Hometown News September 28, 2017

Hometown News

Thursday, September 28, 2017

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The house that had made the move from Freeport to the Rock Tavern last Tuesday strolled down Main Street, Grey Eagle yesterday to reach it’s final destination on Long Lake near the Hub Supper Club. The delay was due to the severe storms which hit many towns early last Wednesday morning, keeping the power companies busy restoring electricity to residents. For more pictures go to facebook/hometownnews. Tune in tonight at HometownNewsTV.com for more coverage.

On The Inside...

Harvey Mackay Tom Kuehne: The Good Old Days Obituaries: Krystosek, Gallus, Nelson Sheila Ripplinger Dave Says John Young: Small Town Business DIY Local Municipality Minutes: Grey Eagle City

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Hometown News 29442 120th St. Grey Eagle, MN 56336 Phone: 320-285-2323

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Your business depends on your personal touch -By Harvey Mackay Mamie Adams always enjoyed going to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were friendly.

She went there to buy stamps just before the holidays one year and the lines were particularly long.

Someone pointed out that there was no need to wait in line because there was a stamp machine in the lobby.

“I know,” said Mamie, “but the machine won’t ask me about my arthritis.”

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Imagine how reassuring it is to a frightened kindergartner, suddenly thrust into strange surroundings, to be recognized immediately by an adult who is in charge of his or her life. Or to the child’s anxious parents. When they ask Junior how it went the first day, they discover that the headmistress of the school has taken a personal interest in their child.

In the 12 years this headmistress was at the school, enrollment more than doubled and the endowment increased sixfold. Not all the result of learning those names of course, but it certainly didn’t hurt to have a headmistress who understood that her performance as a salesperson was as important as her role as an educator.

To quote Meg Ryan in “You’ve Got Mail,” one of my all-time favorite movies: “Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal.”

I wrote a short lesson in my book “Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive” that simply states: Once you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition.

But is all that about to change?

Harvey Mackay continued to pg 3

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matter. Many people shop and buy where they feel appreciated and comfortable.

I’ve been in sales for a long time, and – to me – the concept of personal touch hasn’t changed. People buy from other people because of likeability, chemistry and people skills. That’s why every speech I give I ask the question – What’s the sweetest sound in the English language? It’s the sound of your name on someone else’s lips.

Ever wonder why servers in restaurants introduce themselves? It’s the personal interaction that goes beyond delivering your food and mugging for a bigger tip. It’s to make you feel comfortable and “leave a good taste in your mouth” for the establishment.

The personal touch works in all areas of business from attracting and retaining employees to engendering loyalty in your customer base.

I know the headmistress of a private school who makes it a practice to learn the names of each of the more than 1,000 kids attending her school. If they’re new and she hasn’t met them, she learns their names by studying their pictures. On the first day of school each year, she greets each student by name as they get off buses.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 • Hanna Hamann Spaghetti Supper Benefit Dinner from 3-7 p.m. at Trappers Pub, Albany.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 • St. Leo Court #786 Matching Fund Breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church basement, New Munich.

• Church of All Saints Annual Breakfast & Quilt Raffle from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Holdingford.

• Sobieski Lions Cancer Walk registration at 11:30 a.m. at the Sobieski Community Center.

• Melrose Legion Early Bird Dinner starting at 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 • Fluff-N-Puff Pillow Cleaning from 7 a.m.-12 p.m. at Upsala Area Community Center. See ad on page 3.

• Helping Hands Outreach Fall Health Fair from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Holdingford American Legion.

• Music Entertainment from 1-3 p.m. at Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle.

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• Lionesses Pillow Cleaning from 2-6 p.m. at the Holdingford City Hall.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 • Flu Vaccine from 9-10 a.m. at Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle. See ad on page 6.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 • St. John’s Catholic Church 33rd Annual Craft Fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Swanville School. See ad on page 3.

• Burtrum Bean Bake from 4:30-8 p.m.

at the Burtrum Community Center. See ad on page 3.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 • Sacred Heart Catholic United Financial Matching Grant Breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Church basement, Freeport. See ad on page 3.

ALBANY COMMUNITY CENTER • Sundays at 1:30 pm. 500 cards.

ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.

• Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.

BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall.

BURTRUM CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

FEET FIRST CLINIC • Meets every 1st Tuesday morning at Holdingford City Hall.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution first Saturday of the Month from 10-11 a.m. at River of Live Church, Sauk Centre.

FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

FREEPORT SENIOR MEETING • Meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. with cards/Bingo/coffee/dessert.

GREY EAGLE CITY COUNCIL • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

GREY EAGLE SENIORS • Exercise Classes every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Grey Eagle Senior Center.

GREY EAGLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m.

HELPING HANDS EXERCISE • Exercise & Line Dancing Every Wednesday at 9:15 a.m., Holdingford City Hall.

HELPING HANDS COM. LUNCH • Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Holdingford Legion.

STEARNS CO. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • Meets at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of the month at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Albany.

SUNSHINE CLUB • Meets every Monday, weigh in at 9 a.m. at the Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle.

ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building.

SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.

UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

UPSALA COMMUNITY CENTER • Exercise Program every Monday at 10:15 a.m.

If you have an upcoming event or meeting, please let us know by email: htnews@meltel.net or call 320-285-2323.

Temperatures Date

9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26

High 68 77 84 70 77 57 56

Low 46 45 64 60 57 50 48

Friday

Partly sunny.

High: 62 Low: 42

Weekend Weather Saturday

Partly sunny.

High: 61 Low: 52

Sunday

Cloudy, showers.

High: 64 Low: 52

Hometown News • Thursday, September 28, 2017 • Page 3

“The Good Old Days” -By Tom Kuehne Rural Electrification

Recently several of my readers felt that something should be said about having electricity on farms. Since they had experienced 32 volt farm electrification in their early lives, they were able to give some details about it.

I also did some research on the subject and gathered a few more facts.

