BELLE PLAINE HERALD, BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014
Welcome Aboard Pastor Timothy Redfield, pictured with his wife Megan, is the new associate pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. He replaces John Zeitler, who retired last year. Pastor John Meyer remains the head pastor. The BPHS varsity trap shooting team includes (back row, from left) Jacob Siemon, Dylan Sexe, Dylan Johnson. Joshua Mosbeck, Courtney Bristlin, Sam Gavin, Sam Karl, Jacob Maresch, Brady Lunow, Alexander Hazzard, Coach Jack Schuneman, (middle row, from left) Brandon Heitz, Dylan Kechely, Duane Good, Josiah Barringer, Wyatt Herrmann,
Logan Lunow, Cheyane Westin, Emily Smith, Coach Scott Renne, (front Row, from left) Ashlyn Berscheit, Sara Stelten, Emily Stelten, John Karl, John Morrison, Joey Buck Missing – Kayla Raines, Luke Siemon, Dillon Lambrecht and Branden Pickar.
As Team Grows, Belle Plaine Trapshooters Taking Aim at Better Scores This Spring
MPCA Municipal Division Director Mark Schmitt, left, presented Jerry Connolly of the Belle Plaine Public Works Department with an award for maintaining a perfect compliance record with the city’s wastewater treatment plant in 2013.
B.P. Recognized for Perfect Wastewater Compliance Record The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recently recognized Jerome Connolly from the city of Belle Plaine for maintaining a perfect compliance record with its wastewater treatment permit during 2013. Belle Plaine was among 128 wastewater facilities statewide to receive the award this year. MPCA Municipal Division Director Mark Schmitt had high praise for the award recipients. “These operators work hard every day to protect our waterways and ensure Minnesotans enjoy clean water and their hard work is proving to be suc-
cessful,� Schmitt said. To be eligible for this award, facility operators were required to submit all monitoring reports to the MPCA correctly and on time, demonstrate consistent compliance through monitoring or surveys and employ staff certified by the MPCA in wastewater operations. The city of Belle Plaine first received this award in 1980 and has earned it 10 times since then. The awards were presented at the 77th annual Wastewater Operations Conference on March 26 in Brooklyn Park.
The Belle Plaine trapshooting team is looking for continued improvement after a slow start amidst rainy, cold weather this spring. The team is showing signs of better scores as it prepared for its third meet Monday night (May 5). Scores were not available when the Herald went to press. At its last meet (May 1), Branden Pickar paced Belle Plaine hitting all 25 clay targets he took aim at during the competition. He and teammate Josiah Barringer are the only Belle Plaine trap shooters to record a perfect round. Barringer recorded a perfect round last spring. The Tigers’ top shooters so far this spring, and their average hits per round out of 25, includes Barringer (22.5), Christopher Buege (18.75), Sam Gavin (19), Duane Good (22.5), Brandon Heitz (21.75), Wyatt Herrmann (18.25), Darren Jeurissen (16.25), Dylan Johnson (17.5) and Sam Karl (19.25), Josh Mosbeck (16) and Logan Lunow (17.75). The team is currently in eighth place in its conference after
two meets. St. Francis leads the conference, followed by Eden Prairie, Monticello, Anoka, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Norman County, Princeton and the Tigers. But Belle Plaine’s shooters are steadily improving. Trapshooters hone their skills on their own time before Monday competitions. Meets begin at 4:30 p.m. at Caribou Gun Club just south of Le Sueur. “These are good kids who are working real hard at improving,� said Jack Schuneman, the coach of the BPHS team. In addition to live practice, he said, students are spending time in video study during their lunch hours to improve their skills. Overall, Belle Plaine is one of many teams that have enjoyed the fruits of trapshooting’s growing popularity. The team has 42 boys and girls out this
spring. Last year, BPHS had 35 shooters and 26 in 2012. The Tigers’ first season, 2011, a dozen trap shooters started the season. Statewide, there are 264 teams with 6,100 high school students participating. A year ago, there were 110 teams in Minnesota with 3,500 students participating. The growth in trapshooting’s popularity in high school has prompted the Minnesota State High School League, in partnership with the Minnesota Clay Target League, to host a state meet June 14 in Prior Lake. The top 100 shooters in the state, plus shooters from the state’s top four teams, all qualify. The state meet comes a week after a non-MSHSL championship meet June 8 in Alexandria, graduation day in Belle Plaine. “Obviously, none of our se-
niors will be at that meet,� Schuneman said. The team’s assistant coaches include Scott Hallgren, Scott Renne, Shane Legg, Tim Bristlin, Jamie Karl, Todd Heitz and Kelly Good. The BPHS trapshooting team is not funded through the school. Participants pay a $125 fee and donations from MVEC Operation Round-Up, Pheasants Forever, Minnesota Wild Turkey Federation (Valley Yelpers) and the Belle Plaine River Fishin’ Contest provides the rest of the needed funding. Twenty-three of the team’s members contributed time to roadside cleanup on behalf of Pheasants Forever. The team also raises money by working the concession stands at sporting events.
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Hibernians Award Scholarships Celebrating Founders Day, the Shamrock Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians awarded $3,000 in scholarships to (front row, from left) Adam McDonald, Jake Hartmann, Callie Smith, Erica Gannon, (not pictured) Caroline Hofmeister and Ashley Murr. The awards were based on the applicants’ Irish heritage, education plans and plans to promote Irish heritage. The $500 awards were presented by (back row, from left) Dick O’Connoll, John Devins Sr., John Devins Jr. and Clarence Doheny.
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