Kanabec County Times E-edition January 24, 2019 by Northstar Media

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Lunar eclipse dazzles observers

‘Grandpa scam’ targets locals

The night of Sunday, Jan. 20, skies were clear of clouds and many endured the cold to catch a glimpse of a total lunar eclipse. The ﬁrst full moon of 2019 was a “supermoon” meaning it was very close to the earth and appeared large and bright. At 9:34 p.m. it began to move into the Earth’s umbra, thus casting a shadow on the moon. The moon was totally eclipsed from 11:12-11:43 p.m. Kevin Carr of Hinckley captured these images of the event with a telescope and his iphone. The next total lunar eclipse will be in May, 2021.

BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM

It’s a scam that takes a person’s instinctive love for family and turns it against them. Since 2010, scammers have been calling residents in Pine County using the “grandpa scam.” And now they’re at it again. Walter (not his real name) lives off of Pokegama Lake and has since 1996. The other day he got a call from a number he didn’t recognize. The caller ID said “Hamilton County.” “Now there’s no Hamilton County in Minnesota,” Walter said. “That’s OK. I thought, robo (call), let’s get rid of it.” He picked up the phone, said hello, and a young male caller spoke. “In kind of a weary voice he said, ‘Grandpa?’” This is the first step in the SEE SCAM, PAGE 6

BY KIRSTEN FAURIE EDITOR@MORAMINN.COM

Fire Chief Brett Anderson has been with the Mora Area Fire Department for 18 years. He attributes much of his continued passion for firefighting to the support of the Mora community, despite some of the unpleasant situations that come with the job. Anderson became fire chief in October of 2017, and since then has focused on keeping firefighters engaged with the activities of the department. Anderson said the fire deBrett Anderson partment works best when his firefighters are assigned to tasks that suit their strengths. For example, firefighter Nick Bakke is also the Mora High School Assistant Principal. He has significant skill in organizing education and is assigned to manage trainings for the fire department. Another firefighter is a skilled administrator and has been able to do some grant writing for the department. Some excel at organizing fundraisers, others at organizing equipment on the trucks. “The majority of the department has really SEE COMMUNITY, PAGE 9

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Holocaust survivor speaks in Braham

Clariﬁcation: The Kanabec County Times story “Race is on to fill District 11 Senate seat” in the Jan. 17 edition did a poor job of describing which portions of Kanabec County are included in District 11. District 11 includes the eastern side of the county including: • City of Grasston • City of Mora • Arthur Township • Brunswick Township • Comfort Township • Grass Lake Township • Knife Lake Township • Kroschel Township • Pomroy Township • Whited Township

Community builds up Mora ﬁre department

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Senate District 15

Senate District 11

This map shows only the Kanabec portions of two Senate districts, not the entire districts which extend into surrounding counties.

Holocaust survivor Fred M. B. Amram will be speaking about his experiences in Germany as a child and his goal of bringing an end to genocide from 1-3 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Braham Area High School. Amram is a retired University of Minnesota professor of communication and creativity. He spent his early years in Hannover, Germany, where he experienced the Holocaust from its inception in 1933. He witnessed Kristallnacht and the Gestapo invading his home. He watched British bombers from his balcony when Jews

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were banned from air raid shelters. Fred’s memory of events is surprisingly clear enabling him to share his dramatic experiences. The loss of uncles, aunts, a grandmother and many more relatives has motivated him to share his experiences in hopes of ending genocide everywhere.

Although the transition to a new language and culture was difficult, the alternatives were worse. Consequently, this new continent truly became a land of opportunity where one could build a new life and become more than a “Holocaust survivor.” Fred is the author of several books, articles and stories. He will be speaking at Braham Area High School on Feb. 22. from 1-2 p.m. with a half hour Q&A to follow. 2:30-3 p.m. will be book signing and meet and greet plus the Braham students will have a museum gallery display for audience members to enjoy. Open to the public. Please enter through the activity door.

Kanabec County businesses are invited to attend the FREE 2nd Annual Economic Development Conference on Feb. 7, 2019 from 8am-2pm at The Grand Event Center, Mora.

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The following charges were ﬁled in Kanabec County Court on Jan. 15-Jan. 18, 2019. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Todd Eugene Brunk (7/30/1973) of Braham was charged Jan. 15 with one misdemeanor count of driving a motor vehicle without ignition interlock. Nou Gy Her (11/26/1990) of St. Paul was charged Jan. 16 with one misdemeanor count of driving after revocation, one misdemeanor count of open bottle- 18 or older passenger and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. Benjamin Mark Kreger (1/7/1992) of Brook Park was charged Jan. 17 with one gross misdemeanor count of no proof of insurance. Kendall Everett Hartﬁel (6/3/1986) of Ogilvie was charged Jan. 18 with one misdemeanor count of disorderly conductoffensive/abusive/noisy/obscene. Anthony Michael Trebesch (8/14/1994) of Dalbo was charged Jan. 18 with one misdemeanor count of disorderly conductoffensive/abusive/noisy/obscene. Dillan Bruce Lahn (8/9/1994) of Mora was charged Jan. 18 with one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct - offensive/ abusive/noisy/obscene. Cord Wesley Hugg (11/21/1989) of Mora was charged Jan. 18 with one misdemeanor count of tresspass - return to property within one year. Rachel Mae Moonen (4/20/1986) of Mora was charged Jan. 18 with one felony count of aiding an offender on probation or supervised release.

Public transit seeks input CONTRIBUTED

East Central Regional Transportation Coordinating Council will hold four public meetings to address transportation assistance, what is available and ideas or input of benefit to the Regional Transportation Coordinating Council. The public is invited to attend and give input at one of the four following public meetings: • North Branch City Hall: Jan. 29, 2019, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Heartland Express will provide transportation within their service area. Call 651213-5790 to set up your free ride to and from the meeting. • Milaca City Hall: Feb. 12, 2019, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tri-CAP Transit will provide transportation within their service area. Call 888-7655597 to set up your free ride to and from the meeting. • Mora City Hall: Feb. 13, 2019, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Timber Trails Transit will provide transportation within their service area. Call 888-217-5222 to set up your free ride to and from the meeting. • Sandstone City Hall: Feb. 19, 2019, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Arrowhead Transit will provide transportation within their service area. Call 800-8620175 to set up your free ride to and from the meeting. Public transportation to and from these meetings will be provided free of charge. The East Central Regional Transportation Coordinating Council is a developmental program managed by the East Central Regional Development Commission and made possible through a grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The planning phase will end on June 31, 2019, and implementation will begin on July 1, 2019.

Wayfaring goat, lamb talk of Ogilvie BY KIRSTEN FAURIE EDITOR@MORAMINN.COM

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Ogilvie city clerk Tammy Pfaff swears in Ivan Black to the Ogilvie City Council Jan. 16.

In what was an incredibly brief Ogilvie City Council meeting, starting and ending within 14 minutes, council member Ivan Black was sworn in to office and later discussed concerns of a goat and lamb wandering within the city limits. The first item of the evening was for council member Ivan Black to take the oath of office; member Dave Johnson would also have been sworn in but was absent from the meeting and will take the oath at a future date. After Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office deputy Justin Frisch reported to the city that police activity was relatively quiet in town, Black brought up concerns about a lamb and goat being kept in the city. Allegedly, a woman living within the city keeps the animals on her property, which occasionally leave the yard and have been seen in roadways. Ogilvie city ordinances do not permit such animals being kept within city limits. Kanabec County deputies have been aware of the situation and have issued the owner with a citation.

Mora mayor, council member swap seats BY SCOTT MCKINNEY NEWS@MORAMINN.COM

Former Mayor Jack L’Heureux was sworn in as a member of the Mora City Council, taking the council member seat vacated by Alan Skramstad as he took the seat of mayor. City Administrator Lindy Crawford administered the oath of office to L’Heureux on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Skramstad was sworn in as mayor at the Jan. 2 council meeting. The balance of Skramstad’s former council member term is required to be filled by appointment, and the Council voted unanimously that evening to appoint L’Heureux. SHERIFF’S OFFICE CALLS DECREASE The Kanabec County Sheriffs Office presented its annual report for 2018. Sgt. Dylan VanGorden told the Council that deputies responded to or initiated 6,185 calls for service last year, a decrease from 6,409 in 2017. FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET INCREASES The Mora Area Fire Department presented its 2020 budget. Fire Chief Brett Anderson stated that the department’s budget is set at $286,109, an increase of $35,439 (14.1 percent) from 2019. The budget comes from the cities of Mora and Quamba, along with nine townships (Arthur, Brunswick, Comfort, Grass Lake, Hillman, Knife Lake, Peace, Pomroy and Whited). The budget must be presented to Quamba and the townships no later than Feb. 1. The Council voted unanimously to approve the budget.

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Mora City Administrator, Lindy Crawford, swears former mayor Jack L’Heureux to a city council seat formerly held by newly elected mayor, Alan Skramstad.

INDUSTRY The Council approved a resolution of support for Minmor Industries, parent company of Olympak Printing and Packaging, as they apply to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for a Job Creation Fund grant. The council waived its right of first refusal for a property sale in the Mora Industrial Park. In 2011 the city sold the property to Engineered Polymers Corp. (EPC), with the condition that it would have the option to repurchase should

EPC attempt to sell the property. LIQUOR SALES INCREASE Dan Greene, manager of the North Country Bottle Shop, reported to the Council that sales increased by approximately $97,000 in 2018. He stated that the outlook is good for another successful year in 2019. UP NEXT The next City Council meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19 at Mora City Hall.

Don’t hurt good Samaritans, call a tow truck Question: During the last snow storm I went in the ditch and got stuck. I wanted my friend to come with a tow rope and pull me out. The officer that was there said that was not allowed. What is the deal with that? Answer: Every incident is different. Without knowing the complete story and having all the information Ask A it comes down to the law and safety. Trooper It is illegal in MinNeil Dickenson nesota for the public to use the highway

or right-of-way if it causes a danger to other motorists. Generally speaking, a tow rope requires the person doing the towing to get momentum with the vehicle and jerk the other vehicle out (from the snow, mud, etc.) which can send either or both vehicles out of control and into traffic. On busy highways, poor road conditions, weather, limited visibility, and many other safety factors, there is too much risk involved. I’ve personally witnessed something go wrong in these types of situations. It’s best to leave these types of situations to the professionals who are equipped with cables and winches that allows for control and stability of the

vehicle’s removal in a safe and timely matter, along with emergency lights. Law Enforcement works crashes, spin outs and other incidents to help protect the people involved, the property and all of the motoring public, we don’t want to see good Samaritans get hurt along the way. If you have any questions concerning traffic related laws or issues in Minnesota send your questions to Sgt. Neil Dickenson – Minnesota State Patrol at 1131 Mesaba Ave Duluth, MN 55811. (Or reach him at Neil.Dickenson@state. mn.us) SERGEANT NEIL DICKENSON is Minnesota State Patrol public information officer for the state’s northeast region.

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Maple Ave., Mora. Discussion will include the spring book sale and brainstorming future projects. Input may also be shared by email at sarahofmora@gmail.com

Lego Club at the Library Kids are invited to play and build with their favorite bricks at Lego Club from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 at the Mora Branch of East Central Regional Library. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Lego Club will be held on the last Tuesday of every month, January through May. Lego bricks will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mora Library. The library is located at 200 W. Maple Ave. in downtown Mora and can be reached at 320-679-2642. For more news and events, visit ecrlib.org or Facebook and Twitter.

JANUARY Wedding Fair Vendor registration is now open for the East Central MN Wedding Fair to be held on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, from 12-4 p.m. at Cambridge Middle School. Vendor information, shareable event flyer files, and couples’ pre-registration can be found online at: https://www. north65chamber.com/events/ spectacular-wedding-fair/.

Vasaloppet Art Show Registration

The Kanabec County Art Association invites area artists (18 and older) to enter the Vasaloppet Art Show held in conjunction with the ski race, Feb. 8-10. Entry forms are available on the Kanabec County Art Association Facebook page. Search Kanabec County Art Association and click on the KCAA home page or email art. kcaa@yahoo.com. Register by Jan. 31, 2019.

“Rock-A-Thon” Sign-up Sign-up now for the History Center’s annual rocking chair marathon fundraiser. Event takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 23. Call 320-679-1665.

Three Minnesota Futures - A Future to Fear, A Future to Prepare For and a Future to Fight For Kanabec County and Pine 11B DFL are hosting Sam Potter, a Minnesota atmospheric scientist, for a presentation on the newest climate change research. The event is at 6:30 p.m. at the BeerClub Brewing Brewery, 854 Forest Ave. E., Mora. Cash bar, pot luck, free admission. For more information, call 612-414-2901.

Veterans Health Care Enrollment Fair A Veterans Health Care Enrollment Fair is planned from 3-6 p.m., at the Rum River Events Center, 410 Railroad Ave. SE, Isanti. This is a walkin event. Entry into the VA health care system begins with a simple application and documentation of service and income. Bring verteran’s DD 214 and 2018 annual household income. A short optional presentation is scheduled at 4 p.m. Those who were denied benefits earlier may now be eligible due to changes in the program or personal situations, and are encouraged to reapply.

JAN. 25 Dental Clinic Kanabec County Community Health Children’s Dental Services will provide dental services for individuals age 0-26 and pregnant women at Kanabec County Community Health, 905 Forest Ave. E., Mora (320-679-6330). To set up a service contact with CDS call toll free 1-866-543-6009.

Baked Potato Supper Baked Potato Supper from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ogilvie United Methodist Church, 201 W. Bragg St., Ogilvie. The meal includes baked potatoes, a large variety of toppings and sides.

Reﬂections Memory Café Come with your loved one at 1:30 p.m. to share your stories and socialize with others who are concerned about memory loss in a relaxed setting. Coffee, treats, activities, conversation and companionship. Eastwood Life Enrichment Center, 160 Valhalla Circle, Mora.

Mora Friends of the Library Mora Friends of the Library will meet at 5 p.m. at 200 W.

St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, 400 8th St. S.E., Braham, will host a meal from 4-7 p.m. to support the women’s mission projects during the year. Chili, cornbread, kraut, pork, bread and desserts will be served. There is a fee.

JAN. 26 Lanternloppet The Mora Lanternloppet will be held starting at sunset. Bring the family and ski either the north end practice trails or

The Ann Lake Ice Fishing Contest will be held from 1-3 p.m. (despite the forecasted cold temperatures) at the Pink Diamond, 1434 Ann Lake Rd., Ogilvie. Prizes and raffles will be given away inside the bar.

