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Drug task force eyes Geneva

‘We’re healing every day’ Profile:

By RICK BUSSLER Publisher On-going drug-related problems at a park in northern Freeborn County have caused area law enforcement to step up enforcement efforts.

Members of the South Central Drug Task Force conducted heightened enforcement near Harmony Park in Geneva Thursday just ahead of a long weekend celebration. This past weekend was one of the park’s biggest events of the summer, Shangri-La, presented by WookieFoot.

The task force cited a dozen people with possession of marijuana or drug paraphernalia during the enforcement effort.

Most of those cited were in their early-to-mid 20s. The officers paid extra close attention to roads between Ellendale and Clarks Grove.

The Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office has investigated several incidents involving drug activity at the park over the past few months.

Law enforcement hopes the extra enforcement will help curtail some of the drug traffic and sales going on throughout the area.

Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele said the task force is made up of deputies and officers from police agencies in Waseca, Faribault, Steele and Freeborn counties. The task force is called upon to handle drug issues throughout the entire region, he said.

Susan Johnson • Administrator of Prairie Manor Care Center • Resides in Ellendale • Family: Husband Jim Johnson, two grown children and three grandsons.

• Hobbies: Vikings football—season ticket holder for 33 years; gardening and grandchildren.

Times photo by Rick Bussler Prairie Manor administrator Susan Johnson, left, loves to be out and about in the facility meeting staff and residents. She took some time out of her busy schedule to visit with resident Charles Ressler, who was being cared for by Heather Easley, a nursing assistant with the center. Johnson is settling back in for the second time this year as administrator.

Administrator strives to move care center forward

By RICK BUSSLER Publisher It’s been a rocky road at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie throughout this year, but the center’s new administrator isn’t wasting any time looking back.

Susan Johnson is back at the helm of Prairie Manor for the second time this year after a brief departure. She came

aboard as administrator in February, left abruptly in June and then weeks later came back after the board terminated the management company which had been at odds with Johnson. She rejoined the center July 20.

Johnson is well aware of all the turmoil that has been generated both inside and outside of Prairie Manor, but she is ready to put it all aside and get down to the business of running a care center.

“We’re healing every day,” said Johnson with strong confidence. “We don’t look back.

We’re just moving ahead. We’re all on the same path and looking forward to the future of Prairie Manor.”

She is no amateur when it

“We’re healing every day. We don’t look back. We’re just moving ahead. We’re all on the same path and looking forward to the future of Prairie Manor.” ~ Susan Johnson Prairie Manor Administrator

comes to operating a care centers and certainly is no stranger around Prairie Manor. Johnson worked as director of nursing at the local center from 1985 to 1990. She left Blooming Prairie to work at St. John’s in Albert Lea for several years. In 2000,

she became administrator of the New Richland Care Center for seven years and then served for five years at Sunrise Home in Two Harbors, Minn.

In all, Johnson has worked in older adult services for four decades. “It has always been my

• Quote: “Spending time with my grandkids is the highlight of my life.” passion,” she said. She hopes to finish her career at Prairie Manor by serving at least another five years.

“Forty years in this industry has certainly given me experience to overcome the bumps in the road,” Johnson said, noting that it is normal for organizations from time to time to have bumps like Prairie Manor experienced this year.

When Johnson first considered coming back earlier this year, she liked the fact that she would be coming full circle with her career. Her first management position was at Prairie Manor.

HEALING Continued on Page 8A

Storm topples 440-foot TV tower

By TROY THOMPSON News Editor

Casey’s going 24-hours Beginning Sunday, Sept. 16, 3 a.m. cravings for ice cream, or other convenience store staples, will no longer be a problem in Blooming Prairie.

Casey’s General Store has announced that its Blooming Prairie location will be open 24-hours as of that date.

“We’re looking to serve the community better,” said Casey’s area supervisor Betty Gilmore.

Casey’s General Store took over the Blooming Prairie location in 2009. The company currently operates nearly 1,700 stores in 11 states - all in

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towns under a population of 5,000.

Gilmore said the kitchen at the Blooming Prairie store will also be open 24-hours, meaning pizza, subs and other offerings will also be available in the wee morning hours.

The store has added approximately six to eight new employees to help staff the expanded hours and may be looking to add more.

Gilmore said some of the night staff will be shifting to the overnight slots and the final number of new employees will depend on the full or part-time status of those hired.

“We’re looking forward to serving the Blooming Prairie area by being open more,” said Gilmore. “I think it will be a good thing for everyone.”

The severe storm that blew through Southern Minnesota on Wednesday, Sept. 5, resulted in some down trees and sporadic power outages across the region.

But nothing that toppled was as big as KSMQ’s 440-foot tower in Austin.

Eric Olson, KSMQ President and CEO, said the station was knocked off the air for “only” 12 hours. “But that’s still a long time,” he said.

“Through the wonders of our engineers and some engineers from KTTC (Rochester), and through good luck, we were able to change the direction of our signal and get back on the air.”

KSMQ-TV has been broadcasting in Southern Minnesota and Iowa for 40 years and the public television station serves more that 650,000 in the region from Mankato to Rochester and Faribault to Mason City, Iowa.

Insurance adjusters were expected over the weekend, but Olson said the station will still be on the hook for a large deductible on the repair. Olson said total repair costs could approach $1 million or more.

“It’s spendy, no question,” he said. “It’s a very specialized piece of equipment and replacing that was something we didn’t budget for.”

Photo courtesy KSMQ-TV High winds on Wednesday, Sept. 5, toppled a 440-foot broadcast tower in Austin owned by KSMQTV. The public television station said repair costs could approach $1 million.

Olson said some AT&T customers may also have experienced service outages. The company leases equipment space on the tower and also suffered dam-

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age. Some area farmers rely on that equipment for GPS in the fields.

Olson said a temporary tower may be brought in for those cus-

tomers. Donations for the repair cost are being accepted through the KSMQ-TV website at www. ksmq.org.

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Opinion

Our View

Phenomenal growth at The Times

Suicide is not painless, but it is preventable Despite the lyrics to the theme song of one of the most popular TV shows of all time, evidence shows that suicide is indeed painful. While we may never collectively understand the pain that has driven those we may know to feel that ending their life prematurely is the only way to stop the pain, those left behind fully understand the pain of unanswered questions and loss of a loved one.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among those age 10 and older. The latest figures show nearly 37,000 people chose to leave our world of their own accord in 2009.

Many thousands more were left wondering if they could have done something more to help those who were troubled enough to think death was the ultimate solution to their pain.

September is Suicide Awareness month and we applaud the efforts of area groups that have planned upcoming events to help raise awareness of how we can collectively learn to recognize when others may need some help before it’s too late.

Mental illness and depression are too often hidden from others due to a perceived stigma that it’s ‘not normal.’ But the fact is, everyone experiences times of hopelessness and doubt.

Talking about those feelings and seeking help, or recognizing those feelings and offering help, can prevent the pain for those who are suffering and those who will suffer if the signs of suicide are not recognized.

Suicide is indeed painful, but through erasing the stigma of its root causes and openly supporting those in times of need, it can be prevented and eventually drop off the CDC’s list of leading causes of death.

When I purchased The Times nearly three years ago, I kept thinking in the back of my mind about all the naysayers who claimed that newspapers are facing the brink of extinction. That was certainly unsettling for a person like me going into business for the first time.

Still holding onto thoughts that newspapers are headed for the graveyard, I became even more scared a year ago when I toyed with the idea of something that had never been done before in Steele County. I stuck my neck out and expanded The Times into a countywide newspaper.

Now a year later, I’m proud to declare the expansion a successful endeavor. The growth that The Times has experienced has been phenomenal in so many ways.

Most importantly, our readership has climbed by nearly 70 percent since last September. Our circulation currently stands at about 2,100 and it is still growing every week.

The greatest growth has been in Owatonna.

When I came to The Times in 2009, circulation was at 1,100.

Besides increased readership, our advertising revenue has also jumped sharply. We are able to offer a valuable advertising option for businesses at a more reasonable cost.

The success of our expansion can be measured in other ways

as well. We have increased the size of our newspaper most weeks by four pages and even in recent weeks by eight pages.

In August, we published the largest edition—40 pages with four sections—in the paper’s history. Readers are getting a product that has increased by at least 25 percent.

More pages means readers are getting more news.

We consistently have at least two county news pages and a Medford news page. And while we’ve added additional news pages, we haven’t lost our touch with Blooming Prairie.

Guest column

Area schools using tech to increase reading skills Last week, a roomful of educators from across our region gathered at our Southern Minniesota Initiative Fund (SMIF) office to learn about a new way to increase students’ reading abilities. Educators from Blooming Prairie, HayfieldBrownsdale, Medford, Truman, and New Richland-HartlandEllendale-Geneva learned how to use myON, a digital database of interactive books accessible anywhere an internet connection is available. SMIF is partnering with Capstone Digital to provide small communities with access to this resource through a three-year pilot grant. myON evolved from the vision of Capstone to bring digital books and education into the classroom. We know that kids are drawn to technology, and the myON system provides more options for teachers to combine technology not only with reading, but with all curriculums. We are excited to be partnering with Capstone to bring this program into our region.

SMIF and Capstone have a long-standing partnership which seeks to put books into the hands of children across our region. Through our BookStart program, we have distributed 50,000 books to area children.

As a result of this successful partnership, Capstone reached out to us to help pilot this program in smaller schools in our region. We saw this opportunity as another way to bring much needed early literacy resources into our smaller communities as part of our commitment to early childhood.

The myOn program-which Capstone calls “the future of reading”-provides motivation by allowing readers to pick their own topical interest areas. myON also provides options within these ability levels,

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which automatically change to allow student progress. That way, students can learn at their individual level and in their own learning style. Built into the system is a program to measure and forecast individual student growth, thereby personally challenging students and promoting achievement. It also gives educators additional resources to study and assist with the individual student’s needs.

My eight-year old granddaughter loves to read and was fascinated with reading books online and answering questions. The “quiz” at the end of each book which tracks reading comprehension is more like a game, and she loved the challenge and active role she was able to play in reading.

We’re hoping that this pilot will grow into a larger partnership to include more school districts here in southern Minnesota. We know that many of the smaller schools across our region may have more limited libraries. This program brings a huge selection of books to the students. In addition, most libraries have a small number of copies of books; through the myON program, a teacher can provide the same book to every student in the class.

What’s exciting for us is how this program puts over 2,000 books into schools and communities instantly. myON is accessible anywhere there is an internet connection, so this really is a community-wide project. Our hope is that this resource will encourage parents to become active volunteers in their child’s reading life to increase school readiness.

Tim Penny, President/CEO Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

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The news hole for Blooming has actually increased as well with the expansion.

For the first time ever, we added a full-time county writer to help our efforts. Dennis Ottosen has done a tremendous job in hustling down and covering community news throughout the entire county.

Just a few weeks ago, we launched our new marketing campaign, “Always local. All the time.” Throughout the past year, the one thing we have constantly heard from readers is how refreshing it is to have a newspaper focusing solely on local community news.

Comments like this one from an Owatonna resident are representative of what we hear on a consistent basis: “It’s wonderful to read about people and lives that make a difference— so uplifting and positive.”

Media research shows that print journalism is still the strongest form of media. Print reigns over radio, television and other forms of media. In fact, some studies show that print is stronger than it has ever been. The strength of print is community newspapers like The Times.

As we celebrate our success over the past year, I want to thank our readers for making it all possible. Without you, our expansion would not have been possible. I appreciate each and every one of our readers.

I hope you will help spread the word to your neighbors and friends about what they’re missing by not reading The Times.

It has been a year since a new era dawned for community newspapers in Steele County. I am committed to going in hot pursuit of publishing one of the greatest small weekly newspapers in the state.

Gridlock in Blooming Prairie a cruel and unwanted flashback

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a quick trip down to Casey’s General Store for a snack and beverage. It was hot. I was hungry and thirsty.

The store was just a few blocks away. It seemed like the perfect plan.

But something happened on the way to the convenience store. I got stuck in gridlock.

There I was, sitting in my truck less than a block away from my thirst-quenching prize, and I may as well have been miles away.

Due to the Highway 218 resurfacing, I found myself locked in a traffic jam that rivaled the perennial parking lot known as I-494 and France Avenue in the Twin Cities.

The store may as well have been a mirage.

I surveyed my options.

I wasn’t in a position to turn right and go around the block.

The non-moving traffic prevented even the hope of crawling up far enough to make that move. I couldn’t go left. Moving forward was a dream. And,

by this time, reverse was out of the question as well.

Panic started to set in.

What if I had just moved to Blooming Prairie to escape the congestion of the cities, only to find I was too late to enjoy the small-town way of life?

I started to wonder if Starbucks and Panera were going to open soon.

I’m not going to lie. A fivedollar iced coffee sometimes hits the spot as a special treat every now and then. But I shudder at the thought of having that available on a daily basis.

Driving around the suburbs of the south metro, everything blends in together and cities and towns have no distinction from one another. You can’t tell if you’re in Apple Valley or Burnsville or Lakeville or Eagan simply by driving down the street.

Cookie-cutter establishments and mirror-image retail outlets permeate the landscape.

In many of those towns, there’s no such thing as a Main Street or Central Park.

I’m not knocking those communities (okay, maybe a little), but given the lack of distinct identity, it makes it much harder for residents of towns built on the copy machine premise to feel a sense of community.

Driving through Blooming Prairie the past couple of weeks (where thankfully gridlock is a freak anomaly and not something you can set your watch to), it was impossible to not feel a sense of community pride.

There was a distinct identity and individualism that said: ‘We’re Blooming Prairie. Welcome to our town. It’s a fun place.”

My only solace during my time parked at a standstill on the main artery through town was knowing that soon (which seems like forever to a parched throat on a hot summer day) the sleepy traffic patterns would return to normal and all would be well.

I wouldn’t have to face this every day. The cruel flashback to daily life and commuting

stresses in the cities was only a reminder of how good things are now, not a harbinger of things to come.

I can live without a five-dollar cup of iced coffee. Really, I can.

I can live without daily traffic jams and I’ll admit, the drive to Aust,in is now a little smoother and almost seems faster since the resurfacing project has been completed.

I’ll take Main Street and Central Park any day. Even if I have to walk.

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Our nation was founded on God.

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of church and state?

Last week’s question: What did you think of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Invisible Obama’ in a chair speech at last week’s Republican National Convention?

It was a masterful performance worthy of an Oscar. 30% It was an embarrassing spectacle worthy of a Razzy. 60% It was a total train wreck but it completely made my day. 10% Readers are encouraged to go to the Times website at www.bloomingprairieonline.com to cast their opinion about the current question. This poll is not a pure scientific sampling of readers’ views, but

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Local

‘Paint BP Pink’ Class of 1947 gathers winners announced Beginning Aug. 28, businesses and residents in Blooming Prairie were urged to pull out all the stops and paint the town pink in support of the Blooming Prairie Cancer Group’s efforts to fight cancer.

This is the first year of the ‘Paint BP Pink’ campaign which culminated in the cancer group’s two-day auction event held of Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8.

Anyone visiting the town during the two weeks leading up to the auction could tell something was different. Flags flew, pedestrians and sports teams glowed with pink attire

and seemingly everywhere you looked, there was a pink ribbon.

Ribbons adorned store windows and even Main Street itself as volunteers stenciled the pink ribbons on the asphalt through Blooming Prairie’s downtown.

Volunteers from the ‘Paint BP Pink’ campaign kept their eyes peeled around the town’s residential streets during the contest and visited the inside of participating Blooming Prairie businesses in search of enthusiastic and creative displays of pink.

The winners for the first-year

event were: Residential - First Place: Marcy McCamy; Second Place: Vicki Wacek; Third Place: Bill and Jennifer Walsh.

Business - Fist Place: Farmers and Merchants Bank; Second Place - R&R Insurance; Third Place - Boys and Girls Club.

Winners received a front-row table at the live auction event as well as pizza and refreshments from the Pizza Cellar.

Submitted photo The Blooming Prairie High School Class of 1947 gathered in August at the Pizza Cellar in Blooming Prairie for their 65th class reunion. There were 24 classmates that attended the reunion celebration. Those in attendance included: Marlys Anderson Loew, Donald Blockhus, Raymond Cochlin, Dean Conrad, June Ebenhoe Dahl, Ardis Elinger Krejci, Roger Erickson, Ardell Hagna Lindquist, Robert Hansen, Charles Herdina, Robert Herron, Arlene Holm Helleck, Eileen Hunter Lindquist, Arlene Johnson Balzer, Delores Morrison Johnson, Lundmiller Klecker Miller, Eleanor Kubista Franke, Donald Morrison, John Peterson, Ora Schrom Kubicek, Frank Thissen, Shirley Thompson Bodenner, Mathilda Vanhal Kraay and Adeline Wurst Fraey.

Citywide garage sales this weekend

Times photo by Troy Thompson Employees of Farmers and Merchants Bank in Blooming Prairie pose inside the bank’s lobby. The business won First Place in the business division in the first-ever ‘Paint BP Pink’ campaign that asked residents and businesses to join in the effort to fight cancer by decorating their businesses and homes with creative pink motifs.

From baby items to big boy boots, comfy couches to crates of...stuff, all manner of items will be available for perusing and purchase during the citywide garage sales being held in Blooming Prairie this weekend.

Nearly two dozen sales will be held at area residences beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15. The event is organized through the Blooming Prairie Chamber of Commerce.

Some of the items listed include antique dishes and collectibles, a vintage arcade, a motorcycle and even the kitchen sink.

For a complete list of sales and addresses, see the advertisement on page 10B.

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Community

Community Calendar

History From The Times Archives 10 Years Ago Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002 Elsie Slinger, Editor So how does your garden grow?

If your garden produce did extraordinarily well this summer, then you know how Frank Wencl of rural Blooming Prairie feels these days. Last week Frank finally picked his prize watermelons. These weren’t our ordinary melons, which normally like sandy soil to grow in.

And he wasn’t growing them to be prize-size, just big enough to eat for a late summer treat.

Nope, in fact the ground they grew in was a next door neighbor’s former cattle yard, so you know they had the right fertilizer. Nothing store bought, this stuff was the real thing. And that real stuff, coupled with the conducive weather of plenty of rain and heat, produced two gigantic watermelons – one weighing 40 pounds, the other, 35 pounds.

It’s enough to make even the strong guys grunt a little when picking it up.

20 Years Ago Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1992 Everett Holmes “I love racquetball.� This was the response of Brian Braaten

when asked why he was building a racquetball court in Blooming Prairie.

Money is the reason most people start new businesses.

This seemed to be somewhat down the list for Braaten. His overwhelming reason for building a new racquetball court was that he would be able to play

Did You Know?

A moment in Blossom history One of the unusual items to come from the 1968-69 school year occurred when Elaine Walsh became the oldest graduate in BPHS history. We won’t reveal her age, but she had already raised a family. She came to school every day with the other students and proudly accepted her diploma, along with the other 102 seniors on graduation in the spring of 1969.

Arlie Olson and Barb Benson reigned over homecoming festivities in 1968, the junior class presented “Home, Sweet Homicide� and a mixed chorus of 60 voices sang at several occasions during the school year. The Petal Tones, under the direction by Robert Perrier, and Mr. Cliff Jones

tough love with the senior band, continued to excel in their performances. “Carousel�, starring Lois Harms and Mike Kleeberger, kept almost 50 seniors busy in the spring, and the one-act play “Zoo Story’�beat out two other one-acts to represent BPHS at the drama contest. That production had Kleeberger and Terry Williamson as the leads. Classes continued to grow in numbers, as Virginia Beinhorn and Mary Frey became valedictorian and salutatorian of the class of 103 graduates. Next week we will look at some of the successes in athletics.

