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The Todd County Board of

ommissioners approved an

sbestos abatement quotation for

he historic courthouse at its

uesday March 15 meeting. The

ctual abatement, or removal, will

ost $14,400. VCI Environmental

f Lakeland, Minnesota will do the

ork. During the asbestos

emoval, which will take place

om early to mid-April, there will

e on site air monitoring bynvironmental Property Audits,

noka, for an additional $6,750.00.

nvironmental Property Audits

entified the areas where asbestos

emoval was required. The total

ost of asbestos abatement will be

27,700, which is more than

23,000 under budget, according to

he courthouse renovation project

ngineer, Earl Fuechtmann.

Fuechtmann told commission-

rs that test boring for a geother-

al heating and cooling system on

ourthouse hill had been positive.

lans to build the proposed geot-

ermal system are now going

head. The system will use airom holes deep underground to

cool the building in the summer

and warm it in the winter.

Large quantities of documents

have been removed from storage in

the historic courthouse, according

to County Administrator Nathan

Burkett. Burkett said the Todd

County Historical Society and

Minnesota Historical Society were

involved in reviewing the docu-

ments, along with a seven-member

committee of managers from ToddCounty. As a result, numerous

records of historical value will be

transferred to the Todd County

Historical Society for long term

care. Included among those records

are old country school records from

the first half of the 20th century as

well as tax records. Auditor-

Treasurer Karen Busch, a member

of the County Records Retention

Committee, said there are tax

records dating back to the 1860s.

At the recommendation of the

Records Retention Committee,

commissioners adapted a formal

records retention policy. The policy

includes the possibility of furtherdonations of historically signifi-

cant documents to the Todd

County Historical Society. The

Historical Society will be required

to properly care for the documents

and make them available to the

public.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Rick Utech, Executive Director

for the Todd County Development

Corporation, told commissioners

the Development Corporation is

developing a revolving loan fund.As part of developing the loan

fund, Utech asked commissioners

to sign a letter of intent to release

the $112,000 Todd County has

been holding in trust. The money

comes from previous economic

development efforts in Todd

County and not from taxpayers.

Commissioners agreed to sign the

letter of intent to release the

money.

Utech said he needed the letter

of intent as part of a grant applica-

tion to the United States

Department of Agriculture. The

USDA has grant funds available to

add to the revolving loan fund.Utech said he would be asking for

a $99,000 grant from the USDA.

COUNTY ENGINEER

County Engineer Loren

Fellbaum was reappointed to

another four years. According to

Minnesota statute, Fellbaum must

be reappointed every four years.

He has been Todd County

Engineer for ten years. His new

term will run from May 1, 2011 to

April 30, 2015.

LIQUOR LICENSES

Liquor licenses were approved

for Whoopee Inn, Long Prairie

Country Club, and Greystone Golf

Club. A set-up license wasapproved for Knotty Pine

Ballroom. Prairie Partners

Midwest Outdoors Unlimited, for-

merly Ducks Unlimited, received a

one day gambling permit for a raf-

fle to be held at Brunos Hub

Supper Club May 2. The raffle will

benefit childrens dance group Just

for Kix.

COUNTY PARKS

Commissioner Randy Neumann

said the County Park Board is

looking for board members from

Commissioner Districts One and

Two. Commissioner Dave Kircher

said the Park Board is currently

reviewing the ordinance regarding

county parks. He said one possible

change will be to increase the size

of the board from five to nine mem-

bers. Kircher said Sauk River

Watershed will plant trees at

Battle Point County Park again

this year.

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Commissioners approve asbestosabatement quotation

Leo Cech enjoyedrunning his family farm

and The Farm Shop

Marlys Tyrrell, Browerville, was the winner of $100.00 cash

n the Browerville Blades Subscription Cash Drawing.

hank you to everyone that renewed or purchased a new sub-

cription to the Browerville Blade. Your continued support is

ppreciated.

Subscription drawing

winner83 year old Leo Cech likes to keep busy. Leo says Im the

kind of person, I cant sit still, I go crazy.

By Rin Porter

Leo Cech is enjoying his retirement in Browerville after a life

spent working hard and pursuing interesting hobbies. His 262-acre

farm is rented out to three farmers, but he still goes in the woodlot

to cut lumber, cares for his collection of small tractors, and feeds his

two guard cats, Keety and Keety Cat.

Leos father, Paul Joseph Cech, bought the first 80 acres of the

farm in Iona Township when he came to Browerville in 1927 from

Minnesotas Iron Range. On the Range, Paul had worked cleaning

boilers for Butler Brothers Mining Company, which had come to the

Range in 1902 to begin mining and stripping operations that lasted

for many years (Duluth and St Louis County, Minnesota, their storyand people, by Walter Van Brunt, p. 1009, retrieved online at

www.books.google.com.

Paul Joseph Cech was born in Minnesota in 1901. He was the son

of Paul Cech who emigrated to the U.S. sometime between 1879

and 1887 (sources dont agree) (www.ancestry.com) having been born

in Poland in 1873, and Hedwig Kubitza who emigrated from Prussia

and lived in Hartford Township.

Paul Cech and Hedwig Kubitza, known as Hattie, married in

1896 and moved to Wilkin County, where they are found on the U.S.

Census of 1900. On the 1920 U.S. Census, they are living in Iona

Township in Todd County.

In 1924, Paul Joseph Cech, their son, married Irene Chihos,

according to their son Leo. His sister Alice was born first, and Leo

was born on the Iron Range. His family came back to Browerville

when he was six months old.

Leo enjoyed his growing up years on the farm. The family milked

20 Holsteins and raised crops on their acreage. The farm kept grow-ing as his father purchased additional land, until there were 260

acres. Then they bought the 2-acre plot where the District #74 school

building was.

Leo remembers how he and his sister took their parents school

house key and went into the school in the summer to get books to

read. Once by mistake they locked their dog inside.

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QuickBooks Pro

accounting classCentral Lakes College,

Brainerd, has scheduled a two-

redit course for computerized

ccounting.

QuickBooks Pro Accounting for

Windows is scheduled from 6-9

.m., Tuesdays, April 5 and 19.

Each participant receives two indi-

idualized, on-site sessions.

Payment is required at registra-

ion. Registration deadline is

March 29. For information or to

egister with a credit card call toll-

ree (800) 933-0346 extension 8142r (218) 855-8142 or email jstern-

[email protected]

Real Estate 3Real Estate 3, the final course of

he three-course principles of Real

Estate series will be held at

Central Lakes College in Brainerd,

- 10 p.m., April 7-25, Mondays,

uesdays, and Thursdays.


on, and deadline is March 31. For

nformation call (800) 933-0346

xt. 8142, (218) 855-8142, email

sterner@ clcmn.edu

Certified foodmanager training

A Certified Food Manager

ourse will meet 5 to 9 p.m, April 5,

, and 12 at Central Lakes College,

Brainerd. Certification is required

n most Minnesota food establish-

ments.


ion. Registration deadline is

March 29. For information or to

egister with a credit card call toll-

ree (800) 933-0346 extension 8142

r (218) 855-8142 or email jstern-

[email protected]

Forage WorkshopTo help address key forage pro-

uction and management issues of

West Central Minnesota produc-

rs, a Forage Workshop will be held

n the AgCountry Farm Credit

ervices Building, Friday March

5, in Fergus Falls. This is a pro-

gram developed by the University

of Minnesota Extension aimed at

current issues and research in for-

ages with the intent to ultimately

help increase a producers produc-

tion and profitability.

Registration includes lunch and

handouts. Registration begins at

9:30 a.m. with the program dis-

missing by 3 p.m. Pre-registration

is not required. For more informa-

tion contact Doug Holen at the

University of Minnesota ExtensionRegional Office, Fergus Falls 888-

241-0843 or 218-770-4396.

Spring truck

weight restrictionsSpring truck weight restrictions

on state highways began March 18

for Minnesota's north and north-

central frost zones. Spring weight

restrictions for the south, south-

east and Twin Cities Metro area

frost zones began March 14;

restrictions for the central frost

zone began March 16.

Mn/DOT limits truck weights to

prevent damage to roads weakened

during the spring thaw.Spring load restriction dates

and the six frost zones in

Minnesota are listed on Mn/DOTs

website at www.mrr.dot.state.

mn.us. Click on "Seasonal Load

Limits," then click on "Spring Load

Restrictions" for the most up-to-

date information.

The information also is avail-

able toll-free by calling 1-800-723-

6543 in the United States and

Canada or by calling 651-366-5400

in the Twin Cities Metro area.

Ending dates for spring load

restrictions are established by

monitoring roadway strength as

weather conditions change. Allchanges are made with a minimal

three-day notice.

Travelers in Minnesota can get

up-to-date information on road con-

ditions, construction and weather

reports from Mn/DOT's 511 travel-

er information service. Dial 5-1-1

or visit www.511mn.org.

Healthcare onlineCentral Lakes College, in collab-

oration with Career Step, offers six

online healthcare courses

For information or to register

with a credit card call toll-free

(800) 933-0346 extension 8142 or

(218) 855-8142 or email

[email protected].

