to something else, move on p r o p e r t y ,
he
Christian School
why he chose to retire said on auto and life insurance
and
now.
and nancial plann needs of his grandchild now all
For his next career,
ren
ing
for
Punt
has
retirement. As an agen
well. All of my fami do as
been working at Coun
ly lives in
t, Punt
in Prinsburg, as the try Pork, ofce was in Willmar and s a seven-mile radius of
us. Its
full-t
he
ime had ve staff
general manager.
members during a good Christian community
The general that
and its a good place
time. They are the
manager position
to raise
reason kids
he
holds and the agen currently I was successful. I was
and a family, Punt
very abou
t
t his hometown pride said
he retired from had position blessed with good help.
overlapped is the
That
.
Punt and his family
for the past few
only way I can say
are very
years for a Punt
it, invol
said.
smooth transition.
ved in his church.
Having
Punt begun
been a member
Now serving as
making the trans
of First
gene
ition into mana
ger, Punt will overs ral Christian Reformed Chur
retirement by bring
ing
ee
ch
business and groo into the of the day-to-day actio all Prinsburg since he move in
ns of
ming his the hog
d to
successors, Zach
business and its feed town, Punt is very active
Gerd
having been a mem
Joe VanderArk, into es and mill.
ber of the
the agent
church council. His
With another full-t
role.
ime
wife
job
has
lined up, Punt is not
been an organist in
My clients took care
the congretaking the
of me. traditiona
gation for over 30
My big thing is that
years.
they took However, l retirement course.
On Aug. 24, Punt
care of me for all
Punt plans to concelebrated
those years, tinue
his many years of
making family his
I couldnt just quit.
service with
prior- a
Your cli- ity in
retire
ents depend on you
life. Punt has been
mar- Willm ment party at the
learn so much over and you ried to his wife, Nancy
ar Convention Cent
for
the
er.
that is special to them years years. Together they have 40 His past clients, empl
oyee
four fami e
. I knew children,
ly and friends celeb s,
this needed this to
Kim, contr
Karlaibute
d by Mark Thod
, Greg
be a gradual and
rated
23.. Photo
Brian
process, Punt said
Highway
They are also the his career as he said goodbye.
ther two girls to reign
off state
of Ihlenabou
t
north
the
30,
as
.
Amprou
Sept
I
y,
d
transition.
am very thankful
grandparents
the parasoyb
on Wednesda
eansHultg
for the
sts de, Ellie
harve
grandchildren. Sinc to 12 opportunity and
Punt brought on Gerd
rvest Fest Ambassad ren, left,
the blessing
e 1980,
es and Punt has
ors. Below,
of serving all of
VanderArk as sales
been a resident
Raap and Kourtney
my clients,
associates Prins
Hammerburg. All of his child of Punt said.
and taught them
re they thanked all
the ins and went
ren
the many
to Central Minn
successful one. They
esota
especially
arvest Fest
owned
AY FORECAST
Third Place: Spring Valley Tribune, David Phillips

Kingsland class of 2016 dances into future
The photographer had to be on the ball to notice this situation evolving
and kudos for being able to capture all that expression with an expertly
timed picture.
PAS LEVY
First Place: Pipestone County Star, Mark Thode
Bringing in the beans
Draws in the eye; composition, originality strong. Lovely photo and a
great illustration for the article.
Second Place: Union-Times, Princeton / Milaca, Jeff Hage
A blast of the Arctic
This is a top-notch photo! Loved the expression. A close contender for
ing
weddplace.
Afirst
Third Place: Waseca County News, Philip Weyhe
Sledding fun
Good composition, exposure good; this photographer did a fine job of
capturing the moment.
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Second Place: Minneota Mascot, Sue Jacobson

Firework Sparkler Photo - Johnson
A bit of a technical challenge to capture the light values appropriately
here and I like the swoosh of light particles and the sense of moment in
the shot.
Roger Punt, left, is

turing over his 31
Joe VanderArk at
years worth of insur
Farm Bureau Fina
ncial Services in Willm ance business to Zach Gerdes and
ar. (Submitted photo
)
First Place: Park Rapids Enterprise, Kevin Cederstrom

Heartland Park Light Show
Excellent lighting. perfect angle. makes you feel like you are actually
there. very cool effect of the lights falling through the trees
Second Place: Pope County Tribune, Glenwood, Emma Jordahl
An uncommon winter scene
Simplicity draws you in and holds your attention. such an unusual photo
that you cannot help but stop and notice it
Holidays are
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CALUMET PLAY
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Third Place: Park Rapids Enterprise, Kevin Cederstrom

Tug-O-War Determination
Wonderful
timing
Star to catch each girls expression. such attention to dePipestone County
tail. perfect focus!
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Feature Photo
Weeklies over 5,000
First Place: White Bear Press, Paul Dols
Over the rolling hills
Love the perspective and the angles, creating a captivating photo.
Second Place: Lakeshore Weekly News, Wayzata, Mark Trockman
Cooper Bliss
Run Cooper, Run!
Third Place: New Hope / Golden Valley Sun Post, Gina Purcell
Three Rivers Park District showcases animals
Love the expression on this little girls face.
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First Place: Brainerd Dispatch, Kelly Humphrey

Bathtub racing
You cant look away from this... except to want to read the story. And
then you have to look back. Again and again. Great job!
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Board Monday night
ceived a list of six
re
recandidat
superintendent position. es for the districts
Interviews by the
board are planned
and Friday.
Thursday
Bob Ostlund, Ken
Dragseth and Patty
of School Exec Connect
Phillips
presente
d
the
a list of candidat
board with
es,
pany evaluated and which the consultant comcom
recommended interview
Four candidates were
from Minnesota and ing.
were from outside
two
the state.
Those candidates
are:
Deborah Olson,
current superinte
ndent for
Clinton Commun
ity School District
in Clinton,
Iowa.
David Pace, current
superintendent for
Grand Forks Public
Schools, in East Grand East
Forks.
Tami Martin, current
superintendent for
Gib
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POLITICS
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By ZACH KAYSER
PRIMA RY
Staff Writer
oth candidates in
Minnesotas 8th DisDis
trict were reticent
Monday when asked
about their preferred
candidate in the
presidential primary.
Republican Stewart
ten statement he didnt Mills said in a writwrit
have a primary pick.
I feel the Republic
range of very qualified an Party has a wide
and exceptional can
didates, which is
a striking differenc cane from
the Democratic Party,
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ition!
Second Place: Brainerd Dispatch, Kelly Humphrey

Sled dogs
Perfect! The contrast of booties and harnesses against the snow, the look
in the dogs faces, the angle of the shot. Well done!
Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Dave Wallis
Snow sculpture on a bench
Who needs a story when the photo says everything as well as this one!
This literally had me laughing out loud.
Photo Story
mpics, barnyard, royalty
8 - March 2, 2016
FFA Week brings Ag Oly
DAVID PHILLIPS/SPRING
from their forehead into

Howard try to get a cracker
William Jahn and Lucas at Kingsland High School.
Valley-Wykoff FFA chapter
their mouth during one
of the contests of the
, Spring Valley, Minn.
Spring Valley Tribune
School
VALLEY TRIBUNE
Ag Olympics put on by
the Spring
Skylar Mensink puts his
all into heaving the hay
PHILLIPS/SPRING VALLEY
Jefferson feel the fur
of a bunny of FFA member
Stephanie Miner.
Second Place: Clara City Herald, Billie Jo Rassat

Maynard Rodeo
The photo of the father and son show a rodeo scene that is rarely portrayed. Nice work capturing the little moments!
VALLEY TRIBUNE
bale during the Ag Olympics.
PHILLIPS/SPRING VALLEY
VALLEY TRIBUNE
Arv Kaushal and Mykaila
First Place: Spring Valley Tribune, David Phillips

FFA Week brings Ag Olympics, barnyard, royalty and more at Kingsland
These colorful and sharp images do a great job portraying a full week of
activities at the school.
and more at Kingsland
TRIBUNE
DAVID
and
pose with Gretchen Corson,
Adam Rain wanted to FFA barnyard set up for Kingher rooster, during the students Thursday. The Spring
sland Elementary School had a variety of animals on
Valley-Wykoff FFA chapter
hand for the young students.
TRIBUNE
DAVID
the
the Kingsland gym in
Atwood take a run around Friday at Kingsland High
Nora Jahn and Jasmin
was part of the Ag Olympics
three-legged race that
School.
Netzke (left) showed
the champion market
beef.
Redwood Fair
The county fair season

is underway. The
had a five-day run,
Redwood County
from Wednesday
Fair in Redwood
through Sunday,
Falls, which
was the first in the
area.
COURTESY OF JULIE BACK
The Sawyer Brown

concert
attracted record
attendance Friday
night.
Snow Week
Logan Back was crowned
Monday.
king during coronation
In his final year

of 4-H competiti
on,
Springdale Climber
Ben
Johnson
won
four major
swine
awards:
grand champio
n
market gilt, grand
champion barrow,
showmanship,
and
general knowledg
e.
VALLEY TRIBUNE
a calf milk
as he chugs milk out of
an eye on Alex Bradley event. Later, he also won the
Jackson Rindels keeps
the
events
Olympics. Bradley won
together a number of
bottle during the Ag
Valley-Wykoff FFA put
Friday afduring the assembly
hay bale toss. The Spring
grade to participate in
for students from each
ternoon.
Matt Woods, left, was

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master of ceremony at
VALLEY TRIBUNE
Scrabeck
Sophie Kodet gets
her pony ready
Snow Week Queen Andrea
for the 4-H horse
a contest of the Ag Olympics showed her FFA loyalty during the Ag
show.
McDonald take part in
gym.
Ethan Fenske and Maggie as a farmer and carry a hay bale across the
Olympics.
dress
in which they had to
Cole Paplow, Sanborn,

gets a high
five from Smiley
the Clown, aka
Dennis
Moore.
VALLEY
Third Place: Jackson County Pilot, Justin R. Lessman

One Voice, One Heart
This photo story does a great job illustrating all parts of this evening.
Intriguing and sharp images.
Tom and Davonna

the Year. Lon WallingZeug, Johnsonville Township
, were honored
(right), a Redwood
as Redwood Countys
County commissi
Farm Family of
oner, presented
the award.
4-Hers work together
CONGRATULATIONS
TO REDWOOD COUN
TY
FAIR WINNERS!
First Place: Tracy Headlight-Herald, Seth Schmidt

Redwood County Fair
This photographer put in some real time at this event. Great to get so
many winners and especially all those names in the paper. Strong cutlines. This photo page certainly tells the story of the fair. Excellent work.
VALLEY TRIBUNE
the Ag Olympics
Second Place: Pelican Rapids Press, Louis Hoglund

Thrills...and chills
Creative shots that capture the faces showing the shock of the cold water.
Fun photos to view and tells the story of the event. Good job getting all
those names in the cutlines.
to get the job done.
Farmers
Co-op
Milroy, MN
Third Place: Pine City Pioneer, Mike Gainor

Welcome to the greatest show on earth
These photos show really interesting angles.The kids expressions are
captured well. This photographer got up close to the action resulting in
strong images. The photos tell the story well. Would have liked to see
more names in the cutlines.
Page 57
for the
think the risk factor
ng on both sides of the street
project Young did not
also sugwo blocks involved in the
would be that great. He
of Blue Earth might
area.
say on gested the city
taking on the liabilThe county has the final
in
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interest
be
as Blue
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Staff photo by
Katie Mullaly
Better
Newspaper Contest
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Photo Story
But council me
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Register Staff Writer
Though it was emphasized it is only a starting
number, the Wells City
Council set their prelimi
at
nary tax levy increase
42.14 percent.
levy
tax
final
Last years
was a total of 12.86 percent
increase, and with a number
of projects on their mind,
be
the council will possibly
r
looking at a similar numbe
for 2016.
administrator
City
a
Robin Leslie stated in
memo shared in the Wells
the
City Council packet for
Sept. 25 meeting that there
to
were a number of items
the
consider in formulating
preliminary and final levy
numbers.
Some of those items include an average 2.2 pere
cent increase for full-tim
contrac ted
employees
and a minimum wage
increase to
$9.50 in
August of
2016.
Steve
That,
Burns
along with
a new City
, and the
project
roof
Hall
possibility of replacing both
a
a Bobcat skidsteer and
cently
changed
December
meeting.
The final
budget
was to be
approv ed
John
by Dec. 14
Herman
but that
meeting
up to
room.
moved
been
now
has
The council does have
Dec. 7.
multiple budget and input
I think it is best that we
resessions before their
the
street sweeper has risen
age
preliminary levy percent
quite a bit.
Let it be known that
this is all very preliminary,
said council member Steve
Burns. We still have time
to muddle through this until
We
Decembers final levy.
have plenty of wiggle
r
start with this high numbe
of 42.1 percent, said councilman John Herman,and
chip away at it rather than
be short later on.
It was a shocking numbut
ber to council members
all agreed that they would
go
rather see a high number
down than be short much
like budgets in the past.
council
Leslie told the
Wells levy, page 7
First Place: Faribault County Register, Blue Earth, Kevin Mertens

A bloody good lunar eclipse
Good use of exposure settings to capture the various phases of the
eclipse. Photographer also had a lot of patience to capture this exciting
event.
A bloody good
Lunar
eclipse
8:31 p.m.
7:39 p.m.
Many people in the

Faribault County area
took advantage of a
ed
clear night and watch
the lunar eclipse on
Sunday night, Sept. 27.
8:41 p.m.
Second Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune, Brian Basham

Callaway train derailment
Nice exposure with the explosion photo with silhouettes. Good series of
photos from the derailment to clean up.
10:17 p.m.
9:09 p.m.
9:31 p.m.
9:53 p.m.
9:47 p.m.
9:49 p.m.
Photos by Kevin Mertens
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ter:
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| June 29,
Third Place: Pine Journal, Cloquet, Jamie Lund

Paddlemania!
The main photo of the kayaker stranded on the rock showed some of the
perils of kayaking, emotion and good composition.
2016
Tribune
Weeklies over 5,000
WEST CENTRAL
Northern Spark
First Place: Northeaster, Minneapolis, Liz Jensen & Alexander

Schlee *
Northern Spark
hool graduates. D1.
Meet the top high sc
Clockwise from
top
Boats, an installat left: Festival goers June 11 gather
ion showcasing
Europe and Northern
the growing refugeearound Blessing of the
Africa and its
crisis occurring
an experimental
in
arts group perform relationship to climate change.
Aniccha Arts,
inaccuracies of
Census, address
taking count of
ing the challeng
a populace. Musical
the Stone Arch
es
Bridge, perform
group Dirty Face and
ing for people crossing
the festival. Ophelia
staked out
the Burlesque
the river on their
playing her fine
selection of furry Dancer performed inside of a ticket way to
a moment of pause
winter hats out
booth, disof season. One
participant takes
Bde Maka Ska/Calh as others pass by. Blocks of
ice
taken
oun
melted under heat
last winter from
ing the worlds
Lake
lamps of varying
ambient
intensities
the mill ruins, Indones temperature pre-industrial
revolution and post.representan all-night perform ian shadow puppetier Midiyant
o delighted audiencInside
what they can do ance accompanied by a full gamelan
es
to
orchestra. Folks with
refuge that offered slow climate change. Dandel
decide
ions Park a custom
free servings of
also a graphical
pop-up
system of informat dandelion in food, beverage
forms, and
features climatechange enabled ion, provocations and recipes.
(and often unwante
The project
order to engage
the
chaos, our busines public in tastings and convers d) edible indicator species, in
ation about the
s-as-usual food
risks of climate
our disposal. (Photos
system, and the
short-term food
by Liz Jensen and
innovations at
Alex Schlee)
Second Place: Northeaster, Minneapolis, Carol Jensen, Mike Madison, Mark Peterson & Margo Ashmore*
Wind and water...storm of the year
Third Place: Northeaster, Minneapolis, Mike Madison*
Community garden day in the neighborhoods
See the video
on wctrib.com
The principal
and the pig
All Dailies
First Place: West Central Tribune, Willmar, Rand Middleton*
The principal and the pig
behind a
worse than being
Neal
train of cars, Brian
said.
Second Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Andrew Link*

Children compete in Pinewood Derby
g lanes
he hopes the passin ns
sectio
to be built along
23 near
of state Highway
City
Raymond and Clara
alleviate
this summer will
traffic congestion.
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open
who attended an
g
house Tuesday evenin
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t and
about the projec
them.
detours will affect ed a
attend
people
Eleven
earlier
similar open house City.
Clara
that evening in
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Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Michael Vosburg*

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First Place: Tracy Headlight-Herald, Seth Schmidt

Front of the Line at End-O-Line
Really good use of photos. The main photo catches attention because of
its size and content. Well done.
Second Place: Perham Focus, Debbie Irmen
Debbie Irmen
A simple, yet perfect photo. Glad it was used six columns wide.
Third Place: Farmington / Rosemount Independent Town Pages,
Matt Steichen
Relay raises over $26,000
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First Place: News-Record, Zumbrota, Faye Haugen

Not getting along
Good picture of capturing the frustration of both subjects.
Second Place: Pineandlakes Echo Journal, Pequot Lakes, Travis
Grimler
Having a royal ball
Good picture of getting the unexpected result of the ride on the queen
and the princesses.
Third Place: Park Rapids Enterprise, Kevin Cederstrom
Gift of a Lifetime
Good picture capturing the subjects and the photos of their children in
the background.
Full Service Bank

Lending
Best of the Best
Mortgages
Checking
Goodhue
afternoon at the
Currie State Bank
cow on Saturday
of his
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the back Savi
dnesday
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on some sleep on
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Portrait and Personality Photo

Weeklies over 5,000
First Place: Sauk Rapids Herald, Mark Klaphake
No ordinary digger: Mantheys back row prowess helps Storm excel
Wonderful idea and executed very well. Absolutely the photo tells the
story.
Second Place: Northeaster, Minneapolis, Mike Madison
Where theres smoke...theres Brenner, James Brenner
Love the photo and the composition of it from beginning to end. Job very
well done.
Third Place: St. Louis Park Sun Sailor, Seth Rowe
Celebrating in Sing-Along!
Passion, commitment, joy... all shown in one photo.
All Dailies
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First Place: Brainerd Dispatch, Steve Kohls

A Life Lived Long
Good photo...excellent use of it. Tells the story in a very real way. Winning this category is was no easy task, and this one was easily the best.
A life lived LONG

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Second Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Dave Wallis

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Use of Information Graphics & Graphic Illustrations

First Place: Byron Review, William Weigel & Olivia Hjerleid
BUILDING T
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of about a year and
a half.
outside the school,
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here. Welcome home
ly excited to have
them
bears!
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Second Place: New York Mills Dispatch, Carly Johnson

Celebrating 100 years of banking
Skillful use of a timeline to chronicle the story of this business.
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Remembering 2015
Creative way to illustrate the year while getting in plenty of pictures for
readers to enjoy.
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THEATRE
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First Place: Chaska Herald, Mike Gears

A walk in the parks
This detailed graphic provides extensive information in an attractive
design. Good work.
2015 Page 9
Section November
Curling Special
Where memories are made.