Compiled by LeMar Nelson

racquetball when he wanted to play. With his schedule, he could only play very early in the morning or very late at night.

The other racquetball courts in the area just weren’t open at the right time.

Braaten also felt that the racquetball court will be a benefit to Blooming Prairie as many in town have the same problem.

They either have too far to go or the timing is not right. A court in Blooming should overcome these problems.

30 Years Ago Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1982 Fans attending the 1982 Homecoming football game at McFarlin Field here Friday evening, Sept. 24, will witness the drawing for the hand-made rug from Amritsar, India to be held by the Blooming Prairie Jaycees and Jaycee Women which is being raffled off as a basis of beginning a scholarship fund in which one boy and one girl will receive a scholarship award each year at Blooming Prairie High School.

The rug, which is being donated by Mrs. Isabelle Thorson and her son, Tyron, has a retail value of more than $1100.

Sept. 12 Economic Development Authority Mtg., 4:30 p.m.

Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m.

Sept. 13 School Board Work Session, 6 a.m.

BP Police Commission Mtg., 4:30 p.m.

AAUW Open Public Mtg., “Remember� by Teresa Walch, 7 p.m. @ High School Media Center Sept. 15 Blooming Prairie City Wide Garage Sales, 8 a.m.

Zion Lutheran, Ellendale, Harvest Run for Hunger, 8:30 a.m.

Punt, Pass & Kick, Boys & Girls, ages 6-15 @ Mc Farlin Field, 5 p.m.

Trinity Lutheran Aebleskiver Supper @ BP Service men’s Club, 3-7 p.m.

Sept. 16 St. John Lutheran, Owatonna, Oktoberfest, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sept. 17 Ambulance, 6 p.m.

Friends of the Library, 6:30 p.m.

School Board Mtg., 7:15 p.m.

Sept. 18 BP Ambulance Commission Mtg., 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 19 Boys and Girls Club Board Mtg., 4:45 p.m.

BP Chamber Mtg. @ Pizza Cellar, 6 p.m.

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BP Spanish Club ‘Tip Night’ at Pizza Ranch

Live bluegrass band at garden dedication

The Blooming Prairie Spanish Club will benefit from ‘Tip Night’ at the Pizza Ranch in Austin on Monday, Sept. 17.

Help the kids of the Blooming Prairie Spanish Club go to Europe in June 2013 by eating at the Austin Pizza Ranch. All tips and 10-percent of all sales

The entire community is invited to First Lutheran Church of Blooming Prairie this weekend for the dedication of Arden’s Garden in the courtyard.

A celebration and dedication will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. The celebra-

go directly back to the Spanish Club to help support an educational travel experience of a lifetime. They will also be selling Titanium necklaces and bracelets in a variety of colors at the Pizza Ranch.

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tion will also include a potluck dinner at noon and live music by the Zumbro River Band, a seven-piece bluegrass ensemble. Please bring a dish to pass and share with your friends and neighbors.

Harvest Run for Hunger Blooming Prairie AAUW hosts open meeting The Blooming Prairie Branch of the American Association of University Women invites the public to an open meeting on Thursday, September 13, at 7 p.m. in the BPHS Media Center.

The program for that evening is “Remember� by Teresa Walch, speaking on her year working at Dachau, Germany. Teresa is the granddaughter of Kay Noble.

Sept. 11 BP Public Utilities Commission Mtg., 2:30 p.m.

BP Fire Commission Mtg., 4:30 p.m.

MN Leadership Truck & Tractor Pull, 5 p.m. @ Steele Co. Fairgrounds VFW & Auxiliary Mtg., 7 p.m.

Prairie Lodge Masons, 7:30 p.m.

AAUW membership is open to women who have completed their associate’s or bachelor’s degrees. Meetings are held monthly on the second Thursday. Topics for the upcoming year include limiting bullying, updates on city programs in Blooming Prairie, health care programs, and introduction to other cultures.

A 7k run and 4k walk to benefit Owatonna and Waseca area food shelves is scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 15. The event will begin at Zion Lutheran Church in Ellendale.

The 4k walk begins at 8:30 a.m. and the 7k run begins at 9 a.m.

The event is open to all ages and will also feature music, food and prizes.

Stix of Fury will perform at Pontoppidan Church at the end of the run.

For more information, or to register, visit www.harvestrunforhunger.com.

Submissions for this Happenings column must be received in the Times office no later than noon on Friday before the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happening s in Blooming Prairie and Steele, Dodge, Freeborn and Mower counties take priority over happenings from other areas.

Menus SENIOR DINING Sept. 12 Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Broccoli, Fresh Fruit Cup Sept. 13 Chicken Dumpling Soup, Crackers, Cheese on Rye, Peach/Cottage Cheese, Apple Crisp Sept. 14 Hamburger on Bun, Potato Salad, Calico Beans, Fruit Yogurt Cup Sept. 17 Turkey Tetrazzini, Pickled Beets, Mixed Fruit Cup, Dinner Roll, Cranberry Chews Sept. 18 Baked Ham, Alt: Ground Beef Pattie, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans/Mushrooms, Dinner Roll, Flavored Ice Cream Sept. 19 Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus, Brownie BLOOMING PRAIRIE SCHOOLS Elementary Breakfast Sept. 12 Sausage Biscuit, Fruit Juice, Milk Sept. 13 Cheese Omelet, Fresh Fruit or Juice, Milk Sept. 14 French Toast Sticks with Syrup, Canned Fruit or Juice, Milk Sept. 17 Bacon Egg Pizza, Fresh Fruit or Juice, Milk Sept. 18 Whole Grain Cinnamon Roll, Canned Fruit or Juice, Milk Sept. 19 Breakfast Sandwich, Fruit Juice, Milk

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Obituaries Ruby Worke, 88, Rochester R u b y Worke, 88, of Rochester, formerly of Blooming Prairie, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. Ruby A. Eaker was born September 27, 1923, in Dodge County to Amos F. and Mabel (Dahl) Eaker. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith and conďŹ rmed at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie.

Ruby attended Blooming Prairie schools. On March 15, 1941, she was united in marriage to Ju-

nior â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Worke at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie, where they settled to raise their three children. Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accident in 1965 forced Ruby into a new phase of her life, working away from home. She was employed at the hospital in Owatonna for four years. In 1970, she scored the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;best job everâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, working as a supervisor of housekeeping at Prairie Manor Care Center. She loved her job so much she stayed for 30 years, retiring in 2000.

2001 brought Jack and Ruby to Rochester, although her heart remained in Blooming Prairie.

Survivors include two sons, Richard (Jan) and Larry (friend Sue), both of Rochester; sonin-law Dean Mesenbring, also

of Rochester; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, brother Verlin (Sharon) Eaker; several nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Amos and Mabel, her husband Jack, and her beloved daughter Vickie Mesenbring.

Funeral services were held on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie. Pastors Heidi Heimgartner and Charles Leonard ofďŹ ciated. Interment was in First Lutheran Cemetery. Worlein Blooming Prairie Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein. com.

Pastor Corner:

An invitation to come together

Bullies pose a threat. Nations stock pile weapons for war.

Genocide ravages entire villages.

Prejudice distorts power. Fear Leonard makes everything out of whack, broken, sideways, wrong ways. Fear deadens our ability to trust and can quickly turn neighbors into bitter enemies.

Fear locks us away. Isolates us. Brick by brick we convince ourselves that it is best to just take care of number one. Make sure we are safe and happy. So, we build a wall. Put on a mask.

Smile and pretend everything is A-OK. Even though we know it

is a lie, we answer â&#x20AC;&#x153;everything is fineâ&#x20AC;? when everything is not.

And then Jesus shows up.

He walks right through our fortified walls of fear, pulls off our ridiculous masks, stands smack dab in the middle of our hatred and racism, self-loathing and violent leanings and says â&#x20AC;&#x201C; be still â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I am peace. I bring peace. Peace be with you. This gives new meaning to those moments when we sit in doubt and fear and pain. Be still, peace is with you.

Our God is a God of peace.

Where there is division, walls, hostility, God reconciles us together. He heals us.

This is part of a devotion used by 33,310 Lutheran Youth on the night of July 20, in New Orleans, La., as we took a long

Maie I. Hoyer, 95, Austin Maie I. Hoyer, 95, of Austin, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie. Maie Irene Monson was born July 17, 1917, in Manilla, Iowa to Martin and Sadie (Larson) Monson. She received her education in Iowa before her family moved to Austin.

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Maie married Laverne Greenman in Austin. They later divorced. Laverne died in 1997.

Her second marriage was to Irvin Hoyer, who died in 1984. A member of the Eagles Club, Maie enjoyed bowling, ice skating, and loved to cook. She worked at Younkers until her retirement and has lived at Prairie Manor Care Center since February of 2003.

Survivors include her grandson Larry (Geraldine) Wurst of Blooming Prairie; three great grandchildren, Rachel, Elizabeth, and Matthew; a great, great

grandson, Hunter. She was preceded in death by her parents Martin and Sadie Monson, both husbands, a brother Russell Monson, her son Donald Greenman, and her daughter Barbara K. Wurst.

A graveside service was held on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Rev. Heidi Heimgartner ofďŹ ciated.

Worlein Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.

Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein.com.

Ann Glaser, of Rochester, and Ronny Thorson, of Blooming Prairie, have announced their engagement.

Ann is the daughter of Glenn and Nancy Hawley, both deceased, of Midland, Texas. She is a 1981 graduate of Rochester Mayo High School. She attended Luther College and Ashford University, graduating in 1985 and 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and a Master of Business Administration degree. She works as a Quality Management Coordinator at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Ronny is the son of Glenn and Isabelle Thorson, both deceased, of Blooming Prairie. He is a 1975 graduate of Blooming Prairie High School. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from the University of Minnesota. He works as a Capacity Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis.

The couple is planning a Sept.

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 104 1st Ave. NE., Blooming Prairie Pastor Matt Fennell 507-583-2673 Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Service. Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m.

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CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 307 1st St. SW., New Richland Father Swamy Pothireddy 507-465-8217 Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 8 a.m. Mass; 9 a.m. Sunday School.

ST. COLUMBANUS CATHOLIC CHURCH 114 E. Main St., Blooming Prairie Father Steve Peterson 507-583-2784 Saturday: 3:45 p.m. Reconciliation; 4 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 8 a.m. Mass.

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Office Hours.

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LITOMYSL 9946 SE 24th Ave., Owatonna Rev. John Sauer, Pastor Rev. Jon Moore, Substitute Priest Rev. Andrew Vogel, Parochial Vicar.

507-451-2299 www.litomysl.webs.com Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Mass. Wednesday: 6-11 gr. Faith-In-Action and Confirmation, 7-8:30 p.m. Second Sunday: Pre - 5 grade Family Faith Formation with noon Potluck.

SACRED HEART CHURCH 810 S. Cedar Ave., Owatonna Father Rev. John Sauer Father Michael Cronin, Parochial Vicar 507-451-1588 www.sacredheartowatonna.org Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 7:30 a.m. 9 a.m., & 10:30 a.m.

Mass; 1 p.m. Spanish Mass.

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AURORA LUTHERAN 6329 SE 38th St., Owatonna Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.

Worship Service: 9:00 a.m.

Monday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ELCA 434 1st St. SW., Blooming Prairie Charles Leonard, Senior Pastor Heidi Heimgartner, Associate Pastor 507-583-6621 ÂżUVWOXWKHUDQES FRP Worship; 9 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m.

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TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LCMS 108 3rd Ave. SW, Medford Pastor Mark Biebighauser 507-451-0447 Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service, 10 a.m. Education Hour

ST. MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LUTHERANâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ELCA 30450 570th Ave., Waltham Rev. John Heruth (Intern) 507-567-2474 Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

PRAIRIE MENNONITE CHURCH 13638 750th St., Blooming Prairie Arnie Skrivseth & Dennis Martin 507-583-2081 & 507-477-3216 Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Services.

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Services.

RED OAK GROVE LUTHERANâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ELCA 30456 Mower-Freeborn Rd., Austin Pastor Lindsay Stolen 507-583-2038 or 507-437-3000 www.roglutheran.org Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School (Sept-May).

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LCMS 1054 Truman Ave., Owatonna Pastor Kirk Griebel 507-451-2720 www.redeemerowatonna.org Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship Service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School.

ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LUTHERAN CHURCH â&#x20AC;&#x201D;LCMS 4532 SE 84th Ave., Claremont Rev. Alan Broadwell 507-584-2404 VMOFRIÂżFH#IURQWLHUQHW QHW Service held Saturday Evening at 6 p.m. Holy Communion offered 2nd & 4th Sundays. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sermon on 1st and 3rd Sundays.

Sunday School and Confirmation classes beginning at 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. (September - May). Sunday Service held at 10:30 a.m.

ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LUTHERAN CHURCHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LCMS 28959 630th Ave., Sargeant Rev. Ronald Prigge 507-584-6358 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Worship Service.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ELCA VW 6W 6( +D\ÂżHOG Rev. Paul Hauschild 507-477-2248 ZZZ WULQLW\KD\ÂżHOG RUJ Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.

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TRINITY LUTHERANâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LCMS 57403 300th St., Waltham Pastor Jeff Kuddes 507-567-2272 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Divine Service.

ST. PAULâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LUTHERANâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;LCMS 202 E. Park Ave., Hollandale Pastor Jeff Kuddes 507-567-2272 Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Worship; 9:45 a.m. Sunday School.

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH - ELCA 7126 SW 98th St., Ellendale Pastor Gary Rusinko 507-465-8400 Sunday 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Sunday School.

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Methodist LANSING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 26875 539th Ave., Lansing 3DVWRU 0DUYLQ 5HSLQVN\ 507-437-1437 Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Services.

1st Thursday of month: 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Soup Lunch.

ELLENDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 200 6th St. NW., Ellendale Pastor Lisa Dodd 507-684-2731 www.ellendaleumc.org Sunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.

GENEVA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 100 2nd St. NE., Geneva Pastor Lisa Dodd 507-684-2731 www.genevaumc-mn.org Sunday: 8:45 a.m.

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Mormon THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 404 31st St. NW., Austin %LVKRS 0DUN :KLWH 507-433-9042 Sacrament 10:50 a.m.- Noon Non-Denominational

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 5881 SE 118th St., Blooming Prairie 507-633-9331 Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCHâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ELCA 106 3rd St. SE., Geneva Pastor Carrie McElfresh 507-256-4288 Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship

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CEDAR CREEK CHURCH ( 0DLQ 6W +D\ÂżHOG Pastor Aaron de Neui 507-477-2255 www.cedarcreekchurch.org Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

ELEVATION NORTH CHURCH 217 N. Main, Medford Pastors Doug and Debbie Jones 507-363-3099 Worship and Praise Service 10 a.m.

Sunday School 11:15 a.m.

NEW BEGINNINGS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 332 14th St. NE, Owatonna Pastor Scott Peterson 507-213-9194 Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship Service Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible Study First Thursday of the Month: 7 p.m. Healing Service Presbyterian FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ( 0DLQ 6W +D\ÂżHOG Pastor Charlie Talcott 507-477-2631 Sunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Services.

Seventh-Day Adventist SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 2373 7th Ave. NE., Owatonna Pastor James Van Arsdale 507-451-5761 Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School; 11 a.m. Church.

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Blooming Prairie and the surrounding area is a very peaceful place to live, but even in the midst of this peace, little walls or barriers are built over time.

Perhaps they are tiny ones, but they can still keep us from getting together as communities of people and as communities of faith.

First Lutheran Church invites everyone in the community to come together at First Lutheran Church for a Community Potluck on Sept. 16th at noon.

God takes what is a million different pieces and makes then into one complete whole. Peace is with you.

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Cross Country off and running

NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition set All boys and girls ages 6 to 15 are invited to try their hands (and feet) at the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition on Saturday, Sept. 15.

The event is being held at McFarlin Field in Blooming Prairie.

Three winners will be announced in each of the three categories and those winners will move on to compete in further competitions.

Registration will begin at the field beginning at 5 p.m. The competition will begin at 6 p.m.

JV edges NRHEG Coach Dave Pfiefer’s junior varsity football team got its season off on a winning note, defeating NRHEG at New Richland Tuesday, Sept. 3, by a 22-18 score. BP led 14-6 at the half and 22-6 after three quarters and then held off a Panther comeback in the final period of play.

A forced fumble by Mitchell Jones on the game’s opening drive gave the Blossoms the ball on the Panther 30, and two plays later a screen pass from Jon Hatch to Kameron Holmes was good for 29 yards and a touchdown. The two-point conversion pass failed. With 4 and a half minutes left in the quarter, the home team scored on a 6-yard run, and the game was tied at six when the conversion pass failed for NRHEG. In the second quarter Tristan Haberman caught the first of his four pass receptions in the game, and two plays later Anthony Nelson took a pitch from Hatch and ran the sidelines 61 yards for a touchdown. Hatch ran the extra points, and BP led 14-6 at the break.

Halfway through the third quarter Hatch connected with Jackson Schewe for 24 yards and the third touchdown. When Hatch again ran the two-point conversion, the Blossoms had a comfortable lead, but NRHEG made it close.

With just seconds left in the quarter, the Panthers counted a touchdown on a run of 12 yards. The conversion failed, and the quarter ended 22-12. Then, with just 45 seconds left in the game the home team scored again to make the score 22-18. The Blossoms recovered an onside kick, and they ran out the clock for the victory.

Times photos by Troy Thompson Above: The Blooming Prairie girls’ varsity team takes their first strides of the 2012 cross-country season on Thursday, Sept. 6 at the Oaks Golf Course in Hayfield. Below: Members of the boys’ varsity squad hit the back stretch of the Hayfield Invitational course. What was supposed to be the teams’ first meet of the season on Thursday, Aug. 30 was cancelled due to the extreme heat.

By LEMAR NELSON Staff Writer “Although our times weren’t great, the effort was very good for a first meet.” That was the opinion of Coach John Bruns following the results of the cross country opening season meet for The Awesome Blossom teams. For the most part schools from the larger schools dominated the Hayfield Invitational meet on Thursday, Sept.

6. Rochester John Marshall, Plainview-Elgin-Millville, and Stewartville finished one, two, and three in the girls’ division, while PEM, JM, and Austin took the top three spots for the boys. The local boys were 8th of 12 teams, and the girls placed 9th of 13 teams.

For BP runners 7th grader Alec Ille placed 24th in 19:07, Tyler Cozine ran a 19:43 (36), and Isaac Baker finished the course in 21:09 (50th). For the Blossom girls Tessa Ivers led

Junior High football season begins The junior high football teams had a rough start to their season when they lost a doubleheader to visiting NRHEG on Thursday, Sept.6. The 7th grade lost 24-8, while the 8th grade suffered a 50-0 shutout.

Lucas Noble scored on a 45-yard run in the last quarter, and Payton Hatch ran the two-point conversion for the only 7th grade points. NRHEG took a 24-0 lead at the half, and that was more than enough for the win.

“We really hurt ourselves in the first half’, commented 7th grade Coach Cory Hendrickson; “We had two turnovers and also lost a touchdown because of a penalty. We played much better in the second half. Coach Nathan Piller of the 8th grade team said, “It was a rough game for us, but to their credit the 12 boys who finished the game did not give up. With more practice the team will improve.”