Business Skills for Artists ECRAC will present two workshops for artists at 112 Main St. S., Braham. Career Planning: 9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m. Time Management: 1-3:30 p.m. There is a cost. Advance registration is required. Call 320396-2337 ext. 1 or email info@ ecrac.org.

JAN. 27 Kids Free-Throw Championship The Knights of Columbus will host a free-throw championship at 1:00 p.m. at Mora Elementary, Gym 5, 200 N. 9th St., Mora. The event is open to girls and boys, ages 9-14. Register on day of event (bring a copy of birth certificate). For questions call, Dan Johnson 679-3723

Scandinavian Winter Fest You are invited to the Royal Neighbors 20th Anniversary Scandinavian Winter Fest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Braham Event Center, 655 8th St. S.W., Braham. Chef Jan Sward will serve a full meal featuring lutefisk, potato sausage and meatballs. There is a cost. RSVP by Jan. 18 to 320-396-3177.

Jigsaw Puzzle Fun Time Jigsaw Puzzle Fun Time will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Mora United Methodist Church, 500 Clark St., Mora. All 500 piece puzzles are identical. Cash prize for first team to finish. There is an entry fee for teams of up to four people (one team member must be 18 years or older). May also bring an item for the Mora food shelf. Refreshments and snacks provided. For more information or to register call Ruth at 320-6793215.

JAN. 28 Paper Player’s and Coloring for Relaxation Learn how to recycle greeting cards and make two for yourself free of charge at 1 p.m. at Eastwood Life Enrichment Center, 160 Valhalla Circle, Mora. Coloring books and supplies also available.

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SENIOR DINING Location: Dala Apartments - 470 Bean Ave., Mora Phone: 320-679-4029 between 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28: Maple glazed pork roast, confetti couscous, broccoli spears, wheat bread, pudding. Tuesday, Jan. 29: BBQ pulled pork on a bun, potato salad, baked beans, cookie. Wednesday, Jan. 30: Turkey burger patty on a wheat bun, sweet potato wedges, cucumber salad, lemon cake. Thursday, Jan. 31: Lemon herb chicken, AuGratin potatoes, beets, wheat bread, cinnamon applesauce. Friday, Feb. 1: Liver and onions or Salisbury steak, whipped potatoes with gravy, peas, wheat bread, fruit cobbler. Note: Senior Dining is for persons 60 - plus, Ogilvie Senior Dining is served on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Ogilvie Civic Center. Menu is subject to change. For more information call 320-679-4029.

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the lighted trails at the Nordic Center, 400 N 9th St., Mora. Bonfires for roasting hotdogs and marshmallows, hot drinks and snacks will be provided.

The American Legion Auxiliary will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. followed by a 1:30 p.m. meeting at Kev’s Depot, 118 Railroad Ave. N.E., Mora. Discussion will include money distribution and Valentine’s Day plans.

JAN 29 Arthur Township Public Hearing Arthur Township will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. at Arthur Town Hall, 1899 Frontage Road, Mora, to discuss a subdivision application.

Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Mora United Methodist Church, 500 Clark St., Mora. Meetings take place on Thursdays for nine weeks beginning Jan. 31, 2019. Learn how to take control of money and not live from paycheck to paycheck. Pre-register at: https://fpu. com/1081813. There is a cost. Limited childcare available. Try first week free. Questions, contact Jodi at 320-220-2181.

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THIS WEEK: THUR. 1/24 Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m. meal, True Vine Lutheran Church, Mora. NAMI Connection: 6:30-8 p.m., Cambridge Medical Center, Harbor Room. Lap Swim: 6-7 a.m. Ogilvie Community Pool. Pickleball: 6:15-8:15 p.m., Mora Elementary School, Court 6. The Gathering: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Braham Evangelical Covenant Church. Reﬂections Memory Café: 1:30-2:30 p.m., Eastwood Life Enrichment Center. Lymphedema Support Group: 1-2 p.m., FirstLight Health System of Mora.

Moraloppet Ski for the Cause The Moraloppet Ski for the Cause will be held at the Nordic Center at 11 a.m. Preregistration and race day registration opens at 9 a.m. After race refreshments and overall/age class awards will be located at The Garage. This is a fundraising event benefiting the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. For more race information or to register go to vasaloppet.us.

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FRI. 1/25 Mora Food Pantry: 9:30 a.m.12 p.m., 214 Railroad Ave. The Refuge: Domestic Violence Mtg for Women: 12:30-2 p.m., Family Pathways Bldg, Mora. Lap Swim: 6-7 a.m. Ogilvie Community Pool. Preschool Storytime: 11 a.m., Mora Public Library.

SAT. 1/26 Ogilvie Food Shelf: 8-10:30 a.m., Quality building at 225 E. George St. in Ogilvie.

Kick Cancer to the Curb Fundraiser A breakfast to support Kick Cancer to the Curb will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.at St. Mary’s Parish Center, 201 Forest Ave. E., Mora. Freewill offering with proceeds used to help those in Kanabec County diagnosed with cancer. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus.

FEB. 4 UM Cow/Calf Seminar The Uof M Beef Team will host a Cow/Calf Days Seminar Tour and Trade Show at 5:30 p.m. at the Kanabec Co. Jail, 18 N Vine St. For more information visit the website at: www.extension. umn.edu/beef or contact Eric Mousel at 218.513.0781, emmousel@umn.edu.

CORRECTION: The Jan. 17, 2019 issue of the Kanabec County Times page one story “Anderson resigns from Ogilvie School Board” contained an error. The article incorrectly reported that Laurie Torgeson, Ogilvie Public Schools business manager had previously served as board treasurer. The article should have said that Gerry DeBoer had been board treasurer, but could no longer hold the position since he was selected as board chair. The board tabled the matter of selecting a treasurer until Torgeson could be consulted. The Times apologizes for this error. The Times is committed to accuracy. If you have a correction or clarification, please contact the editor either by phone at (320) 225-5128 or via email at editor@moraminn. com.

SUN. 1/27 Open Swim/Gym: 1-3 p.m. Ogilvie Community Pool.

MON. 1/28 Al-Anon.: 6 p.m., Courthouse, Mora. BINGO: 6-8 p.m. Am. Legion Auxiliary 290 hosts, Braham Community Center. Monday Morning Art: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Kanabec History Center, Mora. Soup for the Soul: 4-6 p.m., Emmanuel Baptist Church, Mora - Free Meal/Transportation: 888-217-5222. Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Mora Methodist Church, Mora. Adult Drop-in Center: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, Mora. Pickleball: 6:15-8:15 p.m., Mora Elementary School, Court 6. Kanabec County Republicans: 7-8:30 p.m.,Kanabec County Courthouse, lower level meeting room.

TUE. 1/29 Lap Swim: 6-7 a.m. Ogilvie Community Pool. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:30-6:45 p.m., Mora United Methodist Church. Square Dancing for Beginners: 6:45-8:15 p.m., Isanti Primary School. Al-Anon: 10 a.m., St. Mary’s Church, Mora. Mora Food Pantry: 9:30 a.m.12 p.m., 214 Railroad Ave. The Braham Jam: 11:30 a.m., Braham Country Floral. Lego Club: 6-7 p.m., Mora Library, 200 W. Maple Ave.

WED. 1/30 Mora Ski Club: 6:30 p.m., Nordic Center. Adult Ski: 6:30 p.m., Nordic Center, 400 N. 9th St., Mora. Al-Anon- Women’s Meeting: 10 a.m., St. Mary’s Church, Mora.

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Curses ﬂow when locked in the basement

traditional Mongolian yurt is covered in felt. The word “petrichor” describes the smell of rain on the earth after a long period of dry weather. “Hg” is the atomic symbol for mercury. It’s these little tidbits of knowledge that helped myself and my five teammates place third of 20 at the second annual Trivia Night fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 12. The fundraiser was hosted by the Mora High School Travel Club at Kev’s Depot and we were glad to be able to participate. If it sounds like I am bragging, it is because I am, but the real Editor bragging rights go to the first Kirsten Faurie place team and to the members of the Mora High School knowld bowl b l team t edge who placed second. These clever high school students really secured their placement when they were able to name all seven of the von Trapp children from oldest to youngest (Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta and Gretl). I’m OK accepting that these kids were a bit smarter than me that night. In fact, there are a lot of people who I hope are smarter than me like my pharmacist, the guy who installs my furnace and whoever has their hand on the big red button. Of course there are different ways you can quantify what being “smart” is. I’m sure it’s different than being intelligent or knowledgeable. Just because you can name all seven of the von Trapp children doesn’t mean I would trust you to install my furnace. NOT-SO-SMART Despite victory at trivia night, I had a very notso-smart event a week later when my 2-year-old daughter locked me in my own basement. I don’t think she did it on purpose. I simply underestimated her ability to work a slide-bolt latch. It happened while I was cleaning house and she sat on the couch with cartoons and a bedtime snack. I opened the door to our basement with an armload of things for storage, headed down and closed the door behind me. As I headed back up the stairs I heard the shunk-click of a small latch near the door handle which has been there since we moved in. I mumbled some choice curse words and tried not to panic. After the expletives were sugary sweet coaxings for her to unlock the door. I could hear her thumbing at the latch, wiggling and clicking. I ran through my options. Call someone? Too bad my phone is in the kitchen. Break down the door? Possible, but that’s a bit extreme. Go out the walkout? Sure, but then what? All the other doors and windows are locked. I could run in my stocking feet through the snow to the neighbors and hope they are home. As these thoughts ran through my head, my hand waited on the doorknob as I listening for my opportunity. Then, shunk-click. I made it out of the basement but wasn’t feeling all too intelligent. Unfortunately, for all life’s shining moments, there are some dull moments, too.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editors’ note: This issue is the last issue the Times will be publishing letters related to the Feb. 5 Special Election for the District 11 Senate seat. The Jan. 31 edition’s letters relating to candidates is strictly reserved for corrections or clarifications of fact. -Kirsten Faurie, Editor

Make sure Pine County candidates represent Kanabec County, too To the editor, Congratulations to 11B Representative Jason Rarick for winning the Republican nomination for Senate District 11. To the best of my knowledge, the representative has served Pine County with honor and dignity. Pine County... Every two years, a “Pine 11B DFLer” and a “Pine County Republican” run to represent Mora and the Kanabec townships listed in last week’s Times. While no system of representation is perfect, residents of Mora and

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Jason Rarick listens To the editor, In today’s hyper-partisan political climate, it’s refreshing to come across an elected official who still listens to and works with people who don’t often share his political views. Representative Jason Rarick is that type of person. He takes a collaborative approach to his job as a legislator. More often than not he seeks out support from the

other party for the bills he authors. He is not afraid to support a good idea if it came from someone from the opposite party, even if he risks blowback from members of his own party. He has the courage to do the right thing. Constituents who have communicated with Rep. Rarick know that he is collaborative and will listen. People will walk away from a conversation with Rep. Rarick knowing they were heard, even if they couldn’t convince him of their ideas. To know Jason Rarick is to like him. Indeed, by judging from his past election returns, his highest percentage vote totals come from the area in our district where he grew up, went to school, lives, works and volunteers. You know what you get with Jason Rarick. Please vote for him in the Senate special election on Feb. 5. Don’t miss out. There will be a whole lot of people voting the same way. Seth Wellnitz Mora SEE LETTERS, PAGE 5

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KIRSTEN FAURIE is the editor of the Kanabec County Times. She can be contacted at editor@moraminn.com or by calling 320-225-5128.

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Kanabec County must be extra vigilant to be sure our voice is heard and our needs addressed in the capitol. If we are not, we have a Representative in name only. The 2020 census is getting a lot of publicity over squabbles in Washington, but its results and the results of the 2020 election will have very real consequences for readers of the Times. 2021 will be a redistricting year, and if we demand it, perhaps we can get some representation with our taxation. Deven Kelling Mora

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JANUARY 24, 2019

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Hunter gets deer with bow, gun, truck

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Rarick knows the job To the editor, A special election for our state Senate seat is upon us. The hurry-up nature of this election may leave many people wondering who the best candidate is in this race. I suggest that we should support and vote for the candidate that many of us already know, and have come to trust to represent us in the Minnesota House. Jason Rarick has been elected by the people three times by comfortable margins. He has helped pass tax relief, insurance premium reductions and more road and bridge funding without raising the gas tax. Jason Rarick has helped our area with local projects by authoring legislation that made the new hospital in Sandstone a reality, and assisting citizens when the government put liens on their property due to state health insurance rules. Jason Rarick will be even more effective in the Senate, because he will be part of the majority that will lead with responsible legislation and provide a balance to the Governor and the House majority that will surely want to raise taxes and bring more government involvement into our healthcare. Jason Rarick can hit the ground running the day he is sworn in to the Senate, because he already knows the people and the system. It takes more than a family name to get things done for East Central Minnesota and for the state as a whole. Let’s vote for Jason Rarick. He is someone we already know who can do the job. Judy Soderstrom Mora

“Hire” the best qualiﬁed candidate To the editor, Feb. 5, we have an opportunity to vote in the Senate special election. Governor Tim Walz hired Senator Tony Lourey to be his Commissioner of Human Services, presumably because he thought he was the best qualified to fill the position. It is now our responsibility to hire Lourey’s replacement. When hiring, managers review and interview job applicants. They have the responsibility to select the best possible candidate for the job. Factors that influence hiring decisions include experience, qualifications and whether they are prepared to fill the position on the first day, saving the employer time and money training a new hire. Jason Rarick is by far the most qualified candidate who has applied for the job. He has already worked for us for four years in a similar capacity. He knows the system and the people. He has worked among us as a union laborer, a business owner and a volunteer in the community. He has done the work that has merited two “contract” extensions, by earning the support of nearly 60 percent of the hiring managers (voters). The other applicants for the job pale in comparison when it comes to experience, qualifications and preparedness. You and I and thousands of other hiring managers will have a decision to make on Feb. 5th. Vote to hire the best qualified candidate for the job. Vote to hire Jason Rarick to be our next State Senator. Doris Mork Brook Park

ou live in a small town if you buy a used shirt from a thrift store and everyone knows who the shirt’s previous owner was. You live in a small town if coffee is the most important meal of the day. You live in a small town if a snow angel is one who shovels his Al’s World neighbor’s walk. Al Batt You are getting older f if your afternoon nap lasts all night. You are getting older if you build a doghouse not because you have a dog, but because you have the time. CUSTOMER COMMENTS My niece, Lynn Osswald of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, told me that she and her husband John had taken their daughter to an event where a hotel stay was necessary. Upon returning home, Lynn discovered a hair dryer in their suitcase. She had not packed one. John had thought the hair dryer provided by the hotel was his wife’s. Lynn made an uncomfortable phone call to the hotel to arrange the return of the hitchhiking hair dryer. Loren Skelton of New Richland watches a lot of high school basketball. It’s the right thing to do. A former official himself, Loren says that he has never seen a hoops

referee sweat. My great-niece Jessica Hayes of Birchwood, Wisconsin, told me that her husband Scott is an avid deer hunter. This year he got a deer with a bow, one with a gun and another with a truck. I’m never bored. I find no reason. I told my father that I was bored once. He gave me the unpleasant chore of cleaning the chicken house. I didn’t enjoy that task, but I haven’t said I was bored since. Jessica had a teacher in Mankato who told his students, “You aren’t bored. You are boring.” The fellow told me that when the ambient temperature hits 30 degrees, he dons shorts. I wonder if he wears short-sleeved shirts with the shorts? Some people refuse to give in to winter, but most of us have lost our right to bare arms by winter. A TRAVELOGUE I’m fortunate that work has allowed me to travel to many places in this big old world. Speaking gigs took me to four states in rapid succession. I had four rental cars of four different makes. Each differed just enough from the others to keep me from becoming too comfortable. I drove in California (population 39,776,830), Texas (28,704,330), Illinois (12,768,320) and Ohio (11,694,664). I think I met half the populations of those states on the road.