..
Chaska
2
1 W.
Center
EventMain
221
St. 634-6300
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Kasson,MN
A WALK IN THE
Welcome Hall
serves as entrance
The 28-foot-tall hallway
displays, with 48-inch
to the building. Five feature Chaska history,
touch-screen videos,
curling, parks and
Chaska Fire Department,
Historic fire department
community activities.
lined with original
bell on display. Entryway
Chaska brick.
Center and redevelopment

for the Chaska Curling 2014.
rews broke ground
parks on Dec. 15,
of Firemens and Veterans the project, at the northwest corner
later,
Crews are
Now, less than a year
almost complete.
County Road 61, is
this publication was
of Highway 41 and
November (when
renderings to
the details through
finishing many of
photos and architectural
uses a mix of site
will look like.
printed), so this map
the finished product
bridge and trail
the Firemens Lake
give a sense of what
the project, including
Some portions of
in 2016.
system, will be finished Blvd., Chaska
Location: 3210 Chaska
nter.com; 952-448-3176
Info: chaskacurlingce
Chaska Curling Center
overseen by viewing
Six curling sheets,
Pint Ale House.
area in adjacent Crooked and columns.
Wood ceiling structure and womens
Center includes mens
a bridal dressing
locker rooms (with
Lanes include
area) and players lounge.
overhead cameras
scoreboards and six
action into adjacent
transmitting curling
Chaska
restaurant. The year-round
at one of the busiest
Curling Center sits
Highway 41
intersections in Chaska
and County Road 61.
11
Stage
ad
Includes
Overlooks large lawn. to
set
sound system and
musical acts.
feature occasional
behind the stage.
Promenade travels
ice skating will take
During winter months, on Firemens Lake.
place behind the stage
MOVING ON
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Bridge
Pier bridge will

connect Firemens
Park and Veterans
Park. Slated for
completion in 2016.
10
Historic plaza
once stood on
beehive kilns that
marker
monuments represent
uncovered.)Each
kiln tunnels were
be
Four round brick/landscaped
largest industry. Will racks.
redevelopment, several
the site. (During park of Chaska brickmaking, once the citys
drying
the brickyards vast
tells a different story
landscaping, representing
surrounded by rectangular
Director Tom Redman

Source: Chaska Parks
Olson
Photos by Mark W.
renderings
with submitted architectural
by Mike Gears
Map and page design
Brian L. Web
er, Melanie
and Timoth
J. Leth
y A. Woessner
Historic
Plaza
12
X Slug Here
11
Crooked Pint
Parking
11
Sidewalks
Trails
Boardwalks
Trails
12
Call us for an
appointment to see
what a difference
we can make for
you!
One-mile trail
system goes
around Firemens
Lake, connecting
all areas
of park.
spaces, with another

holds 200 parking
parking lot, a
Firemens Park lot
Under the Firemens holds run-off
60 at Veterans Park.
cistern
10-foot diameter
irrigate the parks.
220-foot-long by
which is re-used to
water from the site,
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Jesse Trelstad
, Grand
NE, Byron
BLACK
Forks Herald
Jonathan Strons
tad, American Indian
liaison for Crooks
temporary leave ton, recently was put on
from his part-tim
e job.
Story l Wade
Rupard
Herald graphic
l Carli Greninger
New Native
American
liaisons job
in question
or Barb Murphy,
her
sons hockey season
gins not on a sheet beof ice
but at her bank.
Her son, Zach, a
sophomore player at Central
High
School, also plays
on two other travelhockey
teams
at various times
during
calendar year. Childre the
n competing in hockey
year-round
can cost families
thousands
upon thousands
of
equipment, travel, dollars in
registration fees. hotels and
To make it all work,
phy goes to the bank Murtakes out a loan eachand
and uses it to cover year
penses it takes to the exallow
son to play the game her
Financially, you he loves.
everything around plan
hockey,
Murphy said. Outsid
we dont do a whole e of that,
Murphy is one of lot.
of parents in Grandhundreds
and the surroundingForks
who faces the same area
of balancing their challenge
with the game of finances
hockey.
Studies often cite
hockey as
the most expens
ive
young athletes to sport for
play, with
HOCKEY: See Page
A5
Third Place: Red Wing Republican Eagle, Amanda Schultz

Progress edition map
re
Graphic successfully orients reader to add context.
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First Place: Grand Forks Herald, Carli Greninger
The high price of hockey
This graphic really enhances the story and helps readers that may be
unfamiliar with the uniform.
By Jennifer Johns
on
Grand Forks Herald
CROOKSTON
aison for Crookst A new American Indian lion
say has made strongPublic Schools, who some
progress with student
has been placed
s,
on
Jonathan Stronst temporary paid leave.
time liaison Dec. ad, who was hired as a parthis job. He feels 15, said he just wants to keep
administration is
position and the
American Indian targeting the
program, he said.
Education
I just want to go
back and help those
he said.
kids,
His suspension follows
an alleged disrupt
last Thursday student
ion
s witnessed in a
area at Highland
common
cision by school Elementary School and a deadmini
progressively smaller strators to move him to
The district superinoffices, he said.
tendent said inciden
with Stronstad are
ts
would not comme under investigation but
nt on his leave or
employment.
his future
LIAISON: See Page
A5
ANOTHER
BATTLE
Hopefuls duke
it out in 4 more
states. Page A6
Big price tag:
Second Place: Chaska Herald, Mike Gears

Curling: Learn some of the basics
This graphic enhances the story and helps the reader visualize the rules.
Welcome Hall
Parking Lots
March 9, 2016
800 5th Avenue NW
Event Center
Curling Center
61
shelters include concession

rooms
At Firemens Park,
two 12x10-foot party
stand, restroom and
Separate
covered patio areas.
children.
opening into large
and elementary-age
playgrounds for preschoolmuch-loved diving platform.
retains
shelter includes
Renovated beach
1,300-square-foot
At Veterans Park, new restrooms. Park will ultimately hold
and
indoor serving area
renovated playground.
horseshoe pits and
archery range, new
at 952-227-7748.
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Playground
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10
Picnic shelters,
playgrounds and beach
t
Chaska Fire Departmen
Four fire
homages to the CFD.
several
and
Firemens Park includesrepresent Honor, Integrity, Pride
into
Welcome Hall extends
department columns
all retired firefighters.
statue.
Respect and list
includes a firefighter
Firemens Plaza, which
Honor
Columns
Playground
& Picnic shelter
10
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Bridge
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seating for
center. Bar will include
Restaurant includes
views into the curling
with live hops.
Tiered seating provides
fireplace and is landscaped
Patio features gas
1400 University Ave,
by a
jets accompanied
Includes 12 water
and lights can be
lighting system. Wateron the occasion. Children
adjusted, depending
which is surrounded
can play in the fountain, intersect at the
trails
on the
by seating. Walking
here, work continues party
fountain. (Pictured
a park shelter, with
fountain, along with a concession stand.)
and
rooms, restrooms
Pier
Firemens Lake
Parking
VETERANS PARK
ee
Cr
for 75 more.
Crooked Pint Ale House
patio providing room
200, with an outdoor
32 taps.
4 1017 CENTRAL AVE. NW

Fountain
BR27p
or
community events
Seats 300 people for
arched ceiling
weddings. Large 26-foot-tall wood panels
(laminated
made from Glulam
the complex). Giant a
found throughout
viewing screen over
200-inch retractable
and granite fireplace.
30x8 foot soapstone
State-of-the-art
Includes bar and kitchen. North windows
system.
sound and lighting
view of lake.
provide panoramic
Chaska Curling Center,

Firemens Park &
Veterans Park
RKS
PA
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November 2015
Special Section
Page 8 Curling
bear
Weeklies over 2,500
Th an k Yo u
Hockey often is cited as the

most expensive sport
for youth athletes
to play, with some famili
es telling the Herald
they spend up to
ment, travel and hotel
expenses.
Second Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Troy Becker

Beginners Draft Guide
Visually appealing while adding context to the process.
Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Troy Becker
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East Grand Forks

passed a 1 percent residents
sales and use
tax to cover the renovat
ion of
the city swimming
pool Monday,
but that doesnt mean
its a done
deal.
While the tax has
local hurdle, it still cleared a
approval from the must garner
Minnesota
Legislature in order
to become
active.
The tax passed by

a vote of
1,236 to 523 in the
citys
mail-in special electionfirst
.
Seventy percen
about impossible t is just
to
type of vote, so thankget on any
taxpayers for looking you to the
at
the possibilities and for
supporting the
swimming pool,
said Mayor
Lynn Stauss, who
proposed
pursuing the sales
And now we will tax last May.
forward to make have to move
it as nice as
possible.
Minnesota law require
city to hold the public d the
before seeking legislatvote
proval, which if receiveive apd would
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ISD 2142ion on
Proceed with caut liaison

proposal for legislative
exempobtain a temporary
A proposal that would tion from Minnesota State
St. Louis
s on rules
keep John Metsa on
ts High School League
s who had to transCounty School Distric
nal three for student school sites to parpayroll an additio
to other
fer
legs
years as the district
in sports.
is raising ticipate
islative consultant
Whats more, the district
district,
to two
some eyebrows in the
alread y belong s
and with good reason. g to statewide organizations
Metsa is plannin al the Minnesota School Boards
princip
and the Rural
retire as a district
ation
year, Associ
at the end of the schoolwould M i n n e s o t a E d u c a t i o n
al
that lobby on
so the latest propos
ed Association
likely provide him continu s behalf of school districts.
benefit
Range
compensation and
Meanw hile, the
years.
of Municipalities
for up to three extra
of the
deal Association
and he required all
The details of the A and Schools focuses on issues
he
its bidding plan,
out.
tion to do so, but
to candidates who do
havent been worked was of regional importance and
tion.
of business. informa
needs to be put out
received such informa
legislators have
tentative arrangement
for private never
Range
Iron
of anonymity and
leaving
Locking people up
the displans The topics
approved this week,
been responsive to
of Question 20
shameful. Sanders
is
discusntiality
gain
further
confide
to
past.
in the
ion to ban
the details
the survey
superin- tricts needs
the
our to introduce legislat
arose only after
about
sion between the
and
.
d
If the board decides a
Over the last 30 years
receive
seems private prisons
ished results were
does need
tendent and Metsa.
criminal justice system
Sanders has distingu on 1/4 were published making her
ly district really
to justice
certainly their
The proposal certain
and without
with his clear focus
to have lost its claim
ns and liaison, thats
a state that himselfand his ethical campaign argument mute
raises some concer from prerogative. But, if so, why
and has fallen into
al. Alone issues of refusing to take super merit.
that
weve already heard dis- not address the need in the
is, in itself, crimin
policy
Second ly, the idea
l landare
ntial candip a job
school staff who
among the preside is taking PAC funds in a politica inter- record ing an open public
proper way? Develo duties,
as
view
special
they
with
is
Sanders
define the
scape awash
mayed at what
dates, Bernie
g in Minne sota
ing
ute for description,
the best
money. Hes enliven ng meetinw wrong is also misfor
est
on.
it
search
a Golde n Parach
then
and
providi
someho
in the
The racial inequities and young people andwhove been leading. More than forty years
Metsa.
te. Thats how the
candida
us
of
has
known
some
hope for
system are well
The district, which
our ago, Minne sotas Attorn ey
is supposed to work.
long enough to have
years for process
the
for
around
opinion
ul:
ed
an
d
creates
it
shamef
criticiz
over.
been
Otherwise,
General rendere
African hopes dashed over and
stration,
1) One in every 15
taping at public
as
the school
its top-heavy admini
one in every
pay attention to Bernieis a regarding audio g that it is,
ion impression that creating a
American men and incarcer- Lets
decidin
. He
should weigh any suggest
campaign unfolds one to meetings
posi- district is simply
well accept36 Hispanic men are in every the
the
for Metsa. Thats
to add new head office
indeed, legal. It is
man of integrity and
created, position
ment of the
ated compared to one
tions carefully. Once elimi- not how public bodies are
ed the First Amend
watch.
ution proto
106 White men.
United States Constit
it can be difficult
Leah Rogne
ed to operate with our
color were
of
suppos
People
2)
tects this right.
Gheen, Minn.
nate such positions.
r tax dollars.
Minnes ota
mately three times morea
the
whethe
,
approxi
key
know
Thirdly
other
dont
We
d during
One of the
only applies
likely to be searche
so-called
Open Meeting Law
ts.
that must be
motoris
the district needs a
ons
White
entities and
than
questi
or not.
traffic stop
to public governing
as
legislative liaison
ed is whether travel
wrong not to
address
Blacks were twice
was
it
3)
te
disbeen
insinua
to
and nearly
The idea has never previ- expenses would be covered
of a private
likely to be arrested
disclose the address
is
to expericussed by the board had as part of a legislative liaisons
News website to a governing entity
four times as likely
In last weeks Tower
The
during
current proposal
ously. Nor has the district
er makes inconsistent with the law. not
ence the use of force
legisla- duties. The
does
editorial, Mary Worring
police.
reimbursing Metsa
problems achieving
encounters with the an youth a number of allegations that are Open Meeting Law
political calls for
citizens. To
lodging, and
tive goals given the
4) African
a9 Americ
her facts pertain to private
del- for his travel, only restricof juvenile without merit since n d a t i o n . think we would divulge our
rates
the
clout of the Iron Range
higher
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u
have
fo
meals,
information to
more likely a r e w i t h o u t
the superintenegation.
detention and are
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that tion being
has refused
adult prison. Presently Greenw
al. It begs the
Recent actions prove
citizen s a Committee which
to be sentenced to
that dents approv
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tion is ludicrous and
point. Legisl ation s to question of whether Metsa
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Legislative opportunit
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seen for rural Minneso
ta
BY TIM PENNY
s Minnesota lawmake
rs continue
through the 89th
legislative session,
there are several
items up for discussion that could
potentially benefit
communities. At
our
Southern Minneso rural
tive Foundation,
ta Initiaour work
intersects with
many of these
issues, such as investme
nts
in early childhoo
d and support for minority
business
owners.
Others, such as
broadband,
transportation
and
ernment aid, are local govimportant
to us insofar as
they lay the
groundwork for
the
development goals economic
we work
Penny
toward.
As we work together
communities, engaged for more vibrant rural
and educated residents
have always been
foundational to
carrying out
the mission of the
foundation. These
issues I would encourag
are some
e you to keep your
on:
eye
Pre-K funding
This has been a
contentious topic,
Mark Dayton previous
with Gov.
versal pre-K, whereas ly advocating for uniothers want more
allocated to child
funds
care scholarships.
suggested before,
when it comes to As Ive
hood, theres no
early childsilver-bu
Whats more importan llet approach.
t than arguing for
either/or approach
an
in Minnesota have is making sure all families
childhood programaccess to high-quality early
s, especially our
children. SMIF
low-incom
e
has
partners to implemebeen working with several
Program througho nt our Quality Child Care
ut the state toward
this end.
Scholarships are
a big part of the
and there is also
solution,
a shortage of provider
lawmakers are
s that
trying to address.
Racial disparities
of our economy
; we have the opportun
and the imperati
ity
ve
migrant, women to support new imand
southern Minneso minority businesses in
ta.
While its unclear
at this point how
$100 million will
Daytons
be implemented,
tant to start addressin
it is imporg these dispariti
real way in our
es in a
state
tive is one way SMIF and The Prosperity Initiais addressing this
issue.
Broadband funding
There is a proposal
to increase funding
Minnesotas Office
to
ment to lay more of Broadband Developfiber
Minnesota. Historica networks across rural
allocated in recent lly, $10 million has been
years ($20 million
This years proposal
in 2014).
is $100 million.
Our partner, Blandin
Foundation,
instrumental in
moving this issue has been
behalf of Greater
forward on
Minnesota, and
their goal of ensuring
we support
all Minnesotans
access to convenie
have
nt,
broadband networks affordable world-class
.
Blandins CEO,
Kathleen Annette,
nearly a quarter
cited that
of
dont have sufficien Minnesota households
such as homewor t Internet speeds for things
k,
and more, and that online business operations
broadband access. Minnesota ranks 23rd in
This stark urban-ru
ral divide hurts
nesotans, Annette
all Minsaid. I agree.
Local government
aid
The governors
budget proposes
divided between
$46.5 million
Local Governm
ent Aid, which
helps funds basic
services such as
ment, fire departm
law enforcerural communities,ents and public works in our
and the County
Aid. Our local governm
Program
ents depend on
funds.
these
Long-term transpo
rtation
package
Legislators havent
been able to come
agreement for the
to an
Dayton has proposed
past
our smaller commun two years. In order for
$100 million to address
achievement gaps
ities to be viable
for people to live
between white Minneso
places
and those of color,
while commuting
tans
elsewhere in the
noting the gaps
to jobs
high school graduati
region, and for
in areas
the
our agriculture
on rates and homeownlike
and manufacturing support of
ship.
ercannot continue
to put off passing sectors, we
At SMIF, we recently
tation bill to maintain
a transporlaunched
The Prosperity Initiative. This
our infrastructure
rural Minnesota.
in
Employment and Minnesota Department of
Economic Developm
All
ed program works
ent-fund- ern of these issues affect our 20-county
Minnesota region.
southbusiness owners one-on-one with minority
So, I encourag
to
be mindful this
election year about e you to
resources, provide connect them with area
your concerns and
voicing
crease the likelihoobusiness coaching and inopinions as legislator
action on these
d for longer-term
s take
matters.
success.
business
We know small
Tim Penny is executive
businesses are the
director
of the Southern Minbackbone
nesota Initiative Foundatio
TOMORROW Our
editorial board
n.
looks at a legislative
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Second Place: Hutchinson Leader

