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4-H at the Nicollet County Fair By Ruth Klossner The Nicollet County Fair has been creating memories since 1871. A whole new batch of memories were added this year as the fair was
held under great weather. There was a bit of rain here and there, but only enough to keep the dust down—and enthusiasm up. As always, 4-H is a big part of the fair and we followed the 4-H
shows from the entry of non-livestock exhibits Tuesday afternoon and evening, all the way through the premier and alumni showmanship events Sunday. 4-Her vied for ribbons, tro-
phies, and trips to the upcoming Minnesota State Fair. A complete list of 4-H results will be published in a future issue. For this week, we offer a collection of photos from all days.
Premier showmanship participants Caleb Schwartz, left, and Z achary Hermanson, showed off their skills with poultry for evaluator Beth Fluegge.
Phil Wills was one of five 4-H alumni chosen to take part in the round Savannah Klockziem, a member of the Nicollet 4-H Club, explained robin showmanship contest for former 4-Hers. Here he showed judge her natural resources display board, “All About Loons, “to evaluator Paul Krakken during Tuesday’s non-livestock judging session. Shannon Soost how to turn a rabbit over to view its teeth.
Bernadotte 4-Her Audrey Beranek played “Moon River” on the banjo as the opening number in the 4-H Talent Showcase Saturday afternoon. It was the first time that this event was held at the fair and proved very popular. It featured talent numbers, style review entries, quilts, and recognition of 4-H graduates and scholarship winners.
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Lafayette Reconsiders Zoning By Rob Lawson, Publisher
During the 4-H poultry show, a plaque recognizing the late Richard Timm, longtime poultry show superintendent, was unveiled. His wife, Joan, left, accepted the plaque from Deb Attenberger, who took over Richard’s role as superintendent.
After showing a pig, sheep, rabbit, chicken, and dairy calf, results were tallied and the top three alumni show people announced. They are Rob Moline, third; Jean Annexstad, second; and Ruth Klossner, first. Also competing were Phil Wills and Emily Edel.
Pastor Heidi’s Legacy Lives On By Ruth Klossner In the short few years that she lived in the Bernadotte parsonage, Pastor Heidi Hagstrom’s love of all things living blossomed and grew. She not only planted a plethora of trees, bushes, and garden plants, but raised chickens in a coop she had built and moved to the property. Bernadotte Lutheran church members were never quite sure what their rural-loving pastor would come up with next. Pastor Heidi also loved cows—and talked of a desire to have miniature Herefords, or some other cattle. While she was never able to reach that goal, she did have cow figures in her office in the parsonage. But, back to the outdoors. During her six years at Bernadotte, Pastor Heidi planted so many things— apple and cherry trees, raspberry bushes, asparagus plants, rhubarb, flowers of every sort, and garden vegetables in raised garden boxes. It’s in those raised boxes that
Heidi’s legacy continues to flourish. BLC members Laura and Kyle Dalquist—with help from their kids Will and Lane and Laura’s parents Wendy and Tim Schulz—are responsible for Heidi’s legacy continuing this summer. With the parsonage empty—as the church and Fields of Grace search for a permanent pastor—the family approached the church council to ask permission to use what Heidi had started. “We looked at those garden boxes and felt that someone needed to use them. Heidi always talked about the great space she had here,” Laura said. “Our plan from the start was to raise something and to donate it in Heidi’s name. This definitely fit her ideas.” Laura added, “She’d be smiling down if she saw this.” Pastor Heidi passed away last November, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Laura and Wendy planted vegetables early this summer—beets,
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Growing vegetables at the parsonage is a family affair for the Dalquists. From left: Kyle, Will, Lane, and Laura. Laura’s folks, Tim and Wendy Schulz, have also helped out. onions, pumpkin, and squash—and Though they didn’t plant them, a watered a few times as needed dur- few cherry tomato plants are growing ing the driest part of summer. on one side—volunteers that continue “We’re here about once a to remind of Heidi’s green thumb. week—that’s why we planted easier to care for plants this summer,” Continued on Page 5 Laura said. 119th Year • Number 27 ©2022 Nicollet County Ledger
The Lafayette City Council heard a proposal from the attorney representing property managers for Lafayette Charter School (LCS) for dividing the LCS property into two separate lots and rezoning the property to commercial from residential. The council split the lots at the last council meeting, but is working to propose a resolution on the rezoning in a budget workshop closed session. The city is now reconsidering zoning procedures in its ordinance code, which hasn’t been changed since 1990. Just before 1991, the city codified its zoning language in ordinance 139 in City Code Chapter 151. In a new proposal from the council to amend the zoning code, “Council of the City of Lafayette has now determined that the zoning code would better serve the City and members of the public if it contained specific criteria for examining and deciding on applications to rezone land and change zoning.” Pertaining to Section 151.156 of the Code of Ordinances, the following procedures will take precedent: • Upon receipt of an application for rezoning or zoning amendment by the City Clerk, a copy of application shall be forwarded to the City Council for review and study. • The City Council, or a delegation thereof, shall view the area being considered. • The City Council shall, prior to making a decision on the application, consider the following:
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• Would the granting of the request conform to the presently accepted future land use plans for the city as well as present land uses? • Is it in the community’s best interest for additional land space to be zoned to the class requested? • If it is in the community’s best interest for additional land to be zoned as requested, should the re-zoning be done in areas requested or would the community’s interest be better served if the re-zoning were done in other areas of the city? • Would the granting of the rezoning request adversely affect property values of adjacent landowners to an unreasonable degree? • If the request was granted, what additional public services would be required. • Is the capacity of existing roads and sewer and water facilities sufficient to accommodate this proposal? • Was there an error or oversight in preparing the original zoning map which indicates that this zoning should have been included at that time? • Is this change beneficial to the community or is it merely a convenience to the applicant? • The City Council shall make written findings of fact supporting its decision, and it shall make a decision either granting or denying the application within 60 days of receiving a complete application. The proposal is to be adopted September 12.
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