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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019

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Blooming Prairie, Minnesota

Good music + good food = good cause Smokin’ in Steele serves up BBQ and blues for charity

BY CHRIS BALDWIN STAFF WRITER

There were no clouds this year at the 12th annual Smokin’ in Steele BBQ and Blues festival in Owatonna. The festival, which is held each year on the Steele County Fairgrounds, helps raise money for Special Olympics.

“All the money goes to benefit charity,” Entertainment Director John Hammer explained. “With

any charity event, it is incumbent upon the community to rise up and support those that need a hand, and the Special Olympics are certainly one of the worthiest charities out there. It’s touches everyone’s lives.”

Hammer credits that community support for the continued success of the event. “This is our 12th year, and it just keeps getting better and better,” he said. “The first nine years we increased

our charitable donation by 800 percent.”

“The blues is the one true and only American art form that all other American music came from,” Hammer, a lover of all things blues, explained. “Jazz, rock and roll, hip hop, all that stuff wouldn’t have been possible without the blues.” He joked that he even hears blues chord SEE GOOD MUSIC, A3

‘Remember this day’

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Songs from “Mama Mia” were played by the Blooming Prairie High School band at the commencement on Sunday, June 2. Mckenzie Jensen was the lone senior in the band.

Class of 2019 marks the end of valedictorian at BP

BY HOWARD LESTRUD STAFF WRITER

Blooming Prairie High School will no longer have a valedictorian or a salutatorian because of board action a few months ago.

The Class of 2019 does have a valedictorian and salutatorian and both carried a stimulating message for their classmates.

The 117th commencement at BPHS on Sunday, June 2 saw 36 seniors cross the stage to receive their high school diplomas.

Payton Simon, valedictorian, was the first to bring a thoughtful message. “What is success?” Simon

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Senior Tim Wolf gets a big congratulatory hug from his niece, Paisley Wolf following commencement at Blooming Prairie High School on Sunday, June 2.

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Missy Fisher and Aaron Bourdage of Lucky 19 Sauce. Bourdage and Fisher took home the grand prize for professional competition at this year’s Smokin’ in Steele BBQ and Blues Festival, which was held this past weekend at the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna.

PAYTON SIMON

Referendum fails, district listens With a failed referendum less than a month ago, Owatonna Schools are ready to listen.

The school district is instituting community listening sessions. The first one was Monday night at Owatonna Middle School. Other listening sessions and opportunities to be a part of the discussion will be added during the rest of June, though no specific dates have been given.

Information gathered will help provide direction for the district on the next steps, according to Shay Baumbach, spokesperson for the district. “Many community members have expressed a desire to be a part of a discussion with Owatonna Public School to offer feedback and ideas since the failed high school referendum on May 14,” she said.

On May 14, voters narrowly rejected a bond referendum of $116 million to build a new high school. The referendum failed by only 120 votes with a higher percentage of no votes coming in the rural portions of the district.

“Our needs are real, and the funding does not exist to address them,” said Mark Sebring, school board chair.

A big part of the district’s motivation to get the referendum passed was $22 million plus of in-kind donations from several local businesses. It’s unclear what will happen to those pledges in the future.

Times switches printers, adopts new print schedule Beginning this week, the Steele County Times will be changing its publishing day to accommodate a new printing schedule with a different print company.

The Times will now be published on Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays as the paper switches to a new printing company in Madelia, Minn. For years, the Times has been printed at the Post Bulletin in Rochester. The Post Bulletin was sold to Forum Communications of Fargo on June 1. As part of the sale, the Post Bulletin’s printing facility was shut down and printing operations were transferred to Forum’s facility in Red Wing.

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Robotic milkers featured at dairy promotion Saturday

BY RICK BUSSLER PUBLISHER

In an effort to educate the public about the dairy industry, a Steele County family is opening up its milking parlor for free tours. And folks won’t find just any typical dairy operation.

People will be noticeably absent from milking cows as robots will be doing all the work Saturday morning at the Rick and Cathy Balzer farm northeast of Owatonna. The Balzers operate the only robotic milking system in Steele County. This will be the second year in a row that the Balzers are hosting Breakfast on the Farm sponsored by the Steele County American Dairy Association.

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breakfast will feature waffles. The breakfast will be held inside a large shop on the farm. The fun gets underway at 8 a.m. and continues until noon.

Last year, 1,150 people converged on the Balzer farm for the dairy promotion. Free bus transportation is offered from the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. The last departure to the farm will be 11:30 a.m.

In addition to the breakfast, various kids activities will be offered throughout the morning. Some of them include petting zoo, buggy ride, kiddy train, pictures with a calf and a craft tent.

People will also be able to tour the milking parlor to see the robots in action. The Balzers invested around $1 million into their operation in 2015. The parlor features a pair of milking robots, which cost about $200,000 each. The robots have inherited the names of Rick and Cathy.

The Balzers also operate the dairy farm with their son, Scott. They milk about 120 cows. Unlike the traditional milking of twice a day in the morning and evening, the cows roam freely throughout the barn and are now milked throughout the entire day by the robots. The Balzers produce approximately 3.4 million pounds of milk each year.

June is recognized as Dairy Month, and the breakfast event is one way the Steele County ADA educates the public about the dairy industry.

Breakfast on the Farm began about 26 years ago. The dairy industry has changed significantly since that time.

When the event first started, there were more than 100 dairy farms in Steele County. That number has dwindled to about 30 in recent years.

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OUR VIEW

Change isn’t easy but necessary even for us Change may not be always be looked upon favorably, but it comes whether we want it or not. Even for us at the newspaper.

After many years of being printed at the Post Bulletin printing facility in Rochester, the Steele County Times and its sister publications Dodge County Independent and the ADvantage shopper will now be printed at the House of Print in Madelia, Minn.

In fact no newspaper or

publication will be printed at the Rochester facility, as the Rochester Post Bulletin, along with its other publications including Agri News, and the 507 Magazine will be printed at Forum Communication’s printing facility in Red Wing.

As of last week, the printing facility in Rochester has printed its last papers, as the Post Bulletin was sold to the Forum Newspaper group, and the deal did not include the

printing facility.

With that move being made, small newspapers like ours had to make a decision of whether or not to print in Red Wing or find a new printing option elsewhere.

After much thought and consideration, this newspaper along with its sister publication decided to print in Madelia going forward.

With the new printer comes an entirely different publishing day for the

A party of different sorts Over the years I’ve sometimes makes light of been known to come up a little slip-up here and with a variety of ways to there. I’m usually in the have a party. Birthdays, background supplying holidays, anniversaries, the refreshments and graduations, confirmamaking dinner for my tions, game nights, Grinch work crew.

Perhaps what has been get-togethers, and the list most unique about this goes on. Sometimes it realparty is the bonding that ly doesn’t even need to be brings three generations anything real special for RICK BUSSLER together to work towards a me to throw a party. common goal. It allows my During the past few daughter to spend quality time with years, I’ve found yet another way to her grandparents while they all work engage in a party. It’s a newspaper-rehard at getting the job done. lated party involving my youngest Though this is all done indoors, the daughter, Cailyn, who is a few months sub work party reminds me of growshy of becoming a teenager, and my ing up and helping my parents with parents. It’s really a work day where chores and other activities on the farm. we team up to get out the monthly My grandfather was also an integral renewal notices for our faithful readpart of farm work for many years. ers to renew their subscriptions for Working together as a family is one another year. of the greatest memories I have of my Since taking on the newspaper childhood, and I will always cherish it. nearly 10 years ago, I have found ways I hope someday my daughter will have to engage family members in helping the same. out with various aspects of running a I also hope this experience will small business. One way has been to teach my daughter about the imporinvolve my children and parents with tance of working together as a family subscriptions. in running a small business. It’s not Once a month we have a “subscripeasy, but operating a newspaper takes tion party” at my house where my the help of many people to get the job daughter and mom and dad become done. Family included. an assembly line putting labels on There is lots of fun and laughter subscription cards (you know those mixed in with the subscription notices green, blue and orange cards you’ve received when your subscription is up), that are sent out to our dear readers.

And yes, occasionally we make a envelopes, folding letters and stuffing mistake on them and offer our regrets them to be mailed. Oh yes, can’t forget for doing so. But maybe next time you stamping them.

Between the two newspapers I have, notice a goof up, you’ll remember that there are usually about 400 notices that my 12-year-old and her 85-year-old grandpa and 80-year-old grandma are go out each month. It usually takes the trying their best to make sure your three of them, and sometimes even subscription is handled in a seamless I jump in to help, about five hours as possible way. to complete the job. Because we’re It has always been said that it takes sending out notices for three different a village to raise children. Well, guess months and for two different newspawhat, it also takes a village to keep a pers, there is a lot of organizing and newspaper thriving. And that includes staying on top of everything going on family as well. throughout this process.

Cailyn has become the boss of the It’s time to go in hot pursuit of subscription party giving out the mailing out this month’s renewals, tasks of who does what. She has fun the fruits of the hard labor from the keeping my parents on their toes and Bussler clan.

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The Bussler house turns into a subscription assembly line once a month with June Bussler, left, Cailyn Bussler and Clifford Bussler getting out the subscription renewals for readers of the Steele County Times.

Times. Our newspaper will now be printed and delivered on Wednesday, one day later than it has been for many years. Readers will get the same newspaper as always, but just a day later than normal.

In addition to a new printing company, the Times is also changing its production company. We outsource the design of our ads as well as the pagination, which is the process used to design the pages

you read each week.

While there may be a few bumps in the road, we hope it will be a rather seamless process, at least for our readers. The changes should not affect the quality of the newspaper that you have come to expect from us. If anything, it will enhance the quality. We just ask for a little patience as we make the transitions over the next few weeks.

While the decision will

greatly help the company and, in return, help the community, the reality is that with new change, there is usually a lot of anxiety and it’s hard to adapt to.

Despite the changes, one thing hasn’t changed and that is our full commitment to providing top-notch local coverage all the time, both in print and our online platforms! We are committed to quality local community journalism.

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We won’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone

BY SHARON DAVERN We are in danger of losing more small town newspapers. I am not sure if everyone has considered the real impact of that but let me share my thoughts with you about the importance of these papers.

These papers are the source of announcing all of our important life events such as: births, deaths, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, birthday celebrations, awards and the list goes on. Many of us have experienced getting several copies of the paper in which a family member appears to send pictures of our loved ones to others outside of the area. Civic groups announce their activities and display pictures of their events, tragedies that sound the call for the community to come together to help and support, local citizens in the armed forces, fundraising events to help many of our wonderful resources, sales from our local businesses, establishing or closing local businesses, accomplishments of our school aged children, sports news of our local teams, special community events, church schedules, municipality business events and the list goes on.

How many of you have experienced the joy of finding an old local paper that your parents may have saved that spoke of an event of which you had never heard? That pleasure will no longer be passed on.

Think about it, the events that are closest to our hearts will no longer have a central location to announce them. Yes, you may be able to find a number of the events on various parts of the internet but I cannot foresee any central, easily accessible location. Most

of these events will go unnoticed.

I admit to being one of the millions who gets my national and world news through online subscriptions but the news that is really important to my everyday life I get through purchasing our local paper. The news that makes me smile or alerts me to sad events that I may want to respond to comes from our local paper. The business of our cities and counties, which is so central to my life, is in the local paper. It would take me hours and I would have to be very internet savvy to get the same amount of information online.

As people we seem to be getting further and further from each other. There seems to be a significant disconnect from our neighbors and friends and the gap is widening. A small town newspaper is what stitches us together. It was always pleasing to hear “I saw you were in the paper!” (Unless of course it was the court or arrest docket.)

Consider all the people who don’t use the internet, who rely on these small newspapers to keep them abreast of events in their community. A newspaper is critical to our sense of community. No larger paper will bother with these things yet this is what is so important to us.

I urge everyone to do what they can to save this and any other small town newspaper as they are the glue that helps us hold fast to our small town community life. We must not let that slip away. Because once that sense of community and neighborliness is gone, getting it back will not be easy.

Sharon Davern is a Mantorville City Council member.

A review of the legislature’s final days

BY JOHN PETERSBURG I hope you all had a pleasant Memorial Day weekend and were able to take time to honor those who paid the ultimate price in service of our nation.

At the State Capitol, we completed a one-day special session just before sunrise on May 25.

From a transparency standpoint, the budget creation process this session was as bad as I’ve ever seen it. Entire budget bills were decided entirely behind closed doors by the Governor, Speaker, and Senate Majority Leader, without a single provision adopted in public prior to passage.

As shared earlier, the highlight was being able to prevent a 20-cent per gallon gas tax increase from becoming law. We were also able to stop a $68 million cut to nursing homes, a maneuver that boggled the mind considering we had a $1 billion budget surplus.

There was other good news as well. The first income tax rate cut in 20 years will be heading to middle class Minnesotans, as the second tier rate was cut from 7.05% to

6.8% beginning this year. Combined with federal tax conformity which was also approved, and Minnesotans will be keeping more of what they earn.

Reinsurance was also extended for two more years. This means Minnesota will continue a program that has proven to lower health care costs for families and become a national model that other states are trying to follow.

Local schools will receive a 2% funding increase over each of the next two years, and we’re maintaining our high education standards by preserving teacher licensure reforms.

The bad news is the sick tax will now continue. This 2% tax on doctor’s visits was scheduled to sunset on Dec. 31. Now it will go on, albeit at a new 1.8% rate.

With the 2019 session now over, I’d like to remind residents that I am always available to answer your questions or concerns.

Please email me any time at rep.john. petersburg@house.mn, or call my office at 651-296-5368. Have a great summer!

John Petersburg is the state representative for District 24A, which covers Steele and Waseca counties. He lives in Waseca.

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Step up and help with blood donations To-the-Editor: Did you know that only 3 out of every 100 people donate blood, and every

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Recently, the American Red Cross issued an urgent call for O blood type donors to give now, reiterating the reason why we are launching the Missing Types campaign again this year.

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Working as a team to keep travelers safe County honors Public Works team

BY CHRIS BALDWIN STAFF WRITER

During its first May session, the Steele County Board of Commissioners proclaimed the week of May 19 through May 25 as National Public Works Week in Steele County.

The Steele County Public Works Department consists of 14 full-time employees along with summer helpers who come on board each year. The workers do anything from mowing, crack filling, repair and replacement of signs and other roadside amenities, and perhaps the most important duty in a state like this one: snow plowing.

They are unsung heroes who help clear and secure the roadways so the rest of us can get from point A to point B. “Our biggest concern is the snow and getting the roads down bare to the blacktop,” Foreman Jerry Wencl said of their wintertime duties.

Each worker has a route and there are 12 snow and ice control routes. The average route is 54 miles, 27 miles each way. During bad ice events, the average time to cover routes is four hours and during heavy snowfall

of six inches or more that average time increases to eight hours.

When the weather permits, they tackle any work that can be done before the snow and rain dictate otherwise. This past winter there wasn’t a lot of time for anything other than plowing. “That one takes the cake,” Wencl said of this year compared to previous winters. “We worked a lot of long days and stayed out there as long as we had to.”

Wencl and his fellow workers appreciate the fact that they are out there helping to make the roads safer, but also caution travelers from driving during inclement weather. “When there’s travel warnings don’t go anywhere if you can, it will make our job easier,” he said.

Sign Technician Chris Deml, who primarily maintains county road signs and fixes other roadside items such as mail boxes when he’s not busy helping out the others or working on his own route helped stranded motorists during one of this year’s major snowstorms safely get to Blooming Prairie.

“That’s one of the things I like, getting the roads safe and keeping them safe so

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Members of the Steele County Highway Department from left to right: Mechanic Josh Andrist, Sign Technician Chris Deml, Summer Help Lead Annabelle Hardwick, Foreman Jerry Wencl, and Maintenance Supervisor Kevin Lindquist. that people know where to go,” Deml said of maintaining signage throughout the county. It is work that he is fond of. “I really enjoy it all, I like plowing snow because it’s something different, and I like to work on the signs as well.”

Deml maintains around 6,000 signs on county roads and another 100 plus in each of the nine townships he oversees. Deml said they work closely with the townships to help maintain their signage. “We replace signs whose 12-year lifespan is up and then there are also the ones that get hit, or bent, or vandalized,” he said.

“This year winter was

REMEMBER THIS DAY: Class of 2019 asked. “I feel that success isn’t a defined moment or singular point or thing,” he explained.

“It is the process and progress of becoming the best version of ourselves.

As we celebrate today, remember this day, Graduation, it isn’t the end. This is just the beginning and a stepping stone to whatever you want to be when you grow up……(I’m still hoping to grow a little more).

“Don’t go forward and miss out on something that could be great because it could also be difficult.”

Simon’s counter part as a commencement speaker, Seth Peterson, salutatorian, challenged his classmates to: be humble; be grateful; be faithful; be careful and be confident.

Senior Rachael Oswald gave opening remarks as a representative of her class.

The 2018 Blooming Prairie High School Homecoming Queen said, “We are here today to celebrate 12-14 years of hard work.

“We have come so far

and today we have hit a home run,” Oswald continued. “We are here to start a new journey and today is a beginning of something new,” she said.

“We made it,” proclaimed Simon. “Like my stature, this class is small in size but we have done really big things, really GREAT things,” he said.

“We did them maybe before we knew exactly what we were doing,” Simon confessed.

“It’s been my pleasure to walk these halls (at BPHS) and to always work hard to do my best,” Simon said.

As a counter to the opening words by Oswald, Riley Millam said “time is something we don’t have enough of or use it in the right way.”

“I learned about life my senior year,” Millam remarked. “Enjoy the time you have,” Millam challenged.

Guidance counselor Mary Worke announced all of the scholarship winners by reading off the recipi-

GOOD MUSIC: Good cause progression in elevator music.

There were 12 bands featured at this year’s event, including Sarah Grace, a finalist on the music competition show “The Voice,” Ray Fuller & the Bluesrockers, and Lisa Mann.

The festival also featured events such as the Blues 4 Kids Harmonica Lessons, a 5k walk/run, and the Hot Rod, and Antique Car/ Tractor Cruise in/show.

People came for the fun and the music, and stayed for the delectable BBQ. This year saw a host of competitors descend upon the fairgrounds in hopes of vying for the awards handed out on Saturday. “We had 22 backyard amateur competitors,” Hammer noted. “And we also have 48 pro teams competing as well.”

“I’m a big fan of the blues yes,” said Smokin’ in Steele Organizer Joe Albert, “but also a big fan of BBQ as well. Three of our teams are new teams otherwise there’s some seasoned teams, and state championship teams, and there’s some very competitive worldwide teams out there.”

An event that draws in music and BBQ lovers from all over, many of these teams travel far and wide to participate in the yearly festival. “This year we have a team from Missouri,” Albert said. “Some years

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ents’ names in record time.

She said this year’s senior class earned $661,000 in scholarship awards.

Retiring Superintendent Barry Olson presented the Class of 2019. “This is the last graduating class I will speak to,” Olson said.

“You are entering the next phase of your life,” Olson told the graduates. He emphasized “Trust” as a key word for the future. He challenged the graduates a“to trust yourself, peers and the system.”

Olson identified four key words that will guide the future of the 2019 graduates: scholarship; character; service and leadership.

Diplomas were presented by Olson; by Principal John Worke; by BP Elementary Principal and incoming Superintendent Chris Staloch; by Ali Mach, associate principal and

by Rodney Krell, board chairman.

The National Anthem opened proceedings with song being led by Raeann Grundmeier, Jaclyn

really tough on the signs,” Steele County Highway Dept. Maintenance Supervisor Kevin Lindquist said. Lindquist oversees 13 full-time employees and any summer helpers. “We’re fortunate to have a really good crew.”

Deml concurs with Lindquist’s assessment of the weather’s detrimental effect on their work during this year’s blistering winter. “If I wasn’t out there plowing snow, I was fixing signs,” he said.

Of course, with so much plowing and other roadway work, someone needs to help maintain all of these machines. That’s where me-

chanic Josh Andrist comes in. “I keep things running, and I do plow work when others are out sick or on vacation or during a major snow event,” Andrist said.

He has help from the entire team as well as the other mechanic, who he credits.

“Gabe is a great asset,” he said. “All the guys here do a lot more than people see, it’s not just one job per person,” Andrist said. “We all just work as a team and that’s the biggest thing. It’s not just one individual,” he added.

“That’s my favorite part, to be able to work as a team with everybody,” he said.

Among the vehicles he sees to are the 10 primary plows and a spare, as well as a signage truck, and snow graders. For all of these workers it is a job that tasks them to look after each other, and look after the county.

Summer Help Leader Annabelle Hardwick is credited as being a true asset to the group, and she does her job well and sees the value of working together. “You get to know these people and it’s a lot of fun,” Hardwick said. “It’s a like a

work family.”

This is Hardwick’s second year of helping out during the summer. She also helped out for a month or so this winter while on break from college. “I love being outside and I like working hard,” she said. Part-time workers such as Hardwick ensure that the necessary work gets done before inclement weather sets in.

“It’s definitely a team effort,” Lindquist explained.

“You’ve got to surround yourself with good people and when you’ve done that, that’s how you accomplish your goals. I just tell them what needs to get done and they go and get it done.”

Lindquist credits the entire county with helping assist the work they do. “We have an excellent county board, they keep in contact with us and like to know how things are going and if we’re happy,” he said. “Both Al Forsberg and Greg Ilkka have been great assets as well.”

Forsberg was instrumental in getting the new building done and Ilkka serves as the County Engineer.

TIMES SWITCHES: printers FROM A1 As part of a cost saving measure, we decided to switch our printing operations to the House of Print in Madelia. The House of Print prints several daily newspapers in southwestern Minnesota as well as about 35 weekly newspapers across southern Minnesota.

With the change to a new printer, the pages of the Times will be slightly smaller than previously.

Besides a new printing company, the Times is also bringing on a new production company to provide ad design and pagination, which is the process used to design the pages of the paper. The Times previously utilized the Post Bulletin for this service as well as printing.

Through the changes, readers should not notice much different with their newspaper.

The biggest change for readers will be the day the newspaper comes out. The paper will hit the news stands on Wednesday afternoon and delivered through the U.S. Postal Service with most people getting the paper on Thursdays.

Just as we have always been, we remain committed to providing our readers with a quality newspaper that they can take great pride in.

If you have any questions about the changes, please feel to reach out to us by calling 507-5834431 or emailing bprick@frontier.com.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this transition.

Rick L. Bussler Publisher

Hyland, Brett Motl and Ian Wayne.