Trail bill does sound absurd. Sunshine week cartoon is spot on. Nice
look.
Good editorials. Thumbs up/down engaging.
All Dailies
First Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester
Soft-pedaled change is often better received. Impressive work. Photos a
nice touch.
Second Place: The Free Press, Mankato
Taking a stand on cannabis- impressive. Solid work.
We want
your letters!
Mamma
First Place: The Tower Timberjay, Tower/Soudan

Cautious strength in golden parachute editorial. Adroit, balanced editorial
about the election. Very balanced, nuanced views. Well written pieces.
at least eight hours

of sleep, right?
Well,
teenagers go throughwhen
berty, their internal puclocks
shift about two
hours, which
means a teen who
went to
Mueller
bed at 9 p.m. now
cant go to
bed until 11 p.m.
That would be fine,
they are forced
except
to get up between
5 a.m. and 6
Students pushing for

healthy
this? One idea would

be to switch the
middle school and
start times with
high school
the elementary
school start
time. It would increase
sleep time by about
one hour and 30
minutes.
For the average
teen, that would
keep them focused,
not
but it would help only
bodies function
their
much
the sleep they need. better. So lets get kids
Abby Mueller
Rochester
legislation benefit from

lawmakers support
State Rep. Kim

Norton and state
Senjem gracious
Sen. David
healthy lifestyles
ly
now
from John Marshallmet with several students
from many problems will save our children
High
School on March
later on.
16.
To take my students,
The teens part
students of governm all former or current
Minnesota Healthy of
that their political ent, and show them
Coalition were Kids
a month of lessons voice matters was worth
lobbying
for two issues: updating
in the classroom
elected officials
willingly listened . These
our K-12 physical
asked questions
to and
education
of
guidelines to reflect
I am grateful we their young constituents.
curhave Rep. Nortons
rent national standard
on these issues
support
s and
in St. Paul this
asking for funds
year and hope
we may count on
to improve
Sen. Senjem for
sidewalks and crossing
his support,
as well.
for children to safely paths
We hope to keep
walk or Eldredge
bike to school.
burden of childhooworking to reduce the
Since childhood
through these and d obesity in Minnesota
anything we can obesity is on the rise,
other policies.
do to prevent it
Ann Eldredge
and maintain
Rochester
Dogs should not be exclude

d from Olmsted County
trails
I, along with Jane

Deborah Roberge, Townsend, Julie Roenigk,
ishment. Most dog
Flo
Hahn, urge Olmsted Sandok and Brenda
walkers are responsi
people; we help
ble
keep
to allow dog walkers County
because were alwaystrails clear of rubbish
county park trails. on
Ive hiked on trails packing plastic bags.
Excluding people with
with dogs for decades,
enjoying positive
the
feedback from other
of a $700 fine does threat
It enriches the experien
not
hikers.
a welcoming message. send
ce. A cancer survivor,
I find great comfort
parks are not aligned Our
in sharing nature
my dog. Medical
with
with
professionals recomme
surrounding counties,
including pets in
which
activities to promote nd
do allow dogs on
and physical healing.
trails. Nor
mental
are they aligned
with RochWomen who prefer
ester parks, where
to walk solo on
should be allowed
to have their dogs trails
for dog compani the desire
protection. Many
onship while
along for
have
hiking is indeed
Haynes
assault while walking suffered harassment or
recognized.
People come in
The Olmsted County alone in remote areas.
all types and preferen
Parks Commiss
Our parks cater
ces.
forts to keep our
ions
to diverse recreatio
eftrails beautiful
ences, such as hiking,
nal prefer- ed, but
is appreciatdog walkers
running, skiing
snow-shoeing. As
and
among those who would like to be included
with
may use them.
tions can be addresse any activity, restricBarbara Haynes
d without complete
banByron
Linking Obama to majorit

y debt seems like Republ
ican parody
While reading the

March 16 letter
Friemann, which
of Diana
stated a nearly
debt was created
$20
mostly by Presiden trillion
Obama, I wondere
t
d how anyone couldBarack
wrong about everythi
be so
ng that it rivaled
March 12 letter
the
by Arlen Brooks.
Then, I realized,
a parody to deride of course, she has written
voter. Friemann, the typical Republican
to be more complete
caricature, could
in her
have included somethin
g
bonding request for

updates to Fort Snellin
g.
like chastising
Obama for bribing
scientists with
the worlds
grant
velocities or whether money to study snail
raindrop size matters,
so they could join
the broad conspira
exposed by the
GOP that climate cy
surely happenin
g and faster than change is
predicted.
anyone had
It might have been
more humorou
s.
Gary Wallin
Mantorville
Third Place: St. Cloud Times

Solid editorials on local subjects.
Design Portfolio
All Weeklies
First Place: Chaska Herald, Mike Gears
Bold and effective use of color. I could feel the leather glove in the baseball story. The Olympian story layout was masterful, three-dimensional.
This designer uses a variety of techniques to make the stories stand out
without ever overwhelming the subject or text. Love this work.
Second Place: The Journal, Minneapolis, Amanda Wadeson
Nice use of color. Gun front had strong, discomfiting images and easy
to read bullet points that effectively promoted serious content. In some
cases (Joan of Art) text was too small and columns too wide. But overall
clean, modern, fun.
Third Place: Perham Focus, Marie Johnson
Nice use of color and photos. Love the color dash front. This designer
look at the art, whether its hay bales or historic photos, and makes the
most of it. These pages made me feel warm, and the guy riding his little
car through the air was a hoot.
All Dailies
ber 18, 2015
Friday, Septem
GRAND FORKS
HERALD
N
COLLECTORS EDITIO
First Place: Grand Forks Herald, Carli Greninger

The collectors edition front is art, easily one of the most dynamic entries.
The beard oil was another favorite. Overall this designer/artist shows
masterful use of color (or in the case of the beard oil illustration, lack of
color). The pages pop. The reverse type is effective. Without seeing the
jump, I did not understand the grapes in the child poverty story. I would
have gone with a more subtle illustration on that. But overall, just a super
talent.
Second Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Jason Miller
The most effective use of text over photos I saw. The simplicity of the
Prince cover was inviting and warm. The clerical collar was a bold stroke
appropriate to the serious subject matter, one of the top illustrations I
saw. Overall crisp and modern.
Third Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Troy Becker
This entry, more than most hones in on concepts with big, bold designs
that demand attention. The Rare Air cover, in particular impresses. The
artist s really thinking about the story in coming up with designs such as
Preserving Pitchers. The simplicity of the cover for the fallen officer is
effective and respectful.
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Special Section
First Place: Barnesville Record-Review
Clay County Wet or Dry
Nice cover, great stories with good photos
Second Place: Sauk Centre Herald
Sauk Centre Girls Basketball 2016
Good section to celebrate a great season. Good use of photos. The Q&As
with coach and captains were good.
Third Place: The Voyageur Press, McGregor
Central St. Louis County Youth Baseball
Beautiful simple concept. The photos of the little leaguers are great. You
really captured the spirit of the sport
Weeklies over 2,500

First Place: Chaska Herald
Game of Stones
Catchy title and headlines throughout. Great graphics and everything you
could want to know about curling.
Second Place: Faribault County Register, Blue Earth
Our Heroes
Nice cover and great photos. The title Our Heroes is a great reflections of
the stories you tell.
Third Place: Fillmore County Journal, Preston
Veterans- Boots & Badges
A keepsake that your community will cherish. It was a great idea to make
a hard bound available as well because this will be passed around and
talked about for years to come. Great job.
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All Dailies
2016 NCAA Hockey Championship Commemorative Edition: Worth the 8
Not even a hockey fan, but this section is a winner, from the simple,
clean joyful cover to the agate type stats that many fans devour. The layout is strong with a good variety of high-quality photos that dont repeat
similar action shots. (Love the photo of the photographers all shooting
the team at the same time). Strong advertising, well tied in to content. A
winner through and through.
Second Place: Faribault Daily News
Faribault Guide
This guide has strong photography (a stunning Main Street), crisp and
pleasing design and typography and integration of content and advertising. An impressive guide with easy to read maps, news you can use (the
species of fish in lakes) that reflect a sense of place. Inviting.
Third Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester
Veterans
This section made me stop and read more than any other section. Many
pages were filled with imagery in words and pictures I had not seen
before. In the ads too. A multiple amputee veteran, looking strong despite
the loss of his limbs. The photos of a young man killed in Vietnam who
looks like someone we all knew in high school. The story of the soldier
who shot his dog by accident. The elephant in Vietnam. The faces upon
faces toward the back. This section really tells the sacrifices made by a
community. My only quibble: I wish the design was more modern; the
layout has a somewhat old feel/look to it despite content that is timeless
and important.
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Best Magazine
All Weeklies
First Place: Pineandlakes Echo Journal, Pequot Lakes
Love of the Lakes
This was simply a superb entry. The magazine is full of great information
about the areas lakes, and its clear that the staff spend quite a lot of time
producing it.
Second Place: Annandale Advocate
Summer Guide
What an excellent magazine! It contains lots of good information, lists
and feature stories, and I particularly liked the locator map of parks, trails
and beaches.
Third Place: Hutchinson Leader
Dockside
This magazine gives readers all the information they need to know about
the lake and river area in the Hutchinson region. Very well done!
All Dailies
First Place: West Central Tribune, Willmar
Live It October/November 2015; Life It February/March 2016
These were two excellent magazines. One had a solid package on adoption, and the other featured an equally impressive package on fitness.
Second Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester
Rochester Magazine
Superb local magazine. I really enjoyed the airport and Single in the City
features. Excellent print quality, too.
Prairie Business, June 2016 and August 2016
Strong business articles in both editions of the magazine. These provide
an excellent value to the community.
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Best Use of Video

First Place: Union-Times, Princeton / Milaca, Jeffrey Hage & Ashley

Haynes
Kinship Fundraiser was a watery blast
These interviews were well framed via rule of thirds and had quality
audio. The sprinkling of a few news details added to the feel good nature
of the piece.
Second Place: Hancock Record, Brooke Kern
Hancock volleyball
Good use of stills and voice over to tell a complete story.
Third Place: Stillwater Gazette, Alicia Lebens & Jonathan Young*
Thanksgiving at Lily Lake Elementary School
Weeklies over 2,500

First Place: White Bear Press, Paul Dols
White Bear Lake Polar Plunge
The concept and execution of slo-mo combined with the overall hi quality audio and video made this an great example of best use of video.
Second Place: Wayzata Sun Sailor, Jason Jenkins
Wayzatas 41st annual James J. Hill Days
High quality all the way around makes this recap of a community event a
solid second place.
Third Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune, Paula Quam*
Levi the Ecumen Dog
All Dailies
First Place: St. Cloud Times, David Unze & Dave Schwarz
A night so cold
Wow is the only response I can give to this moving piece. Journalism at
its finest.
Second Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Alexandra Floersch
& Chris Flynn
A night at the track
Great quality, framing and storytelling.
Third Place: Albert Lea Tribune, Colleen Harrison
Finding recovery
This deep dive into personal narratives related to this difficult topic was
very well done.
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Best Use of Multimedia

All Weeklies
First Place: Red Wing Republican Eagle, Michael Brun, John Russett, Maureen McMullen, Samantha Bengs & Roger Sievers
Highway 61 Construction Updates
Impressive combination of elements to tell a complete story of this huge
construction project.
Second Place: Northfield News, Philip Weyhe
Storify on the Northfield shooting incident
A very complete package on this shooting story, photos, video and
police audio.
Third Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune, Paula Quam
Pudge the Pigeon
Cute, very interesting and well done package on this pigeon. The video is
quite professional and nicely illustrates this story.
All Dailies
First Place: St. Cloud Times, Dave Schwarz, David Unze, Stephanie
Dickrell, Jenny Berg & Abigail Faulkner
What a package! As a report on how sex trafficking can hit close to
home, this couldnt be more complete. The exhaustive multimedia package of videos, audio tracks, graphics and arrest mugs form one of the
most complete packages I have ever seen in enterprise journalism.
Second Place: St. Cloud Times, Dave Schwarz, David Unze, Mike
Knaak, Andrew Fraser & Lisa Schwarz
A night so cold
My goodness. The SC Times outdid itself again. This is an incredibly
complete package of video, audio and photos to accompany a compelling
story about officer Klinefelter. I also liked the reporters video talking
about the pursuit of this story.
Third Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Andrew Setterholm &
Andrew Link
Skyway: bridge to downtown vitality
Very informative skyway package, with photos, clever video and interactive map. Its everything I would need to know about the skyway bridges
and why they exist.
Page 68
Best Use of Social Media

All Dailies
First Place: St. Cloud Times, Ann Wessel
Tour of deer stands
This is a novel twist, a social media approach to the age-old practice of
hunting deer. Show us your deerstand. The paper used social media to
spread the invitation, make people aware and create community via a
hashtag #MNDeerOpener. Great story idea and smart way to go after
it. Bravo
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Prince media wall
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Muskies in Big Marine Lake?
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City of Minnesota Lake & related Citys Ambulance Service
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magine trying
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the details inside it fine but not
on
Now imagine beingeach page.
able to see
every page inside
the book and
how much more
detail and knowledge it can reveal.
That is how radiolo
gists describe the new
3D mammo graphy equipment
versus the standard 2D equipm
ent.
This is a significa
nt advancement in women
s
gives us the tools imaging that
to
more thoroughly evaluat
e the
detect cancers earlier breast and
in all breast
densities, Ben
Smith, Essenti
a
3D to page 12A
Certified Mammo
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n
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assists
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with the new
3D mammography
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBE
R 3, 2015
POST-BULLETIN www.post
bulletin.com
Local news
New RCTC VP was at ce

