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‘It smells like home’ Village Pizzeria of Dresser hands out free bread-baking kits to families

BY C.L. SILL EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

Little on Earth is as soothing as the smell of freshly baked bread escaping from Mom’s kitchen.

“To me it smells like home,” said Johannes Vanderbent, the owner of the Village Pizzeria of Dresser. “It smells like being safe and being loved.”

Vanderbent has owned the Pizzeria since 2006, and has worked in the restaurant since 1986.

When the COVID-19 outbreak began to hit western Wisconsin several weeks ago and people began to stockpile supplies, Vanderbent noticed many grocery stores were running out of bread.

“And it really occurred to me that baking bread was kind of a lost art,” he said. “People don’t do that at home anymore.”

This thought sprung Vanderbent and his wife Sara into action. They had a restaurant with reduced hours and business, which meant stock and produce

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that was going unused, so they decided they would put together bread-baking kits at the Pizzeria and hand them out to customers free of charge.

“I thought maybe I should sell kits, and then I really felt like I’d rather give away some comfort than try to profit from it,” he

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said. “I was thinking maybe we’d do a dozen kits or three dozen.”

But once Vanderbent put the idea out to his customers via social media, the response was overwhelming. He was able to put together 100 kits with the product he had available at the Pizzeria and gave away all of them in less than 24 hours.

“From Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon they were gone,” he said.

The Pizzeria ordered more product the next week and put together another --- kits, which were all given out in ---------. All Vanderbent asked in return for the kits was that families would take a photo of the bread and share it with him on social media.

“I got all kinds of pictures,” he said.

Vanderbent said at a time when stress levels at home are high, something as simple as baking fresh bread with the family can be a godsend.

“It’s a good chemistry lesson for kids and a good bonding time for families,” he said.

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'The Sugar Bush' Making maple syrup a Rochel family tradition since 1897

BY C.L. SILL EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

Maple syrup is a lot like moonshine.

Both are produced deep in the woods, although for entirely different reasons. Both are made using complicated contraptions of metal and fire that look surprisingly similar to one another. Any dyed-inthe-wool syrup-maker would scoff at that accusation, but to the untrained eye, the network of giant metal bins, sweat dripping tubes and boiling vats of mystery liquid could just as easily be producing fine apple brandy or high quality, pure grain alcohol.

Most importantly, both carry the mystique of the old world, and of times gone by.

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Community farms can provide vital relief as fears of food insecurity linger

BY C.L. SILL EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

There are no food shortages in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Delivery drivers are still at work and the states’ grocery stores remain open and well stocked, save for maybe toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Yet, as this pandemic stretches on people begin to wonder how fragile the system is and think more critically about where their food comes from. In a time when anxieties about nearly every aspect of life are high, community supported agriculture can help relieve fears of future food insecurity.

Think of community supported agriculture (CSAs) as a magazine. Customers buy a ‘subscription’ from a local farming operation, essentially investing in that farm. In return, each subscriber receives a portion of the operations harvest. Most farms in this area focus on fresh produce, so those that invest in the farms receive regular boxes of fresh vegetables during the harvest season. Boxes can be filled with everything from tomatoes and onions to kale and spinach, depending on the farm and the time of year.

“There’s a relationship between us and that community of people we grow food for,” said Jody Lenz of Threshing Table Farms in Star Prairie, Wisc. “That relationship piece is really important to us as farmers. When we’re growing our food we can picture the people it’s going to feed.”

CSAs began popping up around the country in the

mid-1980s. They came about at a difficult time time when larger and larger farming operations were eating up many if not most of the small family farms that dotted landscapes all throughout the Midwest. The financial burden for small operations was often too much to bear at that time — but sharing that burden with the community gave some farmers the chance to keep going.

“What community supported agriculture was attempting to do was say that the risk should be distributed between more people,” said Dan Guenthner of Common Harvest Farms in Osceola, Wisc.

“If we all chipped in we could distribute that weight more evenly over more people.”

The farms focus not only on providing local communities with fresh food, but educating people on where their food comes from.

“We were at one time an agrarian society and our patterns of life were tied more directly to the land,” Guenthner said. “We’ve just gotten further and further away from that.”

He said CSAs offer a chance to reclaim a bit of that tie to the land.

“We have people who still remember childhood visits to a relative’s farm and then they realize their kids are growing up in the city and they’re not going to have that opportunity,” he said. “So there is a desire on the part of some to have a place to expose their kids to agriculture and farming practices and to get a feel

for the place where their food comes from.”

This is especially important now.

“If every local community has its own thriving food system then it’ll be much easier if one community gets hit with COVID-19 or something else to know that the community right next can help out and so can the one on the other side of us,” said Lenz at Threshing Table. “Versus if we have all our eggs in one basket in a big box store.”

Lenz said people are craving security right now, but often times don’t know how to find it.

“I think of the stories of people hoarding toilet paper,” she said. “Having something like toilet paper is a symbol of security — but it’s not really security.”

Food means security to her.

Real, honest security that can help families remain calm and prepared during difficult times. Lenz’ CSA grows fresh vegetables, and she knows she can get beef from the farm down the road and fruits and berries from another not far from there.