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It hurts a little to acknowledge it, but the fact remains that the Awesome Blossom football team was no match for quarterback Alaex Heigl and the Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity Bulldogs in last Friday night defeat on the winner’s field. As a sophomore last season, Heigl almost singlehandedly led his team to an upset of the Blossoms in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.

This season the junior dominated the game, as he scored seven touchdowns, just one off the state record. The running game of the Bulldogs simply wore down the locals, and this was the widest disparity of points that I can remember BP ever suffering through. And it wasn’t that the Blossoms played so poorly. John Rumpza threw for five touchdowns himself, but he also had three passes intercepted, two of which led directly to touchdowns.

Because of the prolific scoring, the defense also had more than its share of work. Brett Wacek, Jimmy Mans, Jerrod Grunklee, Jason Jirele, and Michael Thomas all had more than a half dozen tackles.

Even with the loss, the season is not over by a long shot, and I can just about vouch for the fact that the Blossoms will bounce back in the home game against USC this week. Not many teams will be as powerful as the team that beat the locals last week.

The volleyball team began the week on a high note when they defeated Austin in three straight games. This marked the first time in the young season that the team didn’t have to mount a big comeback, as they led all three games at the outset.

Both Austin and Albert Lea are

Big Nine conference teams that really struggle in volleyball.

The team finished the week with a fourth place in the Hayfield Invitational. The Blossoms defeated Lyle-Pacelli and Albert Lea, but lost two straight to Goodhue in pool play and then went three games in the third place game, before succumbing to LeRoy- Ostrander.

ODDS AND ENDS Sophomore quarterback John Rumpza got some good mentions in both the Rochester and Owatonna papers last week.

The annual cancer auction, sponsored by the local Cancer Group, again excited the entire community and conducted a real successful sale over the two-night event. A big tip of the hat this week to the Cancer Group, the businesses and residents who joined in the “think pink” campaign, the many who purchased pink flags for the highway display, and to all the participants in the auction. It benefits almost everyone in the community.

WEATHER WARNINGS What with the second disaster for New Orleans and surrounding area in the last seven years, everyone is a little more concerned about the weather than was the case a few years ago. And, according to the latest issue of “National Geographic” magazine we should definitely be concerned.

That magazine devoted a large section to the extreme weather phenomenon of the past decade, and to the scoffers of global warming, the article offered some sobering facts that we are now in that era of our history.

The first fact listed noted that the Arctic Ocean has suffered a 10 percent reduction of water content due to melting icebergs in the past twenty years. From 1980 to 1995, 46 disasters that had more than a billion dollars occurred. From 1996 to 2011, that number rose to 87, almost double in twenty years.

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the scoring with a 32nd finish in 18:18. Arrica Imm was close behind in 18:29 (36th) and Kendra Boecker placed 46th in 19:21. Albert Zamarripa placed 53rd in the Junior Varsity run for the boys, and Soren Cremeans finished 36th in the junior varsity run for girls.

“Ille, who was running his first varsity meet,” added Coach Bruns, “had a very good time, and I thought all of the runners gave it a good effort, considering that this was the first meet of the season. It will be fun to see the times drop as the year progresses.”

In the junior high divisions Evan Doerhoefer and Elijah Baker placed 4th and 10th in 9:18 and 9:43 respectively.

Elly Strunk came in 8th for the junior high girls in a time of 10:38.

The next meet for the teams will be Friday, Sept. 14, when they run at the Mankato Loyola Invitational.

Blossom spikers sweep Austin on the road

By LEMAR NELSON Staff Writer In a reversal from their first two matches, the Awesome Blossom volleyball team swept Austin in three games Tuesday, Sept. 4, on the Packer court.

BP won the first two games easily 25-12 and 25-14,but then had to come from behind to take the third game and the match 25-21.

Two early solo blocks from sophomore hitter Taylor Hagen set the tone for the night in game one, and good balance from the serving line led to the 25-12 victory. Senior captain Janelle Morem played from the back line in all three games, as she still recovers from a sprained ankle, but she still contributed three digs, two kills, and three ace serves.

“It’s getting better”, commented Morem, and Coach Gina McLaughlin added, “We are going to be careful with her, as she has spent too much time on the sidelines. We need her, and she wants to play, but she also understands that we want her at full strength.”

Hagen helped herself in scoring in the second game as she served six points in the contest. In the meantime, sophomore Madison Worke was making good assists to the front line hitters for effective kills at the net.

‘Not once did we begin with a negative in this match”, summarized Coach McLaughlin, “which was a nice difference from last week. We served

more aggressively tonight, and I thought we hit with more authority, too.”

A little letdown in game three allowed the Packers to stay close, and Rachel Wahlert served six straight points at one time to give the home team their only lead of the match at 20-18. Jenna Krell took care of that problem, however, with five straight serving points, including the deciding score.

Krell finished her night with 12 serving points.

“We still have a lot to do,” concluded Coach McLaughlin, “but tonight was a step in the right direction. We hope it carries on in upcoming contests.”

Hagen had 6 kills and seven blocks for her night’s work, Liz Willert had four kills, and Morem and Marissa Jensen each added 3 ills. Worke had 22 assists in the match, and Nicole inwards scrambled for seven digs total.

Both the JV squad and freshmen won their prelims. Mariah Holland served the last six points to lead the first game 25-12 victory, and Macaela Jensen served the first five points in the game two 2514 win. Lauren Larkoski and Lexi Peterson each had three kills in the match.

The 9th grade had excellent balance in winning the first game of their match 25- 12, and Samantha Abbe served the first 11 and the last three points in the second game 25-8 victory. The 9th grade is 2-1, and the JV is 1-2 for the young season.

Times photo by Troy Thompson Madison Worke fields an overhead bump during the Blossoms’ match on the road against the Austin Packers. Blooming Prairie swept the Packers, leading the most of the night until coming from behind in the third game to take the match.

Lester Prairie QB runs wild

Times photo by Troy Thompson Blooming Prairie quarterback John Rumpza (No.10) surveys the defense against NRHEG in the Blossoms’ opening game this year.

Rumpza threw for nearly 400 yards and tossed for five touchdowns on the road against Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity last Friday, but Bulldog quarterback Alex Heigl scampered for seven touchdowns on the ground and threw for one more to hand BP a 61-32 defeat.

By LEMAR NELSON Staff Writer Junior quarterback Alex Heigl fell just one touchdown short of the state record as he led Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity to a dominating 61-32 trouncing over Blooming Prairie Friday, Sept.

7. Heigl scored seven touchdowns on the ground and threw for another in the game between ranked opponents, as the Awesome Blossoms had no answer for the clever signal caller.

As coach Chad Gimbel remarked, “We knew he was good, and the Bulldogs had a good offensive line as well.

They simply wore us down, and Heigl is just too tricky to pull down at times.”

The tone of the game was set early, when LPHT counted a touchdown on their first possession. The Bulldogs took over on their own 45 after a punt, and a pass interference moved the ball to the BP 40.

Joe Madsen ran the ball to the seven, and Heigl then threw his only touchdown pass of the game to Spencer Radtke. Heigl ran the extra points, and the home team led 8-0. That was just the beginning.

On the next possession Heigl scrambled out of a melee and raced 85 yards for the score and a 14-0 edge. BP had mounted a drive, but was stopped on the one-yard line, and the long run followed.

Just before the quarter ended, Heigl made the score 20-0 with a run of seven yards.

The Blossoms got on the board early in the second quarter on a pass from John Rumpza to Michael Thomas for six yards.

The extra point kick succeeded, and the visitors trailed just 207. It took just three plays for the winners to retaliate, this time on another long run of 60 yards for Heigl. They scored again quickly after a Rumpza pass was intercepted on the home team’s 25. Two runs of nine and 25, yards from Madsen and 15 yards from Matt Alberts moved the ball to the one for Heigl to score again.

BP answered from its own 41. Passes to Weston Fiebiger and Cole Sunde gained 13 and 9 yards for big plays, and then Rumpza found Thomas again in the corner of the end zone for 22 yards and the touchdown LPHTscored once more in the half for a 40-14 margin, this

time on a ten-yard scramble from Heigl.

Two more touchdowns came from Heigl in the third quarter on runs of 76 and 23 yards. . BP also counted two touchdowns in that quarter, the first on a good catch and run by Sunde and the second on a 59 -yard leap and run by Thomas. Thomas caught his fourth touchdown in the fourth quarter on a catch of 89 yards, and the Bulldogs ended the scoring on a 26-yard run by Alberts.

Heigl had almost beaten the Blossoms as a sophomore last year in the state quarterfinals, and this year the locals simply had no answer against the nifty signal caller. That is not to take anything away from BP’s Rumpza, as he connected for five touchdown passes of his own, but he also had three passes intercepted, two of which led directly to touchdowns for the winners. The winners go to 2-0 for the young season, while the locals evened their record at 1-1. BP entertains USC Friday night at McFarlin Field.

SCORING BP 0 14 12 6 32 LPHT 20 20 14 7 61 FIRST QUARTER

Heigl to Radtke 6 yards two-point run Heigl 85 yard run Heigl 7 yards SECOND QUARTER Rumpza to Thomas 6 yards Wacek kick Heigl 60 yards kick good Heigl 2 yards Rumpza to Thomas 22 yards kick good Heigl 10 yards good kick Rumpza to Thomas 22 yards THIRD QUARTER Heigl 76 yards kick good Rumpza to Sunde 47 yards Rumpza to Thomas 59 yards Heigl 7 yards FOURTH QUARTER Rumpza to Thomas Alberts 26 yards good kick TEAM STATISTICS BP rushing 10 passing 382 392 total LPHT rushing 667 passing 57 724 total INDIVIDUAL STATS BP Rushing Scott Romeo 10 yards BP Passing Thomas 7 for 158 yard, 4 touchdowns; Sunde 9 for 119; Fiebiger 4 for 57; Hunter Rudlong 2 for 39 yards LPHT rushing Heigl 20 for 328 yards

Blossoms take fourth in weekend tourney

By LEMAR NELSON Staff Writer After an exciting, but losing effort, the Awesome Blossom volleyball team settled for fourth place in the Hayfield invitational on Saturday, Sept. 8.

The third place contest turned into a marathon match to climax a marathon day of volleyball.

LeRoy-Ostrander outlasted the locals in the intensely played third place match. The Cardinals won the first game in overtime 28-26, but the Blossoms came back to take game two, also in overtime, 26-24.

The deciding game again went

down to the wire before the winners eked out a15-13 victory.

Earlier in the day, BP began the tourney with two straight wins over Lyle-Pacelli 25-14 and 25-20. The girls played a poor second match in pool play, losing to Goodhue in two games. 13-25 and 21-25.

After the tourney results, the locals finished the week with an overall record of 4-3 and get back in action this week with a non-conference match against southland at Adams tonight (Tuesday), and then entertain Randolph in a conference match Thursday, Sept. 13.

Final Standings 2012

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Nelson Bruns Busho TIE Kramer Long Koster TIE Ingvalson Klemmensen Bishop Wacek Reichl Ingvaldson Peterson Behnken Bishop Strunk Farr Ingvaldson Zwiener Hinzmen Wurst Sunde Kittleson Carlson White Lysne Johnson Bramstedt Mollenhauer Ulrich Donnelly Schwartz Smith Kruckeberg Kruckeberg Hegal Wagner Klemmensen Kittleson KlemmensenJ KlemmensenR Anderson Braaten Ressler Resler Lea Lembke Hansen Steckelberg Lindeman Hillberg Seykora Olson Morgan Myer Motl Tollefson KlemmensenD Drexler Zwiener Clark Blome Skala Glynn Glynn Esplan

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Continued from 6A That should convince even the most skeptical individual that global warming is actually here.

Here are a few more facts to ponder. Air temperature rose almost one degree since 1970, and moisture content is up 4 percent in that same time. Extreme rainfall totals are affecting the U.S. more frequently in the last few years as evidenced by the deluges from hurricane Katrina, the most recent hurricane Isaac, and the flooding in the grand Old Opera House in Nashville and surrounding communities just two years ago in 2010.

And at the same time all of these disasters have befallen us, Texas has turned into a veritable dust bowl, reminiscent of the 1930s here in the Midwest. All of these extreme events offer indication that the world’s weather continues to make news because of the hardships that accompany them.

Non-believers may continue to cling to the idea that these conditions are just normal cycles of weather, but I prefer to err on the side of caution and take all of the events of the past thirty years as clear signals that pour world is warming up.

ANOTHER REUNION I had a chance to partake in another school reunion, this one back in my home state of South Dakota. This time it was a reunion from my high school

(We have school reunions rather than class reunions for two reasons). The first is that the class size in my day generally hovered around 15 students. The second reason for all-school reunions centers around the fact that my school passed out of existence in 1968, when the school consolidated and became part of a county-wide school.

Thus, there have been no graduates of Strandburg High School since 1968, after the original school closed its doors for good. Even though I know few graduates in my age era, I still had a good time reminiscing with some classmates, and my two brothers and I even entertained for a very brief time by singing a couple of songs for the assembled group. I just hope I am around in another three years when another reunion for my high school is scheduled.

Let’s close this week with some facts that identify faithful churchgoers: You forget to put water in the baptismal font, but never forget to put water in the coffee pot.

The only open pew is in front, so you volunteer to shovel the sidewalks instead.

Your five-year old thinks the first three books of the old testament are Genesis, Exodus, and Lutefisk. I have more of these, but those are enough for now. We’ll talk again.

Football rankings The Associated Press state high school football polls for the week of September 5, first-place votes in parentheses, record and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers: Class A 1. Dawson-Boyd (2) (1-0) 20 2. Mahnomen (1-0) 18 3. Blooming Prairie (1-0) 15 4. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (1-0) 13 5. Adrian (1-0) 12 6. Lester Prairie Holy Trinity (1-0) 10 7. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo (1-0) 6 8. Cook County (1-0) 4 9. Southland (1-0) 3 (tie) Springfield (1-0) 3 Others receiving votes: Ottertail Central 2, Kerkhoven-MurdockSunburg 2, Fillmore Central 1, Browerville 1.

Class 5A 1. Totino-Grace (3) (1-0) 48 2. St. Thomas Academy (2) (1-0) 45 3. Mankato West (1-0) 41 4. Spring Lake Park (1-0) 19 5. Rochester John Marshall (1-0) 18 6. Apple Valley (1-0) 13 (tie) Rogers (1-0) 13 8. Farmington (1-0) 10 9. Owatonna (1-0) 9 10. Moorhead (1-0) 8 Others receiving votes: Monticello 6, Chisago Lakes 6, Willmar 6, Bemidji 5, Chaska 5, St. Cloud Tech 5, Tartan 4, Hastings 4, St. Paul Central 3, Andover 3, East Ridge 1, Irondale 1, Mahtomedi 1, Duluth East 1.

GOPHER FOOTBALL Team Conf All Faribault B.A. 1- 0 2- 0 WEM 0- 0 2- 0 Bloom. Prairie 0- 1 1- 1 Medford 0- 1 1- 1 JWP 1- 1 1- 1 USC 0- 1 1- 2 Loyola 0- 1 0- 2 NRHEG 0- 1 0- 2 Randolph 0- 1 0- 2 Results last week B.A. 29 USC 0 JWP 46 Rndolph 34 LPHT 61 BP 32 WEM 20 Waseca 19 GFW 20 NRHEG 7 Harding 20 Loyola 19 St. Clair 20 MVL 13 Games this week USC at BP B.A. at LPHT Medford vs. GFW Loyola vs, MVL NRHEG vs. MCW JWP vs.

Cleveland Randolph vs. Alden-Conger

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DivisionTop Scores A Donnelly Schwartz Smith B Lea Lembke Hansen C Ingvalson Klemmensen Bishop C Wagner Klemmensen Kittleson D Sunde Kittleson Carlson

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Times photo by Troy Thompson Sophomore Nicole Inwards serves against Austin in a game last week. The Blossoms also competed in a tournament in Hayfield over the weekend.

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In the ďŹ rst meet of the season at HayďŹ eld, Ivers led the Blossom girls to their ninth place ďŹ nish. She ran the course in just over 18 minutes.

Although it was a losing effort, sophomore Rumpza threw for ďŹ ve touchdowns against Lester Prairie - Holy Trinity last Friday night.

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Times photo by Troy Thompson Blooming Prairieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tessa Ivers sprints toward the finish line during the Hayfield Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 6. Ivers finished 32nd to lead the Blossom runners.

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Football Contest Football Contest Rules Contest: There will be 16 games each week during the contest, which began on Sept. 6 and runs for 12 weeks.

How to Win: Pick the team you think will win in each game listed in the below advertisements. Write the team’s name in the blank with the corresponding number. Cut out the entry blank and enter at The Times, 411 E. Main St., P.O. Box 247, Blooming Prairie, MN, 55917. You may enter in person, mail, or by e-mail to bptimes@frontiernet.net. It must be postmarked no later than 5 p.m. Friday. You must enter a score in the Tie-Breaker game or you will be disqualified. Tie-Breakers will be signified with two asteriks (**).

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The Times will award $10 Blooming Prairie Bucks to the person correctly predicting the most winners from the games listed. The person with the most correct games throughout the 12 week contest will be awarded $20 B.P. Bucks and a 1 year subscription to the Times. An additional $10 BP Bucks will be awarded if the winner correctly predicts the outcome of all 16 games. Ties will be broken by the score of the Tie-Breaker game. All decisions by the judges are final. The contest is open to anyone age 15 and above, excluding staff and family members of Bussler Publishing, Inc.

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Minimizer sales contest nets more than $5,000 for local charities Blooming Prairie-based Minimizer recently donated more than $5,000 to local charities via an employee sales promotion. Representatives from the charities were invited to a special luncheon at Minimizer last week to meet the employees that championed their cause.

From left: Becky Noble, BP Education Foundation; Cheri Krejci, Blooming Prairie Cancer Group; Mary Sherman-Ahrens, Boys and Girls Club; Ali Hilton and Mark Sanders, Steele County Humane Society; Tim Trom, Minimizer Vice President of Finance and Operations; Craig Kruckeberg, Minimizer CEO and Chief Visionary.

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By TROY THOMPSON News Editor In July, members of Blooming Prairie-based Minimizer turned a friendly contest into more than $5,000 in donations to local charity organizations.

The process was simple. Sell a fender, earn a dollar for the charity pool.

Teams were formed among all employees based on their favorite charities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a fun event,â&#x20AC;? said Tim Trom, Minimizerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president of finance and operations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It helped create a lot of camaraderie and everyone had a good time during the contest. It was a fun way for Minimizer to give back to the community.â&#x20AC;?

The checks went out to the charities in August, but on Wednesday, Sept. 5, Minimizer also invited representatives from a number of charities to their corporate office for lunch and to also get a chance to meet the employees who championed their specific cause.

Among the organizations chosen by the employee teams to receive the funds, were: The Blooming Prairie Education Foundation, The Blooming Prairie Cancer Group, The JR Foundation, Boys and Girls Club, Steele County Humane Society, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Resource Center of Owatonna, the MS Society, American Breast Cancer Society, Blooming Prairie Lions Club and Minnesota Epilepsy Foundation.

Also last week, Minimizer announced the promotion of Trevor Kruckeberg to the new position of Special Projects Manager.

Kruckeberg, who recently received his Commercial Drivers License after attending school in Sun Prairie, Wis., will be tasked initially with supervising the design and construction of a new 53-foot over-the-road exhibit trailer for the company.