nter of NC controversy
BY JAY FURST
furst@postbulletin.com
Rochester Commun
nical Colleges new ity and Techinterim vice
president for student
the North Carolina
affairs was
at the center of
handled fairly and matter was
a controversy two
we were always
years ago that brought
concerned with
the
Carolina state universitdown a North
students on campus.safety of our
y chancellor
We were able to
and led to his own
resolve many of
resignation.
the
RCTC announc
revealed as a result cases that were
ed Wednesday that
of the investiga
Anthony Brown,
tion. I think, in
interim vice presithe end, it resolveddent for student
itself.
support services
at
McClellon said
Guilford Technica
she
l
that there had been was aware
Community College
Elizabeth City but a situation at
in Jamestown, N.C.,
not
findings ... the wrapup of all the
would fill the stuwith the investigative team.
dent affairs VP
Some parts of that
job
I did not know and
on an interim basis
would not know.
Some of these things
for 18 months, effecuncommon on collegeare just not
tive Nov. 9. Brown
or university
campuses when
replaces Alex
youre dealing with
a large number
Herzog, who was
of investigations.
reassigned by RCTC
This isnt somethin
Brown
g that was of
great concern,
President Leslie
McClellon said.
I
was very impresse
McClellon in June
handled after the d with how it was
and left the college
fact.
after just one year
RCTC, which has
on the job.
as many students nearly twice
at Elizabeth City
State University,
Herzogs depardoesnt have a campus police force.
ture was the second
It has three fulltime security officers
major change in
the
and about a
dozen students
colleges VP ranks
who
and assist in securitywear uniforms
since McClellon
.
took over as presiMike Wenzel, the
RCTC student in July 2014.
dent president,
said Monday that
In December, she
McClellon
Browns record
reassigned thenis
reason for concern.
Vice President of
Academic Affairs
The safety of our
Jim
left the college soon Gross, and he
campus is an exafter.
tremely importan
When Browns hiring
The Rochester Commun
t
was announced last week,
issue for students
ity and Technical College.
the RCTC news
,
release said he
he said, and
Post-Bulletin file photo
has
leadership experien33 years of
Browns
classroom and theatene
experience
education. It notes ce in higher
in North Carolina
instructor and students.d to kill the
North Carolina
that previously
Bureau of Criminal
Students
he served within
is not reassuring.
and staff said they
Investigation began
Gilchrists resignati
the field of student
looking into the
affairs as Vice Chancell
on was effective
formed of the drill were not incampus police handling
A search comWenzel
June 30, and on
and thought the
or, AssociAug.
ate Vice Chancell
of
other
21,
incident
the interim
mittee compose
criminal reports
was real.
chancellor announc
or, Assistant Vice
d
and found wideChancellor, Dean
of
Students were offered
spread evidence
tirement, effective ed Browns reof Student Servicand students had faculty, staff
of
counseling
es, Director of Multicul
immediately.
after the Elizabeth
forwarded three
dation and obstructi witness intimiAs of late August
tural Student
candidates for the
on of justice.
Affairs and Director
2013, all but 14
University of NorthCity incident, and The investiga
of the criminal
of two federal
tion found that
job, McClellon said.student affairs
Carolina system
TRIO programs.
complaints had
campus
administrators
police had failed
She said none
been
resolved, accordin
said they were disof the three were
to investigate or
g
The news release
appointed with
strongly endorsed
inform federal officials
and new procedur to news reports,
doesnt note
how the matter
by the committ
of about 125
that Brown was
es
was
handled.
ee, and she chose
criminal incidents
for campus security were in place
an
not
to proceed. A smaller
at Elizabeth City administrator
.
than a dozen sexual, including more
In early 2013, a student
State University
Browns wife, Hermand
then began a search committee
assault
on
in Elizabeth City
reports.
the
2,900-student campus
for the ina BernetThe university
, N.C., from 1999
ta H. Brown, was
terim position.
removed the
to
2013, nearly half
A search
campus police that reported to
campus police and
his professional
general counsel the universitys
found several candidat consultant
campus security
career. As vice chancello
at
tempted to assault a man had atduties from Browns
es, includemployment was the time. Her
ing Brown, and
r of student
affairs from 2007
discontinued,
McClellon said
in her dorm room her three times
division. The campusstudent affairs
to
the
committee strongly
between February
police chief re- according to university officials,
charge of campus 2013, he was in
and April. When
signed in May 2013
in
police, security
October 2014.
Brown, with whom recommended
campus
and student housing.
peared not to investiga police apshe said she had
was charged with and, a year later,
no previous associati
Last spring, in the
a misdemeanor
te, the woman
In 2009, a campus
went to a magistra
for failing to investiga
on.
aftermath of
the investigation,
security drill
te and city police,
Brown, 56, has
te the criminal
went awry and
and that led to misdeme
the state Senate
reports.
an expertise that
attracted national
considered but
were
anor
looking
charges
media attention
rejected
being filed against
for here at RCTC,
The university
. According to news
provision that would a budget
a residence secushe said. I think
chancellor, William
reports, as part
rity officer.
have closed the
hes the best canGilchrist, announc
of
state university
didate because
ed
his
campus security the drill a masked
,
resignati
which
hell
was founded
As a result of that
in May 2013, four
on in 1891.
officer entered a
do the best things come here and
days after he acincident, investigators from
knowledged that
city police and the
In a conference
phenomenal work for RCTC and do
campus police had
call Monday with
failed to follow
for our students
the Post-Bulletin
up on the complain
I think we have
.
that also included
a very
ts. McClello
sional who is coming good profesn, Brown said he
to the cambelieves
pus.
Crows must go, Leaders

discuss barriers facing wom
council says
en Mental
BY HEATHER J. CARLSON
hcarlson@postbulletin.com
Thats not
what I would call

transparency,
happen. And we
Pay inequality,
Dooley said.
have to do that
BY ANDREW SETTERHOL
lack of affordby convincing
In essence, she
able housing and
young women
said the burasetterholm@postbulletin.c M
we
all know to go
den remains on
care top the list costly child
om
into those posiwomen employof
ees to ask their
There will be no
challenges facing economic
tions, Gerry
male colleagues
about their wages
city of Rocheste easy landing for crows in the
Olmsted County, women in
said.
rs
according to a
that can be very something
begin its annual downtown area: The city will
group of local
difficult to do.
crow abatemen
women leaders.
The lack of
t tactics as soon
as next week to
Its also extreme
Seventeen Rocheste
harass a populatio
public
ly
difficult
transfor working women
20,000 of the predator
n of 15,000ers gathered around r leadportation in
to afford
y birds.
a table
safe housing and
A high concentr
Monday for a listening
Rocheste
quality
ation of crows in
child
r is
session
care, according
area has in the
the downtown
sponsored by the
to
also a huge
past
Office on the
attorney JoMarie Rochester
ing outdoor garbagecaused problems by disturbEconomic Status
challenge
Morris.
containers and
of Women
pings on public
The employees
a nonpartisan
for working
benches and private leaving dropgroup mandate
can come
here and there
city began abatemen
d
property. The
by state statute
women, said
BY KAY FATE
is great opportuto study and
t activities in 2011.
nity for them,
report to the Legislat
This year, the abatemen
Jennifer Woodkfate@postbulletin.com
but if they cant
ure on the
t program continue
Woodford
find a place to
economic status
with a $50,000 budget,
ford, executive
live
s
of women in
about the same
BYRON Deputies
able and they cantthats affordthe state. The offices
allocated since
the city has
director of
respond2011.
director,
ing to a report of
Channel One Regiona
care because thereshave child
Barbara Battiste,
Mike Nigbur, Rocheste
gunshots at a
l
Food
a
asked
waiting
those
rural Byron home
Bank. She said
r Parks and
list they cant
sitting at the table
forestry division
buses do not
spent about
take advanhead, and city staff Recreation
two hours negotiati
run in the evening
the biggest financiato talk about
rected more than
have
ng with the
ditage
or
on
of
weekl
$30,000 worth of
that,
hurdles
man inside, who
ends in Rocheste
year over the past
staff time per
was
r.
Morris said.
facing women
two years to crow
mental health crisis,having a
The stress of dealing
which occurs from
abatement,
authorilocally.
Elaine Gerry, lack
early November
ties said today.
of transpor tation, with a
through early
president and
February.
along
Several of
with costly housing
The call came in
about
CEO
and
the
of
2:20
expenwomen
PeoNon-lethal abatemen
sive day care, can
p.m. Monday, sending
ples Energy
officers
agreed that
ties include harassin t activiwomen who are take a toll on
to the 800 block
g the birds
of 20th
struggling to
Cooperative,
the fact that
with laser lights,
make a living.
Northeast in Kalmar Street
warning lights,
said she thinks
women contindistress calls, starter
ship, north of Byron. TownYou can do it
pistols and
its important
only
ue to make less
Airsoft pellets.
long before it starts for so
The woman who
to encourage
than men for
to drain
called said
Crows are notoriou
on you physical
she and her husband
sly clever,
ly,
more women
doing the same
had just
though, and quick
Gerry
mentally. Its really,emotionally,
had a discussio
learners; just
to enter highn about their
work remains
really difone tactic for harassin
Dooley
ficult, Woodfor
a
relationship; as
g
paying
d
the
said.
she
huge
birds
went
fields
problem.
is not enough, Nigbur
in science, technolo
outside to leave
Rochester GOP
said.
the
Nora Dooley,
Sen. Carla
Any of these things
neering and math. gy, engiwho serves on
Nelson, who serves
the man came out, property,
Nigbur
the Olmsted
cannot
on the adviwork by itself. Its
critical that more Its also
County Human
sory committee
a gun to his head, too, and put
really a mixwomen get
Rights
to the Office on
said Capt.
ture of these that
sion, said it remains Commis- into management
the Economic Status
Scott Behrns of
pen, he said.
has to happositions.
the Olmsted
of WomGerry said she
difficult for women incredibly
en, thanked those
County Sheriff s
has worked for
The Rochester City
Office.
gathered for
electric utility
whether they are to know
sharing their stories.
Council heard an
As the woman and
companies for
on the abateme
update
She said
28 the input
nt program at a
years in two states,
money than their making less
drove off, they heard her friend
helps lawmake
Monday committee of the whole
and
rs unmeeting. Nigbur
parts. A new state male counter- she first started workingwhen
derstand the areas
gunshots, the report two
he should continue
asked whether
law
where
at
prohibit
the
work
s companies, she was
employers from
still needs to be
immediately turned says, and
resources to chasinginvesting staff time and
preventing
done.
woman in managem the only
employees from
off crows, which
Nelson added,
believing the man around,
known to gather
talking
ent.
have
I
am
been
about
had shot
hoping
by the hundred
their wages, but
We need to get
that we can take
himself. They saw
s in a single tree
or small copse.
Dooley said
engaged. We
some
him lying
need to get in leadersh
that does not go
ideas we have heard of the
on the sidewalk
far enough.
Prior to starting
ip posiin front of
today and
tions and cause
focus on how can
the house, but as
that change to
received complain crow abatement, the city had
we continue
soon as they
ts from residents
to empower women.
pulled into the driveway
owners regardin
and business
, the
g the
man got up and
left behind, Nigbur birds and the messes they
went inside.
said. Abatement
Though he wasnt
reduced those complain
activities
injured,
ts by chasing crows have
Behrns said, the
the less densely
toward
man
populated edges
to come to the door refused
of the city.
Council members
Mark Bilderback
ties arrived. They when depuHruska both supporte
BY KAY FATE
and Ed
negotiated
with the man until
saying it had greatly d continuing the abatement,
kfate@postbulletin.com
reduced public
and the driver hit
p.m., when he cameabout 4:45
of crow nuisance
complaints
the brakes, squealin
outside
s.
A 25-year-old Rocheste
tires, said Lt. Jim
g the cars
willingly. He was
We need to deal
r
man
Evenson
taken to a lois behind bars after
officials say he was
. The suspect then
with this in a humane
turned into the
cal hospital for
fective manner,
lot and hit the squad
a psychological
but efinto a police squad driving drunk, then crashed
and
says.
evaluation, the
car, the report
car.
with that, Hruska I think weve done a good job
report says.
The incident began
said.
Its unclear which
There were no injuries
Abatement activities
officer sat in a parkingabout 10 a.m. Monday, as an
and only minor
will resume
the shots were fired, direction
the vehicles, Evenson
soon as the birds
damage to
lot in the 1000
though it
Avenue Southeas
said. The driver
move into the area,this year as
appears he didnt
at the scene; a prelimin
t monitoring traffic block of 15th
was arrested
colder weather,
usually with
shoot
motorists.
Nigbur said.
for speeding
ary breath test indicated
departing car, himself at the
alcohol concentr
an
ation of .27.
or the
He watched as a
residence.
speeding vehicle
The Post-Bulletin
approached,
typically doesnt
Thats
pects until theyve
all secondary to
identify sushim
been charged.
getting the help
he needs,
Behrns said.
health
crisis ends
peacefully
Alleged drunken driver runs
First Place: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Jay Furst, Taylor Nachtigal &

Randy Petersen
RCTC controversy leads to presidents resignation
I chose this partly because of the impact it had, leading the college president to resign. The stories uncovered some interesting information and
the editorials added some punch and depth to the series.
Second Place: St. Cloud Times, Ann Wessel
Attacking starry stonewort (and) Lake Koronis fights back
This story gave a lot of details that seemed very relevant to an issue that
would have a direct impact on many of the readers. I felt like I learned a
lot about something that would be a big problem for a lot of readers.
Third Place: The Free Press, Mankato, Leah Buletti & Trey Mewes
Madelia rebuilding continues despite funding woes
I liked the variety of topics in this series. Some focused on the tax issues
and funding issues while others showed how the town was recovering
otherwise.
into police squad car
Page 71
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All Newspapers
First Place: Stillwater Gazette, Alicia Lebens & Jonathan Young*
Gazette successfully fights to make important report public
PONIES TRIUMPH
Stillwater extends un
unbea
ten streak to five. Story
on page 7
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hhold
know data on complaint
investigations
Former administra
tors attorney says
it could
NEIGHBORS
IN THE NEWS
Gazette columnist George

Thole
provides overdue recognition
for
the jumbos, offers
update on
Scheuerman.
Page 6
Connor Anderson and
Colleen
Kopel are among the
Stillwater
athletes making news
10 years
ago this week.
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VOLUME 146,
NO. 79
Oak Park
Heights
murder
charges
upgraded
hurt clients job searc
BY ALICIA LEBENS
THE GAZETTE
Second Place: Brainerd Dispatch, Renee Richardson*