Originally farms had to depend on candles and lanterns to create indoor lighting. This created hazardous possibilities due to the presence of many burnable household items caused by the spilling, dropping or tipping over of the burning objects. The lantern was usually hung toward the ceiling in the barn, which made it close to dirt, dust and flammable spider webs. The telephone didn’t exist on most farms and the rural fire department wasn’t an option. The result of a farm fire was frequently very devastating to both people and property.

About the time of the First World War, an item was created to make rural electrification possible. It was a 32 volt electrical system. It originally consisted of a generator, a clear battery, a gas engine, wires to carry the electricity to the end use location and bulbs to create the light. The engine to run the generator would start automatically when the battery was low. It was said that the battery would run forever, but it was actually only suppose to work for 40 years. It’s interesting that after 100 years of technological advancements our 12 volt battery in our car may last 8 years.

After it’s original introduction, an improved system was created that would be able to run the battery radio, water pumps, milker motors, etc. This made life easier and safer on the farm.

Life seemed to be getting better.

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Then came the depression. Those who lived in the cities were not able to find work to buy food and shelter for their families. On the farms there was food and shelter, but the drought and extremely low value of the farm produce, caused economic hardship there too. My grandmother said that the annual income for their family was under $200.00 for a whole year, half of that came from my grandfather being hired to help build a road. The wages were $1.00 per day for him and $1.00 per day for the team of horses and wagon.

Roosevelt came up with a “new deal.” This included the WPA and the REA. The REA was designed to bring electricity and jobs to the rural areas.

Many farms were still operating with the 32 volt systems and new 32 volt systems were much cheaper than the cost of a hook-up to the REA, but the REA was sold as a patriotic, American thing to do, stressing higher voltage and greater reliability. As World War II ended, the factories were switching from war materials to electrical appliances, all of which were made to work with the new high tension power line electricity.

This created the continued upgraded economic period after the war.

My Grandma said, “ if they want to destroy this country, all they have to do is cut off their electricity.”

For feedback or story ideas, email Tom at tom@swanvilleinsurance.com.

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Card of Thanks

The family of Cody Babineau would like to thank everyone who helped us during this difficult time. Thanks for your visits, prayers, cards, gifts and food brought to our homes. Your kindness will not be forgotten.

The Herb & Sharon Wielenberg Family

The family of Elsie Clear want to thank all that visited her at the Long Prairie Nursing Home, to the great staff and Dr. Paul Van Gorp for the care and compassion given her. To those who sent cards, memorials, calls and prayers. She will be missed.

God bless!

Elsie Clear Family

A big thank you to my family and friends for the visits, flowers, food and prayers during and after my heart surgery in July.

Who’d of thunk? A very greatful

Gloria Pazik

To Submit a Card of Thanks the cost is $3.00 for the first 50 words, 10¢ for each additional word. MUST BE PREPAID. Mail to: Hometown News, 29442 120th St., Grey Eagle, MN 56336.

Harvey Mackay continued from page 2

Electronic self-service may be the wave of the future for many organizations, but lots of consumers are bucking the trend. The CRM Buyer website reports that researchers surveyed more than 24,000 consumers in 12 countries about customer interactions. Here’s what they found: • 80 percent prefer customer service from a human instead of an automated system.

• 83 percent say that interacting with a customer service rep is important on the phone or in a store.

• 68 percent believe they’re more likely to get a better deal when negotiating in person instead of online.

• 18 percent said they would renew products or services because of good personal customer service, even if they were more expensive.

Are companies paying attention?

The British blog Fresh Tracks notes: “It’s so much easier to fire off a text or an email instead of making an appointment in person, writing a carefully thoughtout letter, or even picking up the phone.

More of us are allowing technology to replace elements of our face-to-face relationships. In many instances it’s hugely convenient and efficient to send someone a quick text and receive a reply in seconds.”

But it’s difficult to put nuance into electronic communication. You can

program responses, direct customers to FAQ pages, promise that their messages will be returned within 24 hours or whatever. But never forget that the personal touch is already one step removed, and you must respond as promised or they are on to the next website.

When you can’t be one-on-one with customers, make sure they know you are still there for them. Pay attention to your reviews, handle complaints immediately, deliver more than you promise. Keep your finger on the pulse.

Mackay’s Moral: The personal touch means all hands on deck.

Reprinted with permission from nationally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us,” “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World,” and “Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The Door.”

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Obituaries Evelyn M. Krystosek

Mass of Christian burial celebrating the life of Evelyn Mary Krystosek, age 94 of Holdingford was held Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Opole, MN. Father Glenn Krystosek officiated and Father Eugene Doyle concelebrated, with burial in the parish cemetery. Evelyn died Saturday, September 23, 2017 at her home.

Evelyn was born on August 2, 1923 in Bellevue Township, Royalton, MN to Isidore and Rose (Janski) Schlichting. Evelyn was united in marriage on May 17, 1943 to Eugene Krystosek at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Royalton, MN. Evelyn and Gene operated the family farm near Opole. She was a member of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Christian Women and chaired the

Dianna Gallus

The Mass of Christian Burial, celebrating the life of Dianna Gallus, age 70 of St. Cloud was held Friday, September 22 at the Church of St. Anthony in St. Cloud, burial will be in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Opole. Dianna died at her home on Tuesday.

Dianna was born August 24, 1947 in Bismarck, North Dakota to Edwin and Ruth (Kurle) Zelmer. She married Eugene “Gene” Gallus on August 17, 1968 in Nebraska. Dianna worked for over 20 years as a cook in several schools within District 742, she retired. She was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic

Roy M. Nelson funeral lunch committee at OLMC for many years. Evelyn taught her family a love of nature and passed along her strong faith to her family. She loved gardening, walking, cooking, baking her famous Polish coffee cake, bread, pies and cakes.

Evelyn is survived by her children, Rose (Forest) Reichel, Royalton; Jane (Dale) Pulis, Sauk Rapids; Father Glenn Krystosek, Paynesville; Allen (Linda) Krystosek, Maple Grove; Dale Krystosek, Mendota Heights; Patrica Krystosek, Holdingford; Terri (Dan) Weyer, Bowlus; and Steven Krystosek, Holdingford. Evelyn is also survived by 6 grand children Jessica Samuel, Matt and Rebeca Krystosek, Dr. Eric Pulis, Emily Parrill and Tim Krystosek.