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A chickadee weathers a storm.

NATURE NOTES Tiny red squirrels drive my wife to distraction. She enjoys the company of gray and fox squirrels, but considers red squirrels the cause of most of the world’s problems. She pounds on the windows and yells at them when they’re on the feeders. I suspect that was the reason we didn’t get a single Christmas card from a red squirrel this year. White-breasted nuthatches flew onto my mother-in-law’s feeders and carried sunflower seeds to a nearby tree where they wedged the seeds into crevices in the bark that eased the process of opening the shells. The nuthatch gets its name

from its habit of pecking seeds or nuts jammed into the bark with its sharp bill to “hatch” the edible parts. I watched chickadees. It’s hard not to. Chickadees do things adorably. A pair of downy woodpeckers visited the suet. Our smallest woodpecker is found in every state except Hawaii. The male has the red color and the female wears only black and white feathers. The female searches for food on large limbs and trunks of trees. The male works the more coveted smaller branches. AL BATT is a syndicated columnist. For questions or comments about this article, contact Al at allenbatt@msn.com.

List of First Amendment threats grows

irst Amendment threats and defenses have, for much of the past 100 years, largely focused on protecting individual speech — the rights of any one of us to express ourselves without interference or punishment by the government. Not to be too glib but, oh, those were the days. This glee is due, in no small part, to the degree that individual speech and press rights triumphed in that era. First But looking into this year, that situation Amendment new — and those victories — may be more nostalgia Center than norm. There is Gene Policinski increasing danger to our core freedoms from what I’ll call “systemic” challenges, which often appear focused on other issues, but which carry a First Amendment impact, if not wallop. The increasing public and commercial use of drones raise issues of noise, public safety and congestion in the airways — but also questions about what on-board cameras see and record that go far beyond earlier “peeping Tom” worries. Consider a new network of drones constantly crisscrossing the skies over your hometown, constantly sending video of the passing scene to the insatiable maw of computer storage. Combine that record with facial recognition software, vehicle tracking devices and surveillance cameras that can ID license plates from miles away and it’s but a small step to government discovery of who we meet, where and when, with resulting impact on the right of assembly or association. We’ve known for some time there’s a running joke, in national security and

spy circles in this country and elsewhere, that we’re now doing most of the surveillance work they used to do simply by living our lives on social media. Add the abilities of artificial intelligence to collect, collate and match social media and online data about any one of us and the kind of “anonymous” speech that produced the Federalist Papers is ever more nonexistent. Put another way, George Orwell’s draconian “Big Brother” presence was predicated on government installing a device in every home — and life — to observe each of us. In 2019, we’re the ones installing the devices. Not just at home, but 24/7 in pockets and purses through smart phones, watches and the like. In 2018, in two decisions involving GPS and cell phones, the U.S. Supreme Court pushed back on this new technological threat. Chief Justice John Roberts said that cell phone location information is a “near perfect” tool for government surveillance, analogous to an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet. “The timestamped data provides an intimate window into a person’s life, revealing not only his particular movements, but through them his ‘familial, political, professional, religious and sexual associations,’” Roberts wrote. Try being a reporter, under such involuntary transparency in the future, attempting to meet secretly with a source about government corruption or official misconduct or a botched criminal investigation or an undisclosed, invasive national security policy. Good luck. Let’s round up this Pandora’s box assembly of threats with a look at the 2020 election cycle. Not only will legitimate reports by a free press be mixed in with mis- and disinformation, a new technological threat challenges the adage that “seeing is believing.” What’s included in “involuntary

synthetic imagery” (a mouthful of a title) is the sinister possibility of videos that take real situations and seamlessly “paste” faces of politicians and others onto actual participants. Imagine misleading or embarrassing video that’s nearly impossible for most to distinguish from the real thing. Tragically, such fakery already has invaded our lives thanks to what’s known as “deepfake” porn. How do we square such “deepfake” videos with First Amendment law, which — with the exceptions when such fake video clearly is being used for extortion or blackmail — would tend to side with free expression and with those who create such works? When would satire cross the line into defamation or intentional infliction of emotional distress — two traditional, but often expensive, time-consuming legal tools available to those who claim injury from such fakery? And what of news consumers, already besieged by fakery on social media, claims of bias in news reporting by various outlets old and new, photo and video edits that distort, who already have a deep distrust of much of what they see, hear and read? Despite all this, not the entire look into 2019 is glum. News consumers have more tools to identify misleading items. The fact-checking industry can be paired with “trust” projects and background programs — such as (self-promotion alert) the Freedom Forum Institute’s “Newstrition” tool. More of us than ever appear concerned about our First Amendment rights than at any time in the past 25 years. Let’s keep that concern and attention going and growing in the new year. GENE POLICINSKI is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached at gpolicinski@freedomforum.org, or follow him on Twitter at @genefac.

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SCAM: Thieves target grandparents FROM PAGE 1

scam. Walter responded the way any grandparent would. “I thought it sounded like my grandson Zach,” Walter said. “I said, ‘Zach, are you OK? What’s going on?’” The caller told him that someone t-boned his car. He didn’t have his seat belt on and he broke his nose. “He said, ‘Grandpa, I’m in a lot of pain. I need your help.’ I said, ‘Hey, Zach. Calm down. We’re going to take care of it. How can I help you?’” The caller gave Walter a phone number, saying it was the number for an attorney. “I think he’s good, too,” said the man purporting to be Zach. But at this point, “Zach” had said enough to make Walter think there was something odd about his manner of speaking. “I’m detecting a foreign accent,” Walter said. “Ah-ha.” Now it was his turn to ask a question – a simple question that the actual Zach would be sure to know. “So I said, ‘Zach, what’s your brother’s name?’”

The caller tried to distract him using the ‘Grandma scam.’ After by pretending to be in pain. the first payment, she received “He said, ‘Grandpa, I’m really call after call saying more money hurting.’” was needed to pay her grandson’s But Walter repeated the queslawyers. She made six payments tion. over eight days before a family I said, ‘Zach. What is your member found out and put her in brother’s name?’” contact with the real grandson. The caller hung up. But that didn’t happen to WalAccording to law enforcement, ter. if Walter had continued to believe “I thought, ‘I still got my wits on the thief was his grandson, the me,’” Walter said. next step in the scam would have He called to make sure his actubeen for the “lawyer” to tell him al grandson was OK. He was. He that the car accident had landed told them what had happened. Zach in legal trouble, and “I said, ‘I don’t want you he needed money – thouto be worried, but grandsands of dollars – to get pa’s only got so many out of jail. beats left in his heart, for Walter would have been crying out loud.’ Anyway, asked to wire money to we got it all straightened the grandson through out.” a service like Western He reported the inciUnion or MoneyGram. dent to the Pine County Walter Once the money was Sheriff’s Office, and then Scam Target wired, the thieves could called the newspaper. pick it up in any of the “A lot of people in Pine wire service’s branches in CanaCounty here are elderly,” Walter da or around the world. said. “It scared me. That’s my And then they likely would have grandson. Luckily, I picked up asked Walter for more money. Acon the dialect. But what happens cording to a March 12, 2010 report when they do dial that number? It in the Star Tribune, a Bloomingscared me, and I don’t scare that ton woman gave $17,000 to thieves easy.”

‘It scared me, and I don’t scare that easy.’

Jan. 24 - Jan. 30 Week of

EXCITING TIMES Last week’s most read stories

Below are last week’s most read stories on the Kanabec County Times website, www.MoraMinn.com. 1. Warden tases man on Quamba Lake: The game warden looks down on fishing without a license and keeping more than the limit — none of which will get a fisherman tased, but possession of methamphetamine and fleeing an officer might. (7,696 pageviews) 2. Grocery fan lands dream job: Donald Ericson is a fanatic about grocery stores. So much so that he started a Facebook group called “Grocery Store Fanatics” with an ever increasing following of over 800 people. (1,729 pageviews) 3. Jared A. Wiener (obituary): Jared A. Wiener, son of Eugene and Misty Welch, died on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at his residence in Mora. He was 20 years old. (281 pageviews) Are you a current print subscriber? Your subscription includes complimentary access to all of the Times digital content. To access it, go to www.MoraMinn.com. Sign in or create an account. Select “Subscribe” in the top left corner. Choose “Online access for current print subscribers - Get Started” and follow the on screen instructions.

The Commissioners of Kanabec County are seeking applicants to serve on Kanabec County Boards and Committees: Emergency Medical Services Board Advisory Committee. Evaluates the money that is available to the Emergency Medical Services for training and advises the executive board on how it should be spent. There is one opening on this board.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 You can’t predict how people will react, Aries. What you ﬁnd humorous may bend someone else out of shape. If you suspect a joke won’t go over wll, keep it to yourself.

from a different angle. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, sometimes it can be easy for you to ﬁxate on a particular way of doing things. Consider if others have a better way to tackle the same task.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Keep your eyes open and you just may stumble onto something new and fascinating this week, Taurus. Now is a good time to explore new ideas and integrate them.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Expect to reach a big milestone in your life in the next few days, Scorpio. This likely has something to do with your family or career. The praise is warranted.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 You are not one to walk away from a challenge, Gemini. This week you may be confronted with a challenging obstacle. Devote all of your attention to the task at hand.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You need to focus and get back to work this week, Sagittarius. If things have slipped through your ﬁngers, it could take a little time to regain your momentum. You can do it.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Something will bring a smile to your face early in the week, Cancer. There is pretty much nothing that will wipe this smile off of your face.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Shop around for the best deals before making a large purchase, Capricorn. Take inventory of your ﬁnances so your next move does not prove a setback.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, try not to push yourself too much this week. Maintain a low proﬁle and go through with your normal routine; otherwise, you might rufﬂe the wrong feathers.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 You may be ready for something or someone new, Aquarius. Right now is a good time to connect with a new passion that can bring you even more success than you had imagined.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Do not panic when a glitch occurs in your best-laid plans, Virgo. With a few easy modiﬁcations, you can work through it quickly. Look at the situation

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Try to focus your energies in a positive way, Pisces. You can accomplish what you set your mind to with the right attitude and perseverance.

Is it all in her head?

Personnel Board of Appeals. Meets upon call to hear the filing of an appeal by an applicant for county job or a county employee concerning discrimination practices, alleged arbitrary capricious action on the part of the County Board with respect to rules included in the Act, or other matters or grievances under the authority of this Act (M.S. §375.65 & 375.66). There is one opening for this board. All applicants should be a Kanabec County resident. Please send a letter of interest to the Kanabec County Coordinator. Kanabec County Coordinator 18 North Vine Street Suite 181 Mora, MN 55051 320-679-6440 Please respond by February 1, 2019

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Funds designated to help elderly live independently BY KATHY BURSKI KANABEC COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH DIRECTOR

Kanabec County Community Health received $30,627 in Title III funds from the Central MN Council on Aging to provide services through the Older Americans Act. The services provided with these funds enable an older person to continue living in their home with some assistance rather than face premature residence in a long-term care facility. The services provided through funding enable seniors to continue living in their homes - independently. The following services will be offered in Kanabec County this year. • Public Health Nurse Clinics – In Mora Clinics are held every Wednesday and every other Thursday each month by appointment. Services include assessment, foot care, mental health screening, toenail trimming and medication review. • Medication Management and Screening services – This service is offered by appointment on Wednesdays in Mora. Services include assessment, setting up of medications with a doctor’s order. INR testing can also be done with a doctor’s order to the Public Health Nurse Clinic. These services allow the elderly population to live a higher quality and more independent life within the community. If you or anyone you know may benefit from the services listed above, please feel free to contact: Kanabec County Community Health for information on the Public Health Nurse Clinic – 320-679-6330. Funding provided through the Central MN Council on Aging as part of a grant from the Administration on Aging.

Food assistance available for affected federal employees during shutdown CONTRIBUTED SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK

Second Harvest North Central Food Bank announced today that food assistance is available to federal employees and their families that are missing paychecks due to the federal shutdown and are in need of food. The longest federal shutdown is U.S. history is quickly becoming a crisis for many employees and their families. Starting this week, thousands of federal employees will not receive a paycheck. In Minnesota, there are 32,000 federal employees with more than 5,500 of these workers being either furloughed or asked to work without pay. “With no end in sight, we are mobilizing to make sure Susan Este nobody impacted goes hungry Executive Director, Second due to this shutdown,” said SuHarvest North Central Food Bank san Estee, Executive Director, Second Harvest North Central Food Bank. “This is exactly why Second Harvest exists. To fill a gap. A time when there is an unexpected crisis that puts an individual or family in need of help. We hope that if the impacted individuals and families are in need of food that they reach out to us or to their local food shelf for help.” If you are or know of a federal employee in North Central Minnesota that needs help please contact Second Harvest at 218.326.4420 or go to https://secondharvestncfb.com/get-help/find-food/ to find food in your community. If you would like to learn more about Second Harvest North Central Food Bank call 218.326.4420 x12.

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Ogilvie school explores budget cuts BY KIRSTEN FAURIE EDITOR@MORAMINN.COM

Citing an immediate need to cut expenses, the Ogilvie School Board approved a resolution for the school superintendent to explore making cuts to employees and programs. Superintendent Kathy Belsheim said the financial need of the school is a result of declining enrollment. Belsheim said it was great that Ogilvie’s student enrollment has improved this year — up 28 students from the end of the 2017-18 school year. Still, overall low numbers means less state funding. Kathy Belsheim “Our overall small enrollSuperintendent ment size has taken its toll on the district,” Belsheim said. Approving the resolution is a regular part and first step of the budget reduction process. With approval to begin exploring cuts, Belsheim said she and other department heads have begun analyzing and thinking about their department budgets to either reduce spending or find a way to increase revenue. The Ogilvie School Board has not yet set a target dollar amount of how much needs to be reduced. This will most likely occur at the board’s Feb. 25 meeting.