HAPPENINGSThe Browerville Blade, Page 2 Thursday, March 24, 2011

A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe sev-

eral times over.

There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves

in a game of chess.

The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.

The majority of suicides occur on a Monday.There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.

Your statistical chance of being murdered is one in twenty thousand.

You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

Dreamt is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".

Dartboards are made out of horsehair.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place

will be proud of him......Abraham Lincoln

Peggys Potpourri

Browerville City Council meets

the second Thursday of the

month at 7 pm in the

Browerville City Hall

Todd County Drop-In CenterFri. Mar. 25: 10 am - 1 pm,

Game day

Sat. Mar. 26: 2 - 5 pm, Bingo

w/white elephant

Tue. Mar. 29: 3:30 - 6 pm,

Yard sale/fundraising planning

Porcupine Meatballs

1 can condensed tomato soup 1 pound ground beef

1 cup uncooked instant rice 1 egg, slightly beaten

1/4 cup minced onion 1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons shortening 1 teaspoon mustard

In a large bowl, thoroughly mix 1/4 cup of the tomato soup with

the ground beef, rice, egg, onion and salt. Firmly shape into 16

meatballs.

In a small bowl, mix remaining tomato soup with a half soup can

of water and the mustard.

Melt the shortening in a large skillet over medium heat. Place

meatballs in the skillet. Cook, gently stirring, until evenly

browned; drain. Pour tomato soup and mustard mixture over the

meatballs and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, or

until meatballs are cooked through.

Reading fish popula-

tions and understand-

ing biomassTake a moment and ask yourself if

you think technology has anything to dowith fishing pressure and overall mortali-ty rates in fish populations. I talked with afew people out on the lake this past weekand watched many others. While it wasvery evident that some fishers just are notas lucky as others, many people keptmoving. Drilling, drilling and more drilling.

The first lake I was on I fished an area Ihave always caught fish this time of year. I drilled 20 holes myself andkicked open maybe 10 old holes. Looking with my Vexilar in each hole forfish before moving onto the next. Out of those 30 holes, I could only catchfish in five. Watching some people move to an area and work over 3-4holes then go to a different area of the lake will give you an idea of whatit takes some days to find fish. 30 holes is by far a short easy day on theice. Some days it takes 100 holes or more to get a really good bite.

I want to share a littleof the conversations I had with people. Oneman stated that he fishes 3-4 times a week, and never fishes alone. Healways brings a friend and I noticed he kept asking the other guy howmany more he "needed" to be done. Sunfish wes their target and I stayedput in this small area and bounced from one hole to the next out of the 5holes. Catching about 2-3 fish and then moving back to the first hole,making a circle, keeping my hand wet from taking fish off the hook. Asthey loaded their gear and I talked with these gentlemen I did the math.The man said he fished 3-4 times a week with a friend, and added theyalways went home with their limits. I like to eat fish, but is there really anyway one man and his friend could eat that many fish over the course of

a winter? Other bits of info I gathered was that he had taken many 9 ormore fish out over the winter. There were days when he had 4 guys fish-ing with him catching crappies and some big perch. I'm not writing this topoint fingers at the man, my point is there are a lot of people out therejust like him. People talk about poor quality fishing and "how much nicerthe size were first ice." Really? It's not rocket science to figure it out. Overthe course of this past winter, just that one little area of that lake had hun-dreds of fishermen/women/kids out there. Granted not all fishers are cre-ated equal in catching ability, but how many thousands of fish are in bagsin the freezer while some of them went back out for more? Before I moveon, I'd like to say that I kept 10 sunfish and two perch to feed a family offive. I'm not against people keeping their limit. But dont forget fish in thefreezer are counted as possession in this state.

Did any of you read what Adam Johnson shared a few weeks backabout biomass? I've been reading everything I can find to feed my brainwith more fun fish facts. I'll take this time to share a short piece from theMinnesota DNRs web page.

Lakes can only hold so much fish biomass. Some anglers urge us to"make" lakes produce more fish. But a lake can only support a certain

amount of fish over the long haul. Referred to as a lake's carrying capac-ity, this biological limit is based on a lake's size, fertility, amount of avail-able habitat, and length of growing season. There's no way to force a laketo hold more fish than it can, anymore than a field can be forced to growmore corn than its soil can support.

In lakes with good spawning habitat, new additions to the fish popu-lation come each spring from natural reproduction. They replace fish lostby predation, starvation, old age, angling, and disease. To stock addi-tional fish into a "full" lake won't work because it creates overpopulation.There isn't enough habitat (food and shelter) for the new fish, so theyeither displace existing fish or die off. (End MnDNR)

Small fish will replace big fish that were removed. In the long run, thisis how lakes with stunted populations come about. Fish can't grow fastenough before they are sharing the same amount of food and habitat withmany smaller fish. Look at DNR info on Horseshoe (Survey Date:06/19/2006) Lake Area (acres): "littoral"Littoral Area (acres): 84Maximum Depth (ft): 24 Horseshoe Lake is a small, 118 acre lake eastof Browerville with a maximum depth of 24 feet. The lake resides in awatershed that is dominated by agriculture. Water clarity was fair in the

middle of June with a secchi disk reading of 9.1 feet. The lake has abun-dant submergent vegetation growth out to a depth of about 18 feet, themost common species being muskgrass, northern milfoil, and sagopondweed. Sand was the most common shoal water substrate aroundthe lake with muck in the bays. Fisheries management focus on the lakeis for northern pike, largemouth bass, walleye, and bluegill. Northern pikewas the only specie to show a significant change from the last survey in2000. Horseshoe Lake has a history of being a hammerhandle lake andthe population continues to be dominated by small fish. The 2000 survey

had shown that the pike population had decreased in abundance from1994, but the 2006 survey suggests that numbers have once again goneup and are more than twice the normal level for this type of lake. Anglerscan expect high catch rates of small to medium size pike. The majority ofthe pike sampled were between 16 and 19 inches in length with the aver-age size being about 18 inches or around 1.4 pounds. The lake doeshave the potential to produce large fish as pike up to 36 inches have beenmeasured in previous surveys. Anglers should consider keeping northernpike less than 24 inches as a harvestable surplus of small fish exists.Reducing the population of small pike could be beneficial to the entire fishcommunity. Horseshoe Lake has a healthy largemouth bass population.Small to medium size fish are the most common, although bass up to 18inches were documented. Walleye stocking sustains the fishery in thelake and usually occurs in odd-numbered years. Presently abundanceappears to be at the lowest level ever in the lake for walleye but for thoseanglers lucky enough to hook into one, it's likely to be a nice fish. Theaverage walleye seen in the survey was about 22 inches or around 4pounds. High pike numbers can reduce survival of juvenile walleye aswell as suppress yellow perch abundance. Yellow perch can be an impor-tant prey species for both northern pike and walleye and have also beenfound to be instrumental in helping maintain a well balanced bluegill pop-ulation. Yellow perch abundance appears to be about the same as in thelast survey which was near the lower end of the normal range. Bluegill areabundant and small fish dominate the population; average size wasabout 5 inches. There were a fair number of bluegill over 7 inches seenin the survey but the large bluegills looked thin. Anglers also reportedcatching a lot of small bluegills. Black crappies are present in the lakebut few were seen in the summer survey. Crappies are one species thatcan be difficult to catch with standard lake survey gear. Anglers suggestgood winter bites occasionally. Other pan fish species found in the lakeinclude pumpkinseeds and hybrid sunfish. The pumpkinseed were not asabundant as the bluegills but some nice size fish up to 8 inches weremeasured. Brown bullheads were the only bullhead specie caught in this

survey with some quality individuals over 12 inches. Past surveys havecaught black bullheads. Bowfin or dogfish are abundant and provideanglers with a good fight. Bowfin can be an efficient predator on smallbluegills. Another rough fish species in the lake is white sucker althoughnumbers appear to be low. Neascus or black spot was common on thebluegills, largemouth bass, and northern pike which may make the fishundesirable. Neascus is a trematode or parasite that is usually found inthe skin of the fish. The life cycle of the parasites also includes snails andfish-eating birds, such as herons and bitterns. Skinning the fish removesmost of the parasites and cooking will kill the rest. Humans cannot beinfested. Protecting the lake's water quality should be a high priority oflakeshore owners and lake association. Buffer strips along the inlets andaround the lake helps reduce nutrient run-off. Keep grass clippings andleaves out of the water and common sense use of lawn fertilizers helpssustain good water quality. The MPCA and Todd County Planning andZoning have websites which provide information for shoreline propertyowners.Species Number of fish caught in each category

black crappie 5

bluegill 558bowfin (dogfish) 12brown bullhead 14hybrid sunfish 1largemouth bass 23northern pike 82pumpkinseed 91walleye 7white sucker 1yellow perch 40Fis h s toc ked Speci es Si ze Number Pounds

2009 Walleye adults 103 73.6Walleye year lings 268 67.0

2007 Walleye yearlings 180 90.02006 Walleye fingerlings 2,520 84.02003 Walleye fingerlings 2,143 94.02001 Walleye fingerlings 3,696 84.0

Look at the numbers of fish stocked, the years that they werestocked, and the stats thereafter. Where do YOU think all of these fish are

going? I don't feel the walleye are all going home to the knife; pay closeattention to what is being said about pike. I think in troubled waters thestate regulation for a 3 fish limit on pike is too low. Very few people fishfor and keep 3 hammer handle size pike to take home. A person is goingto need at least 12 of them to grind into fish patties in order to put a dentin the population. Removing all the pike wouldn't be good, but one fishover 40", and 12 under 24" would be better money spent then feeding thepopulation walleyes that cost $$$ to stock in the first place.