Dispatch uses FOIA to gain insight on hospital board actions
the administrator.
Howeve
On June 9, the city
council ap- vestigatir, publicly unresolved inproved a severanc
Quietly and without
ons during his time
e agreement
fanfare, Zuleger
as
Dean Zuleger ended
that included one with administrator may hold him city
his employof
month and Zuleger
back,
ment with the city
continuing work
has retained legal
of Lake Elmo adminis
in his role as resentati
repin September and
trator, two months
on.
is
of conemployment. But seeking new sulting work to ease
the transition Complai
according to to
his attorney, the
an interim city
nts and investigations
city continues to
adminis
trator
and a total of six
withhold informa
As Zuleger prepared
months of severtion that would
to leave
the city in March,
ance pay. With his
exonerate him of
consulting role
alleged wronghundred
s of
Lake Elmo resident
with
doing investigated
s and business
while he was can the city now finished, Zuleger
seek employment
elsewhere.
See Data,
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Third Place: St. Cloud Times, Kirsti Marohn, Randy Krebs & Jenny
Berg*
Using private emails for city business (and subsequent reports)
BY JONATHAN YOUNG
THE GAZETTE
Charges against the
man
accused of killing
an
Park Heights residentOak
April have been upgrade in
Originally charged d.
with
second-degree intention
al murder, 25-year- old
Nathan Nigel
Anthony
Eldredge now faces
firstdegree murder
charges.
First-degree murder
is
premeditated and,
if convicted, Eldredge
faces a
mandatory sentence
of life
in prison.
Savannah Johnson,
Shelby
Anderson and Elizabeth
Quinn
continue their strong
play in singles as Stillwater netters
win three
in a row.
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In Minnesota,
firstdegree murder
charges
require indictme
nt by a
grand jury. An indictme
nt
indicates there is
suffi
evidence to establish cient
able cause for the probcharges
and is not the same
as a
conviction.
A grand jury returned
Are you a Van Meier
an
Baby?
indictment Sept.
30, and
Learn more about the
local doctor
Eldredge had his
first apin Brent Petersons column.
pearance on the
upgraded
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charges Oct. 1.
His next
Jill Smith, Bayport
hearing is 1 p.m.
Public Librarys
Oct. 2.
new
books. She brings
Afton native John Morris
This was just a
will be
more than 20 years director, enjoys interacting with
terrible
honored as a Medtronic
Sept. 28. (Gazette
people and sharing
crime that doesnt
Global
staff photo by Jonathaexperience in the library field,
the
joys
seem
of
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and she started
n Young)
make sense, Washing to
Marathon
work in Bayport
ton
this weekend.
County Attorney
Pete OrPage 5
put said. We need
justice for the familyto get
WCCO Chief Meteorolog
and
ist Chris
the community on
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Shaffer has the forecast
this.
...
Smith was a regular
for fun in
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the month of October.
the opTHE GAZETTE
at teries was
the North Central
matched
portunit
y
by
to
the
branch her love
present
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of the Anoka County
of interacting themjoy of books with
dence that we believe eviWhen Bayport
Li- with people.
and help them, too,
demShe enjoyed that
onstrates premedi
brarys new director, Li- brary, and she remembers
tation.
made it much more
reading but didnt
Jill her exciteme
Eldredge, who has
Smith, first began
want exciting,
think- could finally nt when she to be sequestered
Smith said.
to represent himself opted
ing about a career,
in a So as soon
go to the li- back
in the
being brary by herself.
as I acturoom with books
case,
has
a librarian sounded
all
a
criminal
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ally
even the time.
started working
history
bor- volunteered
in Minnesota, includin
ing.
at the library
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When I found
as a teen.
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for fleeshe didnt
is what I wanted
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Attorney General
Lyndon. A. Smith rules
that state
inspectors of boilers
can only
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an unfair $4.50. Engineer
license
fees also drop from $2
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of coming nearly-fi
back to Minneso
nished home that
ta for the house
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have a net energy
and a dream of
Mary Florence Brink
we believe that the
output of zero.
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in a cinder block
ntally sustainable
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shore of Olson
its place. In 2007,
difference between rst Brink said.
Lake in Lake
with her energy
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parents gone, Brink
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ts and fications
builders, Brink put
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for
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building from LEEDsus- tricity. The home has a 0.3
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Madelia has been
e.
of the downlenge and heartach
destroyed a large swath the future of
After a Feb. 3 fire
town business district, Street was in
the communitys Main
Why it
jeopardy.
county, resiBut the City Council,
matters:
owners werent
business
and
dents
hole in their
The community
about to leave a large insurance, city
of
had every reason
town. With the help and fundraisto believe the
county assistance
and
deliver
chose to build
state would
ing, business owners
financial aid, but
new buildings.
some real
the funding fell
That, however, left
apart with the
financial problems.
usually cover
broken legislative
Insurance doesnt
session.
property owners
all the costs facing
when they rebuild.
ownlued buildings, propertytimes
or 10
And with new higher-va
eight
is
that
tax increase
es on already tight
ers face a property
small-town business
make it impossible
pre-fire values. For
an increase would
profit margins, such business going.
for most to keep their extra money on infrastructure to acThe city also spent construction a cost they hadnt
new
commodate all the
to be taken
budgeted for.
Madelia, were going
The problems, thought
in with a form of
care of.
for the state to step
governments
The solution was
g funds to the local
disaster aid providin
for businesses to
to provide funding
for their costs and
added costs.
was writcover some of their
to make sure funding
Officials worked hard the last session, including a
during
ten into legislation
in the states tax bill
that was included
the citys added
$1.2 million grant
bonding bill to cover
and $98,000 in the
und
Cameras in court break new gro
Pursuit of photos
y
shows more clearl
how courts work
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Cameras in court break new ground
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The real story about San Diego
written permission.
and 4) the fair
pictures of the
So we did not get
facilities of the court;
Kolstad giving
administration of justice. and subjec- Kolstad family or Isaac
at the
impact statement
These extremely general
great latitude his victim
.
tive reasons give judges courtrooms. final sentencing hearingstake pictures
their
to
We also requested
to deny cameras in
access,
LaDue hearings
allowed
are
Once media
at the numerous John bargain in a
d first
his plea
pursuing
the media that petitione media
followed
been
only
that
has
Press
charged
that
The Free
plea. LaDue had been
this year with will be allowed, but then
expected to pro- guilty time with plotting to blow up
new reporting freedomsallowing cambe
will
outlet
one
is
in
and still at
a pilot program that
vide their audio, video media his school in Waseca. The judges
courtrooms
eras in Minnesota
us access, saying
camera photos to other
those cases denied
be in
access.
for the first time.
LaDue would not
that also applied for
ed
falls photographing
A committee authoriz the
and would threaten
While the pilot program
ion of
states his best interests
under the supervis
compared to other us his privacy. Were not sure how havshort
Court
many of
Minnesota Supreme ng
in the courtroom would
in terms of access,
baby steps ing camerasprivacy any more than the
realize
spent months hammeris for
press
the
in
impact his
of this case
out rules and guideline
JOE
are better than nothing.
statewide media following
designed
still
program
and
pilot
film
the
public
SPEAR
on every level, getting walking to and
and a vetoed
infrastructure costs.
cases
to provide the general nding
with no bonding bill
Managing Editor Local
photographs of LaDue
But the session ended there could be no agreement on
filed
more access to understa ta
clear
The Free Press has
from court.
tax bill. After it was
for Madelia was
to photograph
what goes on in Minneso
requests to have
pass the bills, help
We requested access Derek Stava number of legal
a special session to
of
hearings. We
criminal courts.
been able to at- cameras at various court
the sentencing hearing plea to crimiwith more
stalled.
The press has long
access in some
battered community
allowed complete
most any court acish who filed an Alford to the death of
It leaves an already
tend and report on small and large, were allowed access with restrictions
homicide
stress.
convehicular
and
nal
that
a
nty
trials
re
cases,
uncertai
tivity including
died as a result of
denied all access
November, the Legislatu makeup
cameras been
his co-worker who
in a few others and
With an election in
ntly different
never before have
was drunk.
but
significa
Stavish
a
ms.
cases.
have
when
ta courtroo
car crash
turn out,
in a few other
venes next year will
allowed in Minneso
take photohow the election results
d parWe were allowed to
the
of members. No matterto keep its commitments to Madelia. The media and other intereste
in
n
Objections
in part because graphs without much restrictio
its local residents
the Legislature needs
ties pushed the effort states like
filed an objecof Tyler Caputo.
natural disaster that
attorney
a
hearing
As
ng
own.
Stavishs
suffered
behind
far
sentenci
their
city
is
on
The
Minnesota
to aiding and abet- tion to the request for cameras saying
financially handle
North Dakota
He pleaded guilty
and government cant , the state has an obligation to do its
Wisconsin, Iowa and cameras in
by supplying
will be emotionting third degree murder man and to the hearing already
with all such disasters
again.
who have long allowed s. Minnedefendant and the
community whole
drug to Mankato
ally trying for the
part in making the owners, residents and others have
many courtroom situation of states a deadly provided it to a teenage
Judge Allison L.
a handful
victims family. But
others who
The local business
their part.
sota is one of only
request, noting
commitments to do
ns.
Krehbiel rejected the court rules that
girl who later died.
already made the
to have serious restrictioprogram alpictures of
In that case, we had the prosecu- there is nothing in the
The Minnesota pilot hearings after
photographing
deny
counsel,
to
cause
defense
court
Caputo,
We were is good
lows cameras into
simply because
reached. Thus, the tor and Judge Kurt Johnson.
of the defendant, and not be photofootage
a verdict has been
video
will
picture taking also allowed to use the
the victims family
program still prohibits
g during the shot by KEYC TV, which was required graphed is not reason enough.
recordin
audio
or
or video
with us as we
access to take
proceeding the
We also requested
to share video footage our still photos
crux of a criminal
al hearing withshare
to
procedur
a
of
pictures
were required
trial.
Radio.
party.
in a rape case that
press the opbecome a political
with them and KTOE beyond those out victims present defendant. Our
So that leaves the
takes
pictures during
The Washington Post
As soon as the deal
These pictures went waiting out- was appealed by the
portunity to only take
any victims
al
rebels
by
effect, three former house sentencings and other procedur
we could have gotten the players to goal was not to capturethe lawyers
awfor
Half a century is an
but rather
program is still
will serve in the lower in
side the courthouse
a war
hearings. The pilot coalition of
insight on camera, who would be deciding if
three
provided
fully long time for
and
s
photos
the
The
But
Congres
of
and judges
emerge.
people
very limiting.
g
was thrown out.
that were involved
to persist, and the
ed the rules of
the Senate in a nonvotin
it went forward or
to
into the emotions
groups that establish
in 2018
access to a senof Colombia can attest .
included many vic- in the hearing through facial exprescapacity; starting
We also requested
the pilot program
grandfather
the violence and sufferingthe they are guaranteed five full
hearing where the
each of the players.
organizations, defense
of
tencing
sions
advocacy
to
FARC,
of
tim
for
more insight
shaken wanted to
Now the rebels
and judges. Its
That provided much
Forces seats in each chamberthat,
of a baby who was
lawyers, prosecutors
press condefendant and push
see cameras
Revolutionary Armed govtwo terms, but after own.
testify against the
our readers than standard
the
fair to say those groupsthreat to their
have provided.
. Because the case
of Colombia, and
a
have to stand on their
a tougher sentence
t Juan
ference photos would Two people
in the courtroom as
increasassault, we were
case.
ernment of Presiden
involved domestic
agreed The rebels, whose
This was a serious
clients privacy.
was
the
Manuel Santos have began ing dominance of the drug
coverage. Our intent
are much more open,
was important to see more
denied
It
cases
also
died.
Civil
that
one
which is generns.
to end a conflict
1990s fueled
not to film the victim,
deserve trade in the
reactions. It gave readers function.
with many fewer restrictio
n,
this grandfain 1964. Both sides
courts
their military expansio
prohibited, but again
this
glimpse of how our
business
to photograph ally
a strong case for
praise for reaching
agree to go out of
Pilot program
We also were allowed assault
ther who was making
should
-trafficking
point, but no one
for criminal
the Isaac Kolstad
tougher sentencing.
about the as a narcotics
In the pilot program
have
to much of
Sheland work with
have any illusions
must file a request
cameras in area courts
focusing on Trevor
far,
of
media
So
also be organization
the
case
will
It
cases,
depth
pilot
,
peace.
wean
coverage
coming
audio and video re- leys sentencing hearing. (The
the government to
greatly added to the understanding
off
have cameras and
hard.
Colombias rural farmersmost cording with the court and all parties program had not yet been approved
the
of feeling and general
d).
the
The main terms of
powerful institubefore the hearing. when Philip Nelson was sentence
coca. This is one of n
d out
of one of the most
to the case 10 days
one that
agreement, hammere
and judges have We took pictures of the defendants,
democracy the
important yet uncertai
negotiaAny party can object
Shelley tions in a
- rivals
after four years of
e an individuals freedom.
aspects of the deal
and the lawyers. The
n on further restrictthe
determin
of
judge
can
discretio
the
heart
wide
the
fewer
to
muscle
of
head
for
to
push
tion, go
with his
g objections
will lay may well attempt
We will continue to the publics
case showed Shelley
ing cameras, acceptin ng cameras
conflict. The rebels begin in, violently, on the lucrative
Attorney Pat
restrictions that further what hapin his hands, County
other parties or prohibiti
. The deal also
down their arms and
paper held high
to know
nitored drug business
McDermott with a court and Judge access and right
completely.
ent to
moving into U.N.-mo
restrictions,
the
calls for the governm
will
making a point to
Beyond the general
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reporting on what appears to be broken system. Staff sought out those
affected by MNsure while explaining the program to readers. The series
grabbed you from the get-go.
Shawn Jansen
Construction crews
install wall panels of
interior walls. Samples
the new Moose Lake
Community School building
of
rear walls of the building the exterior walls are on display at the
on County Road 10
site facing the roadway.
will have a plain exterior.
The front walls will have last week. Shown are
a brick veneer and the
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Photos by Lois E. Johnson
of
three couples finding
in what they term themselves
the "MNsure
Trap. What they
have
mon is feeling bamboozlin comed into
state-paid premiums
rollment in a MNsure upon enhealth care
program, then discoverin
g the
fact that a lien on
their personal
assets will go into
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their
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Scott and Ellen Killrud
480-acre farm in Norman own a
Township, where they raise
gus cattle. He also Black Anworks parttime for the county,
grading and
plowing roads, a position
he has
held for 25 years.
She works in
the school system.
The couple
raised two children.
When the Affordable
Being farmers with
Minnesota Health Care Care Act made insurance mandatory, Ellen
Medical Assistance
outside employment, part-time the state had
Program through the and Scott Killrud enrolled in a
been paying premiums
MNsure website, only
chased health insurancethey pur- discovere
accumulating to
to later discover
d paying the debt in
through
an insurance agency
advance of one's demiseover $11,000. Adding to the frustrations,
until 2011
they
is not allowed.
when premiums
nearly
their monthly income. equaled mandator y, Scott logged
Photo by C.M. Swanson
on to functional.
At that the MNsure
time, they made the
website, MinneMedical Assistanc
Early in 2014, with
go without insurance decision to sotas provision for ACA,
e program for
the as- which they
in De- sistance
.
cember 2013 to look
would not be charged
of
a
When the Affordable
Navigator
for a health in the
trained
Care care plan. Like
workings of the MNsure
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many others, he
insurance found the
website,
the
Killruds
site completely dysUCare, a Minnesot enrolled in
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C.M. Swanson
According to MAT
Residents packed
demere Town Hall the Win- lines, Boards can also guidefor
choose to
tious meeting of its a conten- have a CPA or the
state audiboard of su- tors
pervisors Thursday,
February 4. booksoffice come in to audit its
During the public
even though it is
tion of the meeting,input por- quired to do so by law. not reDelores
Gockowski asked
Paul Horgan, resident
if
ship would conduct the town- member of the planning and
an external mission,
comaudit.
said an external audit
Chair Heidi Kroening
said,
It is not required
of a township "As a member of the
of our size or the
fact
have a treasurer and that we electorate, you should
do an outside audit. a clerk to expect an
audit
According
to
be
to the 2010 census,
the popula- called
for."
tion of Windemere
Township is
reported to be 1,711.
Paul Horgan, resident
According to the
and member
Minof planning commissio
nesota Associatio
n
n of Townships (MAT), the
2015
thresholds for audit revenue should be conducted
because
require- of the
ments specify a
size
of the township
town
population over 2,500 with a pense budget. Discussio s exn then
and an- followed
nual revenue of
regarding
when super$922,000 or
visors
more must have an
annual au- the could take a motion from
dit. The revenue
fl
oor
and at which upcomthreshold is ing
much lower for
meeting the issue
entities with
addressed. Kroening could be
combined treasurer/
clerk posi- out
pointed
tions. No financial
that motions from
reports
the floor
available on the township were are only accepted at
the annual
site, http://windemereto s web- meeting.
wnship.
com/ but Treasurer
Horgan
Connie An- meeting, said of the annual
derson reported at
As a member of
the meeting a
the
electorate, you should
balance of $1,666,34
expect an
9.49 plus a audit
$200,000 certificate
to
be
called
for.
of deposit.
Kroening added, Unless
Road dispute
the
board would like
J.J. Waldhalm brought
to spend the
documentation regarding
money, and estimated
land he
an ex- owns
ternal audit would
that abuts Close
cost between
Lake
$6,000-10,000, and
possibly up
to $14,000.
to hire HHS staff
All Dailies
Dan Reed
specifically Carlton
With one month
County,"
2016 budget cycle, into the continued Lee. "Abuse
Dave Lee, around
centers
director of Carlton
heroin, methadon
e and
Health and Human County prescribed medicatio
ns. Our
Services, present
received approval
staff cannot meet
from
the
Carlton County Committ the need."
the Whole on February ee of
Brenda Carlson,
supervisor
2 to for Children
forward for county
and Family Serboard approval five new
positions for
a major increase
in child pro- "Staff feel children
tection services in
are
the county. more
Preliminary costs
at risk (now) than
may rise to
$400,000 with some
anticipated at any other time ..."
reimbursement from
federal
and state sources.
Brenda Carlson, supervisor
for
Lee explained, "Th
Children and Family
Services
nor set up a task force e goverthe increased child to study vices, wrote in a meeting
handment issues in the endanger- out, "New guidelines
have been
state and establishe
some highly publicized
d. Some reports
tunate child deaths. , unfor- 28 pages long. Statistics are
force came up with The task 2010 had 43 investigat show
93 recom- family
ions, 84
mendations, many
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I still wake up ho
ing food service
a familiar script in outsourc
Michelle Durigan
has worked in food
service at Mayo Clinic
for 37 years.
Mayo is following
this to be a domino
effect
We dont want
can relate to
transcriptionists
Former Mayo Clinic food service workers.
of the
the experiences
outsourced 270
part-time job
early 2014, Mayo its Mayo Clinic
stumbled into a
Mayos plan to
In late 2013 and
s at
ent while
ichelle Durigan
ptionist position
r, SEIU estimates that
ta and Wisfood service departmSchool.
medical transcri
career web site Glassdoo
in reduced wages
in rural Minneso
in Mayo Clinics
ipg Lourdes High
Based on data from
Healthcare will result
percent. Transcr
Health System facilities
and inshe still was attendin 54-year-old Rochester
service to Morrison
on
costs by about 40
s or $9,252 apiece
later, the
subcontract its food
consin to reduce Rochester, but theyre now hired
ation
Rochester employee
350
compens
its
a
Thirty-seven years the best job in this hospital.
in
be
for
got
tionists remain
totaling $3.2 million
. The net effect would
woman feels shes
offers
costs of nearly $800,000
who spoke to the
a part-time basis.
.
per month, if Morrison
creased insurance
transcriptionist,
For now, anyway
of Mayos plan,
the numbers.
$1,000 less per worker
ity, said Mayo
One former Mayo
is murky because food service
and Morrison dispute
package totaling almost
condition of anonym
Durigans future
its
package. Both Mayo
Post-Bulletin on wages for eight months during
30, to subcontract
ation
to
June
ed
compens
g
announc
from Sodexo
its typical
n Medical
ensured matchin
pending switch
in-based Amphio
department. The re will transition about 700 local
wages
before then
transition to Wiscons
long
hourly
the
quit
es
service
payroll
Healthca
employe
Food
to
Mayos
Morrison
Minnesota from
Solutions, but manyof negative changes, especially
$15.87-19
plan to
Mayo Clinic wages:
workers in southern
89
because of a series
exceptional benefits
e wages: $7.81-12.
and self-described wages and lesser benefits, acMorrison Healthcar
ties with
compensation.
64 percent.
e sees a lot of similari
ional Union
*Wages could be cut up to
Morrisons poverty
That former employe food service department.
Employees Internat
of the
cording to Service ta, which represents 350 Rochesce contributions
transcriptionist,
Mayos handling
Monthly insuran $257
change, said the
Healthcare Minneso by Mayos decision.
and
plan:
What I did didnt
d. How I did it
Mayo Clinic family
service
ter workers affected
ent wasnt unionizeafter eight months,
$619
said Mayos food
whose departm
, and then
Morrison family plan:
On July 1, Durigan with outbursts of crying and
changed
for
percent
it
making 25
who I did
filled
Those emodepartment was
paid changed. Im
the
ntment and shock.
how much I got
really hard. Its
among workers
cussing, big disappoi
really stinks. Its
service people.
two months later
less now, and it
doing to the food
tions linger nearly 5,000 combined years commitsame thing theyre
than
has prompted otheffect
who have more
domino
a
e.
Concern about
employees. SEIU
ted to Mayos workforc colleagues are all telling me
the food service
and
ers to rally behind they have seen support from Mayo
Friends, family I still can ... (but) I love my famsay
ance workers,
representatives
to get out now while
housekeepers, maintenwarehouse
and my job at Mayo
Clinic janitors,
my community
Source: Glassdoor
patient care aides,
up in the mornily, my friends,
ts, registered
linen transporters,
said. I still wake
techs, nursing assistanthe upcoming
Clinic, Durigan bad dream. Then I realize its
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workers, surgical
is a
to attend
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and see the No
ing hoping this
Many are expected
and it remains in
for my work shirt
nurses and doctors. solidarity.
in Healthcare,
not when I reach
ed
Work
to
it.
of
announc
on
be
Places
show
a
will
button
picket as
the rug ... then whos
rankings
and 2014 Best
s and career
subcontracting
sweep this under
this year; the 2015 was included on Becker
worker.
from SEIU contract
If they can just
the top 100 again
n also
another food service
Based on data pulled SEIU estimates the change
reMorriso
Nogren,
.
re
350
its
r.com,
effect.
during a fall banquet Best Places to Work in Healthca
$3.2 million for
next? asked Jennifer
website Glassdoo
150
this to be a domino
annual wages totaling
d insurHospitals list of
We dont want
will result in reduced or $9,252 apiece and increase
a
es
would be
leased this spring.
Rochester employe $800,000. SEIU says the net effect
n
s
less per month for
Increasingly commo
said Mayos response.
ance costs of nearly
totaling about $1,000 package.
Mayo employee,
compensation package
its typical
at the June 30 meeting
Double whammy?
and has called
Bev Bakken, a 28-year
Morrison offers
than reassuring
tentative decision
t on a
less
no plans
in
were
Mayos
have
s
commen
done,
We
each employee, if
cant
ed,
to question
SEIU has attacked
the change was
an said the clinic know the wage rates are
up, and they respond
estiout other
. Mayo has said
A Mayo spokesm
requests for an
Somebody spoke said of Mayo subcontracting
for it to be reversed
replicate, but we
t refuting
ies, but it declined
mind. They
calculation it cant
a similar statemen
at this time, Bakkenbeing kind of evasive, in my
part, to create efficienc
Morrison issued
annot changing.
of monetary savings.
departments. Thats
could save millions
mate
Mayo
t,
poverty
s.
is
suggests
pay
statemen
no.
SEIU
facilities
SEIUs estimate
Morrisons
didnt just say
week in a written
department at 20
Data provided by
SEIUs claim that how they arrived at that
that stance this
g its food service
a million
Regarding the
Mayo confirmed
uncommon.
unclear as to
nually by migratin to Morrison, which serves about
department
ons like this are
wages, it also remains
all current, active
and top-performing
noting transiti
ned
across the country facilities.
on the fact that
care organizations evaluating how we pro630
areas will be transitio
conclusion based
food service worklly
Like other health
meals per day at
Mayo food services is no end date to the guarcontract with Mayo,
Clinic is continua
$257
wrote. The
employees in the
there
institutions, Mayo
an
Under SEIUs current and $19 per hour while paying
our patients, Mayo
ns.
rate of pay, and
Morrison spokesm
$15.87
son, Glassdoor vide needed services to serve only on food service operatio
at their current
wages,
between
compari
make
By
current
ers
their
ing
is focused
insurance plan. workers between $7.81
antee regarding
suggest outsourc
scope of this project
monthly for a family
via email.
service
as a
and industry analysts
n offers its food
Tom Hughes said
e plan that costs
medical facilities
National studies
reports Morriso
ngly common at
an Allina
with a family insuranc
ta is $9.50.
has become increasiand improve efficiencies. While
and a picket
and $12.89 per hourThe minimum wage in Minneso
remain
Protests, petitions
, the transition from
package is above
way to reduce costs said its food service workers
$619.67 per month.
with
has yet to be finalized
next 12
s Morrisons benefit
likely
rson
blazing new ground
Though the contractexpected to take place during the
Health spokespe
While Mayo contend standard, the switch appears disabilplans, but
es, Mayo isnt exactly
n is
industry
hospital employe
Sodexo to Morriso said recent criticism hasnt alteredg.
short- and long-term insurthe food service
with Mortime, eliminate
its decision.
to 18 months. Mayo fierce and pressure is mountin
reduce vacation
of dental and vision
health care analyst someone
to
cost
based
the
petition
a
Atlantaincrease
let
Chris Press, an
opposition has been
people who signed
said its better to
ity insurance and things, for Mayo employees.
s.
22
lawmakmore than 1,200
Consulting, has
food service at hospital
n group of state
organizer who spent
Durigan is one of
gan Healthcare
ance, among other
es
e of delivering
dent analyst
McClellan, an SEIU
reconsider. A bipartisa
stop adding
week, with 30 signatur by
else have the headach Twin Cities-based indepen
asking Mayo to
Additionally, Lisa
members would
,
own petition this
at Mayo, said union equates to at least $1,600 per
Mayo to do right so
meshes with what studies trends in local health markets
working
That
urging
ers submitted their
an),
years
who
ity for
plan, which
one republic
of Morrisons
and our commun
Allan Baumgarten, industry.
(29 democrats and
to their Mayo pensionfor 40-year veterans. Details
served our patients
the
estimates
nt
interest in outsourc
has seen across
workers who have
month in retireme not been made public, but SEIU
a 401k
surprised by Mayos
have
ay afternoon outside
$100,000 if it offers
Baumgarten isnt
many years.
retirement plan
the
e would be about
planned for Wednesd
outside
cut costs.
to
differenc
way
a
utilizing
as
and
lifetime
A picket has been , while SEIU has filed charges with s
ing
the
g.
y and cost-saving to focus on its core
adminquestion
Its about efficienc
Saint Marys Hospital s Board over unanswered
with 4 percent matchin are to meet Monday with Mayo
the hospital
and
be filed
help
allowing
could
could
Relation
research
tatives
also
that
Labor
charge
and
Mayo,
e,
of
NLRB
case
National
ng sessions
SEIU represen
expertis
in vendor. Another
care. And, in the
push for
a Mayo adminfirst of four bargaini
about the change
t, which alleges
mission of patient rten said.
union intends to
istrators for the
ethics complain
an existing
issues, though the
n.
soon over SEIUs the vendor decision because of
education, Baumga
determine those
ed
to transer the entire transitio
n executive.
istrator influenc
Mayo to reconsid
prompted so many
al
hip with a Morriso
uncertainty has that Mayo instituted a
personal relations
shared any addition
Durigan said the
ent
to
say Mayo hasnt
service departm the freeze isnt new and
Union employees initial staff meeting, and has declined
fer out of the food
said
the
issue have
transfers. Mayo
members said
information since
statements on the weeks.
90-day freeze on
but multiple union
s. Mayos public
to food service, s and the rash of transfers are
the past seven
limited
answer question
during
isnt
this under the rug ...
message
and
t
cy
ere.
, salary concern
y and consisten
If they can just sweep
conveyed a consisten
a family atmosph
the uncertainty
nutrition
previously was
about creating efficienc
because
for the food and
This change is
tearing apart what
of our coworkers to save
quality possible
news
service worker
is were losing all
ent
then whos next?
ensuring the highest Mayo Clinic, Mayo said in a brief
Jennifer Nogren, food
The sad thing
different departm
ut
worker.
to transfer to a
the news.
services througho
, another food service
theyre all trying
GeorgiaPost-Bulletin broke
said Jane Peterson
of Morrison, the
release when the
their benefits,
.
been highly critical
industry
family
has
an
our
as
SEIU
While
honored
Were losing
routinely has been on Modern Healthcares 2013
based company
70
was ranked No.
leader. Morrison
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that struck the
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trees,
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dreds
Burntside Lake,
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were both hit virgin white pines.
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Van Vac, which 99 years,
passed. The roof section
Thursday morning.
in operation for trees.
devasta- across the bay. A smaller boatds of
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one of the storm. Cabin 23 was knocke
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Santa and
reindeer make
stop in Morris
dog
Kareken familys
the
slipped and fell into
1B
of
raging waters
Lac
Rebecca Falls, near
12B
La Croix.
We were paddling
Fall
Saturday, November
the Nina Moose to
Dave
28,
Lake Loop, said
a
Kareke n, taking
family canoe trip before
at Above:
as
dropping our son off
float plane window
Kali looks out the to Prairie Portage to be
Camp Widjiwagan.
is taken back
submitted photo
A few days into the she
with her owner.
d
reunite
hike
trip, they took a
a
jay
over to view Rebecc
Right:
Kali at the Timber
to
Dave Kareken hugs
Falls.
on their way back
The falls were office in Towera. photo by J. Summit
Carolin
pretty impres sive, North
foolhardy
Dave said. My wife
her knew it was
lves at
The leash caught
and I both met as whiteout of to put themse
slipped
she
and
short,
risk.
water instructors
of her harness, and she
If I had gone into
guides. It was a lot
lot fell into the crack down the water after her,
water. Weve run a
y
into the water.
Dave said, I probabl
of rapids, but werent
d.
Dave said he
would have drowne
keen to run those.
iately jumped
We called and
The family was on immed
Kim Ukura
water,
the
to
he
dog down close
called for hours,
the shore, and the
Sun Tribune
then Kali had dis- said. But looking at the
by
but
leash,
a
on
put
had been
appeared, underwater. power of the water, we
The Morris City Council
so as not to disturb
N o o n e i n t h e thought she couldnt
voted
nearby
Tuesda
a water service line anyone
at the
y to
saw the dog have survived it. Kali,
to Pomme de Terre bring
provide city water outcampsi
te.
Parkfamily
to
d
to
ound,
emerge from the raging a s e v e n - y e a r - o l
deep park
and remodeled shelterthe campgr
was asplash
There
was
because
current well
is no longer adequa
andwater
river.
collie/retriever mix,
te. crack in the rock,
The couple, both
The project was prompt dog tried to leap over
plan
the current park shelter. theed by ang
years of whitewato
on with
remode
was
pg. 10
she
l
forgetti
Early
it,
this year, the city
experience, See...DOG
awarded a $119,00
0 Parks
leash, Dave said.waster safety
theand
plea by nearly 20
REGIONAL A
all players to restore
parents and volleyb
North Woods volleyTom Burnett as the
e the St. Louis
ball coach didnt persuad their meeting
during
Board
School
County
after hearing from
on Monday. The board,
athletic director, and
Burnett, their own
ng comment
hour-lo
two
a
others during
by
to reject a motion
session, voted 5-2
Wall Glowaski to
board member Nancyposition he has held
the
reinstate Burnett to
for the past 11 years. hired Gabrie lle
The board later
,
position
coach
head
Sundquist to the
since the board opted
which has been vacant coach last month.
as
not to renew Burnett after a sometimes
The decisions came ed by Burnett,
, request
hearing
al
emotion
were shed by people
during which tears
issue. Several noted
on both sides of the
one
become a divisive
that the issue has
Orr community, and
in the Cook and
fears of possible retalseveral expressed
out.
g
iation for speakin
nts, Burnett said
In his own comme
had been wonthat 90 percent of parents as coach, while
years
derful during his
his work a strugten percent have made experience, the
my
gle at times. From ions of their daughfriction is over percept
the position
playing
not
Or
ters ability.
he said.
they should play,
increased last year
He said the frictions
volleyball tryouts
when the school held
2015
City plans more

