Sauk Centre Herald 08-10-2023

New four-way stop coming City approves

intersection realignment near Authors Addition

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

With the likelihood of increased traffic brought by a new residential area, the city of Sauk Centre will be adjusting the intersection of Hendryx Street, Halfaday Drive and Hickman Drive.

At the request of the Sauk Centre City Council during their July 19 meeting, city engineer Keith Yapp brought plans and an estimated bid number for the realignment of the four-way intersection of Hendryx Street, Halfaday Drive and Hickman Drive, just south of the Authors Addition residential land. Yapp presented his findings at the council’s Aug. 2 meeting at Sauk Centre City Hall.

“We’re staying within the city’s right of way,” Yapp said. “If you think about it, it was always intended this would be the way (the intersection) would eventually be, and now is a good time to do it.”

The intersection will be a four-way stop with light posts. Because the project will take place inside the city’s right of way and will not add to it, there will be no assessments for the area residents. A roundabout was considered for the intersection but was ultimately rejected because it would require purchasing more land for an expanded right of way.

The city does not expect to be cutting down any trees as part of its project. However, if it turns out to be necessary, they will consider providing a stipend to area residents to help them replant trees.

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Fun and family

TBY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

he Stearns County Fair is over, but there are more fairs and summer events happening throughout the state, many of them featuring tractor pulls. It is in those competitions that Sauk Centre area resident Jacob Gamradt is in his element, keeping an eye on every detail of his tractor so its power can be leveraged for victory.

“I’ve been driving tractors ever since I was tall enough and heavy enough to push the clutch down,” Jacob said. “I think I pulled the first time when I was about 13, and I’ve been pulling every year since (for about 11 years).”

Many of Jacob’s cousins participate in the sport; he often does tractor pulls with his cousins Jeff, Connor and Logan Gamradt.

Still mowing the lawn

Porttiin

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

On the farm, if you want something done right, you do it yourself, and 93-year-old Caroline Porttiin has been doing just that for decades. When the weather is nice and the grass is long, she can be found mowing the lawn with her lawn tractor from the 1980s.

“I just love being outdoors,” Caroline said. “I love watching things grow, I love flowers, I even like mowing the lawn.”

Caroline was born and raised on a farm two miles southeast of West Union, on the border between Todd and Stearns counties. Her sister, Norma Quistorff, was nine years older than her, and they were raised by their parents, Luey and Emma Quistorff.

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“It goes back a long ways,” Jacob said. “Our uncle Mark (Gamradt) has tractor pulled forever; my uncle Dave (Gamradt) has tractor pulled since all the way back in the ’60s, so it’s been in our family for a long time.”

While sometimes competing against each other, the family will often help each other out. Recently, Logan was in a tractor pull in Cambridge when he damaged his engine; he worked through the night to replace a head gasket and a piston, and Jacob helped him with it.

“I was still at home at the shop,” Jacob said.

Almost back to school

BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER

As renovations continue on the elementary school, Sauk Centre Public Schools may temporarily need to have some students learning offsite for a couple of weeks when the 202324 school year begins.

During the school board’s Aug. 7 committee meeting in the school media center, the board received an elementary school renovation project update from consulting firm SitelogIQ. Following the report, Superintendent Don Peschel notified the board about how some classes would potentially need to be held offsite until the construction’s completion.

An initial plan has been formed but has needed frequent adjustments as construction continues. The school intends to notify staff of their plans this week and then communicate with parents next week.

“I don’t want to get to a situation where it’s continually changing, which it could,” Peschel said. “Right now, the goal is to keep as many grade levels on site as possible. Right now, we’re looking at maybe one being offsite, maybe a couple other

sections of a grade level, but that’s in the works.”

It is the school’s aim to not have any classes or sections offsite for more than two weeks. The new elementary addition will not be ready until January 2024, which means Kid Connection, preschool and early childhood education will be displaced until then, but that was part of the school’s original plan.

The location change may also mean a calendar adjustment for the early 2023-24 school year, which the board will be working on during a special meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 14.

“We’ve spent a lot of time on this,” Peschel said. “We will try to do what’s best for our students, families and staff.”

Gamradt competes in tractor pulls for over 10 years

PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK School Board chairperson Mike Bushard (left) and Sauk Centre Public Schools

Superintendent Don Peschel go over planned school policy updates during the board’s committee meeting Aug. 7 in the school’s media center in Sauk Centre. With the ongoing elementary school renovations, some students may be learning offsite for a couple of weeks at the beginning of the upcoming school year.

PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE Jacob Gamradt powers his tractor off the line during the Stearns County Fair’s July 22 tractor pull at the Stearns County Fairgrounds in Sauk Centre. Gamradt has competed in tractor pulls since he was 13.

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Caroline Porttiin gets out her riding lawnmower on a sunny July 31 at her home in Sauk Centre. Porttiin, 93, still uses her 1980s John Deere riding lawnmower to mow her lawn.

Some elementary students may temporarily be learning offsite

maintains independence at 93

Stearns County Fair overcomes obstacles, finds familiar success

Event maintains popularity despite heat

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

As the sun beat 90-degree temperatures down on Sauk Centre to kick off the Stearns County Fair, it would have been natural to doubt the fair could hold strong through the scorching heat that made outdoor events unideal for attendees. The event’s annual

demolition derby was welcomed back July 27 with the lowest attendance in its history, and other intriguing grandstand attractions like the Midwest All-Star Wrestling showcase July 26 saw fewer spectators than hoped for due to the uncomfortable weather.

However, fair secretary and manager Jackie Spoden-Bolz never wavered in her belief that the

five-day spectacle would find a path to success and looking back at the entirety of the event, considers it a resounding success.

“I think it went very well,” she said. “I say that every year, and I mean it every year.”

What helped stabilize the fair was its staff’s preparation in advance. Spoden-Bolz and crew knew ahead off time the heat would present a natural challenge to the 121-year fair and adjusted accordingly. One major concern came from the Heritage Barn, as the west

side of the establishment endures warmer temperatures than other parts of the building as days progress. Off the back of a team effort, canopies sheltered animals from that extreme weather.

