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The Christmas Story St. Luke 2: 1-20

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Retiring organist, director, raised standard at Elim

nd it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and lineage of David.

To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they went there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling

The life of a grocery store depends on elements both obvious and hidden.

The obvious: stocking the shelves with items locals are after, keeping the place tidy and the service courteous.

Hidden: the store’s debt position, and having a backup plan when the power goes out.

It was the latter category that eventually could have threatened operations at the Marine General Store.

Owner Gordon Arcand bought the store in 2015

SEE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 2

SEE STORE, PAGE 2

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

Musical performances rarely receive applause in a church, no matter how stellar. But as the music concluded last Sunday at Elim Lutheran Church, the congregation clapped, then stood, looking to the balcony toward Dennis

Alfveby, the church’s organist and musical director for 32 years.

Alfveby has announced his retirement, and is set to end his tenure after

Christmas Eve. Congregants celebrated his long partnership with the church last Sunday with a gathering in the fellowship hall.

“I serve at your pleasure,” Alfveby told them after walking into the hall. “Thirty-two years is CAROL SEEFELDT

Alfevby

SEE ORGANIST, PAGE 2

General Store stronger after partnership

BY SUZANNE LINDGREN EDITOR@COUNTRYMESSENGER.COM

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The Marine General Store is in a stronger financial position thanks to a partnership with Open for Business, which helped the store owners refinance and purchase a generator, avoiding loss of inventory when the power goes out.

Frogs, dragonflies, birds and kids Volunteers celebrate 50 years at Warner Nature Center

BY GREG SEITZ

Children follow volunteers on hikes through woods and prairies, on snowshoes across frozen lakes, delight in discoveries made by dipping nets in

marshes for frogs and dragonflies, and see the science of bird-banding while getting a close-up look at many special species.

Trips to Lee & Rose Warner Nature Center have opened many young eyes to the wonders of nature over the past 50 years — the oldest private nature center in Minnesota celebrated its golden anniversary last year. Among 900 acres of oak and maple forests,

prairies, wetlands and lakes in rural Washington County, Warner continues to provide singular experiences.

Very importantly, the programs are free for schools, making the center available to students from all over the Twin Cities. The outdoor opportunities are offered at no charge thanks to the generosity of its founders and funders — and staff naturalists and volunteers who introduce the children

to the woods, wetlands, and wildlife.

Many of the same people have donated their time for decades, and some of the volunteers have been there since the beginning. Almost a dozen have at least 30 years of service each, including: Gerry Erickson (45 years), Bonnie Handy (47), JoAnn Hondlik (49), Joan Huneke (35), Pat Markwardt (36), Joen SEE WARNER, PAGE 8

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CHRISTMAS: St. Luke FROM PAGE 1

clothes, Iying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them in heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

-John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

County will receive $2.1 million to provide mental health services over 2 years Washington County will receive $2.1 million over the next two years from the state’s Adult Mental Health Initiative Grant Agreement to support community mental health services.

The County Board approved the agreement Dec. 11.

The Adult Mental Health Initiative Grant Agreement supports continued efforts to provide community-based services to individuals who are identified as Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill. Community-based ser-

vices include housing subsidies, support for the homeless, in-home skills development, community-based nursing services, crisis intervention training, psychiatric services, expenditures for traditionally non-reimbursed client needs, residential crisis stabilization services, mobile crisis services, and support for the Mental Health Alliance.

In addition, the Adult Mental Health Grant Award supports adult mental health case managers.

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Christmas Worship Schedule Monday, December 24 3 & 5 pm Festive Christmas Eve Worship 11 pm Festive Christmas Eve Worship with Holy Communion 20971 Olinda Trail N. Scandia, MN 651-433-2723 elimscandia.org

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Dennis Alfveby, organist and adult music director at Elim Lutheran in Scandia, is retiring after 32 years with the church.

ORGANIST: Elim Lutheran Church’s Dennis Alfveby retiring FROM PAGE 1

a long time to be in any church.

I’ve been fortunate for all your support and kindness. …

“I still have my health and can still play at a decent level. I don’t think I can play like I did when I was 35. I wanted to leave when I could still do that and you weren’t pushing me out the door.”

Alfveby said he would be available to return on occasion as a substitute.

He also spoke to memorable experiences in his career.

“There have been many,” he said, “but the one that comes to mind was in 1975, 12 years before I came to Elim. I took a position as organist at St. Anthony Park Congregational Church. My first Sunday I was walking up to the church and I glanced at their big sign on my left. It read from top to bottom:

‘Welcome to St. Anthony Park Congregational Church ‘Worship services at 9 and 11 a.m.

‘Today’s sermon: ‘What is Hell really like?

‘Come and hear our new organist play.’

“The years since,” he continued, “have gone very, very quickly and very well.”

Alfveby thanked support staff and musical volunteers at the church.

“I’ve been so blessed,” he said of the volunteers. “I always tell them there are two reasons they do it. One is to serve the church.

The second is to make me look good. They’ve done both. It takes a tremendous amount of commitment.”

Addressing congregants, he said, “I hope you treasure them as well because worship is so enhanced when they’re part of it.”

Several members of the church honored the musician in speeches to follow, including Ron Leslie, Lynne Blomstrand Moratzka, Phil Bailey, Tim Newcomb and Sylvia Mills.

“Dennis has a lot of skill and I always felt I was being taught at rehearsal,” said Leslie. “We’re all grateful for that.”

“You taught us to expect that worship would be a tapestry,” said Moratzka, “woven with texture, color, strength and continued warmth. We’ve become highly educated in accepting and expecting wonderful worship here at Elim, that involved all the senses.”

The congregation is honoring Alfveby’s long tenure with members’ written memories and tributes, and an all expenses paid tour of organs in German churches.

STORE: Marine General partners with Open for Business FROM PAGE 1

with a contract for deed purchase, agreeing to make payments until he could afford a loan.

An experienced grocery manager, he cut overhead by improving wiring and cooling systems and tweaked the store’s inventory to increase profits. Still, as the end of his contract for deed grew closer he lacked the capital to refinance the store.

Call it serendipity, synergy or simply good planning, Arcand was introduced to Tyler Hilsabeck of Open to Business, a new program from the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers.

Bill Miller, a Marine on St. Croix councilman, had invited representatives of Open to Business and Washington County’s economic development team to walk through town and meet local business owners.

“The county’s EDA has money for business-

es to help them with financing, low interest loans or grant money to do things in town,” Miller said, telling the story last September. “The first thing I thought of was, the General Store had a problem with the power going out and needing a generator.”

In a conversation with the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers, Arcand confirmed Miller’s thought.

“The power goes out all the time,” Arcand told the MCCD for a story on the partnership.

“We pretty much lose everything in the store, and the community relies on us.”

Hilsabeck worked with an area branch of Sunrise Banks to secure most of the financing needed for the project. Open to Business provided gap financing and funded the generator that will keep the coolers running when the power goes out.

“They’re so excited and happy,” Miller said. “They’re danc-

ing around the store.

Gordon said they would store Marine residents’ food during power outages.”

According to Arcand, the partnership helped beyond his initial expectations.

“Refinancing the store was the main thing,” he said. “We were working on that and they asked, ‘What else is on your list?’ I said if I had the opportunity, the next thing on my list would probably be a generator.

And they were able to work that into the plan.”