Minimizer manufactures lightweight, heavy-duty truck

fenders and other parts for construction and agricultural vehicles.

Minimizer products have also been used in military vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Once the new exhibition rig is complete, Kruckeberg will concentrate on traveling across the United States and Canada in the vehicle to help increase the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence at industry trade shows and among more than 800 partner distributors.

Kruckeberg will be in charge of managing the schedule of the new exhibition rig as well as driving the vehicle to the many shows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited about these projects and new opportunities,â&#x20AC;&#x153; said Kruckeberg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Designing the new rig is an important piece of the overall Minimizer marketing strategy to get out in front of our distributors more and provide them with the training they need to professionally sell our product.â&#x20AC;?

Kruckeberg, who has previously served in a variety of roles with the company, was also looking forward to hitting the open roads of North America in his new position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind it at all,â&#x20AC;? said Kruckeberg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy travel and I want to move the company forward. We are fortunate to have the sales growth that drives the investments for assets like the new promotion and training truck.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Historically Trevor has successfully served in multiple manufacturing positions within Minimizer,â&#x20AC;? said Trom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This promotion recognizes his achievements and gives him the opportunity to grow and expand his contributions to the organization.â&#x20AC;?

Minimizerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parent company, Spray Control Systems, Inc., was founded in Blooming Prairie in 1983. Trevor Kruckeberg is part of the third generation involved in the family-owned business.

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Education Friendly police, friendly sheriff, safe Area law enforcement helps to promote child safety while also giving back to underprivileged kids

By TROY THOMPSON News Editor

Times photo by Troy Thompson Representatives from Worlein Funeral Home and area law enforcement joined forces to hand out safety-related materials to students at Blooming Prairie Elementary School last week. From left: Paul Worlein, Mary Kittelson, Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele and Jake Peterson of the Blooming Prairie Police Department speak to first-graders.

Remembering 9/11 Some events in our lives are etched indelibly in our memories, and we can remember them with the utmost clarity.

For many older people it may have been the attack of Pearl Harbor that triggered the Declaration of War by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. For some a little younger, it may have been the assassination of President John F Kennedy or the first walk on the moon.

But of all the events that adhere to our minds, and all of us will have differing personal recollections, the one disaster that no one over the age of 18 or so will ever forget is the suicide attack on the World Trade Center towers. Although the towers were not the only targets, the nearly 3,000 lives lost in their collapse comprise the single-most tragic loss of life in U.S. history. None will probably ever forget that day. A little perspective on those events may be in order some eleven years after the occasion.

On that Tuesday morning 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaida hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally piloted two of those planes into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex, and both collapsed within two hours. The hijackers also intentionally crashed into the Pentagon and intended to pilot the fourth hijacked jet into the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. That plane, however, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers attempted to take control of the jet from the hijackers. Included in that horrific loss of life were the 246 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four

planes, none of whom survived.

Osama bin Laden, leader of the alQaida, eventually claimed responsibility for the attacks. The U.S. responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaida. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers, but it took until 2011 before bin Laden was located and killed.

The destruction of the towers had a significant impact on global markets and caused serious damage to the economy of our country. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. Numerous memorials were constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, the Pentagon Memorial, and the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania.

After a lengthy delay, the 1,776 foot-tall one World Trade center is expected to be completed at ground zero in New York by 2013.

The images of that fateful day remain seared in the memory for many, and it will remain, next to Pearl Harbor, as the most serous disaster in our nation’s history. It was an unforgettable event. ~ LeMar Nelson

Bullying is bad, helmets are important when riding your bikes and law enforcement officers are your friends.

Those were among the messages conveyed to Blooming Prairie Elementary School students on Wednesday, Sept. 6 and Monday, Sept. 10, by representatives of Worlein Funeral Home, Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele, and Officer Jake Peterson of the Blooming Prairie Police Department.

The safety ambassadors visited the school bearing approximately 400 shiny, reflective Halloween bags filled with colorful activity books and messages of a wide range of safety issues facing young kids.

“We have several community service projects we do each year, but this one was spurred on by conversations we had with the Sheriff’s office,” said Mary Kittleson of Worlein Funeral Home in Blooming Prairie. “We thought this would be a great idea and also help show kids that folks at the funeral home are just regular, normal people, too.”

Kittelson said all of the materials in the eye-catching treat bags were produced and sup-

Blooming Prairie police officers Matt Miller (left) and Mark Lang (right) with their shopping partners.

plied by the National Child Safety Council.

“There is all kinds of fun activities for the kids to go through in there,” she said. “All of the bags are age appropriate as well and are different for the different age groups.”

For example, Kittelson said, children in the older age groups received activity books on the cautions of being home alone and reminders of who to call and what to do in the event of an emergency.

Other activity books included information for parents as wells, such as one entitled ‘Keeping Your Monster’s Safe’ for Halloween.

Friendly police and friendly sheriff activities, bullying, bike safety and more were also covered.

Teachers at the school said

they had planned on going through the material with the kids in class and organizers encouraged parents to also speak with their children about the materials included in the bags.

“You’re all going to wear helmets when riding your bikes, right?” urged Peterson.

“Yes,” came the enthusiastic voices from the students in the classrooms.

Also, in August, members of the Owatonna and Blooming Prairie police departments, along with Steele County Sheriff’s deputies, took financiallychallenged area youth shopping for back-to-school supplies as part of a Salvation Army Shop with a Cop program. Blooming Prairie police officers Mark Lang and Matt Miller participated in that event.

Submitted photos Above: Members of the Owatonna and Blooming Prairie police departments and Steele County Sheriff’s department pose with some of the kids in the ‘Shop with a Cop’ back-to-school program.

Take H.O.L.D. of your life Are you worried about yourself or someone you know having high blood pressure (hypertension), high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), being overweight (obese) or getting diabetes? There are millions of people living their lives with one or more of these chronic health conditions and you may be one of them. Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin is here to help you if you are.

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The Take H.O.L.D. program is being held now through Oct. 29 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Rehabilitation Services Depart-

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For more information or questions about the Take H.O.L.D. program contact Brianna Carlson at 507-434-1674.

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Missing for nearly a year, a snuggly friend iis reunited with a young boy

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n Sept. 11, 2011, six-year old Hunter Fair-Holton finally got his wish of bringing home a new furry friend. His family had spent months searching for the perfect feline companion for Hunter after their previous cat passed away in January of 2011.

After months of searching, the family, who resides in Minneapolis, came across Momo, a young short-haired Tabby, at an area animal shelter.

Momo’s life before coming home to Hunter is unknown, but what is known, is that it had appeared Momo had found a perfect home. And the family had found the perfect cat.

“He was the perfect cat,” said Hunter’s mother, Dolly Fair-Holton. “He was a playful young cat who was just so sweet, soft and snuggly. He really was just perfect.”

It seemed like an ideal match and a happy ending to a sad story about losing a pet.

But, as it turned out, the story of the lost pet was just beginning.

Momo no mo’?

Just a few short weeks after welcoming Momo into their home, Momo disappeared.

“He just kind of snuck out one night,” said Fair-Holton. “Hunter was distraught.”

The family printed up hundreds of flyers and spent the next few weeks scouring the alleys, parks and streets of the city searching for Momo.

Those efforts ultimately failed and Hunter was again faced with the loss of a pet; a natural life lesson, perhaps, but still a difficult lesson to have to repeat so close to together.

A new Country Club ‘member’ Fast forward through the winter months and 85-miles south.

Members of the Blooming Prairie Country Club began noticing a friendly cat hanging out around the golf course sometime after the course opened for play during the 2012 season.

No one knew where it had come from - there was no collar or identifying tag - and they didn’t think much of seeing a wandering cat in a rural area surrounded by farms, barns and, well, plenty of cats.

After becoming a sort of community golf course cat and being tended to and fed by members and golfers, Lori Lysne decided to bring the cat home and give him a home in Blooming Prairie.

“Lori Lysne found it and brought it in,” said Sue Strunk, a veterinarian at the Blooming Prairie Vet Clinic. “It had been hanging around the golf course and she brought it in to make sure it was up to date with vaccinations. It was in really good shape. It looked healthy and looked really good.”

Electronic DNA On an off-chance, they decided to scan the homeless cat for a microchip implant. The devices are just slightly larger than a grain of rice and are implanted under an animal’s skin. The identifying information is then logged and stored.

Because Momo had previously spent a portion of his young life at an animal shelter, it turns out, he had one.

“It was unusual,” said Strunk. “Because 99.9 percent of the time, these animals (strays) don’t have one of those chips, especially cats.”

Chelsea Rowland, a Blooming Prairie Vet Clinic employee, took the information from the chip and tracked a match to Momo through a company called 24PetWatch. That organization tracks a database of more than 3 million animals implanted with the microchips.

Momo phones home Fair-Holton didn’t recognize the number on her phone so she let the call go to voice mail and continued on with her work day in late August of this year.

A little while later, Fair-Holton received a text from her friend, Elizabeth Brophy, who had also been listed as an emergency contact person on the microchip implant information.

The text said Momo had been found.

Fair-Holton admits to being a little flabbergasted.

“I said, what? That cat’s been gone almost a year,” she said.

She realized the unknown number must have been from 24PetWatch and checked her voicemail. Company representatives told her the Momo had indeed been found, 85 miles away and 10 months later, in Blooming Prairie.

“I had to check a map,” she said. “I didn’t even know where Blooming Prairie was.”

Happy Homecoming That quickly changed as just a few short hours later, Brophy was in town picking up Momo to return him to her friend. And to a now seven-year-old Hunter who was ecstatic at the news.

“Hunter was really excited,” said Fair-Holton. “He couldn’t believe it.”

There are numerous theories as to how Momo was able to venture so far and survive for so long. One theory is that he may have hopped on a train along the Hiawatha Avenue tracks.

Train tracks also pass right next to the Blooming Prairie County Club. Other theories include that he was picked up by someone else and abandoned out in the country. Still another is that Momo simply had a prolonged wandering adventure through the Southern Minnesota countryside.

Regardless of how Momo ended up in Blooming Prairie, he is now safely back at home, cuddling, playing and being a friend to a happy young boy who perhaps learned another life lesson: Sometimes, fairy tales are real.

Photos submitted by Dolly Fair-Holton Top: One of hundreds of flyers put up around Minneapolis in October of 2011 pleading for help in finding Momo when he went missing. Above and right: A Happy seven-year-old, Hunter Fair-Holton, welcomes Momo back home after being lost for almost a year.

Story by Troy Thompson

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by Lisa Ottosen

Photos Courtesy Dolly Fair-Holton

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Steele County News

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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STEELE TALKIN’

Mike Donnelly

Farm questions, contact the extension office Whether it is our 80-acre field, flowerbed or 8 x 10 vegetable garden, we are consistently striving for a productive outcome. However, it always seems like we find something “out-of-norm”—a spot on that plant’s leaf, an uninvited insect, storm damage, etc.

Whatever the situation with your field, lawn, garden, trees or landscape, you most likely are not alone, and the University of Minnesota Extension in Steele County is here to help. Offering, information backed by University research and resources, we are happy to provide advice and to answer any questions that you may have. There are a number of ways that Extension can assist with your questions; here are a few ways to learn more: Give us a call. Steele County Extension has staff available to answer agricultural and horticultural questions.

If necessary, please leave a message, and we will return your call at the earliest opportunity. Our phone number is 507-444-7685.

Stop in. The Steele County Extension office, located at 635 Florence Avenue in Owatonna, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. If possible, we welcome you to bring in a plant specimen, insect or sampling of your issue for identification.

Email. If technology allows, feel free to email us your questions. In addition, attaching photos of your situation to the email can allow us to better assess your inquiry and provide more accurate feedback. Our email is mnextsteel@umn.edu.

Surf the web. Feel free to visit the University of Minnesota Extension website at www.extension.umn.edu.

The website’s “What’s wrong with my plant?” link can be extremely useful for gardening questions. This interactive module will help guide you with descriptions and pictures of a variety of potential problems you may have – http://www.extension.umn.edu/ garden/.

The University of Minnesota Extension in Steele County is available to help connect you with the information needed to address critical issues you are having with your agricultural or horticultural operation. In addition, feel free to contact the Extension office when considering making changes to your operation. From selecting a plant variety that works well in a particular situation to making a management change, our staff and resources can be valuable.

(Steele Talkin’ is a weekly column featuring officials from various organizations throughout Steele County. Mike Donnelly is the Agriculture Extension Educator with the University of Minnesota Extension in Steele County. He can be reached at 507-444-7685)

Times Photo Submitted Hamid Torabpour, of Owatonna, has put together the first ever Color Dash in Steele County. The dash will take place on Sept. 29, at Morehouse Park in Owatonna. This photo is of a similar color dash event.

Most colorful run in Steele County

By DENNIS OTTOSEN County News Writer On Saturday Sept. 29, runners will start the first ever Color Dash in Steele County with a pristine white T-shirt. Throughout the dash the human canvasses will be showered with packages of paint to emerge at the finish line with their T-shirts looking like rainbows.

The rapidly growing Color Run events were created in January of this year and has been held in over 50 different cities around the country since then, raising money for different causes. Hamid Torabpour, director of the Owatonna Color Dash, is holding this event to raise money for an independent film he’s making.

The film Torabpour plans to make will be filmed in Owatonna and the surrounding areas and show the after-affects of suicide, how it affects family and friends.

This cause is something that is near to Torabpour’s heart.

“I have lost a friend due to suicide and have had family members that have attempted suicide,” Torabpour said. “God’s really tugged at my heart to write this story. Suicide is the most

permanent choice you can make in your life. It’s just so sad and usually it’s kids. Kids should understand that life beyond high school is way better than life in high school. They need to understand that where they are now is not permanent and there is always a second chance.”

Torabpour came up with the idea of making a film on this subject two years ago and just recently began writing the fictional screen play. To date, the entire outline of the story is done and a good portion of it is written. Torabpour said he is taking his time writing because it’s not any easy subject to write about.

“When I write, I’m in the mind of the character, and it’s hard, it makes me depressed actually, Torabpour said. “It’s a really hard subject. So we’re really just taking our time and making sure we do it right.”

The amount needed to make the film is $100,000. Torabpour is hoping a good portion of this will be raised at the color dash.

“That’s the amount we need for the entire film. That amount will give us a very good independent film,” Torabpour said.

“If we can get 3,500 people at

this event, we can raise our entire budget.”

He is currently negotiating with Sean William Scott, of American Pie fame, to play the lead role in the film. Everyone who participates in the run will be featured in the credits of the film.

Torabpour said his goal is to be done with the film by Aug. 1, 2013. When the film is finished he plans on giving it to high schools and junior high schools across the country for free.

“We’re hoping that it will make a big impact,” Torabpour said. “Once we’re done, we’re going to show it in Owatonna for free for an entire month.”

As far as the actual run, the cost to register is $35 per person, and that includes 1 white T-shirt, 1 color pouch, or $70 for families, and that includes 2 white Tshirts and 3 color pouches. 9:30 a.m. is pickup time, then there will be two races, one at 10:30 a.m. and one at noon.

The runs will start and end in Morehouse Park. City streets will be part of the course as well.

The run is about three miles and time is of no object, people can run, walk, jog, skip or crawl the

course, being splashed with color along the way.

“If you want to time yourself you can definitely do that, but we’re more just about the fun of it,” Torabpour said.

The Color explosions are basically food grade cornstarch and are 100 percent natural. As with any substance, it should be kept out of the eyes. Some color dashers opt to wear glasses or goggles for their eyes and use a bandana or dust mask for their mouths.

Event coordinators work hard to let the dashers get as much or as little color on them as they like.

At the end of the run, the point is not to outrun everyone else but to finish with the most extravagant hues, and then enjoy the after party. There will be live music, food and booths to check out.

Torabpour is looking forward to the color dash event, which should be a fun day for everyone involved, but he’s also serious about getting his message about suicide across through the release of the movie.

“If I can make a movie that saves one life, the this whole ordeal is worth it,” Torabpour said.

Prescription discounts for county residents Steele County Launches New Free Discount Prescription Savings Program The Coast2Coast Rx cards that will allow all county residents, regardless of income, age, or health status to participate in the program and save on the cost of their medications, have been distributed to area pharmacies and other governmental offices.

While the formal launch is October 1, county residents can use the card prior to that time. The program has saved cardholders throughout the nation an average of 60 percent in 2012 on the cost of prescription drugs. Even pets and people living outside the county are able to take part in the program. The Rx card is distributed free of charge and may be used at all pharmacy chains and most independent pharmacies in Steele County and includes over 60,000 drugs in its formulary.

“With healthcare costs on the rise, prescription drug discounts will help ease some of the

financial burdens individuals and families are facing at a time when they need it the most. There are no eligibility requirements so the Rx card is expected to have a sizeable impact on uninsured residents or residents facing high insurance deductibles. If a particular drug isn’t covered under a person’s health plan – they can use the card to save on those prescriptions” said Steele County Board Chair Bruce

Kubicek.

Providing savings for residents through the Rx program will come at no expense to the county. In fact, Coast2Coast Rx will pay the county a royalty of $1.25 per prescription and the royalty does not increase cardholder cost. Besides the discount on prescriptions, the card also provides discounts on dental, vision, veterinary and hearing

services; plus discounts on lab and imaging tests and diabetes supplies and equipment for all family members.

“We are pleased to work with Steele County to help individuals, their families and even pets combat the rising cost of healthcare. We appreciate all that the county and local pharmacies are doing to help those in need,” said Martin Dettelbach, Chief Marketing Officer of Coast2Coast.

The Coast2Coast Rx card will be available for residents at most participating pharmacies, governmental offices, libraries and County health facilities.

Residents will also be able to print the Rx card and view the nearest participating locations at www.coast2coastrx.com.

The Coast2Coast Rx card will provide residents with a valuable tool to help maintain their health and wellbeing at an affordable cost. Residents that used the county’s previous discount prescription card are encouraged to use the new Coast2Coast Rx as it should produce even greater discounts.

Besides Steele County other nearby counties that have the Coast2Coast program include Blue Earth, Douglas, Redwood, Wadena and Watonwan.

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The Owatonna Arts center will host an Americana concert at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21, featuring Brandon Sampson, of the band Six Mile Grove, along with Grammy-nominated singersongwriter Sally Barris.

Barris grew up in Chaska before moving to Nashville to pursue her love of country music. Once in Tennessee Barris signed with a publishing company and has written songs for Lee Ann Womack, Kelli Pickler, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood and others. Barris’ Grammy nomination came in 2008 for the song “Let The Wind Chase You,” recorded by Urban and Yearwood.

Barris is currently on tour promoting “Wilder Girl.” It’s her fourth album, her first in five years, and will feature her personal recording of “Let The Wind Chase You.” Tickets for the show in Owatonna are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Tickets are available at the Owatonna Arts Center.

Minnesota Resident Ben Kyle, of Romantica, will share the stage with Barris and Sampson. Special guest at the Owatonna show will include Dan Navarro, Celeste Krenz and Dana Cooper.

In April of this year, Sampson performed a show with Johnny Cash guitarist Bob Wootton. The show was soldout days before the concert and several people were unable to buy tickets at the door.

New name, signage for old Highway State hired contractors have began changing the signage for old Highway 14 along the road and on Interstate 35, to prepare for the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s turnback of the highway to Steele County.

The Steele County Planning and Zoning Committee asked county residents to help name old Highway 14 toward Waseca in March. Residents responded with the name Crane Creek Road.