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‘Our overall small enrollment size has taken its toll on the district.’

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS AND REASONS THEREFORE. WHEREAS, the ﬁnancial condition of the school district dictates that the school board must reduce expenditures immediately, and WHEREAS, there continues to be concern regarding reduction in student enrollment, and, WHEREAS, this reduction in expenditure and student enrollment concern must include discontinuance of positions and discontinuance or curtailment of programs, and WHEREAS, a determination must be made as to which teachers’ contracts must be terminated and not renewed and which teachers may be placed on unrequested leave of absence without pay or fringe beneﬁts in effecting discontinuance of position, BE IT RESOLVED, by the School Board of Independent School District No. 333, as follows: That the School Board hereby directs the Superintendent of Schools and administration to consider the discontinuance of programs or positions to effectuate economies in the school district and reduce expenditures and, as a result of enrollment concern, make recommendations to the school board for the discontinuance of programs, curtailment of programs, discontinuance of positions or curtailment of positions.

Tax Season Begins Despite Government Shutdown

As the government shutdown drags on and thousands of IRS employees are not currently working, many Americans are understandably concerned about getting their tax refunds on time. The Internal Revenue Service did confirm that it will process tax returns beginning Jan. 28, 2019 and provide refunds to taxpayers as scheduled. The IRS says that a significant portion of its workforce will be called back to work to process tax returns and issue refunds. If the IRS can’t recall enough employees, then the plan to issue refunds in a timely manner may be affected. For taxpayers who usually file early in the year and have all of the needed documentation, there is no need to wait to file. They should file when they are ready to submit a complete and accurate tax return. The filing deadline to submit 2018 tax returns in Minnesota is Monday, April 15, 2019. Because of the Patriots’ Day holiday on April 15 in Maine and Massachusetts and the

Emancipation Day holiday on April 16 in the District of Columbia, taxpayers who live in Maine or Massachusetts have until April 17, 2019 to file their returns. Software companies and tax professionals will be accepting and preparing tax returns before Jan. 28 and then will submit the returns when the IRS systems open later this month. The IRS strongly encourages people to file their tax returns electronically to minimize errors and for faster refunds. Be Aware of Scams Many taxpayers have encountered individuals impersonating IRS officials – in person, over the telephone and via email. Don’t get scammed. The IRS initiates most contacts through regular mail delivered by the United States Postal Service. However, there are special circumstances in which the IRS will call or come to a home or business, such as when a taxpayer has an overdue tax bill,

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Steps Toward A Mentally Healthier You CONTRIBUTED AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

It’s true that most of us don’t give our mental health much attention unless we’re facing a serious problem. That’s too bad, because in today’s complicated world most of us could stand to reduce our stress and worry, and to feel better about ourselves. Think of improving your mental health as similar to improving your physical health. Just as exercise gets your muscles in better shape, there are things you can do to get your feelings and attitudes into better shape. A good starting point is simply to make time for yourself. In today’s busy

world, it’s easy to fill our days with work, family and social obligations, leaving little or no time for ourselves. The fix for that is to include “you” in your daily schedule. Create a real schedule that includes time each day for at least one thing you find pleasant and enjoyable. Maybe it’s reading a book, working at a hobby or just taking a relaxing walk. Put it on your calendar and make sure it happens. Getting involved with others is another way to reduce stress and feel better about yourself. Community, civic and religious organizations are always eager for volunteers to help carry out their work. Giving something back to the com-

munity can offer a meaningful escape from your own problems (and often puts such problems in a better perspective) while also providing a sense of fulfillment and self-worth that’s essential for good mental health. And don’t ignore staying physically fit as a means to improve mental health. Studies find regular exercise is a great way to fight depression, for example. Plus, as we get ourselves into better shape, we usually start to feel more confident about ourselves -- everything from how we look to what we can do. And that’s good mental health. There’s no magic way to make stress and problems just disappear but building a little relaxation into your life,

helping those in need, and staying physically active can all improve mental health and make it easier to cope with the problems you will face. But if you find that your own actions don’t have you feeling better, check out the assistance that a professional counselor can offer. There are many fixes for better mental health. Whether it’s steps you take on your own, or help you get from a professional counselor, good mental health is a goal worth achieving. “COUNSELING CORNER” is provided by the American Counseling Association. Comments and questions to ACAcorner@counseling.org or visit the ACA website at www. counseling.org.

Worship Guide Braham Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) 320-396-2755. West Central Drive & County Road 4 in northwest Braham. Pastor Julie Beck Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship Service; 10 a.m. Little Lambs (for children under 5). Wednesday: 6 p.m. Youth Enrichment. Office hours Tues. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Radio service Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (KBEK 95.5) Calvary Lutheran Church (ELCA) 414 S. Wood St., Mora 320-679-1706 www.calvarymora.org Pastor Dean Oelfke; Associate in Ministry, Susan Williams Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School and Fellowship; Holy Communion celebrated on first and third Sundays of each month; 6:30 p.m. Calvary Bell Choir, grade 7 to adult. Wednesday: 3 p.m. KOK Choir, grades K-6; Chimes following KOK Choir; 6:30 p.m. Confirmation; 6:30 p.m. Sr. Choir, Sr. high school to adult. Emmanuel Baptist Church 536 South Union, Mora 320-679-2530 Michael Rue, Pastor David Everson, Associate Pastor Jeanine Kitterman, Children’s Director Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday School classes; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. Wednesday: 6-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club, Grades 1-4; 56ers Youth, Grades 5-6; Junior/Senior High, grades 7-12; 6-7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church (EPC) 551 S. Wood St, Mora 320-679-1969 Pastor Rick Marcy www.moraepc.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service, 10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship, 11 a.m. Sunday School. Communion first Sunday of the month.

Hillman Baptist Church 2748 Jade Street, Mora, 320-679-1756 Randy Strom, Pastor www.hillmanbaptist.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. Piecemakers - 1st & 3rd Monday of each month, 1 p.m. Wed., Sept. 12: 6:15-7:45 p.m. AWANA starts.

Fish Lake Chapel Non-denominational 1602 Jade St., Ogilvie Just off Fish Lake Road Pastor Dale Clifton 320-982-1017 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Morning Worship Service. Friendship Church of the Nazarene 525 2nd St., Mora Interim Pastor Ed Anderson Church: 320-679-1125 Cell: 218-308-1131 beedande@gmail.com Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship Service; 10 a.m. Children’s Church.

Hope Lutheran Church Grasston, 320-396-3925 Dean Oelfke, Pastor hopelutherangrasston.org 11 a.m. Sunday Worship Service; Holy Communion first and third Sundays and festival days.

Generation Church 300 E. Forest Ave., Mora Lead Pastor Randy Mitchell Associate Pastor Bob Herder Church: 320-679-1708 www.generationchurchmora.com Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible Study. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship Service. Children’s Church and Nursery provided. Grace Lutheran Church (ELCA) 301 E. Forest Ave., Mora Church Office: 320-679-1062 Senior Pastor Paul Lutter Sunday: 8 a.m. Sanctuary Worship; 9:30 a.m. Family Life Center Worship; 9:30 a.m. Sunday School. Sunday Morning Radio Broadcast 10 a.m. on 95.5 FM KBEK. Website: www.gracechurchmora.org Grasston Baptist Church 402 N. Oak St., Grasston www.grasstonbaptist.org info@grasstonbaptist.org 320-396-2645 Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; 10:45 a.m. Sunday School. Henriette Community Church (Free Methodist) One mile North of Henriette on HWY 107. 320-679-4875 Pastor Marvin Miller Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Sunday morning Worship, 10:15 a.m.

Immanuel Lutheran Church (ELCA) Brunswick, 320-679-2015 Pastor Sierra Westerman 2088 Highway 70, Mora 9:00 a.m. Worship; 9:00 a.m. Sunday School. Communion held every week. Lewis Lake Covenant Church 1030 Grand St., Ogilvie, 320-396-3293 www.lewislake.org Sunday: 8 a.m. Social Hour/Coffee, 9 a.m. Worship Service, 10 a.m. Fellowship and Refreshments, 10:30 a.m. Sunday School and Confirmation for ages 4-adult. Nursery for ages birth-2 years provided during Worship and Sunday School. Liberty Baptist Church 211 S. Hill Ave., Ogilvie Gary Johnson, Pastor, 612-806-9350 Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Worship. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible Study. Living Hope Church East Hwy. 23 and N. County Rd. 11, Mora, 320-679-2586 Steve Ekholm, Pastor Sunday: 9 a.m. Adult Class; 10:15 a.m. Worship Service; 7 p.m. Youth Service. Maple Ridge Free Church 801 401st Ave. NW, Stanchfield 320-396-2246 or Rick Eichholz - 763-412-9397 Wednesday: 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:45 a.m. Worship.

Mora United Methodist Church Parish Office: 500 Clark St., Mora 320-679-2713 Pastor Debra Schaffran debraschaffran@gmail.com Cell: 320-515-2054 10:30 a.m. Mora Worship. Website: moraumc.org

St. Kathryn’s Catholic Church 318 S. Hill Ave., Ogilvie, 320-679-1593 Sunday: 8 a.m. Mass. St. Mary’s Catholic Church 201 East Forest, Mora 320-679-1593 Communion Services: Mon.-Fri.: 7:30 a.m. Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 10 a.m. Mass.

Ogilvie United Methodist Church 201 W. Bragg St., Box 267, Ogilvie 320-272-4255 320-679-2713, Parish Office Pastor Debra Schaffran debraschaffran@gmail.com Cell: 320-515-2054 8 a.m. Bible Study, 9 a.m. Worship, 10 a.m. Children’s Sunday Library.

St. Paul Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 301 Church Ave., Ogilvie 320-272-4352 Vacancy Pastor Vernon Dorn Sunday: Confirmation classes for grades 5-8 at 8:45 a.m., Divine Worship at 10 a.m., Bible Study at 11:15 a.m. Second and fourth Wednesday: 6 p.m. Divine Service.

Open Arms Church of God 406 Pine St., Grasston 320-396-3373 www.openarmscog.org Pastor Gene Sherrod Spirit Filled Worship Sunday Worship 10 a.m. Children’s ministry. Pomroy Chapel 2700 320th Ave., Brook Park 320-679-3925 A Non-denominational, Christian Fellowship Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m. Prayer, 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. Fellowship following Worship. Quamba Baptist Church 26340 Whited Ave., Quamba 320-679-5365 Ivan Fiske, Senior Pastor Joel Ostrom, Associate Pastor Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; 11:15 a.m. Christian Education. Wednesday at QBC: 6:30 p.m. AWANA; Prayer & Study Riverside Fellowship And Mission Center A spirit-filled Church Service at the True Vine Lutheran Church 130 S. Park St., Mora 320-679-4076 Saturday: 6:30 p.m. Worship Service.

St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 400 SE 8th Street, Braham 320-396-3103 Pastor Tim Renstrom www.ststephensbraham.org Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible Study; 10:15 a.m. Worship. Trio Community Church Mora Elementary School 200 N. 9th St., Mora www.triochurch.com Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Youth Ministry. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship Service; nursery and children’s ministry available. True Vine Lutheran Church (AFLC) 130 Park St. S., Mora 612-559-2886 Pastor Marlin Harris www.truevinelutheran.org 9 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible Study; 10 a.m. Worship with Communion. Zion Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) and Preschool 401 S. Hwy 65, Mora 320-679-1094 Rev. Anthony Cloose Susan ScheerDhein, Preschool Teacher/ Director Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; 10:45 a.m. Christian Education Hour.

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MORA AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS FOR SERVICE —2018 In 2018, the Mora Area Fire Department received 102 calls for service: 22 Alarms Alarms can be security alarms, carbon monoxide alarms or even fire alarms that might mean someone burned the pizza —not that a building is on fire. 17 Structure Fires Structure fires can include things like homes, barns, sheds or a deck. 13 Mutual Aid Mutual aid calls are calls from neighboring fire departments for help 11 Rescue Rescue calls include car accidents, cold water rescue or someone getting their head stuck in a banister. 8 False Alarms 7 Gas Leaks Gas leak calls can include propane leaks or perhaps a car leaking gasoline 6 Car Fires 5 Grass Fires 5 Miscellaneous 4 Illegal Burns An example of an illegal burn would be someone burning something large (like an old boat) to get rid of it rather than disposing of it in the dump 4 Electrical Fires Electrical fires that don’t become structure fires are often power poles that have caught fire

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stepped up their involvement which makes us better and makes it fun,” Anderson said. By helping each person do what they do best, Anderson said it keeps serving on the fire department enjoyable and firefighters tend to stay on. “We’re trying to keep it as fun as we can, as odd as that sounds for some of the situations we end up in,” he said. Situations can be as mundane as replacing a fire alarm battery; unusual like helping a dog that got its head stuck in a tire rim; unpleasant like standing with a family while their home burns down. Some situations end more tragically like fatal car accidents. Still, these firefighters stick with the job. “If you dwell on the last call too much it makes it hard to go to the next one,” Anderson said. Counseling resources are available to firefighters to help them deal with the emotional tolls of the work.