From the perspective of Open for Business, lending a hand with financing at the General Store is exactly why the program was created.

“That’s the kind of project we really like to help out on,” Hilsabeck said. “Just in talking with Gordon we could see he had a challenge ahead of him. He had to refinance and we could help him complete that, whether we matched him up with a local bank or help him put

financing together.”

Arcand, Miller and Hilsabeck each emphasized that the program remains open to help other area entrepreneurs.

“Open for Business will help with anything,” Arcand said.

“All different aspects of business. I was really surprised in how things worked out.”

Said Miller, “That money is still available and programs are still out there. There are a lot of resources there.”

Hilsabeck encouraged business owners to contact him directly, 612-789-8838 or thilsabeck@mccdmn.org, or visit www.opentobusinessmn.org.

“We can help really any entrepreneur, whether they’re just starting or already established. It’s a free and confidential resource for anyone in Washington County. Call or email me and I’ll be available to meet with them wherever they are.”

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DECEMBER 22 Gammelgarden closes for season Gammelgården Museum and Butik will close for the winter on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 4 p.m.

DECEMBER 27 Super Story Time Super Story Time with Suzanne at the Marine Library on Dec. 27 at 10:30 am. 121 Judd Street.

Park. Other teams will be counting in territories covering a 15-mile radius around Withrow as part of this nationwide citizen science activity. If you see any unusual winter bird species or large flocks of birds, please report them before the count day to Beth Honetschlager at 651-983-6121 or bhonetschlager@gmail.com.

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at 7 p.m.

JANUARY 7 Simply your retirement

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A four-week workshop about simplifying your retirement will be held at the Discovery Center in Osceola. To register go to: www.simplifyyourretirement.com/osceola.

Stillwater support group for families

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DFL East Metro Senior Caucus

Marine Documentary Night

Audubon Christmas Bird Count

The Marine Film Society and the Marine Community Library present three documentary short films: “Beneath the Ink,” “My Last Breath,” and The Ragman.” All are

by Minneapolis filmmaker, Cy Dodson. The free screening will be held at the Marine Village Hall (121 Judd Street) on

Ruth Ann Michnay, CPG will be the featured speaker at the Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 meeting of the DFL East Metro Senior Caucus, 11:30 a.m. at Sgt. Pepper’s Bar and Grill (930 Helena Ave. N., Oakdale). Michany will speak on Minnesota and Federal Tax Changes, What do you need to know about your taxes? All are

On Saturday, Dec. 29, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held in the Marine and May Township areas. A dozen local volunteers will be searching for birds from the north end of Arcola Trail to O’Brien State

How our region is changing, what it means

The St. Croix Valley Foundation presents the second of four parts in its “Talking About Tough Issues” series: “What the Future Holds: How Our Region Is Changing And What It Will Mean.”

The event will be on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lake Elmo Inn Event Center - 3712 Layton Ave N, Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042. Guest Speaker: Ellen Wolter, Research Scientist, Minnesota Compass.

Ellen Wolter will share emerging trends across our region, examine why those trends are significant and demonstrate how Minnesota Compass resources can be utilized for planning; so our region doesn't get caught short.

Minnesota Compass gives everyone - community leaders, policymakers, and engaged individuals who live and work here - a common foundation to identify, understand and act on issues that are going to affect our communities.

Join us as Ellen Wolter shares what's just around the corner for our region.

Attendees must pay in advance ($20) to guarantee lunch reservation. Limited walk ins accepted per space/lunch availability.

Two ways to pay: 1. Mail a check: SCVF, 516 Second Street, Ste. 214, Hudson, WI 54016 2. Reserve by credit card using the PayPal via the St. Croix Foundation website (scvfoundation.org).

There is a $1 per person processing fee with PayPal. Reservations are due in SCVF office by noon prior to day of luncheon.

welcome to attend; no fee. Participants buy their own lunch.

NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) sponsors free support groups for families who have a relative with a mental illness.

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. Use the Third Street entrance and free parking ramp. FFI: Call Marie or Bob at 651-770-1436.

Alcoholics Anonymous AA Big Book Study: Mondays, 7 p.m., at Elim Lutheran Church, Scandia, in Room LL2 (lower level 2). Enter through

the preschool door.

Tri-County Seniors (50+) DFL Luncheon Meeting (Eastern Anoka, Southern Chisago, & Northern Washington County’s) 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

(First Tuesday of each month) Vannelli’s By The Lake Restaurant Broadway & 55 - So. Lake Street. Forest Lake. For more information email: ckgenz@msn.com or call 763-227-7536.

Camera Club The St. Croix Valley Camera Club meets the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Chisago County Government Center in Center City. Meetings typically include a presentation by a professional or award-winning photographer, followed by more casual time for discussion. Photographers of all

interests and abilities are welcome.

Mental Health Support Group A NAMI Connection peer support group for adults recovering from mental illness meets bi-weekly in Stillwater.

The free group is sponsored by NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Trained facilitators who are also in recovery lead NAMI Connection groups. The group meets the first and third Mondays of each month, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Episcopal Church of the Ascension Office (215 North 4th St., Stillwater). FFI: Call Diane at 651-724-0977 or NAMI at 651-645-2948.

County Board conducts public hearing, adopts capital Improvement plan The Washington County Board of Commissioners conducted a public hearing on the county’s 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Dec. 11, and then approved the plan.

No residents spoke at the hearing. Comments were received from a number of county municipalities, including Cottage Grove, Forest Lake, Hugo, Marine on St. Croix, Scandia, and Lakeland.

Responses to those communities were included at the hearing.

State law requires the hearing, which covered the county’s 2019-2023 CIP. The plan includes major roadway, parks and facility projects in the county planned for

the next five years. Examples of projects to be completed in 2019 include improvements to County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 12 in Grant, Mahtomedi and Willernie, construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Hinton Avenue (CSAH 13) and 70th Street (CSAH 22) in Cottage Grove, and improvements to CSAH 5 between Mrytle Street and Sycamore Street in Stillwater.

The plan also identifies the projects that will be funded from a 2019 bond sale, which includes Wildwood Library improvements, Lake Elmo Park Reserve improvements, improving the Lower Landing building in

Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park, the expansion of CSAH 19 from Interstate 94 to Wynstone, CSAH 19 from Dale Road to CSAH 18, and work on the Highway 36/ Hadley Avenue interchange in Oakdale. Bond funding will also pay for maintenance projects on the Government Center and Law Enforcement Center in Stillwater.

In addition to bond funds, the capital improvement plan is funded by state and federal transportation aid, state sales tax, state bonds, and local contributions from municipalities where the project is located.

County will receive $100,000 grant for narcotics task force The Washington County Sheriff’s Office will receive a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs, to fund the county’s Narcotics Task Force.

The County Board accepted the money Dec. 11.

The money will be used to pay the Sheriff’s Office sergeant overseeing the task force during 2019.

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Christmas is for children of all ages

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ell, Christmas is knocking on our doors. I hope you are ready and are able to spend time with friends and family, which is the best gift one can receive. Throughout my newspaper career, I have run the following editorial, the most famous newspaper editorial of all time, reprinted here because it fits the season.

