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NOVEMBER 3 • Holiday Craft & Bake Sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Great Hall, St. John’s University. See ad on page 3. • Annual Fall Craft, Used Christmas, Rummage & Bake Sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Martin Parish Hall.
NOVEMBER 10 • Holdingford Craft & Gift Sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Holdingford Legion. See ad on page 2.
NOVEMBER 11 • Veterans Day Dinner & Program starting at 6:20 p.m. at the Upsala Rec Center.
NOVEMBER 14 • Grey Eagle Senior Center Monthly Membership Meeting at 10:30 a.m. at the center.
NOVEMBER 15-18 • Fall Musical “All Shook Up.” Nov. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Melrose High School.
NOVEMBER 17 • Sacred Heart Church Annual Soup & Rummage Sale from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., at Sa-cred Heart Church basement, Freeport.
NOVEMBER 21 • Freeport Community Center Chicken Fry from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Freeport Com-munity Center.
DECEMBER 2 • Craft & Gift Sale from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Landing, St. Anna.
JULY 19-21 • Grey Eagle GEM Fest - Note: Change in Weekend.
ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. • Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.
BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall.
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SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.
UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Weekend WeatherSaturday Sunday
Cloudy. High: 40 Low: 31
Cloudy. High: 38 Low: 30
Temperatures Date High Low 10/24 54 38 10/25 38 33 10/26 39 31 10/27 40 22 10/28 43 33 10/29 50 33 10/30 46 32
Friday
Mostly cloudy. High: 40 Low: 30
It’s election season, and one of the greatest privi-leges we have in America is se-lecting our own leaders. While we have widely var-ied opinions of who should win, the fundamental characteristics of good leadership remain constant.
A sociology professor from one of the country’s major universities spent his life studying leadership by tracing the careers of 5,000 former students. When he was asked how you spot a leader he said, “I have come to the conclusion that the only way one can determine a leader is to look at the person and see if any-body is following.”
Leadership is a difficult skill to mea-sure. But it is certainly easy to determine when leadership is not present in an or-ganization.
In four years of executive semi-nars conducted by Santa Clara Univer-sity and the Tom Peters Group/Learning
Systems, more than 5,200 senior man-agers were asked to describe the characteristics they most admire in a leader. Here are the top 10 character-istics, as reported in Management Review magazine: honest, competent, forward-looking, inspiring, intel-ligent, fair-mind-ed, broad-mind-ed, courageous, straightforward and imaginative.
Three of these characteristics are particularly significant in my opinion: forward-looking, inspiring and coura-geous. All the others are necessary in-gredients not only for an effective leader but also for every employee.
Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said, “Fail to honor people, they fail to hon-or you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will all say, ‘We did this ourselves.’” He made that observation over 2000 years ago. Some things never change.
Good leaders really listen to the
people who work for them. Good lead-ers pay attention to what people are tell-ing them and take it very seriously.
Good leaders use their power to im-plement ideas that workers bring forth, and then are quick to give credit to the person who had the idea. Then comes the action that really sets good leaders apart. They are willing to accept the blame and criticism when mistakes are made. They don’t abandon their employees.
Warren Bennis spent much of his life researching leadership and has written several books on the subject of what makes leaders. Warren is a Distin-
Harvey Mackay continued to pg 3
Good leaders bring out the best in employees -By Harvey Mackay
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guished Professor of Business Admin-istration and the founding chairman of The Leadership Institute at the Univer-sity of Southern California, which I had the honor of serving on the board. In 2007, BusinessWeek magazine called him one of the ten business school pro-fessors who have had the greatest influ-ence on business thinking.
Bennis traveled around the coun-try spending time with ninety of the most effective and successful leaders in the nation - sixty from corporations and thirty from the public sector. His goal was to find these leaders’ common traits. At first, he had trouble pinpointing any common traits, for the leaders were more diverse than he had expected.
But he later wrote: “I was finally able to come to conclusions, of which perhaps the most important is the dis-tinction between leaders and managers. Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
“Both roles are crucial, but they dif-fer profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing the wrong thing well,” he wrote in his book “Why Lead-ers Can’t Lead.”
I tend to think of the differences be-tween leaders and managers as the dif-ference between those who master the context within which they operate and those who surrender to it. There are other differences, as well, and they are enor-mous and crucial. Bennis details them in his book, “On Becoming A Leader,” and they include:
• The manager administers; the lead-er innovates.