The closing featured highlights from “Mama Mia.” Band director Ross Reishus led the band offerings. Mckenzie Jensen was the lone senior to be part of the band. She played the clarinet.

Seniors graduating at Blooming Prairie High School on Sunday were: Cody Anderson, William Cardenas, Cassandra Jo Green, Zachary Haberman, Dustin Hensrud, Colton Ivers, Hanna Kinny, Colin Lerum, Corey Lyman; Riley Millam, Rachael Oswald, Clint Peterson, Preston Rieken, Joseph Schiefert, Trenton Swenson, Emily Trihus, Micah White, Matthew Wurst; Jackson Baltazar, Domingo Deluna, Raeann Grundmeier, Isaac Hanson, Jaclyn Hyland, Mckenzie Jensen, Caleb Kubista, Jeannette Lozano, Alexyss Magnuson; Brett Motl, Ryan Pena, Seth Peterson, Daniel Escandon, Payton Simon, Brian Torres, Ian Wayne, Timothy Wolf and Antonia Zamarripa.

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“This is the best bunch of people on the planet.

We have friends all over the country just from BBQing.”

Aaron Bourdage

Smokin in Steele Champion we even draw them in from Florida. They’re coming to go to our competition but also to catch another competition as well.”

The Lucky 19 Sauce team took home first place in the grand prize among the professional teams and also won first prize in chicken. Aaron Bourdage and Missy Fisher comprise the team, which package and sell their winning sauce in local stores. “We’ve been doing this for fives years, cooking, and our first grand championship was in the backyard competition here in Owatonna, so this is like a homecoming for us,” Bourdage said.

“Honestly it’s a combination of a lot of little things, there is no magic rub, no magic sauce, it’s just really putting in the work, learning from others, and asking questions,” Bourdage said of the method for a winning formula.

Bourdage and Fisher developed their sauce prior to getting into competition BBQ. “We had our sauce without a name and

then we entered a BBQ rib contest and we cooked and used the sauce and we won first place and the box number was 19,” he said of how the name came about.

“Really what gets in everyone’s blood whose doing this is the people,” Bourdage said of the community aspect to competitions like this one. “This is the best bunch of people on the planet. We have friends all over the country just from BBQing.”

Dustin and Mary Reese of the local team Hogline took home second place in the grand prize, and Bourdage and Fisher credit them with helping them get in competitive spirits. “We just follow them,” Fisher said. The Lucky 19 team has competed in places like Bentonville, Ark. Other winners from the weekend competition include: PO PO Pork winning first in ribs, Totally Sauced winning first in pork butt, and Hogline taking first in brisket.

Among the first place backyard winners were: Magnum Pig for chick-

en, McCarthy BBQ for ribs, Dadbod BBQ for the surprise category of wings, and Smoky GQ for loin.

Schwanny Que took home the grand prize in the backyard competition.

Overall it was a fun weekend of good music, good food, and good times for those who attended the 12th Annual Smokin’ in Steele BBQ and Blues Festival.

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Gabby has made so much growth this year and it’s all due to her hard work. She has a personality that can turn anyone’s day around and she’s very empathetic to other’s feelings.

Gabby’s favorite food is French fries and her favorite childhood movie was Spirit. Keep up the great work Gabby!

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A4 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019

BLOTTER SPOTLIGHT

PUBLIC SAFETY

STEELE COUNTY TIMES

BLOTTER SPOTLIGHT: At 12:18 p.m., a hit and run accident resulting in property damage occurred in the 1600 block of Cedar Ave. S.

DODGE SHERIFF

CRIME BRIEF

Thank you for being so supportive of law enforcement We had another very cers, deputies, and troopers successful Police Week in our communities.

DODGE SHERIFF last month. This year we THANK YOU – For highlighted and honored remembering to thank Hayfield Police Chief Doug our Dispatchers, too, for Claassen at the SE MN the amazing work they do Law Enforcement Memoribehind the scenes. al in Rochester. It was great THANK YOU – For to see Kathy and her family taking the time to smile there and to honor Doug’s and wave when you see one Scott Rose service and sacrifice, along of us drive by. with all the sacrifices that THANK YOU – For Doug’s family made before and after he saying, “Thank you for your service…” was injured in the line of duty. to us when you see us at one of our local Our state ceremony on May 15 went stores or events. That means more than great as well at the Capitol grounds with you know to our staff. beautiful weather and a great crowd.

THANK YOU – For sending treats to At that program, we placed a memorial our staff at the Sheriff’s Office and showing them they are appreciated. wreath in memory of our late Captain THANK YOU – For not using us as Loring Guenther, to honor and remember his service and sacrifice to our the bad guy with your children, “If you community, and to remind his wife Deb don’t behave I’ll have to call the cops to that we will always be there for her. come over here and deal with you.” We At both events this week, while other need your children to trust us and feel officers shared their challenges and comfortable approaching us anytime concerns about problems with law enthey need help. forcement relations in their respective THANK YOU – For teaching your communities, it caused me to reflect on children to respect and trust law enforcement by both your words and by how fortunate we are to serve as law enforcement officers here in Dodge County, your example.

THANK YOU – For letting us give and to say “Thank You:” tours of our office and the courthouse to your youth groups, giving us the opporTHANK YOU – For being supportive tunity to be a positive influence on them of the men and women who serve as offi-

COURT NEWS Steele County

The following case was heard in Dodge County District Court the week of May 12 with Judge Pamela King presiding: Michael J. McIntosh, 56, previously appeared and was convicted of felony predatory offender registration violation – intentionally provides false information. He was sentenced to $980, 45 days in county jail, no possession of firearms, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, no contact with victim, cognitive skill training, predatory offender registration, 90 hours of community service and 5 years of supervised probation.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of May 12 – 19:

DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Thomas L. Bahr, 59, Dodge Center, intent to escape motor vehicle registration tax, stay of adjudication, $500 and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Breanna J. Conway, 17, Waseca, speeding, $140; Thomas D. Fate, 54, West Concord, failure to stop for school bus, stay of adjudication, $200 and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Benjamin L. Finley, 35, Mantorville, DWI, $480, chemical dependency evaluation and 1 year of supervised probation; Dannielle M. Jenkins, 40, Hayfield, parking violation, stay of adjudication, 6 months of unsupervised monitoring without conviction; Thomas E. Kastner, 58, Hayfield, careless driving, $130 and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Jeffrey D. Manning, 31, Mantorville, failure to stop for school bus, stay of adjudication, $200 and 2 years of unsupervised probation; Nealee L. Mingo, 42, Faribault, speeding, $140; Rose L. Plank, 26, West Concord, invalid license, $180; Tara M. Schumacker, 29, Rochester, check forgery, $200.56 and 2 years of supervised probation; Jessica A. Seys Altum, 26, Rochester, speeding, $220; Amanda M. Zemke, 32, Hayfield, registration violation, $110.

KASSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Briana N. Ahern Warner, 28, Owatonna, DWI, $505, chemical dependency evaluation and 1 year of supervised probation; Steven F. Elton, 56, Kasson, seat belt, $105; Stewart M. Graves, 24, Kasson, theft, $130 and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Dana M. Hickey, 47, Dodge Center, failure to yield, $180; Beverly A. Kaehler, 61, Kasson, speeding and no insurance, $340;

Darrian J. Rice, 24, Kasson, restraining order violation, $130, 30 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, chemical dependency evaluation and 1 year of supervised probation; Jamie A. Tapp, 41, Glenville, texting while driving, $130; Michael E. Taylor, 56, Rochester, suspended license, $280.

MN STATE PATROL ROCHESTER Erin I. Brose, 40, Dodge Center, speeding, $130; Jake A. Clinton, 28, Faribault, speeding, $130; Joseph F. Hall, 29, Evansville, WI, speeding, $140; Codie A. Janssen, 31, Dodge Center, failure to yield, $130; Lyle R. McIntyre, 49, Dodge Center, failure to yield, $130; Joyce M. Silvestri-Schaeffer, 64, Owatonna, speeding, $120; Frank E. Springer, 62, Owatonna, vehicle gross weight violation, $300; Evan C. Walsh, 38, Dodge Center, registration violation, $180.

WEST CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT Jesse J. Goldade, 43, Dodge Center, speeding, $130; Cynthia R. Sveen, 58, Woodbury, parking violation, $32.

The following case was heard in Dodge County District Court the week of May 19 with Judge Jodi L. Williamson presiding: Samantha M. Struckmann, 26, Elgin, previously appeared and was convicted of felony obstruct legal process. She was sentenced to $1,080, 24 days in county jail, no possession of firearms, obtain permission to leave the state, chemical dependency evaluation, no alcohol or controlled substance use, mental health evaluation, do not enter liquor establishments, 100 hours of community service and 3 years of supervised probation.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of May 19 – 26:

DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Leland J. Corey, 60, West Concord, DWI, $780, 3 days in county jail, chemical dependency evaluation, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments and 2 years of supervised probation; Misty M. Crable, 39, Mantorville, speeding, $120; Natasha A. Flynn, 23, Mantorville, possession of marijuana, $380; Jennifer K. Gaskins, 44, Mantorville, parking violation, $32; Derek A. Gilbertson, 37, Mantorville, obstruct legal process, $980, Ignition Interlock program, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments and 2 years of supervised probation; Amy L. Hildreth, 40, Mineral Point, WI, parking violation, $32; Brett M. Keefe, 52, Kasson, parking violation,

$32; Paramita Majumder, 40, Rochester, speeding, $140; Eric J. Marquardt, 33, Dodge Center, DWI, $680, 2 days in county jail, chemical dependency evaluation, do not enter liquor establishments and 1 year of supervised probation; Brian D. Rohrs, 59, Dodge Center, parking violation, $32; Michael T. Stellmach, 20, Apple Valley, speeding, $220.

KASSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Jessica L. Clemmer, 31, Rochester, speeding, $130; Dakota P. Delzer, 22, Mantorville, DWI, $1,005, 3 days in county jail, 27 days on electronic home monitor, chemical dependency evaluation, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments and 2 years of supervised probation; Jesse J. Faro, 26, Mantorville, parking violation, $37; Stephen M. Fox, 46, Northfield, texting while driving, $130; Ryan A. Grzanek, 31, Kasson, texting while driving, $130; Sandra M. Hill-Kelley, 47, Mantorville, texting while driving, $130; Steve H. Jacobson, 42, Byron, texting while driving, $130; Shane M. Moe, 37, Kasson, registration violation, $110; David J. Vizina, 35, Owatonna, texting while driving, $130; PJ F. Yang, 19, Rochester, speeding, $220; Jayde K. Zelinske, 32, Byron, possession of paraphernalia, $130.

MN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES Seth P. Klinger, 21, Dodge Center, snowmobile registration violation, $130.

MN STATE PATROL ROCHESTER Dolores M. Greene, 57, Dodge Center, speeding, $120; Codie A. Janssen, 31, Dodge Center, failure to yield, $130; Jason M. Jones, 50, Watertown, WI, speeding, $130; Kevin D. Lund, 54, Spring Valley, registration violation and seat belt, $205; Daniel A. Lyke, 18, Claremont, speeding, $120; Lynette M. Pew, 56, Stewartville, speeding, $140; Christie M. Williams, 44, Mankato, speeding, $130; Richard R. Wills, 58, Hortonville, WI, speeding, $130.

WEST CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT Jason M. Amundson, 16, Owatonna, speeding, stay of adjudication, 1 year of unsupervised monitoring without conviction; Mary C. Keener, 33, West Concord, parking violation, $32.

POLICE BLOTTER Steele County

BLOOMING PRAIRIE POLICE MAY 17

Fraud: Officer took a report of a fraud incident in the 300 block of Main St. E. at 3:39 p.m.

MAN ARRESTED AFTER LOADED HANDGUN FOUND IN STOP

and share all the positives about law enforcement officers and this great career.

THANK YOU – For being polite and respectful if we do end up stopping you on traffic, or having contact during an incident.

THANK YOU – For displaying a blue light outside your home to show you support us.

THANK YOU – For saying a prayer for our staff’s safety.

THANK YOU – For wearing blue during police week and displaying blue ribbons in support of law enforcement.

THANK YOU – For sharing the positive stories about law enforcement.

It’s an honor and privilege to serve in a community like Dodge County that is so supportive of all the great work our men and women do keeping our communities and neighborhoods safe day and night. I couldn’t be more blessed to have the opportunity to grow up, raise my family, and serve my entire career in such an amazing community.

THANK YOU! Your Sheriff,

A convicted felon faces a new felony for possessing a handgun after allegedly driving around with loud exhaust.

On May 25, Owatonna Police stopped a vehicle for loud exhaust as the officer could hear the vehicle from Convicted more than a half block Felon away. Once the vehicle was stopped, a back-up officer saw a passenger trying to conceal a marijuana pipe.

A subsequent search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded Jimenez 9mm handgun in the center console and a box of 9mm ammunition in the backseat. In addition, a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia was found in the car.

Police found that the driver, Skylar Guggisberg, 26, of Owatonna, purchased 9mm ammunition from the Walmart store by reviewing video footage.

Guggsiberg was convicted in 2017 of felony receiving stolen property.

He has now been charged with possession ammo/firearm by a convicted felon.

Scott Scott Rose began his second term as Dodge County Sheriff in January.

He writes a monthly column for this newspaper.

May 21

Theft: Police received a report of identity theft from the 300 block of Main St. E. at 10:15 a.m.

MAY 24

Missing Person: At 10:42 a.m., police assisted with a missing person in the 200 block of 1st St. SE.

MAY 25

Juvenile: Police received a juvenile complaint from the 200 block of 1st St. SW at 7:01 p.m.

Arrest: At 11:36 p.m., officers arrested a juvenile during a traffic stop at 3rd St. NE and 5th Ave. NE.

MAY 26

Weapons: Police responded to a weaponsrelated incident in the 300 block of 3rd St. NW at 2:37 p.m.

MAY 29

Animal: Police received information regarding a dangerous dog in the 100 block of 1st Ave. SE at 8:26 a.m.

Fraud: Officer took a report of a fraud incident in the 400 block of 2nd St. SE at 2 p.m.

OWATONNA POLICE MAY 17

Vandalism: Police arrested a subject for vandalism in the 2600 block of 18th St. NW at 3:08 a.m.

Shoplifting: At 12:09 p.m., a shoplifting incident occurred in the 2100 block of Bridge St. W. Burglary: Police began a burglary investigation in the 200 block of Broadway St. E. at 12:23 p.m.

Theft: Officer took a theft report in the 100 block of Rice St. E. at 2:08 p.m.

MAY 18

Domestic: At 6:21 a.m., police responded to a domestic disturbance in the 500 block of Oak Ave. S. They arrested a subject at the scene.

Domestic: Officers arrested a juvenile following a domestic in the 200 block of Fremont St. E. at 5:22 p.m.

Assault: Police arrested a subject following an assault in the 200 block of 25th Ave. NW at 5:48 p.m.

MAY 19

Shoplifting: At 5:42 p.m., a shoplifting incident occurred in the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W.

MAY 20

Crash: Police responded to a motor vehicle accident resulting in property damage in the 600 block of Mineral Springs Rd. NE at 7:56 a.m. They issued a citation to one of the drivers.

Warrant: Officer made a warrant arrest in the 600 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 3:33 p.m.

MAY 21

Arrest: Police arrested a motorist during a traffic stop at Cedar Ave. N. and 15th St. NE at 9:15 a.m.

Theft: Officer took a theft report in the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W. at 5:09 p.m.

MAY 22

Theft: Officers received a theft report from the 100 block of St. John Dr. NW at 4:19 a.m.

Fraud: Officer took a report of a fraud incident in the 2200 block of Hartle Ave. SE at 10:14 a.m.

Arrest: Police arrested a motorist during a traffic stop at Main St. E. and Elm Ave. S. at 11:58 a.m.

Child Protection: At 12:19 p.m., police arrested a subject after receiving a child protection report at the law enforcement center.

Arrest: Officers assisted another agency with arresting a subject in the 1400 block of Oak Ave. S. at 6:34 p.m.

Vandalism: Property damage was reported in the 200 block of Acorn Place NE at 7:21 p.m.

MAY 23

Warrant: Officer made a warrant arrest in the 600 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 4:09 p.m.

MAY 24

Intoxication: At 12:02 a.m., police responded to a report of an intoxicated subject in the 1900 block of Cedar Ave. S. They took a subject into custody.

Trespassing: Officer issued a trespassing citation in the 500 block of Academy St. E. at 3:35 a.m.

Thefts: Police took theft reports in the 300 block of Park Dr. NW at 6:10 a.m., the 200 block of Beech Ave. NE at 3:25 p.m. and the 2100 block of Bridge St. W. at 5:27 p.m.

MAY 25

Disturbance: Officers responded to a disturbance in the 500 block of Cedar Ave. S. at 12:17 a.m.

Burglary: Police began a burglary investigation at Riverview Place SW and Butternut Ave. SW at 12:59 p.m.

Thefts: Thefts occurred in the 800 block of 17th St. NE at 7:22 p.m. and the 200 block of 12th St. NE at 9:29 p.m.

Arrest: Police arrested a motorist during a traffic stop in the 400 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 9:40 p.m.

Domestic: At 10:18 p.m., a domestic disturbance occurred in the 200 block of Linden Ave. NE. Suspicion: Officers responded to suspicious activity in the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W. at 11:35 p.m. They arrested a subject at the scene.

MAY 26

Theft: Officer took a theft report in the 800 block of Elm Ave. N. at 12 a.m.

Disturbance: Police responded to a disturbance in the 1900 block of 3rd Ave. NE at 1:47 p.m.

Drugs: Drug activity was reported in the 300 block of Rose St. E. at 9:19 p.m.

Domestic: Police arrested a subject following a domestic disturbance in the 800 block of 5th Ave. NW at 10:43 p.m.

Shoplifting: At 10:47 p.m., officer issued a shoplifting citation in the 1600 block of Cedar Ave. S.

MAY 27

Shoplifting: At 12:54 a.m., a shoplifting incident occurred in the 1000 block of Frontage Rd. W.

MAY 28

Arrest: Police assisted another agency with arresting a subject in the 3600 block of Frontage Rd. W. in Clinton Falls Township at 2:40 a.m.

Thefts: Police received theft reports from the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. E. at 11:37 a.m. and the 100 block of Oak Ave. N. at 3:33 p.m.

Suspicion: At 3:42 p.m., police responded to suspicious activity at Grove Ave. S. and University St. SE. They arrested a subject at the scene.

Probation: Officer arrested a subject for violating probation in the 600 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 3:53 p.m.

Warrant: Officer made a warrant arrest in the 400 block of Broadway St. E. at 8:40 p.m.

Domestic: Police responded to a domestic disturbance in the 400 block of 14th St. NE at 9:24 p.m. They arrested a subject at the scene.

MAY 29

Suspicion: Officers responded to suspicious activity in the 100 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 12:04 p.m.

They arrested a subject at the scene.

Theft: Officer took a theft report in the 1200 block of Lincoln Ave. S. at 12:44 p.m.

Restraining Order: At 12:56 p.m., a restraining order violation occurred in the 1100 block of Mineral Springs Road NE. Warrant: Officer made a warrant arrest in the 600 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 1:28 p.m.

MAY 30

Thefts: Police received theft reports from the 200 block of Mill St. E. at 11:50 a.m. and the 4400 block of Frontage Rd. W. at 11:51 a.m.

STEELE COUNTY SHERIFF MAY 17

Welfare: Deputies conducted a welfare check in the 7300 block of 18th St. SW in Meriden Township at 7:48 p.m. They arrested a subject at the scene.

MAY 18

DWI: Deputy made a DWI arrest in the 200 block of 5th Ave. W. in Ellendale at 12:25 a.m.

MAY 19

Theft: Deputy took a theft report in the 4300 block of Dane Road in Havana Township at 9:19 a.m.

MAY 22

DWI: Deputy made a DWI arrest in the 6000 block of County Road 45 N. in Medford Township at 10:32 p.m.

MAY 23

Arrest: Deputies arrested a motorist during a traffic stop on Interstate 35 in Owatonna at 4:22 a.m.

Threats: Deputies responded to a subject making threats in the 5700 block of 22nd Ave. SEE BLOTTER, A4

HISTORY

STEELE COUNTY TIMES

History from the News Archives 10 Years Ago June 2, 2009

DAN EVANS, PUBLISHER For the first time ever, the Blooming Prairie High School Baccalaureate was held at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie. The ceremony was a celebration of and thanksgiving for lives dedicated to learning wisdom.

The United States Achievement Academy announced that Marissa Jensen from Blooming Prairie has been recognized for academic achievement as a United States National Honor Student award winner. Marissa is the daughter of Neil and Becky Jensen of Blooming Prairie.

Just a short drive away west of Blooming Prairie in Geneva is a company doing big things.

RWP Building Materials, owned

by David and Brett Richards, recently opened RWP Home Design Gallery on April 20 and are really excited about it.

The Blooming Prairie Women of Today with the coordination of Lynn Borchert have teamed up with Blooming Prairie High School to encourage recycling and even make some money for the school. Borchert has been in contact with the school to work on a plan to promote and increase recycling at the school.

20 Years Ago June 1, 1999

ELSIE SLINGER, PUBLISHER Sixty-five seniors graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in the Class of 1999.

BLOTTER: FROM A3 SW in Somerset Township at 1:15 p.m.

Restraining Order: At 5:46 p.m., a restraining order violation occurred in the 5900 block of 8th St. SW in Meriden Township.

MAY 25

Domestic: Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 4100 block of 66th St. NW in Medford Township at 6:40 p.m.

MAY 26

Burglary: Deputies began a burglary investigation in the 8600 block of 60th St. NE in Merton Township at 9:13 p.m.

MAY 27

Arrest: Deputies arrested a motorist during a traffic stop at Interstate 35 and 46th St. NW in Clinton Falls Township at 12:02 a.m.

Criminal Sexual Conduct: Deputies began an investigation of criminal sexual conduct in the 6600 block of 19th Ave. NE in Medford Township at 11:19 a.m.

MAY 28

Suspicion: Deputies responded to suspicious activity in the 3600 block of Frontage Rd. W. in Clinton Falls Township at 2:36 a.m. They arrested a subject at the scene.

MAY 29

DWI: Deputies arrested a juvenile for driving while intoxicated on Highway 14 in Havana Township at 1:52 a.m.