The Steele County Board decided in May that the road will continue to be called Hoffman road within the city limits of Owatonna and from the city limits west will be called Crane Creek Road.

However, for funding the county and state will recognize the road as County Road 2.

The road was re-named months prior to the actual change to the signs to give residents who live on the road time to change their address and update their identification.

Because it’s an election year, the name of the road had to be made soon enough for voters to be able to change their voter registration.

“A municipality must not make a change to the number or name of a street address of an existing residence effective during the 45 days prior to any election in a jurisdiction, which includes the affected residence,” - Minnesota Statute 201.11.

The signs along old Highway 14 and Interstate 35 are expected to be completely installed by the end of next week.

Tonight, the county board will vote on the state Highway 14 turnback agreement.

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Walser enjoys doing business with Hursh, looks forward to new Steele County

By DENNIS OTTOSEN County Reporter Walser Automotive Group, a major player in the new car sales market in the Twin Cities for over sixty years, is expanding its operation to Steele County.

Alan Krutsch, director of marketing for Walser Automotive, said Walser was looking to expand with a Chevrolet dealership, and it just so happened Hursh was looking to sell theirs.

“We have been looking for a Chevrolet franchise to purchase, and it so happens as we were looking to expand, the Hursh family was interested in entertaining an offer to sell their business. So we came to terms and completed an agreement,” Krutsch said. “I think as a family they decided that this would be a good time to sell the business.”

Walser Automotive Group has signed an agreement that should be finalized Nov. 1, to purchase Hursh Motors in Owatonna for an undisclosed amount. In the meantime a management agreement is in place that allows Walser to operate the store and begin to manage all functions of it.

Krurtsch spoke highly of the Hursh family and said it’s been a pleasure for Walser to work with them.

“This is a great family that has really built a nice business over the years,” Krutsch said. “They have been nothing but gentlemen and folks of high integrity.”

Walser currently has two GMC/Buick dealerships, among their 13 dealerships, but this will be their only Chevrolet dealership. This will also be their first dealership this far south of the

Twin Cities.

“The thing that we like about Owatonna is that it’s a hub for southern Minnesota,” Krutsch said. “It’s a nice city, and we saw the opportunity to put a store there that would serve a wide area of Southern Minnesota.”

Along with Hursh Motors, Walser has purchased 12 acres of land near Cabelas on Interstate 35 where they will break ground for the new Chevrolet dealership.

“The goal is to be opened early summer of 2013 with a new Chevrolet facility,” Krutsch said. “We’ll be operating out of the current location until the new building is built. Then we will vacate the old building and move everything over to the new dealership.”

The old building will remain the property of the Hursh family, but it will no longer be used as a new car Chevrolet dealership.

Krutsch said as of now, Walser is working with Hursh to get the current location organized and hooked up to the Walser systems, as well as taking time to get to know the employees.

“Hursh motors runs a nice operation right now and what we’re doing is getting in there and working with the employees, who we love. We’re keeping all the employees,” Krutsch said.

After everything is set up, then Walser will begin implementing its way of doing business, which is unique in its approach to selling cars, “one person, one price.”

Walser posts the prices of their vehicles online and on the windshield of their cars. They then compensate their employees based on customer service and unit volume, not on how much of a profit they can negotiate from a

Times photo by Dennis Ottosen Walser Automotive Group took over managing Hursh Motors on Sept. 1, they are expected to fully own the Chevrolet dealership on Nov. 1. Walser plans on building a new facility for the dealership by Cabelas on Interstate 35 early next year.

customer.

“What we have found is that many customers don’t like to go through all the back and forth and the haggle,” Krutsch said. “We really try to put the customer in control. They don’t have to sit down for 45 minutes to figure out what the price is going to be.”

Another thing Walser prides himself on is having one person deal with the customer from be-

ginning to end. Krutsch said customers don’t have to deal with a sales person and then a finance manager and so on. He said the employees are product knowledge experts, not negotiation experts.

“One person helps you with the car,” Krutsch said. “You don’t have to tell your story over to a second person.”

The new location near Cabelas

will also feature one of Walser’s signature lobbies, which appears more like a hotel lobby than a car dealership. Kurtsch said because there are no negotiations, desks aren’t really needed.

“A lot of the furniture will look more like lounge furniture,” Kurtsch said. “It’s a little more comfortable, it’s not like sitting in someone’s office.”

Kurtsch said there will be a

first class service station and sales facility, with a wide selection of Chevrolet vehicles.

“We are going to have a large selection. We will put several hundred vehicles on that lot,” Kurtsch said. “ So if people in southern Minnesota are looking for a particular model, we intend to have it in stock.”

Flag football, bake sale raise money to support pediatric cancer reasearch

Times photo by Dennis Ottosen

It’s September and football is in the air, it’s also Child Cancer Awareness Month.

The second Logan’s Cookies for Kids Cancer 6-on-6 Flag Football Tournament is on Sept.

15 and 16 at Manthey Park in Owatonna.

The tournament was started last year by Rudy De Leon and his wife, Aryanna, in honor of their son Logan, who has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma.

The 4-year-old has been battling the brain cancer commonly found in children for more tha a year.

The fee to enter a six-

member team is $150. There are currently six teams registered and more that have made verbal commitments.

The main focus of the event is not the football tournament, but the cookie bake sale, hosted by Cookies for Kid’s Cancer. Money raised will go to supporte pediatric cancer research.

The cookie bake sale starts at 9 a.m. on Sept. 15, with the football tournament starting around 11:30 a.m. The start time of flag football depends on when youth tee ball and football are finished.

At the event there will also be a silent auction, a raffle giveaway, pony rides and a bounce house.

The non-profit organization Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was founded by Larry and Gretchen Witt in 2008. The couple lost their four-year-old son, Liam, to cancer in 2011.

The Cookies for Kids’ Cancer website states, the main reason more than 25 percent of children lose their battle with cancer is because of lack of effective therapies, caused by a lack of funding.

from use in adult care products as well. Besides their well-known Baby Shampoo, a few more of the widely-known J & J brands include Aveeno, Neutrogena, Clean and Clear and Lubriderm.

Further, J & J has committed to phasing out the use of other potentially harmful chemicals.

The corporation is phasing out all use of parabens, a preservative that reduces or eliminates fungi growth, in baby care products and is limiting use of parabens in products formulated for adults to methyl, ethyl and propyl parabens that have been studied extensively and found safe by both corporations and regulatory bodies.

Triclosan is another questionable chemical used in many personal care products from toothpaste and deodorants to soaps and lotions. This chemical is an effective antibacterial ingredient that blocks a key bacterial enzyme, but there has been concern that consistent use of products containing Triclosan may promote the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Johnson and Johnson does not use Triclosan in any baby products and is working to eliminate it from all adult products as their scientists develop safer alternatives.

J & J is working to eliminate yet another controversial chemical, 1,4 dioxane, commonly found in trace amounts in shampoos and cleansers and also found naturally in foods such as tomatoes and coffee. This substance makes cleansers mild and non-irritating, but with high exposure there is concern that it is a potential human

carcinogen. While no regulatory agency research has found any negative effects of 1,4 dioxane in the minute amounts found in cosmetics and personal care products, J & J is reducing the use of this to virtually zero measurable amounts in baby care products and to less than 10 ppm in adult products.

One part per million is the equivalent in distance of onesixteenth of an inch in a mile.

Finally, J & J is also completely phasing out use of several fragrances, starting with baby products. These include any fragrances manufactured with animal-derived ingredients, Rose crystal, DEP and certain musks. Again, independent and objective scientific research has not proven negative effects of the above fragrances, but J & J is proactively responding to consumer demand that cosmetics, lotions and other personal care products be formulated to be as safe for long term consumer use as possible.

Johnson and Johnson’s work to reduce use of potentially harmful chemicals in personal care products and completely eliminate those that seem to be of greatest concern is good news for health-conscious consumers. Perhaps J & J’s public commitments on the issue of chemical safety in consumer care products will convince other large cosmetics corporations, such as Estee Lauder, Avon, Proctor & Gamble and L’Oreal, to follow suit.

A group of runners prepares to start last years Harvest Run for Hunger.

Run to support local food shelves

By DENNIS OTTOSEN County Writer The third annual Harvest Run for Hunger, which raises money for local food shelves, will take place Saturday morning in Ellendale. The goal of the run/walk is to help raise awareness and bring an end to hunger in our country.

Ron Knutson, of Ellendale, is the race director and the original organizer of the event. He said he wanted to do something to fight the country’s hunger problem and the easiest place to start is right in his own area.

“This was just one idea I had a few years ago about trying to get people involved in hunger outreach,” Knutson said. “ Each year food shelves are seeing an increase in need and a decrease in the donations that they are receiving.”

The event will start at Zion Lutheran Church and finish at Pontoppidan Lutheran Church.

Registration for the event begins at 7 a.m. on Saturday. The 7K run begins at 9 a.m., and Knutson said the runners usually finish the race in about 45 minutes. The 4K walk begins at 8:30 a.m., with the walkers finishing in about half an hour.

“The walkers are actually finished about the time we’re starting the run,” Knutson said.

“So the walkers are usually at the finish line and then the runners start coming in.”

At about 9:45 a.m., when the adults are finished with their

walk/run, a youth run will take place at Pontoppidan Church.

After the runs there will be food served and entertainment provided by Stix of Fury, the drumline from Blooming Prairie.

“They’re fairly well known in the area, and there is a fairly large running community in Blooming Prairie so we’re hoping some of those people will come to our event and help us with this cause,” Knutson said.

Knutson began running about eight years ago and has been doing it ever since.

“As I got older, the doctor said I needed a little bit more exercise. So I joined a fitness center and started using the treadmill,” Knutson said.

Knutson said he was on the treadmill in the middle of winter when he decided he was going to run in Blooming Prairie’s Awesome Blossom run in July, something he always wanted to do.

“I thought, well, this is one way I would be able to do it. So I started training for that and that was the first organized run I’ve ever participated in 2005,” Knutson said.

Since then Knutson has participated in multiple runs around the county and state, including a few half marathons and full marathons. Knutson said looking forward to his next event gives him motivation to keep running in between events.

County roads and township roads make up the Harvest Run course. Knutson said there will be road guards on every inter-

section so traffic can be controlled during the event.

Unlike some running events that raise money by the distance people run, the entry fee is how proceeds are generated for the run as well as donations from people and businesses in the area.

The cost to run is $20 for the 4K Walk and $25 for the 7K Run if registered by September 1. Money raised at the Run for Hunger will be distributed between food shelves in Ellendale, New Richland, Waseca and the Steele County food shelf.

Knutson said he would like to thank everyone who has donated to the event and all those who will be participating.

“It’s another way for people in the area to help out their neighbors, and that’s really what its about,” Knutson said.

“When you help other people, it builds our community and makes our community a better place.”

For additional information you can contact Knutson at 507-456-4167 or go to the website: www.harvestrunforhunger. com.

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by Troy Thompson... this week in The Times!

TRASH QUEEN

Mary Olsen Giant consumer care company Johnson and Johnson moved forward in their quest to develop safe cosmetics and baby care products when they announced in August that they are pledging to remove potentially harmful and carcinogenic chemicals from lotions and adult toiletries by 2015 at the latest.

According to an article first published in Sustainable Business and through researching the company’s website, www.jnj.com, J & J has already phased out several questionable chemicals in baby care products. They have pledged to stop using a preservative, quaternium-15, in their Baby Shampoo by the end of next year. Preservatives are used by many corporations in many products to protect consumers from potentially harmful mold and bacteria which could grow without the preservative.

J & J does not use formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, directly in their products, but they have used quaternium-15, which releases formaldehyde. Not only has J & J promised to phase out use of this chemical in baby care products, they are eliminating it

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Living MEDFORD ANOTHER TIME

Medford School reaches record enrollment

By DENNIS OTTOSEN County News Writer

John Gross Early Medford Churches part two Last time, we discussed the organization and history of Medford’s oldest church; the Congregational United Church of Christ. In this column, we will take a brief look at several other churches that existed for a time in this community.

A group of four people met quietly in Medford on Sept.

15, 1860, and organized the Baptist Church of Clinton and Medford. They were A.D. Low and his wife Mahala, along with John and Huldah Sanborn, who together wrote and signed a letter and sent delegates to the Central Baptist Association.

The four organizers continued to hold meetings until early in 1862, when six new members were added to the group. The first to be received by baptism was Mrs. J. Shipley in May of that year. Meetings were held in the homes of members until 1863 when their first pastor, Reverend J.F. Wilcox arrived and conducted services every other week in the school buildings in Medford and Clinton Falls.

In 1863, Medford held a special town meeting to consider purchasing a schoolhouse on the west side of the Straight River for use as a “town hall,” but the vote failed. Four years later, this same building was purchased by the Free Will Baptist Society and was moved to the east side of the river, where it was remodeled and then used by the Baptists and other denominations as a universal church. Meetings were held part time in each community until Nov. 13, 1876, when they regrouped and became known as The Clinton Baptist Church.

Exactly when the SeventhDay Adventist and Methodist Episcopal churches organized in the Medford community is not known, but it was probably sometime after the Civil War ended in 1865. An article in the Owatonna Journal on June 27, 1871, states that the “Seventh-Day Adventists will hold a camp meeting at Medford commencing today.”

Two weeks later, the same newspaper devoted several paragraphs describing for their readers some of the religious activities that took place at this camp meeting held on the Merritt Webb farm south of Medford, near the Straight River.

The Adventists constructed a small wooden church on Grove Street in 1882, but by 1910 membership had declined to the point where the building was abandoned and torn down for lumber In the summer of 1872, the “Journal” again reported on another camp meeting at the Webb farm, but this time “held under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church… and considerable interest was manifested.” Unfortunately, rainy weather during the week apparently affected overall attendance.

Work began in the spring of 1875 constructing a Methodist Episcopal church in Medford on what is now the northwest corner of West Central Avenue and First Street SW. The cornerstone of the 28 by 48 foot Gothic-style structure was put into place on May 4.

The church had about 50 members in 1878 and served the Medford community as a place of worship until most of its former members became associated with the Owatonna Methodist Church in the early 1930s.The building was sold in March 1936 to Otto E. Ebeling of Owatonna, who tore down the vacated structure and used the lumber to build a new house.

The enrollment for Medford Public Schools is at an alltime high. The school, which is nearly reaching its capacity, welcomed 889 students on the first day of school.

Superintendent John Currie said the growth can be attributed to the growth of Medford as well as the schools open enrollment program.

There are 250 open enrolled students this year, this has increased the school’s population by 28 percent. Currie said he believes the size of the school building, the relationships between teachers and students, as well as the friendly climate are attractive to parents.

“We offer a good academic program that prepares kids for their next educational level,” Currie said. “There is a nice culture and a nice climate, and I think parents are looking for that and that’s why they choose us.”

The additional students at the school not only provide more revenue, but they allow Medford Schools to offer more electives and advanced placement classes than it could otherwise. “[Open enrollment] allows us to offer programs and students that we would not be able to,” Currie said. “If we did not have open enrollment there are a lot of courses and electives that we couldn’t offer because we just wouldn’t have enough students.”

Currie said Medford is the lowest funded district in the state, and the additional revenue that the growth at the school provides is important because the school is does not have an

Times photo by Dennis Ottosen A group of junior high students has fun in the cafeteria on the second day of school. Enrollment at Medford Public Schools is at an all-time high and the school is near capactity, meaning they have alrady stopped open enrollment for some grades.

operating levy in place like other schools.

“The reason that we’re able to maintain our programs and services is because we’ve been able to accept open enrolled students,” Currie said.

As the school approaches capacity, Currie said the school will need to start looking for other forms of funding.

“Ever since they built this new building the district has been growing and we’re at a point now where we’re not

going to be able to continue to add new students so that’s going to present some issues for us financially in the future,” Currie said.

He said this problem is something that every district faces and when it reaches the point of capacity the district will either have to increase revenues or decrease spenditures.

“Fortunately to this point we have a fund balance that can support us,” Currie said.

“It’s enough to support all our

programs.”

There is still a little room for students to enroll in some grades, but open enrollment has been closed in both Kindergarten and seventh-grade due to reaching capacity.

“We try to keep our class sizes under 30. I think that’s another thing that’s attractive to our parents,” Currie said. “Districts can close open enrollment by grade level. So we’ve done that in kindergarten and seventh grade at this time.”

In most grades there are roughly 25 students in each class. In seventh grade there are a district-high 89 students, or 29 in each section.

“I would say the capacity of the building is around 800, and even though we’re that number it’s working quite nicely,” Currie said. “But it won’t continue to and that’s why we’re going to have to cap open enrollment.”

Your Next door neighbor Melanie Hagen Hagen has lived in Medford for about twenty years and runs the TigerTown Daycare. She is orginally from Fairmont, Minn.

Hagen has two brothers and two sisters, Shelly, John, Julie and Mark. She is married to Darren and they have a daughter named Madison.

Hobbies: Business, politics, religion.

Best thing about living in Medford: I think it’s a friendly community.

Favorite TV shows: The news and public televison, Antiques Roadshow. As well as Pawn Stars and The Middle.

Favorite Book: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren.

Favorite Music: Everything from Neil Young and Crazy Horse to Ozzy Osbourne Last movie seen in a theater: Hall Pass

Dream Vacation: Germany.

Favorite activities as a child: Sports, tennis and hiking. Playing guitar, listening to music. Reading.

Lifelong Passion: Pyschology, not for any other reason then wondering why we are the way we are.

If I could have lunch with any person living or dead: Niche or my nephew Tommy.

Something not many people know about me: Inside I’m really a petite feminine flower.

Pet Peeves: I don’t like dishonesty, especially when people are dishonest with themselves.

Times photo by Dennis Ottosen

New postmaster is third generation postal worker

By DENNIS OTTOSEN County News Writer Going to work for the post office wasn’t a hard decision to make for Angie Nesenson, it’s somewhat of a family tradition.

Nesenson, who started as Medford postmaster on June 30, comes from a long line of family members who worked for the post office.

Her grandpa was a supervisor for a post office in South Dakota for much of his life. Her father retired five years ago from his position as postmaster in Renville Minn., where Nesenson is originally from. Her mother was postmaster at Danube, Minn., until retiring two years ago.

“That inspired me. I kind of came about this naturally,” Nesenson said. “I knew what to expect when I started.”

She said she remembers being in the post office as a child, asking to ride in her dad’s truck and playing with his satchel.

Nesenson started as a part time flex clerk at post office in Waseca in 1998, worked there for 8 years. During that time enrolled in postmaster training twice. She took her first job

as postmaster in Hartland in 2006 and worked there up until becoming Medford’s postmaster.

Lives in Waseca with her husband, Paul, and two small children Mia, 3, and Cruz who is six months old.

Nesenson works split shifts Monday through Friday, majority of the time by herself. Nesenson is the only employee at the post office besides a clerk who works Saturdays, Monday mornings and when Nesenson takes off.

Nesenson said she enjoys visiting with the customers who come in to the post office.

“Medford has been very nice to me and has welcomed me to the community,” Nesenson said.

“I plan on being here a while.”

Nesenson aid the summers are typically slower but Medford is quite busy for the size of town it is. She said a lot of the packages come from local eBay businesses in Medford, receiving about 50100 packages a day from two of the online businesses alone. She also said she is starting to see a lot of political mail.

“We’re going to see a lot more of those with the election coming up,” Nesenson said.

City of Medford Calendar

Wednesday, Sept. 12 Elementary school pictures 8 a.m.