• The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
Harvey Mackay continued from page 2• The manager maintains; the leader
develops.• The manager focuses on systems
and structure; the leader focuses on peo-ple.
• The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
• The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range per-spective.
• The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
• The manager has his eye always on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
• The manager imitates; the leader originates.
• The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
• The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his own person.
Mackay’s Moral: Good leaders de-velop more than good employees, they develop more good leaders.
Reprinted with permission from na-tionally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us,” “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World,” and “Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The Door.”
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Birth Announcement Chelsea Beste and Cameron Rogers of Monticello are proud to announce the birth of their son born October 23, 2012 at the Albany Area Hospital & Medical Center.
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Card of ThanksI’d like to express my thanks to the guys on the Grey Eagle First Response team
for helping me when my hip dislocated again. Thank you to all of you, you’re the best.
Herb SchillingThe family of Jean Kruzel wants to thank everyone for your cards, words,
kindness, comfort, and sympathy extended to us during our celebration of Jean’s life and death.
A special thanks to Sauk Centre and Long Prairie Nursing Homes for the care over the past 10 years. Our thanks to Williams Dingmann Funeral Home, Rev. Richard Walz, musicians, and the Ladies of St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church for services provided. Jean will always be remembered in our hearts.
No other thank yous are being sent. The Families of Joe Kruzel
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Come join us for our Veterans Day dinner and program at the Upsa-la Rec. Center on Sunday, Nov. 11th.
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Rowan StephensS e r v i c e s
celebrating the life of Rowan Stephens, age 20 months of Albany, were held October 27 at the Miller-Carl in-Brenny Funeral Home Chapel in Albany.
R o w a n Stephens was born on January 28, 2011 at the St. Cloud Hospital to Nicole Stephens and Nick Klinkner. Rowan lived with his mother in Albany. Rowan had a beautiful smile and the brightest blue eyes. He loved playing with his brother and sister, football, num-nums, and his night-night. A hero in life and
death, by donation, Rowan has saved the lives of other children.
He is survived by his mother, Albany; father, St. Cloud, brother and sister, Kaidance Stephens and Scott Stephens, Albany; his grandparents, Sue Stephens, Pleasant Lake; Rich & Jean Stephens, Naperville, IL; Ron & Linda Klinkner, St. Cloud; great-grandmothers, Rosemary Rea, Farming; Donna Klinkner, Clearwater; Geri Thielman, St. Cloud; uncles, Adam Stephens, St. Joe; John Klinkner, St. Cloud; cousin, Brooke Klinkner and many cousins.
Rowan is preceded in death by his brother, Aidan Carlson, great-grandfathers, LeRoy Thielman and Clarence Klinkner; uncles, Francis Stephens and Richard Stephens and great-uncle, Scott Thielman.
Virginia “Sally” MeltonMass of
Christian Burial, celebrating the life of Virginia “Sally” Melton, age 83 of Albany, will be 11:00 AM, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 at Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Albany.
Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Sally passed away Saturday, Oct. 27 at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. There will be a visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are being made by the Miller-Carlin-Brenny Funeral Home in Albany.
Sally was born May 14, 1929 and spent most of her younger years in Clevland, OH.
Sally and her husband John Melton moved to St. Cloud in 1968. They both taught at St. Cloud State University,
Sally was in the English Department. Sally later moved to the College of St. Benedict where she taught English until her retirement. After John died, Sally moved to Albany in 1993.
Sally loved to travel, which she did extensively. She loved spending time with her friends and volunteering her services. She was active on the St. Cloud Township Planning Board and when moving to Albany she became an active volunteer at the Albany Hospital and she was also a member of the board at the hospital. Sally was also on the Mother of Mercy Nursing Home Board. While there she helped in many ways and made good friends. She greatly enjoyed her time there.
She is survived by her sons, Raymond (RJ) and Richard Drake, both of California; 5 granddaughters and 4 great-grandchildren and many loving friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband John Melton and her son, Robert Drake.
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mans, livestock and pets. If the Gourley Brother’s permit is approved how will Todd County citizens and taxpayers be protected from this and other very se-rious life-threatening bacteria? Is this why the Gourley Brothers need to leave Iowa?