These small family farms and CSAs offer the kind of security everyone is craving and Lenz said her connection to them means she never has to worry about where her food comes from.

“I feel connected to my community and know that we’re here to take care of each other,” she said. “And I see people who’re connected to local farms having a better sense of security.”

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The extensive social distancing policies put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 mean most people will have to spend much, if not all, their time at home. Self-isolation means far fewer opportunities to be physically active if you are used to walking or cycling for transportation and doing leisure time sports.

But equally worryingly, the home environment also offers abundant opportunity to be sedentary (sitting or reclining). While self-isolation measures are necessary, our bodies and minds still need exercise to function well, prevent weight gain and keep the spirits up during these challenging times.

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bread kits were overjoyed and happy to have something to take their minds off everything that’s going on around them.

“People were really thankful and people I hadn’t seen in a long time were stopping in or messaging us,” He said.

“It was just kind of a neat community thing.”

Vanderbent said in uncertain times like these, he takes comfort in his faith.

“When I feel worried about

stuff I feel a lot of comfort in knowing that I’m not in control and that’s OK,” he said.

But for those who do feel stressed or scared or uncomfortable, he hopes the smell of a loaf of freshly baked bread can help return some sense of calmness.

“It smells like growing up and being comfortable,” he said. “When you knew mom and dad were in control and you didn’t have anything to worry about. It’s a childlike faith that everything’s going to be OK.”

Area churches tend flocks virtually

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‘Be still and know that I am God’ has a whole new meaning.

The Psalms scripture has taken on a much more literal interpretation in churches across the country with residents are confined to their homes and mass gatherings outlawed in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Local churches have had to adjust on the fly to keep their congregations in touch with God, and each other.

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face to face contact,” said Joel Martin, the lead pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Marine on St. Croix. “Whether you’re in a house by yourself or a house full of children, people are craving their friends and neighbors.”

Without the ability to meet in person, Christ Lutheran had been holding online worship services on Sundays and Wednesdays. These services were recorded ahead of time and then posted on the video hosting website Vimeo and shared with the congregation via email and

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“Doing it this way allowed us to be able to incorporate a little bit of music,” he said.

However with Gov. Walz issuing a shelter in place order that went into effect last Friday, the services going forward will be moved to Facebook live, where Martin will speak to the congregation from his home.

“It will go to Facebook live first, but then some people who know what they’re doing will place it on Vimeo as well,” Martin said. “So you don’t have to be on Facebook to get the services.”

Churches in Wisconsin are in a similar situation.

Deacon Dick Peterson at St. Anne’s Catholic church in Somerset said they’ve also moved to prerecorded services, which will continue through the shelter in place order. St. Anne’s also runs Assumption Catholic in East Farm-

ington and St. Joseph’s in Osceola. Peterson said the congregation at all three churches is doing the best they can with these new rules.

“They’re taking it in stride,” he said. “They really would like to be here to celebrate mass together but they also understand that something needs to be done.”

In addition to online services, both churches are also trying to stay connected with their members as much as possibly throughout the week. Christ Lutheran is putting out almost daily email blasts to their congregation as well as hosting various other online gatherings on Facebook and Zoom.

For those unable to access the internet, Martin is sending out mailings that detail the worship themes of the week to those that need it. They’ve also implemented a calling tree.

“We also started a pretty extensive calling

tree for families in the congregation to call each other and check in,” he said. “Especially those who are older or more isolated and don’t have access to lots of people.”

Not celebrating mass together means donation baskets that would normally be passed around every Sunday are sitting empty on the ends of each pew. Most churches have some kind of online giving system set up already, but Pastor Martin at Christ Lutheran said that problem looms large in uncertain times.

“The longer this goes the bigger hit this will be for most if not all churches,” he said. “Part of that has to do with the fact that this virus is affecting a lot of jobs and the economy, so of course it’s effecting churches too.”

Peterson said their church system does have some reserves put away for when these kind of situations come up, but that doesn’t mean

they’re not worried about the future.

“Right now it’s pretty slim pickings,” he said.

“This a big operation, it takes a lot of money to keep everything going.”

The emotional impact of canceling church services is also being felt, both by parishioners and church staff alike.

“It’s a stark reminder that life is unpredictable,” Martin said. “Our best hopes of keeping ourselves on one plan or keeping ourselves completely safe — there is no such thing.”

He said leaning on God will help everyone get through times like these.

“Faith is a place where we find strength and support and the love we receive from God is a sustaining power that sees us through these days of unknown,” he said. “And it reminds us that whether we’re walking through dark valleys or high mountain tops that God goes with us.”

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Marine Library presents "River Radio" A new form of community “radio” has come to the St. Croix Valley.

The Marine Community Library presents River Radio, a locally-based program that airs live via the Internet Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m.

River Radio features topics of interest to the community. Interviews are conducted with residents, business owners and leaders of organizations in and around the St. Croix Valley. Radio

veterans and Marine on St. Croix residents Jim Maher and Gayle Knutson host the program.

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We can do this

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ast week I noticed a trio of ducks: two male and one female, have returned to our neighborhood. It’s a sure sign of spring and something I always look forward to each year.