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to remodel the shelter.
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clude two new shower The new building will ins/bathrooms, updates
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members to use.
The project also
includes a patio and
remodeled kitchen
After reviewing the
.
remodeling plans,
sota Department
the Minneof
enough water flow Health determined there is not
current standards. from the existing well to meet
am-8 pm Sundays
Building a new well,
t 6 am to 9 pm, 6
ing a second well
or
Main Store M-Sa
already in the park, refurbishupwards of $20,000
would cost 365-6745
, City Manager Blaine
Instead, city staff
Hill said.
proposed running
Volunteers at the
vice line from Riversid
a water serMorris Senior Center
bazaar,
gathered
e
Additio
scheduled this year
in early November
n into
boring underneath
Brooke Kern/Sun
for Saturday, Dec.
to make lefse for
Tribune
the Pomme de Terre the park by
the organizations
5. This event is the
County Road 10.
River along
annual Christma
major fundraiser
City
s
for the Morris Senior
service line into the crews would then connect the
Citizens Club.
park.
It seems within
the capabilities of
do as a city team,
said City Inspecting what we can
Fier. To get a four
Engineer Jay
inch
is going to be a really water service line out there
good thing for that
The total estimat
park.
Kim
Ukura
ed
cost for the project
$46,649: $29,575
Pauline Carr, preside
is about
Sun Tribune
for
park entrance, $11,074the directional boring to the
Morris Senior Center. nt of the Morris was looking
in materials to bring
to build a
into the park, and
commu
the line
Morris
Despite the fact
$6,000
that about in 1974 senior club was founded joined nity building. The groups
Hill said the city should for the engineering plan.
16 percent of the
population of Americ as a result of the Older Senior their efforts, and the Morris
realize some cost
with the project.
Stevens County
savings
ans Act of 1965,
Community Center
Because theres no
is over 65 years
and has a contrib
water access in
the park, city crews
history of activism
old, the Morris
uted its money to group
current
in the area. The
Senior
ly
haul
the city
Citizens goal of
water
splash park each
for a share of the
Club has been having
summer using a holding out to the
new building.
a hard time seniors the club was to ensure all
process costs about
tank.
finding
When
This
could
the building opened
new membe rs to
live independently
$10,000 per summe
keep their homes
up
and equipment.
in in 1987, there
r in labor
the organization
while still having
were approximately
active and their
ac- 300
Just the estimat
cess to services and
building open.
e
medical care. part seniors who were an active
is put into feeding on how much time and labor
The club
Two different program
of the group. Since
that splash park,
then, the
s oper- then the set up shop in what was number
well probably
save about half of
ate in cooperation
Anderson Hatche
of dues paying membe
that, said Hill.
from
ry
buildMorris
rs
Having city water
has decreased signifi
ing. Volunteer labor
Senior Center at
which will eventua
603 Oregon Avcantly, said
softened water if
building, and dues renovated the Carr.
enue, the Morris
lly be
the city builds a
Senior Citizens
of
water treatment
planned new
helped pay for utilities$1 per year
Club and Nutriti
My theory is that
plant will also
onal Service s,
younger peobe better for the
mechanical systems
ple that
which operates the
In 1981, the club .
,
moved to the made are retiring now, theyve
meal program former
building, said Hill. toilets and water fixtures in the
and Meals on Wheels
more
City
money
Hall
and
than
fire house the older
some of
I think its a good
on each other other . They count on Oregon Avenue
people that used to
and East
to help keep Street,
the spray park and deal, to have soft water for
the lights on.
and the group began Sixth so theyre free to come and come,
go, they
fund- travel more,
Member Bill Storck. the showers, agreed Council
raising
If it wasnt for the
said Carr.
meals pro- seniors for a new building. The
gram, the seniors
Other seniors are
couldnt stay which pledged $30,000, funds retire
waiting to
here, and if it wasnt
at an
were solicited from
private ing time older age, or are spendSee CITY page 3
couldnt stay here for us they donors and through
in their retirement
bake sales.
either, said
caring
At the same time,
the city of
See SENIORS page
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Morris Senior Cente

r loo
members, commu king for new
nity support
Teacher of the ye
ar leader on tec
hnology
initiative
Kim Ukura
gave him the chance
Sun Tribune
to learn a
lot before taking
the lead in his
own classroom.
Despite his reputat
ion as a
When
techie teacher,
Austen Miller expecte Miller was hired, he
said he only spends,
d to be teaching
hour a day having at most, an grade hes licensed fourth
to teach
his second kinderg
graders working
with technol- grade arten throug h eighth
ogy.
with an emphasis
in social
studies
Technology is
part of our second but was transferred to
everyday learning
grade before the
its
year
to what were alreadya support began.
doing,
After doing his student
said Miller, but
its
important, obviou still really ing with sixth graders teachsly, to read said
, Miller
books to the kids,
he was apprehensive
do
crafts lessons, do the arts and teaching younger student about
the hands on
s.
I
stuff we realize
that too much vous, was nervous, really nerscreen time is not
a good thing. after about second grade, but
about two weeks
Miller, the 2015
Morris Area hooked
I was
Teachers Associa
, I loved it, said
tion
Miller.
the Year, joined the Teacher of Theyre at that age
where they
staff at Mor- still
ris Area in 2010,
love
having spent thing their teacher and everythe previous three
is new and exciting
years working
.
Veteran teach
as a paraeducator
ers cam
doing special- through
ized interventions
again, helping Millere
for students make
who were at risk of
sure his lessons worked
Second grade teacher
being placed his
Austen Miller is
in special educati
students and helping for
his reputation as
the 2015 Morris
on
a tech-savvy teacher,
Area
Kim Ukura/Sun Tribune
Miller said working programs. hit the benchmarks they them
Miller said technolo Teachers Association Teacher of
closely with to each
the Year. Despite
needed
gy is just a tool teachers
a
veteran
week.
can use in their classroo
teacher of more
than
ms.
30 years during
that program
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Third Place: Jackson County Pilot