After tragic situations Anbut that hasn’t been a problem derson said they may call a for Mora. special team in to help the There are currently 29 responders work through their firefighters with the Mora feelings. The group is called department with a maximum the Critical Incident Stress of 31 allowed. Anderson said Management team. he is thankful to have It is designed to help a full roster, part of emergency respondwhich attributes to the ers like firefighters, support of community police officers or businesses. medical teams with Unlike a large city understanding their that employs firefightthoughts, emotions ers around the clock to and behaviors after a respond to fires, Mora critical incident. firefighters work other For Anderson, jobs, and are paged firefighting can be when they have a call physically and emoand are paid a small tionally taxing, but amount per call they Mora Fire Chief also rewarding. respond to. “It’s the hardest job Beyond skill, knowlI’ve ever had, paid the least edge and passion, a key part I’ve ever been paid, but I enjoy of being a firefighter is having it more than any other job I’ve the flexibility to drop what ever had,” he said. you are currently doing to respond to a call. In this reCOMMUNITY SUPPORTS FULL ROSTER gard, Anderson said the Mora Anderson said many other business community has been nearby communities have a incredibly understanding and difficult time finding enough supportive. people to serve as firefighters, As an example, firefighter

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Austin Voss, senior, works on turning Prior Lake’s Logan Edwards at 160. Voss won over by fall, 3:01

Mustang wrestlers aim to win it all BY SCOTT MCKINNEY NEWS@MORAMINN.COM

After a strong showing last season, the Mora Mustangs wrestling team aims toward a Section 7 AA championship and a return to the State Tournament next month. Mora holds a 8-9 record after 17 matches, and is the only team still unbeaten against Section teams. “We’re undefeated in our Section matches,” said head coach Tom Youngblom. “We haven’t put our full team on the mat so far this year. But right now it looks like all our wrestlers will be healthy and ready to wrestle in February. So that’s exciting, though our record has taken a hit.” Last year the Mustangs finished with a 16-9 overall record, and were the Section runners-up. Three of this year’s seniors advanced to the Minnesota State Tournament: Ryan Nosbush, Danny Schroeder and Jon Smith. This year’s Mustangs team features a mix of newer and experienced wrestlers, Youngblom said. “Our first four weights are mostly junior-high kids; not because we have to, but because they are our best options. In the middleweights we have our veteran seniors with State experience, and up top we finish with sophomores and juniors who’ve wrestled well all year.” With less than a month left in the season, Youngblom expects the team to be in the running for Section finals and the State Tournament. “Foley and Becker look like the teams to beat in the Granite Ridge Conference, and Grand Rapids, Hibbing and Princeton are in our way to another Section title,” he said. “We’ve been here before: Section favorites with weeks left in the season,

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Cody Haggberg, sophomore, gains back points on Rocori’s Luke Hemmesch, eventually pinning him at 132.

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only to lose in the finals. But we’re going to do all we can to win it all this year.” The Mustangs competed on Friday and Saturday Jan. 19-20 at Cambridge-Isanti High School. The Mustangs competed in six duals finishing 2-4 and leaving their overall record 8-9 with eight duals left on the year. “We saw some very tough teams this past weekend. We didn’t wrestle as poorly as a 2-4 record would indicate. I am hoping this experience pays off at the end of the year for us,” Youngblom said. The Mustangs host longtime section rival Milaca/Faith Christian Thursday, Jan. 24. Elementary students wrestle at 5:30 p.m. ; junior high and junior varsity begins at 6:15 p.m.; a 2019 senior recognition ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. followed by varsity wrestling at 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN FRIDAY JAN. 19 Mora 45, Rocori 30 (Anthony Nelson’s ﬁrst varsity win) SATURDAY, JAN. 20 Forest Lake 66, Mora 6 Mora 63, Staples 13 Prior Lake 40, Mora 36 S Sartell 40, Mora 32

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Junior Parker Voss turns his Rocori opponent.

JJV results: Anthony Nelson 4th Cole Gmahl 2nd Brenden Lindquist 3rd Josh Rawls 2nd Cael Sjodin 1st Mason Nelson 3rd Nathan Nelson 2nd Dyllon Adams 4th Josh Gardner 2nd Idris Anderson 3rd

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Matt Venhuizen | Senior & Co-captain Mora Boys Basketball Sponsored by: FirstLight Health System www.Firstlighthealthsystem.org From the Coach: “Matt is a solid contributer to the team and has been since the beginning of the season and also all last year as well. He has been a very good leader so far this season and that will continue.” — Head Coach Curt Grachek Favorite thing about sports: I like competing with my friends. It gives me a chance to hang out with my friends who are also my teammates and have fun playing basketball. I also play football. Person who has inﬂuenced you: My dad, he has always pushed me to do better. He has always been there for me and H is molding tells me how I can improve. He me into a good young m man. How do you prepare for a mu talk game?: I listen to music, with friends about the other team and watch ﬁlms of pas past games.

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Junior 152 pounder, Hunter Anderson defeated Chris Borash of Royalton-Upsala by a score of 12-7.

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JAN. 10 AT MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL Highlight of athletic ccareer: Finally beating Albany Tuesday, Jan. 15. They wer were ranked ﬁrst in our Secti Section. It is the ﬁrst time I know of that we do remembeat them, I don’t ber ever beating them. Future goa goals: I would like tto play b basketball in college, then I hope to become a middle school tteacher.

LOSS Ogilvie 24, BOLD 60 LOSS Ogilvie 17, Dawson-Boyd-Lac Qui Parle-Montevideo United 63 LOSS Ogilvie 42, Sauk Centre-Melrose 42 (Ogilvie lost by Criteria)

JAN. 12 AT ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL LOSS Ogilvie 24, Irondale-Spring Lake Park-St. Anthony Village 57 WIN Ogilvie 48, Walker-HackensackAkeley-Nevis 36 LOSS Ogilvie 15, Royalton-Upsala 63 LOSS Ogilvie 18, Rocori 65

JAN. 15 OGILVIE QUADRANGULAR MEET LOSS Ogilvie 12, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 65 LOSS Ogilvie 9, Holdingford 48 LOSS Ogilvie 12, Milaca/Faith Christian 63

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SATURDAY JAN. 19 ST. CROIX FALLS WRESTLING CLASSIC Team Results 1 St. Croix Falls 178.5 2 Hudson 147.5 3 Boyceville 144.0 4 River Falls 140.0 5 Totino Grace 132.5 6 Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg/Siren 110.5 7 Amery 103.0 8 Spencer 102.0 9 Cumberland 92.0 10 Princeton 88.0 11 Northwestern 79.5 12 Cameron 73.5 13 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser/Prairie Farm 55.0 14 Pine City 54.0 15 Ogilvie 40.0 16 Cornell/Gillman/Lake Holcombe 35.0 17 Flambeau 26.5

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Alex Chidester (left) winsthe championship match by a score of 6-4 over Justis Knutson from Chetek, Wisconsin. Knutson is currently ranked second in the Wisconsin 220lb class and Chidester is ranked fourth in the Minnesota 220 lb. class. 18 Glenwood City 24.0 19 Turtle Lake 8.0 Individual Results - Varsity 145 Ethan Warren placed 7th 152 Hunter Anderson placed 8th 195 Gavin McLevis did not place 220 Alex Chidester placed 1st Individual Results - Junior Varsity 106 Dana Anders placed 5th 106-2 Hayden Bolling placed 4th 106-3 Beau Hudoba placed 4th

113 Chad Baumann placed 5th 160 Owen Heins placed 2nd 160 Zach Peterson placed 5th 170 Landen Halvorson placed 4th 170 Ethan Houtsma placed 3rd 182 Baylee McLevis placed 6th 195 Riley Lambert placed 3rd 285 Gabe Hoffman placed 5th UP NEXT Jan. 24 at Concordia Academy Jan. 28 JV Great River Conference Tournament (at Onamia)

CIMPC girls hockey top of Mississippi 8 Cambridge-Isanti/ Mora/Pine City goalie Jayante Kotila looks to pounce on a loose puck as teammates Madelyn Skelton (No. 7) and Jasmyn Sibell (No. 12) ﬁght off Cloquet attackers during the Bluejackets’ 1-0 shutout win over the Lumberjacks. The Bluejackets are ﬁrst in the Mississippi 8 conference with 8-1 and a 15-5 record overall.

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Mora sophomore Andrew Rasmusson drives to the basket against Zimmerman on Jan. 18.

MORA BASKETBALL - BOYS Head coach: Curt Grachek Assistant coaches: Pete Balmer, Chris Venhuizen, Jamie Wright Dec. 18 - WIN Mora 55 Little Falls 49 Dec. 21 —LOSS Mora 55 Foley 64 Jan. 3 —WIN Mora 76 Rush City 46 Jan. 10 —LOSS Mora 54 North Branch 57 Jan. 11 —LOSS Mora 47 North Branch 57

Jan. 15 —WIN Mora 60 Albany 44 Jan. 17 —LOSS Mora 51 Pine City 68 Jan. 18 —LOSS Mora 54 Zimmerman 64 UP NEXT • 7:15 p.m. Jan. 24 vs. St. Cloud Cathedral at SCC • 7:15 p.m. Jan. 29 vs. Milaca at Mora HS

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Ms. Nancy holds the attention of around 55 children and adults who showed up for preschool storytime on Jan. 9 at Cambridge Public Library – a week after no one attended.

Social media post spurs storytime stampede BY LORI ZABEL NEWS@COUNTYSTAR.COM

“Ask and you shall receive.” This simple adage was proven true recently at the Cambridge Public Library – along with the power of social media. On Wednesday, Jan. 2, not a single child showed up for branch librarian Nancy Dunbar’s 10:30 a.m. preschool storytime. It was the first time in her 10 years as storyteller that she faced an empty room for the event. “I was flabbergasted,” said Dunbar, who is known as “Ms. Nancy” to the storytime crowd. When Ms. Nancy mentioned the surprising turn of events at East Central Regional Library headquarters in the library’s lower level, programming librarian Erica Myhre had an idea. She snapped a photo of Ms. Nancy’s sad face along with a puppet sidekick and posted it to the regional office’s Facebook page to see if anyone cared that storytime had been a bust that day. And, boy, did people care. The post, as of Jan. 16, had received over 12,000 views, had 32 comments, over 170 reactions and had been shared over 200 times. “I was surprised,” Ms. Nancy said. “I didn’t know how many people checked our Facebook page. It really brought that home to me how important that is.” But that wasn’t the end of the story. On the following Wednesday, Jan. 9, around 55 kids and adults showed up for preschool storytime, when 20-30 is usually the norm in winter. “I thought it was wonderful,” she said. “I saw a lot of new

faces and familiar faces.” Many told her they saw the “sad” post on Facebook. One woman said she showed the post to her older son who had attended storytime 10 years ago and it made him feel sorry for his favorite librarian. “He’s in upper elementary and he’s sad that I was sad,” Ms. Nancy said. STORYTIMES ARE A FAVORITE Ironically, when Ms. Nancy started at the Cambridge Public Library more than 20 years ago, her feelings about preschool storytime were quite different from today. “To be perfectly honest, when I started as branch librarian, this was kind of what I dreaded,” she said. “As a high school English teacher, I was more used to dealing with 7th through 12th graders. That was my comfort level.” But that quickly changed as she interacted with the 3 to 5 year olds who showed up each week. “Now it’s my favorite thing,” Ms. Nancy said. “I look forward to it so much. Little kids are so loving. ... I might get a little hug.” The library offers eight weeks of storytime in winter, spring and summer, and 10 weeks in fall. Sessions run 3045 minutes and include reading one or two books, fingerplays, songs, rhymes, and some physical activities. “If I can see they’re a little rambunctious, I’ll ask them to tell us what to do with our bodies,” Ms. Nancy said. ‘Let’s spin!’ they say. They also like to do jumping jacks. We’ll do different things until they’re ready to sit for another story.” The sessions are also a good opportunity for preschoolers

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Ms. Nancy’s sad face prompted a big response on Facebook.

to learn skills they’ll need in school someday, Ms. Nancy said, like learning to sit, pay attention or raising a hand to speak. Siblings of all ages are welcome. Toddlers or crawling babies are allowed some freedom if they don’t interrupt the story. Kids also go home with a coloring or activity sheet about dinosaurs or cats or “something silly because they love that,” according to Ms. Nancy.

Always included is a literacy tip for parents to use at home. LOVE OF READING IS KEY Literacy is a huge focus of the program. From her years as a high school English teacher, Ms. Nancy knows how crucial the early years are when it comes to reading and language development. “When I taught high school English I could tell the kids who were read to when they were younger compared to the

kids that were not,” she said. “It didn’t have anything to do with intelligence, but creativity, word usage. ... Their writing was more creative; their vocabularies were larger.” Instilling that love of language into wiggly preschoolers will help them later on, she said. “I think if you can get kids excited about reading and books when they’re young,” Ms. Nancy said, “they won’t shy away from them when they’re learning to read when it’s a struggle – and it is initially.” She tells first graders who come through the library on tours to “Keep reading even if it’s hard right now. Keep at it. ... It will get easier and easier, and it’ll be super fun.” And fun is just one ingredient in Ms. Nancy’s recipe for storytime success. Her goal is to promote love of reading and the joy of a shared experience – even if 55 folks are elbow-to-elbow on the library floor. “The love of story and the love of community” are what Ms. Nancy hopes families take away from storytime. “Because we’re all coming together for the same purpose,” she said, “and it promotes the importance of reading within their own families. It shows parents how fun it is.”

STORYTIME DETAILS Mora Public Library’s Preschool Storytime meets 11:00 a.m. on Fridays. All libraries in the East Central Regional system offer storytimes. Call 763-689-7390 for details. “Storytime To Go” kits can be checked out by families and include books, activity ideas and printed materials similar to those used at storytime in the library.

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Weed of the month: Are there weeds in my seed? BY MICHAEL MERRIMAN MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

In spring, before home owners are ready to seed their lawns, gardeners are prepared to sow their plots, and farmers can fire up their planters, these individuals need to purchase the seed needed for their projects and livelihood. Buying seed can seem like an overwhelming process for an inexperienced homeowner walking down the seed aisle at the local home and garden store. In the seed aisle there are often numerous companies selling dozens of different types of seed. So, what’s inside of those bags of seed? Does the seed contain any weed seeds? If you flip over your seed bag, you should see a label that contains a plethora of information. Although it looks like a lot at first, there are a few key things to look for. The company or “labeler” indicates who put together that seed bag and labeled it. The germination tells you what percentage of seed is likely to sprout into a seedling if planted. The “kinds” on the label are the different species of seed that are present in the seed bag. Purity is the percentage of each component that is present in a seed bag and ensures that 100 percent of the contents of the seed bag are accounted for on the seed label. These components include the purity for each species of seed if there is one kind or numerous kinds in a mixture, inert matter, other crop and weed seed. Percentages of each of these components are determined when the seed is tested by a seed lab. Figure 1 is an example of a seed label and the information on that label is described below: • Pure seed is the percentage of each kind (species) or percentages of each kind of seed if the bag is a mixture. For example, a

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lawn mix may contain 30 percent Fescue, 30 percent Perennial ryegrass, and 35 percent Kentucky bluegrass. Inert matter is anything inside of the bag that is not seed including chaff, broken seed pieces, plant debris, soil, i.e. anything that can’t be removed from the seed when it is cleaned and conditioned as part of seed processing. It may also include coating to make it easier to plant and better able to germinate. Other crop seed includes other species of seeds that are unintentional contaminants in the seed bag and are commonly sold as crop seed in a given type of seed. These other crop seeds are not considered detrimental. Weed seed includes seeds that are identified as weeds in agricultural, natural or other settings. The

classification as a weed seed is determined by the Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) Rules for Testing Seed and percentage may include noxious weed seeds. In Minnesota the percentage of weed seeds should not exceed one percent for the contents. Note that this definition of weed seed should not be confused with Minnesota noxious weeds, a listing of plants considered to be noxious in Minnesota. Weed seeds include common and noxious weeds where noxious types may either be restricted or prohibited noxious weed seeds. Restricted noxious weed seeds are OK if they are below the specified acceptable rate. If a prohibited noxious weed seed is present, however, the seed would not be legal for sale. Both restricted and prohibited weed seeds are determined based on the

All-States Noxious Weed Seed List and should be listed on the label by name and number per pound of seed. Minnesota recently added Palmer amaranth as a prohibited noxious weed seed; any seed containing this weed seed is illegal to sell in Minnesota. A seed analyst looking for noxious weed seeds can’t visually identify Palmer amaranth. All seeds in the genus must be tested genetically to determine if this prohibited noxious weed seed is present. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture helped facilitate the development of this genetic test to prevent the spread of this herbicide-resistant, aggressive weed and protect agriculture in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture Seed Program monitors seed for sale in the state to make sure that it is labeled truthfully and accurately. Seed inspectors and County Agricultural Inspectors collect approximately 1,600 annual samples from seed that is available for sale throughout the state, and submit the samples to the state seed lab for a purity/noxious and germination tests. The results obtained by the lab are compared to the label to determine whether the label is truthful. 95 percent of the seed for sale in the state is truthfully labeled. If you are worried about weed seeds, read the seed label. It will tell you what percentage of the seed is weed seeds. It will also identify any noxious weed seeds present. Small seed packets produced for home gardeners are not required to be labeled with this information as long as the pure seed percentage is greater than 90 percent, inert matter is less than 10 percent, or if other crop seed, weed seed, or noxious weed seeds are not present. If you have any concerns about the label, please contact MDA’s Seed Regulatory Program.