The trio nest somewhere in the area and stick around until the ducklings hatch and are ready to travel. As they seemingly take turns on the nest, the other members of the trio will be in our yard or in water in the neighborhood.

Each winter, I wonder if they will return and if they are safe.

When I see them for the first time I am relieved and happy. All is well.

They showed up last week, giving me a moment of Zen in a week when I sorely needed it. Like many of you, each day to be a week long as we Publisher seemed dealt with the news and the new reality of living and working Tom Stangl during a pandemic.

I got the grill out last week and made some burgers and hot dogs. They tasted really good and it felt great to be out (even in a slight rain) grilling. The birds are back and springtime is (I hope) here. I took the dogs for a walk and learned how out of shape I have become over the winter.

In short, outside of the added stress of the national news and not being able to see our children and grandchildren, life is about as normal as it can be now.

Recently, I have read some excellent columns about the sacrifices made by our parents and grandparents during the Great Depression and World War II. They made it through shortages, sacrifices and polio. There is no doubt in my mind we will get through this current turmoil; it’s just that nearly all of us have lived lives of relative ease and privilege.

I believe one of the many ways to get through all of this is to simply put things in perspective.

For me, that means minimizing my exposure to national news, spending time with my wife, cats and dogs and finding some escapist entertainment.

My wife and I are fans of “The Great British Baking Show.” The reality show about amateur bakers is a former staple of public broadcasting, now shown on Netflix. We have watched all seven seasons (we did this long before social distancing) and find the show to be relaxing and comforting.

I took a trip to Canada in early March to visit my sister and her family. During the visit, I discovered there is a Canadian version of the show, done by the same producers. I saw one episode and enjoyed the similarities and differences between the show and its British cousin.

Last week I decided to find a way to watch “The Great Canadian Baking Show.” It was a bit of a challenge, but I found a way to watch it online and cast the show from my iPad to our television. We watched the first two seasons last week and will be caught up when we watch the third season.

If you’re a bake-off fan, you will appreciate the Canadian show. The lead judge, Bruno Feldeisen, is French and sounds a bit like Pepé le Pew. He’s nicer than Paul Hollywood. It’s a bit strange at first, but it works.

Just like the lives we are living now.

Here’s to your happy place.

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Go outside!

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he only decent news to come out of this whole pandemic is that we can still go outside.

People are handling the self-quarantine thing in many different ways, some better than others. The best way I know how to pass the time is the same way I do when there’s no coronavirus outbreak, by being outside.

I’m encouraged by how many people I see out and about in the last couple of weeks. The mental relief a half hour walk does to a mind on pandemic overload is outstanding, if only to get away from your radio, TV and news feed for 30 minutes.

I swear if I have to hear the letters C-O-V-I-D (in any order) one more Editor time I’ll expose myself to tuberculosis just for a change of pace. Our 24C.L. Sill hour news cycle is maddening in the best of times, so dealing with it on a corona bender is about as enjoyable as listening to your neighbors shih tzu bark at his own reflection for an hour at six oclock on a Monday morning.

I’m going to put a disclaimer on this just to say that I’m mostly joking and that of course it’s important to be up to date with the latest information regarding the pandemic. That is what I’m here for after all. But stepping away, even ever so briefly, can really reset your system and help you come to terms with all of this. Like I said last week, these are legit-

imately frightening times and we need to stick together and fight our way through it. But that doesn’t mean we need to pump in a fresh supply of vaguely helpful Facebook posts filled with frightening statistics every three minutes. Keep calm and carry on has never been more relevant, and sometimes internet news isn’t the best as keeping us calm.

Back to my original point. I love to hunt and fish.

You’ll hear plenty more about that in the future, but March isn’t the best time for either of those things.

Honestly it can be downright boring on the sportsman front, with March coming second only to February in the ‘months that I hate’ competition. Yet in my quest to remain corona-news free this weekend, I packed up a dozen duck decoys and headed to a local waterfowl management area to try and fool a mallard or two into coming in close enough to snap a few photos of them. I love to hunt ducks, but I love to decoy and photograph them nearly as much. It’s become a new springtime hobby of my brother Dan and I’s, although the dog doesn’t understand it at all.

The ducks on Sunday were mostly uncooperative, although we managed some decent shots of a pair of bluebills. But I watched what had to be one of the top four sunsets I’ve ever seen in my life and you know what? I didn’t think about coronavirus once.

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Be kind to yourself

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hese are some crazy times. I’m having a hard time coming up with the right words to express how I’m feeling. Are you? Is anyone else feeling lost?

One minute I’m mad, the next I’m sad. Then, a moment of peace will wash over me when I see my two college age sons working on a household project together, and I smile.

I’m trying to be kind to myself. It’s easy to add more pressure. Social media shows pictures of food and meals we “should” be cooking since we’re at home.

Instead, during a time like this we should make food that makes us feel happy and normal—and with ingredients we can get and that’s safe.

I’m trying to stay off social media and the news website (and anywhere else that makes me feel pressure).

It’s the simple things that make Wild Chow us feel a little more normal. I don’t know about you, but I’m sticking to Lisa Erickson the basics.

Things like reading a book, long walks, and baking the things my family loves make me better.

We’ve got this. We can make a difference, even if all we do is make some banana bread and read a book.

