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Inter-County Cooperative Publishing purchases St. Croix Valley Graphics
ST. CROIX FALLS - The Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association, publisher of the Inter-County Leader and the Advertisers, announced this week it has purchased the Taylors Falls printing business, St. Croix Valley Graphics, from owners David and Linda Sandmann. Linda has been hired by ICCPA to be a printing consultant, working out of the company’s St. Croix Falls office Mondays through Thursdays. The Sandmanns decided to sell St. Croix Valley Graphics after 30 years in the printing business. They began with a shop in the basement of the Livery Mall on Taylors Falls Main Street. Five years later, to meet growing needs, they moved to a location on First Street, up
the hill from Main Street. “We have enjoyed the many people we’ve met and the relationships that we have built over the years,” the couple noted. They personally notified all of their customers of the sale prior to making an announcement in the newspaper. Customers were assured the printing quality they had come to know with St. Croix Valley Graphics will continue with ICCPA. Linda, a former president of the Taylors Falls Chamber of Commerce and current member of the Falls Chamber of Commerce (Taylors Falls and St. Croix Falls), said she plans to remain active in the chamber as she continues serving longtime and new customers in her role as a printing consultant for ICCPA.
New Pastor at Grantsburg’s Faith Lutheran Church by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – Pastor Victor St. George has preached just two sermons at Faith Lutheran Church in Grantsburg but says he finds his new parish a joy. “It’s been an absolute joy,“ said St. George, of becoming pastor to such an active and involved congregation. “I am just so impressed with all they do here at Faith.” St. George says he is also enjoying the area, although he is not new to northern Wisconsin, having grown up in Superior. He attended the University of Minnesota and received a Master’s of Divinity at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., in 1998. After graduation he served as pastor in the Western North Dakota Synod at the two-point parish of Napoleon and Kintyre. For the past seven years St. George served as pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa. When his daughter, Jennifer, became ill, St. George and his wife, Karen, moved back to Minneapolis to help with her care. “It has been delightful to find a church to serve only one and a half hours from the Twin Cities,” said St. George, who explained his daughter’s continuing health concerns make it important for he and his wife to be close to her and her young family. St. George said his wife would continue to work in St. Paul while she seeks employment in the area.
Doug Panek, manager of the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association (L) met recently with Linda and David Sandmann to finalize the sale of their company, St. Croix Valley Graphics, to ICCPA. - Photo by Marty Seeger The Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association has provided printing services since being established in 1933 and today offers a wide range of printing services - from design to finished product - utilizing its modern
printing plant in Frederic. Those with printing needs can contact Linda at the St. Croix Falls office (107 Washington Street North), by phone at 715-483-9326 or 800-950-1068 or by fax at 715-483-1420.
Pastor Victor St. George From his office window, St. George can look out and see golfers at the Grantsburg Golf Course. Although he described himself as “not a good golfer,” St. George said he loves to play and hopes to soon join the local league. He said Grantsburg is a lovely town and friends living in the Twin Cities who hunt and fish are jealous of his recent relocation to Burnett County. As for any plans for his new church and congregation, St. George says he wants to maintain the caring and ministerial attitude he sees guiding Faith Lutheran. “This congregation is absolutely committed to the church, and I want to spend time getting to know its members before I do anything else.”
Frederic accident
Local authorities and EMS personnel responded to a two-vehicle accident just north of Frederic on Hwy. 35 last Friday morning, May 8. According to information from Frederic Police Chief RJ Severude, Janelle K. Miller-Coulter of Frederic was southbound on Hwy. 35, making a legal left turn onto Benson Road when she was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Florence Klinkerfues of Maplewood, Minn. All parties, including a passenger in the Miller-Coulter vehicle, Alexander K. Miller, were checked out by EMS at the scene or at a hospital, and no serious injuries were reported. The accident occurred just after 8 a.m. Frederic Fire Department, Frederic Police, Northland Ambulance and Polk County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene. - Photos by Marty Seeger
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