As children grow older and wiser, parents inevitably are faced with the question, "Is there a Santa Claus?" When Virginia O'Hanlon asked that question of her parents in 1897, they suggested she write the New York Sun for an answer. She did, and Francis P. Church, a Civil War corresponwrote an editorial response Publisher dent, which has become an American literary classic. Mr. Church died Tom Stangl in 1906. The New York Sun closed its doors in 1950. Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas died in 1971 after a distinguished career as a teacher and administrator in the New York City school system. However, the letter from Virginia, and Mr. Church's response, will live forever as a part of our Christmas heritage. It is still a wonderful answer to a very difficult question.

Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun it's so." Please tell me the truth: is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O'Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see.

They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now. Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the hearts of childhood.

From The New York Sun, September 21,1897 To our valued friends, subscribers and advertisers, best wishes for a happy holiday season Merry Christmas!

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An inner light in the depths of darkness

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ometimes things get dark. This time of year, that statement can be taken literally or as a metaphor for our state of mind.

Last week at the Osceola Village Board meeting, Police Chief Ron Pedrys noted that calls related to mental health typically increase this time of year, and that a local police officer had recently (and forcibly) prevented a suicide in town.

I know very little about that specific person’s state of mind or reasons for wanting to end their life.

Still, I think I speak for most when I say that, hearing the chief tell the Editor story of this anonymous person, I Suzanne Lindgren felt a lot of empathy.

The spectrum of human emotion is broad and the darker side is so rarely acknowledged as a normal part of our experience — as something we can ride out and maybe even learn from.

Beneath broad cultural conversations about depression, anxiety, addiction and other “mental health issues,” there’s a subtext that if we’re depressed or addicted, have anxiety, an eating disorder or suicidal thoughts, there’s something wrong with us individually.

The way I see it, the source of our problems is often cultural. Modern living increasingly isolates us from one another and separates us from the natural world. Houses get bigger and we spend more time in different rooms watching screens instead of talking to one another. Social media invites comparison and feelings of not measuring up. At our most basic, humans are social animals and these cultural tendencies are going to pose problems for us as individuals.

Winter is an especially difficult time. Our bodies, with an ancient intelligence we’re barely aware of, register the lack of light. Studies have shown a link between vitamin D deficiency and depression. Our bodies absorb D, “the sunshine vitamin,” primarily through sun exposure.

If there’s less light to begin with and we’re staying indoors more because it’s cold out, winter depression begins to make sense.

It’s probably rare that a person’s problems manifest suddenly during this dark season.

Rather, those problems become overwhelming in the face of the external dark and cold. With modern technology bringing fire, light and heat at the flip of a switch, we rarely acknowledge that some parts of the year are simply more difficult to endure — but they are.

I’ll end with this thought (which some may recognize from an earlier post to social media): If you’re in a dark place, just know that it doesn’t necessarily mean there’s something wrong with you or that you’ll carry that shadow forever. It is completely possible, even likely, that you’ll emerge on the other side with a stronger compass for your personal true north and a deeper connection to your own soul.

Wishing you a reflective winter solstice. May you find your inner light in the depths of the darkness.

If you’re in a dark place, it doesn’t necessarily mean there’s something wrong with you.

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World’s most expensive bread can be made at home: Pain d`épices

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n my last trip to Switzerland, my friend insisted I taste traditional European spice bread. Typically, we would visit at least one open-air market. There was usually someone selling loaves of spice bread. I’ve always just walked past because the price was outrageous—$49F per pound, the equivalent of almost $50 U.S. Each loaf appeared to weigh 3 pounds!

Thank goodness you can buy one slice.

We each bought a slice of bread made with our favorite spice, mine was cardamom and hers Wild Chow ginger. $12F for each slice later, we were sinking our teeth into Lisa Erickson the best slice of bread we’d ever tasted.

The spices were perfect—not too “spicy” or bland. The color and scent were enticing. I still don’t know why the bread is so expensive. It is delicious, but not worth the price—if you can bake.

The bread is not made with anything crazy special--honey, spices, and almond flour.

What makes this bread so special is the texture.

It’s sturdy enough to load with cheese or butter, but it melts in your mouth. I know my recipe is not as good as what I ate in Switzerland—but it’s pretty darn close! I’m sure families have been perfecting the recipe for decades. Give me some time and mine will be perfect, too!

This bread is a wonderful handmade gift to give during the holidays. It’s part of many traditional Christmas celebrations in parts of Europe. Make it one of yours, too!

Traditional European Spice Bread (Pain d`épices) 1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup almond flour 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cardamom 1 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 cup honey 1/3 cup whole milk 2 eggs Zest from one orange, about 2 teaspoons packed Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 9x5 loaf pan; set aside.

In a bowl, combine flour, spices, and salt.

In another bowl, beat butter and add honey in a slow stream. Add the eggs, milk, and orange zest. Add the flour mixture and stir until no flour remains; do not over stir. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry. Cool and turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Slice and serve with Grana Padano (Sweet Italian cheese in the Parmesan family) and dried fruit or butter.

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.

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

Winners for December are: $25 Lion Marilyn Opp from Stillwater $25 Lion June Eagleton from Marine on St. Croix $50 Corky Merinkovich from Scandia

$50 Roger Rydeen from Marine on St. Croix $50 Osceola Lions Club from Osceola, WI $50 Theresa Chwinlhowzty from Marine $100 Darla Meyer from Oakdale The Lions will draw seven more raffle winners next month.

Iris’s instincts Getting to the bottom of Sunday’s events

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hile Raymond Cooper was giving full attention to the appearance of the Devil himself, albeit disguised as Perry Como, at the Lutheran contemporary worship service, Iris Long wasn’t about to get caught up in the ensuing frenzy. Following her conversation with Jessie Orr, waitress at the Hoffbrau, during the breakfast rush, Iris turned her Columnist attention to what she felt was the most important Kevin Slimp story of the day: J li S h Juliette Stoughton’s treatment by the deacons at First Baptist Church after publicly stating her desire to register for the Annual Men’s Breakfast and Turkey Shoot just two weeks away.

Iris had been working on the story almost exclusively since Jessie shared Vera’s version of the events which took place on Sunday morning at First Baptist Church.

Unfortunately, facts were hard to come by.

The seasoned editor had confirmation Juliette went to the front of the church during the invitation hymn as the congregation sang, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior.”

She also had confirmation that Stoughton firmly expressed her intention to sign up for the men’s event. Beyond that, things got a little foggy.

Unable to reach Juliette directly, Iris left several messages on her answering machine. Remember, this was before the days of smart phones and voicemail. Iris hoped Juliette was okay and that she would eventually check her messages.

Iris’s instincts told her Raymond Cooper would focus on Marvin’s encounter with the Devil in his

weekly rag, The Valley Patriot.

She was convinced the devilish encounter was constructed by Cooper himself, though he would never admit to it.

Immediately after leaving the Hoffbrau that morning, Long visited Brother Billy Joe Prather at First Baptist Church. When the receptionist told Iris Brother Prather would be busy for some time, Iris said she would be happy to wait, as if she didn’t have a full schedule. After a few minutes, Billy Joe made an appearance and invited Iris into his office.

Brother Billy Joe insisted he didn’t have any information for the newspaper. He explained to Iris that a deacons’ meeting is not a public event, and he wasn’t authorized to give out any information.

Iris asked how forcing Juliette Stoughton out of the sanctuary and into some back room could be considered an official deacons’ meeting, but Billy Joe held firm, eventually explaining that if she wanted information concerning the events of Sunday, she would need to speak with the chair of the board of deacons, Harley Puckett.