Best Banana Bread 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1/3 cup buttermilk or 2 Tbsp buttermilk power 3 bananas 2 eggs ¼ cup butter, melted ¼ cup coconut oil, melted 1 tsp vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan with SEE ERICKSON, PAGE 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Matching donations to hospitals As intensive care units start to fill up, the prognosis is grim and it’s only going to get worse. A few months from now when grandma breaks her hip, your father has a heart attack, or when your brother, the 25-year-old construction worker, gets in a car accident it's going to be a real problem for them to get the care they need.

The hospitals are going to be stressed and filled up. It's this that's the very nature of the crisis that faces our community today. It's an overwhelmed medical system that itself needs to be cared for, so it can care for all of us. So what to do?

I and a small group of local business owners have agreed to match any funds up to $275,000 for ventilators to be donated to your local hospital. Ventilators are an especially needed piece of equipment at this time. They are the major bottleneck in our system. So, if you give $1, we will give $1.

If you give $100 then we will give $100, if you give $100,000 then we will give $100,000. Again, whatever you give we will match up to $275,000.

If I asked you the questions that if you had the ability to save somebody’s life, would you? The answer for almost all of us is a resounding YES! Well here's your time, this is the moment, you’re up to bat. We are all up to bat.

Join us! Again, this is the time to pull together, to love your neighbor as yourself, to care for the weak, so join us. Your chance to impact the lives around you will probably never be better in your life.

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oe’s red truck is parked behind his house. It hasn’t moved in days.

Joe gets in his red truck every morning and drives around. He’s a member of every fraternal organization, a regular at the brewpub, and has friends in every corner of town. Joe picks up a coffee and spends most mornings greeting people out the window of his red pick-up.

But Joe hasn’t Columnist been feeling well and his truck Carrie Classon has been parked behind his house.

He’s been sick and there’s nowhere to go. Normally, I would be worried about Joe. But worries these days, like toilet paper and fresh produce, are spread a little thin.

Worry is in the air.

Charles and Joanna live across the street. They are both elderly and live alone. Joanna’s health is not good. Because I have a bird’s eye view of their house, I know their habits well. Charles fires up his SUV every morning to make the trip to the senior center to pick up his free newspaper, stop at the bank for his free coffee,

then head to Starbucks to get free cream to put in his free coffee. He then comes home with his coffee and newspaper. But not now.

“There’s nowhere to go!”

Charles tells me, as if I might not have noticed. “Everything has shut down except the grocery store!”

I tell him I know. I confirm that these are strange times. Charles looks amazed and a little annoyed. But he also looks worried.

I just saw Charles leave in his SUV. He has nowhere to go but he’s still driving around, trying to behave as if the world hasn’t changed.

I’m reading a lot about people bingeing on Netflix and Cheetos and being bored and spending quality time in bed and I’m sure there are folks doing this. But, so far, they aren’t the ones I’ve talked to. The ones I know personally are a lot more like Charles. They are perplexed and worried and trying to stay busy.

I’ve got a friend who makes beautiful designer bags. She is now using her luxury fabrics to make face masks. “I’ve made more than 500!” she told me.

“That’s a lot of masks!” I said.

“If I needed a mask, I would want one of yours!”

“Aww! Thank you.” It doesn’t strike either of us as odd that I am complimenting her on stylish respirator masks.

Another friend, a retired librarian, is a quilter. She is also making masks out of expensive fabric. “I hope we don’t need them all!” she says, looking over her pile of wired mask faces, sorted by color. “If we don’t, maybe we can use the matching ones to make bikini cups in the spring!”

The idea of unneeded respirator masks being transformed into bikini tops is one of the happiest thoughts I’ve had all week.

In Japan, I hear they are cutting apart bras to make masks.

I saw a YouTube on this and I think the success would depend a lot on a person’s cup size, but more power to them, that’s what I say. They are keeping busy and I think that’s the best most of us can do right now.

The news evolves so quickly.

The expectations change overnight. I feel as if I am driving in a fog, unable to see past my dim headlights, no idea when there will be a sharp turn in the road.

My husband, Peter, met Joe outside and says he’s feeling better. I’m glad. But I’m still worried. And Joe’s red truck is still parked out back.

Till next time, Carrie Carrie Classon’s memoir is called, “Blue Yarn.” Learn more at CarrieClasson.com.

Youth turkey hunt – an outdoor classroom

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outh turkey hunts, taking place soon, are designed to give young hunters a chance to get out and enjoy one of the most exciting events for hunters across the nation. The gobbling of a big old Tom turkey rocks the woods from the lowest valley to the highest ridge. The faint sound of a far-off bird or that big unseen Tom coming in to your calls gobbles so loudly that trees shake. Shivers shoot up your back. Youth hunts are also meant to bring kids into the hunter fraternity.

Hunting and its fraternity were and are still a way to put food on the table, begun by our earliest settlers, through the growth of our family farms until today. It’s a rite of passage to be able to carry a gun and follow a father, mother, older brother, sister or grandparent into the woods. Today’s single families with time and financial constraint struggle to meet today’s kids’ real needs. Instead, electronic games and television Wild River stunt kids’ brains and overly organized youth sports leave many Trails kids over-controlled, unable to communicate with peers or famiJim Bennett ly, evidenced by them walking city streets with their eyes glued to their phones.

