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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, October 9, 2013, page 2Republicangubernatorialcandidates atChaska forumon MondayHappeningsBand, choir in concert Oct. 15The Glencoe-Silver Lake Concert Band and ConcertChoir will present the first concert of the school year onTuesday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the GSL High SchoolAuditorium. Tickets for the concert are available at thedoor.The Carver County Republicans will host a publicforum with 2014 candidatesfor U.S. Senate in an effort toincrease community awareness and participation in theupcoming election.The U.S. Senator Candidates Forum will be heldOct. 14, 2013, at the ChaskaHigh School Auditorium,545 Pioneer Trail, Chaska,from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.Republican candidates forU.S. Senate scheduled to appear include state Rep. JimAbeler, state Sen. JulianneOrtman, and St Louis CountyCommissionerChrisDahlberg.Local Chamber of Commerce leaders and newspapereditors also will serve onpanels open to public inquiry.For more information,pleasecontact VinceBeaudette, chairman, at 612804-3935orvincebeaudette@gmail.com. Further details can be located atwww.carvercountygop.com.Lions sausage supper Oct. 24The Glencoe Lions Club will host its annual all-youcan-eat sausage/ham supper at the Pla-Mor Ballroomfrom 4:31 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. Participantsare asked to bring a food item for the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf. Collection boxes also will be availablefor used eyeglasses and hearing aids. Advanced ticketscan be purchased at Franklin Printing, Hite Hardware andfrom any Lions member. The proceeds from the supperhelp support Lions community projects.VFW Auxiliary to meet Oct. 14Submitted photosJack Lemke, Tommy Becker and MatthewDahlke competed at the State FFA TrapShoot recently, with Dahlke finishing inthe top 20 individually. As a team, theGSL students were 35th out of 60 teams.Grand Meadows OktoberfestGrand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,Glencoe, is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m., featuring Wally Pikal and HarveyBecker. This event is open to the community. Call 320864-5577 for more information.Legion Sunday Brunch Oct. 13Glencoe American Legion Post 95 will host its annualSunday Brunch, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct.13, at the Glencoe City Center. The menu includes pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs and beverages. The proceedsfrom the brunch support veterans, Glencoe-Silver Lakescholarships and other community projects.Outdoor movie night comingOutdoor movie night is set for 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct12, at First Lutheran Church, Glencoe. The movie, “TheLost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone,” will beshown. Bring a chair, blanket and friends. Popcorn andrefreshments will be served beginning at 6:30 p.m. Afree-will offering will be accepted. The public is invited.Relay For Life sale Oct. 26The Bumps Stop Here Relay for Life team appreciateseveryone for their continued support this year, accordingto Lori Cacka. The team raised over 16,000 for theAmerican Cancer Society this year. “We are having avendor, craft and bake sale on Saturday, Oct. 26, at FirstLutheran Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will beavailable. “A percent of all proceeds go to our relayteam.” Cacka said. “With your continued support, wehope that some day we will live in a world without cancer,” she added.Post 143, Auxiliary to meetThe Brownton American Legion Post and AuxiliaryUnit 143 will meet Monday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m., at theBrownton Community Center. Host and hostesses for theevening are David Wendlandt, Carol Beltz, Jeanne Doddand Bev Janke.GSL FFA teams off and runningBy Becky HaddadFFA adviserFall is a busy time of yearfor the Glencoe-Silver LakeFFA Chapter. Betweenfundraisers, the national convention, garden harvest andcontests, FFA members staybusy.The contest season kickedoff on Saturday, Sept. 28,with three members participating at the State FFA TrapShoot. Tommy Becker, MattDahlke, and Jack Lemkecame in 35th out of 60 teamswith Matt Dahlke placing asa top 20 individual.This week the travel andcommitment continued asFFA members traveled toMadison, Wis., and Montevideo, for the World DairyExpo and the Region V SoilsContest, respectively.Ben Donnay, Kole Polzinand Austin Smith competedin the National Central DairyJudging Contest and placed46th out