Great grand children, Ben, Eleanor, Magdeline and Edward; Elsa and Cora; Evelyn and Alice and sister, Bernice Wolak.

Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Eugene, two infant children, Walter and Evelyn, brothers Alfred, Tony, Joe, Cyril; sisters Isabelle, Loretta, Rose, Margaret, Theresa and Regina.

Church, the Eagles Auxiliary and the Moose Lodge.

Dianna is survived by her mother, Ruth Zelmer, Bismarck, ND; her husband, Gene Gallus, St. Cloud; her son, Shawn (Melissa) Gallus, Aspen, CO; her daughter, Sherri (Joseph) Albritton, Avon, her six grandchildren, Stephanie, Christopher, Lane, Lailah, Harley and Caleb Albritton.

She is also survived by her sisters, Bonnie and Margie in North Dakota.

Dianna is preceded in death by her father Edwin Zelmer and her brother, Laverne Zelmer.

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Roy M. Nelson, 88-yearold resident of Swanville, MN passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the VA Hospital in St. Cloud, MN. A funeral service was held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Swanville, MN with Rev. Kevin Zellers officiating. Burial took place in the East Swanville Cemetery in Swanville, MN. Arrangements were with the Shelley Funeral Chapel of Swanville.

Roy was born on May 28, 1929 in Swanville, MN to the late John and Elsie (Besemann) Nelson. He grew up on the family farm near Swanville. He enlisted into the US Army in August, 1954 and served for two years. He was united in marriage to Beatrice Muriel Thelander on June 1, 1957 in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Swanville. They lived, farmed and raised their family on the home place until 1986 when they sold the family farm and moved just across the woods to their “retirement home.” Roy retired from farming but then worked at Crestliner Boats in Little Falls for 10 years when he “officially and totally” retired. Roy lived at this residence until the passing of his beloved Bea on September 28, 2000. On June 8, 2002 Roy married his long- time

friend, Terri Holmgren and they resided at their home in Swanville until October, 2016, when Roy made his last but not final move to the St. Cloud Veterans Medical Center in St. Cloud. He was a resident there under the watchful eye and loving care of a devoted nursing staff until Thursday, September 21, 2017, when he peacefully passed to the ultimate home, Heaven.

He was a member of the Swanville VFW Post 6037, Swanville American Legion Post #313, Little Falls DAV, Swanville Sportsman Club and instructor for 50 years of the Minnesota Firearms Safety Course.

Roy Nelson is survived by his wife, Terri Holmgren of Fairborn, OH; children; Lynn (Berry) Duxbury of Pierz and Lori (Bob) Sutton, of Swanville; grandchildren, Crystal Wieshalla of Little Falls, Grace Duxbury of Pierz, Darren (Rochelle) Sutton of Melrose, Dustin Sutton of Melrose; great-grandchildren, Lee Sutton of Melrose, Ryker Sutton of Melrose; step-children, Michael (Natalie) Holmgren, Susan (J.D.) Dukes, Bruce (Alicia) Holmgren; step-grandchildren, Jonathan Holmgren, David Holmgren, Jesse Holmgren, Micah Holmgren, Matthew Holmgren, Elizabeth Holmgren, Paul Holmgren, Luke Holmgren, Casey Dukes, Molly Fae Dukes, Logan Holmgren, Tenley Holmgren; step-greatgrandchildren, Seamus, Maeve and Rouri Rose.

Roy was preceded in death by his parents, an infant sister, Lorraine Nelson, son, Lee Nelson and wife, Bea Nelson.

Helping Hands Outreach: Powerful Tools for Caregivers

Helping Hands Outreach will be sponsoring a Powerful Tools for Caregivers class. This program is designed to help family caregivers. The program will help caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. Contact Denise Leah at 320-746-9960 for additional information or to sign-up.

The class begins on Tuesday, October 10 from 6:30-8 p.m. at our Adult Day Center location in Holdingford. The class will be weekly on Tuesdays from 6:30-8

p.m. through Tuesday, November 14.

Helping Hands Outreach is a non-profit organization headquarters in Holdingford, MN. The organization receives funding from federal and state sources, but depends primarily upon donations from the local area to continue its services. For information on providing volunteer or financial support to Helping Hands Outreach call 320-746-9960 or go to their website at Holdingfordhelpinghands.org.

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Laodicean Water -By Sheila Ripplinger

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Letter to the Editor

By John Peternell Well, Albany Pioneer Days for 2017 has come and gone. The Minneapolis Moline Feature was a big success with record number of Prairie Gold exhibits of all kinds.

There were over 200 campers from several states here a week before the Show, and over 300 more by show time.

The near 21,000 people that came to en-

joy the show, camp, have fun and spend money at our business places was well appreciated by everyone. There was only one business in town that didn’t notice all this activity.

After 43 years, and by far the largest celebration the town has, shame on you. Even a dog is smart enough to bite a hand that’s feeding him.

A 21st Letter to America

By Manuel Ybarra, Jr. America and the World has gotten more and more anti, God, the Word of God, His Laws and Commandments, and His People.

Ignorance and disobedience of God’s Laws abounds.

Mankind is putting God’s abundant love to the test. Man can’t even follow His command to “love your neighbor (which means everybody).” Instead of love for fellowman, they have hate and murder in their hearts and mind.

Some examples are North Korea, Iran, and the Muslim world. Iran wants nukes so they can kill all Israelites and Americans. North Korea wants many nukes so they can wipeout American cities and the millions of humans there, plus other nations, which in the past have been historical enemies.

The self-proclaimed prophet was right in seeking the Living God of his forefather Abraham, but his choice to start the Islam Religion, was wrong, and is a disaster.

