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Doctor talks pain, prescriptions and addiction

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

For anyone watching the nation’s drug overdose deaths climb higher and higher, it’s easy to feel as if there’s little a single person can do.

But neurologist Bret Haake of Regions Hospital in St. Paul seems on a mission to change that notion, encouraging people to alter everyday attitudes and habits that have opened the door to America’s growing opioid crisis.

Haake — whose list of credentials at Regions includes chief medical officer, vice president of medical affairs, and medical director of the neuroscience division — spoke to the Scandia-Marine Lions last week, offering insights into the opioid crisis and how it relates to our attitudes about pain.

“There are 10 times more deaths from opioid addiction now than there were in the ‘80s,” he said of the epidemic. “Those deaths are because of the pain medications that have come through physicians’ offices and ended up on the streets.”

By educating the public about opioids, a category that includes drugs derived from the

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Neurologist Bret Haake of Regions Hospital in St. Paul offered insights into the opioid crisis when he spoke to the Scandia-Marine Lions last week.

opium poppy and those synthesized to imitate natural opiate compounds, he hopes to stop over-prescription and misuse of the drugs.

“I think if we can stop opioids from getting out on the streets it’s going to make a big difference,” he said.

Haake pointed out that opioids are a vital part of modern medicine, able to alleviate acute pain at the end of life or while recovering from severe burns or major operations. Many are trusted

Students connect with nation in Global Read Aloud program From Oct. 2 through Nov.10, the third and fourth grade classes of Scandia Elementary are connecting on a national level with other schools during this year’s Global Read Aloud program.

According to the Global Read Aloud website, “The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a truly global connection with more than 2,000,000 students having participated.”

During the 2017

Global Read Aloud program, teachers will pick a book based on age level to read aloud to their students over the course of six weeks.

Teachers across the world will read the same book.

During this time period, classes try to make global connections with other classes about the book. Each book is set up with a schedule to help teachers and classes stay on track so that everyone can discuss the same chapters at the same time.

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pain relief medications.

“When we think of heroin we think, ‘Oh, what a horrible thing,’” he said. “But the medications that have been put into pills — like morphine, Percocet, hydrocodone — these are all the same chemical formula as opium or heroin.”

They work by mimicking the body’s own pain-relieving compounds. But that relief comes with a catch, Haake explained.

“When we have an injury, we get pain,” he said. “That tells us to stop what we’re doing or pay attention to the part of our body that’s injured. As we heal, our body makes compounds to shut the pain down over time. …

“If we get an opioid as a pill we jump ahead of the normal cycle and make the pain stop right away,” he continued. “The problem is that with a single dose we get relief for six hours,” he continued. “Then for the next 72 hours our pain is actually worse.

With a single opioid pill our brain tries to regenerate the pain so we can re-recognize that we’ve been injured. … We actually are more aware that we’ve been injured. … If we stay on opioids over a period of time our pain

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Scandia City Administrator Neil Soltis looks on as Mayor Christine Maefsky and Councilman Jim Schneider examine a map of the city. The up-close exercise was used to consider where future housing and commercial development should be placed in the city over the next 20 years.

Where should the city grow?

BY KYLE WEAVER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

What should Scandia look like by 2040?

That single over-arching question was at the core of a lengthy discussion the Scandia City Council held recently.

Guided by the city’s engineering firm, Bolton & Menk, the council reviewed its long-term vision

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‘Church of Felons’ will show in Marine The fourth season of the Marine Documentary Film Nights continues with a free screening of “Church of Felons.” It will be shown at the Marine Village Hall on Thurs., Nov. 2, at 7 p.m.

The popular free screenings of documentary films are sponsored by the Marine Film Society and the Marine Community Library. The series will feature three more unique screenings on the first Thursday of the month in December, January and February. Each film in the series is free and open to the public.

“Church of Felons: The Captivating True Story of Addiction, Loss, and Redemption” follows four recovering addicts in a rural Wisconsin church who agree to reveal hidden truths about their criminal pasts. When they speak the unspeakable, the shockwaves reverberate from their own families through the entire Polk County judicial system.

Film director Jordan Mederich returned to his hometown of Osceola, Wis., where his mother is a schoolteacher and his father the pastor of an evangelical church, and discovered that drug and alcohol addiction was taking a shocking toll on the community. Many of the victims of this addiction epidemic, Jordan learned, attended his father's church. As he became more and more outraged about the tragedy of addiction and the seeming indifference of the legal system, he knew that he needed to put his filmmaking skills to use to bring awareness and change.

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After an alcohol-fueled shooting spree, one man lit a Bible on fire and used it as kindling to burn down a historic church.

Marine Documentary Film Series is supported by both Marine Library Association and a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.

View the trailer at: https://vimeo.com/190623365.

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actually increases.”

In the wrong situation, opioids can work against a patient as the body slows production of its own pain-relieving mechanisms, leaving a person to experience more pain when they try to stop using the drug.

“It’s an extremely difficult process,” said Haake. “…We really shouldn’t be using them for sprained ankles, broken bones, bad backs, bad necks, headaches. It’s just a slippery slope.”

An underlying psychiatric illness or other challenge can make the process of withdrawal even more difficult, according to the doctor.

“It’s a very alluring pill to help cope with life,” Haake said.

“Depression, anxiety, PTSD, various kinds of stressors in life.”

Still, almost everyone has been prescribed opioids at some point, and many do not get addicted. Some don’t even finish the bottle of pills they

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were prescribed. Indirectly, this has contributed to the larger epidemic.

“The problem with the pills sitting in people’s cupboards is that babysitters, house keepers, people working in homes are going through the cupboard and the pills are ending up at high school parties,” said Haake. Alternatively, they might be sold or given away.

In most situations, according to Haake, opioids are unnecessary medicine. He urged audience members to rethink their relationship to pain and the body’s healing processes, and to turn down prescriptions for opioids in the case of chronic pain.

“Aside from the fact that we all have pain every day — it’s part of what signals to us that we’re alive — if we have confidence that we’re going to be OK, if we exercise and get on with life and don’t take pills, on average our pain becomes bearable,” he said.

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third grade class has connected with a third grade class in Austin, Texas and have been using their classroom blogs to get know each other. Kelly Duncan’s third grade class has been participating in an online class with other third grade classrooms from New York, Texas, Indiana, California, Iowa, Michigan, Arkansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wyoming, and even Saskatchewan, Canada. Duncan’s class has shared pictures of the classroom, predictions of the book, and thoughts and comments on the first three chapters.

They will also be participating in weekly live streaming discussions using Google Hangouts or Skype with a different class each week from around the world.

Common opioids Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet) Hydrocodone (Vicodin) Tramadol (Ultram) Morphine Heroin fentanyl

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Financial Focus

Put Lessons From “Retirement Week” to Work To raise public awareness about the importance of saving for retirement, Congress has designated the third week of October as National Save for Retirement Week. What lessons can you learn from this event?