Knife Lake Sportsmen’s Club

ICE FISHING CONTEST 7 miles north of Mora on Highway 65

NOON-2:30 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 2, 2019 • Hot food provided by Mora Boy Scout Troop #191 • $5.00 per hole • Holes predrilled • Rules posted on ice

DOOR PRIZES ON THE LAKE

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ANY SPECIES OF FISH: $200.00 - Largest Fish $150.00 - Second $100.00 - Third $75.00 - Fourth $50.00 Fifth DRAWINGS to be held continuously during ﬁshing contest.

Need not be present to win grand prizes!

Pancake & Sausage Breakfastt 8-11 a.m.

Drawing for Ice Castle V Sport Angler following contest.

Meat & Cash BINGO att from 12:30-3:00 p.m.

Knife Lake Sportsmen’s Club or call Ed (952) 250-0642

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CONSERVATION OPERATIONS Jan. 22, 2019

The following Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer weekly reports explain the activities performed by Division of Enforcement personnel in protecting Minnesota’s natural resources through effective law enforcement and education. Provided by the MN DNR on Jan. 22, 2019. Mora: Conservation Officer Mike Krauel spent the week checking anglers. Krauel also investigated a suspicious vehicle complaint in a WMA that resulted in an arrest for a warrant and a gross misdemeanor charge. Enforcement action was taken for possession of illegal-length walleyes, unattended lines, no angling license, and possession of marijuana. Cambridge: Conservation Officer Angela Londgren followed up on a deer case, attended a lake association meeting, monitored projects with local government units, and took complaints of litter. Londgren checked local lakes for anglers, recreational vehicles and spearfishing, and monitored fishing events and snowmobile races. Enforcement action was taken for extra lines, registration violations, wanton waste, and license violations. Hinckley: Conservation officer Bret Grundmeier saw increased angling activity as ice thicknesses finally allowed people to drive on most area lakes. Extra time was spent patrolling a local lake with high numbers of trout anglers and a history of anglers leaving a lot of garbage behind. Thanks to the efforts of lake association members and certain anglers, huge improvements in the historical littering problems were seen. Grundmeier checked quite a few people who had cleaned up litter left by others which, without a doubt, had caused others to think twice before leaving a mess behind. Citations and warnings issued to those not getting the point also seemed to be making a difference. Milaca: Conservation officer Nathan Benkofske reports working primarily ice anglers over the last week. Enforcement action was taken for no fish shelter license, no license in possession, expired ATV registration, possession of marijuana, and speed. Benkofske also spent time at the Andy Englund Fast 50 vintage snowmobile race on Green Lake. It was a great turnout despite the poor snow conditions. Isle: Conservation officer Ben Karon spent the week checking anglers on area lakes and patrolling areas on snowmobile. Fishing reports have been slow.

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Heating assistance available CONTRIBUTED MN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT

With subzero temperatures arriving in much of the state, the Minnesota Commerce Department reminds Minnesotans to apply to the state’s Energy Assistance Program for help paying their heating bills. For those who have not already applied for help this heating season, there is still time. Households with young children, people with disabilities, veterans or seniors are especially encouraged to apply. “Energy assistance is an essential safety net that can help vulnerable Minnesotans avoid the cruel choice between buying food or medicine and paying the heating bill,” said Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley. “Heating your home is a necessity in Minnesota, and we don’t want anyone’s health or safety put at risk because they can’t afford to pay for heat.” The Energy Assistance Program serves households that

earn less than 50 percent of the state’s median annual income ($49,698 for a family of four). It helps low-income homeowners and renters with heating bills through grant money paid directly to their utility companies or heating fuel vendors. Funds are also available to help some homeowners repair or replace malfunctioning heat systems. In October, Minnesota received about $116 million in federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds for this year’s Energy Assistance Program. The program is not affected by the federal government shutdown. AVERAGE ANNUAL GRANT IS $545 Last year the Energy Assistance Program served more than 126,000 Minnesota households, with an average grant of about $545. These households included nearly 56,000 seniors and more than 8,000 veterans. The Minnesota Commerce

Department administers the program in partnership with 29 local service providers throughout the state. The service providers can also help residents facing heat disconnections or needing emergency fuel delivery. HOW TO APPLY FOR ENERGY ASSISTANCE New applicants have until May 31 to apply, but funding is limited and administered on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible households in the counties of Aikin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Pine apply for assistance with the local service provider, Lakes and Pines Community Action Council at www.lakesandpines.org/ energy-assistance. To receive an application and find your local service provider in other areas, visit the Energy Assistance Program section of the Commerce Department website (mn.gov/commerce) or call the Commerce Department toll-free at 800-657-3710.

SNAP recipients to receive February food beneﬁts early CONTRIBUTED MN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) recipients will receive February 2019 benefits earlier than usual due to the partial federal shutdown. More than 400,000 people receive SNAP, 70 percent of whom are children, seniors and people with disabilities. Current SNAP participants can expect to receive their February food benefits in mid- to late

January. These early benefits are for the entire month of February. Participants will not receive additional SNAP benefits in February. SNAP recipients will receive information in the mail. While the federal government has not provided funding for benefits beyond February, the Minnesota Department of Human Services encourages SNAP recipients to turn in all paperwork due to their county or tribal government offices as soon as possible. Counties and tribes are still accepting new SNAP applications. Grocery

stores, convenience stores, farmers markets and other authorized SNAP retailers are still accepting SNAP benefits. For more information about particular cases, contact county or tribal human services offices. For food help, contact the Minnesota Food HelpLine, 1-888-711-1151 or www.mnfoodhelpline.org, or visit the department’s website, mn.gov/ dhs, which will be updated regularly. The Emergency Food Assistance Program food deliveries are available through Feb. 28, 2019.

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Funeral Homes AKKERMAN-INGEBRAND & ROCK-INGEBRAND FUNERAL and CREMATION SERVICES Mora - Phone (320) 679-1933 • 825 S. Union St. Braham - Phone (320) 396-2121 • 120 S. Broadway Ave. Mike Ingebrand, Director/Owner, Director: Katy Hamilton

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Lad escapes drowning in coasting incident 125 YEARS AGO (1894) Dr. Cowan was down from Hinckley Tuesday. Our merchants report a steady revival in business. The Y. M. A. added several new members at their last meeting. Another cold spell dropped News from down upon us this week. Yesteryear Andrew Hogan has leased Matt Anderson his farm to Wesley Olin, and will remove his family back to Wisconsin. E. C. Wilson has moved his family up from Princeton and settled down in the house he leased of Mr. Pope. John Currie, the Hinckley druggist is in town. Mr. Currie is getting to be quite a stranger here. Henry Schufelt has quit the service of “Uncle Sam.” Harry Butcher now drives the Mora and Lawrence stage. Manne Sundeen came up from Minneapolis on Tuesday and will be the guest of his brother Alfred a few weeks. R. C. Libby, the Hastings lumberman, was up looking after his logging operations this week. He returned to Hastings yesterday. LAUNDRY WORK -- I am prepared to do all kinds of laundry work. Prompt attention and satisfaction guaranteed. MISS GUSSIE RAMGREN This week we publish the financial statement of the county, in supplement form, in which form it will be published during the next two weeks. The Rev. Hicks predicts considerable severe winter weather during the months of February and March. We hope it will be no colder than the weather we have enjoyed the past week. Chairman Nelson of the county board was setting ‘em up on Monday on account of the arrival of a new boy at his home. The late arrival makes an even six of a kind. Another boy according to the old saying would be the doctor. Success to you Oscar. E. P. Engstrom and Andrew Nelson have built a turning lath and are now ready to do all kinds of turning. During the Reformation, the Lutheran party vented their rage on all books that had red letters in the title page. Any work so decorated was sure to be regarded as papistical and diabolical and was summarily destroyed. The conquest of Egypt by the Saracens deprived Europe of papyrus and caused the destruction of innumerable ancient works, the writing of which was scratched out that the parchment might be used again. 100 YEARS AGO (1919) “Mora High School Defeats Cambridge; Mora Scores Victory in First Conference Game

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of Basket Ball:” Mora High School defeated Cambridge High School last Friday in the first Conference basket ball game of the season by a score of 25 to 16. The contest was closely played and was featured by many good plays. In the first half, it took the Mora boys a while to get started. However, after they once got started it was not easy to stop them. Only once, during the entire game, did Cambridge obtain the lead. Once, when Mora had the lead by only one point, McGillvray made two sensational baskets, one of these being shot from the middle of the floor. After this, the Mora team was never in any real danger. During the second half, team work, which was lacking to a certain extent in the first half, was very evident; McGillvray, Gordhamer and Pope playing together in fine style. The guarding of McClellan was a brilliant feature of the game. He broke up nearly every play which Cambridge tried and passed the ball back to Mora territory. During the second half, Rathjens, the Cambridge center, after the tip-off played forward, but McClellan watched him all the time and Cambridge obtained only one field basket during this period. Anderson, the other guard was not very good at guarding, but he did some good basket shooting, obtaining four field baskets. “Potatoes For The Fire Sufferers; Enough to Make up a Couple Car Loads Expected to be Ready for Shipment:” Donations of potatoes and vegetables received for the benefit of the Fire Sufferers of Northern Minnesota, as reported by V. W. Peterson, Treasurer Kanabec County Chapter, A. R. C. This makes a total of about 160 bushels already donated and it is requested that anyone who desires to make a donation for this worthy cause, leave their names and the amount they wish to give, at either of the banks at Mora this coming

week to enable us to know just what amount we will have and make our shipping arrangements accordingly. We are in receipt of a letter from the American Red Cross at Moose Lake advising us that they will furnish sacks and as soon as the fund is completed the donors will be notified when to bring in their donations. Remember, that vegetables of all kinds as well as potatoes will be gladly received. 75 YEARS AGO (1944) “Entertains Soldier:” Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gotfredson entertained a large group of friends and relatives January 19 in honor of Corporal Clifford Hallstrom, who observed his 20th birthday. An enjoyable evening was spent and Mrs. Gotfredson served an elaborate lunch. On Thursday evening he was entertained at the Axel Anderson home at Minneapolis, where a large group gathered. Games and stunts provided a delightful evening after which Mrs. Anderson served a delectable lunch. Corporal Hallstrom left Minneapolis Friday morning for Corvallis, Oregon, where he is stationed. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hallstrom of Whited. “No Open Season On Beaver This Year:” There will be no open season on beaver in Minnesota this year, according to an announcement made today by Chester S. Wilson, commissioner of conservation. This decision is based upon recommendations made to the commissioner by Verne E. Joslin, director of the division of game and fish. He states that surveys made by the research unit of the Bureau of game reveal that the beaver population has been reduced approximately 50 per cent of what it was in 1940. This reduction is attributed to three open seasons and a lower reproduction in 1943 because of unfavorable weather conditions. If the reproduction this year

is sufficient to increase the population to about what it was in 1940 it may be possible to have an open season in 1945 but it has definitely been determined that there will be no open season this year. “Mora Bakery Sold To Pine City Man; Peter M. Morneau, Proprietor for 20 Years, Will Continue Residence in Mora:” Peter M. Morneau has closed a deal for the sale of his bakery and lunch room to Chris Erickson of Pine City, who operates a cafe in that town. Possession will be given February 1. A son of Mr. Erickson expects to operate the business here. Mr. Morneau has been in business in Mora since 1924. A few years ago he erected the modern building in which the bakery is now located. He expects to continue his residence in Mora but will take a vacation upon delivery of his business to the new owner. 50 YEARS AGO (1969) “Snow-Fun Derby Set For Sunday at Fairgrounds, Mora:” Snowmobile races, prizes and rides will be offered during the second annual SnoFun derby at Mora Sunday. The event is under the sponsorship of the Mora Trailblazers and will be held at the Mora fairgrounds. The derby had originally been planned for Fish lake but has been changed to the Mora fairgrounds. Registration will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with races scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Contestants must wear helmets. A $50 door prize will be awarded. There will be six different classes depending upon the cc of the snowmobile; events will include power races, fun races and powder puff. “Lad Escapes Drowning in Coasting Incident:” Sliding down the river bank may be fun but a Mora lad found that it is also very dangerous. Greg Skramstad and Butch Wolf had gone sliding Tuesday along the river bank near the Frank

Powers home. Greg slid down and continued right on out onto the thin ice of the river. The river at this point is quite deep; there is open water in the channel in the river and ice between it and shore is quite thin. Greg’s sled went through the ice but remained afloat; trapped on his sled, he couldn’t get back to shore. Butch ran to the Powers home: Mrs. Powers called for help. Soon Doug Falk and Steve Doyle of the Mora police department and Deputy Sheriff Al Shaffer arrived. They used a ladder to rescue the boy and his sled. Greg was soaking wet and cold. Sheriff George Anderson has issued a warning to all people to keep off the river; the ice is not safe. Coasting down the river bank is especially dangerous. 25 YEARS AGO (1994) “Lanternloppet is a family event:” With directions clutched in one mittened hand, and the other on the steering wheel, I ventured down another long and winding country road. The sun had set and all that was left of day was the lingering grayness of the winter twilight. Being relatively new to the area, I had not yet followed this route leading deeper into the woodland, an eerie feeling set in as I realized houses were fewer and farther between. In fact, none were now in sight to break the dusk with the warmth of their welcoming glow. On my right was a still, frozen swamp; on my left was brush and old looking trees. I imagined this as the perfect setting for a 1950s sci-fi horror flick. I half-expected a flying saucer to hover over my car. “Caswell tries again; Racing at International 500 for the 3rd time:” It is no small, spur-ofthe-moment thing to enter the International 500 snowmobile race from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to White Bear Lake, Minn. Besides a quality machine and able mechanics, each racer needs to plunk down a $500 entry fee. All this to hurl himself down a course strewn with rocks, roots and stumps, and littered with dips, dives and maybe slush, against a field of fellow break-neck competitors vying for the $20,000 first-place prize (plus another $25,000 if the winning machine happens to be a Ski-Doo). For Mora’s Kurt Caswell, who planned to leave Thunder Bay at about 9 a.m. Sunday and arrive in White Bear Lake on Tuesday night, the grueling nature of the International 500 is the very thing that makes it so appealing. THE NEWS From Yesteryear is compiled by Matt Anderson from the Times historical editions housed by the Kanabec History Center. The “News from Yesteryear” contains articles published in historic issues of the Times. The articles may contain language with ethnic and racial prejudices that were once common but are no longer acceptable in today’s society. These articles are being presented as they were originally published.