of 130 teams. Allthree team members scoredthe Guernsey 2-year-old classand answered the questionsperfectly. Smith scored over40 on every class.Samantha Lange participated in dairy showmanship andplaced second out of 32.The Region V soils contestbrought FFA members justJames Rosckes, Glencoe Commercial Residential AgriculturalOffice: 320-864-5729Cell: (612) ncrete.comK12tfnCLAjThe next regular meeting of the Glencoe VFW Auxiliary to Post 5102 will be held at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct.14, at the Glencoe VFW Club.The GSL FFA dairy judging team of Ben Donnay, KolePolzin and Austin Smith, along with Samantha Langein the dairy showmanship category, competed at therecent World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.shy of qualifying for the statecontest in April, but DerekOrtloff, Blake Ortloff, AdamThalmann and Josh Kuehnare holding their heads high.They are excited abouthaving a young team withloads of potential and growing in this contest in the future. They have big shoes tofill too, since Derek Ortloff, asenior, placed as a top 10 individual for this contest,coming in at sixth.FFA hopes to continue witha string of great contests withthe University of MinnesotaInvitational on Tuesday andthe horse judging contest onFriday.Other October FFA eventsinclude Drive Your Tractor toSchool Day during homecoming week, the nationalconvention send-off dinner atDubb’s Restaurant (open tothe public) on Oct. 23, corndrive (Oct. 25), and the National FFA Convention (Oct.30-Nov. 2).Call us to placeyour HAPPY ing & HeatingBrian Mikolichek: Owner Bonded-InsuredThrivent annual meeting setAll Thrivent members are invited to the annual/election meeting on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m., at FirstLutheran Church in Glencoe. A recap of 2013 chapterevents will be presented, board elections will be held anda catered meal served. Please RSVP to Cindy at 2382148 or cindye@hutchtel.net asap.ResidentialRemodelServiceLight CommercialComplete Plumbing and Heating SystemsAir Conditioning InstallationWinsted, MN 320-395-2002F1-4LACaregiver group sets meetingDale’sThe Glencoe caregiver discussion group will meet at5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Grand Meadows, 1420Prairie Ave., Glencoe. Caregiving tips will be the ongoing discussion. Call Jan Novotny, caregiver coordinator, at 320-894-0479 or 1-800-488-4146. Nathan Unseth,volunteer program facilitator, can be reached at 320-2374198.Plumbing & Heating, Inc.FALLSPECIALFarmers market still openGlencoe’s Farmers Market is open weekly on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is offering a variety offresh garden produce, honey, jams, pickles and an assortment of other homemade goods. The market is located on11th Street in downtown Glencoe across from the Glencoe City Center.Glencoe seniors to meetThe Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet Thursday, Oct. 10, at 12:30 p.m., at the senior room in theGlencoe City Center. The group will play 500 and Sheephead, and all area senior citizens are invited to attend.The group also will meet at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15.County senior meeting setThe McLeod County senior citizens will hold theirquarterly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. inthe Brownton City Center. After the meeting, cards willfollow. For questions, call 320-327-2499.After Prom meeting SundayThe 2014 After Prom Committee will be having ameeting at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13, at the McLeodCounty North Complex,To be included in this column, items for Happeningsmust be received in the Chronicle office no later than5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happeningsin Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happeningselsewhere.Offer Ends Oct. 31, 2013Furnace Check& Clean SpecialNaturalGas . 7999LP . 8999Fuel Oil . 10999Dale’s Plumbing & Heating, Inc.Submitted photoAbrams to perform(Proprietors Dale & Denise Engelmann)2110 9th St. E., Glencoe 320-864-6353K37-42C,38-43AaThe Abrams Brothers, playing guitar, violin and bass,will appear at the Glencoe-Silver Lake High School Auditorium Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., as part of the Glencoe Area Performing Artists Concert Series. They skillfully perform a variety of bluegrass, country and folkrock music. Season membership tickets will be availableto purchase.Health CareReformInformationto assisJim Berner show set Oct. 11;features stories behind musicThe Glencoe HistoricPreservation Society issponsoring the Jim BernerSenior Music Show onFriday, Oct. 11, from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Glencoe City Center.Berner tells the storiesbehind the music andsongs of the music legendsof the 1940s through the1960s.Singers like Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Johnny Ray, Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin, EddyArnold, Marty Robbins,Elvis and others.Berner has been a vocalist, entertainer and musician for more than 25years and has done the“Senior Music MinnesotaShow” for senior centers,fairs and even birthdayparties.Admission includesdessert and a beverage,which will be served following the Oct. 11 show.Tickets are available fromGHPS members or at thedoor. 