First of all, save early – and save often. Too many people put off saving for retirement until they are in their late 40s – and even their 50s. If you wait until you are in this age group, you can still do quite a bit to help build the resources you will need for retirement – but it will be more challenging than if you had begun saving and investing while you were in your 20s or early 30s. For one thing, if you delay saving for retirement, you may have to put away large sums of money each year to accumulate enough to support a comfortable retirement lifestyle. Plus, to achieve the growth you need, you might have to invest more aggressively than you’d like, which means taking on more risk. And even then, there are no guarantees of getting the returns you require.

On the other hand, if you start saving and investing when you are still in the early stages of your career, you can make smaller monthly contributions to your retirement accounts. And by putting time on your side, you’ll be able to take advantage of compounding – the ability to earn money on your principal and your earnings.

Here’s another lesson to be taken from National Save for Retirement Week: Maximize your opportunities to invest in the tax-advantaged retirement accounts available to you, such as an IRA and a 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan.

If you have a 401(k)-type plan at work, contribute as much as you can afford every year, and increase your contributions whenever your salary goes up. At a minimum, put in enough to earn your employer’s matching contribution, if one is offered.

Apart from saving and investing early and contributing to your tax-advantaged retirement accounts, how else can you honor the spirit of National Save for Retirement Week? A key step you can take is to reduce the barriers to building your retirement savings. One such obstacle is debt. The larger your monthly debt payments, the less you will be able to invest each month. It’s not easy, of course, to keep your debt under control, but do the best you can.

One other barrier to accumulating retirement resources is the occasional large expense resulting from a major car repair, sizable medical bills or other things of that nature. If you constantly have to dip into your long-term investments to meet these costs, you’ll slow your progress toward your retirement goals. To help prevent this from happening, try to build an emergency fund big enough to cover three to six months’ worth of living expenses. Since you’ll need instant access to this money, you’ll want to keep it in a liquid, low-risk account.

So, there you have them: some suggestions on taking the lessons of National Save for Retirement Week to heart. By following these steps, you can go a long way toward turning your retirement dreams into reality.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Heidi Gemuenden, AAMS® Financial Advisor 41 Judd Street, Marine-On-St. Croix, MN (651) 433-1776

COUNCIL: Scandia - where should the city grow?

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and goals as part of its ongoing comprehensive plan development. Primarily, the council was asked to choose between keeping the community designated as “Diversified Rural,” changing that designation to “Rural Center,” or using a blend of the two designations, as recommended by the city’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee.

Under a “Diversified Rural” designation, the city would continue to develop much as it has, allowing subdivisions of agricultural and rural lands on a 4-lots-per-40acres basis. Switching to a “Rural Center” designation would allow far more density, at 3 to 5 development units per acre.

The council zeroed in on a blend of the two concepts, pointing toward the existing city center and a sizable area northwest of Big Marine Lake—near the existing Big Marine Lake Store— as the areas to focus development.

Essentially it was a choice between concentrating housing and commercial develop-

ment in specific areas to preserve open spaces, or standing pat and allowing development to happen on a natural cycle, as landowners and homeowners voluntarily choose to buy, sell and build new homes.

The comprehensive plan goal is for the city to accommodate a population of 4,950 people in 2,100 households by 2040—a forecast set by the Metropolitan Council. That goal would be far exceeded under the city’s existing plan.

City Administrator Neil Soltis noted, though, that the discussion isn’t only about where future homes go, but also where future commercial development should go and where public infrastructure, such as sewer and water utilities, will need to be installed to support it.

“If you want to call it ‘Rural Center,’ it implies that there is commercial (zoning) there to support it,” Soltis said.

For part of the discussion, the council split into two groups, with council members Chris Ness and Steve Kronmiller in one group and Jim Schneider and Mayor Christine Maefsky in

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Councilman Bob Hegland, who has occasionally ranted about the extensive length of the city’s existing comprehensive plan, was not present for the discussion.

The two pairs each were given a map to figuratively re-draw the city’s future “Rural Center” development areas.

Schneider noted that the exercise could essentially change the character of the entire city and shift the future value of lands. He worried aloud that the council’s discussion might be getting too specific.

“For us to sit here and say ‘we want to keep that a farm,’ that’s not our gig,” Schneider said.

An open house on the city’s comprehensive plan is scheduled for Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Scandia Community Center.

Survey says As part of the Oct. 4 discussion, the council weighed citizen feedback provided by a community-wide survey.

Conducted by Bolton & Menk, the survey information was gathered during the last year’s worth of community events, such as Vinterfest and Taco Daze, as well as through the city office and website.

In general, surveyed residents feel the community’s strength are its rural character, its open spaces, and its history.

The city’s aging population, quality of internet service and lack of businesses were viewed as the city’s greatest challenges.

For instance, a majority of those surveyed

(73 percent) were between ages 45 and 74.

Fifty-eight percent of the respondents reported having lived in the community for 15 years or more.

Though there were a number of choices, “clean and safe” and “rural character” were the top two reasons chosen, at 17 percent each, as why people recommend Scandia as a place to live. “Small town character” (12 percent) and “quality of schools” (8 percent) were the second and third most popular responses, respectively.

A plurality of those surveyed (23 percent) said that unreliable or slow internet service is the greatest challenge Scandia faces. Businesses struggling to survive amid low-density housing (14 percent) and high housing costs (9 percent) were chosen second- and third-most.

As far as future land development, 37 percent wanted to see a combination of the development concepts, (e.g.

“Diversified Rural” and “Rural Center”), while 17 percent chose to have “no growth.”

Nearly a majority chose to have that development occur in and around the “Village Center.”

Complete results of the survey can be found on the city’s website: http://www. ci.scandia.mn.us/index. asp?SEC=2D24A037C7D3-418F-9BA3F698B27DD1EB&DE=C709CD34-8E9C-4BC48790-FB8A068EAA3A The next Scandia City Council meeting will be held on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.

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OCTOBER 20 Out the Back Door — Artist Reception Marine on St. Croix’s Rudi Hargesheimer will present images from his “out the back door” walks and discuss when, where, how and why his photos become art, not just snapshots.

Rudi’s photographs are on display in the Marine Community Library from September through October. See: www. northshorephotoart. com 7 p.m. Free. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

Marine Village Hall (121 Judd Street, Marine on Saint Croix) in the Council Chambers.

OCTOBER 20-21 Clothing event The Sharing Shop, a clothing store, located at Lakes Free Church,

29620 Olinda Trail, Lindstrom, is having its Fall Clothing Event on Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon, and 5 to 7 p.m., and Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon.

A small fee is charged.

FFI: (651) 257-2677 or visit www.lakesfree.org.

OCTOBER 25 & 26 Collective Goods fundraiser The Partners of OMC will be having a gift and book fundraiser, Collective Goods (formerly known as Books are Fun) on Wed. Oct 25 (9-5) and Thurs Oct 26 (9-3) at Osceola Medical Center Cascade Room.