Harley was the younger brother of Farley Puckett, owner of Puckett’s True Value Hardware.

Folks in The Valley liked to joke that if Wilma Puckett would have had another son, she would have named him “Barley.” Fortunately, her third child, born 10 years after Harley, was a girl, who was named “Carly,” after Wilma’s closest brother, Carl.

Iris left Billy Joe’s office and headed straight to Puckett’s Hardware, where Harley worked with his brother. As she entered the store, she was greeted by Harley.

“Good morning, Mrs. Long. How can I help you this fine morning?

A lot of folks are buying grass seed today.”

“I don’t need any grass seed,

thank you,” she began. “I was hoping I could speak with you about the deacons’ meeting at church Sunday morning.”

“I’m not sure I understand,” Harley responded. “I don’t believe we held a deacons meeting on Sunday morning.”

Iris got straight to the point. “I was just at Brother Prather’s office to find out what happened after Juliette Stoughton was ushered out of the sanctuary yesterday. He said he was unable to tell me because he wasn’t authorized to speak for the deacons.”

“Oh, he did, did he? Are you sure that’s what he told you?”

“Yes, I’m quite sure,” answered Iris in a friendly but firm tone.

“The truth is,” Harley mumbled, “I’m not sure there was an official meeting. We just wanted to be sure we understood what the young woman was saying.”

“You’re talking about Juliette Stoughton. That’s the young woman?”

“Yes. That’s her name. She seemed like a sweet girl, but we were all confused.”

“Confused about what?” Iris queried.

“We were confused about why she would want to attend a turkey shoot. That’s all. I mean, have you seen her? I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know how to shoot a rifle.”

Iris was starting to sense she wasn’t going to get very far with Harley.

“You know,” Harley said, “You might want to talk to Marvin Walsh. I heard he saw the Devil outside the Lutheran Church on Sunday.”

“Yes, so I’ve heard,” Iris responded, hoping she would soon be able to track down Juliette.

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The Birkebeiner Revisited / We Need Snow!

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he helicopters buzzed in for close-ups, causing huge clouds of snow to rise in whirlwinds all around us. Then suddenly in perfect unison 8,000 plus cross country skiers raised their ski poles toward the sky and let it all go as the choppers quickly passed and the snow settled. The chants and yelling made me think I was part of a Zulu tribal ritual instead of the American Birkebeiner on a cold February Saturday back in 1982. The views of that video shot from the choppers were played all around the world that weekend and on local and national news. Globally, the Birkie is part of the Worldloppet that draws in skiers from any nation where skis slide on snow. I was just happy to be a part of it.

That winter of 1982 was unusuwarm. Much of the snow that Wild River ally had fallen earlier in the winter was melting fast. I remember training Trails in Eau Claire where I lived at the Jim Bennett time in 80 degree February weather.

Rather than try to ski on melting, b C trails il I rode my bike instead. There was talk bare XC of canceling the race but organizers figured out a way to get it done. It involved skiing the race backwards and a massive effort of hauling in truckloads of snow.

Normally the race runs from the small town of Cable to Hayward, but with snow melting fast organizers decided to run the race in reverse, Hayward to Cable. They needed a large starting area with snow and the best option was Hayward Lake so that is where thousands of eager racers met on that cold, perfect morning for the start. The excitement was breathtaking with the sight of watching the skiers take off in unison racing across the lake. It didn’t take long for the elite world-class skiers to shoot

ahead of the horde as the race took on a form and life of its own.

From the lake the skiers hit the streets of Hayward where dump trucks had hauled in hundreds of loads of snow to cover the city streets that skiers would follow to get to the Birkie Trail. I’ll never forget rounding every corner in downtown Hayward to the sound of radio announcers broadcasting over giant live loud speakers to their home countries. You could make out the different languages from countries such as Norway, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Japan and more. I was amazed but had to remain focused in the midst of this monstrous horde of humanity.

Suddenly, as if by magic, we were on the wild wooded Birkebeiner trail, one I was very familiar with having driven up from Eau Claire for several training runs. The magnificent world-class trail ran through miles of woodlands, groomed and tracked so you couldn’t have asked for a better setting. Those first miles all the hills had waiting lines; one person fell right in front of me and I think broke a leg.

I jumped over that downed skier so not to cause a pile up as medical staff rushed in. A few hours later I crossed the finish line exhausted but elated that I had made the finish line in 1982’s 32 mile Birkie unscathed.

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Overby (47), Missy Patty (51), Jan Roeske (29), Jean Royer (34), Marie Sweeny (49), and Barb Wojahn (50).

“It’s a day off from your regular life, and you get to focus on children and teaching them whatever you need

The longest-serving volunteers got started in the mid-1960s through the Junior League of St. Paul. The organization promoting women’s volunteerism and community leadership had partnered with the Science Museum of Minnesota to develop the nature center,

has made the volunteers acutely aware of how the environment has changed since they started.

“We used to get 100 birds a day in the spring, 20 birds in the net at a time,” Barb Wojahn says. Now their efforts average about 40 birds per day. It mirrors other population trends as habitat has been lost to development and agriculture.

Banding is tough and tricky work, requiring big, expensive nets to be hung in the woods, and experienced net-runners to retrieve the birds that get caught, and to identify each one, determine the sex and age, secure a leg band, and release it back into the air unharmed. The volunteers do all this — with a curious audience of children watching and asking questions — after years of on-the-job training with the seasoned staff.

Curiosity rewarded

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to teach them that day, whether its birds or aquatics or deer,” says Bonnie Handy.

“You drive in here when you’re going to be volunteering for the day, everything in your life goes away,” Barb Wojahn says. “When you’re driving home, all of the sudden, it comes back.”

An escape, and an education. With extensive training, and countless days outdoors, they have learned about teaching effectively, keeping the kids happy and safe, and of course, all about their natural neighbors, from bugs to birds.

“I didn’t know I could learn so much, without going to brick and mortar school,” says Joan “Honeybee” Huneke.

The women are part of a volunteer corps that is at the heart of everything Warner does.

‘Never stop learning’

The longtime volunteers’ wits are sharp, their bodies are strong, and their bonds are as deep as any family.

They say their good health and clear minds are a benefit of volunteering, thanks to a lifetime outside, studying nature, learning with the children.

“Do you suppose that because we had to learn all the small details it is pushing us to not get Alzheimer’s?” Missy Patty asks. Her friends quickly nod and agree.

They have learned the names and ways of plants and animals. They have learned how to tell the sex of warblers, and identify the blooms of wildflowers.

How to see the stories in animal tracks on fresh snow. They received a lasting lesson about how progress can infringe on nature, and have unintended consequences, when the county paved a road next to the nature center. After years of dusty drives, some of them cheered at first, but then they saw how the asphalt surface caused runoff that harmed the center’s unique and beloved bog.

They have learned how to open children’s eyes in awe of Minnesota’s natural ecosystems. They learned from the center’s staff, particularly founding director Bernie Fashingbauer, his successor Tom Anderson, and current director Ron Lawrenz, they learned from each other, from nature itself, and from the students.

“Never stop learning, I say that to the kids,” Barb Wojahn says. “I tell them we have to learn new things all the time. That’s what keeps our brains going. It helps keep us young. There aren’t many days [at Warner] where I don’t feel like I am challenged in some way.”

one of the first in the nation, and supplied funds and a regiment of committed volunteers to get it off the ground.