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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, October 9, 2013, page 3County projects Continued from page 1Chronicle photo by Lori CoplerNew highway maintenance shop going upChair Paul Wright told township officials Sept. 30 thatit is hoped that the new shed, which will serve workers in the Silver Lake and Lester Prairie areas, will befully operational about Nov. 1.Township officials updated on countyprojects, from recycling to courthouseBy Lori CoplerStaff WriterFrom a new highway shopto possible single-sort recycling to a proposed 7 millionjail expansion and courthousesecurity project — theMcLeod County Board ofCommissioners has had a fullplate on its table, Chair PaulWright told the McLeodCounty Association of Townships at its annual meetingSept. 30.Adding to the mix are aproposed levy hike of 2.27percent — the first in severalyears for the county — andthe adoption of a wheelagetax to raise revenue for thehighway department, Wrightnoted.Wright said the CountyBoard has set an Oct. 22 dateto decide if it plans to moveforward with the 7 millionjail expansion/security project(see separate article on page1).“We do need to make a decision on whether we’regoing to be solid on this,”said Wright. “If we’re justplaying, it doesn’t reallymake sense to go to a judge”and ask for a ruling onwhether the Tudhope estatecould be used for the project.Another county project isthe new highway shop toserve the Lester Prairie andSilver Lake area.The 1.2 million building iscurrently under construction,and “it should be fully operational about the first of November,” Wright said.Wright also discussed thewheelage tax the CountyBoard adopted in September.The tax will raise about 300,000 annually that “hasto go directly to the road andbridge fund,” said Wright.While he doesn’t alwaysfavor new taxes, Wright saidthe new tax is a flat fee of 10 per vehicle.“For me, the slam dunkwas that those McLeod County dollars will stay in McLeodCounty,” said Wright.Asked if the federal andstate governments would reduce aid to the highway fundby a proportionate amount,Wright responded that thoseentities are already encouraging counties to wean themselves from dependence onstate and federal dollars.Wright also said the CountyBoard has encouraged thehighway department to comeup with specific projects forthe wheelage tax dollars.“That way, we can point toa specific project and say,‘that’s where your moneywent,’” said Wright.Wright also discussed apossible change to the countyrecycling program — a shiftto one-sort recycling from thecurrent five-sort system.Wright said the county isgathering costs on a possibletransition to one-sort, including a potential addition to thesolid waste facility inHutchinson. He expects theCounty Board to decide before the end of the year on theissue.Commissioner Ron Shimanski also addressed thegroup, reporting that Legacydollars had been applied forin regards to the Dakota Trail,that Trailblazer Transit maybe subject to regionalizationof transit systems, and reported on Prime West, a collaborative of counties that provides services for social services.Prime West is now lookinginto the possibility of offeringhealth-care plans for the employees of its participatingcounties. While that could result in substantial savings onhealth-care premiums forcounties, the proposal “isCouncil seeks to catchup on its capital needsBy Rich GlennieEditorGlencoe City Council, afterseveral years of deferringmany capital purchases, hasbegun to replace some of itsolder, used equipment.At Monday night’s meeting, City Council agreed tothe purchase of a new aerialladder truck for the GlencoeFireDepartmentfor 240,000.It also approved a resolution to finance the purchaseover a five-year period withSecurity Bank & Trust.City Administrator MarkLarson said the townships inGlencoe’s fire coverage areawill pay the first 54,000payment, and the city