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that children under 2 should not watch any TV at all and children older should be limited to no more than two hours a day. Studies at the University of Washington have shown that a child watching too much TV show more aggression at home and in school. Even educational TV does not make them smarter. A recent University of Texas study observed that watching too much TV cuts back on reading time, which has long proven to accelerate learning skills.

So, what can you gain on a youth turkey hunt besides a turkey dinner? It’s a great way to bond and become closer. From the time you step out of the car in the dark, an outdoor classroom is in session, opening a child’s mind. It starts out with your ears as you hear the environment waking up. Owls are still communicating from their nighttime conversations as they and other predators get a head start on nesting. Cardinals usually begin the bird songs, followed by chickadees, blue jays and crows. Waking hen turkeys will fit in with yelps from their tree roosts. About that time a loud gobbler will announce his presence to the world and any hen in the county.

That first gobble will set off a series of gobbles from the next closest Tom in a tree to others on

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Outdoor youth hunts can be held at any age. Getting kids out in the wild can stir minds to ask lot’s of questions and find many answers. Here my youngest son Brady is ready to begin his studies.

that ridgeline, on down through the valley and into the distance. I’ve often wondered how long that chain can run when spring gobblers are in the mood as they set up their territories and gather their harems. They are also saying that any other gobbler coming too close will have a fight on their hands.

The spring turkey woods is a classroom alive with new growth, blooming wildflowers, baby animals, rivers flowing, insects hatching and tree buds ready to burst. It’s a classroom that opens minds, asks questions, stimulates thinking, tests skills and causes conversations. It creates concepts, ideas, stirs cognitive growth and provides exercise.

It shows us that we are just a piece in the grand scheme of things and not the ones in control.

Jim Bennett is an outdoorsman who lives and worked in the St. Croix River Valley and can be reached at jamesbennett24@gmail.com

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As warmer and drier weather continues to spread throughout the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added the following counties to the burn restriction list: Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Scott, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.

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MNsure Governor Walz and MNsure announced a 30-day special enrollment period (SEP) for qualified individuals who are currently without insurance. The SEP opened on March 23 and runs through April 21. It will allow uninsured individuals 30 days to enroll in health insurance coverage through MNsure.org.

Unemployment Insurance We know the hardships and stress this pandemic is bringing to families and folks throughout the state. The Governor expanded the state’s unemployment insurance program, which can provide quick relief for employees who are unable to work as a result of COVID-19.

Deadline extensions – Minnesotans filing their annual Minnesota Individual Income Tax return for 2019 have until Wednesday, July 15, 2020, to file and make payments without any penalties or interest. The deadline to apply for the REAL ID has also been pushed back by one year.

Small business assistance Governor Walz has established a Small Business Emergency Loan Program for businesses affected by COVID-19. Theprogram administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development will help Minnesota small business owners who need immediate assistance during COVID-19 closures.

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Restrictions remain in place for: Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Ramsey, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Washington, and Wright.

“Wildfire danger is especially high in April and May because we have dry conditions with no snow protection,” said Casey McCoy, DNR fire prevention supervisor. “Once the landscape ‘greens up’ fire danger goes down—but until then, restrictions reduce the potential for wildfires.”

If people need to dispose of yard waste, McCoy recommends composting, chipping, or taking brush to a collection site. For information on how compost yard waste, visit the DNR’s guide to composting yard debris.

People who burn debris will be held financially responsible if their fire escapes and burns other property.

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SUGAR BUSH: Rochel family has four generations of maple syrup makers FROM PAGE 1

of Scandia, Minn., one could be forgiven for picturing a team of horses pulling a sled through the trees, a pair of men following along loading buckets full of maple sap onto the rig. The woods would echo with the sounds of tack and tin buckets and the smell of a fire would linger faintly in the air, just enough to notice when the wind was right.

It would be warm for March, above freezing but dreary, with worn out January snow still clinging to the north side of each tree. Soft maple leaves would mush, not crunch under boots as the team finished their last run of the day and returned to the ‘sugar bush.’

A sugar bush is a generic name for any woodland outpost where maple syrup is produced. Generally a small outbuilding around the size of a one-car garage, a sugar bush houses an ‘evaporator,’ which uses heat from a wood fire to turn maple sap into maple syrup.

The machine’s name is quite literal, as it completes this process by evaporating the water out of sap and thickening the sweet liquid that remains — eventually creating syrup. This is a rather dumbed down version of a fairly complicated process, but that’s the gist.

Modern trends have automatic much of this process and an industrial size maple syrup production looks vastly different from the Rochel’s. These productions have thousands of trees interconnected by a series of plastic tubes that run the syrup into vats the size of a small Volkswagen.

The whole situation looks vaguely like something out of War of the Worlds and is decidedly less romantic than tin buckets and a wood-fired evaporator.

The Rochels prefer this more nostalgic version of the process, and every spring for 6 to 8 weeks they take to the woods to make syrup in the same way they have for the last 120 years.

The Rochels’ first sugar bush was erected in 1897, in the same spot where it stands today. The building has changed of course, but the traditions have remained the same.