Medford farmer’s market 3 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 13 High school pictures 8 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 14 Varsity football vs. GFW 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 17 Medford City Council 7 p.m.

Times photo by Dennis Ottosen Angie Nesenson began as the Medford postmaster on June 30.

Her grandfather, father and mother all worked for post offices.

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Public Safety

Blotter Spotlight: Disturbance. On Sept. 1, deputies responded to a party that got out of hand in Hayfield at 2:23 a.m. There were approximately 100 people at the scene. One female was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital. Deputies issued nine citations for minor consumption. One individual received citations for minor consumption, fleeing on foot and giving false name to police.

Steele County

Dodge County

Sheriff taps long-time investigator as sergeant

By RICK BUSSLER Publisher He’s the oldest and most experienced person in the sheriff’s office and now he’s being tapped on to step into a newly created leadership role.

Steele County S h e r iff Lon Thiele has promoted veteran investigator Gary Okins to sergeant in charge Okins of investigations.

In addition to the investigative duties, Okins will also be responsible for providing daytime supervision in the absence of the sheriff and his chief deputy. He will be the county’s fourth sergeant.

The county board approved the additional sergeant posi-

Area Police Blotter Blooming Prairie Police Aug. 31 Theft. At 5:11 a.m., officer took a theft report in the city.

Sept. 5 Lost Property. Officer took a report of lost property at 2:40 p.m. in the city.

Sept. 6 Criminal Sex. A citizen reported a criminal sex conduct incident at 2:38 p.m. in the city.

Owatonna Police Aug. 30 Restraining Order. At 10:12 a.m., a citizen in the 100 block of School St. W. reported a restraining order violation.

Vulnerable Adult. Officer took report of a vulnerable adult in the 100 block of 22nd St. NW at 10:38 a.m.

Suspicion. Police responded to suspicious activity in the 200 block of Cedar Ave. N. at 6:08 p.m. Officers arrested an adult at the scene.

Accident. At 6:35 p.m., police responded to a property damage crash at Bridge St. W. and State Ave. NW. No injuries were reported.

DWI Arrests. Officers arrested two adults throughout the day for intoxicated driving. They included at the intersection of Hoffman Dr. NW and Rose St. W. at 7:27 p.m. and at Broadway St. W. and Oak Ave. S. at 11:11 p.m.

Juvenile Complaint. Officers responded to 26th St. NE and 3rd Ave. NE at 11:14 p.m. after receiving a complaint about a juvenile. A citation was issued at the scene.

Aug. 31 Found Property. A citizen reported found property in the 1500 block of Mosher Ave. SW at 8:35 a.m.

Traffic. At 1:37 p.m., officer stopped a vehicle in the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W. A citation was issued.

Shoplifting. A shoplifting incident was reported at 5:24 p.m. in the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W. Drunken Driving. Officers stopped a vehicle in the 1100 block of County Rd. 45 N. at 6:58 p.m. The adult driver was taken into custody for DWI. Liquor Violation. At 11:51 p.m., a citizen reported a liquor violation at Hagen Place SW. A citation was issued.

Sept. 1 Warrant Arrests. Police made two adult warrant arrests, including the 600 block of Bridge St. W. at 12:35 a.m. and the 300 block of Mineral Springs Rd. N. at 10:52 a.m.

Property Damage. A citizen reported property damage in the 100 block of North St. E. at 6:53 a.m.

Accident. A property damage crash was reported at Elm Ave. S. and Main St. E. at 11:31 a.m. No injuries were reported.

Animal Call. Police responded to an animal call in the 1200 block of Industrial Rd. NW at 1:55 p.m.

Traffic. At 10:03 p.m., officer made a traffic stop at Grove Ave. S. and Main St. E. A citation was issued.

Sept. 2 DWI Arrest. At 1:20 a.m., a

tion last month. Thiele said he requested a fourth sergeant because the office often comes up shorthanded with supervision during the daytime. He and his chief deputy Scott Hansen are often out of the county at meetings during the day.

“He has been very dedicated to this office and no doubt will make a fine sergeant,” Thiele said of Okins. The sheriff has noticed that Okins often comes out on calls on his days off and stays after when other things need attention.

Okins has worked for the sheriff’s office for 24 years with the last 12 being one of the department’s two investigators.

During his years as a detective, Okins has worked on many major cases, including murders, deadly plane crashes and an officer-involved shooting near Hope.

The newly promoted sergeant is looking forward to getting out into the county more and working closer with the rest of the staff in the sheriff’s office. “I’m

looking forward to supervising the road,” Okins said.

In his new leadership role, Okins wants to become a mentor for younger deputies. “It will be nice to be able to show the younger people some of the tricks of the trade that I have learned over the years,” he said.

He also wants to focus on getting the road deputies enthused with criminal investigations. “I just want to be able to pass on my skills because I won’t be around forever,” said Okins.

In October Okins will attend a leadership academy for supervision training at Camp Ripley.

Okins like the direction that the sheriff’s office is heading since Thiele became elected sheriff. “I think it’s positive,” he said. “We had some lean years where things weren’t so great, but it’s been positive ever since Lon got elected.”

He came to Steele County in 1988 at a time when the department hired only homegrown deputies. He was not from the area and ended up being the first

person outside of the area to get hired on the sheriff’s office.

Prior to joining the sheriff’s office, Okins worked for the Blooming Prairie Police Department for nearly two years.

He actually got his start in law enforcement in his home area of Redwood County in 1983. He left Minnesota for a short time to work in a Kansas City suburb, but didn’t like the big city life and chose to come back home.

He has a law enforcement degree from Willmar Community College and took his peace officers skills course in Bloomington.

Okins likes working with a sheriff’s office versus a local police department. “There is more to do with a sheriff’s office than there is with any other law enforcement agency,” he said. “It’s always been good to me.”

As Okins steps forward into his new leadership role, he has one goal in mind. “I hope to make the sheriff’s office a better place than it already is,” he said.

vehicle was stopped at Main St. W. and Oak Ave. S. Officers arrested the adult driver for drunken driving.

Burglary. Two burglary reports came in during the day. They included: 200 block of 22nd St. SE at 6:36 a.m. and 1800 block of Cedar Ave. S. at 6:39 a.m.

Property Damage. Officer took a vandalism report at Linn Ave. SW and Mosher Ave. SW at 6:18 p.m.

Theft. A citizen reported a theft at 9:03 p.m. in the 200 block of Main St. E. Sept. 3 Traffic Arrest. Police arrested an adult driver after stopping a vehicle at Mile Marker 44 on Interstate 35 at 4:50 a.m.

Burglary. A report of a burglary in the 300 block of Grove Ave. S. came in at 7:08 a.m.

Hit and Run. A hit and run crash was reported at 12:13 p.m. in the 1400 block of 21st Ave. NW. The crash resulted in only property damage.

Shoplifting. At 4:31 p.m., a citizen reported shoplifting in the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W. Found Property. Police took a report of found property in the 1500 block of Mosher Ave. SW at 5:34 p.m.

Traffic. Officers stopped a vehicle at Elm Ave. N. and Rose St. E. at 8:33 p.m. A citation was issued.

Sept. 4 Thefts. Several theft reports came in during the day. They included: 600 block of Bridge St. W. at 12:19 a.m. and 9:18 a.m., 300 block of School St. E. at 1:31 p.m. and 5:29 p.m.

DWI Arrest. A motorist was stopped at Mosher Ave. SW and School St. W. at 4:23 a.m. The adult driver was taken into custody for intoxicated driving.

Warrant Arrests. Police arrested two adults throughout the day for outstanding warrants. The included in the 100 block of Landmark Dr. NE at 9:20 a.m. and 500 block of Florence Ave. NW at 4:23 p.m.

Vandalism. Police took a report of property damage in the 600 block of Bridge St. W. at 11:48 a.m.

Assault. At 11:45 a.m., police responded to an assault in the 200 block of 24th Ave. NW. Crash. A motor vehicle crash was reported in the 600 block of Bridge St. W. at 2:55 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Shoplifting. Police responded to the 1100 block of Frontage Rd. W. at 3:04 p.m. after a complaint of shoplifting.

Sept. 5 Warrant Arrest. An adult was arrested on a warrant in the 200 block of McKinley St. SE at 7:49 a.m.

Thefts. Two reports of thefts came in during the day. They included: 300 block of School St. E. at 11:11 a.m. and 700 block of State Ave. at 3:59 p.m.

Harassment. Police investigated a report of harassment in the 400 block of Grove Ave. N. at 3:14 p.m.

Accident. A property damage crash was reported at Grove Ave. S. and Prospect St. E. at 6:34 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Runaway. Police received a report of a runaway in the 500 block of Broadway St. E. at 6:37 p.m.

Suspicion. At 10:49 p.m., police responded to a call of suspicious activity in the 600 block of Mound St. W. Sept. 6 Drunken Driving.

Officers stopped a vehicle at Bixby Rd. SE and School St. E. at 12:49 a.m. The adult driver was arrested for DWI.

Burglary. At 11:52 a.m., police began an investigation of a burglary in the 600 block of 18th St. NE. Check Welfare. A welfare check was completed on a subject in the 1500 block of St. Paul Rd. NE at 11:39 a.m. An adult was arrested at the scene.

Shoplifter. Police arrested an adult for shoplifting in the 300 block of Park Dr. NW at 3:18 p.m.

Missing Person. A citizen reported a missing person at 5:34 p.m. in the 400 block of Kriesel Place NE. Warrant. Police arrested an adult on an outstanding warrant in the 300 block of Academy St. E. at 10:06 p.m.

Probation Arrest. At 11:18 p.m., an adult was arrested on a probation violation in the 100 block of Bridge St. W.

The area smelled like natural gas.

Deputies and the Dodge Center Fire Department responded to explosion.

Minor Consumption. At 10:37 p.m., deputies issued a citation for underage consumption and minor possession of tobacco in Dodge Center.

August 31 Burglary. At 2:56 p.m., a Dodge Center resident came home to find the door kicked in to his or her house and forced entry. It was unknown what was missing.

September 1 Injury. At 3:30 p.m., a man was thrown from a horse carriage in Kasson and received a severe broken ankle.

September 5 DWI. At 12:05 a.m., deputies made a traffic stop in Mantorville. The driver was found to be intoxicated and was arrested for DWI. The passenger was issued a citation for possession of Paraphernalia.

Steele County Aug. 30 Accident. A property damage crash was reported at 62nd Ave. SW and 68th St. SW at 2:08 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Aug. 31 Liquor Violation. Deputy took report of a liquor violation in the 4100 block of 66th St. NW at 11:29 p.m.

Sept. 1 Injury Crash. Deputies and paramedics responded to a personal injury motor vehicle crash in the 14900 block of 94th Ave. SE at 3:34 p.m.

Theft. Deputy investigated a theft in the 800 block of 50th St. NE at 2:51 p.m.

Sept. 4 Child Protection. At 8:42 a.m., deputy began a child protection investigation in the 4300 block of 76th St. NE. Sept. 5 Accident. Deputy took a report of an accident between a car and deer in the 2400 block of County Rd. 45 S. at 4:09 p.m.

Theft. At 6:41 p.m., a theft was reported in the 1000 block of 92nd Ave. SW.

Dodge County The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office handled 381 complaints for the week of August 29 – September 5. Some of them include: August 29 Traffic Hazard. At 7:09 a.m., there was a report of dead turkeys in traffic lanes in the Dodge County.

Vandalism. At 8:39 a.m., damage to picnic tables in Dodge Center was reported. Security cameras recorded individuals burning the top of picnic tables.

Slashed Tire. At 1:38 p.m., a Hayfield resident called deputies after a tire on his truck was found slashed.

Larceny. At 6:03 p.m., there was a report of an individual leaving a hotel in Kasson without paying for his or her stay.

August 30 Warrant Arrest. At 12:02 a.m., deputies responded to a call at North Park in Dodge Center. One individual was arrested and taken into custody for an outstanding warrant from Olmsted County.

Explosion. At 8:31 a.m., a gas explosion occurred in Dodge Center.

Area Court News Steele County Sheriff The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Steele County District Court the week of August 27 – September 1:

Hayfield ambulance officers face theft charges

By RICK BUSSLER Publisher A husband and wife team dedicated to helping people in time of emergency need has been charged with misusing public funds from the service they represented.

James Dean Middleton, 43, and Anne Marie Middleton, 30, of Sargeant, have been charged with felony theft in Dodge County Middleton District Court.

James served as captain and Anne as secretary/treasurer for the Hayfield Ambulance Service. They took over those positions in January and have Middleton been volunteer emergency medical technicians with the service.

The case began to unravel on July 18 when officers from the ambulance service notified the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office that an internal investigation was being conducted on two of their officers regarding alleged misuse of funds. A number of discrepancies in the organization’s accounts led to the internal investigation and an initial audit of the books.

According to the sheriff’s office, the initial audit indicated a number of unauthorized expenditures to restaurants, gas stations and various stories where ambulance supply purchases are not normally made. Some of the purchases included groceries, electronics, a large gas grill, an

electric weed eater, a gun safe and other various items. The audit indicated both James and Anne were making the purchases.

The Middletons were called in at the July 18 meeting and confronted about the misuse of funds. They were asked to step down from their positions and return their equipment.

The sheriff’s office reported that a more thorough audit was done by the ambulance service over the next several weeks. On August 27, the ambulance service provided sheriff’s investigators with documentation and bank records indicating $11,851 of questionable purchases/transactions allegedly made by the Middletons between January 1 and July 18.

The ambulance service is funded by stipends paid by the townships and the city of Hayfield for emergency services, Medicare and Medicaid, some additional state funding and fees for ambulance runs.

On August 28, the sheriff’s office executed a search warrant on the Middleton’s residence in rural Sargeant. Several items purchased with ambulance funds were recovered and placed into evidence.

Sheriff’s investigators interviewed the couple on August 29 and arrested them for felony theft. They were transported to Steele County Jail and held for court.

The Middletons appeared in court on August 31. They have been charged with one count each of felony theft. Bail was set at $3,000 with conditions and $7,500 without conditions.

They face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and/ or $20,000 fine.

Blooming Prairie Police Peteroy A. Lincoln, 57, Brooklyn Park, speeding, $121; Dustin L. Sletten, 25, Blooming Prairie, seat belt, $106.

MN State Patrol Rochester Pa Dah, 32, St. Paul, speeding and no insurance, $331; Kelsey E. Daily, 17, Orange City, IA, speeding, $121; Linda J. Fueger, 57, Lodi, WI, criminal vehicular homicide – operating vehicle in grossly negligent manner, $981, write letter of apology, 340 hours of community service and 2 years of supervised probation; Tracy J. Hockers, 32, Waseca, revoked license, seat belt and no insurance, $506; Steven M. Jackson, 34, Montezuma, IA, speeding, $121; James W. Kelling, 17, Braham, speeding, $131; Khaing M. Khaing, 43, St. Paul, speeding, $121; Jessica R. Morgan, 29, Austin, revoked license, speeding and no insurance, $521; Eric L. Perkins, 30, Waseca, seat belt, $106; Heather O. Rehdantz, 28, Glenville, speeding, $141; JC V. Rogers, 20, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Gary R. Schoener, 67, Minneapolis, speeding, $131; Jonathan T. Walters, 24, Winona, cancelled license, $381 and 1 year of supervised probation; Jacob M. Wilkemeyer, 27, Owatonna, window tint violation, $131; Jeremy S. Zimmerman, 18, Owatonna, speeding, $121.

Owatonna Police Jared L. Aas, 38, Owatonna, failure to signal and revoked license, $331; Laura L. Alderman, 41, Madison Lake, following vehicle too closely and expired tabs, $156;

AREA COURT NEWS Continued on Page 10B

Sheriff announces scholarship program

By RICK BUSSLER Publisher Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele announced the start of the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program for 2012.

Thiele said the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association (MSA) Board of Directors has established a scholarship fund for the awarding of up to 15 scholarships for this year. These $600 scholarships are due to the coordinated efforts of the 87 sheriffs in Minnesota.

The MSA members give special recognition to the financial needs of students attending the peace officer skills course, or one of the two- or four-year law enforcement degree colleges.

“The board of directors feel peace officers in our democratic society have complex duties to perform,” said Thiele.

MSA recognizes the importance of pre-entry training for people considering law enforcement as their career choice. MSA also recognizes some students need outside help in meeting the costs of such training, even though they excel academically.

The scholarship committee, in making its selection of awards, intends on achieving representation from all geographical areas of the state. Scholarship awards will be announced by the end of the year.

Application forms and a statement of procedures are available at the Steele County Sheriff’s Office in Owatonna. Scholarships are only available to students currently enrolled in one of the following three categories: • Mandated POST skills program.

• In their second year of a twoyear law enforcement program.

• In their third or fourth year of a four-year college criminal justice program.

In order to qualify, students must have completed at least one year of the two-year program or two years of a fouryear program. Students meeting these criteria are invited to obtain a scholarship application form from their local sheriff’s office or online at www.mnsheriffs.org.

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A Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day gift returns More than 40 years later, a lost ring returns

By TROY THOMPSON News Editor Ina Hansenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children got together and gave her a ring for Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day sometime around 1962 or 1963.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to understand the faded memories of the exact date more than 40 years ago.

But what the family does remember is that the ring was lost just a few short years later.

Gone. Disappeared. Nowhere to be found.

They bought a replacement ring for their mother about 1967, and all was right again.

Ina has since passed away and her son Robert now lives in the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blooming Prairie area home along with his wife, Judy.

They turned a portion of their

sprawling back yard into a garden about 12 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That garden has been dug, tilled and turned over I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how many times,â&#x20AC;? said Robert Hansen.

After all the search efforts back in the 60s and years of lawn-mowing, gardening and excavating, Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day of 2012 took on a new meaning.

Hansenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, Audrey, was working in the garden when she spotted the ring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew it was a ring,â&#x20AC;? said Robert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it was all dirty. We cleaned it up and found that it was our motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ring she lost more than 40 years ago.â&#x20AC;?

The family was astounded at the discovery and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite believe it had turned up after decades had passed, especially on Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. A family reunion was planned for later in the summer, and it was decided to keep the discovery a secret until then. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our ďŹ rst thought was to call Robertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister,â&#x20AC;? said Judy Han-

sen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But then we thought, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have some fun with this at the family reunion.â&#x20AC;?

At the reunion, Judy stood up and asked the remaining family members to guess what she was holding in her hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it a key?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; came one guess. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it a worm?â&#x20AC;? joked another.

Then someone asked if it was a ring.

Though that guess turned out to be correct, they had no idea that what would unfold from Judyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand would be the ring the children pitched in to get their mother so many years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were very surprised,â&#x20AC;? said Judy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all were.â&#x20AC;?

Now that the secret is out and the fun of the ďŹ nd has been had, the ring currently resides with Carol Wright, a daughter of Inaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Austin.

Not only is it a family heirloom, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a keepsake that is now determined to be kept for many years to come.

Submitted photo A Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day present, given in the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s to Ina Hansen, was lost for more than 40 years, until it turned up in the family on Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, 2012.

Ardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden to be dedicated Arden Wold was a lifelong member of the Blooming Prairie community with the exception of the four years he spent serving his country in the PaciďŹ c Theatre during WWII. He loved God, his country, his church, his community, and he loved ďŹ&#x201A;ower gardening.

When he passed away in 2010, he left a sizeable bequest to the First Lutheran Church of Blooming Prairie to be used for the beautiďŹ cation of the church and also for the community to enjoy.

Planning has been going on for this project for the past year and the project is now complete.