He was wrong, because, thousands of years earlier, God had already decided the path His Word was to be passed to His Chosen people and the World. It was not to be through Abraham’s first born, Ishmael, son of Hagar, the Egyp-

tian, Sarah’s maid. It was through his second son Isaac, and Isaac’s twin son Jacob, who’s name God changed to Israel. God made covenants with all three, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel.

It was to Israel and his seed that God gave, the Holy Land, to own forever.

Islam has been disastrous to the world and Islam followers. They have murdered over 200 million people in their misguided belief that their God tells them to kill everybody who does not believe in Allah. Their cruel inhumanity is still displayed daily. Missing, is God’s love.

At first Mohammad said, Islam, the Jewish, and Christians, were following the same God. He called the others, “The People Of the Book”(meaning the Word of God). Unfortunately, Islam failed to read and learn God’s Word.

If they had done so, they would have found God’s salvation plan for Mankind, was already clearly stated, in the Old and New Testament. And that God had paid “in full” for Man’s sins, by the shedding of Jesus’ (Devine blood) on a rugged cross. Jesus Christ, the Word of God, made flesh by God Almighty, who called Him His only begotten son.

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I am very persnickety about the quality and taste of the water I drink. I will drink it with no ice if I have to, but prefer my water ice cold. I rarely order water at a drive through because I have had very distasteful experiences. If I go to take a drink and get the awful tasting surprise of chlorine -I have been known to spit it out and get nauseous.

Perhaps this is why the story of the Laodicean water supply is so intriguing to me. Ancient Laodicea is present day Denizli, Turkey and was one of the seven churches in which Jesus chose to write a letter to through John in Revelation. This was a very wealthy city, and apparently held the title of ‘Christian’ but according to this letter, they were not true in their faith. Their nominal and apathetic faith was being called out and reprimanded by the Lord because of His great love and concern for them. They did not even realize that they were poor, wretched, blind, and naked spiritually because their wealth and intelligence had blinded them.

In His great love, Jesus used the analogy of their water supply because they could most definitely relate to that.

The water supply of this prosperous city was their obvious major downfall. Archeologists have discovered that there were aqueducts that carried water from two sides of the city, both being between five and six miles away. One side, Hierapolis, was known for its steaming hot mineral baths that soothed and healed. It is still known for that to this day. In the opposite direction was Colossae, which provided pure, refreshing cold water.

No matter which place it was imported from, the water had lost its good qualities by the time it arrived in Laodicea in a lukewarm disgusting state. The people would try to drink it, but it was so distasteful and even smelled of sulphur, that they could not drink it and would spit it out!

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nor cold- I am about to spit you out of my mouth!”

How gracious He is to speak to us in ways that we will be able to understand if we are willing to open the eyes of our hearts! He even talks to the Laodiceans about eye salve- which they were very familiar with in their city. He called them to be earnest and repent~ His purpose for rebuking them was because He loved them. He gives us the same opportunity as well.

We can be water snobs when it comes to our drinking water, but when it comes down to our faith, God knows the truth about the quality of our souls. Jesus gives us this warning of judgement so that we can examine our own self and the quality of our individual hearts.

If you are lukewarm with basically a ‘name only’ faith- or a ‘denomination title’ faith, then He is knocking in hopes that you find the living water that only He can provide.

Each individual person will one day bow before the Lord and have their authenticity made known in His light and

by His Word. The pure living water will be apparent in those who are hot with passion or cold with refreshment for His Name’s sake. The lukewarm will be spit out of His mouth.

At that point it will be too late to drink the water that saves your life for eternity. That water supply will no longer be available to those who rejected Jesus and chose to not welcome Him in.

John 4:14~ “Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jesus

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Community Snapshots

Mound Lake Association members and friends completed the fall road clean-up Saturday, September 9. Afterwards, they enjoyed a delicious meal, compliments of Shady’s Golden Eagle Bar and Grill. Everyone had a fun time and the lake roads are all cleaned up. Submitted by Carol Johnson.

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2017 Friends of Big Birch Lake Award

Submitted by Robert Kutter The Big Birch Lake Association has awarded its 2017 “Friends of Big Birch Lake Award” to Tom and Laurie Fox, at 10650 Angler Drive; Grey Eagle, MN, at its Annual Meeting on August 19, 2017.

The Fox’s lake cabin and massive native grass and wildflower buffer zone project is on the northwest shore of the lower basin of Big Birch Lake, facing Hunters’ Bay. They purchased their lake home in 2000, and began planning and drafting their lakeshore improvement project

seven years ago, after a chance discussion with Prairie Restorations at a Home Show booth in St Cloud. Their project was installed the spring of 2010.

Tom and Laurie’s property has 200 ft. of shore line which slopes very steeply back approximately 100 ft. to their home and guesthouse, and then beyond to their rear property line. Upon purchase of this property, all of the rain runoff went directly into the lake without any leeching or filtration, causing hillside and shoreline erosion. This increasingly concerned them, plus trying to mow the side hill, which had been done for years prior, was challenging and provided no protection to the lake nor was it particularly beautiful.

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and wildflowers and to accomplish increased property value.

Their buffer zone planning resources were written materials and videos by the University of Minnesota Extension.

Then they consulted with and contracted with Prairie Restorations in Princeton, MN for final design and landscape installation.

Tom and Laurie had 9,500 square ft. of hill side seeded and planted with native grasses and wildflowers and other perennials. They find that grasses do best in the shade and wildflowers do best in sunny areas, resulting with interesting variety. All property rain runoff now flow into their buffer zone.

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Some of the native grasses and wildflowers varieties are: little bluestem, bottlebrush grass, Kalm’s brome, side oats, blue grama, Canada wild rye, Pennsylvania sedge, prairie dropseed grass, black-eyed Susan, western spiderwort, wild geranium, woodland phlox, prairie phlox, Lindsey’s aster, golden aster, showy penstemon, wild lupine, blazing star, golden Alexander, prairie smoke, prairie onion, meadow rose, and butterfly weed to name a few.