Kevin Winkler

This was a favorite recipe of my kids when they were growning

up, and now the grandkids. In fact, one six year old grandson likes

them so much he only wants his mom to cook porcupine meat

from now on.


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PEOPLE PAGEhe Browerville Blade, Page 3 Thursday, March 24, 2011

MarriageLicenses

Joshua B. Kapaun, Osakis,

nd Mandy J. Herding, Osakis

Neil J. Wielenberg, Longrairie, and Megan M. Seifert,

rowerville

David O. Corona, Long Prairie,

nd Azucena Ramirez Hernandez,

ong Prairie

BirthsCentraCareHealth System

Abigail Dempsey and Tyler Kunz,

ong Prairie, boy, Karter Grant

unz, 10 lb. 2 oz., March 17, 2011

Lakewood

Health SystemSusannah and Bob Jensen, Jr.,

taples, girl, Marleigh Sarah, 7 lbs

oz, March 10, 2011

Jessica and Brandon Yaunick,

rainerd, girl, Henlee James, 6 lbs

oz, March 11, 2011

Shelly and Greg Benson,

erndale, girl, Sophia Cecelia, 7 lbs

4 oz, March 14, 2011

Shawna and Marc Williams,

rainerd, boy, Tucker John, 7 lbs 2

z, March 15, 2011

Melanie Weishair and Josh

Ehnes, Eagle Bend, boy, Austin

James, 7 lbs 9 oz, March 17, 2011

Stefanie Rasmussen and Mike

Derfler, Pillager, boy, Johnathan

Michael, 7 lbs 1 oz, March 17, 2011

Tabitha Gruenhagen and Jordon

Soderstrom, Sebeka, boy, Jordon

Paul, Jr., 8 lbs 3 oz, March 18, 2011

Register your

Relay For Life teamThe American Cancer Society

Relay For Life, Long Prairie Area,

gives everyone in the community a

chance to help save lives and create

a world with less cancer and more

birthdays. This marks the 10th

Anniversary of the Relay in the

Long Prairie Area, which includes

anyone who wishes to participate.

Team Registration night will be

Thursday, March 24, Long Prairie

City Hall, 5:30 to 8 pm. Committee

members will help with registra-

tion. If no one from your team can

attend call Jessica, 320-732-2859, or

Angie, 320-760-8913.

The Relay For Life of the LongPrairie Area takes place on July 22

and 23, at the Long Prairie Grey

Eagle Track.

The Relay celebrates the lives of

those who have had cancer, remem-

bers those lost, and fights back

against the disease. Teams do most

of their fundraising prior to the

event, but some teams hold creative

fundraisers at the Relay.

Relay For Life draws attention

to the progress being made in the

fight against cancer, said Debi

Clasemann, Long Prairie, volunteer

Relay event co-chair. Many partici-

pants are our family, friends, and

neighbors who have faced cancerthemselves. Their involvement

helps brings hope that, together, we

can eliminate cancer as a major

health problem.

Info on how to form a team or

become involved is available at

"http://www.RelayForLife.org" or by

calling 800-227-2345. Locally you

can contact co-chairs Sev Blenkush

at 320-594-6494 or Debi Clasemann

at 320-732-2581.

Looking Back50 years ago - March 23, 1961

Results of local township elec-

tions: Little Elk - supervisor, WalterMorawczynski, treasurer, Leslie

Bass; Turtle Creek - supervisor,

Lawrence Kominek, treasurer, Ervin

Gallus, assessor, Angelo Smieja;

Ward - supervisor, C. A. Carlson,

treasurer, Albert Paskewitz, asses-

sor, Leroy Kempenich

25 years ago - March 27, 1986Todd County Commissioners lis-

tened intently to Long Prairie

Hockey Association members and

Fair Board member Dick Brand

debating the need for a concrete floor

in the Expo Building on the fair-

grounds.About 90 people attended a show-

ing of the movie Country at the

Browerville School. LeRoy Williams

led a discussion about the movie and

how it deals with problems local

farmers are facing.

MilestonesHappy Birthday this week to:

Mar. 23: Pat Lamusga, mark Mikel,

Hattie George, Elaine Duncan, Lisa

Tepley, James Bryniarski, Mason

Moore; Mar. 24: Tim Callahan, Rita

Peterson, Mary Jagush, Tom

Klinnert; Mar. 25: Gary Farber,

Karen Brever; Mar. 26: DianePaskewitz, Randy Spindler, Chuck

Carstensen, Jennifer Allen, Josh

Erickson; Mar. 27: Dean Sovich,

Quinn Kircher, Jason Johnson; Mar.

28: Dan Sovich, Ev Jonckowski,

Florence Rickbeil, Lee Martinek,

Ruth Beneke; Mar. 29: Gene

Steinert, Rick Host, Allen Sadlo,

Brent Sadlo, Chris Christensen

Happy Anniversary this week

to: Mar. 23: Brad and Dawn Larson-

Spindler; Mar. 26: Randy and Doris

Baron

Florence Rickbeil

The family of

Florence Rickbeil

is hosting an 80th

Birthday Open House

Saturday, March 26

from 1:30 - 4:30 pm

at the Browerville

Community Center.

No gifts please

Seifert - Wielenberg engagement

John and Wanda Seifert, Browerville, are proud to announce

the engagement of their daughter, Megan Seifert, to Neil

Wielenberg, son of Melvin and Jane Wielenberg, Long Prairie.

Megan is a 2008 graduate of Browerville High School and is

presently working at Prairie Community Services, Alexandria.Neil, a 2007 Long Prairie Grey Eagle High School graduate and

2009 graduate of Alexandria Technical College is employed at

Central Bi, Long Prairie.

An April 2 wedding is planned.

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From Family &Friends

$1299

DELI SPECIALSBacon Cheese $389 LB

Farmers Cheese $389

LB

Oven Roasted

Chicken Breast $549LB

NUTS & SEEDSGourmet to

Old-Time Favorites

ALL 10% OFF!Over 40

different varieties

to choose from!

Fish FryFRIDAYS DURING LENT

March 11th - April 22nd

5:00 - 7:30

Adults- $7.50 Kids 5-10- $44 and Under FREE

Browerville Vets Club

No Hamburgers Served

St. John VianneysPOTATO PANCAKE

Sunday, March 27Long Prairie

8 AM to 12:30 PM

Adults: $6 4-10: $4

3 & under: FREEBakeSale


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OPINIONShe Browerville Blade, Page 4 Thursday, March 24, 2011

(320) 594-2911Publisher/Editor: Aaron Quirt

Office Manager: Peggy Freyholtz

Ad Sales: Stacey Rushmeyer

SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

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Nature has many ways of let-

ng us know spring is coming

ventually and we will not have

winter forever. Some of these

igns are subtle, such as the

ays becoming a bit longer.

Other signs are not so subtle,

uch as the white fields of win-

er turning to the black mud of

pring.

I am always amazed to hear

eese calling in the distance andventually being able to see

undreds as they approach, fol-

owing the leader, spread out in

huge V flying north.

ometimes a person will see a

andful flying south. I always

wonder if they are just the

ebellious teenagers of the geese

amily and decide to be different

or the sake of not following

irections. Perhaps its the few

hat know its not warm in

anada yet. They changed their

mind and are going back to

ouisiana. They know its still

warm there.

Turkeys let the world know

when spring has arrived. As the

days grow longer, gobblers will

begin to practice the mating rit-

ual two or three weeks before

actual breeding season begins.

The first few week or so, a per-

son can tell the gobblers need

practice. The gobble is not the

full throated booming that echosacross the valley as it would be

in mid-April but more of a rum-

ble and clatter like someone

knocked a wooden screen door

off its hinges. The Jakes are

overtaken with an urge to call,

but mostly just ruffle their

feathers and squawk a bit. The

noise they make is really quite

comical, especially when a per-

son is close enough to see all the

enthusiasm they put into the

attempt.

The recent afternoons have

warmed enough to turn the

barn lots to mud from one side

to the other. When I get done

with evening chores, since I

value my life, I slip my boots off

and leave them outside by the

back door. When there is just

snow on the ground, I can wear

my boots into the back room

where they will be warm and

dry by morning. When the world

is covered with a fresh layer of

mud and a few not so pleasant

remnants of wintering livestock,

its best to leave them outside

and put on a cold pair of boots

first thing in the morning.