My second concern has to do with where the money will come from when there is a spill / leak. As some on the Todd County Board of Commissioners have readily admitted, the Leslie Township site is a poor location for a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO). It is my understanding that when the manure is transferred to a contracted farmer, the Gourley Brothers are no longer respon-sible for any spills, leaks or costs that may arise. Who will pay for the clean-up? We can’t afford it at the local level and the State and Federal Governments are deep in dept. Can a significant tax be levied against the Gourley’s if the farm begins operation so there will be funds available for clean-up?
What is the cost associated with re-building area roads and two bridges to accommodate the heavy equipment and trucks? Who will pay for this?
By Wayne and Sherry KutterWe are writing to express new con-
cerns about the proposed Gourley Broth-ers confined hog operation in Leslie Township. We are concerned that people throughout Todd County do not realize how this could negatively affect them and that they may not contact their Com-missioners to share their concerns when the vote comes up. The Todd County Administrators Office has said it will be on the November 6th agenda. History has shown that when one of these con-centrated animal feedlots is approved more will follow. We could all have one of these in our backyard.
We are not against agriculture. Al-though we no longer milk cows, we are on the farm that has been in our family for almost 100 years. Our son and his family are part of five generations here on the homeplace.
Our major concerns:One is about diseases caused by
several different bacteria that are anti-biotic resistant and prevalent in confined hog lots. One that concerns us the most is Staphylococcus Aureuswhich is 760 times more prevalent in confined hog operations and is transferable to hu- Letter continued to pg 5
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of Morrison and Todd counties. I have enjoyed attending parades, church events, county fairs and hearing your concerns. It would further be an honor to represent the residents of House District 9B as their State Representative.
This election is not about what is best for me, what party you belong to, or special interests politicians represent. This election is about us, it is about the rural way of life and the values of rural Minnesota. I cannot do this alone; we need to do this together.
I have spent my entire life in this district and believe that I am the strongest candidate to fight for us. I live here, I work here and I play here. This is home and always will be. We need a representative who understands us, knows us and believes in us.
I respectively ask for your vote on November 6, so that we can work together to fight for and protect our rural way of life.
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designed to transport manure to fields decoupled from its connector. The ma-nure traveled one mile downstream and caused a fish kill of unknown size.
• Weaver, Iowa: A Lee County judge has penalized a Wever, Iowa hog feeding operation for water pollution and animal feeding operation violations
• Des Moines, Iowa: The Iowa At-torney General’s Office has filed a law-suit against two companies which oper-ate eight large hog confinement facilities in Kossuth and Palo Alto Counties.
A judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by the proposed large-scale hog operation South Morgan Acres, against the Blandinsville Township. The town-ship set a weight limit of 20 tons on the road leading to the site in northeast Mc-Donough County.
• Riceville: A leaky valve on a pump caused a manure release at a hog con-finement facility in Mitchell County. The incident developed while Troy Groeneveld of Tres M, a custom appli-cator based in Greene, took a break, ac-cording to the Iowa Department of Natu-ral Resources. Within 15 minutes, up to 1,500 gallons of liquid manure escaped at the Iowa Select Geiger operation near Riceville.
• Peosta, Iowa (AP): The Iowa De-partment of Natural Resources has tallied up the death toll of fish from a manure spill into Whitewater Creek in Dubuque County. The department says more than 104,000 fish were killed, likely along the first five miles downstream of a hog and cattle operation near Peosta. Dead fish were found nearly 18 miles away. Their value was placed at more than $96,000. Manure from the livestock feedlots was pumped to a reception pit that over-flowed in heavy rains, and the manure
reached the creek.
An additional concern is that, if ap-proved, Todd County will be following a dinosaur industry that is short-lived at best and a disaster at worst. Please note in this weeks news that Target and at least 30 other leading food companies will be eliminating controversial pig gestation crates like the Gourley’s from its pork supply chain. The industries that will keep money coming into Todd County well into the future have to do with efficient (non-fossil based) energy production (wind and solar and ?) and sustainable food production. We have a mobilized group of citizens around this Gourley Brothers issue. We could come together to work with the County to help promote industries that are good for Todd County.
I have an additional concern with how the commissioners make decisions. I have heard that some of our Commis-sioners have told Todd County taxpayers that they did not elect them so they really did not need to consider their concerns. The Gourley Brothers hog operation will be devastating for people who have lived in and paid taxes to Todd County their whole lives. Yes, of course, there would be tax revenue. But a Concentrat-ed Animal Feed Operation (CAFO) near homes, streams, wetlands and lakes is inviting unreasonable hardship, cost and perhaps devastation for generations to come. We could all have one of these in our backyard. All of our Commissioners need to be called and / or emailed about this issue.