Tom and Laurie’s buffer zones project is continually growing in maturity, effectiveness and beauty.

This year in the spring, Prairie ResFox Award continued to pg 7

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Birth Announcement

Minnesota Through The Lens:

Submitted by: Amy Rieland

Sofia Gabriela Garcia

Jaime Garcia and Maria Morelos of Melrose are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Sofia Gabriela Garcia, born Monday, September 25, 2017 at 8:26 a.m. at the CentraCare Health-Melrose.

Sofia weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.

Sofia is welcomed home by her brother and 5 step sisters.

Grandparent is Maria Reyna Rodriguez of Long Prairie.

Great grandparents are Rosa Chavez and Cayetano Garcia of Mexico.

Engagement Allison Nill and Nathan Knudtson

Allison Nill and Nathan Knudtson announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.

Parents of the couple are Tim and

Fox Award continued from pg 6 torations performed a controlled burn of the native grasses and wild flowers.

This achieved weed suppression and contributed to early and rapid wildflower regrowth in the spring. Laurie stated “We were really surprised on the stunning positive results and plan on doing controlled burns in the future as recommended.”

The wildflower and native grass buffer zone is a wonderful example of creating a beautiful panorama to be viewed, and protecting the lake’s water quality. They enjoy spectacular color changes throughout the year, and enjoy seeing the protection for baby turtles.

They have nicknamed their project Turtle Hill because they frequently discover baby turtles crawling to their next habitat. The projects’ perennial regrowth, less yard maintenance and the beauty of it all is a win, win for them.

Native grasses and wildflowers all have a very deep root system, thus increasing the rapid water filtration, leeching capacity and preventing erosion.

Kathy Nill of Jamestown, ND, and Craig and Chris Knudtson of Swanville, MN. Nill is a 2012 graduate of Jamestown High School. She graduated from Grand Canyon University, in Phoenix, AZ, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. She is currently employed at First Community Credit Union, in Jamestown, ND, as their communications coordinator.

Knudtson is a 2010 graduate of Basil High School, in Swanville, MN. He is currently employed as a skilled laborer at Nill Construction, Inc., in Jamestown, ND. Their wedding is planned for December 16th, 2017, at Temple Baptist Church in Jamestown, ND. The couple will be making their home in Jamestown, ND.

Tom and Laurie welcome you to drive by or boat by their property for a close-up view and to wave or stop for a visit and tour when they are home.

The Big Birch Lake Association and their Board of Directors congratulate Tom and Laurie Fox for being mindful of lake friendly stewardship practices, and for enhancing the lakes’ quality and beauty that we all cherish and enjoy.

Tom and Laurie Fox have clearly demonstrated love and protection of Big Birch Lake with this wonderful Wild Flower/Native Grass Buffer Zone and water quality improvement project.

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Sudoku

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Sudoku is one of the most popular puzzle games of all time. The goal of Sudoku is to fill a 9×9 grid with numbers so that each row, column and 3×3 section contain all of the digits between 1 and 9. As a logic puzzle, Sudoku is also an excellent brain game.

Thought for the week:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our Bible says much about prayer.

It informs us about how we are to address God and that we are to pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. We are also directed to pray with and through the guidance of and in the power of the Holy Spirit. In Psalm 88, however, we read that the writer tells us what he does when he prays: “I call to You, O Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to You.” Not a day went by in his life that he literally did not cry out to the Lord.

The writer of this Psalm was in constant contact with his Lord - Yahweh.

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distant location, who may or may not be available when he faced difficult times or wanted to worship Him. Indeed not. His God was a personal, present and powerful God who was always by his side. And his God was a God whom he could speak to as though he were speaking to a friend and companion who was beside him waiting to be involved in a conversation.

What an impressive picture for us to place deeply in our minds. Wherever we are, whatever we are doing and whatever time it may be - day or night - Yahweh is by our side and we can call upon Him as our friend.

Notice, however, his body language when he prayed: “I spread out my hands to You.” Hands that were “spread out” because when he prayed he expected God to respond immediately as any friend would do to a friend in need.

And he did this “every day.” As Jesus would one day say, “Give us this day” what we need for “this day.”

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I’m going to save for his college separately, and give this to him to help start his life after school. Is there a better place to put this other than a traditional savings account?

-Laura Dear Laura, First of all, you should not invest in gold. Gold is a very volatile, very dangerous investment. I don’t have a dime invested in gold, and I would strongly suggest that you not invest in it, either. If you take a look at the life-long track record on gold it will scare you to death.

For the time being, you can leave it all in a traditional savings account. But if he’s not going to use it for many, many years you could move it into a conservative mutual fund. In fact, you started when he was at such young age, a nice, conservative mutual fund might be a really good idea.

When he gets a little older, he can start adding to it himself from the money he makes from odd jobs and chores and such.

After 15 years or so, thanks to your foresight and his contributions, he’ll probably wind up with a pretty nice chunk of cash.

Good job, mom!

-Dave Dear Dave, Why do you recommend paying off debts from smallest to largest when doing the debt snowball?

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Debt is not a mathematical problem, it’s a behavior problem. Personal finance is 80 percent behavior, and only 20 percent head knowledge. The reason the debt snowball pays off debt from smallest to largest — even though it may be mathematically incorrect — is that modifying your behavior and inspiring you to get out of debt is more important than the math. Your probability of becoming wealthy has a lot more to do with your behavior than any sort of financial sophistication or academic degree.

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They Will Love Your Review

By John Young I have been looking at buying a piece of equipment for the office. The piece of gear I need isn’t available locally or even regionally. It is only an online purchase which makes one a bit hesitant when shopping for something you can see, touch and feel before making the purchase.

So, what will I turn to when researching this type of purchase? Online reviews!

Online reviews have become one of the greatest tools in sales across the board.

Small business offering products or services now rely on their online reviews to help keep the traffic and sales flowing with their business. Your product might be reviewed on a retail site (like Amazon) or your site if it is set up to handle customer reviews. Services can be reviewed on many different platforms including one of the most popular right now is on Yelp.