This morning, I grabbed one

boot and slipped it on over my

bare foot. A person would hate

to put on socks to do chores only

to have to take them off to show-

er a few minutes later, when

getting ready for work. I heard

the honking off in the south and

strained to see geese in the pre-

dawn light. A minute or two

later I was able to make out

huge flocks of snow geese head-

ing north in double and triple Vformations. My one bare foot on

the concrete was getting cold. I

reached for my other boot and

noticed several turkeys, already

off their roost, grazing the pas-

ture right next to the house.

One of them ruffled up and

attempted a gobble, but couldnt

get it all the way out.

I slipped my other boot on

and knew immediately I had

found the definitive sign of

spring. Something cold, colder

than my foot, and slippery, was

in my boot. I quickly removed

my foot and turned my boot

upside down. Out plopped a tree

frog. He must have been sun-

ning himself on the patio the

afternoon before. When the sun

went down, the warmest place

he could find was a nice muddy

boot. He didnt seem too much

worse for the experience as I

placed him on a piece of fire-

wood that would be hit by the

sun in a few minutes.

There are many signs of

spring, but to me, each year I

know spring is just around the

corner when I find a tree frog in

my boot.

By Walter Scott

Signs of springBe nice

It makes me feel sad to see people bashing each other over the economic problems we are facing.Recently I visited with high school kids and it appears many of them are turned off about the political world.

That is very sad.Some questions I have - Is it always right to be Right? and In democracy is the person you disagree with

much more stupid than you? (Much more stupid is a language malfunction.) Because people know me as aDemocrat, I cannot camouflage anything.

I feel quite offended when my conservative friends use the word liberal as someone without any sense,no scruples and the only way is let government (Big Daddy) take care of us. Wow! Wow! Wow!

I went to the Town Hall meeting that Bill and Mary hosted. Even though I did not vote for either of them,I know both are going to do all they can for the betterment of all of us.It kind of hurts to hear the condemnation of our current president. Even though the health care plane

seems bad, it is the biggest attempt to work on a health care system that is broken.I feel bad for all our young people who cannot afford health care coverage at all. I sometimes tell my

Republican friends how great I think it would be for all of them to have Medicare like I and all the other oldfogies and me have. I feel so fortunate how good a care our country has for the elderly.

Remember in 1964 Medicare began. Amajor ity of people opposed Medicare because it was far too cost-ly and would destroy our economy. By 1966 congress had a housecleaning and our conservatives tookcharge, elected by our people. By 1968 we had a Republican president elected by the majority becauseMedicare sucked and civil rights would destroy us all.

No matter what, all of us old fogies need to be grateful to our younger generation for the continued goodcare and concern for the elderly.

I became a teacher in 1961 and my first salary was $4,000 a year. I was grateful because I wanted to bea teacher, knowing that many of my college friends (non-teachers) made a whole lot more.

Going into the 70s, local school boards would decide on how much you were worth. If they liked you, youmost likely would get $200 or $300 a year pay raise. By 1967 my salary had soared to $5,500.

In 1961, or thereabouts, Governor Wendell Anderson and the Minnesota Legislature came up with what

was called The Minnesota Miracle. Rather than have local taxes pay the entire amount, state taxes paid foreducation. Currently each student is worth about $4,500+ from state funding.

This was a big boost to rural Minnesota and it took away the high cost of real estate taxes. It did a lot toequalize education offered in smaller schools and smaller towns.

MEA teacher negotiations began in the 1970s. Obviously it proved teacher pay considerably. Now, start-ing with Wisconsin, teachers rights to negotiate salaries is really going to get hammered.

As for teacher retirement, 5% of the total salary is paid by the teacher and 45% is matched by the school.As an example, my cost for the last ten years was about $22,000 and the school amount was the same. Theformula for retirement is quite simple, 10% for the first ten years and 1.5% for each year after ten years. Minewas roughly 33% or roughly about 43% of my average salary. After age 65, a teacher becomes qualified forSocial Security and Medicare. I guess teacher retirement is quite good, but keep in mind I paid about $35,000in and matched by the school .

I am not stupid enough to believe retirement is good for all workers. Many paid little or nothing into retire-ment. I would dare to bet non-union workers have poorer retirement. Sometimes because neither themselvesor their employer paid very much into a retirement plan. I feel very bad about the people 65 years of age orolder that receive very little retirement other than Social Security.

Do you feel teachers retirement should be far less in spite of the 5% annual investments? Should all peo-

ple be treated better for retirement? I believe all workers deserve a decent retirement. Guess what folks, ithas gotten far worse. Its horrible.My teacher retirement has been froze going on about four years. My Social Security retirement also has

been froze for about four years. All our expenses have gone up, up, up. Of course the obvious is for less dis-cretionary money about the means of our livelihood. Because of the six billion dollar shortfall, I see publicemployees salaries possibly being frozen for the next two to four years. I also believe many of our young fam-ilies losing their jobs, their homes and the worse of all, health coverage. Our health system is broken. Whoknows how best to fix it?

Can an increase on taxes on our very wealthy help all of us? Rather than spending time criticizing our leg-islators and our governor, it is far better to give them your support during the biggest crisis we have ever livedthrough.

Condemning others who think different than you is both stupid and unfair, also unproductive. On the firsttwo letters in the Browerville Blade, I have full respect for their views, but very little respect for the condem-nation and abuse each dished out to the other side. Lets face it, our young people are turned off because ofour behavior (including mine.) That is our own fault for not respecting each other. Two different views is goodfor democracy. Thats what it is all about.

I guess I like to be a conservative Democrat. I hate being called a liberal by my Republican friends. Letsfind ways to give support to our legislators. They really need it. Lets try to stay positive and show support and

respect for everyone. We need to feel we can weather the storm. There has to be a light at the end of the tun-nel.

To all my Republican friends who are now in control, I give you may support and respect. But please thinkof ways to be nice to simple Norski friends such as I. As my Norwegian father would say Gul de damn it, discannot contain any longer. Do you think I was stupid enough to correct his English? Heck no.

We will make it, jouist you wat and see. Be nice, our almighty likes you.Ole Olson, Browerville

To plant a garden....It was my great pleasure to speak at the Todd County Garden Day presented by the Todd County Master

Gardeners and held at the First Baptist Church in Long Prairie recently. I very much enjoyed spending timewith the wonderful group of folks who gathered there. The presenters were delightful.

The area is fortunate to have such a dedicated group of volunteers as the Todd County Master Gardeners.We are told that love makes the world go around. The same could be said for volunteers. Love and volun-teerism are one in the same. Volunteers know that the highest reward for a person's work is not a monetaryreward, but what they become because of their good work.

My thanks to everyone at Todd County Garden Day for all the good they do and for allowing me to spend

time in their midst. They made my life better.Thanks, too, to all the sponsors and vendors. To plant a garden is to plant hope and happiness.Al Batt, Hartland, MN

Letters to the editor

Tough decisions need to be madeREALLY Mr. Perish?Really: a few years back when oil prices spiked someone was all but standing on his head pointing to Bush, Cheney and Coleman

nd how they were in bed with big oil. Now that they are gone is it Obama, Biden, Franken and Klobuchar keeping the bed warm?REALLY: ever since the oil embargo of the mid 70s every president or politician, Republican or Democrat, has beat up on the oil

ompanies when it was politically convenient to do so. Oil, gas and coal companies are here to stay, as of today no other energy sourceas cheap or abundant.REALLY: windmills and ethanol, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing how these renewable energy sources are going to

e able to supply our countrys huge energy needs. Obviously with how they are subsidized it goes to show how well they are workingut!?

What is taking place in Wisconsin is going to have to take place nationwide, most states are financially in trouble, their budgets can-ot be balanced on the backs of the public workers only. I have nothing against private sector unions, but do I have this straight: yourublic unions can collect dues from your salary that I, as a taxpayer pay, then use that money to spend tens of millions of dollarsatewide and hundreds of millions of dollars nationally to get people elected to office and then sit down and negotiate your next con-

act on pay benefits with the administration that you just spent millions of dollars getting into office. REALLY: isnt this a least a conflictinterest or payback time?REALLY: who hasnt driven to a bigger town to save some money on groceries or clothes or for the product that the local store does-

t carry? I have driven truck for 28 years delivering to Mom and Pop hardware stores and they tell me the biggest challenge for themto keep people shopping locally, it has nothing to do with the attitude that the money from the wealthy hasnt trickled down.REALLY: with our government projecting a 1.5 trillion dollar deficit for this year alone, how does that sound for prosperity?! There

en't enough wealthy Americans that can bail us out of this financial apocalypse. I realize Bushs administration contributed heavily tocreasing the spending arm of the government, what I just dont understand is why the new administration had to go and put it oneroids. If spending isnt seriously reduced, this debt load will be carried by future generation whose only brush with prosperity will betheir dreams.REALLY: bureaucratic bungling, duplication of programs, inefficiency, incompetence, foreign aid to tin-pot dictators and all that other

aste, fraud and abuse; is that what great nations are made of? How many times does our governments own accounting office needtell us about the hundreds of billions of dollars squandered over the years? It is not a revenue problem, but a spending and account-

bility problem.It seems in todays times that we are more politically divided than ever with no willingness to compromise. Do I think our nation is

oomed? No, I dont, but I do believe that a lot of tough decisions need to be made and that our leaders, that we elect, need to standy their principles in which they were elected and do what is best for our nation as a whole.