Additional Information• Staphylococcus Aureus: Is this
the disease that is forcing the Gourley Bros. to leave Iowa? Disease was not discussed in the MPCA Environmental Review. Staphylococcus Aureus is an
infectious drug-resistant staph bacte-ria that is 760 times more prevalent at commercial confinement hog operations than in the general farming landscape and is transferable to humans, livestock and pets. This bacteria could find its way to homes from equipment or workers’ vehicles tires, to a main highway, then to homes. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association more people (19,000) died from this bacteria than from HIV/AIDS (17,000). Many more thousands were made ill.
• News Headlines Regarding Spills/Pollution
• Des Moines, Iowa (AP): State en-vironmental officials say a manure spill in a small creek near Peterson in north-west Iowa was traced to a hog lot op-eration. Officials traced the manure to a 4,000-head operation owned by Bruce Click of Peterson. The agency says Click says he pumped liquid manure from pits under the buildings to a nearby field af-ter a water line broke, flooding the pits. Bruce says he didn’t realize the manure was running off the field.
• Mantorville: Craig Benedix, of rural Dodge County, recently agreed to pay a $14,000 penalty to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for allowing hog manure to discharge to waters of the state.
Benedix owns and operates a 3,000-head swine finishing facility in rural Mantorville.
25,000 gallons of manure released over a field from a Mitchell County sow operation and killed 150,000 fish over four miles of a local stream.
A Washington County, Iowa hog operation spilled an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of manure when a applica-tor was left unattended and sprayed into a channel that fed a tributary of the In-dian Creek, killing fish.
5,000 gallons of hog manure flowed into Iowa’s Volga River when a hose
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The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle FFA General Livestock Team places 4th as a team and advances to state for competition April 29th. Team members are Heather Becker, Shyanne Johnson, Nick Zastrow, Luke Mueller and Devin Roering. Submitted by Curt Gjerstad.
October 26, 2012: At 7:44 a.m. Andrea Kraska reported that some time over night of 10/25/12-10/26/12 person/persons smashed the rear window out of her 1997 Dodge Caravan while it was parked outside her residence at 303 Ce-dar St. S., Grey Eagle. The incident is under investigation.
October 26, 2012: At 8:02 a.m. Harry Grammond reported someone smashed the rear window out of his Buick LeSabre while it was parked out-side his residence on Cedar St. North in Grey Eagle. The incident happened sometime over night of 10/25/12-10/26/12 and is under investigation.
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A plastic surgeon once said to me, “You need a face lift! Why don’t we schedule it right now?” Quickly I re-sponded, “I know what my face looks like. It can curdle the Milky Way. But do you know what is better than a face lift?” Without waiting for an answer I added,
“A faith-lift.” One day, I am going to be with the Great Physician, and I will be completely new and not need a face-lift or anything else. I have faith in His prom-ises that someday there will be no more wrinkles or scars, twisted fingers or bent backs. All of our pains will be gone and our sicknesses healed.
The directions for getting a faith-lift come from His Word. It says that “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” As we read and study Scripture, our faith will flourish and our hope will increase. The Word of God assures us that someday all of our suffering and sickness will be gone and we will become perfect and complete in His presence.
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Letter continued from page 5• Calmar, Iowa: The Iowa Depart-
ment of Natural Resources investigated a fish kill on a small feeder stream that runs to the Turkey River about 1.5 miles southeast of Calmar Monday. The fish kill occurred when horizontal stop logs on a manure storage facility failed Sun-day, the DNR found. The owner, Gary Elsberend of Calmar, tried to stop ma-nure from flowing into the stream. He was unable to prevent manure from reaching the stream due to a combina-tion of factors including: Heavy snow-fall from the previous week; Runoff from snowmelt; The proximity of the storage area to the stream.
The Iowa Department of Natu-ral Resources continued to clean up a manure spill about four miles west of Hampton in Franklin County. Accord-ing to the DNR, the driver of a manure tanker owned by Nutrient Solutions lost control and landed upside down in a wetland owned by the Franklin County Conservation Board.
• Ackley: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is considering legal action following a manure spill near the unincorporated town of Cleves, north of Steamboat Rock. According to the agen-cy, 3,000 gallons escaped while being
transferred to a concrete basin at a hog confinement facility owned by Merle Johns. A frozen pipe apparently caused the manure to pour out of a manhole near the basin. The waste entered a tile inlet and reached South Beaver Creek.