OCTOBER 26 Books & Biscotti The annual Books & Biscotti author event will feature Sue Leaf, who wrote Potato City among other books. This free event at Osceola

the Marine Documentary Film Nights continues with a free screening of “Church of Felons.” It will be shown at the Marine Village Hall at 7 pm.

The popular free screenings of documentary films are sponsored by the Marine Film Society and the Marine Community Library. “Church of Felons” follows four recovering addicts in a rural Wisconsin church who agree to reveal hidden truths about their criminal pasts. It is free and open to the public.

Public Library is open to the public and sponsored

by The Friends. Fabulous biscotti, good program and conversation.

6 p.m. FFI: 715-294-2310.

OCTOBER 28 Festa di Pasta A Community Italian Festa di Pasta will be held at First United Methodist Church of Stillwater at the corner of Greeley and Myrtle Streets on October 28th from 4:00 -7:00 P.M. There will be a silent auction, Country Store filled with homemade crafts and goodies, and opportunity to own a hand-made quilt,.

Call 651-439-1880 or email firstumc@msn. com to reserve your seat.

NOVEMBER 4 Fall bazaar Croixdale’s 12th annual Fall bazaar is Saturday, Nov. 4th from 10am -2pm.

Jewelry, home décor, arts, crafts, seasonal items, bake sale, used book sale

NOVEMBER 2 Church of Felons The fourth season of

And much more!

Lunch special. Croixdale is located at 750 Hwy. 95 N. Bayport, MN 55003.

For more info., please call 651-275-4800.

NOVEMBER 9 Craft Sale The Partners of OMC will be hosting their annual vendor and craft sale fundraiser on Thursday, November 9.

The event takes place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the conference rooms at Osceola Medical Center.

ONGOING Donate books Help fill the library at River Grove Elementary!

Donate new or gently used children’s books.

Drop sites are located at Marine Town Hall, Christ Lutheran Church and Sal’s. Thank you for your support.

Stillwater support group for families

NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) sponsors free support groups for families who have a relative with a mental illness. Led by trained facilitators who have a family member with mental illness, the support groups help families develop better coping skills and find strength through sharing their experiences. The group meets on the first and third Mondays of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Stillwater Library, 224 Third St. N., in Margaret Rivers Room A. Please use the Third Street entrance and free parking ramp.

FFI: Call Marie or Bob at 651-770-1436.

Wild Walk Week hits Scandia

During the week of Oct. 2, Scandia Elementary’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) held its Wild Walk Week fundraiser to foster community building while having fun in the process.

Wild Walk week is not a typical fundraiser as the students are not required to go door to door selling items such as magazines.

Instead, each family donates money to help support their school’s PTO efforts. If a family donates $50, their student will receive a specially designed Wild Walk t-shirt and if a family donates $100, their student will also receive a sweatshirt.

Throughout the week to help raise awareness for their PTO, students participated in spirit days such as hat day, jersey day, pajama day and wacky hair day.

On Oct. 6, all students participated in Wild Walk Day, wearing their new shirts or vintage Wild Walk shirts, playing games and doing other fun activities. At the culmination of the games, the Scandia Marine Lions Club had juice and cookies ready for all students to enjoy.

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Scandia Elementary students showed off their pride during Wild Walk Week by participating in hat day, jersey day, playing giant Connect Four and a life-size version of Hungry Hippos, all while wearing their Wild Walk t-shirts.

Lions announce raffle winners The Scandia Marine Lions Club had their monthly drawing for Community Raffle winners.

Winners for October 2017 are: $25 Bill Bosshardt from Woodbury $25 Roger Smith from Maple Grove $50 Kate Reinitz from Marine $50 Jim McRunnel from Hudson, WI $50 Janice Carlson from Marine $50 C.R. Anderson from Scandia $100 Judy Campbell from Mora Seven more raffle winners next month.

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The night we called on the crazy lady

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ctober is flying by, with the scariest part ahead — Halloween.

I was recalling some of the Halloweens of my youth and remembered an incident that occurred in the fall and scared the Dickens out of me. Here is my tale of the night my friends and I knocked on the door of the scariest house in town.

There was an old maid that lived alone a couple doors down from the grandparents of one of my childhood friends in an old house with an overgrown yard.

The myth and legend surrounding this lady ranged from a local Lizzie Borden to a misunderstood, slightly crazy spinster.

The house was across the street Publisher from several stops on my morning paper route, so seven days a week Tom Stangl I had the chance to get my fears reinforced. If she happened to be awake at 6 a.m., what would stop her from kidnapping, torturing and killing a paperboy? Hey - when you are 11 years old and sleep deprived, the imagination tends to get the better of you sometimes.

My friend Jeff was obsessed with the crazy lady in the spooky house. He came up with what he thought would be the perfect plan: a frontal attack, knocking on the front door. The ruse we would use, wearing hats and coats, was that we were from a neighboring town going door to door recruiting scouts. Yes, it was a stupid plan. So stupid that it might just work!

We settled on a night near Halloween.

We felt it would be safer if one of Jeff’s brothers would wait on his grandparent’s front porch — just in case the old lady got the drop on us. Besides, the youngest brother was too scared to go in the group onto the porch.

The night came, we had our hats (Jeff wore a cowboy hat — he thought it would be more convincing) and what remained of our nerves and we stepped on to the creaky boards of the front porch.

Jeff knocked on the door and we stood, petrified with fear as he knocked on the door. What happened next convinced us to never, ever talk about the crazy lady ever again. After two knocks (there might be animals trapped, we HAD to follow through), the front door opened.

The door creaked open, revealing nothing but the dark silhouette of the crazy lady. (Brilliant move - leave the room dark so we can’t see the corpses) Jeff, to his credit, gave his pitch, using a Texas drawl (I guess the cowboy hat took over).

There was a brief period of uncomfortable silence and the crazy lady closed her door.

We ran as fast as we could, and would later boast of our bravery.

It turns out the crazy lady wasn’t a killer, just a crazy old lady. She died about 20 years ago, and I don’t recall any bodies being found when they moved her home.

Later, I would read the novel and see the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” and realize that I had nearly come face to face with what I had imagined to be our town’s Boo Radley.

It’s a universal truth — you never really know a man (or woman) until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.

As always, I welcome your input. Please feel free to call me at 715-268-8101, write me at P.O. Box 424, Amery, WI, 54001 or email me at tstangl@theameryfreepress.com.

Thanks for reading. I’ll keep in touch; feel free to do the same.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks for the hospitality To the Editor, As one of this year’s artists-in-residence at Pine Needles, I’d like to thank the Science Museum of Minnesota and the St. Croix Watershed Research Station. This has been a welcome op-

portunity to explore new creative ideas in a truly beautiful setting. I’d also like to express my thanks to the residents of Marine. I arrived as a stranger but quickly discovered an amazing community of artists, friendly neighbors, engaged citizens, and the dedicated scientists

at SCWRS. I finished the residency with many new friends and colleagues. This has been a valuable experience on many levels, and I am grateful for the opportunity.