willpay the remaining four installments on the loan.Fire Chief Ron Grack saidhe and two other departmentcaptains traveled to Springfield, Ore., to view the usedPeirce aerial truck with a100-foot platform.The snorkel truck that itwill replace can extend 65feet. The new aerial truck,with more capabilities, willreplace the 1982 snorkeltruck, Grack said.The Glencoe Fire Department already has two otherPeirce trucks as well as apumper made by the company, so Grack said his firefighters are familiar with thePeirce vehicles.Asked if the new aerialtruck will fit into the firebarn, Grack said it has beenmeasured and it will fit in the12-foot high doors “with sixinches of room in height (tospare).”Grack also said his department will need some additional training on the newtruck, and “will need additional certification to drive it.It takes a little more knowledge.”City Administrator MarkLarson said Springfield wanted 300,000 for the aerial tostart with and has come downto 240,000.He said the city also needsto spend another 20,000 tohave the aerial truck repainted. It currently is orange withblue stripes, and the truckwill be repainted red to matchGlencoe’s other trucks.Larson said there is notmuch value in the currentsnorkel truck, which will besold or auctioned off.He said the township association gave its approval topurchase a new aerial truckand approved spending up to 500,000. A new aerial truckwould cost close to 1 million.With the additional heightsinvolved with farm storagebins and other buildings, thetruck with more capabilitiesis needed, city officials said.The truck will either bedriven back from Oregon orshipped by truck or train toGlencoe, Larson said.The final payment on thelast tanker truck purchased isdone in 2014, and that freesup about 40,000 a year forthe new aerial truck payment,Larson said. The rest wouldcome out of the general fundfor the fire department, headded.Mayor Randy Wilson, a retired firefighter, said the department used a five-yearplan to purchase replacementtrucks in the past, but the aerial truck was delayed for several years because of the expense and tight city budgets.That also was true of othercapital equipment purchases,Wilson said, mainly becauseof tight budgets and severalyears of cuts in local government aid (LGA).But with the stabilizing ofLGA, Wilson said it is a goodtime to catch up on some ofthose delayed purchases.Wilson said the city staff“made good choices. Now isthe time to make those choices.”Also at Monday’s meeting,City Council approved thepurchase of a new tractor andplow blade for over 68,000from Arnold’s Implement, thelowest of two bids received.Mike Drew, city parks andstreet supervisor, said thenew tractor and blade will replace a 1985 Ford tractor thatwas bought used. It also willreplace a one-ton truck andplow that were used to plowalleys throughout the community.Drew said the new tractorwould be used year-round.The tractor purchase is for 53,101, and the plow willcost 15,200.The other capital issue wasan upgrade of the airport fueling system that has beenplagued with problems foraviators seeking to pay forthe fuel with credit cards.It was noted the currentsystem has been in placesince 1997 or 1998, and thecomputer equipment is outdated.City Council opted to purchase new computer equipment from Petro Vend for 13,826. It also applied for astate grant that would pay forhalf the cost.probably still three years out”from becoming a reality, Shimanski said.State Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen also spoke to thegroup, primarily about healthcare costs and the new MNSure Exchange.The new MNSure Exchange offers tax credits toapply toward health-carecosts for those who qualify financially, Gruenhagen said.And while people can stillpurchase health-care coverage outside of the exchange,“you don’t qualify for thecredit,” said Gruenhagen.Other health-care reformmeasures will mean that another 150,000 Minnesotanswill qualify for Medicaid,Gruenhagen said.The association also had itsannual election, re-electingRobert Anderson and AlFredrickson to three-yearterms as directors. The salt storage shed atthe new county maintenancefacility located on CSAH 15near State Highway 7 hasbeen completed, and the concrete floor of the main building has been poured and thesteel frame work is going up.Brunkhorst said the shedshould be operational aroundThanksgiving. The long-awaited CSAH15 bridge on the South Forkof the Crow River has finallybeen completed and is opento traffic.Commissioner Ron Shimanski asked if the CountyBoard should consider stiffening its penalty for workthat is not completed on timeper contract specifications.Brunkhorst said the countyfollows the Minnesota Department of Transportation(MnDOT) standard of a 1,000-per-working-day finefor overdue projects.Commissioner Kermit Terlinden said he fears if thecounty increases its fineamount, contractors will simply build in a contingency forpossible fines into their bids.Brunkhorst said that besides the fines, contractorsmay have their bonds cancelled.