Domestic: Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 500 block of Commercial St. in Ellendale at 7:55 p.m.

MAY 30

Welfare: Deputies arrested a subject during a welfare check in the 200 block of 5th Ave. W. in Ellendale at 9:05 p.m.

ARRESTS

Steele County OWATONNA POLICE Kevin Jackson, 53, arrested at 3:37 a.m. May 17, felony arson, assault and criminal damage to property, held for court.

Mario Garcia-Ramirez, 21, arrested at 4:48 a.m. May 17, felony arson, held for court.

William Allen Bliss, 33, arrested at 6:40 a.m. May 18, assault/ domestic assault, held for court.

Wyatt Luke Jackson, 36, arrested at 6:03 p.m. May 18, felony DWI, assault and domestic assault by strangulation, held for court.

Andrew Avery Buzzard, 24, arrested at 4:15 p.m. May 23, apprehension and detention order, held for court.

Beau Patrick Wanner, 31, arrested at 7 p.m. May 22, apprehension and detention order, held for court.

Christopher Stephen Prince, 33, arrested at 1:33 a.m. May 24, drug court apprehension and detention arrest, held for court.

Alfred Anthony Hernandez, 41, arrested at 3:53 p.m. May 28, warrant arrest, $200 bail.

Ashley Kaye Johnson, 29, arrested at 9:51 p.m. May 28, warrant

Superintendent Irving Peterson introduced the class speakers, valedictorian Lindsey Carlson and salutatorian Monica Meyerhofer. “Saving the Best ‘Til Last” was the familiar motto for the class.

Tess and Rod Koster of Blooming Prairie donated weight lifting equipment to the high school recently. Activities director Bill Bunkers said the equipment was very much needed and a worth while addition to the high school.

Not only students, but the community will be able to use the equipment through Community Education.

Junior golfer Lisa Meshke of Blooming Prairie successfully defended her Section 1A golf title and won her fourth straight individual championship.

Meshke fired a steady 41 and 42 over the 18 holes to grab medalist honors. She will compete in the state tournament on June 7 in St. Cloud.

50 Years Ago May 28, 1969

VICTOR, VERNON & VRYLE KREJCI, PUBLISHERS The senior class of 1969 consists of 103 seniors at Blooming Prairie High School. Rev. Orville Wold, a graduate of Blooming Prairie, will deliver the commencement address on Thursday evening. He is now a pastor at a church in St. Paul.

Donald Miller, veteran employee in Blooming Prairie Post Office, has been appointed as rural mail carrier on Route 2. Miller has been employed in the postal service for more than 40 years.

arrest, $1,000 bail.

Vanessa Rodriguez, 32, arrested at 1:50 p.m. May 29, felony tampering with motor vehicle and possession of burglary tools, held for court.

Martin John Klaustermeier, 24, arrested at 4:43 p.m. May 28, probation violation, held for court.

Steele County Sheriff Cabbott James Weyker, 41, arrested at 3:22 p.m. May 17, probation violation warrant arrest, body only.

Angela Kay Ballstadt, 39, arrested at 8:11 p.m. May 17, felony controlled substance, held for court.

Jason William Olson, 48, arrested at 10:50 p.m. May 22, extradition hearing to Colorado for dangerous weapons, body only.

Jordan Anthony Kane, 28, arrested at 11:26 p.m. May 28, warrant arrest, $50,000 bail.

Jade Patrice Stromback, 34, arrested at 7:20 p.m. May 20, DWI, held for court.

COURT NEWS Steele County

The following case was heard in Steele County District Court the week of May 13 with Judge Karen R. Duncan presiding: Jared J. Jones, 46, Medford, previously appeared and was convicted of felony controlled substance sale. He was sentenced to $131 and 34 months in St. Cloud State Prison.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Steele County District Court the week of May 13 – 19:

BLOOMING PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT Jason T. Dulitz, 26, no insurance, $281.

MN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES Jared R. Mosier, 32, Owatonna, hunting protected birds, $181.

MN STATE PATROL ROCHESTER Cody I. Adrian, 27, Mankato, speeding, $131; Lucas R. Devoss, 19, Hampton, IL, speeding, $121; Ian D. Ekdahl, 23, Omaha, NE, speeding, $121; Chenene Godfrey, 37, Coralville, IA, speeding, $221; Micah C. Johnson, 32, Lancaster, WI, speeding and seat belt, $166; Christina M. Martinez, 37, Hastings, speeding, $121; Irving Mixteco Vasquez, 37, Owatonna, speeding and no license, $231; Darren T. Pursley, 53, Mendota Heights, speeding, $141; Kevin M. Raichle, 36, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Felipe D. Sotelo Sanchez, 29, Austin, TX, no license, $181; Kelly J. Tellijohn, 52, Owatonna, failure to stop for red lights, $131.

OWATONNA POLICE DEPARTMENT Anthony G. Bice, 39, Owatonna, stop sign, $131; Jacob W. Broesder, 25, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Corrin A. Christensen, 26, Owatonna, speeding, $141; Nicole A. Condon, 34, Waseca, texting while driving, $131; Nicholas L.

Elected to the Blooming Prairie School Board for three-year terms were Justin Spinler and Dr. John Walch. Both candidates were unopposed on the ballot and nearly received all of the votes cast.

Joe Wurst, a charter member of the Blooming Prairie Jaycee Chapter, has been elected to the position of director to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jerry Becker recently.

Blooming Prairie stores will be closed on Friday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. A Memorial Day program will honor war dead on Friday morning.

75 Years Ago June 1, 1944

FRANK KREJCI, PUBLISHER A telegram was received by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Svatos on Friday informing them that their son, Staff Sgt. Raymond Svatos, who was a gunner on a bomber, is missing in action over Rumania since May 5.

Sgt. Charles B. Peterson, 28, a son of Charles J. Peterson of Blooming Prairie, recently completed his combat training at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Ariz., as a radio operator-gunner of a B-24 Liberator crew and soon he will go overseas to a combat area to do his part in defeating the enemy.

Warden Turner has purchased the former Charley Iverson residence located in the south part of town from Mrs. Ensrud, who made her home with the late Charley Iverson for a number of years preceding his death. Alleged consideration was $2,300.

Dube, 25, Faribault, theft, $134.93 and 22 days in county jail; Sandy K. Engler, 25, Owatonna, texting while driving, $131; Lavonne K. Fenske, 86, Owatonna, failure to yield, $131; Suzann L. Hallas, 36, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; Tiffany A. Hernandez, 30, Waseca, suspended license and no insurance, $481; Victoria L. Hurley-Mellard, 38, Albert Lea, cancelled license, $281; Christopher W. Hutchinson, 35, Waseca, failure to yield, $131; Robert L. Mast, 21, Owatonna, speeding and permit violation, $171; Victor Perez Balderas, 72, Nacogdoches, TX, wrong way on one-way street, $181; Joshua T. Rainone, 24, Owatonna, revoked license and no insurance, $81 and 21 days in county jail; Korey R. Roseland, 18, Owatonna, stop sign, $131; Tarren J. Weise, 20, Owatonna, revoked license, stay of adjudication, $156 and 1 year of supervised probation; Lesandra P. Whitehead, 31, Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Nathan A. Wiles, 41, Owatonna, DWI, $406, 1 day in county jail, substance abuse subtle screening inventory, no alcohol or controlled substance use and 1 year of supervised probation; Xiaoqing X. Yu, 35, Owatonna, speeding, $121.

STEELE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Rebecca R. Bain, 34, Owatonna, theft, stay of adjudication, diversion program and 1 year of supervised probation; Noah A. Bremer, 36, Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Wanda R. Deleon, 57, Waseca, speeding, $141; Rosario Duran Munoz Sr., 54, Omaha, NE, speeding, $221; Douglas S. Freelove, 36, Medford, possession of marijuana, $181, 31 days in county jail, chemical dependency evaluation, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments and 1 year of supervised probation; Andrew W. Groeneweg, 25, Owatonna, expired tabs, no insurance and suspended license, $511; Kaleb P. Konrad, 19, Mitchellville, IA, underage drinking and driving, $181, no alcohol or controlled substance use and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Phillip M. Maras, 32, Albert Lea, speeding, $221; Jennifer R. Melbye, 46, Maple Grove, speeding, $121; Wayne R. Miller, 41, Owatonna, no insurance and frost on windshield, $321; Gustavo V. Morales, 56, Baltimore, MD, speeding, $121; Alexander D. Nagy, 20, Waseca, speeding, $141; Genesis M. Ortega, 18, Owatonna, speeding, $141; Paulino Rodriguez, 42, Hastings, speeding, $131; Marah S. Ryks, 29, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Sandra Sifuentes, 37, Elsa, TX, speeding, $141; Jay J. Voegele, 61, Faribault, speeding, $141.

The following cases were heard in Steele County District Court the week of May 20 with Judge Joseph A. Bueltel presiding: Noah A. Bremer, 36, Waseca, previously appeared and was convicted of felony aiding and abetting burglary. Bremer was sentenced to $3,815.84, 180 days in county jail, no possession of firearms, no contact with victim, SEE BLOTTER, A10

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Dear Savvy Senior, As a teacher for 20 years, I receive a pension from a school system that did not withhold Social Security taxes from my pay. After teaching, I’ve been working for a small company where I do pay Social Security taxes. Now, approaching age 65, I would like to retire and apply for my Social Security benefits. But I’ve been told that my teacher’s pension may cause me to lose some of my Social Security. Is that true?

Ready to Retire Dear Ready, Yes, it’s true. It’s very likely that your Social Security retirement benefits will be reduced under the terms of a government rule called the Windfall Elimination Provision (or WEP).

The WEP affects people who receive pensions from jobs in which they were not required to pay Social Security taxes – for example, police officers, firefighters, teachers and state and local government workers whose employers were not part of the national Social Security system. People who worked for nonprofit or religious organizations before 1984 may also be outside the system.

Many of these people, like you, are also eligible for Social Security retirement or disability benefits based on other work they did over the course of their career for which Social Security taxes were paid.

Because of your teacher’s pension, Social Security will use a special formula to calculate your retirement benefits, reducing them compared to what you’d otherwise get.

How much they’ll be reduced depends on your work history. But one rule that generally applies is that your Social Security retirement benefits cannot be cut by more than half the size of your pension. And the WEP does not apply to survivor benefits. If you’re married and die, your dependents can get a full Social Security payment, unless your spouse has earned his or her own government pension for which they didn’t pay Social Security taxes.

If that’s the case, Social Security has another rule known as the Government Pension Offset (or GPO) that affects spouses or widows/widowers benefits.

Under the GPO, spousal and survivor benefits will be cut by two-thirds of the amount of their pension. And if their pension is large enough, their Social Security spousal or survivor benefits will be zero.

There are a few exceptions to these rules most of which are based on when you entered the Social Security workforce.

Why Do These Rules Exist?

According to the Social Security Administration, the reason Congress created the WEP (in 1983) and GPO (in 1977) was to create a more equitable system. People who get both a pension from non-Social Security work and benefits from Social Security-covered work get an unfair windfall due to the formula of how benefit amounts are calculated.

These rules ensure that government employees who don’t pay Social Security taxes would end up with roughly the same income as people who work in the private sector and do pay them.

For more information on the WEP visit SSA.gov/planners/retire/wep.html, where you’ll also find a link to their WEP online calculator to help you figure out how much your Social Security benefits may be reduced. And for more information on GPO, including a GPO calculator, see SSA.gov/planners/retire/gpo.html.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of“The Savvy Senior” book.

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CONGRATULATIONS Blooming Prairie Class of 2019 Honor Graduates!

Payton Simon Valedictorian

Seth Peterson Salutatorian

William Genaro Cardenas

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Rachael Kay Oswald

Trenton Jabbar Swenson

Jackson David Baltazar

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Caitlin Sharon Goette Salutatorian

Alexis Eliabeth Anderson

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Olivia Pauline Christopherson

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Dan always rolled with the flow He was my BFF (Best Friend Forever) and only comes in second when compared with my wife Judy. She is my BFA (Best Friend Always).

My dear friend Dan Gerenz left us a few weeks ago but left us memories that will make us stronger the rest of our lives.

Dan was my roommate when I worked at my first newspaper HOWARD LESTRUD job in Albert Lea at The Evening Tribune. Dan was a graphic artist and often came to our newspaper to get some graphic scans.

We became friends and then roommates. One of our rentals was a dive on the southeast side of Albert Lea. Our rental fee was $30 a month or $15 apiece. Of course, this was a time when my salary was $1.25 an hour.

Dan and I both loved sports and this was BOW (Before Our Wives). Dan and I partied together and often into the wee hours of the morning.

Dan and I also played on the same slow pitch softball team and on the same flag football team. Dan, at 6 ft. 3 in., was the Big Bopper on the team, hitting more home runs than anyone on the team. DanaNcy even advanced to home run competition in the Twin Cities.

My friend Dan wasaillaNcourt a very creative artist and did some personal artwork for me, creating an icon for my sports column with the Albert Lea newspaper.

Dan also did another drawing with me sitting at a desk.

When I wrote a column anti-Green Bay Packers, someone, obviously a Packer fan, took my drawing and put an arrow pointing at my nose.

In addition to Dan’s creative art work, he was a master of “Stupid Human Tricks” and could have made me rich by appearing on a Dave Letterman show segment with the same name, “Stupid Human Tricks.”

He was a master at rolling his eyes. He could roll them one direction, stop and then roll them the other way.

We had more fun with his eye rolling trick. We would go to a bar. I would buy him a straight shot. He would put it down and then he would roll his eyes. This usually earned him another straight shot.

I could never duplicate Dan’s eye ball trick. I learned not too long ago that Dan learned the trick from his mother.

Dan and I did lots of things together including sports, hunting and partying. Dan took this country boy (me) to the Twin Cities to sample TC night life. Dan was from West St. Paul. I remember going pheasant hunting on my parents’ property and borrowing my dad’s single shot Iver Johnson 12 gauge shotgun for Dan’s use.

Dan’s father and father-in-law both came to Newry and Moscow townships to hunt pheasants. Dan and I even invited two female friends over to our house to enjoy pheasant under glass. This was again BOW (Before Our Wives). Dan was an excellent cook, having been a chef on the railroad.

A favorite refrain of Dan’s after being up late the night before was to hug his pillow and say, “I’m going to bed early tonight.”

Dan was also the reason I joined the National Guard in 1965 at a very volatile time for our country with the Vietnam War at a boiling point.

Dan talked me into joining the Guard. He was a member of the Albert Lea unit. The Albert Lea unit was full, thus I joined a Rochester unit and later transferred to Albert Lea. “Chalk it up to experience,” Dan said about joining the Army National Guard.

Dan and I became closer friends after we married our girl friends, my friend Judy and his friend Linda.

We’ve done lots together, dining, movies, Christmas shopping and even trimming the Christmas tree. I remember coming to the Gerenz’ door once and Dan had a hammer in hand and blood in eyes. He couldn’t get the tree in the holder. He did have a temper wasn’t foreign to kicking a printing press when it wouldn’t cooperate.

We also made a few trips to Bayfield, Wis. together and went apple harvesting. Dan wasn’t too fond of apple orchards.

At one spot, we went inside to buy apples and Dan stayed in the car. We came out after making a purchase and Dan said he had swiped a apple from a tree and took a pee at the same time.

Dan and Linda are definitely our best friends. Even though he’s gone, his friendship lingers.

Thanks for the memories Dan.

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COLLEGE NEWS

ENGAGEMENT

BP students named to Spring Dean’s List Two Blooming Prairie area students have been named to the Dean’s List for Spring 2019 at their respective colleges.

Jake Hyland was named to the Bradley University Spring 2019 Dean’s List. He is majoring in Interactive Media Game Design and is among the 1,700 students named to the Dean’s List.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a minimum 3.5 GPA for the semester on a 4.0 scale.

Bradley is located in Peoria, Ill. Grace Johns was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. She is majoring in exercise and sport science.

Qualification for the Dean’s List is limited to students who have attained outstanding academic achievement. To be eligible, students must have earned not less than a 3.5 semester grade point average and carried a minimum of 12 credits.

UW-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of the 13 four-year institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. UWL has more than 10,500 full and part-time students enrolled in 101 undergraduate, 28 graduate and two doctoral academic programs.

BOOK NOOK

Adults won’t be left out at the library this summer You could call it borrowing, or fine tuning, or even stealing, but some of the best ideas we use at the Blooming Prairie Branch Library are often the brain child of others. This year we are following the lead of the Owatonna Public Library and will hold our first Summer Reading Program for adults!

NANCY Now you adults won’t feel left VAILLANCOURT out of the summer fun.

During the winter, Bookish BINGO was a success and introduced our adults to some new genres and authors.

The summer program will be simpler: for every 30 minutes that you read (or listen to audiobooks), fill in a clock on a reading record you can pick up at the library. After you have read a total of 10 hours, your record will be filled in. Turn it in at the library and get your name included for prize drawings. If you are a super fast reader, you can fill out more than one reading record.

Kids entering 7-12 grades also have a different program than the younger ones. The teens get a punch card on which they get a punch for every 50 pages that they read. Once they have completed a card showing that they have read 500 pages, they can be involved in the monthly book fairs and be entered in prize drawings also.

We have events scheduled for 46 different days this summer; some days we have two events going on during the same day. Be sure to pick up a calendar listing all our programs. Also you can check online at www.owatonna.info or on our Facebook page.

We’ll see you at the library this summer!

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Jacobson graduated from Owatonna High School in 2011 and South Dakota State University in 2016 with degrees in agricultural engineering and ag business. He is currently employed as an inventory analyst with Cybex in Owatonna.

The couple plans to be married at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie on June 15.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019

PASTOR’S COLUMN

A challenge to reframe your life

Rev. Heidi Heimgartner FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH BLOOMING PRAIRIE

After a meandering walk through the rows of merchandise showcased in the just-opened craft store in our area, my son and I discussed a different idea for his new bedroom. Rather than buying a few items that are brand-new (and only sort-of-liked), why not take something he really likes (old Twins memorabilia, gifted by collectors in the family) and reframe those into a cool arrangement for his wall?

Well, we haven’t got our plans fully accomplished yet, but the effect of that idea on both our attitudes was instantaneous. All it will take is some simple creativity–incorporating things he already likes most–for maximum benefit.

When I was young, I spent a lot of time at my grandparents’ farm in the summer. This was a great attitude adjustment for me.

I said, “Gramp, can I help?” after I watched my elderly grandfather struggle to haul bushels of

cracked corn to feed calves, or try and get the push mower started. I began to wash the lunch dishes, or run items down to the basement laundry when I noticed the effects rheumatoid arthritis had on my grandmother over the course of a humid day. They didn’t ask me to help. I had simply grown old enough that I could notice. I had the power to change. And I grew.

Reframing is one of the most powerful thought processes we have. Some call it practicing gratitude. Or counting blessings versus burdens. Lately, I hear the words mindfulness and empathy. Counselors use this tool in therapy, too.

But whatever you call it, it is these positive thoughts and actions, which give motivation and purpose to our lives.

How practiced are you at the art of reframing?

Noisy kids in church? Voices of the future, my colleague calls that.

Retired and a little glum? Free to find my “what’s next” I heard a factory worker say.

Grandkids never stop by? Get a smartphone and Snapchat, and you’ll see their faces daily, know what makes them laugh, and when they’ve had a bad day.

Tired of the news? You have my permission to turn it off, go outside, phone an old friend, or simply start a prayer journal.

Just graduated, and not sure what to do with your life? Paralyzed by choices, and not sure who to listen to? Try something productive–anything--for a year. Then reflect and re-evaluate.

Reframing is what allows those who have suffered trauma to find the good in life again.

Reframing is what I see at the funeral home when I hear a surviving spouse say, “God gave us 55 beautiful years together.” Or when a person returns from chemical

dependency treatment with coping skills and a support system.

And it’s what I delight over in our schools, as we now classify children not by disability, but by ability.

You may do this naturally already, or you may have a faith tradition, which encourages it, but either way, I challenge you: reframe some of your own recurrent thoughts, or negative feelings.

Reexamine your choice of actions (or inactions).

Long ago, to a people who were bogged down or just plain grumpy, St Paul writes to encourage growth and maturity. He writes in Ephesians 1:18, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people.” Reframing can be powerfully prayerful and hopeful, healing and motivating.

May it be so.

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COMMUNITY LUTHERAN – ELCA 106 Third St. SE., Geneva Pastor Kristen Venne 507-256-4288 Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sun. FIRST LUTHERAN – AFLC 503 Radel Ct., Ellendale Pastor Richard Sliper 507-684-2451 Saturday: 8 a.m. Men’s Bible Study Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School/ Confirmation Tues.: 7 p.m. Call to Prayer, open to all churches Wed.: 9:30 a.m. BibleStudy; 3:30 – 5 p.m. Jesus and Me; 6 p.m.

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Youth Group FIRST LUTHERAN – ELCA 434 First St. SW., Blooming Prairie Senior Pastor: Rev. Heidi Heimgartner Associate Pastor: Rev. Mike Walerius 507-583-6621 firstlutheranbp.com Worship Service- 9 a.m.

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FIRST LUTHERAN – LCMC 8953 SW 37th Ave., Hope Pastor Sandy Miller 507-451-3854 Worship: 9 a.m. Sun. Sunday School, Adult Ed: 10:15 a.m. Sun. GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN – LCMS 2500 7th Ave. NE., Owatonna Pastor Greg Schlicker Pastor Mark Neumann 507-451-4125 goodshepherdowatonna.com Worship: 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

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PONTOPPIDAN LUTHERAN – ELCA 9651 SW 75th St., Ellendale 507-465-8366 Worship: 10:15 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9 a.m. Sun. REDEEMER LUTHERAN – LCMS 1054 Truman Ave., Owatonna Pastor Kirk Griebel 507-451-2720 Worship: 9 a.m. Sun. Education Hour: 10:15 a.m. Sun.