I’ll return often to see my new friends and to paint in the area. I developed about 20 new

paintings and quite a few small studies and sketches. They will be displayed at the Marine library in March and April 2018.

Karlyn Eckman Saint Paul

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love wild mushrooms. In the spring there are the morels. The crème ala crème of mushrooms, morels are tasty, delicate and often abundant if you take the time to crawl around through bramble and briars. Count on a few woodticks and blood running from any exposed skin - it’s a price I’m willing to pay.

Yesterday I walked out of the door, across the patio onto the sidewalk and I spotted mushrooms everywhere.

Little round balls from marble size to ping pong ball size. I pulled out my iphone and snapped a photo to post on a site called Mushroom Identification. obvious to see this site has memWild River It’s bers that are newbies like me to people who look at a photo and immediately Trails call it by its Latin name and then creJim Bennett ate an exposé teaching anyone inter-

ested everything there is to know about that particular mushroom.

One person was there for me right off the bat. “It’s Lycoperdon pyriforme, in laymans term it’s the common puffball. It’s edible. Cut it in half and send me a photo.

If it’s marshmallow white and there are no gills that’s it and it’s edible. Consider yourself very lucky.”

I grabbed my fillet knife and after making the cut I saw that it was white as snow in the middle and all the way through. I grabbed a couple of books I purchased recently and did more research to confirm my find.

Others on the mushroom ID site collaborated it as well.

Another person sent me to a sight called mushroomexpert.com that took away the last of any fear I had.

Grabbing a fry pan and butter I browned a small one. It browned up really nice and had a great woodsy aroma.

The first taste reminded me of a morel with a slight SEE BENNETT, PAGE 5

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One very “Gouda” cheese maker

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arieke Penterman came to the United States looking for love and a job. Not only did she find love, but also found cheese and lots of it, but not gouda. Thirteen years later, five children and over 100 cheese awards, she couldn’t be happier.

I heard about Penterman over the years because her cheeses kept winning awards. She was also on my radar because she only uses raw milk in her cheeses—which I am a huge fan of!

When I heard she was invited as Wild Chow a guest speaker at UW-River Falls last, I had to go and meet her.

Lisa Erickson This is an amazing woman. After having her first babies (a set of twins), she wanted to find a way to open her own business. She first looked into selling baby furniture, but that didn’t work out. Then after hearing a cow mooing late at night, she decided to learn how to make cheese—and we are so glad she did.

Penterman is from Holland. She grew up on a farm on the western side that bums up against Germany. After earning a degree in dairy business, she made her way to the United States and met her husband. She started making cheese after only two days of shadowing artisanal cheese makers in her home country and one in River Falls.

Of course, after lots of trails and errors, she figured out the perfect recipe for her Gouda cheese.

Her first day of ever making cheese was November 22, 2006. That’s a amazing from not knowing anything about cheese.

Her cheeses have won so many awards, she is having hard time keeping track of them all. Her goal is to win first place in the World Cheese Competition. I guess 3rd or 4th place isn’t good enough.

Her biggest accomplishment thus far is requests from her home country to sell her cheese there— the Gouda capital of the world.

Penterman was kind enough to share a favorite recipe with me for breakfast strata. If you would like to visit her farm. Here is her website: www. mariekegouda.com

Helen Walker loves to scream...

BINGO!

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ith the news surrounding Sarah Hyden-Smith, first female pastor in Lennox Valley, and Raymond Cooper’s conversion at the Lutheran Church, one might think the other churches on the town square took a back seat during the summer of 1998. But the good Lord works in mysterious ways, and during the summer of ‘98, it was more true in the valley than in most places.

Sure, the Methodists and Lutherans might have been hogging the limelight at the moment, but it hadn’t been long since Todd Cecil, world-famous TV evangelist, graced the stage at First Baptist Church, and plans were already being made for the annual Baptist Men’s Breakfast and Turkey Shoot.

Don’t think the Catholics were suffering from lack of attention.

Unlike their Baptist brethren, the good folks at All Saints Catholic Church didn’t need celebrities or firearms to have a good time. They knew their faith, which had lasted twenty centuries, depended on tradition rather than big one-time events to keep the flames fanned.

And no tradition was more important than Friday night bingo.

Yes, every Friday night most valley Catholics, as well as a good number of Lutherans and Methodists, filled the parish hall for the chance to scream, “Bingo!” and walk home with cash and other valuable prizes.

Probably no one enjoyed bingo night more than Helen Walker.

Helen had been playing bingo at All Saints for as long as anyone could remember. She always

showed up early, right at 4:55, and took her place on the first row, left of the center aisle.

It was important that Helen get her front row seat because, well, she couldn’t hear as well as she once did. It was all she could do to make out the faint letters being called out over the parish hall sound system. Her hearing was so bad, in fact, that almost every week she would hear some of the numbers incorrectly, thinking she had made bingo when she really hadn’t. Over time, other players began allowing Helen to think she had won, rather than go through the arduous task of explaining to her what had really happened.

Anyway, most folks thought it was cute that Helen went home every week thinking she was a big winner.

Helen particularly liked the “special” games played each week.

Two or three times each Friday, the caller would yell, “Catholic bingo!” and Father O’Reilly would come to the stage and pull a random card out of a box next to the caller’s microphone. Each card corresponded with a different “Catholic” version of bingo.

Helen’s favorite was “Rosary Prayer Bingo,” although she was often confused by the caller’s words. Just last week, she had confused “Glory be to the Father” with “Hail Holy Queen” and walked off with the $20 jackpot.

This was a special bingo night, as valley mayor “Silver Tongue” Dick Bland was on hand to call one game. With his roaring voice, it would be less likely that Helen would win during his game.

Showing up at bingo was a calculated risk for the mayor. He was a member of First Baptist Church, which normally gave him a distinct advantage on election day. But with the election just five weeks away, Bland found himself in the fight of his life against challenger Raymond Cooper.

Bland decided it was worth the risk, possibly upsetting some of the voters at his home church, where games such as bingo were frowned upon. He hoped his Baptist base would understand his predicament while he picked up a few votes among bingo night regulars.

On any other Friday night, Raymond Cooper would show up to disrupt the mayor’s limelight.

However, this was no normal night. While the lights were bright at All Saints Parish Hall, other lights were shining down the street at the radio station as Cooper met with Marvin Walsh and Elbert Lee Jones to find a way out of the mess they had made earlier in the day when they spilled the beans about the cause of egg price inflation in the valley.

“I sense,” Raymond told his fellow conspirators, “that the Lord is about to shake up Lennox Valley Lutheran Church this Sunday like it’s never been shaken before.”

At that very moment, the excited voice of none other than Helen Walker could be heard in the distance as she shouted, “Bingo!”