“The biggest worry was the animals,” SpodenBolz said. “Especially some of the ones we have, they’re outside but sheltered by a roof. “ The fair also scattered fans around the fairgrounds while accounting for how much power they could use. The city of Sauk Centre and Pak Electric were essential in making sure power remained stable and constant as an endless flow of visitors piled into Sauk Centre for the occasion.

“We’re upgrading every year, but every year, we need more power,” Spoden-Bolz said. “There were a lot of fans without blowing breakers. That’s always a concern.”

While every Stearns County Fair encounters obstacles due to its impressive scale, positives remained ever-present. As the schedule contained long-recognized pastimes like the aforementioned three-day demolition derby, other new highlights

stepped into the forefront, including the 14/27 Basketball Challenge, axe throwing provided by Woodsman Axe and the Emotion in Motion Splatter Experience, allowing children to don goggles and aprons and splatter paint on canvases.

“It was so amazingly well-received,” SpodenBolz said of the Emotion in Motion Splatter Experience. “It was free to the kids. It’s important to all of us to do as much free as we can for people who come to the fair. … We just want them to have a good time.”

Also introduced to the fair were revisions to familiar draws. The Sauk Centre American Legion’s Beer Garden was moved to the newly-named activity center, the grandstand was shifted to a more-centralized location to accommodate space for a midway rollercoaster and the poultry and rabbit barns were removed in favor of debuting a new barn that

housed both.

“For 20 years, we talked about it,” Spoden-Bolz said. “Finally, we decided to take those two smaller barns down and build a big one. That went over well.”

After all, while change and adjustments after a long-lasting tradition of success can be scary, improvement is always on the mind of everyone involved with the fair.

“I have it in my own head that I always want to outdo what we did last year,” Spoden-Bolz said. “Are we pressured to do it? No. I pressure myself.”

And while the Stearns County Fair activities and events only take place for a short five-day stretch in the waning days of July, the fair itself is a yearlong passion and pursuit, as its staff is already turning its attention to 2024.

“The fair is never over,” Spoden-Bolz said. “There is no end. We’re already started planning for next year.”

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Larry Leitner throws his car into the corner of the Stearns County Fair autocross race July 30 at the Sinclair Lewis Fairground in Sauk Centre. The fair started with low attendance due to warm weather, but it ultimately grew into a success with a number of familiar and new attractions. RSVP by August 31st on Facebook: Sauk Centre High School ~ Class of 1973

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“Back in those days, you had a little bit of everything (on the farm),” Caroline said. “You had cows, livestock, pigs (and) chickens, and I do remember driving horses.”

Emma died when Caroline was nine, and about four years later, Norma was married. That left Caroline to help their father, canning produce because they did not have refrigeration, cooking and cleaning in the house and helping with farm chores. To do so, Caroline had to halt her education.

“I had a path going across the five-acre field, and I loved every day at school,” Caroline said. “My dream was to become an elementary school teacher, and after my mother passed away and my sister got married, I had to be the hired man and housekeeper, too, … so I never became the elementary school teacher I dreamed of.”

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Caroline had plenty of experience with farm chores. She learned how to milk cows when she was 10, and to aid her with that, her father made her a three-legged milking stool. Another of her chores was cutting hay. The farm did not have a tractor at the time, so Caroline drove the horses while her father loaded hay onto the hay

rack. They eventually got a Farmall H tractor, which Caroline learned to drive long before she could drive a car. The family’s first car was a Ford Model T, followed by a 1935 Chevrolet, a black car with red spoke wheels. The very first lawnmower Caroline used she had to push by hand, and fortunately, the farmhouse’s lawn was not large. After the farm got electricity, they upgraded to an electric lawnmower with a long cord to connect it to a power source.

“You were very careful with it,” Caroline said. “We didn’t have a lot of trees to go around, but you had to keep your mind on that cord so you didn’t accidentally mow over that. It was much better than a push mower, I’ll tell you that, but after that, we got a gas mower of some kind.”

While continuing to help on her father’s farm, Caroline met Bert Porttiin through a mutual cousin, Art Beilke. Beilke and Bert were both members of the Sauk Centre National Guard and served in the Korean War.

“It was through them coming home on leave together sometimes that I met Bert,” Caroline said. “I have always said ours was a Korean War romance. When

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The improvement has an estimated cost of $54,928.50, but according to Sauk Centre Mayor Warren Stone and

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he was in service … you couldn’t afford long distance calls, so we’d write letters to one another, and when he came home on leave, we’d be together.”

After two years in the service, Bert returned home in November 1952, and he and Caroline married in 1953. As for Beilke, he married Bert’s sister, Lorraine Porttiin, that same year.

Caroline and Bert lived on Luey’s farm for 11 years before buying their own farm northeast of West Union. They raised four children who all married: Joyce (Gary) Sturm, Mark (Gail) Porttiin, Bruce (Rita) Porttiin and Carol (Dean) Rieland. Today, Caroline also has 10 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Around 1980, the Porttiins purchased a John Deere riding lawnmower for their farm. Bert was interested in a different brand, but Caroline wanted a John Deere, so that was what they bought.

Bert died in 2000, and a year later, Caroline moved to Sauk Centre and brought the John Deere riding lawnmower with her. Caroline maintained a garden before and after she married, and she established another one at her Sauk Centre home, but it is smaller than the ones she had in the past.

Living in town, she was also able to partially fulfill

budget, so that could be used for the intersection. There are also items on the intersection project’s list that could be cut or handled by the city to save a few thousand dollars.

The council unanimously approved the plans, which will be completed as part of the Authors Addition project.

Yapp also reported the Authors Addition piping and street gravel are in, and the curb and gutter installation was recently completed. Street paving and sidewalk construction are expected to begin soon.

her lifelong dream to be an elementary teacher when she volunteered for the Foster Grandparent program at Sauk Centre Elementary School. For 10 years, she helped kindergarteners and first graders.

“Just about the only thing I do miss about the farm is I used to like to see the cattle grazing in the pasture,” Caroline said. “I used to like to watch the crops grow. That’s the way it is in town, too. I like to watch things grow, I like my garden and I like to mow grass.”

Caroline also enjoys her home and community and feels very fortunate to live in her own home at her age.

“I am happy I moved into Sauk Centre,” Caroline said. “It’s a very nice town. You can do most of your business here, … you’ve got nice shopping, people are friendly, and I have very good neighbors.”