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Darwin L. Tetnowski

Mary J. Suomalainen

Mary Perry

Darwin Louis Tetnowski, of Mora, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, surrounded by loved ones. He was 44 years old. He was born in Mora, Sept. 25, 1974. He attended sschool in Casa Grande, A Arizona. He moved back to M Mora at the age of 18. He followed in his brother D Dan’s footsteps and started w working road construction, h he worked side by side with D Dan at Knife Lake Concrete ffor many years. He enjoyed fishing, huntiing, tending to his black b beauties (cows), making e everyone around him laugh a and spending time with ffamily. A favorite quote of Darwin’s was, “Not here for a long time, here for a good time.” He was preceded in death by his Norling grandparents; grandparents Tillie and Henry and a couple of his good buddies. He is survived by sons, Jacob and Zach Tetnowski; former wife, Kari Tetnowski of Mora; mother, Sharon McIntosh of Casa Grande, Arizona; father, Gary Tetnowski of Mora; brother, Dan (Annie); niece, Nikki (Cody); great-nephews, Caiden and Maverick; nephew, Aaron (Tori) of Mora; sister, Teri (Jeff) Bruno; nephews, Chance, Chaz and Chad of Casa Grande, Arizona and many aunts, uncles, cousins, the Sjoberg/Brown family and many good friends. A gathering was held Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Rev. Kate Mensing officiated the celebration of life and music was provided by Jacki Peterson. Honorary casketbearers were Larry Ammerman, Kenny Mattson, Rob “Rupert” Toenies and Adam Hazlehurst. Arrangements by Dresser Methven Funeral Home, Mora.

Mary Jean Suomalainen died peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at The Scandia House in Mora. She was 83 years old. She was born Dec. 22, 1935, in Stewartville to Joseph a and Ann (Ringey) Moran. IIn 1941, the family relocated tto Hackensack. After gradua ation she worked as an x-ray ttech until she was united in m marriage on Oct. 27, 1956, tto her husband, Jerry. She tthen stayed home to raise h her family. She was loved by m many and will be missed by e every life that she touched. She was preceded in death b by her parents; brother, V Vincent; husband, Jerry a and sister, Jovita. She is survived by children, Gerard, Cynthia, John and James; two granddaughters, Amanda and Tabitha; great-granddaughter, Kristina; brother, Duane and many nieces and nephews. Burial will be held in the spring at Holy Cross in Onamia. Arrangements by Ingebrand Funeral Homes.

Mary Claggett Perry died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at Eastwood Assisted Living in Mora. She was 92 years old. She was born Aug. 9, 1926, in Calumet, to Arlow C Claggett and Margaret A Aldrich Claggett. She atttended school in Warmen. She was united in marrriage to Marvin Christian iin 1946 and to this union ffour children were born. S She was a homemaker and c caregiver of Marvin until tthe time of his death. In July of 1971 she was u united in marriage to L Linford Perry. She then w went to work at Boatel ((Bluewater Yachts) and also did waitress work until retirement. After her retirement, she moved to Fridley to be close to her sisters. She loved gardening, flowers, crocheting, quilting, embroidery, her pets and most of all her family. She was a lifetime member of Fridley VFW and for 65-plus years, a proud member of the Mora Legion Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin; son, Myron Christian; daughter-in-law, Rosa Christian; siblings and spouses, Dale, Tommy, Howard and Sally Claggett, Mae and Gene Christianson, Katie and Walter Erbstosser and Nellie and Loren Rogne; grandsons, Tony Halliday and Arthur Christian; great-grandson, Cody Haberman; brothersin-law, Arthur, Lloyd Christian, Wyman Telander and Harold Skramstad; sisters-in-law, Anna Telander, Lila Skramstad and Shelvie and Julie Christian. She is survived by children, Michael Christian of Grasston, Margaret (Rex) Utech of Williams, Iowa and Mariann (Darold) Burma of Big Lake; daughterin-law, Rhonda Christian of North Branch; sister-inlaw, Dorothy Christian of Mora and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at a later date in the spring. A notification will be placed in the Kanabec County Times and on the Ingebrand funeral website.

Elkie Weidenaar Elkie Weidenaar, of Braham, died on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at GracePointe Crossing in Cambridge. He was 97 years old. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 1:00-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at the Braham Evangelical Lutheran Church, with a prayer service at 1:30 p.m. A full notice will follow next week. Condolences may be posted at www.aifuneralhome.com

Gudwren Belkholm Gudwren “Goodie” Belkholm, of Mora, died on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at Walker Methodist Levande in Cambridge. She was 86 years old. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Brunswick. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Akkerman Ingebrand Funeral Home in Mora and one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Burial will be at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Brunswick. A full notice will follow next week. Condolences may be posted at www.aifuneralhome.com

Carl Fredrickson Carl “Red” Fredrickson of Mora, died on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at his home. He was 66 years old. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the Akkerman Ingebrand Funeral Home in Mora. A full notice will follow next week. Condolences may be posted at www. aifuneralhome.com

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Benjamin D. Carroll

Briggs B. Besser

BIRTHS Jack J. Moose Jack Johnathan Moose was born Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, at FirstLight Health System of Mora to Catherine Renee Rosado and Waylon James Moose of Quamba. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long. He is welcomed home by siblings, Andreas Olson and Noah Drews. Grandparents are Connie Larson, Rita Adams, Trisha Moose and Pauline Moose all of Hinckley.

Isaac Her Isaac Her was born on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, at FirstLight Health System of Mora to Shee Wak and Nou Gy Her of St. Paul. He weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. Grandparent is Say Mu Paw of St. Paul.

Benjamin Douglas Carroll was born Friday, Dec. 28, 22018, at Fairview Northland M Medical Center in Princetton to Kelsey Yankowiak a and Kim Carroll of Ogilvie. H He weighed 7 pounds 10 o ounces and was 21 ½ inches llong. He is welcomed home by ssiblings, Jackson and Cyrus C Carroll. Grandparents are Doug a and Randi Yankowiak of M Mora, Rick and Kathy C Carroll of Ogilvie and Linda K Ketola of St. Cloud.

Briggs Benny Besser was born Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at Cambridge Medical Center, part of Allina Health, to Benji and Kassie Besser of Ogilvie. He weighed 4 pounds 9 ounces and was 17 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Benny and Pattie Besser of Ogilvie, Don Norby of Mora and Diane Norby of Mora.

Juliet L. Wendorff Juliet Louise Wendorff was born Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at Cambridge Medical Center, part of Allina Health, to April and Matthew Wendorff of Princeton. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. Grandparents are Al and Laura Schmidt of Princeton and Mitch and Lori Wendorff of Princeton.

Cory D. Pate III Scarlett R. Ostrom Scarlett Rose Ostrom was born Thursday, Dec. 27, 22018, at FirstLight Health S System of Mora to Jonathan a and Nikkita Ostrom of B Braham. She weighed 6 p pounds 14 ounces and was 220-1/2 inches long. She is welcomed home by ssibling Liam (3). Grandparents are J Jerry and Lynne Williams o of Mora, Kelly Ostrom of D Dalbo and Greg Ostrom of G Grasston.

Cory Duane Pate III was born Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at FirstLight Health System of Mora to Jamie Hass and Cory Pate Jr. of Sandstone. He weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 21 inches long. He is welcomed home by sibling, Daxx (7). Grandparents are Robyn Hass, Mike Allamen and Cory and Denise Pate.

Skylar J. L. Premo Jr. Skylar James Lee Premo Jr. was born Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at FirstLight Health System of Mora to Jessica Benjamin and Skylar Premo Sr. of Hinckley. He weighed 9 pounds 1/2 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. He is welcomed home by sibling Scarlett Premo. Grandparents are Vanessa Smith, Brandon Benjamin, Starrise Colsrud of Hinckley and Robert Premo of Onamia.

Violet R. Bistodeau Violet Renee Bistodeau was born Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at Cambridge Medical Center, part of Allina Health, to Tony and Sammie Bistodeau of Cambridge. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. She is welcomed home by sibling Willow Bistodeau. Grandparents are Jim and Annette Bistodeau of Princeton and Mike and Jackie Bailey of Princeton.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 09, 2015 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $250,408.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Royce Kreger, a married man MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Pacific Union Financial, LLC, its successors and/ or assigns DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded: June 19, 2015 Kanabec County Recorder Document Number: 253083 LOAN MODIFICATION: Dated: September 22, 2017 Recorded: December 18, 2017 Document Number: 261629 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: Pacific Union Financial, LLC Dated: March 16, 2017 Recorded: March 20, 2017 Kanabec County Recorder Document Number: 259086 Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 100521300000597304 Lender or Broker: Pacific Union Financial, LLC Residential Mortgage Servicer: Pacific Union Financial, LLC Mortgage Originator: Not Applicable COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Kanabec Property Address: 2526 180th Ave, Mora, MN 55051-7219 Tax Parcel ID Number: 04.01340.10 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: The Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW 1/4), Section Twenty-two (22), Township Thirty-nine (39), Range Twenty-three (23), Kanabec County, Minnesota AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $231,714.60 THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: February 26, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Office, 18 North Vine St., Ste. 143, Mora, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within twelve (12) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns. If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on February 26, 2020, or the next business day if February 26, 2020, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. DATED: December 20, 2018 ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE: Pacific Union Financial, LLC Wilford, Geske & Cook P.A.

www.moraminn.com Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgagee 7616 Currell Blvd; Ste 200 Woodbury, MN 55125-2296 (651) 209-3300 File Number: 037339F03 Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 2019 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Dated: January 2, 2019 THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT: 1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated March 8, 2018, executed by Tyler Rubin and Kristin Rubin, husband and wife, as Mortgagor(s) to Neighborhood National Bank, as Mortgagee, and filed for record March 13, 2018, as Document No. 262299, in the Office of the County Recorder of Kanabec County, Minnesota. The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land. 2. The Mortgage has been assigned as follows: None. 3. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was Three Hundred Sixteen Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($316,000.00). 4. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof. 5. The holder of the Mortgage has complied with all conditions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage, and all notice and other requirements of applicable statutes. 6. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, and taxes, if any paid by the holder of the Mortgage is Ninety-Four Thousand Six Hundred Forty-One and 61/100 Dollars ($94,641.61). 7. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the land described as follows: The South 330 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW ¼ of NW ¼) of Section 14, Township 40, Range 24, Kanabec County, Minnesota. Physical Address: 2552 Keystone Street, Mora, MN 55051 Parcel ID Number: 10.01005.30 will be sold by the County Sheriff of Kanabec County, Minnesota, at public auction on February 28, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office at 18 North Vine Street, Mora, MN 55051. 8. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagor(s) or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is twelve (12) months after the date of sale. 9. If this is an owner occupied single-family dwelling, the premises must be vacated by February 28, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. 10. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. 11. THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Attorney for Mortgagee or Assignee of Mortgage: D. Sherwood McKinnis, I.D. No. 176898 McKinnis & Doom, P.A. 200 - 3rd Avenue NE, Suite 300 Cambridge, MN 55008 (763) 552-7777 Neighborhood National Bank MORTGAGEE OR ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGE Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 2019 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: March

27, 2007 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $228,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Lynn M. Elling, a single person MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. MIN#: 100273100008620680 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: M&I Bank, FSB SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed April 6, 2007, Kanabec County Recorder, as Document Number 223528 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: CitiMortgage, Inc. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: That part of Government Lot One (1), lying in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section thirty-Five (35), Township Forty (40) North, Range TwentyFive (25) West, in Kanabec County, Minnesota, described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the North line of said Government Lot One (1) distant Four Hundred FortyFour (444) feet West of the Northeast Corner thereof; thence South parallel to the East line of said Government Lot One (1) extending South, to its intersection with the United States Government Meander line of Ann Lake; thence Southwesterly along said Meander line to its intersection with a line parallel to the East line of said Lot One (1) and Five Hundred Forty-Four (544) feet West of the Northeast corner of said Government Lot One (1) Measured along the North line thereof; thence North along the afore mentioned parallel line to the North line of said Government Lot One (1); thence East along the North line thereof, a distance of One Hundred (100) feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.35 acres, more or less, Subject to an easement over the North ThirtyThree (N 33) feet thereof for road purposes, all according to the United States Government survey thereof. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1491 230th Ave, Mora, MN 55051 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 01.01135.00 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Kanabec THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $244,108.76 THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT, to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 14, 2019, 10:00 a.m. PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Office, 18 North Vine, Suite 143, Mora, MN 55051 to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on September 14, 2019, or the next business day if September 14, 2019, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 582.032 DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: January 18, 2019 CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778

Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Tracy J. Halliday - 034610X Attorneys for Mortgagee Shapiro & Zielke, LLP 12550 West Frontage Road, Suite 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR File number: 17-107673 Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Date: January 15, 2019 YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT: 1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated October 12, 2016, executed by Gloria True, a single adult, as Mortgagor, to First Citizens Bank, as Mortgagee, and filed for record October 17, 2016, as Document No. 257657, in the Office of the County Recorder of Kanabec County, Minnesota. The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land. 2. The Mortgage has not been assigned. 3. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $67,000.00. 4. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof. 5. The holder of the Mortgage has complied with all conditions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage, and all notice and other requirements of applicable statutes. 6. At the date of this Notice the amount due on the Mortgage, and taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the Mortgage is $66,317.13. 7. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the land located in Kanabec County, Minnesota, described as follows: THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4) OF SECTION THIRTYFIVE (35), TOWNSHIP THIRTYNINE (39), RANGE TWENTY-FIVE (25), DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 35, AND THENCE RUNNING EAST ALONG THE SECTION LINE 32 RODS; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH 20 RODS; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH ON THE SAME COURSE AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 FOR 4 RODS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PARCEL TO BE DESCRIBED; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 THAT IS 50 RODS SOUTH OF THE NW CORNER OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 ; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 TO THE SW CORNER OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 35; THENCE RUNNING EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 50 RODS; THENCE RUNNING NORTH AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 30 RODS; THENCE WEST AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 18 RODS; THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 26 RODS, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND THERE TO TERMINATE will be sold by the County Sheriff of Kanabec County, Minnesota, at public auction on March 12, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., at the Kanabec County Sheriff’s Department, located at 18 North Vine Street, Mora, Minnesota. 8. To the best of Mortgagee’s information, the property being foreclosed has a property address of 501 Deelstra Lane, Ogilvie, MN 56358, and has tax parcel identification number 23.00255.00. 9. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is twelve (12) months after the date of sale. 10. The property must be vacated by 11:59 p.m. on March 12, 2020, provided the Mortgagor has not reinstated the Mortgage under Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.30 or redeemed the property under Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.23. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate is the next business day at 11:59 p.m. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT

KANABEC COUNTY TIMES A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. FIRST CITIZENS BANK Benjamin B. Bohnsack (#0319399) Rinke Noonan Suite 300 US Bank Plaza 1015 W. St. Germain St. P.O. Box 1497 St. Cloud, MN 56302 (320) 251-6700 (320) 656-3500 fax Our File No. 28349-0001 Bbohnsack@RinkeNoonan.com Attorneys for Mortgagee Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019

PROBATE STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF KANABEC TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Probate Court File No.: 33-PR-18-41 In RE the Estate of: Larry J. Herwig, Decedent. NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF DESCENT The Petition of Coretta Herwig dated December 5, 2018, having been filed in this Court representing that the above-named Decedent has been dead for more than three years leaving certain property therein described and the descent of said property be determined and assigned by the Court to the persons entitled thereto. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that said Petition be heard on March 11, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. by the abovenamed Court at 18 S Vine Street, Mora, MN 55051. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Petitioner give notice of said hearing in the manner prescribed by M.S.A. 524.1-401 to all persons entitled to notice pursuant to M.S.A. 524.3-403 and to all persons who have filed a demand for notice pursuant to M.S.A. 524.3-204. Dated: December 31, 2018 Stoney L Hiljus Judge Dated: December 31,2018 Sharon Schubert Court Administrator Dec. 31, 2018, 11:36 a.m. Attorney for Petitioner William A. Erhart, Esq (ID#027066) ERHART & ELFELT, L.L.C. 316 East Main Street, Suite 110 Anoka, MN 55303 Phone: (763) 427-7800 Fax: (763) 427-3803 E-Mail: erhart@erhartlegal.com Filed in District Court State of Minnesota Dec. 31, 2018, 11:37 a.m. Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 17, 24, 2019 STATE OF MINNESOTA TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT COUNTY 0F KANABEC PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 33-PR-18-1 Estate of Douglas George Boquist aka Douglas G. Boquist, Decedent NOTICE 0F INFORMAL PROBATE 0F WILL AND APPOINTMENT 0F PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent’s Will, dated November 1, 2004, and (“Will”), has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Elizabeth L. Boquist, whose address is 2582 245th Ave, Grasston, Minnesota, 55030, as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Any objections to the probate of the Will or appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3801) all creditors having claims

against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. A charitable beneficiary may request notice of the probate proceedings be given to the Attorney General pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 501B.41, subdivision 5. Dated: 1/18/2019 Sharon Shubert Registrar Dated: 1/18/2019 Sharon Shubert Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Cory R. Wessman ERICKSON & WESSMAN, P.A. 1300 NE Godward St, Suite 1600 Minneapolis, MN, 55413 Attorney License No: 339714 Telephone: (612) 465-0080 FAX: (612) 465-0084 Email: crwessmm@cericksonlaw. com Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 24, 31, 2019

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OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME MINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business. 1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Kwik Trip #1037 2. Principal place of business: 707 McLean Street, Mora MN 55051 USA 3. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC or limited partnership name and registered office address : Kwik Trip, Inc., P.O. Box 2107 LaCrosse, WI 54602 USA 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. SIGNED BY: Donald P. Zietlow TITLE: President Work Item: 1059704100034 Original File Number: 1059704100034 State of Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State Filed: Jan. 6, 2019 11:59 p.m. Steve Simon Secretary of State Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 17, 24, 2019

PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC MEETING East Central Regional Transportation Coordinating Council will hold a public meeting to share information regarding the current planning taking place for MN’s East Central Region. February 13, 2019 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Mora City Hall Transportation provided by: Timber Trails Transit. Call 888-2175222 for a free ride to/from the meeting within service area For more information contact Karen Amundson, ECRDC Community Development Planner, at 320-679-4065 x32. Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 2019

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401 AUCTION CALENDAR Sat., Jan. 26 10 a.m. Bostrom's Hay Auction. Located 3 miles south of Isanti on Hwy. 65 to 265th Ave., west ½ mile. Hay, straw, firewood. 5 % buyers pemium, 5 % commission. Auctioneers: Lyle Bostrom Lic. #30-29, 612-270-6395; Nathan Bostrom, Lic. #30-47, 763-286-6840; Cullen Bartz, Lic. #30-48; Jeff Nosbusch, Lic. #30-43 www.bostromsauc tions.com Saturday, January 26 10:00 a.m. 1117 State Hwy. 23, Sandstone, MN Real estate auction – 2 bedroom home on 2 city lots. MLS#4990046 Auctioneer:Doug Maser, Lic#33-24 amazingauctions.us 320-630-6651

451 RENTALS COMMERCIAL Apartment for rent in Cambridge. $850/mo. 1-bdrm, furnished. 612-390-8200 Available immediately: 2-BDRM apartments at Meadowbrook, in Mora. $770/month + electric. No pets or smoking. Contact Denny, 507-269-7639.

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506 REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSE 1117 State Hwy 23, Sandstone, MN 55072 Jan. 18, 3:00-6:00 p.m., and Jan. 20 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 2 bedroom home, garage and two city lots offered at live auction Jan. 26 at 10:00 a.m. MLS#4990046 Auctioneer: Doug Maser, Lic#33-24, amazingauctions.us 320-630-6651

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NOTICES WHITED TOWNSHIP AUDIT The Annual Board of Audit of the Whited Township financial records will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Whited Township Hall. This will be a part of the regular February Whited Township board meeting. Teresa Panka Whited Township Clerk Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 24, 2019

SCHOOL BOARD UNAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES BOARD OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 332 Truth in Taxation Hearing/Regular Meeting Board Room #238 - Mora High School Building December 20, 2018 6:30 p.m. The Truth in Taxation/Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of Independent School District 332, Mora, Minnesota, was called to order by Karen Kirschner, Board Chair, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. Board Members present were: Board Chair Karen Kirschner, Clerk Scott Moe, Tammy Bohachek, Robert Woods and Robert Jensen. Vice Chair Ethan Elvehjem was absent. Also present were Superintendent Craig Schultz, Buildings & Grounds/Transportation Director Chip Brandt, Primary Principal Brenda Spartz, Elementary Principal Randy Qual, High School Principal Brent Nelson, High School Assistant Principal Nick Bakke, Finance Manager Tami Hermanson, and District Administrative Assistant

Paula Janousek. Moe made a motion, seconded by Bohachek, to accept the agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously. Nelson and Bakke presented Mustang Spirit Recognition to Katie Karnik and Jennie Ellingson for their work with Special Education students. They meet their students’ wide range of needs at the appropriate level. They go above and beyond to help them reach the most potential they can possibly have. They are also great mentors to new SPED staff. Spartz presented Mustang Spirit Recognition to Katy Leach, Health Office Secretary. Katy has a wide range of skills and helps out in the main office as well. She has also helped Anne Grahn transition into her new position as School Nurse. She is a pleasure to work with and the school is very lucky to have her on staff. Nelson also recognized longtime employee Alice Dalbey, who passed away this week. Alice worked at the school for 47 years and will be remembered for the way she made people feel. She always had hugs for everyone. Alice will be greatly missed. No topics were presented at the first Open Forum. A request was made by Kirschner to remove item # 5k from the Consent Agenda. A motion was made by Woods and seconded by Moe to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: Consent Agenda a. Treasurer’s Report (To Be Placed on File for Audit) b. Approve December Bill List c. Civic Center Bill List (December) Information only d. Approve Minutes, Special Meeting- Canvassing, 11-15-18 e. Approve Minutes, Regular Meeting, 11-15-18 f. Approve Minutes, Work Session- Consultant & Task Force Update, 12-11-18 g. Enrollment Summary

(Information) h. ECFE Monthly Report (Information) i. Personnel Items ● Employment request- Denise Ganz, Homebound Instructor ● Employment request- Valerie Prax, Long-Term Substitute Teacher ● Resignation request- Darren Lukenbill, C-Team Volleyball Coach ● Leave of Absence requestJessica Schultz ● Leave of Absence requestEmilie Dunbar j. Gifts/Donations Report – November 2018 k. Removed Kirschner acknowledged a $300 donation from the Mora Education Foundation for an Elementary Classroom Grant. Donations are accepted as part of the Consent Agenda. The motion to approve the Consent Agenda carried unanimously. Item 5k “Football Program Improvement Plan Recommendations” was removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Kirschner proposed a work session after the holidays to discuss further. The work session will be closed as it contains information that is not public data. Kirschner opened the Truth in Taxation Hearing for Taxes Payable 2019. Schultz provided a Truth in Taxation Hearing Presentation for the Final Levy for 2018, Payable 2019. This information is available in the District Office. Student Board Member Balmer arrived at 7:01 p.m. The Truth in Taxation Hearing was opened for public comment. A community member asked which category of revenue the proceeds from the sale of Fairview will go into. Schultz stated he and Hermanson will discuss this and make a proposal at the January board meeting. Kirschner concluded the hearing. A motion was made by Woods and seconded by Bohachek to approve the final levy for 2018, payable 2019 in the amount of $3,078,275. The

motion carried unanimously. Moe made a motion, seconded by Woods, to approve the Education Minnesota ESP Seniority List for year-ending June 30, 2018. The motion carried unanimously. The Seniority List is on file in the District Office. A motion was made by Moe and seconded by Bohachek to approve the Community Education Advisory Board Members. The motion carried unanimously. Woods made a motion, seconded by Bohachek, to approve the Community Education By-laws. The motion carried unanimously. The By-laws are on file in the District Office. Jensen made a motion, seconded by Woods, to approve the bid award for financial audit services to Nordquist & Althoff, L.L.C. for three years. The motion carried unanimously. Proposals received are on file in the District Office. The following policies with nonsubstantive changes had a second reading as recommended by the School Board Policy Committee: #616 School District System Accountability #404 Employment Background Checks #406 Public and Private Personnel Data #418 Drug-Free Workplace/DrugFree School #427 Workload Limits for Certain Special Education Teachers #520F Public Notice Form #524 Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy Woods made a motion, seconded by Moe, to adopt these policies with non-substantive changes. The motion carried unanimously. A summary of Superintendent Schultz’s 2017-2018 evaluation was given by Board Chair Kirschner. Kirschner noted his strengths and areas of demonstrated growth and commented that great strides have been made by Schultz to achieve these goals. Board Reports/Administrative

Updates Bohachek and Woods attended a Wellness Committee Meeting, noting there are exciting plans coming up with Mora Elementary, the Master Gardeners and other members of the community. Balmer presented the Student Board Report, noting they passed out cookies at conferences and held a holiday food and toy drive. They received 321 food items and just under $1500 in monetary donations, with 10th grade collecting over $1000 alone. Half of the money was spent to purchase toys for Toys for Tots. Plans are underway for the winter formal and snow week. Brandt reviewed the Buildings & Grounds/Transportation Updates, highlighting a substantial rebate for the new steam traps and boiler tuneup (45% of the cost). There has been no word on the bus grant yet. These reports are on file in the District Office. Nelson reviewed the High School Principal’s Report, stating that plans for the CNA courses are falling into place. He acknowledged Pine Technical College for their help setting up these courses. Activities/Community Education Director Osterdyk arrived at 7:30 p.m. Nelson also acknowledged Central MN Jobs and Training, who will cover a large portion of the cost of the CNA courses. The full report is on file in the District Office. Qual and Spartz presented the Elementary Principal’s report. Qual gave an update on the survey results from the Communications Committee re-branding efforts. Spartz noted there will be changes to schedules for lunch and recess after winter break so there is only one grade at a time in the lunchroom and on the playground. This will allow students more time to eat and reduce the number of playground referrals. Qual gave an update on the School of Excellence process. Spartz reported on the Food for Families food drive. Generous donors turned in enough

food to fill 37 large boxes of food, which will be given to families on Friday. The full report is on file in the District Office. Osterdyk presented the Activities/Community Ed report. Mora is partnering with Cambridge Community Ed for many classes, noting that many instructors won’t come this far north to hold classes. Rum River Community Directors are starting to share each others’ classes. The full report is on file in the District Office. Schultz presented the Superintendent’s Report, noting the sale of Fairview School was finalized on December 10. Schultz thanked Qual and Bakke for their work on the Communications Committee. The committee is looking for a reporter to write articles for the Mustang Express. Schultz gave a report on a video that was posted to Facebook from a football game Mora played in Aitkin on October 12, 2019. The MSHSL has determined there should be no disciplinary action for either team or coach. A meeting will be held after winter break with the Head Coaches, Activity Directors and Superintendents from both schools. The full report is on file in the District Office. Osterdyk left at 7:50 p.m. Upcoming dates were noted. Correspondence was reviewed. There was no other board business. At the second open forum, Nelson recognized Deb Hallin for organizing a silent auction for two staff members who were recently diagnosed with cancer. Over $1500 was raised and will be split between the two. Jensen made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Moe. The motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m. Karen Kirschner, Board Chair Scott Moe, Clerk Published in the Kanabec County Times Jan. 24, 2019

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