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Breakfast Strata with Marieke’s® Gouda Smoked 10 slices French bread 2 Tbsp. butter ½ cup onion, chopped ½ cup red pepper, chopped 2 cloves of garlic minced 5 fresh mushrooms, sliced 1 can of artichoke hearts, drained and chopped 2 cups fresh spinach 6 large eggs 2 ½ cups milk 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper 2 cups shredded Marieke® Gouda Smoked, shredded Lightly toast the bread so that it is dry, set aside.

In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat.

Add onions, peppers, and garlic; cook for 4 minutes.

Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook until the moisture is released and they begin to shrivel.

Add the artichokes and the spinach cook until the spinach is wilted.

In a 9 x 13 pan, spray with cooking spray and arrange half of the bread. Spoon half of the cooked vegetable over the top of the bread. Sprinkle half of the cheese over the vegetables and repeat with the vegetables (Don’t put the remaining cheese on yet).

In a large bowl, whisk; eggs, milk, and salt and pepper. Pour over the pan of bread, veggies. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or over night.

Preheat oven to 350º degrees. Remove strata from fridge and allow to sit for 20 minutes. Remove plastic and cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Bake for another 20 minutes or until strata is puffed up in the middle. Top with remaining cheese and bake for addition 5 minutes, until cheese is melted. Cool slightly and serve.

Lisa Erickson is a food columnist who loves adventure and food. You can find more recipes at www. wild-chow.com or email her at wildchowrecipes@ gmail.com.

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bitterness that I liked.

I was also told that I could sell them for $8 a pound.

Many mushroom hunters are in it for the money.

Not me. I’m it for the pleasure of eating them as any good hunter gatherer would do. Since joining the site I’ve learned to pay close attention to one little catch phrase many mushroom hunters use. It goes like this.

“All mushroom are edible, but some only once!” That meaning snuck up on me but knowing that there are poisonous mushrooms out there I want to be sure I eat the ones that can be eaten time and time again.

The best naturalist I know of, Stan Tekiela has written a book with Karen Shanberg called “START MUSHROOMING –THE EASIEST WAY TO START COLLECTING 6 EDIBLE MUSHROOMS”. He calls

them to Safe Six and breaks down an easy way to get into fall schrooming. Tekiela adds some great photographs that can take away most of the fears of a newbie like me. But I go one step further with the Mushroom Identification site that seems to be affiliated with Facebook.

Years ago I had a woodsy elderly gentleman take me into the woods and show me what he called a “Stump Mushroom”. It was big with that perfect mushroom shape. That shape, color and most importantly the smell taught me how to find this one mushroom and it tasted so good I didn’t need to look for more. Now 30 years later I’m looking for more.

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

Moody’s issues report on County credit rating Moody’s Investor Services is a leading provider of credit ratings for corporate and public finance issuers, and has begun to issue an annual issuer comment report (AICR) for local government issuers who access the markets infrequently.

Washington County most

recently issued debt in 2016 and received the highest credit rating available of AAA from Moody’s.

At the end of August, Moody’s issued an AICR that provides a summary of key economic, demographic, and financial information for Washington County.

Moody’s report concluded that

Washington County’s credit position is “excellent” and noted that its AAA rating is better than most other counties. Moody’s noted that the key factors in reviewing the county’s financial health include a very strong financial position, an extensive tax base, and strong resident wealth levels.

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Stray bullet incident reconstructed at May Township hearing

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May Town Chair Bill Voedisch explains the device he used to establish that a group of target shooters accused of accidentally firing a bullet into a Marine on St. Croix home were aimin at an up hill target.

May Township property owners, Brett and Anabelle Christianson, and

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At the hearing, new details came to light in the story of the allegedly missed target on Orwell Road. Because of a medical emergency, the Christiansons were not home when the target-shooting event took place. They had given permission to a small group of people, organized by David Hansen of Stillwater Township, to target shoot at their property. According to Hansen, he and six others were aiming for three targets, the furthest target being approximately 200 meters.

The target shooting is believed to have tak-

en place on an uphill slope without a proper backstop, according to May Town Chair Bill Voedisch and Supervisor John Adams, who visited the Christianson property with permission.

Thursday night’s discussion focused on the schematics of the property, questions about the direction the shots were fired, and whether it was a cornfield or just grass that was located directly behind the furthest target.

Hansen resisted the idea that their group was responsible for the bullets fired into the home, saying the bullet had not been matched to a specific rifle and that shots

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Residents from May Township, Marine on St. Croix and elsewhere packed the May Town Hall October 5 as the town board heard testimony and findings regarding an August shooting in which a bullet is alleged to have been fired from a May property into a Marine home.

Initially, deputies and investigators with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office believed two bullets had been accidentally fired into the Marine on St. Croix home when a shooting target was missed on a May Township property. Further analysis has suggested that it was only one bullet that broke into two pieces before hitting the wall in the home, according to Andrew Ellickson, an investigations commander who spoke on behalf of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

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had been heard at other locations the same day.

He also said the shooting was done in too much of an east-west direction to have been fired into the Marine home.

According to Chair Voedisch, “The issue with this incident is that there may be no way for forensics or an investigation to determine what gun was fired and who fired the shot. What the board can do is evaluate whether there was a violation of a town firearm or nuisance ordinance.”

“I’d like to say to the Powells that Anabelle and I are very sorry,” said Brett Christianson.

“This isn’t something that should happen to anyone.”

Christianson said they would not allow those guests to shoot on their property in the future, and would not allow anyone to shoot unless they were present. He added that he believed there were ways to shoot safely on the property.

The Christiansons’ attorney challenged the board on the nuisance ordinance, but Voedisch was confident that elements of the health and safety of the public were applicable to the firearm incident. The Christiansons explained that they were willing to work with shooting limitations imposed on them as a result of the incident, but hoped to continue to use a tree stand for hunting on their property, and expressed concern that the limitations would be attached to the property even if sold.

Jane Powell, who was home with her daughter the day the incident occurred, stood before the board and read a statement that she had prepared. From the beginning, her and her husband’s focus has been about who will be held accountable for the incident, and how something like this can be prevent-

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alk of new construction seems to be all around us, including new municipal buildings: libraries, headquarters for police or the highway department, and so on. Amidst all this talk I’ve been surprised to hear over and over in different situations that a reasonable expectation for the useable “life” of these public buildings is about 50 years.

If you could see me, my brow would be furrowed.

The house I live in is almost 120 years old. With general maintenance and a few updates over the last century (you know, electricity, heat, indoor plumbing), it looks great, keeps our family warm and Editor is standing strong. I don’t think it’s Suzanne Lindgren a stretch to say we’ll get at least 80

more years out of it.

And when I look around, I see more of the same.

From St. Croix Falls and Osceola to Scandia and Marine, the historic buildings that line our downtown districts — many of which have been reinvented time and again as storefronts, office buildings and restaurants — have weathered at least the last century. They look great. They’re sturdy. It seems as if they’ll last another hundred years.