Most of the volunteers were from St. Paul, many from White Bear Lake, a few others from around the St. Croix Valley. They had a variety of backgrounds — most of them had enjoyed nature as children — but didn’t have any formal training. They jumped at the chance to spend a day outside with children.

“It’s given me satisfaction, confidence, a job,” says Jean Royer, who went from Warner to working at the Raptor Center, before returning to the nature center as soon as she retired.

Some of the volunteers never left.

They have broad expertise from years of volunteering and regular training, and bring those decades of experience observing nature and communicating it to children. They also are proud of their accumulated knowledge and the continuity they contribute.

As other volunteers and staff have come and gone, these long-serving volunteers developed a strong sense of ownership. They see themselves as stewards of the nature center’s legacy, determined to see its tradition of eye-opening experiences continue.

So far, they have succeeded.

After more than 45,000 birds banded, the citizen scientists are still excited every time they set up the nets.

“We’re always trying to get a species that we’ve never banded before, sometimes we get a little wild about setting nets,” Missy Patty says.

The crew recently caught a Blackbilled cuckoo, their first in 50 years.

The chance of seeing something new still excites them after many years.

Gerry Erickson recalls a day she and

Camaraderie and companionship

When the nature center opened its doors in 1967, many of the volunteers were full-time mothers who didn’t work outside the home. One day a week at Warner was a precious chance to contribute to the community, to meet and see friends, and to enjoy the peace, beauty, and wonder of the natural world.

Not only did they learn about plants and animals, they learned valuable skills like teaching and public-speaking.

“I learned that I was able to do things I didn’t know I could do,” Hondlik says.

Many of the volunteers also became close friends, supporting each other through tough times.

“It was just a lifesaver at the time when things were tough,” Royer says.

The group stuck together through the challenges of parenting and marriages, and in recent years, the onset of Alzheimer’s and other ailments related to aging. “We look out for each other,” Sweeny says.

They think of themselves as family, with the kind of deep, long-lasting relationship normally reserved for siblings. They have depended on each other to figure out species of plants and animals, and how to get through to kids. They also depended on each other to figure out their own lives.

“I get along better with people,” Missy

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a group of students stumbled on a dragonfly hatch, and they watched transfixed as the larvae climbed out of the water and transformed into their flying form.

Beholding birds “There was no way to pull the kids One day in May, Missy Patty was away from that, we were late to bird standing at a small table under a tree banding,” she said. “I’ve never seen it near the center’s main building. One of since.”

Warner’s original volunteers, she was Marie Sweeny recalls a day canoeing perfectly comfortable holding a song on Terrapin Lake and seeing a freshsparrow in one hand while with her water sponge under the water. Not other hand she even the director carefully wrapped knew the creaa tiny metal band tures lived at the around its leg and nature center recorded numbers before then. “I just in a thick ledger happened to find on the desk. it because the kids A dozen are slow with the third-graders paddling,” Sweeleaned in as close ny said, rememas they could get bering how they to the bird and zig-zagged down the calm woman the lake.

Bonnie Handy, WNC Volunteer who held it. Patty The volunteers picked up a straw and blew air through point to their ongoing enthusiasm for it at the bird’s belly, asking the students the natural world as essential for effecif they could see the exposed skin of tive environmental education. The stuthe stomach, which the bird will use to dents pick up on it and get excited, too. warm the eggs That leads to curiosity, and ultimately, Banding birds has been a key part of a greater appreciation of the complex volunteering at Warner since the start. connections and remarkable specializaIt not only gives students a chance to tions found in nature. see species up close that many people The passion has been there since never see from a distance, but also Warner’s first day, and has only grown. shares with them how citizens can collect valuable scientific data. And it

“It’s a day off from your regular life, and you get to focus on children and teaching them whatever you need to teach them that day, whether it’s birds or aquatics or deer.”

Patty says. “I’m an only child. I’m independent, didn’t have a brother or sister to lean on. Now I do.”

The natural world has also become another old friend, another brother or sister, thanks to frequent and lifelong interaction. As they walk the trails, the volunteers remember stumps that were once tall trees and where their class saw a sleeping fawn hidden behind a log, where they saw both a muskrat and a beaver by their holes in the lake ice one winter day.

Life-changing love “I’ve grown a better appreciation of the natural world and it makes you realize this wasn’t an accident, this was created, it’s something to observe and to give thanks for, too,” Roeske says.

“Whenever I really want to unwind, it makes it easier to withdraw, and find that spot in yourself that rejuvenates you.”

That “spot” might be where they store memories like the time a Worm-eating warbler showed up in the nets, hundreds of miles from its native range.

They smile when they remember losing an earring in the bog despite warnings to leave jewelry at home, or the happy faces of kids caught outside in the rain, delighting in a surprise soaking.

Meanwhile, thousands of children around Minnesota and beyond certainly remember their patience, their curiosity and knowledge, and their love for nature.

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This week in history: A Grimm story

BY JESSICA ANDERSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The tradition of storytelling is one that is found in every culture. It is a complex and fascinating element of society that many scholars have dedicated their careers to, while at the same time can seem the simplest way to pass the time or send your children to sleep. This tradition captivated the minds of two German brothers, so they abandoned their prospective law careers and became the Brothers Grimm as we know them. Or do we?

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1785 and ‘86 respectively into a middle class family of nine children in central Germany.

However, their middle class status came to an end when first, their father, a successful lawyer, died and soon after the grandfather who then supported them passed away. Their mother, Dorothea Zimmer Grimm,

suffered from severe depression throughout her life. Jacob was then the oldest and in charge of the family. Both Jacob and Wilhelm eventually began law school, despite Wilhelm’s poor health. He often suffered from asthma and other illnesses. But while at the university one of Jacob’s professors let him use his personal library where he began reading German folk stories and fairy tales. He then introduced his brother to this library where they both became distracted from their law degrees.

From that point the brothers earned reputations as respectable scholars and provided for themselves and their family through work as editors, translators, archivists, and writers.

They taught themselves languages to assist their literary studies, including Old English, Old Norse, and Old High German. Their passion for these tales allowed them to not only support their family financially,

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Wilhelm Grimm, left, and Jacob Grimm in an 1855 painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann.

but also to reach national notoriety.

Counter to popular belief, the brothers did not collect most of their stories from the peasant folk of Germany. The idea of their traveling the country interview-

ing the elderly on farms or shabby huts has almost become a folk tale itself. In reality it was the wealthy who shared many of these stories with them. Others were taken straight out of the texts they studied and

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One-Hour Guided Experiences at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. departing from the Education Center.

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translated. And despite their goal of showcasing German social history, some of the storytellers were French Huguenots, Protestants who fled persecution in France.

Sharing a part of Germany’s history was not their only goal though, because the brothers did not just copy down these stories, they changed them. Besides editing them to a literary standard, they removed any erotic elements and other things they deemed inappropriate. These tales weren’t always told for children, even the Grimm brothers’ first collection seemed to be more for scholarly purposes than anything else. They also wanted to give people moral direction. With this is mind they changed the stories so that the kind of people they thought deserved their comeuppance got them, and the kind of people they thought proper succeeded. They way different characters are treated in the stories reflects the brothers’,

and their culture’s, beliefs about right and wrong.