The 1980s John Deere lawn tractor is still what Caroline uses to mow the lawn. Her son and sonin-law, Mark and Dean, help maintain it if it needs repairs.

“The kids have said many times, ‘Mom, it has no power steering,’” Caroline said. “I tell them, ‘I have never run off the curb yet, I have never hit a tree yet. It’s working good for me.’”

Other city council news:

– Approved the purchase of a fiberglass replica of the original Sinclair Lewis Park fountain statue for $1,800, along with $850 in shipping. The statue will be painted by Midwest Paint and Body in Sauk Centre before it is installed.

– A mural is being painted on the side of the Sinclair Lewis Park bathroom for the tree memorial, which will have memorial leaves painted onto it in addition to areas where more leaves can be planted. This memorial will be done instead of ground memorials at the base of trees planted in the park.

– Approved the removal of a 25-year ban on building accessory structures between the 75-foot lake setback and the home for the Olmschenk property on the 800 block of Lake Shore Drive, provided a survey is done to verify the lake setback and a city engineer signs off to ensure the owners have performed their property restoration correctly.

– Residents on the 400 block of Oak Street North, across the street from CentraCare-Sauk Centre Care Center, have requested something be done to prevent headlights from shining in their windows as cars leave the care center parking lot. The city will be meeting with the residents to discuss options for barriers that would block the light.

– The Sauk Centre Ambulance Service had 55 runs and calls in June, down from 79 in 2022. However, they have had 471 total runs and calls for this year so far, up from 434 at the same time last year.

– Approved the advancement of ambulance service EMTs Mark Roberg and Sheryl Braun.

– Approved an $11,877.03 pay request from C&L Excavating for their work on the 2022 Second Street South project, although they will be investigating why it appears some item quantities on their bill seem to have increased from the original amount.

– Approved a cannabinoid license for Sister’s Beer, Wine and Spirits. As of Aug. 1, Minnesota liquor stores can acquire these licenses.

– Approved the following contributions: $134.01 from the Men’s Card Playing Group for the Sauk Centre Senior Center and $100 from Tom and Ann Ranzau for the Sauk Centre Police Department.

The next city council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 16.

We all have angels among us. They may be in the form of a person who helps us or does something nice for us, sometimes unknown to us. They may be in nature.

Attending Barley Days in Greenwald Sunday, that was a discussion that came up, in a roundabout way, with friends gathered together. We had a conversation about butterflies appearing after a loved one dies, including a butterfly landing on a shoulder, and how that was of great significance and comfort to them. It meant the person who passed away was telling them they are OK. I know of one tombstone at a local cemetery that has butterflies etched on it.

The gentleman at Barley Days said hummingbirds kept appearing after a Sauk Centre man passed away unexpectedly a few years ago. In fact, one stared him in the eye. Ironically, the nickname for the man who died was Hummingbird. You can’t tell me there was no significance with this situation.

I’ve heard stories of cardinals appearing after someone has died, a sign that those who have passed are with them in spirit, a spiritual sign the deceased loved one is safe in heaven and watching over them from above. I know of one lady who collects cardinals so the presence of her loved one, who has passed, is always with her.

In May, I experienced my own angel among us revelation. I was sitting on the couch one Sunday morning and glanced out my patio window, and perched on the overhead wooden board on my planter box was a bright red cardinal. The cardinal was looking right at me. It stayed

Treasure angels among us South of normal

When my dad first presented the idea in the form of a PowerPoint, I was rather pessimistic. Normally, when someone is asked where they are going on vacation in the summer, it’s typically fun answers such as Florida, California, Europe, Mexico, etc. With this in mind, the last place I wanted to tell people I was going on a trip to was South Dakota. Yes, you read that right. The great state of large hills that make your ears pop, patriotic heads carved into rock and more prairie dogs than people. Well, that last part might be an over-exaggeration, but you get the point.

The trip meant I would be forced to spend a substantial amount of time in close quarters with my family of seven, and that’s exactly what I did. Last week, on a bright and sunny Monday morning, we loaded up the van to embark on a week’s worth of time in our neighboring state. We drove endlessly across the hilly terrain, keeping our eyes peeled to the window in hopes of seeing massive buffalo … with no luck.

At this point in reading, you probably are assuming this was the worst trip ever based on my “enthusiastic” tone; however, it was way better than I had initially expected. My dad took pride in planning every detail months in advance so our family would have an exciting time. We spent hours in the Badlands, climbing over large rocks in hopes to see any kind of wildlife that wasn’t a rattlesnake, saw the carvings that had graced our history classes for years at Mount Rushmore and went hundreds of feet underground to check out Jewel Cave, the third

The big

When visiting an art gallery or exhibit, I like to explore all that I can, see as much as possible.

When going to the movies, I like to visit the concession stand and stay for the entirety of the movie.

On vacation, I like to take in as many of the local attractions as possible and maybe even return at a later date if there is something I feel was missed.

I can hear it now: “Thank you, captain obvious.” However, give me a moment to share my thought process with you.

there for what seemed like a minute and then flew away, never to be seen again. It made me smile. I lost a friend late last year and, to me, that cardinal was a sign he was OK, even though I knew he was because he had a deep faith in God. The angel among us experience helped cement that idea.

According to Christianity.com, angels have six purposes in the lives of believers. The primary purpose of angels is to give worship and praise to God. Angels are messengers from God. Angels protect believers. Angels strengthen and comfort us in times of sorrow. Angels carry out God’s judgment. Finally, angels provide a painless transition at the time of death for the believer. Sunday was the sixth anniversary of Mom’s death. To this day, I have never seen any butterflies or cardinals, and Mom hasn’t appeared to me in the middle of the night like some people have told me their loved ones have done. I just know Mom is OK because she is with loved ones who passed on before her, including her firstborn son who died soon after his birth, and a handful of siblings after her.

Our Christian faith tells us we will again see our loved ones who have gone on before us. Do we wonder what they are doing or what heaven is like? I sure do, especially as I get older and more family and friends are heading to heaven – at least, I hope that’s where they are. But I’m in no hurry to find out, and like someone once told me, “Nobody ever came back to tell us.” Until then, I will treasure those angels among us, whether humans or in nature.

I first met Joe Mauer when I was playing first base in Osceola, Wisconsin.