These reviews are valuable to other shoppers of these products and services because they are written by those who have purchased the item/service and can tell you a bit about their experience with the transaction.

But, how do we as an end user write a quality review and help others make an informed decision about a future purchase?

The Better Business Bureau put together a short list of tips for writing a review that I thought was strong enough to include here.

• Never write anything while upset. This may seem like obvious advice, but take some time—at least 24 hours— before sitting down to draft that sternly-worded review. A good review conveys objective facts about experiences; venting anger, frustration, and sarcasm can make you feel better but will cloud reviews with emotions/opinions that probably won’t be very helpful to readers.

• Be realistic. It’s unlikely that the meal you just had was the “WORST THING EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE;” if your experience was less than perfect, explain why.

Choose descriptions that describe and avoid subjective terms like “best/worst” and hyperbole.

• Talk about the entire experience. If the staff was unfriendly, include that in your review; but also add that the facilities were clean and the service was prompt. A lie of omission is still a lie. Again, readers of your review are seeking accurate descriptions of what to expect, and this is where you can shine.

• Leave out names. It’s tempting to blast the employee that was rude or the

server that brought the wrong order, but that information does little to help readers. Focus on what happened rather than on who was involved.

• Highlight your credentials. Why should someone take your review more seriously than the one right after yours?

Take a sentence or two to explain who you are and why you are an authority on this industry. On the other hand, stating that you are new to this type of transaction will help others avoid similar mistakes or misunderstandings.

• Address the other side of the story.

Place yourself on the other side of the issue and consider the possible reasons for your experience—good or bad. Showing a little bit of understanding can go a long way in validating your review as honest and authentic.

• Check your spelling. It’s silly that this point makes the list, but a quick scan of any review site makes it obvious that many people do not take the time to edit properly. Obvious spelling and grammar mistakes distract readers from the review’s message. I personally skip to the next review at the first spelling mistake; I figure that if the person doesn’t care enough to make a professional effort, then the review probably isn’t that important.

That is a great start, but there are a few more I would add to this list: • Don’t make the review sound too much like a cheerleader. Being factual and positive in a review is a great thing, but don’t overdo it and sound like you are either working for the company as a marketing person or you are being paid to be so over the top with the review. Most things aren’t 100% so be factual, accurate and fair in covering the good and the maybe not so good.

• Keep the opinion out of the review.

If you have a good or bad experience, you need to state what happened as accurately and factual as you can. A review with a, ‘I just don’t like them because blue shirts are ugly’ will crush your credibility on your review and only make you look silly.

• Use pictures or video when possible. We live in that visual world, and your review is given a bit higher reliability factor if you have a photo or video showing the good or bad points you highlight in your review.

• Don’t suggest other products by name. This makes it look like you were working for company B when you reviewed company A. A quality review that follows these tips can be very helpful to other shoppers who are in the market for those products or services. Be sure that the time you put into writing the review isn’t wasted by writing a review that will be disregarded by other shoppers.

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MnDOT asks motorists, farm equipment operators to safely share the road during harvest season

Motorists traveling on Minnesota highways this fall need to be aware of large farm equipment transporting crops to markets, grain elevators and processing plants, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

“Harvest season is getting in full swing across the state and farmers and their equipment are out on the highways,” said Jay Hietpas, state traffic engineer.

“Motorists need to be prepared to encounter slow-moving farm vehicles, especially on rural, two-lane roads.”

Farm equipment is large and heavy, making it hard for operators to accelerate, slow down and stop. The equipment also makes wide turns and sometimes crosses over the center line. In addition, farm vehicles can create large blind spots, making it difficult for operators to see approaching vehicles. All of these factors can cause serious crashes.

From 2011 to 2015, there were 688 crashes involving farm vehicles that resulted in 23 fatalities and 348 injuries.

Nearly half of the fatalities were an occupant of the farm vehicle.

“Twenty-two percent of all farm equipment crashes and 29 percent of the fatalities were distraction-related,” Hietpas said. “Other factors were speed-related and alcohol-related.”

Motorists should: • Watch for debris dropped by trucks hauling sugar beets and other crops. It is safer to brake or slowly drive through debris than to veer into oncoming cars or off the road.

• When approaching farm equipment, slow down and use caution. Put additional space between your vehicle and the farm equipment ahead. Don’t assume the

equipment operator can see you.

• Be patient and wait for a safe place to pass.

• Wear seatbelts.

• Drive with headlights on at all times.

Farm equipment operators should: • Use lights and flashers to make equipment more visible.

• Use slow-moving vehicle emblems on equipment traveling less than 30 mph.

• Drive slow-moving vehicles in the right-hand lane as close to the edge of the roadway as possible.

• Consider using an escort vehicle when moving equipment, especially at night and if the equipment is large enough that it may extend across the center line.

• Avoid encouraging or signaling motorists to pass. Pull over when safe, and let traffic pass.

• Pick up any debris left on the highway by the equipment or contact MnDOT to remove it.

• Plan their routes so wide equipment will not hit or damage signs, guardrails, light poles and other roadway structures.

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Local Municipality Minutes To publish minutes, email to htnews@meltel.net

Grey Eagle City August 8, 2017 The regular meeting of the Grey Eagle City Council was called to order by Mayor Joe Arnzen at 7:00 p.m., on the 8th day of August 2017 in council chamber. Council members present were Thom Muellner, Roland Ahrendt, Bill Pohlmann and Brian Hollenkamp. There were no council members absent. Also in attendance were Chico Hellmann, Lori Hellmann and guest Kristie Kuhlmann.

A motion was made by Bill Pohlmann to approve the amended agenda. A second was made

by Thom Muellner and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

A motion was made by Thom Muellner to approve the minutes of the July 11, 2017 meeting as written. A second was made by Bill Pohlmann and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

Kristie Kuhlmann was in attendance at the council’s request.

The council made introductions and discussed the concerns residents have regarding the appearance of the property. Kristie stated that the integrity of the structure is their main priority at this time.