Mark Patnode, Clarissa


5/14

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICA-

ION OF THE DEBT AND

DENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL

REDITOR WITHIN THE

IME PROVIDED BY LAW IS

OT AFFECTED BY THIS

CTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,

hat default has occurred in the

nditions of the following

escribed mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE:

6/18/2004

MORTGAGOR(S): Brian K.

arber and Penny M. Farber,

usband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage

lectronic Registration Systems,

nc. as nominee for U.S.

ortgage Investments, LLC

SERVICER: Bank of

merica, N.A.

MORTGAGE ID #:

00060677001388511

DATE AND PLACE OF

ECORDING: Recorded July

8, 2004,Todd County Recorder,

ocument No. 428273.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-

AGE: Assigned to: BAC Home

oans Servicing LP Dated:

ovember 16, 2010

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

ROPERTY: The Northwest

uarter of the Northwest

uarter, Section 14, Township

33 North, Range 34 West, Todd

ounty, Minnesota

TAX PARCEL NO.: 01-

014001

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

48932 County Rd 11

Aldrich, MN 56434

COUNTY IN WHICH PROP-

RTY IS LOCATED: ToddORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

MOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

134,400.00

AMOUNT DUE AND

LAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF

ATE OF NOTICE, INCLUD-

NG TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY

ORTGAGEE: $128,041.76

That prior to the commence-

ent of this mortgage foreclo-

ure proceeding Mortgagee/

ssignee of Mortgagee complied

ith all notice requirements as

quired by statute; that no

ction or proceeding has been

stituted at law or otherwise to

cover the debt secured by saidortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of

ale contained in said mortgage,

he above described property will

e sold by the Sheriff of said

unty as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE:

hursday, May 12, 2011, 10:00

m.

PLACE OF SALE: Main

obby of Todd County Detention

enter, City of Long Prairie

to pay the debt then secured

y said Mortgage, and taxes, if

ny, on said premises, and the

sts and disbursements, includ-

g attorneys' fees allowed byw subject to redemption within

year from the date of said sale

y the mortgagor(s), their per-

nal representatives or assigns.

DATE TO VACATE PROPER-

Y: The date on or before which

he mortgagor must vacate the

roperty if the mortgage is not

instated under Minnesota

tatutes section 580.30 or the

roperty redeemed under

innesota Statutes section

80.23 is 05/12/2012 at 11:59

m. If the foregoing date is a

Saturday, Sunday or legal holi-

day, then the date to vacate is the

next business day at 11:59 p.m.

M O R T G A G O R ( S )

RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL

OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:

NONE

THE TIME ALLOWED BY

LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY

THE MORTGAGOR, THE

MORTGAGORS PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVES OR

ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCEDTO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDI-

CIAL ORDER IS ENTERED

UNDER MINNESOTA

STATUTES SECTION 582.032,

DETERMINING, AMONG

OTHER THINGS, THAT THE

MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE

IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING OF LESS

THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT

PROPERTY USED IN AGRI-

CULTURAL PRODUCTION,

AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: March 11, 2011

BAC Home Loans Servicing

LP

Assignee of Mortgagee

Peterson, Fram & Bergman,

P.A.

By: Steven H. Bruns

Attorneys for: BAC Home

Loans Servicing LP


55 E. 5th St., Suite 800

St. Paul, MN 55101

(651) 209-7599

THIS IS A COMMUNICA-

TION FROM A DEBT COLLEC-

TOR.

16751-105793m24-ap26c

11-071745

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE


TION OF THE DEBT AND

IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL

CREDITOR WITHIN THE

TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS

NOT AFFECTED BY THIS

ACTION.


that default has occurred in the

conditions of the following

described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE:

December 22, 2006

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:$209,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Todd M.

Gapinski, a married person and

Barbra M. Gapinski, a married

person

MORTGAGEE: PHH

Mortgage Services d/b/a PHH

Mortgage Corporation

LENDER: PHH Mortgage

Services d/b/a PHH Mortgage

Corporation

SERVICER: PHH Mortgage

Corporation

DATE AND PLACE OF FIL-

ING: Filed January 3, 2007, Todd

County Recorder, as Document

Number 446604LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:

The Southeast Quarter of the

Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 NE

1/4) of Section Twelve (12),

Township One Hundred Twenty-

Seven (127) North, Range

Thirty-four (34) West of the 5th

P.M. according to the United

States Government Survey

thereof, EXCEPT the following

described parcel: Commencing at

a point 660 feet North of the

Southwest corner of the SE 1/4

NE 1/4 of Section 12; thence East

330 feet; thence North 660 feet;

thence West 330 feet; thence

South 660 feet to the point of

beginning

PROPERTY ADDRESS:

22786 County Rd 2, Sauk

Centre, MN 56378

PROPERTY IDENTIFICA-

TION NUMBER: 14-0012400


ERTY IS LOCATED: Todd

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TOBE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE

ON THE DATE OF THE

NOTICE: $215,638.18

THAT all pre-foreclosure

requirements have been com-

plied with; that no action or pro-

ceeding 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:


May 5, 2011, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's

Main Office, 115 Third Street

South, Long Prairie, MN 56347

to pay the debt secured by said

mortgage and taxes, if any, on

said premises and the costs and

disbursements, including attor-

neys fees allowed by law, subject

to redemption within 12 months

from the date of said sale by the

mortgagor(s) the personal repre-

sentatives or assigns.

TIME AND DATE TO

VACATE PROPERTY: If the real

estate is an owner-occupied, sin-

gle-family dwelling, unless oth-

erwise provided by law, the dateon or before which the mort-

gagor(s) must vacate the proper-

ty, if the mortgage is not rein-

stated under section 580.30 or

the property is not redeemed

under section 580.23, is 11:59

p.m. on May 7, 2012.

Dated: March 18, 2011

PHH Mortgage Corporation

Mortgagee

SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP

BY

Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559

Diane F. Mach - 273788

Kristine M. Spiegelberg

Nelson - 308845Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778

Randolph W. Dawdy 2160X

Attorneys for Mortgagee

12550 West Frontage Road,

Ste. 200

Burnsville, MN 55337

(952) 831-4060

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR

DEBT COLLECTION PRAC-

TICES ACT, YOU ARE

ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE

IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT

COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMA-

TION OBTAINED WILL BE

USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED

BY THE PROVISIONS OF THEFAIR 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.

m24-ap28c

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE




CREDITOR WITHIN THE



ACTION.




described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE:

08/27/2007

MORTGAGOR(S): Romain F.

Rech and Tanith L. Rech, hus-

band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems,

Inc. as nominee for

CitiMortgage, Inc.

SERVICER: CitiMortgage

MORTGAGE ID #:

100011520046206464

DATE AND PLACE OF

RECORDING: Recorded

September 10, 2007,Todd County

Recorder, Document No. 451413.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to:

CitiMortgage, Inc. Dated:

January 11, 2011


PROPERTY: Beginning at the

Northeast corner of Lot 3 of the

Auditor's Subdivision of the

Northeast Quarter of the

Northwest Quarter of Section 8,

in Township 130 North, Range 33

West, in the Village of

Browerville (now city),

Minnesota, according to the

recorded plat thereof, now on file

and of record in the Office of the

Register of Deeds, in and for the

County of Todd and State ofMinnesota, thence running

South a distance of 130 feet,

thence running West 214.5 feet;

thence running North a distance

of 130 feet; thence running East

a distance of 214.5 feet to the

point of beginning.

and

The South 72 feet of Lot 3 of

the Auditor's Subdivision of the

Northeast Quarter of the

Northwest Quarter of Section 8,

in Township 130 North, Range 33

West of the Fifth P.M., Todd

County, Minnesota.

TAX PARCEL NO.: 30-

0006900ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

1010 Creamery Ave N

Browerville, MN 56438


ERTY IS LOCATED: Todd

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$123,500.00

AMOUNT DUE AND

CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF

DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUD-

ING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY

MORTGAGEE: $141,757.57


ment of this mortgage foreclo-

sure proceeding Mortgagee/

Assignee of Mortgagee compliedwith 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:


Thursday, April 21, 2011, 10:00

a.m.

PLACE OF SALE: Main

Lobby of Todd County Detention

Center, City of Long Prairie


by said Mortgage, and taxes, if

any, on said premises, and the

costs and disbursements, includ-

ing attorneys' fees allowed by

law subject to redemption within

6 months from the date of said

sale by the mortgagor(s), their

personal representatives or

assigns.DATE TO VACATE PROPER-

TY: The date on or before which

the mortgagor must vacate the

property if the mortgage is not

reinstated under Minnesota

Statutes section 580.30 or the

property redeemed under

Minnesota Statutes section

580.23 is 10/21/2011 at 11:59

p.m. If the foregoing date is a

Saturday, Sunday or legal holi-

day, then the date to vacate is the

next business day at 11:59 p.m.


RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL

OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:

NONETHE TIME ALLOWED BY

LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY

THE MORTGAGOR, THE

MORTGAGORS PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVES OR

ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED

TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDI-

CIAL ORDER IS ENTERED

UNDER MINNESOTA

STATUTES SECTION 582.032,

DETERMINING, AMONG

OTHER THINGS, THAT THE

MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE

IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-

TIAL DWELLING OF LESS

THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT

PROPERTY USED IN AGRI-CULTURAL PRODUCTION,

AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: February 16, 2011

CitiMortgage, Inc.



P.A.

By: Steven H. Bruns

Attorneys for:

CitiMortgage, Inc.



St. Paul, MN 55101

(651) 209-7599


TION FROM A DEBT COLLEC-TOR.

12890-110006f24-m31c

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE




CREDITOR WITHIN THE



ACTION.




described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE:

09/21/2006

MORTGAGOR(S): Gary A.

Trana and Kristi L. Trana, hus-

band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: CitiFinancial

Services, Inc.

SERVICER: Citifinancial

Services, Inc.

MORTGAGE ID #: n/a

DATE AND PLACE OF

RECORDING: Recorded

LEGAL NOTICEShe Browerville Blade, Page 5 Thursday, March 24, 2011

cont. on page 6


6/14

eptember 26, 2006,Todd County

ecorder, Document No. 444636.


ROPERTY: Lot 6, Block 10,

igelows Addition to Staples.

TAX PARCEL NO.: 38-

111803

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

623 2nd St SW

Staples, MN 56479


RTY IS LOCATED: Todd

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

MOUNT OF MORTGAGE:73,939.72

AMOUNT DUE AND

LAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF

ATE OF NOTICE, INCLUD-

NG TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY

ORTGAGEE: $77,150.10


ent of this mortgage foreclo-

ure proceeding Mortgagee/

ssignee of Mortgagee complied

ith all notice requirements as

quired by statute; that no

ction or proceeding has been

stituted at law or otherwise to

cover the debt secured by said

ortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power ofale contained in said mortgage,

he above described property will

e sold by the Sheriff of said

unty as follows:


hursday, April 14, 2011, 10:00

m.

PLACE OF SALE: Main

obby of Todd County Detention

enter, City of Long Prairie


y said Mortgage, and taxes, if

ny, on said premises, and the

sts and disbursements, includ-

g attorneys' fees allowed by

w subject to redemption within

months from the date of said

ale by the mortgagor(s), their

ersonal representatives or

ssigns.

DATE TO VACATE PROPER-

Y: The date on or before which

he mortgagor must vacate the

roperty if the mortgage is not

instated under Minnesota

tatutes section 580.30 or the

roperty redeemed under

innesota Statutes section

80.23 is 10/14/2011at 11:59

m. If the foregoing date is a

aturday, Sunday or legal holi-

ay, then the date to vacate is the

ext business day at 11:59 p.m.


ELEASED FROM FINANCIAL

BLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:

ONE

THE TIME ALLOWED BY

AW FOR REDEMPTION BY

HE MORTGAGOR, THE

ORTGAGORS PERSONAL

EPRESENTATIVES OR

SSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED

O FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDI-

IAL ORDER IS ENTERED

NDER MINNESOTA

TATUTES SECTION 582.032,

ETERMINING, AMONG

THER THINGS, THAT THE

ORTGAGED PREMISES ARE

MPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-

IAL DWELLING OF LESS

HAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT

ROPERTY USED IN AGRI-

ULTURAL PRODUCTION,

ND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: February 11, 2011

CitiFinancial Services, Inc.

Mortgagee


A.

By: Steven H. Bruns

Attorneys for: CitiFinancial

ervices, Inc.

Mortgagee


St. Paul, MN 55101

(651) 209-7599


TION FROM A DEBT COLLEC-

TOR.

13502-110010f24-m31c

Public Notice: Joint

Judicial Ditches #5 & #8Notice is given by means of

this legal newspaper that a

meeting of the Todd/Wadena

Joint Ditch Board will be held

April 11, 2011 at 9:30am. It willbe held at Staples City Hall

located at 122 6th Street NE,

Staples MN. This meeting will be

the first hearing on the

Preliminary Survey Report for

the petition from the City of

Staples to consider the possible

improvement, realignment and

possible partial abandonment of

parts of the ditch as a result of

realignment of JD 5 and JD 8. All

interested landowners are wel-

come and encouraged to attend

this meeting of the Todd/Wadena

Joint Ditch Board. If any addi-

tional information is needed

before this meeting, please con-tact Nancy Uhlenkamp County

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Todd County

Commissioners Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting of

the Todd County Board of

Commissioners held on

March 1, 2011Call to Order

The Todd County Board ofCommissioners met in the

Commissioners Board Room in the

City of Long Prairie, MN on the 1st

day of March, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

The meeting was called to order by

Chairperson Blessing with all

members present. The meeting was

opened with the Pledge of

Allegiance.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

On motion by Kneisl and second

by Ruda, the following motion was

introduced and adopted by unani-

mous vote to approve the agenda as

prepared.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

On motion by Kircher and sec-ond by Neumann, the following

motion was introduced and adopt-

ed by unanimous vote: To approve

February 15, 2011 minutes as read

without changes.

ROUTINE BUSINESS

On motion by Ruda and second-

ed by Kneisl, the following motion

was introduced and adopted by

unanimous vote: To approve the

Commissioner Warrants #27260

thru 27385 in the amount of

$75,259.29.

On motion by Kircher and sec-

onded by Kneisl, the following reso-

lution was introduced and adopted

by majority vote with Ruda votingagainst.

Approve Tobacco Licenses for

Establishments to Sell Tobacco

Products in Todd County

WHEREAS, the Todd County

Tobacco Sales and Youth Access

Ordinance, effective November

2000, is in accordance with MN and

federal laws to regulate the sales of

tobacco to decrease youth access to

tobacco products, RESOLVED, the

Todd County Board of

Commissioners approve the tobac-

co sales licenses effective:

Shipwrex on Mound Lake Grill

and Bar, IncJanuary 16,

2011December 31, 2011

Rohdes Hub Supper Club

February 10, 2011December 31,

2011


ed by Neumann, the following reso-


by unanimous vote:

RESOLUTION APPROVING

THE 2011 PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-

FORFEITED PROPERTY

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED,

that the parcels of tax forfeited

land appearing on the list filedwith the County Auditor/

Treasurer, be appraised and classi-

fied; that the basic sale price of

each parcel be approved and

authorization for a public sale of

these lands be granted, pursuant to

M.S. 282.01; that said sale will be

held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, March

25, 2011, by the County

Auditor/Treasurer at the Todd

County Courthouse, for not less

than the basic price; and that all

sales shall be full payment.

RESOLVED, that all the parcels

of tax-forfeited land shall be offered

for sale subject to liens, existing

roads, easements & leases, if any.Any unpaid special assessments

canceled at forfeiture may be

reassessed by the municipalities

after the sale. Todd County

reserves the right, in the interest of

the public, to withdraw from the

land sale, any parcels at any time

prior to its sale.

TODD COUNTY LIVESTOCK

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

On motion by Neumann and sec-

onded by Kneisl, the following reso-


by unanimous vote: Motion is to

accept and agree with the Todd

County Livestock resolution. Todd

County will also have resolutionwritten for the next meeting March

15, 2011.

RESOLUTION OF THE TODD

COUNT LIVESTOCK ADVISORY

COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH

RECIPROCAL BROADBAND

SERVICES COUNTY WIDE

WHEREAS, the worlds cultural

and economic environment is

becoming increasingly more knowl-

edge-driven and information-

based, and Todd County citizens,

businesses, and agriculture need

access to that information,

RESOLVED, that all resolutions or

parts of resolutions in conflict with

the Resolution are hereby repealedto the extent of such conflict and

that provisions of this Resolution

are hereby declared to be separable

and if any section, phrase or provi-

sion shall for any reason be

declared to be invalid, such decla-

ration shall not affect the validity

of the remainder of the sections,

phrases and provisions hereof.

TODD COUNTY

ADMINISTRATION

On motion by Kircher and sec-

onded by Ruda, the following

motion was introduced and adopt-

ed by unanimous vote: To approve

establishment and charge of a com-

mittee to review Todd Countysdata practices policies.


ed by Kircher, the following resolu-

tion was introduced and adopted by

unanimous vote:

A RESOLUTION SUPPORT-

ING LEGISLATIVE ALLOCA-

TION OF LEGACY FUNDS FOR

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND

SUPPORT OF APPLICATION

FOR SAID FUNDING

WHEREAS, the Todd County

Historic Courthouse is an impor-

tant Todd County Landmark, and a

symbol of permanence and stead-

fastness of the early citizens of

Todd County, RESOLVED, that the

Todd County Board of

Commissioners supports applica-

tion for said funding for the pur-

poses of renovation of the Todd

County Historic Courthouse.


ed by Kircher, the following motion

was introduced and adopted by

majority vote with Neumann vot-

ing against: To approve out of state

travel for Sheriff Mikkelson and

Commissioner Kneisl to

Washington D.C. for the purposesof meeting with the Central

Minnesota Congressional

Delegation.


ed by Kircher, the following resolu-

tion was introduced and adopted by

unanimous vote: Approve acknowl-

edgment of permission for Central

Planes Aviation for spraying of tent

caterpillars in Todd County.