I was newly married and just became a dad and was hanging on to a love for baseball by playing every Wednesday and Friday night in the small river town just over the Minnesota border.

longest cave in the world. Each day was packed to the brim with places to see and things to do, a trait I didn’t expect South Dakota to carry. We stayed in a cabin at Carver National Park and enjoyed activities and landscapes that were offered. One day, we even drove through the entire park to try to find some buffalo, and this time, we were successful. My family and I watched in awe out the windows of the van as dozens of the large animals roamed the field. We were even lucky enough to meet a “friendly” buffalo who showed his appreciation by continuously rubbing up against the front of our car. My mom was not too pleased with that.

However, the most memorable part of the trip happened on the third day. We were eating breakfast in our cabin Wednesday morning when my dad announced we would be going on a seven-mile hike. My siblings and I nearly fell out of our chairs at the thought of hiking to the highest peak in the Midwest, but that’s what we did. For four hours that day, we climbed up to over 7,000 feet in elevation while trying not to pass out or strangle my dad. The seven of us completed the hike accomplished and exhausted with vows to never go on a hike like that again. Even my dad agreed.

The trip, as a whole, was a great last adventure with my family before I embark on college. While it had its highs and lows – literally – it truly was a week to remember. Even though I was initially disappointed at spending the end of my summer in South Dakota, I left the state happier and more accomplished than when I entered.

Kayla’s Korner by Kayla Hunstiger

Too often, we rush through life only seeing the things we are closest to. Well, I hate to say it, but if I’m only focused on the bear cubs in front of me, I’m going to miss the hungry mama bear behind me and the amazing creek to my left.

We wouldn’t see just one painting at an art gallery. We wouldn’t watch just the previews at the movie and then leave, and we wouldn’t stay in our room while on vacation. So, why do we not look at our lives and the world around us with the same vigor and desire to learn all we can, see all we can see and respect all of God’s generosity?

There have been many instances in my life – looking back now – where I’ve cut an experience short, not given

it my full attention, or even avoided something altogether because it wasn’t comfortable. I know this behavior is normal and tends to wane with age; however, I have noticed that isn’t always the case, and it certainly shouldn’t be an all-encompassing generalization of life.

I’ve had a few conversations lately with people I truly love, trust and respect that have left an uneasy feeling of how current world circumstances are being viewed. These conversations have been about everything from politics to beer, religion and even media.

Whether your left, right or center politically, whether you drink Anheuser Busch products or you don’t, whether you are religious or not, whether you partake in the consumption of just one media source or many I think it’s fair to say how beautiful it is to be able to make those choices for ourselves.

Not everyone in the world has that right available to them. Cherish and respect your rights and the rights of others. We all have something great to bring to the table. If not, we wouldn’t be here.

As quickly as the flame of a candle can be blown out, so can our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Protect your flame and help it to burn bright with the kindling of knowledge. Knowledge truly is powerful.

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Our manager was Ken Staples, a former skipper in the Twins minor league system and a friend of the Mauer family. I can count the true baseball men – the ones who carry the passion through their entire life – on one hand, and Kenny would take up one of my first two fingers.

Kenny scheduled a summer game in 2001 against Air Freight Unlimited, a squad made up of recently graduated St. Paul kids. On that team was the recent No. 1 pick in the major league draft – Joe Mauer and his older brother, Billy. We always drew decent crowds at the old ballpark in Osceola. The town of 2,000 looked forward to those Wednesday and Friday nights when the summer captured the spirit of small town baseball, almost giving it the feel of a minor league town. Burgers, beverages and baseball was what the working class town looked forward to on those mosquito-filled nights.

On this particular night the crowd was enormous as word got out the top pick in the major leagues would be coming to showcase his talent. To counter, our ever competitive skipper called on the talents of another young St. Paulite with a lightning bolt for an arm. His name was T. J. Prunty, and he had just spent his freshman season playing for the University of Miami, one of the top college programs in the nation.

Thanks to Kenny, the matchup was set, a young fireballer against what scouts said was the best 18-year-old player in the world.

The anticipation of seeing Joe Mauer, a kid who struck out just once in high school and was named not just the best baseball prospect but also the best football prospect in the nation, bat against a legitimate division 1 pitcher was something to behold. Joe hadn’t signed yet with the Twins. As my 27-year-old slowing legs dug into the dirt at first base, I can say I was just as excited as the fans.

Mauer stepped in and the crowd got eerily quiet. The count made its way to 2-2 when Prunty unleashed an unexpected back door curve ball. Our catcher didn’t move his glove. “Ball,” the umpire said.

The crowd didn’t argue but let out an “Ooooohhhh.”

Now 3-2, Prunty tried to tuck an inside fastball by Joe, and Joe almost took Prunty’s lid off his head. The ball was in center field before most fans could blink.

Joe rounded first hard, as he was taught, and settled in at first where I held him on.

I didn’t say a word to him. He didn’t say a word to me. Prunty got the next guy out quickly and we both jogged to the dugout.

When our catcher got back to the dugout, we asked him if that 2-2 curveball was a strike. He said yes, and he even asked the umpire if it was.

The umpire’s reply, “Nobody came here tonight to watch Joe Mauer strike out.”

Mauer would later get another hit and shortly thereafter sign a $5 million signing bonus.

On Saturday, I watched Joe, now 40, be inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame. We saw his talent that night in Osceola, but nobody knew we would be watching him be inducted as a Twins legend 22 years later.

I had some other associations with Joe in those early years. One is a really good story I wrote about years ago when we gave him a ride home from the Metrodome after a game.

But one thing that stuck out to me about Joe was his humbleness. He is just a regular Joe.

This kid had an enormous talent and has made a bucket load of money. As he gave his speech Saturday, he referenced his twin daughters in almost every sentence. Joe was a great baseball player. Always will be. But he is more than that. And he knows this. He’s always known what is most important in life. His most important job wasn’t trying to make the hall of fame. It was being a good husband and a good dad. All of that was on display Saturday. Joe, the best 18-year-old baseball player in the world in 2001, showed us at the end of the day, we are just mom or dad, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, and if we are lucky enough, grandma and grandpa.

While his work on the ball field is over, his real career is just beginning.

And he proved to all of us what is most important in life, and if we are good people, good parents and good spouses, in someone’s eyes, we can all make the hall of fame.