Which is why I can’t wrap my mind around that 50-year figure. And that’s not even the worst of it. If you’ll let me pick on Washington County for a minute, they’re planning on tearing down two libraries.

One is 33 years old. The other is 27. Presumably, these were built as investments. With millions of taxpayer dollars. Can’t we expect more?

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ed in the future. Powell expressed that she appreciated that a more active discussion had

taken place during Thursday night’s meeting.

Ultimately, the board limited most shooting on the property. They

allowed air rifles and shotguns with shells or slugs for deer hunting from a tree stand. The ban will remain in effect until or unless the prop-

erty owners return to the board with a plan for safe target shooting and the board reviews and approves the plan.

Firearm Use and Nuisances in May Township Chapter 5 of the Town Code refers to ordinances related to Public Health, Safety and Welfare.

Article 504.01 examines the use of firearms and states that, “any air rifle, air gun, B-B gun, spring gun, or similar device for the propulsion of shot or other metal pellet by means of compressing air or mechanical spring action” is considered a firearm.

Section 504.02 of the Town Code explains that discharging is prohibited: • No person shall discharge any gun, pistol, revolver or other firearm or air gun within the boundaries of the Town of May, except as allowed by this Article, or unless such person is a duly authorized law enforcement office in performance of duty.

• The place of discharge of a firearm within the Township must be five hundred (500) feet or more away from a residence,

whether or not inhabited.

• There shall be no hunting in Township road rights-of-way.

Section 504.03: Exceptions • No one is exempt from the 500 foot residence setback prohibition for discharging a firearm as stated in 504.02 B. as it applies to neighboring residences, unless they have written, dated permission from the owner or occupier of such neighboring residences.

• Subject to 504.03 A. above, the following persons are exempt from the stated prohibition in 504.02 B. and may discharge a firearm closer than 500 feet of a residence, but only if such residence: a.) is owned or occupied by them, or b.) is on property that is owned or occupied by a relative by blood or marriage, or is on property where they, their spouse and children, are employed and living, c.) if such property is

owned by their employer, or d.) is on property where they have written dated permission from the owner or occupier of such residence.

Chapter 5, Section 1 of the Town Code explains that Nuisance refers to a thing, act or use of property which: • Annoys, injures or endangers the health, safety, comfort or repose of the public; • Offends public decency; • Unlawfully interferes with the use of or obstructs or tends to obstruct or renders dangerous for passage, a public water way, park, square, street, alley or highway; • Depreciates the value of the property of the inhabitants of the Town, or of a considerable number thereof; or • In any way renders the inhabitants of the Town, or a considerable number thereof, insecure in life or in use of property.

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County Board reviews capital improvement program as part of annual budget The Washington County Board of Commissioners reviewed the county’s five-year capital improvement program (CIP) Oct. 10, in preparation for approving the final CIP Dec. 12.

The CIP covers five years of major capital projects in the county, including roads, bridges, and buildings, with the first year’s projects included in the 2018 budget. Over the course of the five-year program, it is anticipated that 95 percent of the money will be spent on roads and bridges, 3 percent on parks and land acquisition, and 2 percent on public facilities. Almost 70 percent will be paid for with intergovernmental revenue, 16 percent paid for with revenue bonds, 10 percent paid for with general obligation bonds, and the rest paid for with other, smaller funds.

It is anticipated that the major work on public facilities in coming years will include renovations on the Valley Branch, Oakdale, and the R.H. Stafford libraries, new libraries in Mahtomedi to replace the Wildwood Library and Cottage Grove to replace the Park Grove Library, as well as renovations to the county’s gun range. County parks, including the Historic Courthouse, will also receive renovations, along with trail overlays, and playground upgrades at Big Marine Park Reserve and Lake Elmo Park Reserve. Highway projects include 31 projects throughout the county, with $163.2 million expected in highway and transit investments.

Those include intersection control projects, safety and capacity projects, and pavement preservation and rehabilitation.

The 2018 program includes $34.6 million in projects. The program includes the County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 12, Highway 244, and CSAH 9 project in Mahtomedi.

After the review by the County Board, the CIP is released for public comment; comments are due Nov. 22, after which county staff will respond to the comments. The County Board will conduct a public hearing on the CIP Dec. 12 before adopting it.

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Sheriff Starry announces election bid for 2019

PUBLIC NOTICES MARINE ON ST. CROIX PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TUESDAY OCTOBER 31, 2017 7:40PM – 121 JUDD ST. VILLAGE HALL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday October 31, 2017 at 7:40pm to consider a Conditional Use Permit for an Accessory Apartment and a Front Yard Variance for Christian and Anne Minich at 280 Cherry Street.

Details are available at the City Office during regular office hours.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 2017

By Kiersten Young, Assistant City Clerk Published in The Country Messenger October 11 and October 25, 2017

MARINE ON ST. CROIX PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 8:00PM – 121 JUDD ST. – VILLAGE HALL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing for public comment will be held on Tuesday October

31, 2017 at 8:00pm to review a proposed parking lot at Christ Lutheran Church.

Details are available at the City Office during regular office hours.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 2017

By Kiersten Young, Assistant City Clerk

It is with great excitement that Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry formally announces his intention to run for election in 2018.

Sheriff Starry has spent his entire career with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, beginning in 1993. He has had numerous assignments within the Sheriff’s Office and has held every rank. In addition to serving as the current Sheriff, he is an executive board member for North Central High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, member of the Minnesota Violent Crime Coordinated Council, and on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Washington County East.

Sheriff Starry affirms that it his honor and privilege to be Sheriff, working with an amazing staff of 255 dedicated individuals to provide quality public safety services every day to the citizens of Washington County.

“Our dedicated men and women continue to do outstanding work for our community day in and

Published in The Country Messenger October 18, 2017 MARINE ON ST. CROIX PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 7:35PM – 121 JUDD ST. VILLAGE HALL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday October 31, 2017 at 7:35pm to consider the addition of an SFU Overlay District.

Details are available at the City Office during regular office hours.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 2017

By Kiersten Young, Assistant City Clerk Published in The Country Messenger October 18, 2017

OCHF Grant Funds Available Osceola Community Health Foundation is pleased to announce that grant applications are being accepted from eligible organizations to support health related programs. The foundation accepts grant requests from nonprofits that serve our community and is interested in requests that address physical health issues of obesity and tobacco use, and mental health issues of depression, suicide, alcohol and drug abuse prevention. The board reviews grant requests on a quarterly basis with deadlines of December 15, March 15, June 15 and September 15. For more information and applications go to MyOCHF.org.

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ication, continued enforcement of our drug laws and working with other county agencies to provide services for those fighting addiction; protecting those affected by sex and human trafficking through strong enforcement and providing victim-based services; engaging with mental health professionals to reduce the stigma of mental health and increase access to services; and finally, committing to technology advancements to uncover and apprehend the criminals who hide behind the cover of their computer or cell phones, targeting our most vulnerable citizens.