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RED OAK GROVE LUTHERAN – ELCA 30456 Mower-Freeborn Road, Austin Pastor Lindsay Brennan 507-583-2038 or 507-437-3000 www.roglutheran.org Worship: 9 a.m. Sun. Sunday School (Sept. – May): 10:15 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN – LCMS 4532 SE 84th Ave., Claremont Pastor Alan Broadwell 507-528-2404 Worship: 6 p.m. Saturday; 10:30 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN – LCMS 28959 630th Ave., Sargeant Pastor Collin Duling 507-251-5568 Worship: 10:15 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN-ELCA 1301 Lincoln Ave. Owatonna Pastors Dave Klawiter and Jacie Richmond 507-451-7293 stjohnowatonna.org Worship: 5 p.m. Thursday & Saturday; 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Summer Services: 8 a.m. & 9:30 a.m. Sunday ST. MICHAEL’S LUTHERAN – ELCA 30450 570th Ave., Waltham Pastor Dwight DoBell 507-567-2474 Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sun. ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN – LCMS 202 E. Park Ave., Hollandale Pastor Jesse Krusemark 507-567-2272 Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN – ELCA 2781 SW 92nd Ave., Meriden Pastor: Rev. Dean Smith 507-451-2165 Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Worship: 10:30 a.m..

TRINITY LUTHERAN – ELCA 609 Lincoln Ave., Owatonna 507-451-4520 tlcowatonna.org Pastors: Todd Buegler & Amanda Weinkauf Deacon: Kris Oppegard Worship: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Sunday School: 8:15 a.m. & 9:30 a.m.

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TRINITY LUTHERAN – LCMS 108 Third Ave. SW., Medford Pastor Mark Biebighauser 507-451-0447 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 9:15 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible Study TRINITY LUTHERAN – LCMS 57043 300th St., Waltham Pastor Jesse Krusemark 507-567-2272 Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN – ELCA 7126 SW 98th St., Ellendale Pastor: Rev. Dean Smith Worship: 8:30 a.m.

CATHOLIC CHRIST THE KING 205 Second Ave. NW, Medford 507-451-6353 Father James Starasinich Deacon Patrick Fagan Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sat. Mass: 9 a.m. Mon. & Fri. CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 307 SW First St., New Richland Father Raul Silva Fr. Adam McMillan, Parochial Vicar 507-465-8217 Mass: 5 p.m. Saturday HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LITOMYSL 9946 SE 24th Ave. Owatonna Father John Sauer, Pastor 507-451-1588 www.litomysl.webs.com Sunday Mass: 9:30 a.m.c with Children’s Church Reconciliation: 8:45 a.m. - 1st & 3rd Sundays Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.: Faith Formation for K thru Confirmation Second Sunday of month: Family Faith Formation Litomysl Finance Council: 2nd Thursday Litomysl Pastoral Council: 2nd Thursday every other month SACRED HEART CATHOLIC 150 NE Second St., Hayfield Father Thomas Niehaus 507-477-2256 Mass: 8 a.m. Sun. & 8:30 a.m. Thursday Reconciliation: 7:30 a.m. Sun. SACRED HEART PARISH 810 S. Cedar Ave., Owatonna Father John Sauer Fr. Jose Morales, Parochial Vicar 507-451-1588 www.sacredheartowatonna.org Mass: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 a.m. &10 a.m. Sun. Spanish Mass: 11:45 a.m. Sun. Daily Mass: 7:15 a.m.

Reconciliation: 4 p.m. Sat. Adoration: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Thurs.

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ST. COLUMBANUS CATHOLIC 114 E. Main St., Blooming Prairie Father Thomas Niehaus 507-583-2784 www.stcolumbanuschurch.com Mass: 10 a.m. Sun. & 8:30 a.m. Friday Reconciliation: 9 a.m.

First Friday & Saturday ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC PARISH 512 S. Elm Ave., Owatonna Father James Starasinick Deacon Patrick Fagan 507-451-4845 Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 8 & 10 a.m.

Reconciliation: 3-3:30 p.m. Sat. Daily Mass: 8 a.m. Tues., Wed. & Fri. (Communion Service 8 a.m. Thursday) Adoration Chapel available Mon. – Fri. 7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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CHRISTIAN CHRIST COMMUNITY COVENANT 540 SE 18th St., Owatonna Dr. V. Brent Carlson, Pastor 507-451-1032 Worship: 9 a.m. Sun. Sunday Connections: 10:15 a.m.

PENTECOSTAL FIRST UNITED PENTECOASTAL 230 Locust Ave., Owatonna Pastor Eliazar Talamantes 507-363-2240 Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday

METHODIST BLOOMING GROVE UNITED METHODIST 43089 180th St., Medford (Seven miles west of Medford on CR 23) Pastors JJ & Stefanie Morgan 507-835-8726 Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

ELLENDALE UNITED METHODIST 200 Sixth St. NW., Ellendale Pastor Randy Cirksena 507-684-2731 www.ellendaleumc.org Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

OWATONNA UNITED METHODIST 815 E. University, Owatonna Loren Olson, Pastor Linda Boorman, Associate Pastor Joyce Parker, Associate Pastor 507-451-4734 www.owatonnaumc.org Traditional Worship (Pathways): 9 a.m. Sunday

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NON-DENOMINA­TIONAL BRIDGES OF HOPE COMMUNITY 130 W. Bridge St., Owatonna Pastor Keith Haskell 507-215-2249 Worship: 10 a.m. Sun. Biblestudy: 9 a.m. Sun. Reformers Unanimous Meetings: 7 p.m. Friday CEDAR CREEK 30 E. Main St., Hayfield Pastor Aaron de Neui 507-477-2255 www.cedarcreekchurch.org Worship: 10 a.m. Sun. DESTINY CHRISTIAN 2515 Harvest Lane NW Owatonna Pastors Joe & Vicki Braucht www.destinycc.org Worship: 6 p.m. Sat. ELEVATION NORTH 2002 Austin Road, Owatonna Pastor Doug Jones 507-363-3099 www.elevationnorth.blogspot. com Worship (English): 10 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

Worship (Spanish): 2 p.m. Sun. Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Spanish Evangelism & Prayer: 7 p.m. Friday NEW BEGINNINGS 332 14th St. NE., Owatonna Pastors Scott & Joan Peterson 507-413-0209 Worship: 10 a.m. Sun. SIMPLE CHURCH 4515 NW 22nd Ave., Owatonna (Country Goods building across the freeway from Cabela’s) Pastor Todd Lundgren 507-451-5661 Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sun. Bible Study: 7 p.m. Wednesday

MENNONITE PRAIRIE MENNONITE 13638 750th St., Blooming Prairie Bishop Dennis Martin 507-583-7532 Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sun. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Prayer Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Wed.

MORMON THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 404 31st St. NW, Austin Bishop Rick Bremner 507-433-9042 Worship: 9 a.m. Sun.

PRESBYTERIAN ASSOCIATED CHURCH Presbyterian Church (USA) and United Church of Christ 800 Havana Road, Owatonna 507-451-1546 www.associatedchurch.org

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(Fellowship, Church School, and Adult Discussions follow) Wednesday Activities: Sept – May (see website for schedule) FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 109 E. Main St., Hayfield Pastor Kirk Johnston 507-477-2631 Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sun. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN P.O. Box 66, Claremont 507-528-2320 Pastor Douglas Walters 10 a.m. Worship

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ASSEMBLY OF GOD VIBRANT LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 702 Third St. S., Ellendale Pastor Patrick Stitt 507-684-3421 www.vibrantlifeag.com Worship: 10:30 a.m. Sun. Kids Church: 10:30 a.m. Sun.

BAPTIST FIRST BAPTIST 104 First Ave. NE, Blooming Prairie Pastor Matt Fennell 507-583-2673 Worship: 10 a.m. Sun. & 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Sunday School: 9 a.m.

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Community braves rain to honor fallen vets on Memorial Day

BY DENNIS MARSHALL SPORTS EDITOR

Severe weather didn’t stop area residents from paying tribute to the many fallen veterans who have served.

Although the parades were cancelled due to heavy rain, both Blooming Prairie and Owatonna held Memorial Day Programs at the BP Servicemen’s Club and the Steele County Four Season Centre, respectively, on Monday, May 27.

Approximately 250 people attending the event

in Blooming Prairie where lunch was served.

Joyce Johns was the master of ceremonies, and the program started with prayer by Bev Hoveland, the VFW Aux. Chaplain.

That was followed by some patriotic songs by the Four Plus One Singers.

Then Carol Holman from the Voice of Democracy presented the first, second and third-place awards to area Blooming Prairie students for patriotic art.

Each student took time to describe their work of art and where their inspiration came from.

BLOTTER: FROM A4 no alcohol or controlled substance use, cognitive skill training, obtain permission to leave the state and 5 years of supervised probation.

Caleb Z. Stewart, 31, previously appeared and was convicted of felony sale of cocaine or meth. Stewart was sentenced to $320 and 45 months in St. Cloud State Prison.

Chairman of the Veterans Memorial Committee Tom Peterson gave an update on the Veterans Memorial Fundraiser and there was a drawing for the Veterans Memorial Raffle.

Finally, arguably the most anticipated part of the day was when the winners were announced for the 12 Quilts of Valor. The winners were Burnell Hanson, Don Clemmenson, Denny Long, Rob White, David Oswald, Joel Burr, Ron Nelson, Charles Wagner, Mike Hoffman, Zachary Hoffman, Ethan Hoffman and Stacie Hoffman.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Steele County District Court the week of May 20 – 26:

BLOOMING PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT Thomas J. Haberman, 44, Blooming Prairie, revoked license and no insurance, $481.

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Ronald L. Feye, 58, Minnesota Lake, failure to use designated lane, $181; Omar N. Gonsalez, 33, Owatonna, speeding, $131; Adriana A. Guzman, 24, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; Joshua Hernandez Baez, 24, Minneapolis, no license, $181; Andrew T. Leiviska, 39, Lakeland, speeding and possession of marijuana, $181; Kelsey T. Miller, 28, Maple Grove, move over law violation, $131; Baddar Naeem, 26, Minneapolis, speeding, $141; Daniel B. Podlesak, 33, Golden Valley, speeding, $141; Michael S. Spangler, 45, St. Paul, speeding and revoked license, $481; Christina M. Stednitz, 37, Elkhorn, NE, speeding, $131; Chloe J. Taber, 18, Mankato, speeding, $141; Will F. Witcher, 29, Windcrest, TX, speeding, $141.

STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

These patriotic singers were in fine tune at the Blooming Prairie Memorial Day event on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Shown from left are: Mary Delzer, Paul Habermann, Tom Peterson, Tom Blome and Connie Habermann.

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Cruz Adrian, 26, Fort Worth, TX, invalid license, $181; David J. Beraza, 25, Owatonna, domestic assault, $381, 2 days in county jail, no possession of firearms, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemical dependency evaluation, domestic abuse evaluation, obtain permission to leave the state and 1 year of supervised probation; Chance A. Christenson, 21, Owatonna, operate snowmobile without safety certificate, $131; Julio Cordova, 44, Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Steven M. Cosgrove, 35, Owatonna, expired tabs, $111; Codi S. Dittrich, 32, Owatonna, revoked license, Anthony L. Esquivel, 20, Claremont, aggravated robbery, stay of adjudication, chemical dependency evaluation, diversion program and 2 years of supervised probation; Stetson P. Fox, 32, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; Cesar E. Gonzalez Chilel, 40, Owatonna, invalid license, $181; Kevin Jackson, 53, Owatonna, domestic assault, $381, 13 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, no possession of firearms, domestic abuse evaluation and 1 year of supervised probation; Erika Lawless, 41, Faribault, stop sign, $131; Benny Ledesma, 27,

Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Lanny R. Louks, 43, Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Ryan M. Luebben, 39, Pine Island, no insurance, $181 and 6 months of supervised probation; Alison J. Lueck, 51, Owatonna, failure to stop for school bus, $131 and 6 months of supervised probation; Nathan R. Meyer, 18, Austin, speeding, $121; Jade M. Milde, 58, Faribault, seat belt, $106; Nicholas A. Neal, 36, Ankeny, IA, speeding, $141; Jeffrey S. Nelson, 51, Owatonna, theft, $141; Tyshawn D. Price, 22, Minneapolis, suspended license, $281; Austin D. Ress, 18, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Justin T. Rions, 35, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; James C. Schmidt, 23, Waseca, controlled substance crime, stay of adjudication, $100, 17 days in county jail, maintain employment, no alcohol or controlled substance use, chemical dependency evaluation, psychological evaluation and 1 year of supervised probation; Harold A. Schoenfeld, 71, Owatonna, DWI, $581, chemical dependency evaluation, no alcohol or controlled substance use and 2 years of supervised probation; Holly A. Smith, 26, Blaine, stop sign, $131; Anthony J. Thostenson, 25, Waseca, failure to stop for school bus, stay of adjudication, $81 and 6 months of

supervised probation; Carter J. Warner, 18, Owatonna, failure to yield, $131.

STEELE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Omar A. Adam, 40, Austin, speeding, $141; Emmanuel Esquivel Arriaga, 21, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Stetson P. Fox, 32, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; Rodney G. Gardner, 47, Medford, speeding, $281; Lidia Garza, 57, Waseca, speeding, $121; Gideon K. Kigen, 21, North Mankato, speeding, revoked license and no insurance, $531; Nicholas A. Knudsen, 21, Maple Grove, speeding, $131; Abby N. Krumrie, 23, Claremont, speeding, $121; Cindy L. McBeain, 48, Blackduck, speeding, $141; Sidney R. Musehl, 22, Faribault, speeding, $221; Matthew H. Olsem, 17, Waseca, speeding, $131; Tyler J. Ross, 25, Janesville, revoked license, stay of adjudication, $300 and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Benjamin D. Voegele, 38, Morristown, speeding, $121; Brandi L. Von Rump, 32, Medford, theft, $427.59 and 21 days in county jail; Devin M. Winjum, 19, Faribault, speeding, $121; Madeline M. Young, 33, Owatonna, speeding, $141.

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Hometown Living

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NRHEG valedictorian wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps

BY DENNIS MARSHALL STAFF WRITER

If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, Lexie Ignaszewski’s mother should be feeling pretty good.

The New RichlandHartland-EllendaleGeneva valedictorian plans to attend South Dakota State University for Agriculture Education and has aspirations of becoming a 4-H program coordinator, just like her mother Tracey Ignaszewski, who has spent the past 25 years working for Steele County 4-H. “I fell in love with the program and it has been such a huge part of my life,” Lexie said. “Her job is to create opportunities for kids, and she does that all school year and with day camps. She

plans for the summer and organizing the 4-H livestock part at the Steele County Fair.

“It gets kids involved in the community with doing community service and volunteering, and it provides opportunities for kids to explore different project areas to find new areas of passion,” she continued. “I’ve seen the positive impact she’s had on all the kids in the 4-H program and how much joy she has brought to the program and I want to be able to do that same thing.”

Ignaszewski has been involved with 4-H since she was a kindergartener and has been a county ambassador, a camp counselor, the president of her 4-H club and the club council, a swine superintendent and on the

“It is a great honor, and I take a lot of pride in it.”

Lexie Ignaszewski NRHEG Valedictorian

Junior Fair Board.

“All those years I have showed pigs, sheep, and rabbits,” she said. “As I got it older, I started becoming more involved.

Four-H has just allowed me to try new things and has pushed me out of my comfort zone, which I really liked. It also allowed me to meet so many new people.”

The valedictorian graduated with the rest of her 2019 classmates on Sunday at NRHEG High School.

“It was a bittersweet

day, but I’m super excited to see what the future holds,” she said. “At the same time it’s hard to say goodbye to those I’ve grown up with over the past few years. It doesn’t quite feel real, I still think I’ll be coming back to NRHEG for school. I don’t think it will truly sink in until I move to college in the fall.

“I loved going to Friday night football games and cheering on the boys,” Ignaszewski continued.

“It was especially cool this year because they made it to state, and all the endless laughs with my volleyball and basketball team.”

She finished high school with an incredible 3.952 GPA. “Honestly, I never thought I was going to be the valedictorian

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[coming into high school as a freshman],” Ignaszewski said. “But it was something I was always working towards.

It is a great honor, and I take a lot of pride in it. It was something I needed to work towards for a long time so it does mean a lot to me.”

Ignaszewski said she doesn’t agree with the many schools around the country, including Blooming Prairie, that are eliminating the titles of valedictorian and salutatorian.

“I personally do not agree with it,” she said.

“I believe that those kids have worked hard their four years in high school, and they should be awarded for that just like how others are for sports.

I don’t think competition is a bad thing.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF LEXIE IGNASZEWSKI

Lexie Ignaszewski stands for a photo after NRHEG’s Graduation on Sunday, June 2.

Ignaszewski said she was thankful for all of her teachers, advisors and coaches for continuing to challenge her to do her best and while she will miss seeing all of her friends everyday, she will never forgot the memories made.

BP board finalizes principal’s contract

BY DENNIS MARSHALL SPORTS EDITOR

The Blooming Prairie School Board unanimously approved the contract of the new elementary school principal Jacob Schwarz on May 20 at its monthly meeting.

Schwarz replaces Chris Staloch, who will take over as the district’s superintendent for the retiring Barry Olson.

The board approved a one-year contract with a base salary of $89,000. The

contract begins on July 1, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020.

Schwarz was approved by the school board during a special meeting on the morning of April 22. He spent the past three years as the high school and elementary principal at Grand Meadow. Next year will be 18th overall in education.

“I feel incredibly humbled and honored to be joining a great team in the Blooming Prairie Public School district,” Schwarz told

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Steele Board gets history lesson

BY CHRIS BALDWIN STAFF WRITER

STAFF PHOTO BY HOWARD LESTRUD

A contingency of Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church women work on processing strawberries for the upcoming Strawberry Festival on Tuesday, June 11. Removing berry stems are, from left: Joyce Peterson, Galen Peterson, Dorothy Peterson, Babe Doocy, Doris Draayer, Marlene Nelson, Holly Ille, Karen Beede, Verna Magnuson, Judy Wambeam, Marlys Peterson, Laura Tjomsland, Suzanne Hamersma, Orlie Grant, Louise Peterson and Karen Johnson.

Red Oak Grove prepares for yet another strawberry event

BY HOWARD LESTRUD STAFF WRITER

“When we all work together, good things happen,” said Marlys Peterson as she participated in a strawberry work fest recently at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church, rural Austin.

Women of Red Oak Grove plus one man cleaned 225 pounds of the red berries recently, in preparation for the 78th annual Red Oak Grove Strawberry Festival on Tuesday, June 11.

While about a dozen women and Galen Peterson cleaned the berries, other volunteers were in the kitchen blending them for strawberry shortcake.

The berries come from Hy-Vee in Austin.

Doris Draayer claimed to be the oldest of the strawberry workers at age 93. She has been cleaning strawberries for over 50 years of the festival. Her daughter Nancy Wesley worked in the kitchen pulverizing the berries.

“I love them but can’t eat too many,” remarked Draayer.

Everyone is welcome to attend the Red Oak event, says organizer Linda Christianson, one of many volunteers.

A noon luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents of area care centers and assisted living sites will be slotted into specified times of serving.

Christianson said residents from Prairie Manor Care Center and Heather Haus of Blooming Prairie will be at the special strawberry day as will senior living residents of the Cedars and Oaks in Austin. Sacred Heart Care Center and assisted living residents will also be enjoying the Church festival. St. Mark’s Care Center and assisted living of Austin will also be represented at Red Oak Grove.

The serving line will be opened again from 4 to 7 p.m. On the menu will be pulled pork, hot dogs, beans and cole slaw. Of course, the dessert will be strawberries over shortcake or served with ice cream.

A bazaar and bake sale will also be held during the day with quilts made by the Red Oak Grove quilters being placed on sale.

A quilt raffle is planned once again. The quilt raffle brought in over $400 in funds last year.

Judy Wambeam handles the quilting projects as Mission Growth chair.

“I’ve been sewing since

I was 8,” said Wambeam, who was very active in 4-H. She said her grandmother was a quilter for many years.

Seventeen quilts are donated for the strawberry festival. Four of them go to Blooming Prairie High School seniors.

Picnic activities for kids are planned for outdoors, said Christianson.

In what was a relatively light meeting, the Steele County Board of Commissioners heard from James Lundgren of the County Historical Society.

Lundgren detailed some of their current and future programs and outlined educational efforts put forth by the society. These include educational programs such as the Jr. History Detectives and History Detectives, which are interactive programs for pre-K and K-6 grade students.

“We also have new classroom-based programs,” Lundgren informed the board. “We have one on inventors.”

Part of the hands-on portion of this program involves students getting to make their own version of the Gandy Wheel.

The Gandy Wheel was a land measuring wheel used for acreage measuring invented by E. S. Gandrud in 1936, who founded the Gandy Company located in Steele County. Similar wheels are still used today to measure farmland.

“They get to learn the history of the Gandy company,” Lundgren explained of the program.

“This is really a pilot program but it has been very well received by the teachers and students.

Our eventual plan is that we will be rolling out in-classroom educational opportunities for first all

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WHY SHOULD I GO TO THE DOCTOR? A lot of people only go to the doctor when they are sick. You might be wondering why would I take my child to the doctor if they are healthy.

Did you know that going to the doctor on a regular basis when you are not sick is really important too?

CHRISTINE HOFFMANN Child and Teen Checkups are free health and dental exams for children and young adults that are on a Minnesota Health Care Plan. These are health exams for when your child is not sick. The purpose of these exams is to help keep your children or young adults healthy. Health and dental problems can be found and treated early so they can be fixed and prevent future complications. A Child and Teen Checkup includes a complete head to toe exam, vision and hearing checks and immunizations to name a few. Children can also be tested for anemia, which causes weakness and fatigue. They can test your child’s blood for lead at age 1 and at age 2. Lead in the blood can affect mental and physical development. By testing for these things, you are allowing your child to reach his or her full potential.

There are so many more benefits of taking your child or teen to routine exams. Parents and children really get established with a physician. They are able to develop a relationship with him or her. If you are only going to the

Steele Talkin’

STAFF PHOTO BY HOWARD LESTRUD

Nancy Wesley and her mother, Doris Draayer, prepare some strawberries for the 78th Annual Red Oak Grove Lutheran Strawberry Festival scheduled for Tuesday, June 11.

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STEELE COUNTY TIMES

Safety first in summer

STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS BALDWIN

Gold Cross EMT Shelby Taylor stands beside her ambulance during the Have a Healthy and Safe Summer Fair held last Wednesday in Owatonna. Taylor was one of many emergency and law enforcement personnel at the event and helped those who attended get a look inside the ambulance and learn about her role as an EMT.

Owatonna plays host to Healthy and Safe Summer Fair

By CHRIS BALDWIN STAFF WRITER

There were law enforcement and emergency personnel, firefighters and fire trucks, ambulances, games, and fun, as area youth got to learn about health and safety at this year’s Healthy and Safe Summer Fair.