• Linden: A Dallas County swine fa-cility was cleaning up following a ma-nure release that reached a stream and came near the Raccoon River Valley Trail. Employees at the facility, located about 1.5 miles southeast of Linden, no-ticed an above-ground manure storage structure leaking. The manure flowed into an area designed to contain spills, but an emergency shutoff valve on a drainage tile line failed, allowing ma-nure to continue flowing to a ravine. The ravine runs to an unnamed tributary of the Middle Raccoon River.
• Des Moines, Iowa (AP): State en-vironmental officials say a hog farmer left a valve open on a manure transfer pump, causing thousands of gallons of manure to spill and flow toward a creek in northeast Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the spill happened about two miles east of Petersburg in Dela-ware County on Tuesday. Officials say the producer, Dan Goedken, of rural New Vienna, left the valve open about 8 a.m. The DNR says that when Goedken discovered the mistake, he shut off the valve, built a retention dike to minimize
the flow to the creek and contacted the agency. Officials estimate 2,000 to 5,000 gallons of liquid manure spilled by the time the valve was closed. An unknown amount reached the creek, killing fish.
• Blairstown, Iowa: A manure spill thought stopped south of Blairstown broke through two containment dams. One Department of Natural Resources environmentalist said that means the polluted water will probably reach the Iowa River. The estimated 100,000 gal-lon spill occurred at the Cedar Valley Farms, 2188 78th Street just outside Blairstown. The tributary of Coon Creek contaminated by the spill flows in both Benton and Iowa Counties.
• Springfield, Ill. (AP): The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is seeking legal action against a large Iro-quois County hog farm that allegedly caused a large fish kill after discharging manure into local waterways. The EPA says Beaver Creek and Hooper Branch were affected while Hopkins Ridge Farms was applying liquid manure to cropland. Officials have said more than 60,000 fish were killed.
• In Oklahoma, nitrates from Sea-board Farms’ hog operations contami-
nated drinking water wells, prompt-ing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue an emergency order in June 2001 requiring the company to provide safe drinking water to area resi-dents.
Hog manure overflowed from a pipe at a farm with a history of pollution problems, fouling a creek near Craw-fordsville and killing fish for at least five miles, state officials said.
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The Humane Society of the United States applauds Target - the nation’s fourth-largest food retailer with nearly 1,800 locations in 49 states - for wield-ing its immense purchasing power to make a huge improvement in animal welfare by eliminating controversial pig gestation crates from its pork sup-ply chain.The similar announcements made recently by McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Oscar Mayer, Costco, Safeway, Kroger and more than 30 oth-er leading food companies signal a re-versal in a three-decade-old trend in the pork industry that leaves most breeding pigs confined day and night in gestation crates.
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Local Municipality Minutes
Notice is hereby given that a General Election in the Township of Burnhamville, in the County of Todd, State of Minnesota will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at the Burtrum Community Hall. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Offices to be elected will be Federal, State, Judicial, State Constitution Amendments, County, and School Board Members. Respectfully submitted,
Shirley Hulinsky, Burnhamville Township Clerk
Public NoticeBurnhamville Township Residents
General Election Nov. 6, 2012
Notice is given that General Elections for Federal, State and Local offices including Grey Eagle Township and School Districts #487 Upsala, #740 Melrose and #2753 Long Prairie/Grey Eagle will be held on Tuesday, the 6th of November, 2012 at the Grey Eagle Township Hall, 212 State Street, Grey Eagle MN. Voting will be begin at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Grey Eagle Township Board of Canvass will meet on November 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Mary Ann Primus, Grey Eagle Township Clerk/Treas.
Grey Eagle Township Election Notice
Finance report was given and approved on a motion by Ron Stras-sburg and seconded by Anna Payne. Motion carried. Checks number 7036 thru 7046 were approved for payment on a motion by Clara Taft and seconded by Ron Strassburg. Motion carried.
The snow plow was discussed. It will be taken in for repairs and state inspection.
Burtrum CityOctober 1, 2012
The meeting of the Burtrum City Council was called to order on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 at 7 p.m. by Mayor Allen. All members except Jenny Ahrendt answered roll call.