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Hok’s View by Hailey Hokanson

From the Heart by Carol Moorman

Life Hacks

WAY BACK WHEN

100 years ago • Aug. 9, 1923

News of President Harding’s death reaches Sauk Centre

President Warren G. Harding, 57, passed away unexpectedly Thursday at 7:30 p.m., in the midst of what appeared to be a recovery from apoplexy. W.W. Huntley, in the Duluth printing business, was the first person in Sauk Centre to receive the news, hearing it on a 10 p.m. radio broadcast from the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Huntley’s wife, formerly of Sauk Centre, has been with her mother since last fall on account of ill health, and Huntley has been spending the last 10 days with his wife in the city.

50 years ago • Aug. 9, 1973

Fingerhut coming to Sauk Centre, schools implementing new school bus regulations

Minnesota Governor Wendell R. Anderson announced today a $475,000 Municipal Industrial Development Bond application has been signed by Minnesota Department of Economic Development commissioner James R. Heltzer for a Fingerhut Corporation expansion in Sauk Centre. Fingerhut will use the revenue bonds to acquire land and a building, as well as adding an addition to the existing building, and when completed, the project will mean the creation of an estimated 15 jobs.

Local school transportation officials are racing to meet new federal regulations for school buses. The regulations include new lighting systems, an automatic stop arm and yellow coloring instead of orange, meant to increase bus visibility.

Date: July 26, 2023

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described Mortgage:

1. Date of Mortgage: September 21, 2011

2. Mortgagors: Robert J. Lokensgard and Kathleen H. Lokensgard

3. Mortgagee: MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A.

4. Recording Information: Recorded on 09/30/2011, as Document Number A1351708, in the Office of the County Recorder (or Registrar of Titles) of Stearns County, Minnesota.

5. Assignments of Mortgage:

Assigned to Nationstar Mortgage, D/B/A Champion Mortgage Company by written assignment recorded on 09/17/2012, as Document Number A1378967, and by written corrective assignment recorded on 01/08/2013, as Document Number A1388438, in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further assigned to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by written assignment recorded on 05/29/2019, as Document Number A1544348, in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further assigned to US Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: April

Skyler Wilson, a single man

Mortgage

Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Homeowners Financial Group USA, LLC, its successors and assigns

25 years ago • Aug. 11, 1998

Grandmothers enjoy rides at Stearns County Fair Coralee Bibeau and Audree Alter, two local grandmothers, are likely the oldest people at the Stearns County Fair who still enjoy going on the rides – the crazier, the better. The pair need to have their blood pressure checked before going on the rides, and they found it actually goes down after a couple of them. Alter grew up near Excellesor Amusement Park, and Bibeau celebrated her 60th birthday by ski-diving, so the two of them are no strangers to thrill-seeking. They have been taking in armband day at the fair for 10 years so far.

10 years ago • Aug. 8, 2013

Wiener named a 2013 Outstanding Senior Citizen

Two area senior citizens were given the 2013 Outstanding Senior Citizen Award at the Stearns County Fair this year, and the female recipient was Dutch Wiener from Sauk Centre. Wiener spends much of her time volunteering with various organizations including the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Christian Mothers and has been the Stearns County Fair superintendent for home activities; she is also the scorekeeper for the high school’s volleyball and basketball games. While she had heard of the Outstanding Senior Citizen award before, she never thought she would one day receive it herself.

Public NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Minn. Stat. 580.025, 580.04

trustee for VRMTG Asset Trust by written assignment recorded on 02/07/2023, as Document Number A1648460, in the recording office stated in paragraph 4.

6. Tax parcel identification number of the mortgaged premises: 82.48506.0000

7. Legal description of the mortgaged premises:

All that Certain lot numbered twenty one (21) in block numbered seven (7), in McClure and Whitneys addition to St. Cloud, Minnesota. Being the Same property conveyed to Robert J. Lokensgard and Kathleen H. Lokensgard by deed from Leland C. Menz and Phyllis H. Menz recorded 04/20/1960 in deed book 307 page 238

Tax ID# 82.48506.0000

8. The physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises: 1028 16th Ave S, St. Cloud, MN 56301

9. The person holding the Mortgage: is not a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30. The name of the residential mortgage servicer and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02 are: Fay Servicing, LLC and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Owner Trustee for VRMTG Asset Trust, respectively.

10. The name of the mortgage originator, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 19 is: MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A.

11. The requisites of Minn. Stat. 580.02 have been satisfied.

12. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $165,000.00

13. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, including taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the mortgage, is: $150,878.81

14. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Stearns County, Minnesota, at public auction on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, 807 Courthouse Square, St Cloud, MN 56303.

15. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s personal representative or assigns is 6 months after the date of the sale.

16. Minn. Stat. 580.04(b) provides, “If the real estate is an owner-occupied, singlefamily dwelling, the notice must also specify the date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

redeemed under section 580.23.” If this statute applies, the time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on 04/04/2024. 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.

Name of Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Owner Trustee for VRMTG Asset Trust

Name and address of Attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee: Daniel O. Barham, Barham & Maucere LLC, 7209 Haley Industrial Dr. Ste. 210, Nolensville, TN 37135 H-31-6B

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the General Manager of Sauk Centre Public Utilities, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, at the Utility Offices at 101 Main Street South, Sauk Centre, MN 56378 before 1:30 PM, September 6, 2023, for Furnishing 69 / 12.47 kV Power Transformer, at which time the bids shall be publicly opened and read aloud. One (1) 10/12.5 MVA @55°C, 11.2/14.0 MVA @65°C, ONAN/ONAF, power transformer, 69 kV Delta to 12.47 GRDY/7.2 kV with LTC and accessories

The above equipment shall be in accordance with the specifications and proposed form of contract now on file in the office of the Sauk Centre Public Utilities, Minnesota, by this reference made a part hereof as though fully set out and incorporated herein. Each bid shall be made on bid form furnished by the Engineer and shall be accompanied by bid security in the form of a certified check or bid bond, made payable to the Sauk Centre Public Utilities, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid, which security becomes the property of Sauk Centre Public Utilities in the event the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract and post satisfactory performance and payment bonds.