The Grimm brothers’ body of work is so deeply ingrained in our modern culture that allusions to it are found everywhere.

In the same way many of Shakespeare’s plays were popular stories in his time, but history now remembers them as only his, the Brothers Grimm have permanently branded their name on fairy tales. Throughout human history storytelling has been a crucial facet in developing culture and social bonds.

It’s also a way of preserving history through its values and ideas. Dec. 18 is the 206th anniversary of the first publication of the Grimm brothers’ Children’s and Household Tales, their first foray into sharing their beloved stories with others. With the holiday season upon us, it might be a nice time to share a story you love with someone you love.

DNR issues ice warning for aerated lakes The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has issued its annual ice safety warning for lakes with winter aeration systems.

Aeration creates areas of thin ice and open water that are extremely hazardous to people and pets.

Open water areas can shift or change shapes, depending on weather conditions, and leaks may develop in air lines, creating other areas of weak ice or open water.

Currently, area waters include Big Marine Lake, Goose Lake, Sand Lake, the St. Croix River and Moody Lake in Chisago County. A complete and updated list of aerated lakes and more information is available at mndnr.gov/eco/lakeaeration.

“We’re urging people to use caution anytime they venture onto lake ice, especially at night,” said Amanda Yourd, DNR hydrologist and aeration coordinator. “Extreme care should be taken on aerated lakes. Watch for the large orange and black warning signs at high-use public accesses and the required thin ice signs around open water areas.”

Aeration systems help prevent winterkill of fish populations by adding oxygen to the lake and, in certain situations, to protect shorelines from ice damage. They are generally operated from the time the lakes freeze until the ice breaks up in the spring. About 280 lakes will have aeration systems operating on them this winter. Private hatchery operators also use aeration systems, usually on small lakes without public accesses.

A permit from the DNR is required to install and operate an aeration system. Permit holders must publish public notices, post warning signs and inspect the systems at least once every seven days.

Liability insurance is generally required of private groups or citizens operating aeration systems in protected waters. Watch for notices in local media identifying aerated lakes. DNR staff ensure permittees comply with all requirements and regularly inspect systems for safety.

Some municipalities may have ordinances that prohibit entering into the thin ice marked area and/or prohibit the night use of motorized vehicles on lakes with aeration systems in operation. These local regulations are often posted at accesses where they apply.

Questions concerning aeration or thin ice can be answered by calling a regional or area fisheries office or the DNR at 888-646-6367.

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The best gift this year? A safe holiday season The holiday season brings fun and festivities with family and friends, but it also means an increased risk of injury.

“At this time of the year, we’re all rushing around, adding events and to-do items to our busy days, and changing our routines,” says Paul Aasen, president of the Minnesota Safety Council. “It’s easy to get distracted and that puts us at greater risk on the road, in our homes and in the homes of those we visit.”

“Slowing down a bit, taking a second look, and remembering everyone is in a rush goes a long way to keeping ourselves, our loved ones and those around us safe this holiday season.”

Children can be especially vulnerable during this season when they’re out of their normal environment and schedules vary, says Erin Petersen, coordinator of Safe Kids Minnesota, which is led by the safety council. Common risks for kids include poisoning, falls and choking.

Unintentional injuries, such as falls, traffic crashes and poisonings, are a leading cause of death in Minnesota. To make this season safe, the Minnesota Safety Council and Safe Kids Minnesota recommend:

Behind the wheel: • Buckle up and plan ahead for a designated driver when you’re out celebrating.

• Avoid distracted driving. Put down that phone, food and other items that require your attention.

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands on the wheel and your mind on driving.

• Be extra cautious

DNR plans public meeting to discuss CWD response efforts on Dec. 18 The public can get more details about what the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is doing to respond to chronic wasting disease found in wild deer in southeastern Minnesota at a meeting scheduled for 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 18, in Preston.

At the meeting in the Fillmore Central School Auditorium, 702 Chatfield St., DNR staff will explain the CWD response efforts planned for this winter, including late-season special

hunts, landowner shooting permits and targeted culling.

“DNR’s actions are designed to limit disease spread and keep Minnesota’s deer populations healthy,” said Lou Cornicelli, wildlife research manager. “We’re having this meeting so people can hear face-to-face about what’s going on and ask their own questions.”

Staff also will discuss potential future actions, including a snow-dependent aerial deer survey

and expansion of the disease management zone, that now encompasses a 10-mile radius around the city of Preston.

To date, sampling efforts taken by the DNR in cooperation with hunters have detected 30 cases of the neurological disease in wild deer in southeastern Minnesota.

The DNR discovered 12 new cases this fall in or around the disease management zone in Fillmore County. The agency discovered one additional case that was

recently confirmed for a wild deer harvested in Houston County, about 30 miles from the disease management zone.

Complete Minnesota CWD test results, including locations of positive test results and statistics, are available on the DNR website at mndnr.gov/ cwdcheck.

Complete information for hunters about CWD for current and upcoming hunting seasons is online at mndnr.gov/cwd.

Conservation Stewardship Program deadline fast approaching

BY ANNA JOHNSON CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS

An important deadline is coming up quickly for certain contract holders with the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Farmers and ranchers who started their first CSP contract in 2014 are eligible this year to apply to renew for a second CSP contract.

Interested farmers and ranchers have until Dec. 31 to sign contract modifications with their local Natural Resource Conservation Services (NRCS) office.

CSP is the major federal working lands conservation program. Each year, it provides a pathway for farmers and ranchers to ramp up conservation efforts for their whole operation and tackle their most pressing conservation issues.

Farmers and ranchers must apply with NRCS to enroll in CSP. Once accepted, they work with their local NRCS office to determine which natural resource issues on their operation to focus on. Then, they write a plan for implementing conservation practic-

es to address those concerns. These practices can range from planting cover crop mixes to intensive rotational grazing to managing grazing to improving wildlife habitat. NRCS provides payments to farmers and ranchers for implementing the conservation plan over the five-year contract period. CSP allows farmers and ranchers to sign up for a maximum of two five-year contracts.

When the 2014 farm bill expired on Sept. 30, there was uncertainty about how expiration would impact renewing CSP contracts. Now, farmers and ranchers have more certainty about renewal options.

Contact your local NRCS office to learn more. You can find your local NRCS office by visiting this website: https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app.

Established in 1973, the Center for Rural Affairs is a private, non-profit organization working to strengthen small businesses, family farms and ranches, and rural communities through action oriented programs addressing social, economic, and environmental issues.

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Members of the Washington County transportation engineering staff were recognized at the annual North Central Section Institute of Transportation Engineers annual meeting, and presented their awards at the Dec. 11 County Board meeting. The engineers and board members are commissioners Stan Karwoski, District 2, Lisa Weik, District 5, and Fran Miron, District 1, Kevin Peterson, Engineer II, Commissioner Wayne Johnson, District 4, Joe Gustafson, Traffic Engineer, Commissioner Gary Kriesel, District 3, and Cory Slagle, Assistant County Engineer.

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Staff from the Washington County Department of Public Works were recognized at the annual North Central Section Institute of Transportation Engineers annual meeting.

The County Board recognized the awards Dec. 11.

• Kevin Peterson was named Young Transportation Professional of the Year. This award is given

annually to an individual who is 35 years old or younger, and who is making outstanding contributions to NCITE and/or through achievements in the transportation/traffic engineering profession.