Minutes of the Sept. 4th meet-ing were read and accepted on a motion by Clara Taft and seconded by Anna Payne. Motion carried.
A problem with a building per-mit was discovered. They will be contacted and it will be acted on at a later date.
Being no further business, a motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Clara Taft and seconded by Ron Strassburg. Motion carried.
These are unapproved min-utes.
Dorothy Strassburg, Clerk
Al Doty will work to...Reduce Rural Property TaxesThis past legislature had a clear choice: to protect the wealthiest or protect the middle class,Paul Gazelka voted for the wealthiest, and eliminated the Homestead Market Value Credit.That vote saddled our rural property taxpayers with a larger tax increase than the metro received.Al Doty will be an experienced voice to restore fairness for rural MN in our property tax system.Al is endorsed by Minnesota Farmers Union.
Support Local Businesses and FarmsAl Doty wants a level playing field for our rural small businesses. He will work for incentives that help new businesses start up, and help existing businesses start hiring. Al Doty understands that family farms are the customers for our local businesses, and that farming is the biggest business in this district. While big outside money is backing Paul Gazelka (Look up “Minnesota’s Future” at http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/rptViewer/viewRptsPCF.php) (Check www.NFIBexposed.org)Al Doty is endorsed by Small Business Minnesota.
Put Our District FirstFailure to compromise led to the longest state shutdown inMinnesota history in 2011. Paul Gazelka took his pay and benefitsduring the shutdown, and he took over $12,000 in per diem benefits that year. He protected his own job, but when he had a chance to
vote for a $19.5 million project at Camp Ripley, Gazelka voted “No” to bringing those jobs here. Al Doty has proven he can get things done for our area, and he’ll be an independent voice who will vote for our area, not the big business agenda.
Put Our Values FirstAl Doty has lived and worked in the district over 40 years. His wife’s family farms here. Al is one of us; that’swhy Al voted for small business, small towns and family farms. Al had a 100% MCCL pro-life voting record everyyear. Paul Gazelka scored only 93% in 2011. Al knows that borrowing money from schools and tobacco settlements does not make a balanced budget. Al Doty will work to restore the fairness of homestead credit to our rural property taxes. Al Doty is a life member of NRA for over 30 years, he’s endorsed by nurses, teachers, cops, firefighters, carpenters, electrical workers and others from the working middle class. Elect
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With thousands of Minnesota deer hunters preparing for the start of the firearms season this weekend, the Min-nesota Hunter Harvested Venison Dona-tion Program is once again gearing up to provide hunters with the option to do-nate venison to help feed hungry Min-nesotans.
The venison donation program is operated by the Minnesota Depart-ment of Agriculture (MDA) in partner-ship with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and state food
State venison donation program available for deer hunters; Program allows hunters to donate venison to Minnesota food shelves
shelves. The program provides a source of protein to people in need while help-ing reduce local deer populations. Min-nesota hunters donated 421 deer to the program in 2011, which provided 15,520 pounds of processed venison to Minne-sota food shelves. Funding for the pro-gram comes from a $1 surcharge placed on deer bonus permits.
To be eligible to donate venison to the program, hunters must have their deer processed at a state-registered meat processing plant that has agreed
to participate in the program. A list of processors can be found online by typ-ing “venison processors” into the search field on MDA’s homepage at www.mda.state.mn.us. Hunters are urged to contact the processor before bringing in a deer to make sure they are still able to handle the animal.
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By Byron Westrich, Upsala Activities Director
Prairie Conference Athletes of the week for October 15-20, 2012
Mitch Lange, Football, Upsala-Swanville (USA): Mitch rushed 16 times for 252 yards and 6 TD’s, as well as having 6 solo tackles and 4 assists vs KMS.
Makenna Peterson, Volleyball, Up-sala: Last week Makenna had 27 kills, 11 blocks, and 30 digs in our home vol-leyball tournament as well as our win
Upsala Area School Athletes of the Weekover Eagle Valley. Makenna is a great student and athlete. She is a great leader and role model for our students. She is very dependable and someone our team can count on!
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By Saralee PerelMost vet-
erinary practices have TVs in the waiting rooms. Just like in an el-evator where no-body acknowl-edges the other, everyone stares at that TV.
Our dog, Becky, is terrified at the vet’s. When I cuddled her the last time we were there, I could feel her shaking. I saw other dogs crying and trembling while their owners were trying to com-fort them. But did I offer a treat from my pocket or even pet them? Nope.