“I am excited to continue to serve the citizens of Washington County as I have for the past 24 years. I will continue to develop and build on existing relationships to provide superior service as well as support the men and women who have also dedicated their lives to public safety,” he said.

Sheriff Starry and his wife, Jeanice, live and work in Stillwater and have two daughters.

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day out,” he said.

Sheriff Starry’s priorities include continuing to partner with Washington County citizens through the Sheriff’s Office’s Community Engagement Unit, which he helped develop. “I believe that effective communication and sound decision-making are keys to building relationships with our community partners. We continue to work hand in hand with our citizens to ensure that everyone feels safe, engaged, and is treated with respect and dignity.”

Other priorities for Sheriff Starry include continuing to support and partner with local public safety agencies throughout Washington County; standing firm to combat the current opioid crisis by collecting unused and unwanted prescription pain med-

The five-member Planning Commission meets the first Tuesday of each month, and advises the City Council on all matters related to planning and zoning. Members

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County Board will conduct public hearing on buffer ordinance

The Washington County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing to gather testimony on the adoption of a county buffer ordinance at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the County Board Room in the Government Center.

The Government Center is at 14949 62nd St. N., in Stillwater. The Board Room is on the fifth floor of the Government Center.

The Minnesota Buffer Law was signed into law in 2015, with some revisions made in 2016 and 2017. The law requires primarily agricultural landowners to implement vegetative buffer strips along public waters and public drainage systems, to protect or improve water quality.

The County Board elected local jurisdiction for enforcement of the buffer law in June, and notified the Board of Water and Soil Resources

(BWSR).

The proposed buffer ordinance puts in place the required local controls to enforce the ordinance.

The ordinance applies countywide to all waters, including public drainage systems, shown on a buffer protection map prepared by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and available on its website at www.dnr.state.mn.us/buffers/ index.html. The proposed county ordinance closely mirrors the model ordinance provided by BWSR, and should be in place by Nov. 1.

The basic buffer requirements in the ordinance are a 50-foot average and 30-foot minimum buffer requirement for public waters on the DNR buffer map, and a 16.5-foot minimum for public drainage systems on the DNR buffer map. The ordinance includes information on exemptions and alternative practic-

es as allowed by state law.

Determining compliance will be done through a partnership between the Washington Conservation District (WCD) and the county. Enforcement options for noncompliant landowners include criminal and/or an administrative penalties.

To date, the WCD has identified 120 parcels in the county, owned by approximately 85 landowners, which may be impacted by the buffer law. All of the landowners received initial communication from the WCD last fall. Forty-percent of those parcels were either removed from the DNR list, are in compliance, or have a plan to come into compliance. The remaining parcels still need field verification to determine compliance and landowners will receive additional communication from WCD this fall.

Forest Lake schools meet state achievement gap goal

On Sept. 21, Forest Lake Area Schools was notified by the Minnesota Department of Education that they have met the Minnesota established goal to reduce the achievement gap in math.

In 2012, under the state’s issued No Child Left Behind Flexibility Waiver, Minnesota established a goal to reduce achievement gaps by 50 percent by 2017. The school district has now

reached that goal. The district's mission is to provide a relevant and rigorous education for all students. Our goal is for all students to achieve at high levels as they prepare for college and careers after high school.

In an email to the district, Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Dr. Brenda Cassellius stated, “2017 goals were established in reading

and math for every student group, including American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, Black, White, Free or Reduced Price Lunch, Special Education, and English learners. A school or district must have at least 20 students within a student group for that group to be included in the data.

A school or district was considered to have met the goal if the proficiency index rates for all

applicable student groups exceeded the 2017 target.”

“You, your staff, your students, and your community are congratulated for this incredible accomplishment and commended for all the hard work you did to make it happen,” Cassellius said. “Achievement gaps do not close without hard work and commitment.”

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214 North Third Street N, Stillwater (651) 439-2609 • www.ae-church.org Rev. Marilyn Baldwin Rev. Buff Grace, Rector Rev. Brenda Hoffman Mindy Boynton, Christian Ed/Youth Nancy Whipkey, Music Sunday: 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, no music 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, with music

Hwy. 97 at County Road 34 S.E. Forest Lake (651) 464-5249 Pastor: Rev. David Werner www.foresthillsumc.net 10:15 a.m. Sunday worship

25402 Itasca Avenue Forest Lake, MN 55025 651-462-3535 / lordofthelakes.org Pastor Craig Bertram Regular Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Communion First and Third Sundays 9:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class

306 River Street Osceola, WI (715) 755-2275 osceolaunitedmethodistchurch@gmail.com Sunday: Worship 10 a.m.

Fellowship at 11 a.m.

490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, MN (651) 465-7345 Sat. Mass 5:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass 7:30 a.m.

Maranatha Church Chisago Lakes Campus

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 Sunday Worship and Childrens’ Church 9:30 a.m. Nursery available.

Saturday Worship and Children’s Church, 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Teen Service 7:00 p.m.

The Baha’i Faith For information about Baha’i Faith or times and places of meetings call (651) 433-3686.

Christ Lutheran Church 150 Fifth Street, Marine (651) 433-3222, office ext. 10 Pastors Joel Martin and Hannah Bartos Sunday Worship 8:15 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.

Kid’s Church during 9:45 service.

Wednesday Life Night schedule: Community Supper at 5:30 p.m.

Faith formation classes for all ages at 6:30 p.m.

Elim Lutheran Church Scandia (651) 433-2723 www.elimscandia.org Senior Pastor Scott Westphal Associate Pastor Meredith McGrath Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. in Elim Sanctuary Christian education for all ages: 8:45 a.m.

Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Forest Lake (651) 464-3323 886 North Shore Drive Pastors: Rev. Philip Peterson, Rev. Paul Brown Sunday Worship: Traditional, 7:45 & 9:00 a.m.

Praise Service: 10:30 a.m.

Grace Church 722 Seminole Ave. Osceola Pastor Mark Barlow Amy Germain, Day Care Bety Greydanus, Office Manager “The Cure for the Common Church” e-mail: info@gracechurchosceola.com www.gracechurchosceola.com or call (715) 294-4222 or (715) 755-3454 Sunday: Praise and Worship Service 9 a.m. with Children’s Church Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

Christian Child Day Care Monday-Friday 5:30 am – 6 p.m.

Hosanna Lutheran Church (ELCA) Living, loving and serving as Jesus did... so that all may know him.

9300 Scandia Tr. N. Forest Lake (651) 464-5502 www.hosannaforestlake.net Linda Friesen, Lead Pastor Jen Collins, Associate Pastor Sept-May Worship Schedule Sunday 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.