Third place was the hardest to select because so many papers were so
close. But the Jackson County Pilot took the third spot because of its appealing layout, consistent editorial voice, and a solid amount of news and
features within its pages.
First Place: Morris Sun Tribune
Attractive throughout, packed with news, good editorial page, and great
sports.
Second Place: Cottonwood County Citizen, Windom
Also packed with news and easy to read throughout, great sports, attention to detail obvious, but could use more color inside if affordable.
Third Place: Waseca County News
Clean layout, lots of news neatly packaged, good use of pictures, ads
nicely placed throughout the paper, inside headlines could be bigger and
bolder, excellent sports.
First Place: Litchfield Independent Review

Crisp writing, stellar photography and comprehensive community coverage make the Independent Review of Litchfield the clear winner for
general excellence. Residents of this community have an engaging local
newspaper in which they can take pride.
Second Place: Detroit Lakes Tribune
The Detroit Lakes Tribune uses design as visual journalism, not just
window-dressing, by presenting its centerpiece stories in ways that communicate their importance and local impact, and the content lives up to
its lofty billing. The sharpest-looking paper in the pack, the Tribune is
sure to catch readers eyes.
Third Place: Anoka County Union Herald
The Union Herald packs an impressive amount of local news, sports and
perspectives into its pages. A true community newspaper that covers its
region with distinction.
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before life is over
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Alexandria
www.e chopres s.com
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New view on Th
ird

Workers tear down the

by the Minnesota Lakesold Tischer Building on Third Avenue West
Wednesday. The property Lowell Anderson | Echo Press
Maritime Museum (in
background), which
hopes to improve the was recently purchased
museums visibility.
Its part of the

to revitalize and museums plan
improve North
Broadway.
Museum leaders
said that teaBy Al Edenloff ring down the
building provide
much better visibilit
s
y for the museum. They told
Theres a whole
the city that the
MLMM
new
is
view
an
econom
on
Third Avenue West
community through ic asset to the
in Alexandria.
The office complex
museum visits
and
known
as
a
location for events.
as the
Tischer Buildin
g was torn down
The total taxes
Wednesday.
in 2015 were $5,414.on this property
The Minnesota
The citys share
Museum (MLMMLakes Maritime was $1,318. Once the city owns
the
chased the building) recently pur- property, it will be tax-exempt.
, is removing it
The city council
and will donate
the property to the
ground lease with amended its
city at no cost.
MLMM to include the newly
acquired propert
The MLMM will
y.
property from the then lease the The current lease of $1,200 annually will remain the
city.
same.
Q & A on
the new
school
Reagan Lennes and

her
out of the Life Link III mother, Lisa, smile with excitement as
Reagans father, Mike,
helicopter.
and surgeon,
Reagan
Contributed | Philip
Dr. Lance Svoboda, offer
Hussong Photography
helping hands to assist
her
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Defense fails Tigers baseba
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SCHOOL A6
Audience asks about
teaching the truth
Cities urged to
fight for state aid
broke every bone

in her face. Except
her nose, Lisa said,
It took time, Lisa
shaking her head.
Odd. Shes got
youre doing so well, said. You think
this tiny little nose.
and months later,
Reagan was airlifted
you get hit with
to Level I PeI cant believe
By Jessica Sly diatric Trauma
that all just occurre
that
Center at Hennep
d. Its kind of like
jsly@echopress.co
m County Medica l Center (HCMCin a full grieving process.
where maxillofacial
),
ix-year- old Reagan
Lennes of Svoboda reattached surgeon Lance
Alexandria took
STEPS TOWARD
her
scalp and
her first heli- conducted a 12-hour
copter ride on
Reagans recover HEALING
surgery to repair
her face.
y could have
But she doesnt March 12, 2014.
been
riddled with complic
Reagan woke up
ations, but
suffered a severe remember it. She
with a calm demea- everything fell right
head injury that
nor
into
beyond
place.
and has no recollec
day
her
At the time, you
tion of the emer- felt the tubes years. She curiously
always expect the
gency flight that
pumping her with
worst,
helped save her
and first thought
life ment Lisa said, but from the molife.
Many surgeries,
of others.
we walked in, the
emotions and
She was worried
surgeon said,
coveries later,
As far as we can
,
Reagan receive re- right
tell, theres no brain
away onna.comvery worried,
www.owat
d
chance to take fl
ight once again. the elchair, if about the girl in the whe- damage. Then from that momen
she could still use
her eleva- it was just the best it could be. t on,
tor, Lisa said.
The community
THE ACCIDENT
showed its support
After about 24 days
One
Reagan, then 5
in theAWARE
hospital, NESSindividual created a website .
Reagan returne
raise money. Another
d home. Then the
4-year-old sister, years old, and her
to
ling,
heaHayden
started
emotion
,
were plaRabbits
al and physical,
for Reagan, from
ying at a friends
began.
ved 1,400 colored which Reagan receiequipped with an house, which was
pictures of rabbits.
smaller version in-home elevator, a
She wanted a
Everybody comm
of
and laughed. Of real one, Lisa said
vator, for a girl in a commercial eleents
a wheelchair.
about that, how amazi
she woke up, we course, right when
While Reagan rode
to the second
ng
Youre getting a said, Guess what?
floor with her friends
real
she is and what an
head somehow becameand sister, her
The hospital staff rabbit!
even did its part
trapped.
keep Reagan comfort
to
Her head had
inspiration she is.
teeth in the acciden able. She lost two
how in a space gotten caught somethat
tooth fairy visited t, and a generous
stuck, said Reagan was able to get
her in the hospital
s mother, Lisa.
Lisa Lennes
ripped her scalp
.
from ear to ear It
MOTHER
and
REAGAN A6
By Al Edenloff
FRIDAY
Local government
aid (LGA) the
the state gives
cities across the money
does not fund city
state
noted State Represehalls. It funds people,
ntative
Newsstand
Paul Marquart,
75 cents
DFL-Dilworth during
ter Minnesota Cities the Coalition of GreaAlexandria Novemb Fall Conference held in
er 12-13.
Marquart, a former
mayor, has
supported LGA
during his eight strongly
the House. He told
terms in
a room of city leaders
from throughout
families to visit the state that LGA allows
parks, drive on
well-maintained roads even
of snow, have policewhen theres a half-foot
and fire protecti
on, and
CITIES A6
Broadband also an issue
April 8, 2016
FINDING FR EEDOM
Legislators
praised by
conservative
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aper of Dougla
By WILLIAM MORRIS
s County Alexan
dria, MN 320.76
wmorris@owatonna.com
3.3133 News
tips 320.815.0834
legislators are
local
Several
A
OWATONN
group
being honored by a national conservative
2015 legislative
for their voting records in the
session.
Union FoundaThe American Conservative
ratings
its 2015
tion announced on Wednesday
The organization,
for the Minnesota legislature.
which rates state legislatures
across the country as well as
a
federal legislators, selects
number of votes in each session it believes are indicative
of conservative priorities and
rates legislators on their vot-
ing total.
The three state representatives whose districts include
parts of Steele County
;
Brian Daniels, R-Faribault
John Petersburg, R-Waseca,
and Peggy Bennett, R-Albert
Lea all are receiving awards
from the foundation for 2015,
Schlapp
Matt
ACU Chairman
Daniels
announced. Bennett and Daniels will receive an Award for
t
Conservative Achievemen
for voting aligned with the
foundations priorities on 80
percent or more of the votes,
while Petersburg will receive
e
an Award for Conservativ
Excellence for agreeing with
Bennett
the foundation on more than
90 percent of the votes it scored.
the 2015 LegSchlapp praised the work of
and occupational
islature on environmental
Second Place: Faribault Daily News

The Fairibault Daily News is an attractive newspaper that communicates
information well. Writing is strong and people-focused.
Third Place: Hibbing Daily Tribune
With a small staff of journalists, the Hibbing Daily Tribune pulls out all
the stops for its readers. Sports coverage is exceptional, news coverage is
solid and the paper is relentlessly local.
Petersburg
together
have been leasing an apartment
are roommates. The two
at 3 years old. (Ashley
not only siblings, they
was diagnosed with autism
and Claire Livingood are
home in 32 years. Borgman
Owatonnans Peter Borgman
first place outside his parents
since Jan. 1, marking Borgmans
bond
endence through family
regulation.
Stewart/Peoples Press)
Republicans
Hopefully next session House
back against these
in the Legislature will fight
on and repetitive
get the state back
s par- nonverbal communicati
It was after that that Borgman
destructive liberal policies and
to Autism Speaks.
with auforward, he said.
of Owatonna was diagnosed
explained to him behaviors, according
is, If
on a more conservative path
devel- ents sat him down and
By ASHLEY STEWART
One of my favorite sayings
appreciation
tism spectrum disorder, a complex
additional help beyouve
All three legislators expressed
a persons that he was receiving
astewart@owatonna.com
youve met one person with autism,
had known about
opmental disability that affects
autism.
it
for the award, although none
and interact with cause he had
met one person with autism, because
ursday.
Claire
communicate
Th
to
sister,
ability
before
younger
ratings
Peter
his
for
And
the foundations
in each person, said
OWATONNA As a child,
, said Daniels,
all she knew. presents so differently autism spectrum
to live others.
Ill take it as a compliment
this Livingood, now 30, it was
Borgmans biggest goal in life was
the Livingood, who is an
Ellendale and
I dont like to reveal that I have
I came into the world accepting
Elementary
who district includes Medford,
like everyone else.
did a disorder teacher at Lincoln
he said.
doing well as
Im
parents
spectrum,
If
My
me
said.
County.
see
she
d
Steele
there
was,
they
it
rural
times
of way
most of
Some people when
School in Owatonna. A lot of
Borgman, now 32, recalls learning
be glad with that. Stude
outside of work,
going on.
good job with that.
or s
nt
a conservative freshman, Ill
school
diagnosis
leave
of
autism
the
grader.
outside
just
third
a
isnt
posit
as
charis
recognition,
ive his diagnosis
Autism spectrum disorder
Although all were glad for the
renever realize that I actually had
theyd aroun
Coffe
by diffiabout how notes
I didnt realize it until I started
e shopincomin
d town, VARIETY
varying degrees,
the legislators had varying feelings
aid in the acterized,
g to strip See AWARENESS on 3A
this disability, he said.
older ceiving help from a teachingmall near
in social interaction, verbal and
culties NDSU
useful such ratings are.
At 3 years old, Borgman the
, BUSINESS
Borgman classroom, he said.
of two children to Jean and Jim
See PRAISE on 5A
finds indep
Owatonnan with autism
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a loss after re;

Waseca baseball eld grandstand
play still possible this season
site
A police officer remained on
the cause of the blaze is complete,
all evening to ensure any recurthe massive, 77-year-old grandrence was caught quickly.
stand can be removed, temporary
The state fire marshal was exand
pected Thursday morning
prea
this Conrath said he expected
in the morning
on the field, said Larson. Yes,
the
liminary determinat ion of
SATURDAY, NOVE stand was in ruins, the concesSharon Larson season.
MBER
where
cause by early afternoon.
sion stand7,
2015
Firefighters were called to the
and
Sixth Avenue resident Josh
spent years selling popcorn
WednesINFOR
were
the field around 8:11 p.m
UM.CO
Molly,
wife,
his
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Cosens
pop to baseball fans across
Gary
day. By the time Fire Chief
room chatstate was also lost.
on the scene, sitting in their living
arrived
Conrath
he
But Paul Larson had hope.
the ting when Cosens saw what
flames were shooting from
Much of the field that bears
roll- thought was a bonfire.
center of the grandstand and
it
(I) thought to myself that
his father, Tink Larsons name,
ing out from the metal overhang.
I
was burned beyond repair
couldnt be a bonfire, because
Conrath believes the fire started
the basebut
anything
see
of
Wednesday night. But early
cant
somewhere near the middle
Thursday morning, Paul Larson,
ball field if I look in that direcarea the grandstand.
he wrote in an email to the
who drove from the Duluth
Waseca firefighters remained tion,
the
News.
County
to Waseca after learning of
a.m.
1
Waseca
on the scene until about
Waseca Wednesday
and
fire, saw green grass and possifrom the Duluth area to
Thursday to put out hot spots
Larsons two sons, drove
name. Paul Larson
See FIRE on 3A
Paul Larson, one of Tink
field that bears his fathers
up.
bilities.
that claimed the baseball
flames that continued to crop
season. (Suzanne
after learning of the fire
on Tink Larson Field this
Once the investigation into
a little work play can resume
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OF
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Moorhead
oorhead senior
Alexis Odegard
looked out into
the water of the
swimming pool
at Moorhead
High School, as
if the question
made no sense.
It was an underst
someone missing andable question for
their elbow and their right arm up to
parts of the fingers
left hand.
on their
Whats somethi
ng
you
wish
you could do,
but cant?
Then she smiled,
as if she figured
something the
out
rest
I havent found of the world never will.
anything I cant
Odegard said.
do,
Odegard was born
arm up to her elbow missing her right
fingers on her left and parts of the
going to stop her hand, but that was never
hockey, basketb in sports. She played
all, baseball, volleyba
and ran track growing
ll
up, and has run
cross country and
swam in high school
Moorhead.
at
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First Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
The Forum sets the pace for quality in its division. Story selection is
spot-on, headlines range from compelling to playful, the reporting and
photography shine and the contemporary designs (The Forum Awakens)
raise the bar for cleverness. An all-around excellent newspaper.
The St. Cloud Times delivers the right blend of local, state and national
news to its readership. News and sports stories are well-written and the
paper is attractive and engaging.
Journalists find new ways to tell stories and present information in the
Grand Forks Herald, which uses bolded subheads and well-executed
graphics to draw readers eyes onto the page.
By Chris Murphy
First Place: Owatonna Peoples Press

The Owatonna Peoples Press lives up to its name. A strong community
daily, this newspaper gives readers an exclusive glimpse into their corner
of the world and explores the impact of national news on Owatonna residents. A feisty editorial page shows that the Peoples Press isnt afraid to
take a stand.
www.faribault.com
Second Place: Winona Post

Strong local coverage of government, public safety and education make
the Winona Post a must-read for engaged citizens.
Third Place: The Journal, Minneapolis
With well-written, important and expertly designed stories, The Journal
provides downtown and northeast Minneapolis residents with solid coverage of local issues.
How will it impact local

school and community high
center?
By Al Edenloff
New information
about the NorthS
Christian Academ
tar
blic forum Tuesdayy (NCA) surfaced at a pu.
For starters, the
NCA
discussed a new
way of getting
high school student
s to
take NCA courses
Truth lies in
through religiou
s
release time.
the mind of
A standing-room
the beholder. only
crowd of about
100 attende d
DuWayne Paul
forum, which wasthe
NORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN
ganized by the orLeaACADEMY
gue of Women Voters
from Alexandria
and
In a question-and-aSt. Cloud.
heard details from nswer format, they
Brent Smith and NCA board members
DuWayne Paul
wide variety of topics,
about a
NCAs goals/beliefs.including:
NCA plans to open
a private, supplem
ental, non-denominati
nal school next
ofall
Area High School right next to Alexandria
sis on a biblical (AAHS). With an emphaworld view, NCA
students critical
will
teach
thinking skills, encoura
them to seek the
ging
truth.