Suppliers desiring a copy of the project documents for individual use may obtain them from www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $22 by inputting Quest project #8623813 website’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. An optional paper set of the proposal forms and specifications for individual use may be obtained from the office of the Engineer, DGR Engineering, 1302 South Union Street, P.O. Box 511, Rock Rapids, IA 51246, telephone 712-472-2531, Fax 712-472-2710, e-mail dgr@dgr.com, upon payment of $75.00, none of which is refundable.

Upon shipment of the complete equipment, the Supplier shall submit to the Owner a detailed statement of the equipment shipped and installed. The Owner shall, within thirty (30) days after delivery receipt of the material and associated invoice, pay the Supplier ninety-five percent (95%) of the contract price of the material.

The Owner shall within thirty (30) days after final completion, field assembly, testing, required test reports, record drawings, final documentation and certification by Engineer, pay the Supplier the remaining five percent (5%) of the contract price.

All materials shall be delivered per the dates set in the Specifications. If the bidder is unable to meet this delivery date, the next available date should be listed on the bid form and the Owner will take that into consideration. The required field work and testing shall be completed within two weeks after the autotransformer is delivered.

Sauk Centre Public Utilities reserves the right to defer acceptance of any proposal for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after the date proposals are received and no proposal may be withdrawn during this period. The Sauk Centre Public Utilities also reserves the right to reject any or all bids and enter into such contract as it shall deem to be in the best interest of Sauk Centre Public Utilities.

Dated this 2nd day of August, 2023.

SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC UTILTIES

SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA

By /s/ Debbie Boyer General Manager H-32-1B

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE:

August 8, 2014

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$133,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Ben W Hampton, a married adult

MORTGAGEE: St. Cloud

Federal Credit Union

Association Dated: June 22, 2021

Recorded: June 23, 2021 Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1606655 Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 1003775-1300165394-3 Lender/Broker/Mortgage

as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE:

September 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: County Sheriff`s office, Law

Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns. If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on March 26, 2024, or the next business day if March 26, 2024 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME

PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: August 1, 2023

MORTGAGEE: U.S. Bank National Association Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300

File Number: 052718-F2 H-32-6B

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: August 12, 2014

Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1426756

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: Guild Mortgage Company

Dated: August 8, 2014

Recorded: August 12, 2014

Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1426757

And corrected by: Corrective Assignment of Mortgage

Recorded: August 28, 2014

Document Number: A1427782

Transaction Agent: Not

Applicable

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: Not

Applicable Lender/Broker/Mortgage

Originator: St. Cloud Federal Credit Union Residential Mortgage Servicer: Guild Mortgage Company COUNTY IN WHICH

PROPERTY IS LOCATED:

Stearns

Property Address: 3119 10th St N, Saint Cloud, MN 56303 Tax Parcel ID Number:

82.49775.0000

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lots Numbered Sixteen (16) and Seventeen (17) in Block Numbered Six (6) in Pan Park Place Second Addition to the City of St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

PLACE OF SALE: County Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on March 26, 2024, or the next business day if March 26, 2024 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

Marie Towler, Decedent.

It is Ordered and Notice

is given that on September 8, 2023, at 8:45 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at This is an administrative hearing and your appearance is not required, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, March 25, 2016, (“Will”), and for the appointment of James George Towler, whose address is 520 1st Street NE, Apt. #256, Sartell, MN, 56377 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no ob-

jections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: August 2, 2023

BY THE COURT

/s/ Vicki E. Landwehr Judge of District Court

Dated: August 2, 2023

/s/George Lock Court Administrator

Attorney for Petitioner

Susan M. Dege Jovanovich, Dege & Athmann, PA 1010 West St. Germain Street, Ste 420 St. Cloud, MN, 56301 Attorney License No: 0290385 Telephone: (320) 230-0203 Email: Susan.Dege@jdalaw. net H-32-2B

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE

AS OF DATE OF NOTICE:

$117,441.02

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; that this is registered property;

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: September 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: August 2, 2023 MORTGAGEE: Guild Mortgage Company LLC Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A.

Community Ed corner

Student Activities/Classes: We have the following new activities and classes. Please view the website for more information or contact us.

– Beginning Band: Aug. 2124. Band camp is held at the High School Band Room. Please check online for instrument time frames or contact us for more information.

Youth baseball ends another successful summer season

At multiple levels, the Sauk Centre Youth Baseball Association enjoyed a successful summer season, with all five of its featured teams competing in playoff competition through grabbing top-eight placements in their respective leagues.

BY EVAN MICHEALSON Michealson’s Minutes

by Brent Lieser SC Community Education Coordinator

Adult Activities and Classes: – Descendent of Titanic will Present at SCHS: Aug. 31, 7 p.m. in the Margaret Shelby Auditorium. Susie Millar’s great-grandfather, Thomas Millar, worked for Harland and Wolf, building the Titanic in Belfast, Ireland. He then joined the White Star Line as a deck engineer for her maiden voyage which ended tragically April 15, 1912. Admission is free and open to anyone who wants to learn more about the Titanic from a personal perspective. This event is sponsored by JoAnn and Jack Meyer family and Community Education.

Registration information: – Paper registration directions: Please include your name, address, phone number and the name of the class along with payment. Please contact us if you have questions.

– Online registration directions: Registration is accessed online at our website by selecting the RevTrak Online Store; then, click on the Community Education tile to bring you to our Community Education listings.

Contact information:

Angie Christians, Activities/Community Education assistant, angie.christians@isd743.org or (320) 352-2258 Ext. 4006

Brent Lieser, Community Education director, brent. lieser@isd743.org or (320) 352-2258 Ext. 4005

Follow us on Facebook @saukcentreschools or on Twitter @streetercommed.

The farm league saw the Pirates defeat the Orioles 23-15 July 27 in an intense, high-scoring championship, closing out an eventful playoff tournament held at Jaycee Park.

Another action-packed league was the I-94 League, which hosted Sauk Centre’s 10U and 12U teams. The 10U White roster finished fourth in the standings with a 5-2 record and a plus-19 run differential during the regular season, earning sixth in the league playoffs.

The 10U Maroon, meanwhile, got better and better as the summer progressed. After snagging seventh place in the regular-season standings

PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice is hereby given that the Sauk Centre City Council will be considering an Ordinance Regulating the use of Cannabis in Public Spaces at its regular meeting on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

POSTED: August 3, 2023

PUBLISHED: August 10, 2023

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PUBLIC NOTICES

with a 4-4 mark, the team completed a thrilling playoff run with an 8-1 championship win over Osakis Red July 29.