The fair, which was held at the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna on May 29, dates back to 2005 when the local Shriner’s chapter had the thought to educate young people on health and safety before summer gets underway.

This free event offered time for families and children ages 3-12 to become aware of crucial safety topics. Educational activities included car seat checks, water safety, identification cards, teddy bear check-up, fire safety, bicycle rodeo, K-9 Unit demonstration, State Patrol helicopter landing and more.

“I think of it as a kickoff to summer,” Glenn Lyden of Mayo Clinic Department of Public Affairs said. “It’s a good reminder for everybody that you need to think about preparing and preventing injuries.”

Lyden noted that emergency personnel do more than respond to calls, and they look to educating citizens on safe behavior. “For kids, summer is a season of being outside,” he said.

“We want to make sure that they’re wearing seatbelts and wearing protective gear like helmets.”

He also sees a lot of importance in keeping the event fun for all involved. “Kids especially learn a little bit better when it’s a fun experience, and we want to build the safety aspect into that,” Lyden said.

“It’s huge,” Lyden said of the cooperation between different organizations that goes into the event each year.

“It really does show that

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“Blooming Prairie Schools and Superintendent Chris Staloch have a wonderful reputation, and I am excited

to join their staff.”

The contract also states Schwarz receives the approved IRS rate for approval travel outside

Blooming Prairie

FFA Spotlight Mariah Miller

By Mariah Miller Several months ago, I was pondering how to fulfill my duties as the local FFA Reporter. My first thoughts of a reporter’s job were toward television and newspaper. I contacted Rick Bussler, the publisher of the Steele County Times, about my ideas of submitting articles to the newspaper. Rick was very gracious, and we decided to create the series of articles called “FFA Spotlight.” I would write articles based on local FFA news and highlight several FFA members.

As my term as the reporter comes to an end, I look back at what I have learned. I am grateful for the experience of writing articles for the newspaper. I have also been accepted by the MN FFA organization to write a guest blog article. My task was to interview a fellow Minnesota FFA member about her supervised agricultural experience. Her employment and passion is to drive teams of Clydesdale horses. I am excited to meet her in person and watch her drive horses this summer.

During the past year, I have attended leadership conferences and rallies, State and National Convention, and participated in the Varsity Livestock Judging Team where we placed 10th at State.

I raise a small herd of Charolais breeding cattle.

I have sold breeding bulls at the Black Hills Stock Show and the Iowa Beef Expo. I also show cattle around the country. The highlight of showing was when I showed at the National Western Stock Show in Denver.

This summer, I will be attending the Charolais Junior Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a week long commitment where I will not only show cattle but participate in numerous leadership activities.

Currently, I serve on the MN 4-H State Fair Beef Committee.

The committee reviews and makes changes to rules regarding the show as well as working during the State Fair. I would love to have visitors during the Freeborn County Fair and the State Fair. I will likely be found in the cattle barns.

FFA has been rewarding as my horizons have been expanded. I have made new friends and gained knowledge regarding journalism. As I retire my position, I hand the reins of the “FFA Spotlight” over to the new reporter. I hope you have enjoyed reading my articles as much I have enjoyed writing them.

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it takes a village and it shows how many people are involved in making a community safe.”

Shelby Taylor, one the numerous emergency personnel on hand to help educate kids and families, works as an EMT in Steele County and was able to explain some of her work and the work of her peers.

“We all contribute to the health and safety of those within our communities,” Taylor said.

“Honestly, it’s not down to the money, it’s down to the fact that we’re in this job to help people,” Taylor said of the rewarding nature of their work. “Even the most miniscule amount of help we’re able to offer someone is more rewarding than any financial compensation.”

“It’s more than lights and sirens,” Lyden said of the work that emergency and law enforcement personnel do. “There’s some calls their running where they’re doing very advanced medical treatment and some of it is just comfort.”

Steele County Gold Cross operates with a fleet of four ambulances and runs three crews at a max and each ambulance is typically staffed with two personnel, one who will drive and the other who is able to sit in the back and administer medical treatment to the patient.

“We do trips basically all throughout any southern site for the Mayo Clinic,” Taylor explained. “Our ER here in Owatonna is actually Allina Health so they do a lot of transfers up to the Twin Cities as well.”

Community Engagement official Stephanie Olson detailed the origin of the event.

“The Shriners approached us to see if we could do something for their children and then it evolved to a communitywide event.”

According to Olson, the fair can see anywhere from 250 to 500 people on any given year. “It will go on rain or shine because the building’s so big so you can just pull everything inside,” she said, referring to the Four Seasons Centre.

“I think one of the greatest things is that it demonstrates community collaboration and our commitment from all venues of safety whether it be health, or fire, or police department,” she said. “It’s all about safety, and it’s a collaboration.

It’s definitely grown over the years.”

Olson credited the many organizations within the community with being able to pull together and put on the event. “The Sheriff was instrumental in getting this going,” she said of Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele. “He was excited and engaged.”

Thiele and his fellow county law enforcement personnel walked the fairgrounds and weaved in and out of the Four Seasons building during the fair. “Everyone together here is showing what kind of public safety we offer to the community,” he said.

“It helps the children so they can not be afraid of seeing a police officer or a firefighter. We want to be able to mingle with them and talk to one another.”

“This is a teamwork effort of public safety, all of these entities work well with one another and they all work well with the community and working with the children, and that’s what it’s all about.”

Sheriff Thiele said. “This is the fun part, when you can work with the children and see the smiles on their faces.”

and within the school district; one activity pass for his personal use for all extracurricular activities and is eligible for $1,500 per year to attend a national professional conference, pending superintendent approval.

Schwarz taught at Chatfield High School and with the Austin Public Schools District, and has experience as an instructional coach for teachers where he helped plan curriculum and offered staff development.

He has also coached several different sports such as baseball, basketball and football.

In other news, the board:  Approved the resignations of Megan Sangren as ESL/Elem Computer teacher at the end of school year; Catherine Befort as the head speech coach and heather Schiller as assistant track coach.  Approved the employment of Cythnia Beinhorn to a part-time high school clerical position; Emily Henslini as a firstgrade teacher; Stephanie Adelman as a ECSE teacher and Denise Hadrath as the head academic triathlon coach. Hadrath had been an assistant coach for the past three years.  Approved Steven Busho as a volunteer golf coach.  Approved the extension of the school’s transportation contract.  Approved a budget revision.  Tabled a discussion on moving the school board elections to even years.

Mankato and St. Peter are the only two other schools in the southern part of Minnesota still holding elections on odd years. Almost all are switching because of cost, new regulations and not being able to hold odd-year elections at the school anymore.

Blooming Prairie Class of 2019

Mckenzie Jensen Parents: Jason and Kaylene Jensen Plans after Graduation: attend Concordia University of Mequon to study PreLaw Hobbies:Stix of Fury and reading Advice to Underclassmen: take advantage of the time and opportunities you have while you can Favorite Movie: Mama Mia Favorite Song: Mama Mia soundtrack Favorite Food: Sloppy Joes Where do you see yourself in 20 years: Married with children and a successful law career Editor’s Note: In last week’s graduation section for Blooming Prairie’s Class of 2019, the incorrect information was placed under McKenzie Jensen’s photo.

Jensen previously had not submitted any information for the section, but since last week’s publication came out, she sent us information.

The Times apologizes for its part in placing the incorrect information under her photo.

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the way up through eighth grade.”

Lundgren said that the historical society’s vision would be to utilize a number of different themes and implement them based on grade level, catering each program to be suitable to the education level of the students.

“Over 50,000 visitors came through the Village of Yesteryear and the historical society,” Lundgren said when detailing last year’s stats. “We have over 400 people who volunteer, and probably over 500 people who volunteer and they put in over 10,000 hours.

They do a lot of wonderful work for us.”

The society also had over 2 million reaches on society media and cataloged over 25,000 items, and held 63 educational programs and events throughout the year.

“We’re very happy to be a part of the county here, and we’re very happy to preserve the history of the county,” Lundgren said.

During the meeting, the board also chose to ratify the decision to terminate the Southeast Minnesota Water Resource Board, or SEMWRB. Steele County has been a member of the Southeast Minnesota Water Resources Board for several decades but recent changes in state policy have encouraged counties to coordinate their water planning through the One Watershed One Plan model.

Steele County, along with other members of the SEMWRB, have been involved in One Watershed One Plan planning and have recently voted to join the Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Board as part of that model.

The SEMWRB had recently voted to terminate the Joint Powers Agreement under the older model and is asking all member counties to ratify this decision. As of Tuesday’s meeting eight counties had

already opted to ratify the older agreement.

“There’s been eight of the 10 counties that have ratified this,” said Commissioner James Brady, who served on the SEMWRB. “So, I would offer the resolution to ratify this.” The board was unanimous in its decision to ratify, having committed with the other members counties to begin following the One Watershed One Plan model that the state recommends.

The Cannon River watershed district encompasses over 1,500 square miles, 963,717 acres and contains 800 linear miles of water routes.

The counties within this newly minted planning area include Steele, Rice, Goodhue, Dakota, Le Sueur, Waseca, Blue Earth, Dodge, Freeborn, and Scott.

Operating under the One Watershed One Plan model entitles counties to be eligible to receive noncompetitive state funds in order help development and implement projects and activities within the planning area.

Tuesday’s session also saw the board pass a resolution approving a new contract with the AFSCME – Courthouse Unit. It is the largest unit in the county with more than 70 employees. The contract will be for two years.

A few consent agenda items were also added and nixed. One, involving a memorandum of understanding for MNPrarie County Alliance and Steele County, was delayed until the follow day’s work session so that the board could get a better look at it.

Another item which was added was an agreement for cooperation with the City of Owatonna on the upcoming roundabout construction project on Cedar Avenue.

The next regular county board meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11.

STEELE TALKIN’: FROM B1 doctor when you are sick, you may not be able to get an appointment with your family physician.

Routine checkups allow you and your family to get to know your doctor. This is important especially with teens and young adults that may have important questions they may not want to discuss with a parent. This allows the teen to be more comfortable and open with his or her thoughts or behaviors.

Parents and children can also get important information on how to take charge and live a healthy lifestyle.

You might be wondering where and when should I schedule a Child and Teen Checkup? Child and Teen Checkups can be scheduled at your clinic with your family physician. It is important that when you schedule an appointment, to schedule a Child and Teen Checkup. They are different from your well child exams.

Child and Teen Checkups are more thorough and do require a little more time to cover all the components.

A Child and Teen Checkup is recommended at ages birth-1 month, at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24 and 30 months, and once a year starting at age 3 through age 20.

Dental exams should begin with the first tooth and no later than age 12 months. Regular dental

checkups should occur every 6 months. You might say my baby only has one tooth why would my baby need to go to the dentist?

Establishing care with a dentist is a huge anxiety reducer. Many children and adults are afraid of going to the dentist. The reason for this is because it may be an unfamiliar place if you do not go often. If you are only going when you have a tooth ache, you or your child may associate the dentist with the pain of having a cavity filled. Going to the dentist early and often will help reduce future problems and anxiety about going to the dentist. They can help educate on how to take care of your teeth.

Routine health and dental exams should not be scary.

Routine health and dental exams are really important so call and schedule yours today to prevent future problems tomorrow. If you need help finding a doctor, dentist, transportation or an interpreter, you can call your member services on the back of your insurance card or call Steele County Public Health at 507-444-7650.

Christine Hoffmann is a registered nurse with Steele County Public Health in Owatonna.

Steele Talkin’ is a regular column featuring authors representing various organizations around Steele County.

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #52 of Blooming Prairie sincerely thanks everyone who generously contributed during their recent Poppy Day campaign.

Special thanks to all the volunteers who distributed the poppies at various places in Blooming Prairie, the businesses that provided the campaign areas, The Steele County Times and Becky at KRFO radio for their publicity.

The proceeds from the campaign are invested in local programs for the benefit of veterans and their families.

Doris Rasmussen ALA Poppy Chairman.

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Festival of Tables

BLOOMING PRAIRIE JUNE 6

JUNE 13

JUNE 10

JUNE 14

6:30 p.m. – Family Movie, BP Library 1 p.m. – Movie Monday, BP Library 7 p.m. – City Council Meeting

JUNE 11

Strawberry Social, Red Oak Grove Church 10:30 a.m. – Storytime, BP Library 2 p.m. – Pony Tales, BP Library 2:30 p.m. – BPPU Commission Meeting 4:30 p.m. – Fire Commission Meeting

JUNE 12

1 p.m. – Teen Time, BP Library 4:30 p.m. – EDA Meeting

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4 p.m. – Police Commission Meeting Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser, Prairie Manor Chapel

JUNE 18

5 p.m. – Ambulance Commission Meeting

JUNE 19

Chamber Meeting, Brookside Campground

JUNE 22

Cruise for Cancer, J&H Liquor

JUNE 27

Prohibition Dinner, Servicemens Club

ELLENDALE/HOPE/GENEVA JUNE 7

10 a.m. – SEMCAC, Community Building

JUNE 10

10 a.m. – SEMCAC, Community Building 7 p.m. – Berlin Township Meeting, Community Building

JUNE 11

6:15 p.m. – Tae Kwon Do, Ellendale Gym North

JUNE 12

10 a.m. – SEMCAC, Community Building 10 a.m. – Community EdFather’s Day Gift, NR Comm Ed Office

STAFF PHOTO BY HOWARD LESTRUD

Last week the Times published this photo on Page 1B with a story about the Festival of Tables, but it contained the incorrect caption under the photo. Gloria Kenow and Mary McDermott were hostesses for “Not Now� at Festival of Tables on May 21 in Owatonna. Shown at the table are from left: Barb De Reues, Paula Steinbronn, Mary McDermott, Gloria Kenow, Wanda McLagen and Barb Granoski. The Times apologizes for having the wrong caption last week.

Upcoming events set at Owatonna Arts Center

OWATONNA/MEDFORD JUNE 6

4 p.m. – Downtown Thursday Market, Central Park 6 p.m. – Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting, Airport 7 p.m. – Joint Airport Zoning Board Meeting, Airport

JUNE 8

7 a.m. – Farmers Market, Central Park 8 a.m. – Breakfast on the Farm, Balzer Farm, 5005 NE 60th St. Owatonna 1 p.m. – Dedication of John Idstrom Bronze Collection, Arts Center 1:30 p.m. – Garden Bros Circus, Crane Pavilion in Austin

JUNE 9

OHS Graduation, Four Seasons Centre

JUNE 10

4 p.m. – Owatonna Park & Rec Board Meeting, City Admin Building

6 p.m. – Galactic Game Nights, Owatonna Library

JUNE 11

9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. – Summer Storytime, Owatonna Library 1 p.m. – So Many Books‌ So Little Time, Owatonna Library 4 p.m. – North Market, Grace Baptist 5 p.m. – Steele County Board Meeting, County Admin Building 5:30 p.m. – Power of the Purse Fundraiser, Owatonna Country Club 5:30 p.m. – Owatonna Human Rights Commission Meeting, City Admin Building 5:30 p.m. – Owatonna Planning Commission Meeting, City Admin Building

A dedication of the John Idstrom bronze collection will take place Saturday, June 8 from 4-7 p.m. at the Owatonna Arts Center.

The John Idstrom family has gifted a collection of his North American Big Game series of bronzes to the Arts Center. You are invited to the dedication of the bronzes. At 5:30 p.m., Wildlife artist and conservationist Jim Killen and John’s son, John, will speak briefly at the dedication. John was a wildlife biologist and artist who painted and worked in bronze. Using the lost

from the Atelier painting a portrait from a live model and refreshments.

Paintings from the Atelier’s history will be presented, painting from R H Ives Gammell, Richard Lack, Dale Redpath and Syd Wicker, along with works from Lura Tundel, Christine Mitzuk, Lynn Maderick and Brenda Ward.

Atelier is a French word that means studio workshop. The system of Atelier training has its roots in the Italian Renaissance, which was based on the master/

student apprenticeship method of instruction. The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art in Minneapolis has a direct linage that extends back to the great French Academician, JeanLeon Gerome (1824-1904).

The “Carpet Merchant� on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is an example of his work.

The Atelier in Minneapolis is unique as a school of realism because this teaching combination of French Academic drawing skills with Impressionist approaches the visual perception.

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JUNE 12

9:30 a.m. – Garden Time, Owatonna Library 4 p.m. – Owatonna EDA Meeting, City Admin Building 5 p.m. – Medford EDA Meeting, City Admin Building

wax process, he did a series of North American Big Game.

Idstrom is a graduate of St. Olaf College with a degree in biology and was a wildlife biologist.

He worked many years researching big game and improving wetlands at the Department of Natural Resources June gallery show.

Another upcoming event at the Arts Center is “Contemporary Realism: Works from the “Atelier Program of Fine Art.� It will open Sunday, June 9. There will be an artist

The Steele County Historical Society is hosting a bus tour June 28 to explore Scandinavian heritage with a visit to the Minneapolis’ American Swedish Institute and its recently opened display of Viking artifacts from Sweden.

After the tour, the group will enjoy a Swedish Smorgasbord luncheon

at the Institute. Next will be an afternoon stop at the Norway House and adjacent Mindekircken, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church dedicated in 1930 in memory of the Norwegian immigrants who arrived in 1825.

Departure will be from the History Center at 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 28 with a morning tour of

the American Swedish Institute exhibit and mansion, lunch, a stop at the Norway House & Mindekircken church and return to Owatonna at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Cost of the day trip is $75 for SCHS members and $85 for non-members.

Fee includes Smorgasbord lunch. Reservation and payment deadline is June

15. Day trip is limited to 55 people. SCHS membership is encouraged at any time: Annual individual seniors 65+ is $25, Regular individual at $35, Regular 3-year at $95, Household at $55; Household 3-year, $135, and business membership $75 per year.

A Day Away tours are part of the SCHS missionbased programming.

Owatonna Foundation to award nontraditional scholarships

The Owatonna Foundation is pleased to make available $15,000 to assist students who are preparing for a technical career by attending non-four year programs at technical/community colleges. Applications for nontraditional

scholarships are due June 25.

Eligibility requirements include that recipients have an Owatonna mailing address or have worked at an Owatonna business for at least the past two years. You must also hold a GED

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019

STEELE COUNTY TIMES

TRACK AND FIELD

Owatonna’s Young and Bangs punch ticket for state meet

Huskies boys sixth, girls 10th

BY DENNIS MARSHALL SPORTS EDITOR

Owatonna’s Keenan Young and Lindsay Bangs are headed to the 2019 MSHSL State Track and Field Meet on June 7 and 8 at Hamline University in Saint Paul.

Young claimed gold after finishing the 300-meter hurdles in just 39.63 seconds. He also finished second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.75 and ran anchor for the 1,600 relay team that placed second and earned a trip to the state meet with a time of 3:35.95. Other members of the relay team are Zach Stransky, Fanta Omot and Zach Barrett.

Barrett and Colton Kamholz each earned an individual bronze. Barrett in the 300 hurdles and Kamholz in the pole vault.

Bangs was the Huskies only female athlete to qualify after she finished second in the high jump with a leap of 5-0.

Syd Kretlow barely missed out on a return trip to the state meet after she finished third in the 800 with a time of 2:18.26.

She cut nearly five seconds from her preliminary time in the finals.

The Huskies girls’ 800 and 1,600 relay teams each finished fifth, the 3,200 team was sixth and the 400 team was seventh.

SECTION 1AA (TOP TWO ADVANCE TO STATE IN EACH EVENT) Thursday, May 30 through Saturday, June 1 at Lakeville South High School

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Team Results: Rosemount 143, Lakeville South 82, Rochester Century 74, Lakeville North 65, Farmington 63, Owatonna 49, Hastings 34, Austin 33, Winona 32, Rochester John Marshall 28, Faribault 27, Red Wing 25, Rochester Mayo 24, Albert Lea 14, Northfield/ARTech 9.

100-meter dash: 1, Daniel Attoh (LS) 10.69; 2, Prince Nti (Rosemount) 10.86.

200 dash: 1, Samuel Amusan (RC) 22.05; 2, Attoh (LS) 22.35.

400 dash: 1, Isaac Huntington (Hastings) 49.64; 2, Brian Boakye-Ansah (Rosemount) 49.95.

800 run: 1, Brandon Stachewicz (LN) 1:58.80; 2, Ramy Ayoub (Farmington) 1:59.50; 7, Fanta Omot (Owatonna) 2:01.79.

1,600 run: 1, Luke Labatte (Rosemount) 4:17.93; 2, Tyler Osen (LN) 4:20.01; 8, Caeden McCartney (Owatonna) 4:41.87; 21, Conner Ginskey (Owatonna) 4:52.82.

3,200 run: 1, Labatte (Rosemount) 9:22.56; 2, Carter Briggs (Winona) 9:27.38; 19, McCartney (Owatonna) 10:42.87; 26, Avery Cords (Owatonna) 11:17.28.

110 hurdles: 1, Jonathan Mann (Rosemount) 14.75; 2, Keenan Young (Owatonna) 14.75; 6, Jack Titchenal (Owatonna) 15.83.

300 hurdles: 1, Young (Owatonna) 39.05; 2, Jack Kocher (LN) 40.85;l 3, Zach Barrett (Owatonna) 41.06.

400 relay: 1, Rochester Century 42.20; Lakeville North 43.24; 9, Owatonna (Tanner Hall, Ryley Glassmaker, Tanner Stendel, Maz Zirngible) 46.12.

800 relay: 1, Rochester Century 1:29.55; 2, Rosemount 1:29.69; 11, Owatonna (Zander Johnson,

STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

Owatonna’s Keenan Young competes in the hurdles at the Huskies’ Co-Ed Relays early this season.

Nick Steel, Stendel, Zach Stransky) 1:36.93.

1,600 relay: 1, Rochester Century 3:35.22; 2, Owatonna (Stransky, Barrett, Omot, Young) 3:35.95.

3,200 relay: 1, Rosemount 7:55.96; Farmington 7:57.47; 11, Owatonna (Riley Voracek, Jack Meiners, Miles Kuhn, Philip Koslosky) 8:50.71.

Shot put: 1, Will Mostaert (LN) 52-11.75; 2, Trevor Armborst (Rosemount) 50-3; 24, Dalton Wincell (Owatonna) 39-9; 27, Nate Smith (Owatonna) 38-10.5.

Discus: 1, Maxwell Otterdahl (Rosemount) 183-06; 2, Oliver Andersen (Austin) 156-11; 20, Wincell (Owatonna) 114-8; 21, Nick Cummins (Owatonna) 113-5.