To recognize the gift, the church is holding a celebration on Sunday, Sept. 16, to dedicate the new garden addition and outdoor courtyard area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 28-foot diameter patio made of paver blocks, new concrete and areas for ďŹ&#x201A;owers and shrubs,â&#x20AC;? said Ken Trom who has helped spearhead the project.

Trom said a large shade tree will also be added.

The entire community is being invited for the dedication ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. A potluck dinner will be held beginning at noon, and those attending are being asked to bring a dish to share with their neighbors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to make this beautiďŹ cation project something we can use and not just something to look at,â&#x20AC;? said Trom.

The Zumbro River Band, a seven-piece bluegrass ensemble will also be performing for the celebration.

First Lutheran Church is located at 434 First St. SW in Blooming Prairie.

Times photo by Troy Thompson An outdoor fireplace sits ready for use in the courtyard at First Lutheran Church of Blooming Prairie. The church is holding a dedication celebration for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on Sunday, Sept. 16. A potluck dinner is being held at noon with live music provided by a sevenpiece bluegrass band. The public is invited.

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2012 State Fair Results CHAMPIONS Holly Bloomenrader, Wether Dams ewe lamb; Cameron Deml, Dutch junior buck; Taylor Jirousek, Guernsey senior yearling; Holly Larson, Satin senior doe; Tara Simon, purebred junior doe; Jessica Turnlund, pigeons utility young bird; Jenna Zeman, registered Duroc barrow.

HONORABLE MENTIONS Joshua Clarey, Jersey junior yearling; Mallorie Dietz, Brown Swiss senior yearling; Kelsey Mussman, Holstein grade senior 2-year-old.

Waage, market gilts; Abby Wilker, market gilts; Gabi Zeman, middleweight black face market lamb; Jordan Zeman, registered Yorkshire barrow; Josh Zeman, heavyweight Crossbred barrow.

RESERVE CHAMPIONS Collin Clarey, market pen turkeys; Katelyn Crabtree, Holland Lop senior doe; Abby Haberman, registered Holstein junior yearling; Georgia Jirousek, Crossbred junior yearling; Sarah Manderfeld, Toggenburg purebred 3 & 4 year doe; Katie McNab, Jersey Wooly senior doe; Alyssa Noble, Polish senior buck; Matthew Purfeerst, breeding heifer showmanship.

Brandon Hanson, meat breeding yearling doe –dry; Brandon Hanson, veterinary science; Leah Hawkins, registered other breeds – junior yearling; Mathias Heinrichs, shop/ wood science; Michelle Hoffmaster, heavyweight black face market lamb; Michelle Honsey, performing arts; Cole Ignaszewski, speckle face market lamb; Anders Jacobson, meat breeding yearling doe – dry; Anders Jacobson, meat doe

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PURPLE RIBBONS Laura Bloomenrader, lightweight black face market lamb; Caleb Buck, lightweight Crossbred barrow; Elisabeth Buck, middleweight Crossbred barrow; Brody Carlson, lightweight meat market goat; Abby Crabtree, senior meat breeding doe; Matt Dinse, Crossbred steer; Mitch Dinse, middleweight Crossbred barrow; Libby Ferch, registered Duroc gilt; Abigail Hansen, needle arts; Brandon Hanson, meat doe showmanship; Georgia Jirousek, small grains and legumes; Deanna Kanne, video; Jacob Katzung, dairy steer; Jacob Katzung, fishing sports; Alexis Kubista, prospect calf steer; Cassie Larson, meat doe showmanship; Cassie Larson, meat breeding yearling doe dry; Sam Larson, meat breeding yearling doe dry; Sam Larson, meat doe showmanship; Grace Lewison, dairy steer Crossbred; Hannah Lewison, dairy steer; Amelia Manderfeld, milking shorthorn calf; Anna Moe, fashion revue – clothes you buy; Jessica Blazek, fashion review - clothes you buy.

Lacey Nelson, Ayshire senior yearling; Brandon Peeters, breeding pen chickens; Justin Peeters, fishing sports; Amanda Peterson, clothes you buy; Matthew Purfeerst, registered Black Angus junior yearling; Leah Rieck, registered yearling ewe; Emily Spatenka, Crossbred steer; Mikayla Spinler, chickens, egg production, brown eggs; Bria Stenzel, exploring the environment; Allison

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BLUE RIBBONS Natalie Aaseth, club community pride; Blake Arett, registered Shorthorn junior yearling; Ethan Arett, White Face Market Lamb; William Behne, self-determined; Allison Blazek, veterinary science; Allison Blazek, registered Montadale ewe lamb; Jessica Blazek, registered Montadale yearling ewe; Rachel Bluhm, home environment; Cassandra Borwege, crafts; Mitchell Borwege, crafts; Nicole Buck, heavyweight Crossbred barrow; Tory Buck, lightweight Crossbred barrow; Christopher Byrne, market gilt; Kayley Camerer, crafts; Brody Carlson, market goat showmanship; Abby Crabtree, meat doe showmanship; Emily Dahlin, meat doe showmanship; Emily Dahlin, senior meat breeding doe; Jessica Deering, child and family development; Cameron Deml, lama demonstration; Cameron Deml, lama obstacle course; Cameron Deml, lama showmanship; Cameron Deml, lama public relations; Nathan Erickson, lightweight Crossbred barrow; Anna EricksonBraaten, heavyweight Crossbred barrow; Tyler Gedicke, shop/wood science; Shaune Guthier, heavyweight black face market lamb; Cierra Haas, health; Patrick Hamilton, lightweight Crossbred barrow; Beth Ann Hanson, pet; Beth Ann Hanson, Unrecorded Grade junior doe kid; Beth Ann Hanson, dairy goat showmanship;

Travis Thamert, registered Holstein junior yearling; Mckenna Thiele, shooting sports; Shauntel Thiele, youth leadership; Jerret Utpadel, lightweight Crossbred barrow; Chad Wilker, heavyweight Crossbred barrow; Katie Wolf, purebred junior doe; Katie Wolf, photography.

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showmanship; Greta Jacobson, meat doe showmanship; Greta Jacobson, senior meat breeding doe; Greta Jacobson, performing arts; Abby Jensen, registered Yorkshire gilt; Claire Jensen, registered Yorkshire barrow; Taitelynn Jensen, lightweight Crossbred barrow; Taylor Jirousek, exploring the environment; Grace Johns, club community pride; Brandon Johnston, lawn and landscape design; Allie Keilen, health; Bailey Kruesel, market gilts; Grant Kyllo, middleweight meat market goat; Grant Kyllo, market goat showmanship; Cassie Larson, foods and nutrition; Daniel Larson, market rabbit – single fryer; Katie Larson, market rabbit – pen of 3 fryers; Marissa Larson, Polish senior doe; Marissa Larson, exploring the environment; Courtnii Lee, photography; Noah Loveless, market goat showmanship; Noah Loveless, middleweight meat market goat; Sarah Manderfeld, dairy goat showmanship; Sarah Manderfeld, self-determined; Sarah Mulert, purebred Simmental yearling; Tanner Nelson, dairy steer; Payton Noble, Bantam breeding pen chickens; Sara O’Connor, needle arts; Adam Olson, middleweight Crossbred barrow; Lydia Olson, registered Holstein junior yearling; Owatonna Victory Boosters, club banner; Brandon Peeters, citizenship; Justin Peeters, breeding pen chickens; Amanda Peterson, Bantam breeding pen chickens; Michael Pfeifer, photography; Tommy Pfeifer, consumer education; Pratt Commandoes, club banner; Jenna Rhoades, Wether Dams ewe lamb; Makenzi Rhoades, lama showmanship; Kayla RipkaCrawford, dog; Chloe Schroeder, demonstration; Kendra Schroeder, demonstration; Ethan Spindler, shop/wood science;

Ethan Arett, market lamb showmanship; Riley Arthur, market lamb showmanship; Emily Dahlin, rabbit judging; Abby Haberman, fashion revue – clothes you buy; Cole Ignaszewski, market lamb showmanship; Georgia Jirousek, dairy judging; Taylor Jirousek, dairy judging; Marissa Larson, rabbit judging; Adam Manderfeld, dairy judging; Amelia Manderfeld, dairy judging; Sarah Manderfeld, dairy judging; Leah Rieck, lamb lead senior; Leah Rieck, breeding ewe showmanship; Katelyn Rypka, dairy judging; Chloe Schroeder, dairy judging; Kendra Schroeder, dairy judging; Tara Simon, rabbit judging; Katie Wolf, rabbit judging; Courtney Zimmermann, dairy judging.

RED RIBBONS Troy Borwege, market gilts; Matthew Dahle, speckle face market lamb; Ben Finholdt, registered junior yearling; Destiny Heath, quilting; Andrew Hunt, registered Hereford steer; Michael Kanne, tractor; Jenna Rhoades, illustrated presentation; Makenzie Rhoades, lama obstacle course; Makenzie Rhoades, lama public relations; Katelyn Rypka, registered Holstein junior 2-year-old; Becca Zollner, home environment.

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Leggal Notices Mortgage Foreclosure 12-085221

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 18, 2007 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $82,500.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Heather Stanley and Wade Stanley, Wife and Husband MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. MIN#: 1000157-0008272571-0 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. dba America's Wholesale Lender SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed July 3, 2007, Steele County Recorder, as Document Number A000350780 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP; Dated: April 3, 2012 filed: April 9, 2012, recorded as document number A000383939 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 11 and 12 in Block 2, in Brainerd's Addition to the Village of Blooming Prairie PROPERTY ADDRESS: 508 2Nd Street Ne, Blooming Prairie, MN 55917 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 14-103-0211 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $81,687.53 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: October 16, 2012, 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 April 16, 2013.

"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: August 20, 2012 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY ___________________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060

THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 25, 2002 MORTGAGOR: S h e l by D Dawson, unmarried.

MORTGAGEE: Rescue Mortgage Inc., DBA Mortgage Depot.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded January 7, 2003 Steele County Recorder, Document No. A306295.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank as Trustee c/o Residential Funding.

And thereafter assigned to: Residential Funding Company, LLC. And thereafter assigned to: JC Gemini III, LLC. TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Rescue Mortgage Inc., DBA Mortgage Depot RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 305 3rd Street Southeast, Blooming Prairie, MN 55917 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 14105-0302 and 14-036-1030 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: BEGINNING 86.6 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 3 IN OLSON’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE; THENCE SOUTH 67.58 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 3; THENCE EAST 50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 67.58 FEET, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 3; THENCE WEST 50 FEET TO BEGINNING, STEELE COUNTY, MINNESOTA. AND COMMENCING 26 RODS WEST OF NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTHWEST 1/4 OF NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 105 NORTH OF RANGE 19 WEST, THENCE SOUTH 102.42 FEET, THENCE EAST 50 BEGINNING, STEELE COUNTY, MINNESOTA. ABSTRACT PROPERTY. THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN STEELE COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA. ADDRESS: 305 3RD ST. SE; BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN 55917 TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO: 14 105 0302 TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO: 14 036 1030.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l e ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 5 4 , 1 5 0 . 0 0 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $ 9 1 , 8 2 4 . 2 7 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; 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: October 5, 2012 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN to pay the debt then 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 six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

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 __April 5, 2013__, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None "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: July 24, 2012

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

JC Gemini III, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

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Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN

THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOTAFFECTED BY THISACTION.

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 27, 1996 MORTGAGOR(S): John J. Chappuis and Kimberly A. Chappuis, husband & wife MORTGAGEE: Wells Federal Bank a federal savings bank DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Filed for record June 27, 1996, as Document No. 254032 in the office of the County Recorder in Steele County, Minnesota ASSIGNMENT(S) OF MORTGAGE: Assignment dated June 27, 1996 to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, filed for record June 27, 1996, as Document No. 254033 in the office of the County Recorder in Steele County, Minnesota.

Said mortgage is not Registered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: None TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: None LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Wells Federal Bank a federal savings bank RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank Home Mortgage MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 626 Oak Avenue South Owatonna, MN 55060 TAX PARCEL ID NUMBER: 17-016-1141 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: THE NORTH HALF OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND ENCLOSED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED BOUNDARY LINES, TO-WIT: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 18 HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, RUNNING THENCE WEST 16 RODS, THENCE SOUTH 10 RODS, THENCE EAST 16 RODS, THENCE NORTH 10 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; BEING A PART OF THE STATE SUB-DIVISION OF LOT 18 IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 107 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, STEELE COUNTY, MINNESOTA COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 64,600.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE: $37,560.06 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; 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: October 5, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s Office, the Steele County Sheriff’s Office located at the Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, city of Owatonna to pay the debt then 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 twelve (12) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

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 April 14, 2013. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate is the next business day at 11:59 p.m.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None 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.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 9, 2003 MORTGAGOR: C a r ole Pumper and Stephen T. Pumper, wife and husband.

M O R T G A G EE: Baltic Mortgage Co. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded January 15, 2004 Steele County Recorder, Document No. A318720.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association s/b/m to Chase Home Finance LLC s/b/m to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Baltic Mortgage Co. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 202 2ND Avenue Northeast, Medford, MN 55049 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 161012909 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12; AND the West half of the vacated alley on East side of Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12; all in Block 29, Johnson and Company's Addition to the Village of Medford COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l e ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 3 2 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $ 11 9 , 7 2 5 . 3 8 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; 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: September 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN to pay the debt then 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 six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

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 _March 28, 2013_____________________, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

Dated: August 14, 2012.

MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 103 - 12-001074 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Marinus W. Van Putten, Jr., Reg. No. 11232X BEST & FLANAGAN LLP 225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 339-7121 Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 8/14,8/21,8/28 9/4,9/11,9/18

Mortgage Foreclosure

Mortgage Foreclosure

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None "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: July 25, 2012 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

ny R. Houser and Merry J. Houser, Husband and Wife MORTGAGEE: Homeservices Lending, LLC dba Edina Realty Mortgage LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Homeservices Lending, LLC dba Edina Realty Mortgage SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, NA DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed April 1, 2004, Steele County Recorder, as Document Number A 320558 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.; Dated: March 26, 2004 filed: April 1, 2004, recorded as document number A 320559 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 17, Block 2, Roever Addition, Owatonna, Steele County PROPERTY ADDRESS: 636 Pamela Place Ne, Owatonna, MN 55060 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17.293.0217 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $153,321.11 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: October 16, 2012, 10:00 am 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 April 16, 2013.

"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: August 24, 2012 Wells Fargo Bank, NA, successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY ___________________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 8/28,9/4,9/11 9/18,9/25,10/2

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 30 - 12-002361 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 8/14,8/21,8/28 9/4,9/11,9/18

Mortgage Foreclosure 12-083119

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 26, 2004 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $169,800.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Dan-

Mortgage Foreclosure PUBLIC 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 26, 2005 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $156,600.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Benito Vela and Irma Vela, as joint tenants MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. A California Corporation TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. MIN#: 100176105101825274 SERVICER: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC LENDER: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. a California Corporation. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Steele County Minnesota, Recorder , on November 23, 2005, as Document No. A000337148. ASSIGNED TO: Wilmington Trust Company as successor to The Bank of New York as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank,

National Association, as Successor Trustee for C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB3 Dated: June 2, 2009 , and recorded June 18, 2009 by Document No. A000364812 . LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: LOT 2, BLOCK 4 OF WILLOWBROOK ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF STEELE COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 611 Willowbrook Dr. NE, Owatonna, MN 55060 PROPERTY I.D: 17-480-0402 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Sixty Thousand EightyEight and 83/100 ($160,088.83) THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes; 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: 10:00 AM on October 12, 2012 PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff`s Office, in the Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesota 55060 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 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. &sect;580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. &sect;580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on April 12, 2013, or the next business day if April 12, 2013 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 FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED." Dated: August 28, 2012 Wilmington Trust Company as successor to The Bank of New York as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Successor Trustee for C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB3 Randall S. Miller & Associates, PLLC Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage/Mortgagee Canadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 1100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 952-232-0052 Our File No. 12MN00628-1 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. A-4290229 08/28/2012, 09/04/2012, 09/11/2012, 09/18/2012, 09/25/2012, 10/02/2012

Assumed Name Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Certificate of Assumed Name Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: (Required) Lien Orthodontics 2. Principal Place of Business: (Required) 4409 Rossi Court NW Rochester,MN 55901 3. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address: Dr. Deborah Lien, D.D.S., M.B.S., PLLC, 4409 Rossi Court NW, Rochester, MN 55901 4. I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

Deborah Lien, Chief Manager July 24, 2012 E-mail Address for Official Notices uno.com List a name and daytime phone number of a person who can be contacted about this form: David M. Pederson (507) 288-5440 Entities that own, lease, or have any financial interest in agricultural land or land capable of being farmed must register with the MN Dept. of Agriculture's Corporate Farm Program.

STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILED Aug. 0 9 2012 Secretary of State 9/11,9/18

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Mortgage 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 conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: January 10, 2007 MORTGAGOR: R o n ald J. Stanoch and Sharon C. Stanoch, as husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded January 31, 2007 Stearns County Recorder, Document No. 1218266.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Chase Home Finance LLC. And thereafter assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2007HE-1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HE1.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 18951 County Road 17, Holdingford, MN 56340 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 13078630503 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 4, Block 1, Ebnets Estates, Stearns County, Minnesota COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e a r n s ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 2 0 2 , 3 5 0 . 0 0 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $ 1 9 1 , 7 6 0 . 7 5 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; 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: September 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement Center, Room S-136, St. Cloud, MN to pay the debt then 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 six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

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 March 27, 2013, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None "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: July 24, 2012 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 30-11796 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 8/7,8/14,8/21 8/28,9/4,9/11

Mortgage Foreclosure PUBLIC 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 31, 2004 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $104,660.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Laura Underdahl, and Trevis Underdahl, husband and wife as joint tenants

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for America`s Wholesale Lender TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc MIN#: 1000157-0004023727-9 SERVICER: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC LENDER: America`s Wholesale Lender. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Steele County Minnesota, Recorder , on September 1, 2004, as Document No. A325351. ASSIGNED TO: The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Alternative Loan Trust 200424CB, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-24CB Dated: April 27, 2012 , and recorded July 26, 2012 by Document No. A000385862 . LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Commencing Five(5) feet East of Northwest corner of Lot Three (3), Block Six(6), of Original Townsite of Village of Blooming Prairie, thence running South 170 feet to the Alley; thence East 50 feet; thence North 170 Feet to Second Street; Thence West 50 Feet to the Point of Beginning. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 321 2nd St NE, Blooming Prairie, MN 55917-1224 PROPERTY I.D: 14-100-0603 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Forty-Seven and 75/100 ($114,047.75) THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes; 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: 10:00 AM on October 5, 2012 PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff`s Office, in the Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesota 55060 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 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. &sect;580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. &sect;580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on April 5, 2013, or the next business day if April 5, 2013 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 FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED." Dated: August 21, 2012 The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Alternative Loan Trust 200424CB, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-24CB Randall S. Miller & Associates, PLLC Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage/ Mortgagee Canadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 1100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 952232-0052 Our File No. 11MN00881-1 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. A-4286269 08/21/2012, 08/28/2012, 09/04/2012, 09/11/2012, 09/18/2012, 09/25/2012

Mortgage Foreclosure 12-081188

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: May 30, 2008 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $147,855.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Vicki L. Ruscin and Nicholas J. Ruscin, wife and husband MORTGAGEE: Prestige Mortgage LLC LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Prestige Mortgage LLC SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed June 3, 2008, Steele County Registrar of Titles, as Document Number T000063074 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Dated: May 30, 2008 filed: June 3, 2008, recorded as document number T000063075 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: The East Two and One-Fourth (2 1/4) feet of Lot Six (6); and Lot Seven (7), all of said property being in Block One (1) of Ford's Addition to the City of Owatonna REGISTERED PROPERTY PROPERTY ADDRESS: 140 Park St, Owatonna, MN 55060 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17-126-0107 Cert. No. 17359 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $149,035.96 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: October 16, 2012, 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 April 16, 2013.