Sauk Centre’s 12U teams also achieved higher finishes in the playoffs than their regular-season positions. The 12U White team took sixth in the playoff bracket after logging eighth place during the regular season, while the 12U Black team took down Albany Purple 8-1 to win the league championship July 29 after entering the postseason as the No. 3 seed.

Additionally, the Minnewaska Classic 12-Year-Old Baseball Tournament July 16 yielded positive results for the area’s representative, the Sauk Centre 12U tournament team, who took home first place.

• One Sauk Centre team from another sport also made a big-time postseason mark, as a team consisting of eighth graders from Sauk Centre competed in the 2023 Pacesetter Great Five-State Basketball Championship Aug. 5.

Amongst a talented five-team field, Sauk Centre battled in pool play at Edgewood Middle School in Mounds View, going 2-2 overall to secure the No. 3 seed entering bracket play.

The championship bracket gave the teams a dreamlike change of scenery, as the youth players received a chance to compete on the Target Center court for a shot at glory. Sauk Centre lost their bracket opener to Owatonna in nail-biting fashion, bounced back to win against Sioux Valley, S.D. in consolations before falling

The

Kyle

Kendall Bennett

Wiehoff

Landen

Gabe Ritter, Mason Klaphake, Isaac Hokanson, Cam Wolbeck, Drake Bass and EJ Speidel placed fourth in the 2023 Pacesetter Great Five-State Basketball Championship held August 5 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The team went 2-2 in pool play. Then in bracket play they lost to Owatonna, defeated Sioux Valley, S.D., and lost to Montevideo.

to Montevideo to earn fourth place.

By participating in the event, the team was also eligible to attend the Aug. 4 Minnesota Lynx game.

• Several Sauk Centre AAU athletes found themselves taking part in the same season-ending tournament, Cierra Kortan and the North Tartan 16U Elite team, Tory Jennissen of West Central United 16U, and Elly Herickhoff, Nya Thieschafer and West Central United 15U

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF STEARNS DISTRICT COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No: 73-PR-23-6032

NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In Re: Edmund Joseph Duevel, aka, Edmund J. Duevel, aka, Edmund Duevel, Decedent.

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on September 15, 2023, at 8:45 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at St. Cloud, Minnesota, on a petition for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Decedent’s Will dated November 27, 1991, and for the appointment of Robert Duevel, whose address is 2844 Holly Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128, as personal representative of the Decedent’s estate in an unsupervised administration.

took part in the AAU Summer Finale July 23-25 in Des Moines, Iowa. North Tartan navigated the Division I Black Division’s pool play with conviction, taking down Pool B opponents Wisconsin Crush Select 2025, Sanford Sports 16U White and So-Minn Fury 2025 by scores of 4940, 51-46 and 44-30, respectively.

Minutes page 9

PROBATE NOTICE to the hearing. If the petition is proper and no objections are filed or raised, the personal representatives will be appointed with the full power to administer the Decedent’s estate, including the power to collect all assets; pay all legal debts claims, taxes, and expenses; sell real and personal property; and do all necessary acts for the Decedent’s estate. Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the Decedent’s estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court within four months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

BY THE COURT

Dated: 8/5/2023 Mary B. Mahler Judge of District Court

Dated: 8/5/2023 George Lock Court Administrator Dymoke Law Office, P.A. Scott E. Dymoke MN# 219174 300 Riverside Avenue NW

P.O. Box 127 Melrose, MN 56352

Telephone: (320) 256-4205

Facsimile: (320) 256-7201

Any objections to the petition must be raised at the hearing or filed with the Court prior

NORTH FORK CROW RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT 2024 BUDGET HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: The North Fork Crow River Watershed District Board of Managers will meet at the District Office, 1030 Front Street, Brooten, MN, on Monday, August 14, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of considering the foregoing proposed budget with a General Levy of $275,000, and an Insurance and Bonding Levy of $11,000 (MN Statutes 466.06) for the fiscal year of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.

Bob Brauchler, President North Fork Crow River Watershed District

Dated: July 26, 2023

Levy Budget

e-mail: sedymoke@meltel.net

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: The Sauk River Watershed District Board of Managers will hold its annual budget public hearing, on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. The hearing is for the purpose of taking public comment on the proposed 2024 budget with a maximum levy of $1,145,914. The proposed budget includes: a General Purpose Tax Levy (MS 103D.905, subd. 3) and a Project Tax Levy (MS 103D.905, subd. 9). At such time, any interested person may appear either in person or by a representative and will be given an opportunity for a full and complete discussion of proposed budget as set forth and contained above. Any interested person may also provide comments on the proposed budget in writing to Jon Roeschlein, email at jon@srwdmn.org or by mail to Sauk River Watershed District, Attn: Public Hearing, 642 Lincoln Road, Sauk Centre, MN 56378, in advance of the hearing. To obtain a full copy of the proposed budget, please contact Jon Roeschlein by email at jon@srwdmn.org or by phone at 320-352-2231. For more information regarding the budget, please see the SRWD website http://www.srwdmn. org

Jon Roeschlein Administrator Sauk River Watershed District 642 Lincoln Road Sauk Centre, MN 56378 (320) 352-2231 Phone jon@srwdmn.org Visit us online at: www.srwdmn.org

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PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Sauk Centre eighth grade boys basketball team (front, from left) Zhou Tasic,

Blonigen, Brody Laven,

Dold,

and Logan

; (back, from left)

Playoffs

Lynx National Golf Club

Monday Men’s Scramble League 8/7/23

Bertram, Bertram, Crider def. Otte, Loxtercamp, Marthaler

DeFoe, Eisenschenk, Thompson def. Anderson, Hess, Jennissen

Bussman, Atkinson, Rothstein def. Herickhoff, Jansen, Felling Rueter, Haskamp, Eibensteiner def. Nelson, Nelson, Hinnenkamp Stueve, Engle, Lawinger def. Scott, Uhlenkamp, Storie Barten, Kern, Nathe bye

GreyStone Monday Night Scramble League 8/7/23

Alderman/Beste/Kerfeld/Metcalf .......................................................73