High jump: 1, Trey Krannich (Faribault) 6-4; 2, Simon Werven (RJM) 6-3; 5, Titchenal (Owatonna) 5-10; 8, Barrett (Owatonna) 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Matt My-

ers (Hastings) 13-3; 2, Cameron Schulz (Rosemount) 13-3; 3, Colton Kamholz (Owatonna) 12-6.

Long jump: 1, Jack Fisher (RC) 20-9.25; 2, Dongrin Deng (Austin) 20-6; 23, Max Zirngible (Owatonna) 17-5.25; 27, Kyle Christenson (Owatonna) 16-4.

Triple jump: 1, Janyjor Ruei (AL) 45-0.75; 2, Simon Thok Lual (Faribault) 43-10.5; 9, Kory Adams (Owatonna) 41-1; 21, Jacob Reinardy (Owatonna) 356.25.

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Team Results: Rosemount 176.5, Farmington 95, Northfield/ARTech 64, Red Wing 60.5, Lakeville North 55, Lakeville South 54.5, Rochester Mayo 45, Rochester Century 42, Winona 36, Owatonna 30.5, Austin 16, Faribault 13, Hastings 6, Rochester John Marshall 4, Kasson-Mantorville 2.

100 dash: 1, Nyeaee

Robins (Farmington) 12.06; 2, Kinga Mozes (RC) 12.18; 6, Ava Wolfe (Owatonna) 12.45.

200 dash: 1, Robins (Farmington) 25.18; Mozes (RC) 25.24.

400 dash: 1, Robins (Farmington) 58.00; 2, Jenna Johnson (Rosemount) 58.75; 7, Annika Wiese (Owatonna) 1:04.30.

800 run: 1, Elizabeth Acheson (Northfield) 2:15.00; 2, Madelyn Skjeveland (Faribault) 2:16.36; 3, Syd Kretlow (Owatonna) 2:18.26.

1,600 run: 1, Lauren Peterson (Rosemount) 4:57.71; 2, Anna Fenske (Farmington) 5:04.12; 13, Carsyn Brady (Owatonna) 5:34.02; 28, Hannah Potter (Owatonna) 6:31.97.

3,200 run: 1, Peterson (Rosemount) 10:52.06; 2, Grace Johnson (RW) 10:57.40; 19, Jaci Burtis (Owatonna) 12:57.78.

100 hurdles: 1, Taige Iverson (Austin) 15.02; 2,

Josie Liebl (LN) 15.22.

300 hurdles: 1, Ava Cinnamo (Rosemount) 45.25; 2, Rose Sieve (Rosemount) 45.65; 8, Jessica Gregory (Owatonna) 49.23.

400 relay: 1, Red Wing 49.41; 2, Winona 49.50; 7, Owatonna (Lindsay Bangs, Emma Dahnert, Sara Anderson, Ava Wolfe) 51.45.

800 relay: 1, Red Wing 1:43.17; 2, Rosemount 1:43.86; 5, Owatonna (Bangs, Anderson, Wiese, Wolfe) 1:47.66.

1,600 relay: 1, Rosemount 3:59.72; 2, Northfield/ARTech 4:00.41; 5, Owatonna 4:14.55.

3,200 relay: 1, Lakeville South 9:35.37; 2, Rosemount 9:40.15; 6, Owatonna (Brady, Sarah Kingland, Madeline Koslosky, Ari Shornock) 10:12.51.

Shot put: 1, Tierra Doss (Rosemount) 41-6.25; 2, Emma Roethler (Northfield) 40-1.5; 19, Kya Dixon (Owatonna) 30-8.5; 27, Jenna Gleason (Owatonna) 28-8.75.

Discus: 1, Kate Battaforyen (LN) 131-11; 2, Roethler (Northfield) 126-11; 17, Skylah Conner (Owatonna) 87-0.

High jump: 1, Lauren Preiner (Rosemount) 5-5; 2, Alexys Berger (Rosemount) 5-2; 2, Bangs (Owatonna) 5-0; 21, Avery Ahrens (Owatonna) 4-6.

Pole Vault: 1, Berger (Rosemount) 11-6; 2, Mikelle Naatjes (LN) 11-3; 22, Shannon Smith (Owatonna) 7-6.

Long jump: 1, Annie Wendt (RM) 18-8.25; 2, Arianna Passeri (Rosemount) 18-1; 17, Anderson (Owatonna) 15-0; 19, Wolfe (Owatonna) 14-6.25.

Triple jump: 1, Wendt (RM) 37-5.5; 2, Lauren Lee (Farmington) 36-3.5; 12, Hilary Haarstad (Owatonna) 33-0.75; 15, Kaia Elstad (Owatonna) 31-10.

NRHEG’s dynamic duo heading to state

BY DENNIS MARSHALL SPORTS EDITOR

It seems only fitting New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva star athletes Brady Agrimson and Jacob Schuller will end their high school careers together.

Agrimson won the 100-meter hurdles and Schuller the high jump at the Section 2A meet on Saturday, June 1 at Mankato West to qualify for the 2019 MSHSL Track and Field State Meet at Hamline University on June 7 and 8.

It only makes sense for the Panthers’ dynamic duo makes one run, after all, the 6-foot-5-inch lifelong neighbors’ will play football together for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls next season. Agrimson and Schuller have already competed in the MSHSL football and basketball tomorrow together and now they can add track to that list.

Agrimson his event with a time of 15.27 and Schuller won his with a leap of 6-feet-1-inch.

“Brady and Jacob have been a dream to have on my team,” NRHEG head coach Duey Ferber said.

“They live next door to each other and it’s very fitting that they both go to state. Both have an awesome sense of humor and they have to because we all tease each other unmercifully.”

Agrimson also placed third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 40.67 and the Panthers’ 1,600 team of Lonnie Wilson, Schuller, Agro Gushwa and Teddy Gushwa placed third

PHOTO COURTESY OF PAM AGRIMSON

NRHEG’s Brady Agrimson races to victory in the 100-meter hurdles at the Section 2A Track and Field Meet on Saturday at Mankato West High School. with a time a of 3:32.44.

NRHEG also claimed a pair of fourth-place finishes in Alex Buckmeier (128-1 in discus) and Daniel Nydegger (2:04.16 in the 800).

Jordan boys’ team ran away from the rest of the field in the team competition. Jordan finished with 141 points. Fairmont was second with 78 and NRHEG was third with 50.

“For us to place third as a team was awesome,” Ferber said. “It really shows that we have some quality athletes on our team.”

Belle Plaine won the girls’ competition. The Panthers’ girls did not score any points.

The team’s top performers were Caitlin Goette (13th in the 400 and 11th in the high jump), Journey Utpadel (11th in the 800), Tori Vaale (14th in 1,600) and Diamond Woolard (14th in the high jump).

SECTION 2A

Saturday, June 1 at

Mankato West H.S.

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Team results: Jordan 141, Fairmont 78, NRHEG 50, St. Peter 49, LeSueur-Henderson 47, Blue Earth Area 41, St. Clair/ Imannuel Lutheran 39, Belle Plaine 33, Mankato Loyola/Cleveland 29, Mayer Lutheran 28, Sibley East 25, Holy Family Catholic 18, Tri-City United 16, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 15, St. James Area 15, Glencoe-Silver Lake 15, Maple River 14, WEM 14, LCWM-Nicollet 11, Martin County West 10, JWP 7, River Valley 6, Southwest Christian 6, M/T/GHEC/ ML 4, G-F-W 4, USC 2.

100-meter dash: 1, Marion Wiley (Jordan) 11.17; 2, Jade Reicks (SP) 11.49.

100 wheelchair dash: 1, Aidan Gravelle (LCWM) 18.34; 2, James Hagen (RV) 52.09.

200 dash: 1, Wiley (Jordan) 22.76; Reicks (SP) 22.88.

200 wheelchair dash: 1, Gravelle (LCWM) 32.66; 2, Hagen (RV) 1:35.54.

200 dash: 1, Reicks (SP) 23.37; 2, Caden Baarts (Fairmont) 23.49.

400 dash: 1, Max Ceplecha (Jordan) 50.99; 2, Dylan Kennedy (Fairmont) 51.26; 15, Agro Gushwa (NRHEG) 56.23.

800 run: 1, Andrew Moeller (Fairmont) 1:59.44; 2, Symon Keiser (Jordan) 1:59.74; 4, Daniel Nydegger (NRHEG) 2:04.16.

1,600 run: 1, Drew Hastings (Belle Plaine) 4:32.42; 2, Chase Baker (SC/ IL) 4:36.38; 11, Nydegger (NRHEG) 5:01.40; 12, Caden Riewer (NRHEG) 5:02.36.

1,600 wheelchair: 1, Gravelle (LCWM) 4:48.45.

3,200 run: 1, Troy Parulski (SJA) 9:56.71; 2, Mitchell Johnstone (ML/C) 10:01.27.

110 hurdles: 1, Brady Agrimson (NRHEG) 15.27; 2, Ben Larson (Jordan) 15.63; 6, Mason Ferber (NRHEG) 16.96.

300 hurdles: 1, Reicks (SP) 39.22; 2, Larson (Jordan) 40.26; 3, Agrimson (NRHEG) 40.67; 8, Ferber (NRHEG) 42.90.

400 relay: 1, Jordan 43.28; 2, WEM 44.28.

800 relay: 1, Jordan 1:30.83; 2, Fairmont 1:32.23.

1,600 relay: 1, Fairmont 3:28.66; 2, Jordan 3:30.78; 3, NRHEG (Lonnie Wilson, Jacob Schuller, Agro Gushwa, Teddy Gushwa) 3:32.44.

3,200 relay: 1, Jordan 8:14.65; Sibley East 8:20.89.

Shot put: 1, Dawson Davito (ML/C) 50-8.5; 2, Gabe Webster (LH) 50-2.5.

Shot put wheelchair: 1, Ben Bode (SP) 18-0.25; 2, Riley Steinbacj (SC/IL) 9-11.

Discus: 1, Ethan Fischer (MR) 151-4; 4, Alex Buckmeier (NRHEG) 128-1.

Discus wheelchair: 1, Gravelle (LCWM) 39-4; 2, Bode (SP) 38-4.

High jump: 1, Schuller (NRHEG) 6-1; 2, Hayden Berhow (Fairmont) 6-1; 7, Agro Gushwa (NRHEG) 5-9.

Pole vault: 1, Thomas Lindsey (BEA) 13-9; 2, Jackson Nesmoe (TCU) 13-9.

Long jump: 1, 1, Thomas Dietel (Jordan) 21-4.75; 2, Babcock (BEA) 20-9.5; 7, Wilson (NRHEG) 19-8.25.

Triple jump: 1, Bryce Sievers (Jordan) 43-2; 2, William Clarke (LH) 43-0.

GIRLS

Team Results: Belle Plaine 94, Jordan 72, Fairmont 68, St. Peter 47, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 41, JWP 41, Maple River 39, WEM 35.5, Martin County West 35, Glencoe-Silver Lake 31, Norwood-Young America 27, Southwest Christian 26, Blue Earth Area 23, LCWM-Nicollet 23, Sibley East 19, St. Clair/ Imannuel Lutheran 17.5, LeSueur-Henderson 15, USC 11, River Valley 11, TCU 9, G-F-W 9, Holy Family Catholic 8, St. James Area 5, M/T/GHEC/ML 3, Mayer Lutheran 1.

100 dash: 1, MaeLea Harmon (WEM) 12.55; 2, Madi Schirmer (MR) 12.91.

100 wheelchair dash: 1, Lilly Stiernagle (MR) 27.68; 2, Emily Sullivan (LH) 30.72.

200 dash: 1, Madison Zimbrich (JWP) 26.86; 2, Lexi Fosburgh (MVL) 27.13.

200 wheelchair dash: 1, Stiernagle (MR) 55.82; 2, Sullivan (LH) 1:06.25.

400 dash: 1, Joni Becker (Fairmont) 1:00.04; 2, Aubrey Parrot (Sibley East) 1:01.55; 13, Caitlin Goette (NRHEG) 1:06.34.

800 run: 1, McKenna Herrmann (Belle Plaine) 2:20.38; 2, Madison Daly (SC/IL) 2:21.52; 11, Journey Utpadel (NRHEG) 2:35.36.

1,600 run: 1, Kendra Krueger (Jordan) 5:16.93; 2, Madison More (SP) 5:21.50; 14, Tori Vaale (NRHEG) 6:05.25.

3,200 run: 1, Basia Babcock (Jordan) 11:41.96; 2, Laura Thompson (Fairmont) 11:42.38.

100 hurdles: 1, Jaylen Struck-Schmitz (Belle Plaine) 15.55; 2, Mara Weisensel (MVL) 16.28.

300 hurdles: 1, StruckSchmitz (Belle Plaine) 44.5; 2, lauren Dimler (JWP) 46.99.

400 relay: 1, WEM 5074; 2, Minnesota Valley Lutheran 51.22.

800 relay: 1, Glencoe-Silver Lake 1:46.88; 2, Fairmont 1:48.04.

1,600 relay: 1, Belle Plaine 4:04.93; 2, Fairmont 4:10.89.

3,200 relay: 1, St. Peter 9:50.10; 2, LCWM-Nicollet 9:57.73.

Shot put: 1, Makena Larson (MCW) 39-6.5; 2, Lakesha Carter (LCWM) 38-9.5.

Shot put wheelchair: 1, Stiernagle (MR) 13-1.5; 2, Sullivan (LH) 9-5.

Discus: 1, Larson (MCW) 112-3; 2, Madi McGrane (Belle Plaine) 110-6; 14, Diamond Woolard (NRHEG) 86-6.

Discus wheelchair: 1, Stiernagle (MR) 23-0.

High jump: 1, Schirmer (MR) 5-4; 2, Sophie Keister (BEA) 5-2; 11, Goette (NRHEG) 4-10.

Pole vault: 1, Toryn Richards (WEM) 10-0; 2, Jessie Westman (Jordan) 9-0.

Long jump: 1, Madi Kes (Jordan) 16-9.5; StruckSchmitz (Belle Plaine) 16-9.5.

Triple jump: 1, Kes (Jordan) 36-9.75; 2, Ellie Hernes (Fairmont) 36-6.5.

HOMETOWN SPORTS

STEELE COUNTY TIMES

SOFTBALL

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 | B5

ATHLETICS

Blossoms bow out of section

BY LEMAR NELSON STAFF WRITER

The 2019 Blooming Prairie softball season reached its conclusion on Tuesday, May 28 and left the Awesome Blossom (11-12) with a their first losing record since 2016.

BP started off the day with a solid upset win over Wabasha-Kellogg (13-10), but fell later in the afternoon to Mabel-Canton (14-6).

The Blossoms came away with the 8-5 upset win over Falcons, but lost 15-5 in a five inning game to the Cougars.

STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

Blooming Prairie’s Riauna Bishop delivers a pitch against Hayfield on Wednesday, May 22.

SOFTBALL

BP had only six hits against Wabash-Kellogg, but the team made them all count.

A 7-run outburst in the fifth-inning overcame a 3-2 Falcons’ advantage, and that proved enough to send the Blossoms into the finals against Mabel-Canton.

Bishop pitched all seven innings to get the win in the circle. She had just one strikeout and surrender 10 hits, but she stayed in command, played solid defense and never lost confidence.

Maya Lembke and Julia Worke each had two hits. Worke had a double, scored a run and was walked once. Maya Lembke also had a double, two RBIs and scored two runs.

Allison Krohnberg and Marti Snider had BP’s other two hits; and Macy Lembke scored a run, Maren Forystek scored a run and had a RBI, Bobbie Bruns scored a run, Krohnberg had an RBI and was walked once and Emily Miller was walked once and scored one run.

Things were much different versus the Cougars.

Mabel-Canton took a 4-1 lead in the first inning, went up 7-2 in the third, pounded out 10 hits and to took advantage of five Blossoms’ errors to pull away and make it a 15-5 five-inning game.

Bishop pitched 3.1 innings, and Allison Krohnberg toiled the last 1.1 frames.

Macy Lembke and Bruns each went 3-for-3. Bruns had a double, two RBIs and scored two runs. Macy Lembke scored once.

Maya Lembke went 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBIs, and Miller went 1-for-1 and scored two runs.

The Awesome Blossoms fans should feel some excitement towards next season as the team will have plenty of time to continue to grow and improve. BP returns its entire roster.

SPORTS EDITOR

After avenging an earlier loss to Cannon Falls (12-9) in a first game, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva softball stumbled against St. Peter (20-5).

The Saints shut out The Panthers, 4-0, to end the season for the team.

Both the Cannon Falls win and the loss to St. Peter were played at Caswell Park in Mankato on Tuesday, May 28.

NRHEG finished the season with a 19-6 overall record, its best mark in years.

Unlikely as it was, the Panthers had three miscues against St. Peter, which resulted in giving up three unearned runs.

“Unfortunately we had a few miscues on defense, but have to

give credit to St. Peter as they played error-free,” NRHEG head coach Wendy Schultz said.

“We had some hard hits but [St. Peter] made the plays. You never want to see your season end, but I’m so proud of the way the girls played.”

Only one of the Saints’ scores were earned against Panther star hurler Sophie Stork. She allowed four hits, struck out four and walked four.

The Panthers had just four hits; one each Madi Knudson, Paige Knudson, Stork and Sarah Johns.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better group of girls to coach.,” Schultz said. “We are definitely going to miss our lone senior, Alexis Anderson. One other starter this year was a junior, otherwise the rest of the starters were two eighth graders,

three freshmen and three sophomores.”

With those kind of numbers returning the future certainly looks bright for the NRHEG Panthers softball program.

Rebels too much for Blossoms

United South Central (14-9) scored runs in every inning, but the first and dismantled the Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossom baseball team, 11-1, in six innings at Riverland College in Austin on Tuesday, May 27, in the Section 1A tournament. The lost ended BP’s season with an 8-14 overall record.

The Rebels scored two runs each in the second, third, fifth and sixth, and three in the fourth.

BP scored its lone run in the top of the sixth on an RBI single from Trent Swenson.

Payton Simon and Luke Rennie had the other two hits for the Blossoms.

“We just didn’t have any focus tonight,” Blooming Prairie head coach Matt Kittelson said. “[We just had] Too many errors in the field and on the base paths.”

USC scored its 11 runs on 12 hits but also had four errors. BP scored its run on three hits and had an abysmal seven errors.

VIKINGS DROP BLOSSOMS

A four-run third inning sent Hayfield (21-2) on the way to an 8-1 playoff victory over the BP at Riverland College on Saturday, May 25.

“We had trouble after the first inning,” Kittelson said. “We couldn’t make good contact on Fritcher, and the Vikings took

NRHEG GET SOME REDEMPTION

Shutout defense and some timely scoring enabled NRHEG to defeat Cannon Falls, 3-1, and avenge an earlier loss to the Bombers.

STAFF PHOTO BY MARY NELSON

NRHEG’s Paige Knudson makes a throws on Tuesday, April 23.

BASEBALL

STAFF WRITER

STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

Blooming Prairie first baseman Maren Forystek makes a catch for the game-winning out in the Blossoms’ 2-1 win over Hayfield on Wednesday, May 22.

Panthers out at sections

BY LEMAR NELSON

BY LEMAR NELSON

PHOTO COURTESY OF BARB HAGEN

NRHEG scholarship award winners were recognized in a ceremony at the high school on Wednesday, May 22. The Panthers students accumulated $59,487.56 in total scholarship.

Seniors going into the military were also acknowledged. Those students were Jack Hogstad (Marines), Justice Wegge (Marines), Darian Pearson (Air Force) and Peyton Castle (Army).

advantage of our mistakes with timely hits. We are still alive in the playoffs, however and play USC next.”

Hayfield opened the scoring with a single run in the second before the four-run third and added another in the fourth and two more in the fifth. The lone run for the Blossoms came in the first inning on an RBI hit from Rennie.

Ian Wayne had two of the Blossoms four hits, but also took the loss for BP, giving up eight hits in the game.

Hayfield scored its eight runs on eight hits and committed no errors; BP had one run, four hits and three errors.

Fritcher got the win on the mound.

STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

The Blossoms baseball squad celebrates after picking up a win against Hayfield on Thursday, April 25.

Two runs in the first inning and a third in the second proved all that the Panthers needed for the victory.

Stork gave up just two hits in earning the win in the circle, and she struck out six batters. The Panthers managed just two hits also, singles by Schultz and Ava Kyllo.

Kyllo, Stork and Anderson each had a RBI and Kyllo, Sidney Schultz and Erin Jacobson each scored runs.

“Good team win,” Schultz said.

“We were able to jump out on top in the first inning with a couple runs and added another in the second.

The girls played great defense committing no errors. The battery of Sophie [Stork] and Cloie [Arndt] worked well together and allowed only two hits. It was good to avenge a 2-1 loss in eight innings against Cannon Falls that put us in the losers bracket.”

SEASON ENDS There may be a competitor or two that still remain in action, but for the teams in spring sports the season ended with losses in the section playoffs. The season had, as usual, disappointments and high points.

First year softball coach Jenna Volgarino did an admirable job in directing the girls to a season just one game under .500. And like basketball in the winter sports, the team had no seniors.

That should raise the level of enthusiasm and optimism.

As far as coach Matt Kittelson and the Blossom baseball team are concerned, the record indicated a losing year. But there is no doubt in my mind that the team would have had at least three more wins in the season if Seth Peterson could have completed his baseball career without injury.

Both on the offensive side and on defense, Peterson provided the play that sparked the team as a junior and certainly would have done the same this season. I give kudos to the players on the team who played with determination most of the time and gave it their all, despite not as skilled as some other teams have been.

I profess to be ignorant about the other spring sports, as information to me has been rather spotty and belated (my fault as a reporter) I do know that Gabe Hagen is having a banner year in the high jump and 100-meter dash, that a couple of relay teams have performed well and that the

girls’ pole vault person for the many has had some men and women success. who have served The boys’ and even sacrificed golf team has their lives for the had more comcause of democracy. petitors this Maybe that is season, which why I have spent is encouraging, some time lately and several, thinking about including servicemen and OUTSIDE Colin Jordison in the THE LINES women made much service and how LEMAR NELSON it is through their improvement.