Although no official title has been bestowed, the syrup making CEO of the family is Steve Rochel Sr. He’s on the taller side and thin, in good shape for his age with his jeans tucked into rubber boots, nonchalantly signifying there’s work to be done.

He represents the family’s third generation of syrup makers and drives the 75 miles to the farm from his current home in Danbury, Wisc. almost every day during the syrup season to tend the fire and watch over the sugar bush.

Steve Sr. learned how to make syrup from his dad Bernard, whose father Ben Rochel started the operation at a time when making syrup was more of a necessity than a hobby.

Ben ran a dairy farm on

the same property he used to produce syrup. In the springtime farmers had little income and syrup became a way to stay afloat during lean months. In the early 1900s Ben’s wife Anna died shortly after she’d given birth to Bernard and his twin sister Betty, leaving Ben to raise and put food on the table for two newborns and his four other children.

That spring when it came time to tap the trees and make syrup, Ben would bundle the twins up, lay them down next to the evaporator’s fire to stay warm and make syrup all night.

As the sun rose he’d return to the farm, put them to bed and head to the barn to milk cows.

The modern version of the Rochels’ syrup season is more like a family reunion.

They don’t market their syrup, but sell and give it away to family and friends. It’s stories like Bernard warming his newborn son by the fire while he made syrup that keeps them coming back to the sugar bush year after year.

The Rochel family is currently on their 4th generation of syrup makers. Steve Sr. has seven siblings with

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Steve Rochel Sr. looks over his evaporator at the family’s ‘sugar bush’ in rural Washington County.

a large age range between them, which makes for a big family. His son Steve Jr. helps him run the show, along with Steve Sr.’s brothers and a smattering of other cousins, nieces and nephews.

As sweet as a jug of maple syrup is, time spent together every spring trumps the end product of their hard work.

“It keeps us getting together,” Steve Jr. said. “A lot of time when your grandparents are gone there’s nothing to pull families together.”

As the family gathered around the outpost on a dim March afternoon, a sweet smell hung in a halo around the sugar bush. The evaporator, doing what it does best, released vast amounts of steam into the shack like an open-air sauna and the snap, crackle and pop of the fire rounded out the atmosphere — It’s intoxicating.

The Rochels laughed and talked, the sound of a beer opening broke a momentary pause in a conversation that was strictly happy. The pandemic currently sweeping the nation and throwing everyone into a haze of uncertainty and turmoil wasn’t mentioned once. The youngest Rochel present was Mandy, the daughter of Steve Sr.’s youngest brother Lance. Mandy is 20 years old and home from her sophomore year at UW-Madison.

She’s outgoing and bright, with the kind of sincere interest in her family’s history that’s usually lost on someone her age. She talked with her mom Debbie about how classes are going and a spring break trip that had to be canceled when everyone was sent home in the coronavirus panic.

As Mandy slipped out of earshot, Debbie quietly mentioned how hard it is having her so far away at school. They talk and face time when they can, but it’s obvious Debbie misses her daughter dearly, which makes time spent at the sugar bush that much more valuable.

Steve Jr. said the family loves making syrup the old fashioned way because no one else does. It’s a lost art of sorts, passed over for faster, more efficient alternatives.

Yet spending time with your family in the way the Rochel’s do has also been passed over and forgotten, replaced by families eating dinner in separate rooms watching separate screens.

By continuing in their family’s footsteps, the Rochels have also preserved the tradition of happiness brought on by a family working together to create something out of nothing — A lost art in its own right.

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WALZ: March 29 updates FROM PAGE 6

landlords and financial institutions cannot begin eviction proceedings that would remove tenants from stable housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you or someone you know has been wrongfully convicted, you can contact the Attorney General’s Office here or at (951) 296-3353.

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ACTIVE: Excercise for health during social distancing

ERICKSON: Banana bread FROM PAGE 5

butter and set aside.

Place the bananas in a blender and blend until smooth. Add the eggs and mix for a couple seconds. Add the butter, coconut oil, and buttermilk or add the buttermilk powder to the dry mix and mix until smooth.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and buttermilk powder if using. Add the banana mixture, stirring until combine. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool and slice. Serve with butter.

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During a time of social distancing, healty outdoor exercise can be extremely beneficial.

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impact of contributing to the long-term chronic disease crisis.

exercise time!

Any activity is better than none, and more activity provides more physical and mental health benefits.

How much physical activity?

For years, Health.gov has recommended at least 150 minutes of exercise per week for adults, consumed in increments of 10 minutes or more, with 30 minutes five times a week being set as the target. This has been an unreachable standard for many of us...according to the WI Dept. of Health Services, just 21% of Wisconsin adults get enough aerobic and strength-building activities to meet the national guidelines.

However, recent research shows that more bite-size chunks of exercise can benefit adults, and in late 2018, the Health.gov changed its guidelines. This is great news for those of us who find it hard to block out half an hour for exercise during our busy days. Instead 5-to-10 minute blocks of exercise, spread here and there through the day...before work, during a break, lunch, or after work...it’s way easier than scheduling a 30-minute

What can you do?