Beilke/Poepping/Quistorff/Paulson/Deters ........................................70

Stein/Stein/Anderson/Kittelson ......................................................69.5

Deschene/Rieland/Traeger/Deschene/Kleinschmidt .......................69.5

Yarke/Sunderman/Breitbach/Dingman/Nathe ................................68.5

Uhlenkamp/Brower/Yarke/Reinardy/Hoeschen ..............................68.5

Traeger/Kranz/Gustafson/Braegelmann.............................................68

Fuchs/Schaefer/Mayer/Beste/Lackmann............................................63

Peterson/Peterson/Carpenter/Carpenter ............................................62

Schwieters/Dobesh/Bruggerman/ Reller ...........................................61

Anderson/Anderson/Carbajal/Seiler/Wander/Anderson .................60.5

Leinonen/Tiemann/Weisbecker/Jessman...........................................60

Leukam/Funk/Funk/Stone .................................................................60

Oltman/Crider/Casper ........................................................................59

Kortan/Hagen/Korte/Wilson/Wanderscheid ......................................56

Thielen/Iten/Hensayer/Rickbeil ......................................................55.5

Yoeckel/Slayter/Johnson/Pfeffer .....................................................53.5 Bailey/Speidel/Deters/Deters

The Elrosa Saints clinched a spot in the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Tournament with a 6-2 win over Richmond. The Saints, who never trailed after a three-run third inning, also defeated Regal during a two-win weekend at the Region 15C Tournament.

20 Years Ago

Sauk Centre Bowl held its grand opening. Owned by Steve Bates and Paul Mareck, the venue offered informal bowling lessons, junior and senior bowling and a carpool program, among other features.

30 Years Ago

The Sauk Centre-Osakis fastpitch softball team took second at a four-team tournament. The co-op squad took down Brandon/Evansville 9-3 before falling in the championship to Alexandria 13-2.

in the game Zollman gets

Sauk Centre rapper makes “Madden 24” soundtrack

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

Jake Zollman has sought to grow as a musician ever since he stepped into music at the age of 14.

From cultivating listens with his debut full-length album

“Apt. 218” to performing on stage alongside Logic in Miami, Zollman, known professionally as Jae Zole, has established a strong following as a performer, with sounds ranging from rap to pop-punk and more. His efforts to further himself has led to unbelievable new heights, as Zollman is featured on the soundtrack for “Madden NFL 24,” which is set to be released Aug. 15.

“It’s pretty unreal feeling career-wise for me as an artist,” Zollman said. “It’s a huge milestone, being able to say I’m part of a game that has the reach and the impact that ‘Madden’ does.”

The Madden NFL franchise has left a significant mark on Zollman. Growing up as a multi-sport athlete in Sauk Centre, one of Zollman’s memorable childhood moments was picking up the new game every summer and playing it with his friends.

“I remember (first) playing Madden on the Wii,” Zollman said. “I was probably like seven or eight, and played it every year. Between me and my close friends, we’ve always played it against each other. It was a huge part of my childhood during football season.”

Despite this long-lasting appreciation for Madden NFL, Zollman never imagined one of his favorite video games and his pursuit of music intersecting. That all changed in April, when one of Zollman’s producers was contacted by Electronic Arts, the publisher of the world-famous NFL-themed games. “Madden NFL 24” developers were looking to fill their soundtrack and sought excellent fits for the game. Zollman and his diligent team scoured their unreleased work and sent in a few submissions, “Glory” being on them. Less than two months later, Zollman found out “Glory” was selected to be included on the soundtrack.

“Glory” itself represents an underdog story within an underdog story. After work on his album had conclude during his venture to California, Zollman and his producers found themselves lingering around in the studio,

beats, looking for the next big source of inspiration, and discovered something special.

“We had 30, 40 minutes left in the studio when I was out in California and they said, ‘Hey, do a song on this beat really quick,’” Zollman said. “We came up with

Glory.”

Zollman never intended to pitch the song to Madden, set to receive national attention. Looking back, however, the track smoothly slots into a sports soundtrack, as an energetic beat backs up lyrics about Zollman’s sky-high aspirations and drive to succeed, including mentions of athletic terms such as “wideout,” “tryouts” and “crunch time.”

“Glory” is one of 36 songs littering a loaded playlist for “Madden NFL 24” players to shuffle through, including works from wellknown acts like Jack Harlow and Wiz Khalifa. Seeing Jae Zole listed alongside these names is an opportunity Zollman does not take lightly.

“I’m honestly still trying to wrap my head around it,” he said. “It’s honestly something I think a lot of aspiring musicians dream of.” While “Glory” arrives at a high point for the high-achieving Zollman, he has remembered the patience and dedication it has taken to get to this point, the ebb and flow of diving headfirst into different types of music and seeing what works for him. He knows being on the “Madden NFL 24” soundtrack, while an exciting accomplishment, is another step in the process of becoming the artist he wants to be.

“I think the thing that’s helped me progress the most is being real with myself and saying, ‘You’re not the best rapper, but you can get to that point,’” Zollman said. “You’ve got to be open-minded and willing to improve every single day. That’s helped me take huge strides in my music production and the stuff I put out.”

Zollman performed at Diamond Point July 1, is readying new work to be released in the near future and he has finished filming, a music video for his single “Lovesick.” Among everything else, his continued ascent and featured appearance on one of the America’s best-selling video games is something he hopes inspires others to take up their passions and achieve greatness, regardless of what it might be.

“I want people to see no matter where you’re from or the background you have or who you are, you can truthfully do anything you put your mind to and work toward,” Zollman said. “I’m a kid from a town of 4,000 people, and my name is next to a dude like Jack Harlow with 50 million monthly listeners. I want people to take a chance at one of their dreams.”

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Jake Zollman, known professionally as Jae Zole, performs to his hometown crowd July 1 at Diamond Point in Sauk Centre. One of Jae Zole’s previously-unreleased tracks, “Glory,” will be included in the soundtrack for “Madden NFL 24” video game.

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Jake Zollman displays a pair of the “Madden NFL” video games discs he owns Aug. 8 at his home in Sauk Centre. Zollman, a longtime “Madden NFL” player, has a song included on the upcoming “Madden NFL 24” soundtrack. with a small window of time to work with. During this time, they experimented with different

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