“Their bonding agents lookat those fines, too, and itcould impact their rating,”Brunkhorst said.Chamber events announcedThe Glencoe Area Chamber of Commerce has set itsannual meeting for noon,Thursday, Nov. 21.David Nelson, chamberpresident, also announcedthat the annual Manufacturerof the Year event will be heldfrom 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.,Tuesday, Oct. 29, at PlatoCustom Concepts and ThePinske Edge in Plato.Also, the Glencoe Fire Department open house, as partof Fire Prevention Month,will be held from 4 p.m. to 8p.m., Monday, Oct. 14, at thefire station on 10th Street.The annual Taste of Glencoe Seasonal Sampler will beheld from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.,Thursday, Nov. 7, at theGlencoe City Center.Tickets, limited to 250 persons, are on sale at the Glencoe Municipal Liquor Storeor at the chamber office inthe Glencoe City Center.Richard’s Butchering & CustomProcessing at Jerabek’s MarketOn the Farm ButcheringRetail Meat MarketSmoked Sausage, Deli Meats & CheesesAlso available: Milk, bread, beef, pork & chickenRichard’s Butchering & Custom Processingat Jerabek’s MarketHours: Mon.-Fri. 9am-6pm; Sat. 9am-1pmF40CLjWorkers with RAM Construction have the newMcLeod County Highway Department maintenanceshed well under way at the intersection of Highway 7and County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 15, betweenSilver Lake and Lester Prairie. McLeod County Board The railroad crossing onCSAH 25 in the city ofBrownton was replaced earlier this summer, and Brunkhorst said the installation ofthe crossarms (which the intersection has never had before) and signals will be donethis week. The work will takeabout five days, and will bedone under traffic. The South Grade Roadbridge over Otter Lake inHutchinson opened late lastweek.Brunkhorst said his department has received severalcompliments about the newbridge; in particular, aboutthe new fishing access area. CSAH 111 (also knownas Prior, Herbert and Mainstreets in Stewart) is substantially completed, except forthe final bituminous lift. County Road 78 andCSAH 23 in Lester Prairiealso are substantially complete, except for the final liftof pavement. A culvert that washed outduring spring flooding onCounty Road 57 should beginsoon, Brunkhorst said.Quotes have been received,and the cost will be coveredby Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)funds. 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OpinionsThe McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, October 9, 2013, page 4Chandler intersectionneeds to be addressedbefore the next fatalityOur view: MnDOT’s philosophy needs to changeto slow down traffic on Highway 212 in GlencoeNot sure what it will take toget the Minnesota Department of Transportation(MnDOT) to pay attention to thedangerous Highway 212-ChandlerAvenue (Highway 22) intersectionon the west end of Glencoe. It isdeadly.Last week, another life wasclaimed when Emil Ellis, 75, ofGlencoe was killed in a collisionwith a semi. In February 2010, anelderly Norwood Young Americacouple was killed at that same interesection, and GSL High Schooljunior Theresa Austad was killed atthat same spot in May 2002.Before and in between there havebeen numerous other accidents thathave caused serious damage to vehicles and injuries to drivers and passengers. Near-misses are often noteven reported.MnDOT thrives on statistics whenmaking decisions. These deadly statistics should be enough to catch theattention of state transportation officials that something different needsto be done at that intersection, especially those making a left turn ontoHighway 212 from Chandler Avenue.The logical solution is to slowdown Highway 212 traffic comingthrough Glencoe until past the Chandler Avenue intersection. Change itfrom 65 mph to something a lotslower

fresh garden produce, honey, jams, pickles and an assort-ment of other homemade goods. The market is located on 11th Street in downtown Glencoe across from the Glen-coe City Center. Glencoe seniors to meet The Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet Thurs-day, Oct. 10, at 12:30 p.m., at the senior room in the Glencoe City Center.