The old gym area is being used as a shop and they are hoping to bring heat back into the building over the winter.

The following water/wastewater/maintenance items were discussed: 1. Chico informed the council that a water certification class will be held October 10-12 in St. Cloud for approximately $250 with a

chance to test for his Class D license at the end of the training. A motion was made by Thom Muellner to approve attendance at the water certification class. A second was made by Brian Hollenkamp and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

2. Johnson Jet-Line will be coming in to do the first year cleaning of the sanitary sewer lines beginning with the north west side of the city.

3. Chico ran the old well which is located in the shop. There doesn’t seem to be much pressure so Chico will work on getting an estimate on what it will cost to clean out the filter.

4. The Muellner sewer line repairs have been completed.

5. Chico informed the council that there was a hole in the tar on Maple Street South. MnDOT came in and made the needed repairs.

6. There are two dead trees between the Credit Union and the State Bank parking lot. Joe will make contact with John Holig regarding the trees as the property belongs to the First State Bank of Swanville.

A motion was made by Bill Pohlmann to approve the Great River Regional Library Agreement. A second was made by Thom Muellner and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

A motion was made by Roland Ahrendt to hire Mick Flood to paint and repair the interior of the first three fire truck bays for the quoted price of $3,200. A second was made by Brian Hollenkamp and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

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Mayor Joe Arnzen approved a building permit for Jackie Friese to install a 8’x24’ cement slab with screened in porch in the front of her house and install a 16’x24’ cement patio at the back of the house.

These additions will be within all setback requirements.

The Clerk provided the council with the preliminary budget and reminded the council that the budget and levy would need to be approved at the September meeting.

Any changes the council would like to make would need to be done prior to that meeting.

The Clerk was instructed to proceed with delinquent utility bills as allowed by ordinance.

A motion was made by Thom Muellner to approve the various fund transfers as follows: $748.26 from the Fire Fund to the Fire Hall Debt Service Fund, $101.26 from the General Fund of which $31.26 goes to the Water Fund and $70 goes to the Sewer Fund for Fire Hall and Library utilities and $382.40 from the Sewer Fund to the Sewer Rehab Fund. A second was made by Brian Hollenkamp and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

A motion was made by Bill Pohlmann to approve vacation request for August 25, 28 and 29. A second was made by Thom Muellner and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

A motion was made by Brian Hollenkamp to submit a government request form to the Grey Eagle Burtrum Lions Club for $9,000 for park maintenance. A second was made by Roland Ahrendt and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

A motion was made by Thom Muellner to pay the bills as listed and to include the payment of the following additional items: $1,765.35 to Minnesota Power and $200 to Central Minnesota Credit Union. A second was made by Roland Ahrendt and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

A motion was made by Thom Muellner to adjourn at 8:13 p.m.

A second was made by Brian Hollenkamp and upon vote, with all members voting in favor, motion carried.

The next regular meeting of the Grey Eagle City Council will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 in council chambers.

Lori Hellmann, Clerk

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Medical campus open house set for Oct. 9; building opens Oct. 14

The dream of CentraCare Health – Long Prairie’s much-anticipated medical campus has become reality.

A public open house will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 9 at 50 CentraCare Drive, just down the street from the existing hospital. Tours will be available and refreshments will be served.

The opening is a culmination of two years of fundraising and 16 months of construction. The $30.8 million 65,000 square foot medical campus has many enhanced features including: • 12 private rooms for inpatients and outpatients to receive services for medical, surgical, pediatric, coronary, obstetrics and newborn care • Eight observation rooms for up to 23-hour stays and emergency and outpatient services • Two dedicated labor, delivery and recovery suites • Two surgical suites • In-house MRI • Decentralized nursing stations to enhance efficiency and improve patient monitoring • Gift shop • Healing garden • Chapel • Bistro, which is open to the public!

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A remarkable part of the opening of this medical campus has been the support of the greater Long Prairie community.

CentraCare Health – Long Prairie had a $2 million “Building a Healthy Community” capital campaign goal which was surpassed in 2016. To date, 511 donors have pledged $2.55 million with the lead gift of $500,000 coming from The Rosen Family Foundation. CentraCare Health employees pledged over $400,000 with additional large gifts coming from Lee and Jan Hanson Family; Farmers Union Industries, LLC; Paul Van Gorp, M.D. and Bobbi Knutson; Rodger and Marlys Bense; and Dan’s Prize, Inc. Community members, local businesses and civic organizations along with many Long Prairie area residents contributed over $650,000.

“We are so excited to see all of our dreams and hard work coming to fruition.

The opening of this medical campus ensures top-notch medical care continues in our community for many years to come,” said Dan Swenson, administrator. “I look forward to celebrating this significant milestone with many of our community members.”

Following the open house date, the hospital will open and patients will be transferred on Saturday, Oct. 14. The rest of the campus and clinic will open at 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16. The phone number remains the same so appointments can be made at by calling 320-732-2131.

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Hometown News • Thursday, September 28, 2017 • Page 11

Todd County Sheriff’s Office

September 22, 2017: At 07:17 Debra Durheim of rural Long Prairie report her 1993 white Ford Escort had been stolen.

The car was parked at a business south of Long Prairie and was taken sometime during the night. The license plate is 157 LEP. September 22, 2017: At 15:43 TCSO received information about counterfeit money being used at Sidewalk’s Bar and Grill in the city of West Union. The owner of the business, Deb Stelling, reports that between September 16th and September 19th, 2017, one $100.00 bill and one $50.00 bill were passed at her business.

The bills were washed $5.00 bills and reprinted to appear to be a 50 and 100 bill.

TCSO urges businesses to use their specialized counterfeit marking pens and check bills before they accept them. This incident is still under investigation. If you have information regarding this incident, please call the TCSO at 1-800-794-5733.

September 24, 2017: At 04:52 Mario Montanez-Martinez, 20, from Melrose reported he had lost control of his 1999 Olds Alero car driving north on Dulin Dr. on the east side of Long Lake. He went into the east ditch and rolled once. Martinez was transported the Long Prairie ER by the Long Prairie Ambulance.