In Great Hall (lower level) Wednesday (thru Apr) 6:00 p.m. in Garden Chapel (upper level)

Lakes Free Church www.lakesfree.org Lindstrom (651) 257-2677 29620 Olinda Trail N. Senior Pastor Richard Stanghelle, Associate Pastor Jason Carlson Sunday Worship 9 & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 & 10:30 a.m.

10963 Lake Blvd. (Hwy 8) Chisago City (651) 257-8605 Pastor Bill Headley Worship service Saturday, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday service 9:30 a.m.

Osceola Community Church 2492 Education Dr., Osceola, WI Larry Mederich, Pastor (715) 417-0608 • www.occconnect.org Sunday Worship 9 a.m. with provided Nursery Kids Church 9:30 a.m.

Meeting in home groups throughout the week. Call for details, 715-294-4332.

Osceola Medical Center Spiritual Care 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.

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St. Croix Falls United Methodist Church Upper St. Croix Parish 300 N. Adams St. • (715)-483-9494 Pastor Carolyn Saunders Pastor MIke Brewbaker Sunday Service 10 a.m.

St. Croix Valley Friends Meeting Stillwater (651) 439-7981 Seventh Day Adventist Church, Fifth & Laurel Streets Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m. Childcare available.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Franconia (651) 465-7345 Sunday Mass: 9:30 a.m.

Father Frank Wampach Three miles north on Hwy. 95 from Hwy. 97. West on Redwing 1/4 mile.

St. Joseph Catholic Cluster Osceola (715) 294-2243 Rev. Andy Anderson Saturday Mass: St. Joseph’s, 4 p.m.

St. Anne’s, Somerset 5 p.m.

Sunday Mass: Assumption, East Farmingon 8:30 a.m.

St. Anne’s, Somerset 8 & 10 a.m.

St. Joseph’s, Osceola 10:30 a.m.

Call for weekday mass and reconciliation schedules.

Trinity Lutheran Church (WELS) Osceola (715) 294-2828 300 Seminole Avenue Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

Sunday School/Bible Class: 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday worship: 7 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church Stillwater (651) 439-7400 www.trinitylc.org • 115 North Fourth Street Pastors: Dan Poffenberger & Stephanie Vos, Saturday Evening Worship: 5 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m Traditional; 10:30 a.m. The WALK Contemporary Worship Children’s Learning, Sunday 9 a.m. and on Wednesday 6 p.m.

Wednesday 7:15 p.m. “The River” Youth Worship

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Deer hunters encouraged to buy license early With nearly 500,000 firearms deer hunters in the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages hunters to purchase their licenses early to avoid long lines and any potential system issues associated with the high sales volume.

The 2017 Minnesota firearms deer season begins a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Nov. 4.

“Buying a deer license early gives you more time to pack that tater tot hotdish for deer camp, and do everything else associated with your deer hunting tradition,” said Steve Michaels, DNR licensing program director. “Every year people do wait until the last

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When I talked to the county’s buildings services manager about it, he told me that the two libraries were “unsalvageable.” In an effort to be more reassuring, he said buildings are built to a higher standard now — they expect to get 50 years out of them.

That’s the same ballpark figure I’ve heard for life expectancy of the building Polk County is constructing for its Highway Department and Osceola’s coming library and municipal building, the Mill Pond Discovery Center. These buildings cost many millions of dollars. How is 50 years good enough?

Meanwhile, council representatives in Marine on St. Croix and May Township are trying to figure out how to restore their historic town halls, each built more than a century ago.

(And in Marine, the village hall doubles as the library, performance center and yoga studio) I just don’t get it.

If you know what’s happened to public architecture (and our expectations for it), enlighten me: editor@countrymessenger.com.

ear we e sold minute and last year more than 140,000 licenses the Thursday and Friday before opener.”

Deer licenses can be purchased at DNR license agents across Minnesota, by phone at 888-665-4236 or online at mndnr.gov/buyalicense.

There are additional fees for telephone and internet transactions. Deer licenses and tags ordered by phone and internet take three to five business days to arrive, so hunters who choose these options should allow enough time for delivery. Hunters must have a valid deer license in their possession when hunting deer.

Hunters need to be familiar with deer hunting regulations, which are available at any DNR license agent or online at mndnr.gov/regulations/ hunting. Hunting questions should be directed to the DNR Information Center at 651-2966157 or 888-646-6367, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

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OCTOBER 6 At 10:06 a.m. a warrant was issued on Ostrum Trail.

At 2:11 p.m. public assistance was given on Oakhill Road.

City of Scandia

OCTOBER 6 At 12:39 p.m. a boating complaint was reported on Big Marine Lake At 3:19 p.m. an alarm sounded on Oakhill Road.

OCTOBER 7 At 3:49 p.m. a speeding violation was reported on

St. Croix Trail.

At 6:21 p.m. a no contact order violation was reported on Penrose Avenue.

At 7:20 p.m. an animal complaint was reported on 205th Street.

OCTOBER 8 At 3:03 a.m. a medical emergency was reported on Oakhill Court.

At 10:12 a.m. a vehicle accident was reported at the Scandia Community Center.

At 10:38 a.m. a suspicious vehicle was reported at 218th Street and Lofton Avenue.

At 12:49 p.m. an alarm sounded on 195th Street.

At 2:30 p.m. a welfare check was reported on Olinda Trail.

At 4:17 p.m. a floating pontoon was reported on Bone Lake.

OCTOBER 10 At 8:07 a.m. a fire was reported on Mayberry Trail.

At 9:01 a.m. suspicious activity was reported on St. Croix Trail.

At 10:26 a.m. a trespassing complaint was reported on Mayberry Trail. at 12:19 p.m. road debris was reported on Scandia Trail.

At 12:40 p.m. trespassing was reported at William

O’Brien State Park.

At 8:57 p.m. civil assistance was reported at Penfield Avenue. at 10:43 p.m. a medical emergency was reported at 223rd Avenue.

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At 7:42 p.m. an alarm sounded on Square Lake Trail.

At 10:51 p.m. a suspicious vehicle was reported on Kirby Avenue.

At 5:44 a.m. an alarm sounded on Olinda Trail.

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May Township

OCTOBER 6 At 8:05 a.m. a medical alarm sounded on St. Croix Trail.

At 1:58 p.m. information was given at Arcola Trail.

At 3:42 p.m. identity theft was reported on Arcola

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At 10:46 a.m. a county park violation was reported on Square Lake Trail.

At 11:14 a.m. a county park violation was reported on Manning Trail.

At 11:23 a.m. a county park violation was reported on Manning Trail.

At 11:26 a.m. a driving complaint was reported on St. Croix Trail.

At 12:07 p.m. a county park violation was reported on Manning Trail.

At 6:58 p.m. a car vs. deer incident was reported on St. Croix Trail.

At 10:34 a.m. a traffic alert was reported on Manning Trail.

At 10:43 a.m. a parking complaint was reported on Panorama Avenue.

At 6:16 a scam was reported on Orwell Road.

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