ADMINISTRATORS REPORT

The Records Retention

Committee found that the County

Board adopted the State Records

retention schedule in 1986. The

committee will be recommending

that the policy be continued, andwill be on the next board agenda.

The Commissioners and

Administrator will be going to the

State Capitol Wednesday 3/2/2011.

They will be meeting with

Representative Ingebrigtsen and

Representative Franson.

COMMISSIONERSREPORT

Ruda reported that the Solid

Waste Committee will be meeting

with Ottertail, Wadena and Becker

Counties. They will be looking at

sample ordinances.

Adjourn

Commissioner Blessing recessed

the meeting at 9:40 a.m.

COMMISSIONER WARRANTSVENDOR NAME AMOUNT

CITY OF SEBEKA 4,189.50

FLEET SERVICES

DIVISION 6,353.14

LONG PRAIRIE OIL

COMPANY 6,660.28

MORTON SALT 15,254.03

NORTHERN STAR

CO-OP 2,715.89

REGION V DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION 2,000.00

SEBEKA PUBLIC

SCHOOLS 4,991.60

TODD COUNTY

WELLNESS COMM 3,999.72

118 PAYMENTS LESS

THAN $2000 29,095.13

FINAL TOTAL $75,259.29

On a motion by Kircher and sec-

ond by Ruda the preceding minutes

of the County Board meeting held

March 1, 2011 were duly approved

by a unanimous vote of the Todd

County Board of Commissioners at

the Regular Board Meeting held on

March 15, 2011

Witness my hand and seal

David Kircher,

County Board Chairperson

Nathan Burkett,

County Administratorm24c

Proceedings of the Board

of EducationRegular Meeting #3

Independent School

District #787

March 14, 2011

Browerville, Minnesota

Conference Room 7:30 P.M.Members Present: Daryl

Brever, Bob Bryniarski, Mike

Jeziorski, Heidi Iten, Denis

Irsfeld, Joe Duncan, Cory Heid

Others Present: Robert Schaefer

- Superintendent, Patrick Sutlief

K-12 Principal, Darla Schaefer -

Business Manager, Robert

Schueller- Browerville Education

Association, Venus King -

Browerville Blade

The meeting was called to

order by Chairman Brever at

7:30 P.M.

The Pledge of Allegiance was

recited.

Motion by Irsfeld, second by

Bryniarksi, and carried to

approve the agenda as present-

ed.

Recognition of students/staff/

public

ReportsMr. Sutlief reported on the fol-

lowing: Business Professionals

competition, FFA fun activity

and the Pie & Ice Cream Social

scheduled for March 21st,

Minnesota Powers presentation

A Bug of Light at Christ the

King School with Browerville

Elementary students attending,

National Honor Society

Induction Ceremony March

31st, NJPA Student Recognition

Banquet at Cragans Eli Busch

and Stephanie Kent as honorees,

Molly Sanborn and live band

presentation April 7th to 9-12

grade students about makinghealthy-smart choices, Pi Day

(3.1467..) and MCA mathemat-

ic Grad Tests, Deputy David

Determan in conjunction with

Todd County Public Health visit-

ing classrooms concerning tech-

nology/texting safety appropri-

ateness and legal ramifications,

and spring MCA testing begin-

ning April 12th.

Mr. Schaefer reported on the

February School Breakfast/

Lunch program. Over 6,500

breakfasts and 8,500 lunches

were served by the food service

staff. Lunch participation was

97%.Personnel

Motion by Heid, second by

Bryniarski and carried to

approve the February 2011 per-

sonnel leaves as presented.


Iten and carried to approve the

assignment of Wayne Petermeier

as Athletic Director/Summer

Recreation Director beginning

with the 2011-12 school year.


Bryniarski and carried to accept

the resignation of Chris Johnson

as C team girls basketball coach.

Superintendent evaluation:

The February 14, 2011, regularmeeting of the Browerville Board

of Education was closed for

superintendent evaluation at

9:34 P.M. and reconvened from

closed session at 9:54 P.M.

Members in attendance: Brever,

Jeziorski, Bryniarski, Iten,

Irsfeld, and Heid. Member

absent; Duncan. The summary

result of the session was; Mr.

Schaefer is providing quality

leadership and management as

superintendent of the Brower-

ville Public School. The following

areas were highlighted and con-

tinued; positive/continuous com-

munication, fiscal stability of theschool district, faculty/support

staff professional development,

curriculum improvement, stu-

dent enrollment, planning and

improving programs, and main-

tenance of school building and

grounds.


Jeziorski and carried to approve

the assignment of Jeff Myers as

Assistant Football coach begin-

ning with the 2011-12 school

Thursday, March 24, 2011he Browerville Blade, Page 6

ont. from page 5

cont. on page 7


7/14

ear.

Old Business


uncan and carried to approve

djust the 2010-11 school calen-

ar to include Thursday, April

1, 2011, as a regular school day

ue to the use of one snow day in

ecember.

New Business

Motion by Duncan, second by

ryniarski and carried to renew

he membership in the Minne-

ta State High School Leaguer 2011-12.

Motion by Iten, second by

sfeld and carried to renew the

embership in the Prairie

onference for 2011-12.

Motion by Duncan, second by

en and carried to approve the

vernight HOSA Spring

eadership Conference, March

2-23-24, 2011, at the Kelly Inn

St. Cloud.

Referendum Authority Fiscal

ear 2012 The members

viewed information concerning

he referendum levy authority

hat ends with the fiscal year

012. The levy is for $ 126.18 perupil unit and was approved by

he voters. The levy generates

pproximately $ 40,590 per year.

he school district must bring

his matter to district residents

r a vote in order for the levy to

ntinue past fiscal year 2012.

he new levy can be from one to

n years in length, and would be

oted on the first Tuesday follow-

g the first Monday in

ovember at the general election

by mail ballot on other dates

uring the year. If approved the

hool tax for district residents

ould not increase unless indi-

dual property values/rates

ould increase. Discussion took

ace concerning utilizing the

newed levy dollars for technol-

gy purposes. The consensus of

he members was to further

view the information and bring

resolution forth at the April

011 regular meeting of the

oard of education.

Bills


uncan and carried to approve

endor claims in the following

ccounts:

eneral Fund: $143.066.39

ood Service: 16,875.22

ransportation: 34,778.33

ommunity Service: 2,474.72

apital Expenditure: 7,499.60

ebt Service -

rust and Agency : 2,753.07

otal 207,451.33

Motion by Bryniarski, second

y Iten and carried to adjourn

he meeting at 8:23 P.M.

Denis Irsfeld, Clerk

I.S.D.#787

Browerville Public School

TODD COUNTY

PLANNING COMMISSION

Main Street

Government Center

347 Central Ave Suite 2Long Prairie, Minnesota

320-732-4420

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given that on

hursday, April 7, 2011 at 6:30

m the Todd County Planning

ommission will hold a public

earing in the Commissioners

eeting Room, Main Street

overnment Center, 347 Central

ve, Long Prairie to consider the

llowing application:

Stonebridge Care Facility

Louis Gramsey): 8.88 acres E

458 ft of S 845 ft of SE4 NW4,

Section 10, Gordon Township.

Conditional Use Permit to use

the existing home for a care facil-

ity for 1 to 6 people. Use Permit

is required for a group or foster

home for in an Agricultural/

Forestry District-1

All persons interested are

invited to attend said hearing

and be heard on these matters.

If it is not possible for you to

attend the hearing in person, feel

free to write, call, visit or E-mail

HYPERLINK mailto:tod-

[email protected] [email protected] the

Environment and Land Resource

Management Office regarding

these matters.

Todd County Planning

Commission

Rin Porter, Chairperson

Little Elk

Township NoticeLittle Elk Town Board will

meet Thursday, March 24, 10

am, at the town hall.