Now, if some experience that more enthusiasm can be we continue to celebrate generated for the girls, golf freedom in the only true may again become popular. democracy and think That would be good. enough about them to set aside a special time to honor ANOTHER YEAR PAST them. Memorial Day is that The community said day, I am thankful that our goodbye and hello to the community still has enough graduating seniors of the pride and respect to set 2019 class Sunday, and I am aside time for programs and sure it was bittersweet for all opportunities in which to involved. We said goodbye honor the fallen. to individuals who have Although our community completed their high school is a little more subdued in its career and must now move celebration than some, we into an adult world, which still take time and sponsor can be challenging, complex, activities to commemorate and just a little scary. the occasion. Festivities at We said hello to those the Servicemen’s Club, a same individuals as they program at the cemetery, enter a whole new and differ- and other observances ent existence.. Whether it take place, and we have the be military service, trade opportunity to honor our school, college, or the everyservice personnel. Thanks day work world, the life will to all involved. be totally new, exciting, and June is upon us, and just a little unsettling. I want there are still community to add my congratulations to events on the calendar all the graduates in the Class of month, one such popular 2019. Welcome to adulthood. one being the June Chamber of Commerce meeting A DAY OF HONOR which will be a picnic out at I was one of the fortunate Brookside Campground, Put citizens who never had to that date on your calendar serve my country as part and make plans now to of military service, but I attend. Enjoy some nice certainly have as much weather for a change, and appreciation as the next we’ll talk again.

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HOMETOWN SPORTS

STEELE COUNTY TIMES

TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers’ Luebbe and Johnston earn return to state STAFF REPORT Medford’s Rachael Luebbe and Luke Johnston are returning to the MSHSL State Track and Field meet after each tasted victory at the Section 1A meet on Thursday, May 30 at Paul Giel Field in Winona.

Both athletes will compete on June 7 and 8 at Hamline University in Saint Paul.

Luebbe hopes to improve from a 5-feet-2-inch 12thplace finish in the high jump at last season state meet and Johnston looks defend his state titles in the wheelchair discus and wheelchair shot put.

Luebbe leaped 5-4 to win at sections this year and also finished eighth in the long jump with a leap of 32-11.5.

Johnston won the shot put and discus with a throws of 23-8 and 53-3, respectively, and is seeking his fifth and sixth state championship.

The Tigers’ other top performers were Brett Johnson (eighth in the pole vault), Kael Herman-

storfer (12th in the discus), the boys 3,200 relay team of Tyler Stursa, Johnson, Ryan Hermanstorfer and Garrett and Fitzgerald), Emma Kniefel (sixth in the long jump) and the girls 400 relay team of Brooke Purrier, Kniefel, Kiley Nihart and Luebbe.

Blooming Prairie’s did not have any athletes qualify for the state meet.

The top Awesome Blossoms from the meet were Isaac Ille (fifth in the 800), Gabe Hagen (fifth in the shot put and eighth in the discus) and Gemini Johnson (14th in the pole vault).

SECTION 1A

Thursday, May 30 at Paul Giel Field in Winona BOYS Team results: Pine Island 125, Stewartville 86, Plainview-Elgin Millville 83, Lewiston-Altura 79, St. Charles 67, Rushford-Peterson/Houston 67, Lanesboro/Fillmore Central/Mabel-Canton 50, La Crescent 48, Byron 45, Triton 33, Dover-Eyota 32, Caledonia/ Spring Grove 32, Chatfield 27, Rochester Lourdes 25, STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

Owatonna’s Molly Hawkins attempts to get past a Rochester John Marshall defender on Tuesday, May 28 at OHS.

Lake City 25, Cannon Falls 16, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 16, Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland/Southland 13, Blooming Prairie 12, Cotter 8, Medford 6, Kenyon-Wanamingo 3, Rochester Area Christian Educators 2.

100-meter dash: 1, Jack Beardmore (CSG) 10.94; 2, Brady Glynn (DE) 11.05.

100 wheelchair dash: 1, Peyton Gunnarson (LA) 17.51.

200 dash: 1, Glynn (DE) 22.56; 2, Beardmore (CSG) 22.56.

200 wheelchair dash: 1, Gunnarson (LA) 31.44.

400 dash: 1, Kyler Bade (PEM) 49.78; 2, Carson Kiehne (LFCMC) 49.78.

800 run: 1, Cole Peters (ZM) 1:59.12; 2, Korrigan Diercks (SC) 1:59.35; 5, Isaac Ille (BP) 2:04.85.

1,600 run: 1, Eric Wittlief (PI) 4:31.37; 2, Luke O’Hare (RPH) 4:35.20.

1,600 wheelchair: 1, Gunnarson (LA) 4:31.85.

3,200 run: 1, Alexander Lawrence (Stewartville) 9:54.93; 2, O’Hare (RPH) 9:55.20.

110 hurdles: 1, Jacob Munsch (PEM) 15.42; 2, Triton Meldahl (RPH) 15.73.

300 hurdles: 1, Dylan Maas (Triton) 41.73; 2, Will Warneke (PI) 41.80.

400 relay: 1, Chatfield 44.31; 2, Stewartville 44.51.

800 relay: 1, Chatfield 1:31.78; 2, LFCMC 1:32.31.

1,600 relay: 1, LFCMC 3:26.60; 2, Lewiston-Altura 3:26.99.

3,200 relay: 1, Pine Island 8:16.90; 2, St. Charles 8:17.31; 7 Medford (Tyler Stursa, Brett Johnson, Ryan Hermanstorfer, Garrett Fitzgerald) 8:48.78.

Shot put: 1, Shane Byrne (Stewartville) 52-11.75; 2, Leo Silha (PEM) 49-8; 5, Gabe Hagen (BP) 46-2.25; 16, Kael Hermanstorfer (Medford) 40-0.

Shot put wheelchair: 1, Luke Johnston (Medford) 23-8.

Discus: 1, Byrne (Stewartville) 156-7; 2, Joe Callahan (DE) 149-4; 8, Hagen (BP) 126-3; 12, Kael Hermanstorfer (Medford) 112-0.

Discus: 1, Johnston (Medford) 53-3; 2, Gunnarson (LA) 38-1.

High jump: 1, Josh Navratil (PI) 6-5; Ethan Heitman (LC) 6-5.

Pole vault: 1, Munsch (PEM) 15-1; 2, Jarod White (PI) 13-3; 8, Johnson (Medford) 11-9.

Long jump: 1, Austin Freerksen (Byron) 21-9.25; 2, Ethan Heitman (LC) 21-8.25.

Triple jump: 1, Marcus

Weaver )LA_ 43-1.75; 2, Evan Daley (LA) 41-10.5.

GIRLS

Team results: Stewartville 88, Rochester Lourdes 77, GMLOKS 71, L/FC/MC 67, Lake City 66, Cotter 60, Triton 51, PEW 50.66; Byron 46.66, Zumbrota-Mazzeppa 46, La Crescent 41, Pine Island 36, Rushford-Peterson/Houston 26, Medford 25, Hayfield 24, St. Charles 24, Dover Eyota 16, Cannon Falls 15.66, Lyle-Pacelli 13, Kenyon-Wanamingo 11, Lewsiton-Altura 10, Bethlehem Academy 10, Rochetser Area Christian 10, Caledonia/Spring Grove 5, Wabasha-Kellogg 5, Chatfield 3.

100 dash: 1, CJ Adamson (RL) 12.44; Neil Graham (Triton) 12.48.

200 dash: 1, Adamson (RL) 25.71; 2, Graham (Triton) 26.01.

400 dash: 1, Graham (Triton) 59-51, Rylee Nelson (PEM) 1:00.54.

800 run: 1, Natalie Hagstrom (RACE) 2:21.48; 2, Luryn Renier (RL) 2:22.12.

1,600 run: 1, Lauren Ping (Cotter) 5:00.67; 2, Grace Ping (Cotter) 5:03.95.

3,200 run: 1, Lauryn Ping (Cotter) 1:32.04; 2, Grace Ping (Cotter) 10:47.36.

100 hurdles: 1, Emma Breitsprecher (LFCMC)

15.31; 2, AShley Veronen (LC) 15.61.

300 hurdles: 1, Breitsprecher (LFCMC) 44.99; Hailey Hindt (GMLOKS) 45.09.

400 relay: 1, Rochester Lourdes 49.67; GMLOKS 49.67; 6, Medford (Brooke Purrier, Emma Kniefel, Kiley Nihart, Rachael Luebbe) 52.31.

800 relay: 1, GMLOKS 1:45.18; Stewartville 1:46.61.

1,600 relay: 1, Stewartville 4:02.555; 2, PEM 4:02.90.

3,200 relay: 1, PEM 9:43.61; 2, Stewartville 9:44.37.

Shot put: 1, Makenna Theobald (Stewartville) 35-7; 2, Madison Johnston (Hayfield) 36-1.25.

Discus: 1, Theobald (Stewartville) 123-3; 2, Raina Stecher (Stewartville) 117-7.

High jump: 1, Rachael Luebbe (Medford) 5-4; 2, Ashley Veronen (LC) 5-2.

Pole vault: 1, Julia Cordes (RL) 9-6; 2, Kassidy Broadwater (LFCMC) 9-6; 14, Gemini Johnson (BP) 7-6.

Long jump: 1, Chloe Staub (Triton) 35-3.5; 2, Jaci Winchell (CF) 34-6.75; 6, Emma Kniefel (Medford) 33-1.75; 8, Luebbe (Medford) 32-11.5.

GOLF

ACTIVITIES

Upcoming events the Owatonna Parks and Recreation SUBMITTED

SUMMER REGISTRATION

Register on-line (http://owatonnaparksrectestmaxgalaxy.net/Home.aspx) in person at 540 West Hills Circle or by calling 444-4321 Register for: • Track • Summer Camps • Summer Swim lessons • Learn to Skate Hockey • Tennis Lessons • MN Twins Trip For a complete listing of dates/times for each summer program check our website at http://ci.owatonna.mn.us/ parksrecreation

MN TWINS BUS TRIP - JULY 17

Minnesota Twins vs. New York Mets Game Time: 12:10 p.m.

We will have a Park and Recreation staff person on the trip, however we will not be providing chaperones.

Children must have a responsible person, 18 years of age or older accompany them.

Cost: $17.00 Deadline to register is June 21. Register online at http://ciowatonna.mn.us/293/Online-Registration, in person at 540 West Hills Circle or by calling 444-4321. Bus will load at 9:45 a.m. from City Hall (540 West Hills Circle).

Bus will depart by 10:00 a.m. Thank you to R & K Electric for sponsoring the bus.

FRIDAY CAMP

TR Friday Camp is almost here. Our first day of camp will be Friday, June 14 and we will run through Friday, August 9 (no camp July 5). We are working hard to revamp Friday Camp so that we can all have even more fun and we cannot wait to see what you all think. Camp will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each Friday and as always, there will be swimming in Lake Kohlmier.

Register for camp online at the Parks and Recreation Website, over the phone at 507-774-7110, or at the Therapeutic Recreation office at 500 Dunnell Drive.

Dates: Fridays June 14 through August 9 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Where: Lake Kohlmier Beach Fee: $140

PARKS FOR POLLINATORS BIOBLITZ

June is Pollinator Month! We are excited to offer a BioBlitz event to celebrate! Parks are essential to the health of pollinators and help make a difference in saving these critical species. Our project will last the entire month of June and can be done in any of our parks or on any of our trails, whenever it’s convenient for you!

It’s a fun event for the whole family. Go to the Parks & Recreation website for more information on how you can download the iNaturalist app and join our project! If you have questions, contact Mary Jo Knudson at 774-7364 or MaryJo.Knudson@ci.owatonna.mnus.

REC ON THE GO

We’ll be rolling into a couple local parks and neighbor-

ATHLETICS

hoods that day and throughout the summer with sports, arts and crafts, games and fun. Join us this summer at one of our FREE Rec On The Go sites! Look on our website and Facebook page for more information and locations; we might just pull into your neighborhood and bring recreation to you!

Kick off Day June 1 Schedule: • 9:30 a.. to 10:30 a.m. – Lincoln Soccer Complex • 11 a.m. to noon – Dartt’s Park Summer Schedule: • Thursday, June 13, 3 p.m. to – 4 p.m. – Willow Run Townhomes • Thursday, June 20, 1p.m. to 2 p.m. – Owatonna Education Center (Old Washington School) • Thursday, June 27, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Brown Park • Thursday, July 18, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Manthey Park • Thursday, July 25, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. – Owatonna Education Center (Old Washington School) • Thursday, August 1, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Willow Run Townhomes

2019 SEASON PASSES FOR RIVER SPRINGS WATER PARK Individual Season Pass: $85.00 Family Season Pass: Includes 3 people $180.00 ($20.00 for each additional person)

FUNDRAISERS FOR WE ALL PLAY

We All Play is a group fundraising to build an inclusive Playground and Miracle Field at Manthey Park. You can help with the fundraising by purchasing a raffle ticket for $20 from Ryan Gillespie at 676-2708.

Prizes: 3-$1,000 winners; 8-$500 winners; 10-$200 winners; 18-$100 winners and 24-$50 winners. Drawing will be held on June 17, 2019 at the Rotary Club of Owatonna meeting. Need not be present to win.

2019 ROTARY FUN RUN 5K RUN/WALK EVENT

Saturday, August 17, 2019 Owatonna High School – 333 E. School St – Owatonna MN 55060 The 5K course is certified and chip-timed. The run will begin near the Owatonna High School (OHS) Track, proceeds through residential neighborhoods on the east side of Owatonna and returns to the OHS for flat and fast finish. New in 2019 - TEAM Event! Get your friends together! 5 or more runners can group together as a team. The fastest 5 times will be added together for your team time. Top team prizes will be given. This event takes place during the Steele County Fair! Make sure you visit the fair after your run! Start Times: • Kid’s 400M / 800M Runs (12 yrs. and under) | 8:15 a.m. • 5K Run | 9 a.m. To Register: https:// tinyurl.com/yy8f9pfw

WEST HILLS POOL OPEN SWIM

Cost: $4 weekdays, $5 weekends Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. {Additional Hours may be available during school breaks} Not available: May 26, 27, July 4, September 2

Blossom golfers earn silver at sections

PHOTO COURTESY OF CARL PETERSON

The Blooming Prairie golf team stands for photo after the Section 1A tournament at Willow Creek Golf Course in Rochester on Thursday, May 30.

STAFF REPORT The Blooming Prairie boys golf team finished as the runners-up in the Section 1A tournament at Willow Creek Golf Course in Rochester.

Faribault Bethlehem Academy won the twoday tournament with a score of 687. The Blossoms finished with a 713. Kingsland (750) and Lanesboro (760) rounded out the top-four.

Southland’s Mac Schmitz won medalist honors with a 150.

Kollyn Alwes was Blooming Prairie’s top performer. He finished fourth with a 161 and earned a trip the state meet as an individual.

Alwes competed at state two season ago when the Blossoms went as a team and since-graduated teammate Tommy Braaten won the individual state title.

Blooming Prairie’s other golfer were Colin Jordison (ninth with a 170), David Kartes (13th with a 179), Garret Farr (27 with a 203) and Sam Pirkl and Ethan Grant (each tied for 36th with 223s).

Fillmore Central (753) won the girls competition

that took place at the same time and location. Caledonia finished second with a 764. Blooming Prairie did not record a team score due to lack of golfer, but Halle Strunk did finish 11th with a 214.

Fillmore Central’s Madison Scheevel won medalist honors with a 163.

BP BESTS OWATONNA JV The Blooming Prairie boys’ golf team earned a victory over Owatonna junior varsity squad at the Owatonna Country Club on Thursday, May 16.

“Playing the tough Owatonna CC course was a good tuneup for our section meet at Willow Creek in Rochester next Tuesday and Thursday,” Blooming Prairie head coach Carl Peterson said.

The Awesome Blossoms finished with an overall team score of 382, while the Huskies shot a 411.

BP’s Kollyn Alwes earned medalist honors with a 87. He was followed by teammates Colin Jordison (89), David Kartes (100) and Garret Farr (106).

LACROSSE

Free physicals for area athletes STAFF REPORT

The Mayo Clinic Health System is offering sports qualifying screenings for athletes in grades seventh through 12th on July 30 and 31 in Family Medicine and Pediatrics on the first floor at Mayo Clinic Health System at 220 26th Street in Owatonna.

Physicals for females will take place on Tuesday, July 30 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and for males on Wednesday, July 31 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Students-athletes are asked to be prepared for the screening and to wear gym shorts and t-shirt, bring school ID, bring completed physical form and avoid caffeine or sports drinks prior to screening.

Sports screening forms can be downloaded from the Minnesota State High School League’s website.

For more information call 507-451-1120.

John Marshall takes down Owatonna in sections STAFF REPORT The Owatonna Girls lacrosse season ended at the hands of Rochester John Marshall on Tuesday, May 28 in the opening round of the Section 1A tournament.

The Huskies (10-4) and the Rockets (10-1) finished the season as co-Big 9 champions after splitting their two regular season matchups, but John Mar-

shall was able to make a couple more plays in the 8-6 win.

The Rockets had a huge advantage in time of possession, but the Huskies were able to maintain a 5-4 lead at halftime before faltering in the second half. Owatonna senior Skyler Eaton scored three goals while Maylynn Prokopec, Taylor Woltman and Molly Hawkins each scored one.

STAFF PHOTO BY DENNIS MARSHALL

Owatonna’s Molly Hawkins attempts to get past a Rochester John Marshall defender on Tuesday, May 28 at OHS.

HOMETOWN SPORTS

STEELE COUNTY TIMES

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 | B7

AUTORACING

Hot Weather Meets Up With Hot Racing At Chateau Speedway

SUBMITTED

BY MATTHEW GRAGE Temperatures which climbed into the mid80s on Friday, May 31, greeted fans and drivers for Kids Night at Chateau Speedway.

The yearly event combines bicycle giveaways along with rides in the stock cars for the children before the races. As is the case every year the drivers poured out of the pits to participate as the children poured out of the stands for a chance to ride in one of the beasts they watch every Friday night.

Than at intermission the big bicycle giveaways.

The track puts up the first two bikes every year and the drivers and fans take it from there. Although they didn’t match the record 18 bicycles that were given away last year there were still 15 bikes given away to some lucky youngsters.

Thanks went out to Joe Vogt Custom Pumping, Mike and Cathy Madsen, Red One Racing Team (Dan Wheeler), Team 73 (Pfeifer), 31 Street Stock Raey Hastings, Hornet 28 Patrick Andrus, Maas Racing, Greg Lammers and Sons Racing and Kevin Vogt who all put up bicycles as well.

In between the Kids Night events was some very exciting racing in seven classes with 6-of-7 classes seeing drivers pick up there first feature wins of the season. The only repeat winner was Brandon Davis of Hayfield who lead flag to flag for his fourth straight feature win to open the season in the French’s Repair USRA A Mod Class. It didn’t hurt that he started on the pole as he jumped in front at the drop of the green and never looked back. Behind him Steve Wetzstein of West Concord who started out side front row ran second all twenty-five laps but did feel some heat from Kevin Stoa of Albert Lea down the stretch. Stoa started back in row four and picked his way into the top five on lap three and eventually made it to third in the races final five laps. Darwyn Karau came home in fourth followed by Mark Noble of Blooming Prairie. Jason Cummins of New Richland and Wetzstein had the classes heat wins.

Scott Demmer of Ellendale was not the driver who pulled into Victory Lane at the conclusion of the Action Builders USRA B Feature but he did take home the first place honors. Kadden Kath of Owatonna pulled into Victory Lane for the picture and congratulations but at the Scale Shack and in the Tech Area he was disqualified after one of his lead weights was missing having been picked up off the track during one of the cautions. Demmer had lead the first lap before Kadden went by him on lap two. Demmer chased him all the way to the Checkers but was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the Tech Area. Aaron Hoff of Mantorville worked from row-three up to a recorded second-place finish ahead of Cole Suckow (Cresco, Iowa), Noah Grinstead of Austin and Matt Brooks of Austin.

Grinstead along with Jeremy Schaufenbuel of New Hampton Iowa took heat wins.

Defending Track Champion in the Pure Stock Class from last year, Jesse Stahl of Austin, picked up his first feature win in the Adams Graphix WISSOTA Street Stock Class after moving up over the off season.

Stahl got out ahead of the field on the first lap and lead all the way for his

win. Bernie Adams (Stacyville, Iowa) was right behind him over the final laps but didn’t have what it took to get by him. Cody Hyatt of Waseca came home in third followed by Jason Newkirk of Austin and Zach Elward of Hayfield. Elward started last in the feature in row eight after having problems in his heat but put on a good show working his way through the field for a top five. Adams and Newkirk were the divisions heat winners.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modified Feature saw pole sitter Michael Wytaske of Hartland get a flat tire as the field was circling the track lining up. He pulled off a lap before the green came out but unfortunately the tire was not changed in time to rejoin the field and he ended up on the trailer instead of taking the green. Kylie Kath inherited Wytaskes from row spot and used it to lead flag to flag for his first feature win of the year at Chateau.

The car to watch in the feature was Eric Lamm of Zimmerman who worked from row four up to a runner up finish. A late caution had him on Kath’s back bumper but that’s all he saw the rest of the race. Billy Steinberg of Kasson came home in third ahead of Ryan Wetzstein of West Conocrd and Dan Wheeler of Savage.

Kath also had one of the classes heat wins giving him a sweep for the night, Lamm took the other heat win.

Brady Krohnberg of Walters has been top dog in the Power 96 WISSOTA Pure Stock class but his run of good luck faded in the Feature. Krohnberg had opened the season with three straight heat wins and two straight feature wins but Friday Night his run ended five laps into the main event.

A car spun sideways in turn 4 and he was one of the cars that piled into the mess. He made a quick stop in the pits and came back out but only lasted a couple more laps before pulling back off the track. Troy Maas of Faribault took over the led on lap six when he went by early leader Jack Maas of Faribault. Jack hung around to finish second with Andrew Eischen’s of Taopi coming home third ahead of Kyndra Neis of Chatfield and Michael Wick of Faribault. The class ran just the one heat that Krohnberg claimed Ryan Hensel of Forest Wisconsin inherited the front row when Nathan Kilwine of Glenville dropped to the back of the field just before the start of the KEVKO Outlaw Mini Mod Feature. Despite a couple of cautions that slowed the race Ryan stayed the course and drove into Victory Lane at the end of the race.

Davis Royle of Northfield took second holding off Kilwine who came back up through the field to finish third. Logan Brown of Clear Lake Iowa took fourth followed by Michael Bryant of Mason City, Iowa.