• Joe Gustafson was named Transportation Professional of the Year. This award is given annually to an individual who has

made outstanding contributions to NCITE and/or through achievements in the transportation/traffic engineering profession.

• Cory Slagle received the 2018 Transportation Achievement Award. This is the Transportation Achievement Award given to the $12.5M St. Croix Trail Roadway Improvements Project in the Old Village of Afton.

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Holidays offer chance to check on needs of loved ones who are aging, have disabilities State resources can help address variety of issues

struggles with daily tasks and safety. Fortunately, we have resources that can help address concerns.�

The Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Minnesota Board on Aging offer these helpful resources: Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433 and by chat at www.seniorlinkageline.com provides help with a wide range of issues — from prescription drug coverage and health care options to supports that help older adults remain healthy and safe at home.

Disability Hub MN at 1-866333-2466 and by chat at disabilityhubmn.com, a resource that helps people with disabilities

Minnesota has an array of resources to keep in mind when gathering with family and friends during the holidays. “As we spend more time together during this season, we may see changes in our loved ones we haven’t noticed before,� said Human Services Commissioner Emily Piper. “This can be a good time to ask our friends and family members who are older or have disabilities about loneliness,

and their families solve problems, navigate the service system and plan for their futures.

MinnesotaHelp.info is an online directory of services and service providers rich in resources for all Minnesotans in need of help and information.

LinkVet at 1-888-LinkVet and linkvet.org is a Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs service line and website that provides support to veterans and their families.

The Minnesota Board on Aging website also has resources for people who are caregiving for family members and friends. These include The Caregiver Resource Guide,

which includes checklists to plan for caregiving and tips for how people who are caregiving can take care of themselves.

The Own Your Future website includes resources to prepare and pay for your own long-term care.

Services are also available when maltreatment of a vulnerable adult is suspected.

The Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center is administered by the Department of Human Services and has a tollfree number at 1-844-880-1574 available 24/7 to report possible abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of a loved one.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 1. The exact name under which the business is or will be conducted: Chisel Finger, Inc. 2. The address of the principal place of business: 12697 177th St. N., Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047.

3. The complete name and street address of all persons conducting business under the assumed name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address: Chisel Finger Films, Inc., 12697 177th St. N., Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047.

4. I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities, I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath: Shawn Otto, President.

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Published in The Country Messenger December 12 and December 19, 2018 CARNELIAN-MARINE SAINT CROIX WATERSHED DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Managers of the Carnelian-Marine-Saint Croix Watershed District will hold a meeting on Thursday, December 27th in the Scandia Community Center, Scandia, Minnesota at 6:30 PM. The purpose of the meeting is to review permits and other general business of the District. Note the meeting previously scheduled for Wednesday, December 26th is re-scheduled to the above time and place.

Dated: December 13, 2018 Jim Shaver, Administrator Published in the Country Messenger on December18, 2018.

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Ann Bancroft Foundation helps 171 Minnesota girls fund their dreams The Ann Bancroft Foundation (ABF) is proud to announce its 2018 fall grant cycle resulted in a total of $81,192 awarded to 171 Minnesota girls through the organization’s grant programs and overall mission to help local girls who dare to dream, to have the support, inspiration, and resources to help make those dreams come true. The Ann Bancroft Foundation awards grants twice each year in the spring and fall.

The grants are investments of up to $500 that have immediate and lasting impact. ABF grants have funded a wide range of activities and experiences including the following examples from the awards cycle this fall: • Jayani, age 9 from Brooklyn Park, plans to build self-confidence and become the best in her events through training at MN Track Elite.

• Nicole, age 18 from Warroad, is looking to experience city cultures as she plays tuba with her high school band traveling to Chicago, New York, and Wash-

ington D.C. • Ayah, age 17 from Roseville, is attending an educational conference hosted by the Muslim American Society to better learn how to empower youth in the community.

• Camryn, age 11 from Moorhead, wants to continue to reach her goals by competing in extreme cheerleading around the Midwest and Las Vegas.

• Colibri, age 15 from St. Paul, will learn technical skills such as CAD in addition to presentation skills while being an active member of her school’s FIRST Robotics team.

• Jenna, age 17 from Little Falls, is hoping to master real-life business practices and build leadership skills through the DECA state and international conference.

Since 1997, ABF has awarded $1,734,352 to 4,576 Minnesota girls in grades K-12. The organization also connects girls to mentors who provide guidance, encouragement and friendship at a critical time in their lives.

How It Works Each applicant is guided through the application process by an adult mentor who is not in the girl’s immediate family. This can be a teacher, coach, family friend, etc. ABF grants are based on several factors including need which can include, but is not limited to financial need, a personal or family challenge and other barriers. A panel of ABF volunteers reviews applications.

ABF accepts grant applications twice a year, in fall and spring.

Applications are available at: http://www.annbancroftfoundation.org/grant-programs.

County Attorney’s Office will receive state money for prosecuting inmates The Washington County Attorney’s Office will receive up to $25,000 through next June to pay for the cost of prosecuting inmates in the Stillwater and Oak Park Heights correctional facilities who are involved in criminal activity.

The County Board approved an agreement with the state Department of Corrections, Office of Poli-

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Clifford (“Cliff”) Arnold Guggisberg Cliff Guggisberg, 80, of Marine on St Croix, MN, died peacefully on December 15, 2018 after a short battle with lung cancer.

A funeral service and celebration of Cliff’s life will be held December 22 at Christ Lutheran Church, Marine on St. Croix, with visitation starting at 9 am followed by an 11 am service and lunch.

A second prayer service and gathering will be held December 23 from 1-3 pm at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home North Chapel, 218 N Broadway, B d N Ul with ith interment of ashes at New Ulm Catholic Cemetery to be held at a later date.

Cliff was born in New Ulm on August 4, 1938 to Hedwig (“Hattie” Hillesheim) and Edward Guggisberg and grew up on a farm near New Ulm in Sigel Township. He married Audrey Goodrich in 1963 and they were blessed with 4 children – Brad, Sherry, Brent and Ryan. They settled in Winthrop where Cliff operated a Standard Oil station. The family then moved to Mankato where Cliff worked at the Mankato Fire Department for 10 years.

Cliff’s career in trucking began as a part-time driver, then dispatcher, and eventually terminal manager for Dahlen Transport. In 1988, Cliff joined Wayne

Transports of Rosemount as a salesman and was eventually promoted to Vice President of Sales. He was active with the MN Petroleum Marketers Assoc, MN Propane Assoc, and contributed to growing the company. His marriage ended in 1991 and he moved to the Twin Cities.

Cliff retired in 2001 and settled in Marine with his loving partner, Sharon Remick. He was an active volunteer with the Scandia-Marine Lions, known for his hearty laughter, love of storytelling, pontoon rides, a good beer, polka music and afternoon naps.

He and Sharon enjoyed 20+ trips to Mexico as well as gardening, home projects, their morning coffee group, and exploring new destinations. Cliff will be dearly missed.