L.J. Abrahamson, clerkm24c

Bowling NewsCourtesy of Prairie Lanes,

Long Prairie

City LeagueWon Lost

Young Guns 41 11

Harvest States 34 18

Am. Legion 30 22

Gould Const. 23 29

Prairie Lanes 16 36

LP Packing 11 41

Hi game: 245, James Current; 244,

Joey Harris; 235, Ryan Thompson

Hi series: 626, Joey Harris; 602, Ryan

Thompson; 591, Paul Horner

Urban LeagueWon Lost

Prairie Lanes 11 5

Now and Then 10 6

Shoot-Strike 10 6

Lunser Const. 10 6

Autumn Antlers 8 8

CMFCU 8 8

Praire Woods 7 9

Bye Team 0 16

Hi game: 191, Vickie Spandl; 190, SueMuller; 186, Tammy Goertz

Hi series: 528, Sue Muller; 486, VickieSpandl; 481, Tammy Goertz

Browerville WomenWon LostNow & Then 37 15

Wolters Body 36 16

Am. Legion 33 19

Woeste Girls 29 23

Tidy Bowl Girls 27 25

LP Packing 26 26

Marcyes Ex. 19 33

Bye Team 0 52

Hi game: 191, Bonnie Alsleben; 186,

Sandy Witz; 181, Sandi Keller

Hi series: 542, Bonnie Alsleben; 499,

Sandy Witz; 494, Dee Opsal

Mixed QuadsWon Lost

T--KS 59 41

Hi Rollers 54.5 45.5Golden Oldies 54 46

Odd Balls 53 47

Rascals 48 52

Lucky Str ikes 46.5 53.5

Prairie Dusters 45 55

Cripples 40 60

Hi game men: 203, Gary Larson; 188,

Bill Tomford; 184, Frank Weaver; women:

191, Patty Lowe; 182, Peggy Weaver;

178, Lois Mielke

Hi series men: 544, Gary Larson; 506,Gary Biskey; 495, Bill Tomford; women:499, Mary Kraus; 480, Patty Lowe; 466,

Lois Mielke

Pinbusters

Won Lost

Top Guns 26 14

Gemini Siding 23 17

Strokers 22 18

No Names 18 22

Strikers 16 24

J & S Concrete 15 25

Hi game men: 234, Greg Ostrowski; 215,Ryan Thompson; 211, Cody Wenzel;women: 202, Nancy Wettstein; 173, JudySchmeising; 172, Barb Logas

Hi series men: 604, Greg Ostrowski;571, Ryan Thompson; 546, Ed Schmeising;women: 522, Nancy Wettstein; 441, JudySchmeising; 418, Barb Logas

Sunday Nite LeagueWon Lost

Andreasen 24.5 3.5

Outlaws 19 9

K & S Current 17 11

Clarissa Convicts 16.5 11.5DJ & Girlz 14 14

Gordos 9 19

Jim Line 7 21

Moonshiners 5 23

Hi game men: 243 Chris Current; 234,Brent Line; 209, Matt Andreasen; women:

211, Nikki Andreasen; 164, Steph Booker;161, Kacey Johnson

Hi series men: 632, Chris Current; 582,Matt Andreasen; 580, Brent Line; women:

514, Nikki Andreasen; 433, Steph Booker;403, Jen Winkler

T & C Classic

Won Lost

Jim Woeste 14 2

Swan Produce 13 3

Kane Transport 9 7LP Packing 9 7

Midwest Machine 8 8Mikeys 7 9

E85 2 14

Bye Team 0 16

Hi game: 279, Joey Harris; 278, Mike

Woeste; 254, Ron Hengemuhle

Hi series: 674, Joey Harris; 656, Mike

Woeste; 604, Ron Hengemuhle

Courtesy of Eagle Lanes

Inter-City League 3/16Won Lost

Central Ag 63.5 48.5

Baso Ins. 61 51

Benson Const. 54.5 57.5

Busy B Cafe 45 67

Hi game men: 210, Al Blommel; 199,Dan Booker; 199, Gary Schultz; women:

197, Stacey Warren; 179, Lori Klinnert; 177,Char Blommel

Hi series: 565, Larry Dickinson; 558,Gary Schultz; 550, Dan Booker

Thursday, March 24, 2011he Browerville Blade, Page 7

ont. from page 6

Official Notice

ANNUAL MEETING

of the Stockholders of

Farmers Co-op Feed Store

Browerville, MN

Date: Monday, March 28th, 2011.

Place: Browerville Vets Club Basement

Hour: 8:00 PM

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting

of the members of Farmers Co-op Feed Store

Association will be held on Monday, March 28th,

2011 at the Browerville Vets Club Basement

and will be called to order at 8:00 PM for the fol-

lowing purposes:

1. To receive the report of the officers and

directors on the business and affairs of the asso-

ciation.

2. To elect directors to succeed those directors

whose terms have expired.

3. To transact such other business as may

properly come before an Annual Meeting of the

members

Kim Harff, Secretary

3/19-26


8/14

BPA members attend State Competition

1,100 secondary students and their chapter advisors from Minnesota visited the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis to take part in

he Business Professionals of America's State Leadership Conference in Minneapolis on March 10-12, 2011. Activities included

eneral sessions, business meetings, and the program of competitive events designed to evaluate competencies in business relat-

d areas of competition including: tests, presentations, speeches, role-model situations, interviews and creating business plans

nd simulations.

Reprenting Browerville were: Sam Salber, Advanced Accounting (10th); Travis Wehrenberg, Payroll Accounting (14th); Jay

richacek, Payroll Accounting (17th); Tarissa Host, Fundamental Accounting; Preston Irsfeld, Banking & Finance; Abbiamusga, Medical Office Procedures; Ashley Olson, Prepared Speech.

Pictured above are: Tarissa Host, Sam Salber, Ashley Olson, Preston Irsfeld, Travis Wehrenberg, Jay Brichacek, and Abby

amusga.

y Venus King

Browerville Public School

oard held their monthly meet-

g on Monday March 14, 2011.

ll members were present.

Patrick Sutlief reported that

PA (Business Professionals of

merica) had their State

ompetition, and FFA had 55

embers that went bowling.hese activities were very well

tended. Monday at 7:30 is the

ie and Ice Cream Social.

Student Rachel Perish and

eacher Donna Bestland will

ttend the HOSA (Health

ccupations ) and compete at the

pring Leader Leadership

Conference on March 22,23, and

24,2011 at the Kelly Inn in St.

Cloud.

A presentation will be given by

Minnesota Power called A Bugs

Light at CTK with Browerville

elementary students attending.

This is a presentation about safe-

ty around power lines and elec-

tricity.The National Honor Society

will hold their Induction

Banquet March 31 at 6 P.M. in

the High School Commons.

Congratulations to Eli Busch

and Stephanie Kent, recipients

of NJPA Honors. These students

will be recognized at a banquet

April 6, 2011 at Craguns Resort

in Nisswa.

Molly Sanborn will speak

Thursday April 7 at 10:45 to the

students in grades 9-12 on mak-

ing smart choices as a teenager.

Later in the afternoon she will be

in Long Prairie doing a presenta-

tion and a more extensive pro-

gram will be given at the LongPrairie Grey Eagle High School

in the evening.

David Determan, working in

conjunction with Todd County

Public Health, will have a pres-

entation in late April on technol-

ogy safety/legal issues.

Board members approved the

resignation of Chris

Johnson as C Team

Girls Basketball

Coach. They also

approved Wayne

Petermeier as the

New Athletic Director/Summer

Recreation Director and

approved Jeff Meyers as the

Assistant Football Coach.

Board members approved

revision of the School Calendar

for 2010/2011. Originally the stu-

dents would have had the day of

Thursday April 21 off, but

because of the extra snow daystudents and staff will have

school that day. The students

last day of school will be May 27.

Other actions by the board

included approval to renew

membership with the Minnesota

State High School League for the

2011-12 school year and renew

membership with the Prairie

Conference for the 2011-12

school year.

Browerville School Board holds regular March meeting

Broncos Win Long Prairie/GreyEagle Dual TourneyChampionshipBy Coach Lorentz

The Browerville/Eagle Valley

Elementary Broncos wrestling

team won three dual meets

enroute to the championship on

Saturday, March 19.

The day opened with the

Broncos facing host Long Prairie

Grey Eagle in the six team event.

The Thunder jumped out to an

early lead, but then the Broncos

won some key matchups to come

out on top 45-21. Winning for the

Broncos were Cael Lorentz, CarterMeiners, Landon Gode, Nye

Becker, Colton Booker, Mason

Gode, Paul Wagner, Dalton Butler,

Sullivan Decker, Colton Niemann,

Dominic Lindquist, and Brendan

Johnson.

In the second round the

Broncos faced Sauk Centre. The

Broncos jumped out early and

never looked back winning the

dual 64-15. Winning matches for

the Broncos were Isaiah Wagner,

Nate Benning, Cael Lorentz,

Carter Meiners, Landon Gode,

Colton Booker, Mason Gode, Ty

Lancaster, Dalton Butler, Paul

Wagner, Sullivan Decker, Colton

Niemann, and Brendan Johnson.

The Broncos finished in 1st

place in their pool, and then faced

Osakis for the Championship. The

Broncos started out fast, jumping

out to a 26-0 lead. Osakis pulled

within 26-18, when Dalton Butler

earned a huge pin to put the

Broncos up 32-18. The Broncos

extended the lead to 38-18 beforeOsakis got to within four points at

38-34 with one match left. The

Broncos Heavyweight Colton

Niemann pinned his Osakis oppo-

browerville blade - 03/24/2011

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