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ISANTI-CHISAGO COUNTY STAR
APRIL 13, 2017
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Donald Zachrison
Virginia Canfield
Virginia Canfield, age 94, of Cambridge, died April 6, 2017, at GracePointe Crossing Gables East. Virginia Gloria Canfield was born May 15, 1922, in Warman, Minn., to Albert and Neva (Ernie) Wehlast. She was raised and attended country school in Warman. Virginia married Alfred Thomsen and they made their home in Rush City. Alfred died on F Feb. 26, 1966. In 1969 she m married James Canfield a and they made their home iin the Sandstone area. A About four years ago they m moved to GracePointe C Crossing Gables East. Her h husband James died Feb. 7, 22014. Virginia loved gardeniing, her flowers, her cats, a all animals and she just enjjoyed the outdoors. She was a also an excellent artist and enjoyed painting. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands; son Michael Thomsen; and four siblings. Virginia is survived by three children, Terry (Deborah) Thomsen of North Branch, Jeannie (Maynard) Folstrom of Isanti, Douglas (Deborah) Thomsen of North Branch; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sister Betty (Earl) Schlegel of Farmington; and by several step-children and step-grandchildren. The funeral service was held on Monday, April 10, 2017, at Strike Funeral Home in Cambridge with Pastor Kevin Haseltine officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Friesland.
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Donald L. Zachrison, age 79, of North Branch, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis. Don grew up in the St. Paul area and graduated from Mechanics Arts High School and the St. Paul Vocational School, Machine Department. He was a six-year veteran of the U.S. N Navy Air Reserve. Don ret tired after 31 years in the M Machine Repair Departm ment at Honeywell-Alliant T Techsystems. He served 21 y years on the Planning Comm mission and City Council for t the City of Branch. He was a also involved in Cub Scouts a and served on the Church C Council at Trinity Lutheran C Church. Don is preceded in death by his parents Elwood and Victoria (Stream) Zachrison; stepmother Hazel (Herron) Zachrison; and sister Judith Ann Peterson. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy; sons Darrin (Holly), Devin (Laura), daughters Christa (Tom) Callahan and Carla Zachrison; grandchildren Victoria, Brittany, Shianne, Jacob, Jennifer, Brandon, Jessica, Stephanie, Nicholas, Alec, Cody, Zak, Zoe and Nakita; great-grandchildren Vanessa, Isaac, Jorden, Jaden, Caydun, Aspen, Logan and Hunter. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Trinity Lutheran Church in North Branch with Rev. Jon Yurk officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at church on Saturday. Interment will follow the service at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in North Branch with military honors provided by the North Branch American Legion and VFW Posts. Arrangements are under the direction of Grandstrand Funeral Home in North Branch. Condolences maybe expressed online at www.grandstrandfh.com.
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Klobuchar visits Braham Aurelius Manufacturing President Loren Nelson gives Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar a tour of the Braham plant on Tuesday, April 11. Senator Klobuchar was in town at the start of her 10-county rural economy tour, where she is meeting with business and education leaders highlighting her legislation and initiatives to strengthen Minnesota’s workforce and bridge the skills gap.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Martial arts teacher appointed to Chief Master
For the first time since City Center Market Food Co-op moved to its current location in 2007, the cooperative has declared a patronage dividend, one of the tangible benefits of co-op ownership. Member/owner purchases totaled 55 percent of Coop sales in fiscal year 2015-16, and the Board of Directors voted to return $18,958 to member/owners as patronage dividends. Patronage dividends were issued as store credit, with over 1,800 member/owners receiving a dividend. Member/owners have the option to return their patronage dividend to the co-op, and unused dividends will be donated to local nonprofit organizations.
SUBMITTED WHITE TIGER MARTIAL ARTS
April 1 may have been April Fool’s Day, but for local martial artists it was anything but. The students from White Tiger Martial Arts, 30162 Xylite Street NE, Isanti, and those from the other Midwest Haidong Gumdo schools, had the opportunity to train with World Haidong Gumdo Federation Head Master Jeong Woo Kim. Haidong Gumdo is a Korean sword art that teaches the proper use of a sword including patterns and cutting targets. During this training, Head Master Kim announced the appointment of Robert Frankovich to Chief Master of the U.S.A. Haidong Gumdo Association. With this appointment, Master Frankovich becomes one of only six in the U.S. Association. Frankovich has been teaching Haidong Gumdo in the Twin Cities for the past 10 years. For more information about White Tiger Martial Arts or Haidong Gumdo, visit wwww.wtma-mn. com.
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(Photo right) Head Master Jeong Woo Kim (left) recently appointed Robert Frankovich, of White Tiger Martial Arts in Isanti, to Chief Master of the USA Haidong Gumdo Association, one of only six in the U.S. association.
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Captain’s Lakeside Grille Long Lake, Isanti
Cost is $15/per. Please RSVP to bluejackets97@gmail.com or find this group on Facebook.
Coloring Contest Winners!
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Market declares patronage dividends
Coloring Contest Winners!
The winners for the age group of 7-10 are: Emmi Green, age 8, North Branch Bailey Scott, age 7, Isanti Marcail Dlouhy, age 10, Isanti Nora Long, age 8, North Branch Mckenzie Cunningham, age 8, North Branch
The winners for the age group of 7-10 are: Caiah Blomquist, age 7 Avery VanAnda, age 7 Aspen Jenkins, age 9 Devyn Langer, age 10 Per Ekerholm, age 10
The winners for the age group of 4-6 are: Joey Christenson, age 5, Cambridge Livia Rundhaug, age 4, North Branch Kassidy McGuire, age 5, North Branch Madelyn Servaty, age 5, Harris Maggie Mechels, age 6, Circle Pines
The winners for the age group of 4-6 are: Maddie Anderson, age 4 Joey Christenson, age 5 Sophie Sutton, age 5 Livia Rundhaug age, 4 Addison Erickson, age 5
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