"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: August 21, 2012 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY ___________________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 9/4,9/11/9/18 9/25,10/2,10/9

Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

across the East 16.5 feet of the South 1050 feet of the E ½ of the NW ¼ of said Section 4.

Subject to an easement for ingress and egress over, under and across the West 16.5 feet of South 1050 feet of said W ½ of NE ¼.

Containing 3.53 acres, more or less.

Subject to other easements and restrictions of record, if any will be sold by the Sheriff of Steele County, Minnesota, at public auction on November 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the office of the Steele County Sheriff, 204 East Pearl Street, Owatonna, Minnesota.

8. The mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. November 1, 2013, if the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.30, the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.23, or the redemption period is not reduced under section 582.032.

9. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagors or Mortgagors’ personal representatives or assigns is 12 months after the date of sale.

10.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. 11. 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. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Foreclosure Data required by Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.025 Property Address: 8323 73rd Avenue Northwest, Medford, Minnesota 55049 Transaction Agent: Not Applicable Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Residential Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Tax Parcel Identification Number: 13-004-1300 Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number: Not Applicable Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Attorneys for Mortgagee James T. Keig STEPHENSON, SANFORD & THONE, P.L.C. Suite 220, 1905 East Wayzata Boulevard Wayzata, MN 55391 (952) 404-2100 15-0360 9/11/9/18,9/25 10/2,10/9,10/16

Date: September 4, 2012 YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT: 1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated June 25, 2004 executed by Robert E. Taylor and Marsha G. Taylor, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Alpine Lending LLC, as Mortgagee, and filed for record on August 2, 2004 as Document No. A 324384, and assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc., as Mortgagee, pursuant to an Assignment dated August 4, 2004, and filed for record December 27, 2004, as Document No. A000328371, and assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Mortgagee, pursuant to an Assignment dated July 18, 2011, and filed for record July 20, 2011, as Document No. A000379089 in the Office of the County Recorder of Steele County, Minnesota. The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land.

2. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $364,000.00.

3. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof.

4. No mortgagor has been released from financial obligation on the mortgage.

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 $405,436.42.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the land described as follows: Legal Description: All that part of the West Half of the NE ¼ of Section 4, Township 108 North, Range 21 West, Steele County, Minnesota, described by: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said NE ¼; thence N 01 48’06” E, assumed bearing, 919.41 feet along the west line of said NE ¼ to the True Point of Beginning; thence N 01, 48’06” E 200.00 feet along the west line of said NE ¼; thence N 83 04’24” E 694.88 feet; thence S 17 20’51” W 294.16 feet; thence S 89 43’29” W 608.40 feet to the True Point of Beginning.

Together with an easement for ingress and egress over, under and

Mortgage Foreclosure 12-085200

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: December 13, 2006 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $125,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Daniel P. Grosland and Sherrey Grosland, Husband and Wife MORTGAGEE: Prime Security Bank LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Prime Security Bank SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed May 25, 2007, Steele County Recorder, as Document Number A000349941 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Dated: July 10, 2007 filed: July 20, 2007, recorded as document number A000351102; Thereafter assigned to Bank of America, N.A., Successor

by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, dated June 01, 2012, recorded June 18, 2012 as document number A000385221.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 1, Kummeth Addition No. 2 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 330 Jenny Lane, Owatonna, MN 55060 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 17-448-0102 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $121,296.49 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: October 25, 2012, 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 April 25, 2013.

"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: August 24, 2012 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY ___________________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 9/11/9/18,9/25 10/2,10/9,10/16

of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

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 March 7, 2013 , unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None “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: June 25, 2012 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 30-307-2012 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 580.07, the foregoing foreclosure sale is postponed until November 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM at the Steele County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN, in said county and state.

Dated: September 7, 2012 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 30 - 30-307-2012 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 9/11

Postponement NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Estate

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.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF STEELE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROBATE COURT DIVISION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: January 27, 2011 MORTGAGOR: Dennis F. Borgia, Jr., a single person.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded January 31, 2011 Steele County Recorder, Document No. A000376309.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 1001032-1000075745-9 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: The Business Bank, dba Prime Mortgage RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 204 2nd Avenue Southeast, Medford, MN 55049 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 16-101-2507 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block 25, in Johnson and Company’s Addition to the Village of Medford, Steele County, Minnesota COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l e ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 2 8 , 1 3 8 . 0 0 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $ 1 3 1 , 11 3 . 7 9 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; 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: September 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN to pay the debt then 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 six (6) months from the date

Court File No. 74-PR-12-1892 Estate Of Paul Joseph Conati, Decedent NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and Notice is given that on October 9, 2012 at 10:45 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 111 East Main St., Owatonna, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, February 27, 2001, (“Will”), and for the appointment of Christina Anne Conati, whose address is 420 2nd Street W., Claremont, MN, 55924 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 objections 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 Minn. Stat. 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 said claims will be barred.

Date: 8-31-12 Casey J. Christian Judge of District Court Attorney for Petitioner David L. Einhaus Einhaus, Mattison, Carver & Haberman, P.A. 202 N. Cedar Ave. P.O. Box 545 Owatonna, MN 55060 Attorney License No: 26190 Phone: 507-451-3580 FAX: 507-451-3532 Email: einhaus@owatonnalawyers.com

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AREA COURT NEWS Continued from 4B Brittney M. Bluhm, 19, Owatonna, speeding, $81; Christopher K. Brandvold, 23, Owatonna, revoked license, $181; Chad T. Bretl, 36, Owatonna, stop sign, $131; Jason N. Cole, 42, Owatonna, invalid license and failure to submit registration, $231; Natasha L. Duellman, 35, St. Charles, theft, $479; Katie R. Elward, 18, Hayfield, failure to obey traffic control device, $131; Martin J. Garza, 35, Albert Lea, disorderly conduct, $131; Deborah L. Jacobsen, 29, Owatonna, theft, $81, diversion program and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Karlie M. Keller, 17, Nerstrand, wrong way on one way street, $181; Amanda M. Lisowski, 20, Ellendale, speeding, $121; Linda L. Parizo, 42, Eau Claire, WI, disorderly conduct, $281, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, no contact with victim, and 1 year of supervised probation; Travis S. Pineur, 26, Morristown, speeding, $131; Cecil L. Porter, 30, Owatonna, no insurance, $281; Paula E. Rodriguez, 49, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Billy J. Sears, 54, Owatonna, speeding, $131; Roland L. Sullivan, 68, Excelsior, seat belt and stop sign, $156; Edna M. Tibbits, 65, Easton, failure to yield, $131; James K. Twaddle, 62, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Sarah J. Un, 25, Faribault, theft, $81, diversion program and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Miguel A. Venegas Duran, 33, Austin, speeding, $131; Penny P. Vizina, 48, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Tiffany A. Wadley, 30, Owatonna, obstructing legal process, $131, 3 days in county jail and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Nina A. Worrell, 30, Owatonna, speeding, $221.

Steele County Sheriff Kathleen E. Bognich, 35, Omaha, NE, speeding, $141; Jeffrey T. Bushlack, 30, Mapleton, speeding, $131; Eleazar Contreras-Perales, 45, Owatonna, speeding, no insurance, no child passenger restraint system and revoked license, $621; Leon E. Delgado, 19, Austin, speeding and no MN license, $321; Filiberto G. Silva, 50, Owatonna, driving through barricade, $121; Amber M. Wade, 26, Savage, suspended license, $281.

Dodge County Sheriff The following cases were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of August 27 with Judge Joseph F. Wieners presiding: Patrick R. Jensen, 37, St. Paul, previously appeared and was

convicted of felony fourth degree criminal sex conduct â&#x20AC;&#x201C; force or coercion. Jensen was sentenced to $2774.75, polygraph examinations, no contact with victim or family, no unsupervised contact with children, do not enter liquor establishments, no alcohol or controlled substance use, attend AA, no possession of pornography, no access to internet, counseling, 100 hours of community service and 10 years of supervised probation.

Michael W. Sherman, 46, Rochester, previously appeared and was convicted of felony second degree criminal sex conduct. The defendant was sentenced to 48 months in St. Cloud State Prison.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of August 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September 3: Dodge County Sheriff Jacob J. Bieber, 18, Byron, minor consumption, $180; Matthew D. Brown, 32, Dodge Center, speeding, $120; Bradley T. Christian, 45, Verona, WI, speeding, $130; Shawn E. Clement, 27, Dodge Center, revoked license, 90 days in county jail; Daniel J. Darveaux, 52, Austin, speeding, $130; Robby L. Gilliland, 18, Dodge Center, speeding, $140; Thomas W. Johnson, 45, Dodge Center, exhibition driving, $100; Jeremy J. King, 24, Owatonna, unsafe tires, $120; Mardean L. Spiten, 70, Kasson, cancelled license, $280; Blake R. Wobbrock, 53, Claremont, parking violation, $32.

Kasson Police Daniel L. Roellinger, 32, Rochester, speeding, $130; Samuel F. Weeks, 52, Claremont, seat belt, $105.

MN State Patrol Rochester Brian C. Polikowsky, 40, Byron, no registration and expired license, $280; Meaghan R. Shelstad, 21, Byron, speeding, $130.

West Concord Police Susan M. Niemeyer, 31, Rochester, speeding, $130.

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Richard Lassahn is seeking the open city council position.

Lassahn is attempting to serve on the council for the second time after previously serving on the city council and then taking a break from it.

Current councilman Duane Goebel will seek re-election and will also run unopposed.

The City Council members elected this year will serve through the end of 2016. The mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat is a two-year term.

The election will take place on Nov. 6.

2012 BLOOMING PRAIRIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

FALL CITY-WIDE GARAGE SALES SALES START AT 8:00 AM

SATURDAY SEPT. 15 2012

1. NOVAK-198 8TH St NW-Recliner, Glider, end tables, lamps, wall art, toys, clothes, etc.

2. DEMING-318 2nd St SW-Collectibles, girls clothing, household items, toysâ&#x20AC;?

3. RESSLER-568 4th Pl SW(3rd St SW)-Misc.

4. HEIMERMAN-224 Memorial Dr SW-Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, girl & boy clothes, Trek bikes, misc. household items 5. WESTPHAL-313 2nd Ave SE-Vintage arcade, furniture, countertop, clothing, toys/games, maternity 6. HAMEISTER-310 4th St SW-Firewood box, holiday items, much misc.

7. PIRKL-175 7th St NW-175 7th St NW-Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clothes 0-5, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toys, JD tractor/wagon 8. HAGEN/WALSH-203 1st St NW- Furniture, Barbieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, girls 5-7, std doors & desk, toys, beer signs 9. JAKOBSON-128 2nd St NE-Misc.

10. KREJCI/OWEN-459 4th St SW-household, misc.

11. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY-138 Hwy Ave S-Used books 12. STALOCH-526 Memorial Dr SW-Car seats, changing table, baby swing, baby girls & maternity clothes, hhold 13. WAGNER-139 7th St NW- Boys NB-12mon & 4-6 young mens golf shirts, dress slacks, stroller combo, misc.

14. LOFTNESS-221 Main St E- Misc.

15. FAIRBAIRN-233 2nd St NW-Dog kennel, lots of quilts, bread machine & misc.

16. HANSON-537 3rd St SW- Jenn-Air Cooktop, stainless steal double sink, ice cream freezer, wooden skis

17. BASS-322 7th St NW- Antique dishes, furniture, lamps, leather coats, much misc.

18. CONKLIN-228 E Main St (In Alley)-Kids clothes & toys, household, wildlife dĂŠcor, womens clothes, motorcycle 19. RYKS-105 5th Ave NE- Stampin up closeout, Craft & scrapbook supplies 20. SPORTSTITCH-341 E Main St-Fall Cleaning Sale! Sale runs thru 9/149/18.

21. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB-401 4th St SE-Bake Sale, brand name clothes, L shaped couch, much misc.

22. AHRENS-104 1st St SW-Longaberger baskets, pottery, jewelry, 1999 Jayco camper, Ford Econoline van 23. HOLMES/MCALLEN-141 Center Ave N-Lots of misc, household items, furniture, tv, and stand.

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Week of Sept. 11 Horoscopes ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, your goals are easily achieved this week. All you really need to do is set your mind to them and everything will fall into place along the way.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you may feel rushed by outside pressures, but it really is up to you to set your own pace.

Everything will get done if you just relax.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Those closest to you need a little space and respect, Gemini. Just give them what they need and all will go smoothly. Wednesday could be a trying day.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you may need to act quickly before things start moving in the wrong direction. You have to take control and make sure things are on the right course.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you can have fun doing just about anything this week. You have lots of energy, so maybe something physical will fit the bill. Grab a crowd and go to it.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, things have not been going your way, but that is no reason to be disappointed. You will soon find a way to bounce back and get back on track.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, this week you have the uncanny ability to impress people in one-on-one conversation.

Start by focusing all of your energy on one particular relationship.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, it's time to assess your health and make a few changes for the better. It's within reason to change your diet and exercise more often. It will be to your advantage.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 23/Dec. 21 Sagittarius, you will find you're incredibly efficient this week, both at home and at work. If you have time left over, you may want to help a coworker or family member.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, both work and family issues are on your mind, but you can only tackle one set of concerns at a time. Figure out which one is a priority and set your wheels in motion.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you are likely to feel amazing this week, so much so that you actually do a doubletake in the mirror to make sure it's you looking back. Savor every moment.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, you may have some trouble figuring out what is real and what's a facade this week. Others can provide backup if you need it.

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by LeMar Nelson ...

Every week in

The Times!

Members of

ANNOUNCEMENT TUPPERWARE CONSULTANT Local. Call 507-219-4282.

OPEN HOUSE: Saturday Sept 15th 8am-2pm - Lots of NEW TUPPERWARE 20% OFF! Mary Kay 25% Off. Garage Sale: Various Household items, Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Schwinn 5 Speed Bike, Red luggage set, Sewing machine. 520 Memorial Drive SW, Blooming Prairie.

PILATES & YOGA CLASS Drop in. Good stretching. Bring your own mat. Mon. through Thurs.

6:30 pm, Sat. 10:00 am. All ages welcome. 301 E. Main Street, Use side door, go upstairs.

FOR RENT

HELP WANTED - DRIVERS

EMPLOYMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

KOTTKE TRUCKING is seeking drivers and owner operators. Home weekly, great pay and beneďŹ ts. Drivers are our cornerstone!

Call 800/248-2623 or go to www.kottke-trucking.com

HOLDEN FARMS is currently seeking a qualiďŹ ed, experienced person to manage a 4,800 sow unit near Austin, MN. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication and be a team leader with the ability to manage people. We offer an excellent salary and beneďŹ t package. Including: paid time off, 401(k) and quarterly bonuses. Send resume to: NateHolden@holdenfarms.com

DISH NETWORK Starting at $19.99/month Plus 30 Premium Movie Channels Free for 3 Months! Save! & Ask About same day installation! Call â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 866/785-5167

DRIVER $0.01 increase per mile after 6 months.

Quarterly bonuses. Annual salary $45K to $60K. CDL-A, 3 months current OTR exp. 800/414-9569. www.driveknight.com OTR DRIVERS & Owner Operators for small company in SW MN. Most runs turnarounds. Competitive pay & beneďŹ ts. Traildust Trucking 800/619-0037 DRIVERS/OWNER OPERATORS wanted. Contact 540/280-0194. Industry leading rates, 90% of line haul rate. 100% of fuel surcharge.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

2-BEDROOM FOR RENT: 2 Bedroom, Spacious rambler with garage.

No smoking, no pets. References & deposit required. 507-421-0618.

CONTRACT SALESPERSONS Sell aerial photography of farms, commission basis, $7,000-$10,000/ month.

Proven product and earnings. Travel required. More info at msphotosd.com or call 605/882-3566

WANTED TO BUY I PAY CASH for old and broken guitars, ampliďŹ ers, mandolins, banjos, accordions, microphones and other instruments. I prefer instruments before 1980. Call Andrew: 651/895-7276

SAVE MONEY! Call your local newspaper or MNA 800-279-2979 to ďŹ nd out how you can save money by placing your advertisement here!

DONATE YOUR CAR Truck or Boat to heritage for the blind. Free 3 day vacation, tax deductible, free towing, all paperwork taken care of 888/485-0398 MEDICAL ALERT For Seniors - 24/7 monitoring. Free Equipment. Free Shipping. Nationwide Service. $29.95/Month. Call Medical Guardian Today 888/241-6502 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS Win or pay nothing! Start your application in under 60 seconds. Call today! Contact Disability Group, Inc. Licensed attorneys & BBB accredited. Call 877/666-5380

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FOR SALE

Northern Country Cooperative Company & spouses are invited to attend your Coopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

ANNUAL MEETING Thurs., Sept. 20th Sacred Heart School Gym Adams, MN

Established Independent Truck Repair Shop is looking for a Shop Manager.

WHOLE SALE BUYER - For used mobile homes. All models and years.

CASH. Call Terry or Frank at 507634-7868.

Paid vacation, paid holidays, 401K and Health Insurance available.

EMPLOYMENT DRIVERS: Make $63,000/year or more, $1,200 Orientation Completion Bonus and $1,000 Driver Referral Bonus! CDL-A OTR Exp. Req. Call Now: 1-888-635-1678

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FOR RENT: Office space for rent. $600/month plus utilities. 1,400 square feet. Located at 301 E. Main St. For info call 507-583-6688 Farmers and Merchants State Bank.

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GARAGE SALE: Friday, Sept. 14: 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 15: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

5325 Thompson Drive - Ellendale.

Moved off the farm after 50 years, too much to list!

Read

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by Publisher Rick Bussler ... Every week on the Opinion Page

On September 15, 2012

Pat and Tom Purcell

Jerry and Sharon (Ptacek) Katzung of Owatonna will be married 50 years.

of Austin observed their

60th Wedding Anniversary

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with family and friends.

The dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration started with Mass at St. Columbanus Church in Blooming Prairie.

Their special friend, Father Steve Peterson, was the celebrant and presided at the renewal of the wedding vows.

Special music arranged and played by son, Tim Purcell and organist, David Rumpza, gave emphasis and strong meaning to this service.

Brunch followed at The Old Mill with family and friends.

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom rranch on 4 acres 1 1/2 miles west of Red Oak Grove w Church. Beautiful Kitchen C and hot tub. Call Dorothy a Peterson, Blecker Realty P ffor a showing. Bring us an offer. (507) 456-0731 o

An Open House celebration will be held Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 from 2 p.m - 6 p.m. at the new Steele County Historical Society History Center located on the Steele County fairgrounds.

The couple requests no gifts, please.

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11:30-12:30 Hosted by Kris Ohm

241 1st Ave SE, Blooming Prairie, MN.

10:00-11:00 Hosted by Karen Baldridge

441 Center Ave N., Blooming Prairie, MN.

Welcome home to this solid three b e d r o o m on the main on a corner lot!

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