September 25, 2017: At 08:50 Gary Roering reported he had a Stihl chainsaw stolen from his residence on 245th Ave. near Sauk Centre. The theft happened sometime in the last two weeks to two months.

Albany Senior Dining

MON., OCT. 2: Baked chicken breast, bun, tri-tator patty, broccoli, ice cream.

TUE., OCT. 3: Spaghetti noodles, tomato meat sauce, Italian lettuce salad, applesauce, garlic bread, chocolate cake.

WED., OCT. 4: BBQ riblet, O’Brien potatoes, peas/carrots, banana cream pie.

THURS., OCT. 5: Swiss steak, baked potato, sour cream, beets, peaches.

FRI., OCT. 6: Fish fillet sandwich, potato wedges, lettuce salad, lemon chiffon. ~ The Lighter Side Menu ~ MON., OCT. 2: Chef’s salad w/lettuce/meat/cheese/vegetable, breadstick, ice cream.

TUE., OCT. 3: Cream of potato soup, tuna salad sandwich, lettuce salad, chocolate cake.

WED., OCT. 4: Stuffed green pepper, fruit, banana cream pie.

THURS., OCT. 5: Chicken vegetable soup, bacon/lettuce/tomato sandwich, lettuce salad, peaches.

FRI., OCT. 6: Sweet/sour chicken, Oriental vegetables, rice, fruit sauce, lemon chiffon.

Bread, milk and coffee served with each meal.

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MON., OCT. 2: Sloppy Joe, tri-taters, mixed vegetables, cookie.

TUE., OCT. 3: Pork roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, beets, bar.

WED., OCT. 4: Hamburger macaroni casserole, coleslaw, applesauce.

THURS. EVENING OCT. 5: Lasagna, garlic bread, salad, mandarin oranges.

FRI., OCT. 6: Cook’s choice.

Bread, milk and coffee served with each meal.

Call a day before you choose to dine.

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Local Library Events

Albany Library • 320-845-4843 LEGO Hour: Monday, Oct. 2: 5:30-6:30 p.m. ages 5-12. Do you like building with LEGOs? Come join us for an hour of building fun! We will give you a theme to get started and your imagination can do the rest. Limit 10. Registration is required.

Grey Eagle Library • 320-285-2505 Crochet Lattice Necklace Class: Saturday, Oct. 7: 10:30-11:30 a.m. teens and adults. Learn this simple technique of making a beautiful necklace. Limit of 12.

Long Prairie Library • 320-732-2332 Teen Read Week Trivia Contest: Mon., Oct. 2-Tues., Oct. 31 for teens during library open hours.

Celebrate Teen Read Week during the whole month of October! There will be a different trivia contest each week.

Are You Smarter Than Your Smartphone?: Tuesday, Oct. 3: 4-5 p.m. adults and seniors. Come learn the basics of your cell phone. All phones and knowledge levels welcome! Limit 10.

Melrose Library • 320-256-3885 Military History Mysteries with Doug Thompson: Monday, Oct. 2: 6:30-7:30 p.m. teens and adults. In this presentation by Doug Thompson, Collection Specialist at the MN Military Museum at Camp Ripley, you will learn about resources to find lost military records or identify uniforms and artifacts! Attendees may bring items for identification and share stories of these objects in a “show and tell’ format. Limit 20. Preregistration required.

Tech Time: Thursday, Oct. 5: 2-4 p.m. Come to the library and bring your device, such as smart-phone, kindle, nook or other devices. Come learn a few tips to make the most of your device. Limit of 10. Pre-register by calling the library.

Swanville Library • 320-547-2346 STEAM: T-Shirt Tote: Monday, Oct. 2: 4 p.m. ages 9-15. Turn your old t-shirts into reusable bags.

Bring a shirt with a fun design on it, and we will show you how to re-purpose it into something new. There will be shirts available if needed. Registration is requested.

Storytime: Wednesdays, Oct. 4 & 11: 2:30 p.m.

Stories and activities for young children of all learning styles.

LEGO Club: Thursdays, Oct. 5, 12 & 19: 3:304:30 p.m. Do you like building with LEGOs? Bring your imagination to the Swanville library. LEGOs provided. For ages 5 to 12. Limit 8. Registration is requested.

Upsala Library • 320-573-4282 Behind The Scenes: Monday, Oct. 2: 6-9 p.m. The Upsala Library’s movie group for adults gathers for quarterly movie showings. We watch a different newish movie every three months. Snacks and critical commentary will abound!

Wednesday at the Movies: Oct. 4: 3:15-5 p.m.

Enjoy a special showing of a popular children’s movie along with popcorn and your friends ages 5-12. Limit 40.

Teen Read Week: Oct. 8-14 during open hours.

Write a short answer to library questions such as, “What book world would you most want to live in?” or “What book best tells your story?” A drawing from entries will be conducted.

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NOW HIRING: Part time bartenders, nights & weekends, will train. Apply at Corner Pub, Freeport, 320-836-2120.

WANTED: Singers to perform at the Swanville Veterans Day program on November 11. Practices begin in October. Call Carol Duke 320-285-2396.

9/28 WANTED TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples: also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664.

SC-odB WANTED TO BUY: Aluminum 12 ft. boat, trailer & oars. Call 320-584-5405.

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9/28 FOR SALE: Free standing electric fire place, 1500 BTU, 24”Wx26”H, $35.

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FOR SALE: Black counter-height dining table, 36”x54” opens to 54”x54” with pop-up leaf, 4 stools, padded seats & wood backs. Table is 36” high, stools are 24” at seat, $75 or BO. Call 320428-4469.

SY FOR SALE: Die Cast pencil sharpener, antique stroller. Call 320-685-4491.

FOR SALE: Single bed frame with box spring. Call 320-573-2179, cell 320360-2728.

WANTED: Older Chevy pickup, 60s or early 70s. Call 320-267-5632. tfn

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