There aren’t many places where we’re more connected to each other than in waiting rooms. Yet when I’m in one, I keep to myself, hiding behind a magazine while pretending I can’t hear the voices of people sitting right next to me. But the thing is – basically we’re in these rooms for the same reasons.
In my neurologist’s waiting room
No More Patiently Waitingin Boston, we’re all sitting there with various forms of paralysis. And we don’t speak to each other? Sheesh!
On one visit, when I was wearing my awful rock-solid Darth Vader style neck brace, I actually turned away from anybody who was wearing the same brace, intentionally avoiding eye con-tact. Double sheesh! It’s not like we don’t notice these huge dreadful appli-ances around our necks. Yet we handle this strong group connection by isolat-ing ourselves from one another.
Last week, I was in a dentist’s wait-ing room while my husband, Bob, was having a tooth extracted. This time I brought a book to use as a barricade. Within a few feet of me, a young boy was crying. “I’m scared,” he said to his father. So what did I do? I kept reading.
And then I had that moment. That once in a lifetime moment. I made a change. One from which I will never return. I put my book down and whis-pered to them, “I’m the same way at dentist appointments. A friend taught me to massage the skin between my left
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“It’s working,” the boy’s dad said to me, as his son slowly stopped his rapid breathing and began yawning.
The next time I’m in a waiting room, I will not miss the opportunity to connect with another who’s scared. Many are just as frightened as I am, just as lonely, just as needful for a human, or dog, connection. From now on, I’m going to try to break through the isolation, and hopefully make it a tiny bit better – for patients, their families, their caregivers, their friends, for me, for Bob … and especially for Becky.
Saralee Perel is an award-winning
nationally syndicated columnist. Her new book is “Cracked Nuts & Senti-mental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of Balance.” To read about her book, including how to receive a signed copy, please visit her homepage: www.saraleeperel.com/ She can be reached at [email protected].
Albany LibraryMixed Blood Theatre, “Theory of
Mind”: Thursday, Nov. 8, from 7-8:30 p.m., for adults, teens and children 10 and older at the Albany Community/Senior Center. This play is about Bill, a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome and an inability to read social cues, and his outing with a young woman. It is a memorable, insightful look at the autism spectrum. The Mixed Blood Theatre is a Minneapolis based, professional, multi-racial theater company.
Quilting with Susan Stein: Friday, Nov. 9, from 5-8 p.m. for adults and teens 15 and older. Fiber artist Susan Stein and author of “The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting will present an Altering Lutradur and Fusible Web Workshop at the Library. Supplies will be provided, attendance limit is 18 and preregistration is required.
This workshop is part of a creative fiber arts weekend that also includes a Lecture and Potluck Lunch with Stein at
Local Library Events Aunt Annie’s, 109 Avon Ave. S. in Avon on Saturday, Nov. 10, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and an Image Transfer Workshop at the Waite Park Public Library on Satur-day, Nov. 10, 2-5 p.m. Register at each library or online for workshops. Contact Aunt Annie’s at 320-356-1061 for the lecture and lunch.
Albany Open House: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 3-6 p.m., for adults, teens and chil-dren of all ages are welcome at an Al-bany Public Library Open House. See the changes that have been made at the library. Karen Olmscheid will be mak-ing balloon animals from 3-5 p.m., and multi-instrumentalist Paul Imholte will provide musical entertainment from 4-6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
Holiday Ornaments: Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. for teens and preteens 12 and older. Instructor Karen Olmscheid will show how to make ador-able holiday ornaments for you and your friends. The attendance limit is 12 and preregistration is required.
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Library continued from pg 10Wednesday, Nov. 14, 10:30-11:15 a.m. for children ages 2-5. Early literacy is an important first step to reading. Leap into Reading at this storytime by reading and singing about frogs. Visit with our special stuffed frog Hopper, and bring a friend. The attendance limit is 20 and preregistration is required.
Wool Mittens: Friday, Nov. 16, from 5-8 p.m., for adults and teens 16 and older. Karen Olmscheid will teach
participants how to make beautiful mit-tens from wool sweaters and/or fleece. Participants may want to bring old wool sweaters to use to make these beautiful mittens. Sweaters will need to be felted before the night of the class, and instruc-tions will be provided at sign up. The at-tendance limit is 12 and preregistration is required.
For information about programs and activities, call the Albany library at 320-845-4843.
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