In Y Waste WISSOTA Hornet action Daniel Knish of Kilkenny picked his way from a row four starting spot to take the lead with just a couple laps to go and rode it home for the win. Tommie Tesch had the lead until Knish and Justin Schelitzche made it a three wide battle up front.

Justin came out of the battle in second followed

by Tesch. TJ Pearson took fourth ahead of Marissa Wolff of Waseca. Knish also had a heat win giving him a sweep for the night while Schelitzche claimed the classes other heat win.

While it was not announced at the races

PHOTO COURTESY OF MATTHEW GRAGE

Ellendale driver and Action Builders USRA B Mod Feature winner Scott Demmer stands for a photo in victory lane on Friday, May 31. it was learned after the show was completed that Chateau Speedway is in the process of finalizing an agreement to run the Racing Program at the Dodge County Fair in Kasson on July 19. More details, including which classes of cars will run is still to be ironed out.

Meanwhile Racing action continues next Friday Night at Chateau Speedway with the KEVKO Outlaw Mini Mods joining the regular six classes of cars again for another spectacular night of racing action. First green flag is schedule for 7:15 p.m.

5/31/2019 AT CHATEAU SPEEDWAY KEVKO OUTLAW MINI MODS A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 7-Ryan Hensel- Forest WI, [3]; 2. 15-Nathan Kilwine-Glenville, [1]; 3.

97-Davis Royle-Northfield, [2]; 4. 5-Logan Brown-Clear Lake IA, [8]; 5. 14-Micheal Bryant-Mason City IA, [4]; 6.

2C-Cole Bennerotte-Byron, [9]; 7. 34R-Thomas Coraelison-Proctor, [6]; 8.

1R-Bobby Ruehlow-Mason City IA, [7]; 9. 22Nick Hauge-Mason City IA, [5]; (DNS) 89-Allen Royle-Northfield, Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1.

15-Nathan Kilwine, [5]; 2. 97-Davis Royle, [3]; 3.

1R-Bobby Ruehlow, [2]; 4.

14-Micheal Bryant, [1]; 5.

2C-Cole Bennerotte, [4] Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1.

7-Ryan Hensel, [1]; 2. 5-Logan Brown, [4]; 3. 22-Nick Hauge, [3]; 4. 34R-Thomas Coraelison, [2]; (DNS) 89-Allen Royle, WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 83-Kylie Kath-Claremnt, [3]; 2. 88-Eric Lamm-Zimmerman, [7]; 3. 83X-Billy Steinberg-Kasson, [2]; 4.

RED1-Dan Wheeler-Savage, [6]; 5. 97A-Cory Asmussen-Waseca, [9]; 6. 53-Tianna MithunNew Richland, [5]; 7.

79-Jeremy Misgen-New Richland, [10]; 8. 77T-Casey Trom-Austin, [13]; 9.

G12-Ryan Goergen-Stacyville IA, [16]; 10. 97-Cole Anderson-Northfield, [8]; 11. 14-Cole Kroneman-Austin, [15]; 12.

26-Brad Minske-Northfield, [14]; 13. 4-Brayten Cisneros-Blooming Prairie, [11]; 14. 90-Ryan Wetzstein-West Conocrd, [4]; 15. 86-Noel Hoppe-New Richland, [12]; 16. 33-Darryl Hainka-Wannamingo, [18]; 17. (DNF) 37-Michael Wytaske-Hartland, [1]; (DNS) 79H-Luke Hainka-Wannamingo, Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.

83-Kylie Kath, [2]; 2.

RED1-Dan Wheeler, [3]; 3.

53-Tianna Mithun, [4]; 4.

90-Ryan Wetzstein, [5]; 5.

97A-Cory Asmussen, [8]; 6. 4-Brayten Cisneros, [1]; 7. 77T-Casey Trom, [6]; 8.

14-Cole Kroneman, [7]; 9.

79H-Luke Hainka, [9] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.

88-Eric Lamm, [2]; 2.

83X-William Steinberg,

[4]; 3. 97-Cole Anderson, [5]; 4. 37-Michael Wytaske, [6]; 5. 79-Jeremy Misgen, [8]; 6. 86-Noel Hoppe, [1]; 7. 26-Brad Minske, [3]; 8. G12-Ryan Goergen, [7]; 9. 33-Darryl Hainka, [9] POWER 96 WISSOTA PURE STOCK A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1-Troy Maas-Faribault, [3]; 2. 31-Jack Maas-Faribault, [6]; 3. 7X-Andrew Eischens-Taopi, [5]; 4.

96-Kyndra Neis-Chatfield, [8]; 5 17-Michael Wick-Faribault, [2]; 6.

3G-Josh Sousa-Alden, [1]; 7. (DNF) 11-Michael Gift-Faribault, [7]; 8.

(DNF) 26-Brady Krohnberg-Walters, [4] Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1.

26-Brady Krohnberg, [3]; 2. 1-Troy Maas, [4]; 3. 3G-Josh Sousa, [5]; 4.

17-Michael Wick, [8]; 5.

7X-Andrew Eischens, [6]; 6. 31-Jack Maas, [7]; 7. 11-Michael Gift, [1]; 8.

96-Kyndra Neis, [2] Y WASTE WISSOTA HORNETS A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1.

193-Daniel Knish-Kilkenny, [8]; 2. 14-Justin SchelitzcheCologne, [6]; 3.

29-Tommie Tesch-Waseca, [1]; 4. 79T-Taylor Pearson-Burnsville, [4]; 5.

23-Marissa Wolff-Waseca, [7]; 6. 6-Timothy Barnett-Owatonna, [2]; 7.

21-Corbin Giesler-West Concord, [11]; 8. 28-Patrick Andrus-Austin, [9]; 9.

12-Cale Giesler-West Concord, [5]; 10. 21D-Brandon Downs-Austin, [3]; 11.

89-Timothy Gores-Garden City, [10] Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1.

14-Justin Schelitzche, [1]; 2. 29-Tommie Tesch, [3]; 3.

21D-Brandon Downs, [4]; 4. 12-Cale Giesler, [5]; 5.

28-Patrick Andrus, [2]; 6.

21-Corbin Giesler, [6] Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1.

193-Daniel Knish, [4]; 2.

23-Marissa Wolff, [2]; 3.

79T-Taylor Pearson, [3]; 4.

6-Timothy Barnett, [1]; 5.

89-Timothy Gores, [5] ADAMS GRAPHIX WISSOTA STREET STOCKS A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 21-Jesse Stahl-Austin, [2]; 2. 101-Ken Adams-Stacyville IA, [6]; 3. 42-Cody Hyatt-Waseca, [4]; 4.

32-Jason Newkirk-Austin, [8]; 5. 15-Zach Elward-Hayfield, [15]; 6.

22-Ryan Jacobsen-LeRoy, [9]; 7. 46-Stacy Krohnberg-Walters, [5]; 8.

99-Greg Lammers-Owatonna, [3]; 9. 47-Brent Holland-Glenville, [12]; 10. 39J-Dan Klingfus-Austin, [14]; 11. 88S-George Schrumpf-Rochester, [13]; 12. (DNF) 01-Kory Adams-Stacyville IA, [7]; 13. (DNF) 2-Fred Prudoehl-Winona, [1]; 14 (DNF) 16-Jacob Bennett-Austin, [11]; (DNS) 31-Raey Hastings IV-Austin, Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.

01-Kory Adams, [6]; 2. 42Cody Hyatt, [3]; 3. 101-Ken Adams, [4]; 4. 99-Greg Lammers, [5]; 5. 22-Ryan Jacobsen, [7]; 6. 16-Jacob Bennett, [2]; 7. 88S-George Schrumpf, [8]; 8. (DNF) 15-Zach Elward, [1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.

32-Jason Newkirk, [6]; 2. 21-Jesse Stahl, [2]; 3.

2-Fred Prudoehl, [5]; 4.

46-Stacy Krohnberg, [4]; 5. 31-Raey Hastings IV, [3]; 6. 47-Brent Holland, [7]; 7. (DNF) 39J-Dan Klingfus, [1] ACTION BUILDERS USRA B-MODS A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 30-Scott Demmer-Ellendale, [1]; 2. 55H-Aaron Hoff-Mantorville, [6]; 3.

75-Cole Suckow-Cresco IA, [5]; 4. 99-Noah Grinstead-Austin, [2]; 5.

44-Matthew Brooks-Austin, [8]; 6. 73-Kenny Boge-Orchard IA, [12]; 7.

83K-Kobie Kath-Owatonna, [4]; 8. 27-Channing Warner-Owatonna, [14]; 9. 34-Jeremy Schaufenbuel-New Hampton IA, [7]; 10. 72-Alex Schubbe-North Mankato, [15]; 11. RED1Dan Wheeler-Savage, [9]; 12. 81K-Caleb Korpi-Claremont, [11]; 13. (DNF) 21-Taylor Ovrebo-Wells, [13]; 14. (DNF) 55-Brody Shaw-Brownsdale, [10]; (DQ) 83X-Kadden Kath-Owatonna, [3] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.

99-Noah Grinstead, [1]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow, [6]; 3.

RED1-Dan Wheeler, [2]; 4. 83K-Kobie Kath, [4]; 5. 55-Brody Shaw, [5]; 6.

81K-Caleb Korpi, [7]; 7.

21-Taylor Ovrebo, [8]; 8.

(DNF) 72-Alex Schubbe, [3] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.

34-Jeremy Schaufenbuel,

[1]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath, [4]; 3. 55H-Aaron Hoff, [3]; 4. 30-Scott Demmer, [7]; 5. 44-Matthew Brooks, [2]; 6. 73-Kenny Boge, [5]; 7. (DNF) 27-Channing Warner, [6] FRENCH’S REPAIR USRA MODIFIEDS A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 50-Brandon Davis-Hayfield, [1]; 2. 90-Steve Wetzstein-West Concord, [2]; 3. 98-Kevin Stoa-Albert Lea, [7]; 4. 23-Darwin Karau-Kasson, [3]; 5.

74-Mark Noble-Blooming Prairie, [4]; 6. 71-Jason Cummins-New Richland, [10]; 7. 111JR-Keith Tourville-Janesville, [13]; 8. 77-Jacob Stark-Austin, [6]; 9. 73-Greg Pfeifer Jr-Austin, [8]; 10. S43Shaun Olson-Albert Lea, [5]; 11. 65D-Dustin Brown-Thornton IA, [11]; 12. (DNF) 24-Charlie Steinberg-Kasson, [9]; 13.

(DNF) 96-Greg Jensen-Albert Lea, [12] Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.

71-Jason Cummins, [1]; 2. 50-Brandon Davis, [3]; 3. S43-Shaun Olson, [2]; 4. 77-Jacob Stark, [4]; 5. 98-Kevin Stoa, [7]; 6.

65D-Dustin Brown, [6]; 7.

96-Greg Jensen, [5] Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.

24-Charlie Steinberg, [2]; 2. 74-Mark Noble, [1]; 3.

90-Steve Wetzstein, [3]; 4.

23-Darwin Karau, [4]; 5.

73-Greg Pfeifer Jr, [6]; 6.

(DNF) 111JR-Keith Tourville, [5]

SOFTBALL

Rockets eliminate Huskies

BY DENNIS MARSHALL SPORTS EDITOR

The Owatonna softball season ended with 10-0 loss to Rochester John Marshall (15-6) in the Section 1AAAA Tournament at Todd Park in Austin on Friday, May 24.

The No. 2 seed Rockets shut out the No. 5 Huskies, 10-0, in the five-inning contest.

Owatonna (7-16) lost its opening postseason game on Thursday, May 23 to New Prague (13-9), but the Huskies bounced back with a solid win over Rochester Century (2-19) to keep their season alive.

“Our defense has been pretty good so far in the section tournament,” Owatonna head coach Jeremy Moran said.

“Now, if we can just get our offense to produce more runs then we could be in position to make a run in the tournament.”

Owatonna lost 12-1 to New Prague (12-9). The Trojans had some powerful hitting that included four home runs.

Ana LaDuke and Kaitlyn Madole lead the Huskies offense with one hits each, and Madole drove LaDuke in to score the team’s only run.

Owatonna got its offense going against Rochester Century (2-19) with 12 hits in a 5-4 victory.

Patty Biegert was 3-for-3, and Anna Vetsch, Mia Hiber and Liv Larson each had two hits. The Huskies also were able to draw six walks. “[We had a] Much better approach at the plate in this game,” Moran said. “We had some good at bats and we were able to put more runs on the board.”

Owatonna up 4-2 going into the seventh-inning and Century scored two runs tie it up, but the Huskies answered with a game-winning hit by Jalisa Mathews to score a run in the bottom of the inning to win in dramatic victory.

“It was a good team effort as seven different players had at least one hit,” Moran said.

B8 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019

FORECLOSURE 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: October 24, 2012 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $112,930.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Anthony B. Decristofaro, a single person MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on October 26, 2012 as Document Number A000387582 in the Office of the County Recorder of Steele County, Minnesota.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: None.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 13, Block 1, Ray Nell Addition, Owatonna, Minnesota.

STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1915 BIGELOW AVE, OWATONNA, MN 55060 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, Minnesota.

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $72,005.09 TRANSACTION AGENT: None NAME OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. RESIDENTIAL SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17-259-0113 TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: None THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part.

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: June 25, 2019 at 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesota. to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is twelve (12) months from the date of sale.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: Unless said mortgage is reinstated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemption is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on June 25, 2020.

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 CLUES ACROSS 1. Pea stems 6. Type of music 9. Leader 13. Distant 14. 5,280 feet 15. Beloved Yankee great 16. A female domestic 17. Free from alcoholism 18. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid 19. Entertains with song 21. Wooden shoe 22. Female horses 23. Group of males 24. Sodium 25. Revolutions per minute 28. Neither 29. Woody climbing plant 31. Dismounted 33. Orbits the earth 36. Female parents 38 Separates acids 39. Origins 41. Stuffing and mounting animal skins 44. Rupture 45. Fathers 46. Large primate 48. Shape-memory alloy 49. Halfback 51. “Family Guy” daughter 52. Irish mountain chain

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. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None Dated: April 29, 2019 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Mortgagee TROTT LAW, P.C. By:

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*N. Kibongni Fondungallah, Esq.* Samuel R. Coleman, Esq. Corbin C. Smith, Esq. Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 Dale Street North St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 209-9760 (19-0393-FC01) THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 4/30, 5/7,5/14 5/21/5/28,6/4

NOTICE 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. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT: 1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the mortgage dated November 22, 2005, executed by Don A. Hagen, a single person, as Mortgagor(s), to Wells Federal Bank, FSB, a federally-chartered savings bank, as Mortgagee(s), and filed for record November 29, 2005, in the Office of the County Recorders, Steele County, Minnesota as document number A000337214.

2. The Mortgage has been assigned as follows: No Assignments.

3.The maximum principal amount secured by the Mortgage was: $157,500.00.

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: $118,066.57.

7.Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the land located in Steele County, Minnesota and described as follows: All that part of the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ and all that part of the North Half of the SE ¼ of Section 30, Township 105 North, Range 19 West, Steele County, Minnesota, described by: Commencing at the northeast corner of said SE ¼; thence South 0 degrees 15 minutes 31 seconds East, assumed bearing, 12.49 feet along the east line of said SE ¼ to

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the True Point of Beginning; thence North 88 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds West 1123.68 feet; thence southwesterly along a tangential curve concave to the southeast, central angle 88 degrees 43 minutes 07 seconds, radius 116.50 feet, arc length 180.39 feet thence South 2 degrees 41 minutes 08 seconds West 158.58 feet; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 41 seconds West 175.91 feet; thence South 2 degrees 27 minutes 06 seconds East 410.13 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 20 seconds East 367.42 feet; thence North 15 degrees 53 minutes 43 seconds East 422.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 41 seconds West 291.59 feet; thence North 2 degrees 41 minutes 08 seconds East 157.12 feet; thence northeasterly along a tangential curve concave to the southeast, central angle 88 degrees 43 minutes 07 seconds, radius 83.50 feet, arc length 129.29 feet; thence South 88 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds East 1124.64 feet to the east line of said SE ¼; thence North 0 degrees 15 minutes 31 seconds West 33.01 feet to said True Point on Beginning. will be sold by the sheriff of Steele County, Minnesota at public auction on July 9, 2019 at 10:00 o'clock a.m., at the Steele County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 E. Pearl Street, Owatonna, MN 55060.

8. The time allowed by law for redemption by the Mortgagor, the Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 months after the date of sale.

9. 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. 10. Unless the mortgage is reinstated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemption is reduced by judicial order, the mortgagor and/ or its assigns must vacate the property by 11:59 p.m. on January 9, 2020.

11. In order to comply with Minn. Stat. Section 580.025, the undersigned hereby states that the following information is correct to the best of its knowledge: (a) The street address and tax identification number of the mortgaged property: 15380 44th Avenue SE Blooming Prairie, MN 55917 Tax Identification Number: 01-030-2101 (b) Transaction agent and transaction agent’s mortgage identification number: N/A (c) Residential mortgage servicer, broker and/or originator: N/A (d) Lender: Citizens Community Federal successor by merger with Wells Federal Bank, FSB 12. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Dated: May 9, 2019 Citizens Community Federal successor by merger with Wells Federal Bank, FSB,

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FORECLOSURE 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: June 30, 2010 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $134,564.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Traci A. Langstaff, a single person MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Advisors Mortgage, LLC DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on July 1, 2010 and memorialized upon Certificate of Title No. 17761 as Document Number T000066016 in the Office of the County Registrar of Titles of Steele County, Minnesota.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment recorded on March 20, 2019 as Document Number T000077114 in the Office of the County Registrar of Titles of Steele County, Minnesota.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 5, Block 1, Maplewood Terrace Townhouses No. 2, Owatonna, Minnesota, Steele County, Minnesota.

REGISTERED PROPERTY STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 13 AUGUSTA PLACE, OWATONNA, MN 55060 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, Minnesota.

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $116,733.06 TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. NAME OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Advisors Mortgage, LLC RESIDENTIAL SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17-4210105 TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 100199600012390478 THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part.

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: July 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesota.

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to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: Unless said mortgage is reinstated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemption is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on January 9, 2020.

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. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None Dated: May 16, 2019 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Mortgagee TROTT LAW, P.C. By:

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N. Kibongni Fondungallah, Esq. Samuel R. Coleman, Esq. *Corbin C. Smith, Esq.* Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 Dale Street North St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 209-9760 (19-0454-FC01) THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 6/11, 6/18, 6/25

FORECLOSURE 18-109820 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: February 12, 2004 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $140,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Lavern D. Ehlers and Eunice E. Ehlers, husband and wife, Delmar W. Ehlers, a single person MORTGAGEE: Centex Home Equity Company, LLC LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Centex Home Equity Company, LLC SERVICER: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed March 3, 2004, Steele County Recorder, as Document Number A 319812 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-C LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: All that part of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section 25, Township 106 North, Range 19 West, Steele County, Minnesota, described by: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said SE 1/4; thence North 0 degrees 00 minutes 00 sec-

onds East, assumed bearing, 529.44 feet along the West line of said SE 1/4 to true point of beginning; thence North 0 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 862.07 feet along the West line of said SE 1/4; thence South 28 degrees 45 minutes 31 seconds East 484.09 feet; thence South 03 degrees 28 minutes 11 seconds East 215.16 feet; thence South 89 degrees 45 minutes 14 seconds East 122.81 feet; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 50 seconds West 196.15 feet; thence South 79 degrees 22 minutes 24 seconds West 111.46 feet; thence South 88 degrees 43 minutes 58 seconds West 257.43 feet to said true point of beginning PROPERTY ADDRESS: 9543 89th Ave SE, Blooming Prairie, MN 55917 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04-0252301 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $121,461.73 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: July 23, 2019, 10:00am PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Main Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN 55060 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 January 23, 2020, or the next business day if January 23, 2020 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: May 24, 2019 The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Centex Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-C Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY ________ 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 6/5, 6/12, 6/19 6/26, 7/3, 7/10

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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 20, 2008 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $103,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Larry M. Jarvis, single person MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on March 25, 2008 and memorialized upon Certificate of Title No. 15747 as Document Number T000062717 in the Office of the County Registrar of Titles of Steele County, Minnesota.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: None.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: All that part of Lot 2 in Block 1 in Luedtke Addition to the City of Owatonna described as follows: Beginning at a point in the line between said Lot 2 and Lot 3 in said Block 1 in the Westerly line of Maple Drive (formerly Larch street); thence Southerly along the Westerly line of said Maple Drive 7 feet; thence Westerly parallel to and with the line between said Lots 2 and 3 approximately 85 feet to a point in the center line of Maple Creek as shown by the plat on file; thence Northerly along the said center line of Maple Creek to the line between said Lots 2 and 3, and thence Easterly along the line between said Lots 2 and 3, 86.19 feet to the place of beginning.

Also all of Lot 3 in Block 1 in Luedtke Addition to the City of Owatonna, excepting there from the following: Beginning at a point in the line between said Lot 3 and Lot 4 in said Block 1 in the Westerly line of Maple Drive (formerly Larch Street); thence Southerly along the Westerly line of said Maple Drive 12 feet; thence Westerly parallel to and with the line between said Lots 3 and 4 approximately 107.62 feet to a point in the center line of Maple Creek as shown by the plat on file; thence Northerly along the said center line of Maple Creek to the line between said Lots 3 and 4; and thence Easterly along the line between said Lots 3 and 4, 110.86 feet to the place of beginning.

All the above described real estate is conveyed subject to and together with all riparian rights.

REGISTERED PROPERTY STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 510 MAPLE DRIVE, OWATONNA, MN 55060-1967 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, Minnesota.

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $70,319.44 TRANSACTION AGENT: None NAME OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. RESIDENTIAL SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17-1500103 TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: None THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part.

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: July 16, 2019 at 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: Steele

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.

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MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None Dated: May 20, 2019 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Mortgagee TROTT LAW, P.C. By:

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*N. Kibongni Fondungallah, Esq.* Samuel R. Coleman, Esq. Corbin C. Smith, Esq. Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 Dale Street North St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 209-9760 (19-0350-FC01) THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 6/5, 6/12, 6/19 6/26, 7/3, 7/10

NOTICE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #756 BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA 55917 MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER PROPOSED TENTATIVE AGENDA 6:00 a.m.

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II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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City Attorney’s Report V. PRINCIPAL REPORTS VI. ITEMS ON WHICH Council Members’ Reports BOARD ACTION IS REQUESTED Adjourn

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