The Echo Press of Alexandria is a reader-focused newspaper that serves
its community well through its You Asked! feature, not only answering
subscribers questions, but turning them into thoroughly reported frontpage centerpieces. From news to sports to opinion, this papers strong
connection to its community is evident.
Moorheads Alexis
Odegard was born
She grew up playing
without half of her
David Samson
hockey, basketball,
right arm and parts
/ The Forum
volleyball and basebal
of her left hand,
but it
l with no prosthe
tic and now she swims hasnt slowed her.
for the Spuds.
Shanley attorneys
say ban on prayer
at playoff game
s is unconstitut
ional
By Grace Lyden
ities Association
glyden@forumcom
on Friday morning
m.com
.
Shanley is not
FARGO Attorne
this week when
a governmental
ys for Shanley actor.
a Facebook photo
High School say
St. Marys and
It is a private
of
the private CathoKindred high
school, with a football
lic school here
religious identity
school
teams
has
al right to announ the constitution- When it hosts , the letter stated. viral. The postpraying together went
sports events,
stated the activitie
it does association
its speaker system ce a prayer over so as a private
s
said
before the football
actor, and its
teams playoff
reli- before the game. no public prayers
gious
express
game today, and
ion
have be characterized cannot legitimately
requested that
Association leaders
the high school
as that of the state.
say thats been
sports
governing body
the
case
Based
during
on our prelimin
suspend its ban
ary review, years. Althoug playoff season for 15
prayer to allow
on this prohibit
h private schools
this.
ion is a violatio
are
n of the allowed to broadca
Lawyers with the
st prayers before
Thomas More Soci- Free Speech and Free Religiou
ety copied The Forum
s Exer- regular-season home
cise rights of the
games,
on
school,
their
playoff
letter to
as a private games are technica
the North Dakota
High School Activ- and religious entity.
association, which lly hosted by the
The request follows
is public.
a flap earlier
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have a buyer or if
ter the new ordinanc what could be well know if we
options, Madsen
of Winonas Planhave to pursue other
new rules could affect
Meanwhile, the city
withdrew their pro- ning Commission spent multiple meet- built there.
in an interview.
the Winona YMCA
conversations said
the current YMCA ings this summer debating whether
Weve been having
that
in
posal to demolish
ls
leadproperty
individua
Y
YMCA
s and
5a
to rezone the
and build a gas station,
zoning with businessey expressed interest and
see Y SITE page
buyers, and how
to happen to the
half-way-done new
multiple potential
previousl
with
citys
have
met
the
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ers
the
a
There are
those conversa
any decisions about ordinance. Depending on whether
af- once we resolve
Winona YMCA building? and upcom- but have not made
or af
Winona YMCA
parts,
a sale deal before
lot of ideas, moving clear answer yet. selling the property, said last week. YMCA strikes
no
CEO Derek Madsen
ing decisions, but
since Kwik Trip and
In the two months
by CHRIS ROGERS
Winona
Catholic history mayoral
Pieces of Winona's
.
hopefuls
debate
Photo by
Laura Hayes
Since the
Polish Museum
has opened,
Father Paul
Breza has used
the second
floor to house
religious relics
from Catholic
churches
throughout
the Diocese of
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A LOT OF PRIDE
FOR OLD CENTRAL
Sunny, warmer
was uttered Copyright 2016 The Forum
Details, D6
by an elected
official. Of
course elected.
Easy political points.
Except Duluth School
Board member Alanna
it
Oswald like so many
A board member said
s and
politicians, candidate
and then it kind of took

pot-stirrers before her
missed the mark by suggestoff from there, but the
ing in March the Duluth
hasnt
whole
a
as
consider
board
school district
ridding itself of Historic
had a big discussion
Old Central High School,
le
about selling (Old
a landmark as identifiab
the
and iconic in Duluth as
Central). I dont think
Aerial Lift Bridge. Maybe
.
it would have support
even more so. The castlelike brownstone has been
g
They see this as a
dominatin
ingly
breathtak
A
our skyline since 1892.
historically significant
canal
bridge over the ship
a
building and that its
didnt go up until almost
that.
decade and a half after
better in public hands
And now what? Sell
in
than in private hands
Old Central to an uncertain
fate and private interests?
terms of preserving the
Tear it down? Just because
of
history. Theres a lot
it needs some work? Of
work.
some
needs
course it
pride in the uniqueness
Is it worth it? Oswald
It
e.
of this structur
asked as School Board
alloreally
members considered
was built during
cating funds for the sorts
can
successful times in
of repair projects that
be expected when youre
this city, (when) they
entrusted as caretakers
the
of an ancient building
really wanted to build
community wants kept
an extravagant building
imagine
around and cant
being without.
to show that, We are
Political points aside,
was
Duluth, This is who
also
surely
Oswald
motiwell-intentioned and
we are and what were
of
vated by the same sense
lot
capable of. Theres a
fiscal responsibility that
And,
nity
propelled her to office.
of pride in the commu
right
do
did
she
end,
in the
in
still for that. I fear that
by the old building. She
the
voted with the rest of
private hands the public
of
board for another year
in
may no longer have
responsible repairs, all
.
accordance with a wellaccess to this building
and
thought-out, detailed
sensible 10-year mainteothBill Gronseth,
nance plan. She and the
superintendent
ers also supported revisitpublic
Duluth
of
annual
an
on
ing that plan
schools, in an
basis, as constituents
interview this
could expect and should
spring with News
appreciate.
sky above the old CenTribune editorial
As beloved as the buildJupiter grace the twilight
as
board members
moon, Venus (bottom) and the crescent moon is lit by sunlight reflected
ing may be, and as much
A tight formation of the crescent
2008. The left side of
December
making necessary repairs
in
r
clocktowe
tral High School
meets the School Boards
2008 file / News Tribune
Earth.
public
the
off
districts
school
and
e working with the
responsibility, were still
needed
as part of my experienc
Work
eligible
were
major
So if it is something
talking about some
High School in Duluth include:
. Our money. A total district.
about that,
repairs at Historic Old Central
work, at an
Pressing
money. Taxpayers money 10 years in identi- for and we could learn more
and extensive exterior masonry
to pursue it,
next
of $18 million over the
KNew roof, chimney restorationmillion
I would expect were going property and risk
$6
Leider, the districts
fied repairs.
estimated cost of more than
in a
talked about finding Kerry
told editorial board members
While the district has
KNew fire alarm system
tax dollars for Old manager,interview. Im not actively pursuing
main building entrance
funds other than property
separate
the
efforts have paled.
KStair replacement at the
had a conversation with
Ive
than
Centrals upkeep, actual
other
it
tower
resources so
Commission, asking
t of original pipes
KRestoration of the clock
And with experts on such
Heritage Preservation
heating conversion and replacemen
n about these
KNew building-wide ventilation,
close by, too.
them to provide the informatio out there right
money that could
lines
ties. I think this plan
We do have access to
DISTRICT
KNew underground sewer
SOURCE: DULUTH SCHOOL
Heritage Preserva- opportuni
conversation that is
help the district, Duluth David Woodward now and the community
to put this maybe
tion Commission President
starting to develop is goingtrack to try to get
News Tribune
fast
said in an interview with
a little bit more on the
ties.
carving on
want to be
A
We
opportuni
those
members.
editorial board
the answers about
e plan the School
Historic Old
You know well help to
The building-maintenanc
partners. We have said,
nearly
included
Central High
you any way we can.
Board approved in March work at all of its
preservation
School shows
Because we have a heritage
million a year for repair
reasons, Duluth is $3.4
figure is the max
the ravages
commission, and for other
properties. The $3.4 millionon its enrollment,
in Minnesota eligible
of time.
one of only a few cities
the district can levy, based the districts
government grants
In
to receive certified local
according to state statute.
e funds are
Service, according to
from the National Park
2016 file
budget, building-maintenanc
-education funds.
classroom
.
from
Woodward
separate
News Tribune
s would rather
of thousands of
We can get hundreds
Although most Duluthian as it has come
long
said.
as
broach the subject,
dollars from that, he
could access Min- not
did sell Old
the school district ever
The Duluth district also
if
up,
which
by its federal
Old Central,
nesota Legacy funds for
entral, itd still be protected
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Second Place: The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Jack Zaleski

Title: Hypocrisy is better with beer
The issue of alcohol use and abuse and North Dakota being one of the
lowest per capita costs associated with excessive alcohol consumption
was riveting. Seeing the city of Fargo was looking to add alcohol sales
at entertainment venues as well as possibly several more was a real head
scratcher. A good job of talking about the pitfalls of excessive drinking
and the aftereffects.
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ID-ing the problem with N.D.s voter ID law
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for the editorial to highlight that the laws in other states that were being tossed out by federal courts were less restrictive than the one on the
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Work together to preserve iconic treasure
By Chuck Frederick, Duluth News Tribune
The blasphemy was uttered by an elected official. Of course

elected. Easy political points.
Except Duluth School Board member Alanna Oswald like so
many politicians, candidates and pot-stirrers before her missed
the mark by suggesting in March the Duluth school district consider
ridding itself of Historic Old Central High School, a landmark as
identifiable and iconic in Duluth as the Aerial Lift Bridge. Maybe
even more so. The castlelike brownstone has been breathtakingly
dominating our skyline since 1892. A bridge over the ship canal didnt
go up until almost a decade and a half after that.
And now what? Sell Old Central to an uncertain fate and
private interests? Tear it down? Just because it needs some work? Of
course it needs some work.
Is it worth it? Oswald asked as School Board members considered allocating funds for the sorts of repair projects that can be
expected when youre entrusted as caretakers of an ancient building
the community wants kept around and cant imagine being without.
Political points aside, Oswald surely also was well-intentioned
and motivated by the same sense of fiscal responsibility that propelled
her to office. And, in the end, she did do right by the old building.
She voted with the rest of the board for another year of responsible
repairs, all in accordance with a wellthought- out, detailed and
sensible 10-year maintenance plan. She and the others also supported
revisiting that plan on an annual basis, as constituents could expect
and should appreciate.
As beloved as the building may be, and as much as making necessary repairs meets the School Boards and school districts public
responsibility, were still talking about some major money. Taxpayers
money. Our money. A total of $18 million over the next 10 years in
identified repairs.
While the district has talked about finding funds other than property tax dollars for Old Centrals upkeep, actual efforts have paled.
And with experts on such resources so close by, too.
We do have access to money that could help the district, Duluth
Heritage Preservation Commission President David Woodward said
in an interview with News Tribune editorial board members. We
want to be partners. We have said, You know well help you any way
we can.
Because we have a heritage preservation commission, and for
other reasons, Duluth is one of only a few cities in Minnesota eligible
to receive certified local government grants from the National Park
Service, according to Woodward.
We can get hundreds of thousands of dollars from that, he said.
The Duluth district also could access Minnesota Legacy funds
for Old Central, which is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places and also has been designated as a Local Landmark.
And it could tap into tax credits, Woodward said, much the way
the city of Duluth is doing to refurbish the NorShor Theatre. The district would
have to partner with a private entity or developer who then would sell tax credits
to raise funds before the building reverted back to public ownership.
A total of 40 percent of rehabilitation costs could be covered by local and
federal tax credits, Woodward said. Thatd total $7.2 million of the $18 million
in repairs that have been identified as necessary at Old Central.
Thats an incentive that would reduce taxpayers burden, Woodward said.
As promising as those funding options may sound, to the frustration of Duluth school district taxpayers, the Heritage Preservation Commission and district
officials have never sat down together to explore or pursue them. Both sides can
accept responsibility for that failing. And both sides can take initiative now to
begin working together. Both sides claim to be interested and can act immediately on that interest.
Im still learning about the sale of tax credits. We havent done anything
like that as part of my experience working with the district. So if it is something
were eligible for and we could learn more about that, I would expect were going to pursue it, Kerry Leider, the districts property and risk manager, told editorial board members in a separate interview. Im not actively pursuing it other
than Ive had a conversation with the Heritage Preservation Commission, asking
them to provide the information about these opportunities. I think this plan out
there right now and the community conversation that is starting to develop is going to put this maybe a little bit more on the fast track to try to get to the answers
about those opportunities.
The building-maintenance plan the School Board approved in March included nearly $3.4 million a year for repair work at all of its properties. The $3.4
million figure is the max the district can levy, based on its enrollment, according
to state statute. In the districts budget, building-maintenance funds are separate
from classroom-education funds.
Although most Duluthians would rather not broach the subject, as long as it
has come up, if the school district ever did sell OldCentral, itd still be protected
by its federal and local historic designations. Before permits can be issued for
any work, the buildings owner whether its the district, some private entity
or someone else is required to come before the Duluth Heritage Preservation
Commission and has to be awarded a certificate of appropriateness. The commission gets its authority from the 1966 Historic Preservation Act.
We value our heritage, Woodward said. Not every building has to be
saved, but (Old) Central does. It is iconic for that neighborhood. It is a monument to the 1890s focus on education that the early settlers had. It is aesthetically part of our hillside. (Losing) it would be almost akin to taking down the lift
bridge.
Making sure Duluths treasured Old Central isnt lost can be assured with
more communication between the school district, the School Board, Duluths
historic preservation community and others. If they started talking about funding
opportunities and maintenance and working together, politicians, pot-stirrers
and others would be less inclined to talk about selling or demolition. Unless, of
course, theyre just looking to win easy political points.
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The Vance Trophy
The Vance Trophy honors the Jim Vance family of Worthington. V.M. Vance
was the first family member to get into newspapering when he worked on the
Des Moines Register in the 1920s. V.M. bought the Worthington Daily Globe
(then a weekly) in 1929. His sons, Bob and Jim, later continued the newspaper
tradition.
Recipients:
19851993
1994
19951996
19971999
20002001
20022003
2004
20052008
2009
20102013
2014
2015
2016
St. Cloud Times

Tie - Post-Bulletin, Rochester / St. Cloud Times
Post-Bulletin, Rochester
St. Cloud Times
Post-Bulletin, Rochester
St. Cloud Times
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
St. Cloud Times
St. Cloud Times
St. Cloud Times
Al McIntosh Distinguished Service

to Journalism Award
Background: The name Al McIntosh was long one of the most distinguished in
the field of editorial writers. In the 60s, McIntosh wrote the editorial Im a Tired
American which was reprinted across the country hundreds of times. He served
as president of both MNA and the National Newspaper Association. McIntosh was
publisher and editor of the Rock County Star Herald in Luverne, MN, from 1940-1968.
The award was established to recognize those who have provided exceptional
service to journalism. It is not necessarily given every year. Nominees for the award
must be approved by the MNA Board of Directors.
Past Recipients:
1966
Clark Mollenhoff
1970
Judge Archie Gingold
1971
Walter Brovald
1972
Dave Vorland
1973
John Finnegan
1974
Charles W. Bailey, Frank Premack & Peter Vanderpoel
1975
Ellen Olson
1976
Judge C. Donald Peterson
1979
Scott Schoen
1980
August Erickson
1981
Grant Utley
1982
Robert M. Shaw
1983
Jared How
1984
John Cameron Sim
1985
Otto Silha
1986
Gene Johnson & Jerry Kline
1987
Lynn Smith
1988
Walter Barnes & Mitchell Charnley
1989
Charles Warner
1990
Mark Anfinson
1991
Peter Popovich
1992
Robert R. Weishair
1993
Justice John E. Simonett
1994
Philip S. Duff, Jr.
1995
John R. Finnegan
1996
Michael A. Parta
1997
Arlin Albrecht
1998
Donald Q. Smith
1999
Donald Gillmor
2000
Elmer L. Andersen
2003
Reed Anfinson
2004
James M. Kinney
2005
Jim Pumarlo
2006
Gary Gilson
2007
Michael Vadnie
2008
Peter & Lynne Jacobson
2009
Rep. Gene Pelowski
2010
Sandy Neren
2011
Terry McCollough
2013
John R. Finnegan
2015
Mary Liz Holberg
2016
Rollin & Julie Bergman
Lynn Smith Community Service Award
The winners of this award are selected from the first place winners of the MNA
Community Leadership contest category.
Past Recipients:
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Pine Journal, Cloquet and St. Cloud Times

Rock County Star Herald, Luverne
Melrose Beacon
Pine Journal, Cloquet
Albert Lea Tribune
Mankato Free Press
Albert Lea Tribune
Blooming Prairie Times
Grand Forks Herald
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Movement is medicine
Press Photographers
Portfolio
Fargo-Moorhead recognized for offering support to those with Parkinsons
All Dailies
First Place: The Forum of FargoMoorhead, Michael Vosburg
The best of a strong group of entries features
strong sports photography that tells a story,
striking profile photos with context built into
the shot and a gripping spot news photo.
Third Place: The Forum of FargoMoorhead, David Samson

Strong work with faces and interesting
sports photos push this entry above other
outstanding candidates in the category.
Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
By Patrick Springer
pspringer@forumcomm.com
Fargo
hose battling Parkinsons disease try to
follow a credo. Movement is medicine.
Betty Ingebretson has tried to live
by those words since learning four
years ago she has the progressive
neurodegenerative illness, which makes
movement and other tasks increasingly difficult.
Her early symptoms, which appeared four
years ago, were a trembling right hand and stiff
neck. Now, walking and even balancing while
standing can require effort. She wakes up stiff
every morning.
It slows you down, she says. Its relentless.
But so is Ingebretson. She meets regularly
with fellow Parkinsons patients in a support
group that includes exercise, meditation and
music therapies to slow the progression of the
debilitating illness.
Were always on the move to continually keep
it at bay, said Ingebretson, 62, who lives on a
farmstead near Glyndon, Minn. You can no
longer sit and accept it.
The HeartSprings program at Messiah
Lutheran Church in north Fargo, where
Ingebretsons group meets, is one of the
PARKINSONS: Page A8
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Murray Smith walks through a labyrinth as part of his exercise therapy for Parkinsons disease at HeartSprings
Community Healing Center at Messiah Lutheran Church in Fargo.
Fair weather in Minnesota brings

uptick in motorcycle crash fatalities
By Grace Lyden
David Samson
The Forum
MOTORCYCLE: A6
Stolen rides: Police see jump

in number of cut bicycle locks
By Archie Ingersoll
clinic on South University Drive,

where she works as a nurse.
That afternoon, a thief cut her cable
FARGO Carol Ganser had a close
bond with the bike she regularly rode lock and stole her bike, Ganser said.
Whoever took it was very bold and
to work.
blatant, the 52-year-old said. ObviIt was my baby, she said. I paid a
ously, they have no morals or scrulot of money for it.
ples.
On Aug. 27, Ganser locked her 2012
Ganser is one of many bike owners
Specialized bicycle, which cost her whove had their locks cut and their
about $900, to a bike rack outside a
busy entrance to the Essentia Health BIKES: Back Page
aingersoll@forumcomm.com
METRO+STATE:
Robert Asp students
take part in school
patrol
PAGE C1
Brian Webb
of Fargo
rides through
the training
course
Saturday
during the
North Dakota
Motorcycle
Safety
Program
class in
West Fargo.
glyden@forumcomm.com
MOORHEAD Its been a tragic year for

motorcyclists in Minnesota.
Already, the state has seen 51 riders die in
motorcycle crashes, compared to 46 in all of
2014.
Bill Shaffer, motorcycle safety coordinator
with the state Department of Public Safety,
said thats largely due to increased popularity and temperate weather. The states number of registered motorcycles is at an all-time
high, and even early March boasted warm
weekends.
People are just out a lot more on their
bikes, he said.
Todays weather
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Classifieds ............ F, G
Crossword ................ B7
Metro/State ........ C1-12
Nation/World ....... A2-12
Obituaries ........ C10-11
Opinion ................ C6-8
Travel.................... B6-8
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especially striking.
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