Cliff is survived by his children, Brad Guggisberg of Cottage Grove, Sherry (Guggisberg) Essen of Mendota Hts and children Emily, Sam and Erik, and Ryan (Merri) Guggisberg of Inver Grove Hts and children Abby and Alex, loving partner, Sharon Remick and her children Chad Remick of Linwood and Amy Remick of Shafer and their children, former wife, Audrey (Goodrich) Esser of Cottage Grove, sister Phyllis (Guggisberg) Braulick (Roman) of Sleepy Eye, sister Janet (Guggisberg) Steffl of New Ulm, brother Ron Guggisberg of Warne, NC, and brother Leo Guggisberg of New Ulm. Cliff is preceded in death by his son, Brent, parents Edward Guggisberg and Hattie (Hillesheim) Guggisberg and infant brother Edward Guggisberg Jr. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in memory of Cliff Guggisberg to the Scandia-Marine Lions Foundation or Christ Lutheran Church in Marine.

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

Sunday Teen Service 7:00 p.m.

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.

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St. Croix Falls United Methodist Church

Trinity Lutheran Church (WELS)

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 and 9:30 a.m.

Adult Christian Ed. at 8:45 a.m.

Kid City PreK-Grade 6 Christian Ed. 10:30 a.m.

Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) Forest Lake (651) 464-3323 886 North Shore Drive Pastor John Klawiter Sunday Worship: Traditional, 9 a.m.

Contemporary Praise, 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 Jason Carlson, Associate Pastor Stephen Moore 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.

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

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.

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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: 9:15 a.m.

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Starting at $15 per hour • $2 wage differential for weekend hours LRHI is seeking enthusiastic staff to work with DD Adults demonstrating a wide range of abilities. CNA experience preferred!

Shifts available ~ Awake overnights, afternoon/evenings, weekends & on/call status To schedule an interview, contact Scott at 651-257-2211 or by email: cclinnea@gmail.com

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City of Marine on St. Croix

DECEMBER 14 At 12:48 a.m. fraud was reported in the 18000 block of St. Croix Trail.

At 1:38 a.m. an alarm sounded on Oak Knoll Drive.

At 5:34 p.m. a fire on 5th Street and Pine was reported.

DECEMBER 15 At 10:03 a.m. trespassing on Pine Cone Trail was reported.

DECEMBER 16 At 11:28 a.m. trespassing on Pine Cone Trail was reported.

City of Scandia

DECEMBER 10 At 5:41 p.m. suspicious activity in the 22000 block of Kirk Court was reported.

At 6:20 p.m. a complaint about an animal on Manning and 215th Street

Court was received.

DECEMBER 11 At 3:41 a.m. an officer assisted another agency on Scandia Trail and Lofton.

At 10:21 a.m. fraud was reported in the 13000 block of 188th Street.

At 11:20 a.m. fraud was reported in the 19000 block of Oxboro Avenue.

At 9:14 p.m. an alarm sounded in the 21000 block of Ozark Court.

At 9:41 p.m. a welfare check in the 22000 block of Manning was needed.

DECEMBER 13 At 12:30 p.m. fraud was reported in the 21000 block of Olinda Trail.

At 5:54 p.m. a complaint about traffic on Scandia and Manning Trails was received.

At 6:30 p.m. a complaint about an animal in the 13000 block of 240th Street was received.

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DECEMBER 14

At 4:48 a.m. an alarm sounded in the 19000 block of St. Croix Trail.

At 6:35 a.m. theft of a motor vehicle in the 12000 block of Mayberry Trail was reported.

At 8:23 and at 9:50 a.m. welfare checks were needed in the 12000 block of 228th Street.

At 8:22 p.m. a welfare check in the 14000 block of Oakhill Road was needed.

At 7:19 p.m. a fire in the 21000 block of Olinda Trail was reported.

December 15 At 4:10 a.m. an alarm sounded in the 16000 block of 197th Street.

At 6:42 a.m. public assistance was needed in the 15000 block of 199th Street.

At 8:43 a.m. suspicious activity in the 10000 block of 199th Street was reported.

At 9:29 a.m. a fire in the 23000 block of Paris Avenue was reported.

At 1:07 p.m. a nuisance on Big Marine Lake was reported.

At 1:46 p.m. until 7:19 p.m. three complaints about animals at various locations were received.

At 8:46 p.m. a complaint about a driver on Scandia Trail and Novak Avenue was received.

DECEMBER 16 At 2:39 p.m. a medical need in the 19000 block of Maxwill Avenue was reported.

Town of May

DECEMBER 10 At 1:54 p.m. an alarm sounded in the 13000 block of Square Lake Trail.

DECEMBER 11 At 7:25 a.m. a medical need in the 12000 block of 170th Street was report-

ed.

At 3:54 p.m. family assistance was needed in the 12000 block of Panama Avenue.

At 6:01 p.m. an accident on 170th and May Avenue was reported.

DECEMBER 12 At 8:28 a.m. a medical need in the 16000 block of Norell Avenue was reported.

At 1:09 p.m. a medical need in the 14000 block of Racine Avenue was reported.

At 3:42 p.m. a welfare check was needed in the 15000 block of 130th Avenue.

At 8:42 p.m. an accident on Olinda and 170th was reported.

At 8:57 p.m. suspicious activity in the 15000 block of Square Lake Trail was reported.

DECEMBER 13 At 8:29 p.m. a civil matter in the 12000 block

of Keller Avenue was reported.

DECEMBER 14 At 5:58 p.m. a fire in the 13000 block of Paris Avenue was reported.

At 8:30 p.m. until 10:05 p.m. four drivers were stopped for violations at various locations on St. Croix Trail.

At 11:35 p.m. a driver in the 14000 block of St. Croix Trail was stopped for DWI.

DECEMBER 15 At 2:01 p.m. fraud was reported in the 14000 block of Nason Hill Road.

At 7:04 p.m. a driver in the 13000 block of St. Croix Trail was stopped for a violation At 7:17 p.m. and at 10:20 p.m. two complaints about animals at various locations were received.

At 10:32 p.m. a driver in the 14000 block of St. Croix Trail was stopped for a violation.

SAFETY: The best gift FROM PAGE 10

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in packed parking lots full of holiday-focused drivers. • Slow down and increase your following distance, especially when roads are slick or icy.

At home: • Make sure you have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. • Keep candles away from anything that can burn.

Don’t leave the kitchen while cooking on the stovetop. • Be extra careful on ladders; keep both indoor and outdoor steps and walkways clear and clutter-free.

Olson’s Sewer Service & Olson’s Excavating Service

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Winter and all that means to Minnesotans is upon us! Enjoy the snow, and be sure to attend the Vinterfest 201 activities.

For kids:

Remember to keep traffic off of your sewage treatment systemespecially those mounds that look like a great place to go sliding.

If you do have any drain line issues, frozen lines, or an alarm sounding, know that Olson’s provides year-round service including emergency tank cleaning, line thawing, televising and repairs.

Olson’s Sewer Service and Olson’s Excavating Service provide service for commercial, residential, and municipal customers throughout the Metro, Chisago, and Isanti counties.

• Safeguard all medications (including those belonging to guests), vitamins, cleaning solutions and laundry packets out of reach and sight of children. • Follow recommended age levels when selecting toys; keep small parts and choking hazards away from children. • Giving a bike, scooter or other riding toy? Include a helmet.

The Minnesota Safety Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preventing injuries on the road, at work, at home and in the community. For more information, visit www.minnesotasafetycouncil. org.

Safe Kids Minnesota works to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death for children and teens. It is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional injury. Safe Kids Minnesota was founded in 1998 and is led by the Minnesota Safety Council. Learn more at www.minnesotasafetycouncil.org/safekids

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