• Take regular breaks from continuous sitting in front of your computer, tablet, or smartphone every 20 to 30 minutes. For example, you could take a few minutes break to walk around the house, take some fresh air on the deck, in the garden or yard, or play with your dog for a few moments.

• Make stairs your best friend.

Using the stairs is an extremely time-efficient way to maintain fitness. As little as three 20-second fast stair climbs a day can improve fitness in only six weeks.

• Use your own bodyweight home based strength exercises that utilize your own bodyweight – such as press-ups, sit-ups and planks – are as important for health as aerobic exercise.

• Dance the COVID-19 blues away! An increasing number of live concerts are streamed online. Use the stress-releasing

magic of music and dance at home like nobody’s watching (which is not unlikely).

• Play with your pets - Social-distancing is a good opportunity to bond more with the little two and four legged members of your family through active play.

Both children and dogs will love you replacing some of your online media and sitting time with playing in and around the house with them.

No matter how young or how old your children are, there are many fun activities you can do together indoors and in the yard.

Just do something!

Left unattended, the self-isolation imposed by COVID-19 will likely skyrocket sedentary time and will drastically reduce the physical activity levels for many.

Our suggestions are only a few examples of ideas that need no special equipment and can be done within limited space.

The end goal during self-isolation is to prevent long term physical and mental health damage by sitting less, moving as often as possible, and aiming to maintain fitness by huffing and puffing a few times a day.

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Christ Lutheran Church 150 Fifth Street, Marine (651) 433-3222, office ext. 10 Pastors Joel Martin and Hannah Bartos

Elim Lutheran Church Scandia (651) 433-2723 www.elimscandia.org Senior Pastor Scott Westphal Associate Pastor Meredith McGrath

Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Forest Lake (651) 464-3323 886 North Shore Drive Pastor John Klawiter

Forest Hills United Methodist Church Hwy. 97 at County Road 34 S.E. Forest Lake (651) 464-5249 Pastor: Rev. David Werner www.foresthillsumc.net

Grace Church 722 Seminole Ave. Osceola Pastor Mark Barlow “The Cure for the Common Church” e-mail: info@gracechurchosceola.com www.gracechurchosceola.com or call (715) 294-4222 or (715) 755-3454

www.lakesfree.org Lindstrom (651) 257-2677 29620 Olinda Trail N. Senior Pastor Jason Carlson, Associate Pastor Stephen Moore

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Maranatha Church Chisago Lakes Campus 10963 Lake Blvd. (Hwy 8) Chisago City (651) 257-8605 Pastor Bill Headley

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2492 Education Dr., Osceola, WI Larry Mederich, Pastor (715) 417-0608 • www.occconnect.org

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9300 Scandia Tr. N. Forest Lake (651) 464-5502 www.hosannaforestlake.net Linda Friesen, Lead Pastor Jen Collins, Associate Pastor

Osceola Medical Center Spiritual Care

Lakes Free Church

2600 65th Avenue, Osceola, WI www.myomc.org/specialtyserv_1chapel.php 715-294-5645 fax: 715-294-5712 email: alan.hagstrom@myomc.org Chapel open daily for meditation.

Osceola United Methodist Church 306 River Street Osceola, WI (715) 755-2275 osceolaunitedmethodistchurch@gmail.com

River Valley Christian Church Lake Elmo (651) 430-9950 5900 Lake Elmo Avenue N. (Hwy 36 & County Road 17) Pastor Jon Neitzel, Teen Pastor Greg Hamm Children’s Pastor Karen Hynes

St. Croix Falls Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 201 North Adams St., St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Rev. Kelli Clement www.scuuf.org

St. Croix Falls United Methodist Church Upper St. Croix Parish 300 N. Adams St. • (715)-483-9494 Pastor Carolyn Saunders Pastor MIke Brewbaker

St. Croix Valley Friends

Meeting Stillwater (651) 439-7981 Seventh Day Adventist Church, Fifth & Laurel Streets

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Father John Drees Three miles north on Hwy. 95 from Hwy. 97. West on Redwing 1/4 mile.

St. Joseph Catholic Church 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, MN (651) 465-7345 Father John Drees

St. Joseph Catholic Cluster Osceola (715) 294-2243 Rev. Andy Anderson

Trinity Lutheran Church (WELS) Osceola (715) 294-2828 300 Seminole Avenue

Trinity Lutheran Church Stillwater (651) 439-7400 www.trinitylc.org • 115 North Fourth Street Pastors: Dan Poffenberger & Stephanie Vos,

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PLUMBING

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LAW OFFICES

TRAILERS/REPAIR

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No wake zones in effect on St. Croix The Saint Croix River has exceeded 683 feet. As of March 30th at 12:15, the river level was 683.16 feet enacting the "Slow-No Wake Zone" from Taylors Falls to the Mississippi River in Prescott, WI. The Saint Croix River level predictions may change due to additional precipitation. The river is predicted to exceed 687 feet by this weekend, which is minor flood stage.

Marinas and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) public water accesses along the Saint Croix River will be posted advising of the "Slow-No Wake Zone". "Slow-No Wake" means the operation of a watercraft at the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage, and in no case greater than five miles per hour. The no wake zone protects boaters from flood related hazards such as floating debris and river currents. The no wake zone also helps minimize damage to shorelines, levees and islands which are more vulnerable to damage from wakes during the higher events.

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SHERIFF’S REPORT City of Marine on St. Croix

MARCH 8 At 4:07 p.m. a road hazard on Nason Hill Road was reported.

At 7:38 p.m. a complaint about an animal in the 16000 block of St. Croix Trail was received.

MARCH 11 At 7:21 a.m. a driver in the 16000 block of St. Croix Trail was stopped for a traffic violation.

City of Scandia

abandoned on the 14000 block of 185th.

At 10:24 a.m. a medical need in the 22000 block of Perkins was reported.

At 1:03 p.m. a medical need in the 19000 block of Parkview Lane was reported.

At 2:33 p.m. a deer tag was issued on St. Croix Trail and 220th.

MARCH 9 At 5:13 p.m. a neighbor dispute in the 18000 block of Layton was reported.

MARCH 10

MARCH 8 At 3:47 a.m. an alarm sounded in the 14000 block of Scandia Trail.

At 5:02 a.m. a medical need in the 21000 block of Olinda was reported.

At 9:02 a.m. a complaint about a driver on Manning and Scandia Trails was received.

At 9:58 a.m. a 911 line was

At 6:16 a.m. a road hazard on Scandia Trail and Meadowbrook was reported.

At 6:34 p.m. a civil matter in the 14000 block of Scandia Trail was reported.

MARCH 12 At 5:56 p.m. a complaint about a driver on St.

Croix and Scandia Trails was received.

MARCH 15

MARCH 18

MARCH 13 At 5:53 p.m. theft in the 15000 block of Oakhill was reported.

At 9:30 p.m. suspicious activity in the 14000 block of Scandia Trail was reported.

At 10:12 p.m. threats of suicide in the 13000 block of 188th were reported.

At 6:55 a.m. a directed patrol was in place at St. Croix and Scandia Trails.

At 1:48, 3:50, and 4:06 p.m. three calls from the 18000 block of Layton reported civil disputes and disturbances.

At 5:38 p.m. threats of suicide were reported in the 10000 block of 220th.

At 9:55 a.m. a disturbance in the 18000 block of Layton was reported.

At 2:31 p.m. a medical need in the 14000 block of Oren was reported.

MARCH 14

MARCH 16

At 1:02 p.m. complaint about a juvenile in the 18000 block of Langly Court was received.

At 3:16 p.m. an accident on Manning and 207th was reported.

At 5:31 p.m. a deer tag was issued in the 10000 block of 207th.

At 9:15 p.m. a complaint about shooting in the 14000 block of Old Marine Trail was received.

At 3:30 p.m. a gas drive-off in the 14000 block of Scandia Trail was reported.

At 10:39 p.m. a civil dispute in the 18000 block of Layton was reported.

MARCH 17 At 3:42 a.m. and 1:16 p.m. reports of noise and property damage in the 18000 block of Layton were received.

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MARCH 20 At 6:42 a.m. and at 3:16 p.m. disturbances and a neighbor dispute in the 18000 block of Layton were reported.

At 10:41 and 11:07 a.m. two reports of a civil dispute in the 19000 block of Manning were reported.

MARCH 21 At 12 a.m. public assistance was needed in the 12000 block of Oakhill.

At 8:54 a.m. and 6:41 p.m. disturbances in the 18000 block of Layton were reported.

At 10:47 a.m. complaints of shots fired in the 14000 block of 236th were received.

At 3:03 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. an alarm sounded in the 21000 block of Ozark.

At 4:07 p.m. a fire in the 12000 block of 238th was reported.

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MARCH 9 At 6:45 p.m. a complaint about an animal on Square Lake and St. Croix Trails was received.

MARCH 12 At 7:53 a.m. suspicious activity on Arcola Bridge was reported.

MARCH 13 At 1:07 p.m. a complaint about an animal in the 13000 block of Keystone was received.

MARCH 14 At 8:38 p.m. an accident on Manning and 155th was reported.

MARCH 15 At 2:59 a.m. suspicious activity in the 14000 block of Ostrum was reported.

At 9:49 p.m. a fire in the 11000 block of 126th was reported.

MARCH 16

At 9:33 a.m. a complaint about traffic in the 14000 block of Manning was received.

At 1:39 p.m. suspicious activity on Nason Hill and Orwell was reported.

MARCH 17 At 8:32 p.m. a complaint about an animal in the 13000 block of 170th was received.

March 18 At 1:32 p.m. a fire in the 12000 block of St. Croix Trail was reported.

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MARCH 20

At 9:32 a.m. a driver in the 17000 block of Olinda was stopped for a traffic violation.

At 1:32 p.m. a driver on St. Croix and Square Lake Trails was stopped for a traffic violation.

At 2:19 p.m. public assistance was needed in the 15000 block of Square Lake Trail.

MARCH 21 At 8:57 a.m. an alarm sounded in the 13000 block of Manning.

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At 6:09 a.m. a 911 call was abandoned in the 14000 block of 170th.

At 8:53 a.m. a complaint about dumping at Square Lake Park was received.

At 9:37 a.m. a warrant arrest was served in the 13000 block of Lynch.

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