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The new tax kicks in Jan. 1. We agree with the minority. That tax, although addressing a need of lagging of transportion funding for roads and bridges in the county, is just another excuse to tax Minnesotans. We received enough of that with the DFL-controlled Legislature last session, and we expect more tax hikes in the upcoming 2014 session, still under DFL control. We do not need the county piling on, too. According to the Association of Minnesota Counties, 47 of Minnesota’s 87 counties have imposed the $10 per vehicle wheelage tax as a way to supplement their local road and bridge improvement budgets. We have no disagreement that roads and bridges need attention. Anyone driving on outstate highways and county roads knows what condition they are in. But there remains a constant battle for the finite state funds available through the curent state’s gas taxes, and mass transit is gobbling up more of the pie at the expense of outstate Minnesota transportation needs. Rather than raising more taxes, there needs to be a more equitable distribution of the gas tax dollars. That, however, will not happen. The political reality is the metro area has more votes in the Legislature. Therefore, the metro gets what it wants. So why give counties more taxing authority? There is the theory that local control is best control. Granted. Also, local control means local responsibility. When things go wrong, the locals get the blame. At the same time of the wheelage tax debate was discussion by county commissioners about a one-half of 1 Spare us the unending coverage of same-sex marriage and the hoopla surrounding it. Enough is enough! The Twin Cities media — TV and newspapers — have gone overboard on a topic that is still raw with many Minnesotans, who do not support same-sex marriage, despite what the You can vote online at www.glencoenews.com Question of the week The recycling numbers in Glencoe after it went to the 1-sort system have skyrocketed. Should the county also switch to 1-sort over its current 5-sort system? 1) Yes 2) No Results for most recent question: The McLeod County Board of Commissioners just approved, on a 3-2 vote, a new wheelage tax on vehicles licensed in the county. The proceeds will go toward county road projects. Do you agree with the County Board’s vote? Yes — 18% No — 82% 28 votes. New question runs Aug. 7-13 percent countywide sales tax. Thankfully, the county commissioners nixed that idea. They should have nixed the wheelage tax as well. So, is there a guarantee the additional $10 per licensed vehicle will actually go toward improving McLeod County roads and bridges? We trust that it will. But we tend to be a bit leery of political promises. We were told similar promises in the past. When the state Lottery was initiated about 25 years ago, the proceeds were not supposed to go into the state general fund, yet that is where most of it went. The state gas tax amendment was supposed to dedicate those funds toward transportation needs, like roads and bridges throughout the state. Yet more and more of it is being poured into metro mass transit projects that most of us will never utilize. And toss in the Vikings and Twins stadiums boondoggles, and you can see the trend that promises are easily broken or conveniently forgotten. No general tax dollars for the Vikings, remember? And who says the passage of a wheelage tax in McLeod County is not the beginning of a trend toward more specialized taxes at the state, county and even city level. Hutchinson already has a half-cent sales tax in place. How about Glencoe? Or Silver Lake? You get the picture. If a wheelage tax had to be enacted, the county commissioners should revisit it and “sunset” it, so it does not become permanent. That, of course, is a ludicrous idea. Whenever a new tax is enacted, it never ceases. Just ask those who started Minnesota’s first temporary sales tax years ago. Government’s appetite for spending never stops. The only certainties in life are death and taxes, it is said. Welcome to the money trough, county commissioners. — R.G. Overkill by metro media on same-sex marriages Legislature approved last session. Now that it is law, let us all move on. Shoving this coverage down our throats does not make it any more palatable. Of course, we could always turn off the TV and not open the newspapers as an alternative. — R.G. Letters to the Editor The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, August 7, 2013, page 4 Hey, women: ‘Wake up and smell the coffee!’ To the Editor: “Wake up and smell the coffee!” Women of a certain age will recognize the preceding expression as the trademark of one of the first of many advice columns, Ann Landers. It was usually followed by advice that would leave you slapping your head in recognition. Did you know that the slaves were freed before women had the right to vote? During the bra-burning era, women were fighting for their place in society both as professionals and equal rights. Notice, I say equal, not superior to or with condescension. Women were fighting for the right to education and to pursue professional goals in addition to teaching, nursing, home-ec teachers, or secretaries. Rosie the Riveter during World War II gave women the hope that they could make a living and support their children if need be. We lived through the era of the “Mad Men” and fighting for recognition for our minds. The single greatest thing that happened in our lifetime was the event of improved methods of birth control. It gave women the choice of whether to have another child or not. It gave them the flexibility to pursue a career outside the home and have a better life for their families and their children. Society was the better for it. To coin another popular phrase, “You've Come A Long Way, Baby” — and we have. More women than men now are college graduates and are assuming positions of power. Women bring to the work place things that appear to be alien to minds of men, little things like compromise when there is an impasse – we can work it out and if each side gives a little, we both can win. Hiliary Clinton said in her recent address to the Clinton Global Initiative that statistically women have provided valuable assets to the working world. Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson said in one of the speeches he gave on Public Radio that the establishment that is in power structures the playing field so that they remain in power. He was talking about something other than women's rights, but he could well have been. The whole reason for the history lesson is that women’s rights, especially the right to her own body, are being chipped away. Wendy Davis, from the great state of Texas, stood in filibuster for 11 hours during a special session called by Gov. Rick Perry to pass a horribly restrictive law regarding women's rights to clinics that provide health care to women. The sad part of this whole scenario is that Texas is not the only state where this is happening. North Carolina is doing a good job of it and other states as well. This is all done under the auspices of “looking out for women's health” — as if we don’t have the brains to do it ourselves. We need protection, all right – protection from that kind of thinking. All we want is to able to make our own decisions about our own bodies. We want to have access to affordable health care – if it is from a clinic where women can go to protect their health, so be it. Just when you think all those battles have been fought and overcome, there sprouts this kind of nonsense all over again. Thinking people would think this is moot point, but this is not about thinking people. This is about power, pure and simple. I never could understand what was so threatening about women that they had to be subdued. Then maybe we should do studies on the possible adverse side effects of Cialis and Viagra and outlaw their use until proven 100 percent safe – now there is food for thought. So, my compatriot women, “Wake up and smell the coffee!” Be ever vigilant, so we don’t have to fight this fight over and over again. Jan Conner Hutchinson Glencoe’s blood drive reaches goal of 112 units To the Editor: I want to thank the Glencoe and Glencoe-area residents for their response in helping the Glencoe Community Blood Drive reach our goal of 112 units on Wednesday, July 31. There were 12 walk-ins, and 11 people who were not qualified or able to give blood at this drive. At the end of the day, we had 78 people qualified to donate whole blood, and 17 additional people were able to donate a “double dose” of double red cells. That totaled our 112 units which the American Red Cross set as a goal for us at this blood drive. Each unit donated has the potential to help up to three patients, so the donations you made may help up to 336 people who truly need your gift of life. My great thanks go to the teams of faithful community volunteers who make each and every drive possible! Also thank you to those businesses who contributed to our success at this drive: Glencoe Lions Club, Coborn’s, Security Bank, the Glencoe City Center for the use of their facility, and Keebler Corporation for their nationwide support of the American Red Cross. This drive we also received a generous donation of certificates from Culver’s in Hutchinson for free pints of frozen custard; the certificates were part of their Give a Pint — Get a Pint program to thank blood donors for their lifesaving donations. We thank Culver’s for their generosity! Finally, I want to mention a small discouragement for me. Thirty-two people who made appointments to donate blood were no-shows. We always have a number of no-shows at each drive, but this time the number seemed to be much higher. In fact, the 32 no-shows amounted to 24 percent of the total appointments that were scheduled for the drive. The American Red Cross sends out crews and beds based on the number of potential donors scheduled for the day. There were periods of time that we had empty beds and underutilized Red Cross personnel. I realize some unexpected things can pop up that keep you from keeping your appointment. But also consider the consequences of not appearing for your appointment: up to three patients who may have needed your donation did not get it from Glencoe or 32 x 3 = 96 patients who will now need to receive their lifesaving gift from another source. Our next Glencoe Community Blood Drive is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving. Please mark your calendar and consider making an appointment. Many time slots have already been reserved; if you also wish to do so, please call our scheduling chairperson, Nelda, at 320- 864-3475. Lives are depending on you. Thank you, all, for your generosity and caring. Charleen Engelmann, Coordinator, Glencoe Community Blood Drive The McLeod County C hronicle Founded in 1898 as The Lester Prairie News. Postmaster send address changes to: McLeod Publishing, Inc. 716 E. 10th St., P.O. Box 188, Glencoe, MN 55336. Phone 320-864-5518 FAX 320-864-5510. 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Press Freedom Freedom of the press is guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press…” Ben Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1731: “If printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody there would be very little printed.” Deadline for the McLeod County Chronicle news is 5 p.m., and advertising is noon, Monday. Deadline for Glencoe Advertiser advertising is noon, Wednesday. Deadline for The Galaxy advertising is noon Wednesday.
By Jackee Fountain Head librarian Beginning readers need many different opportunities to read aloud. Some children read to family, some to stuffed friends, others read to themselves. The Glencoe Public Library has been part of the R.E.A.D. Library Program (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) this summer. The R.E.A.D. program is part of the Paws Inn Resort’s PAWS INSIGHT READERS, which provides teams of trained dogs to visit libraries and educational institutions to fulfill the goal of listening to children read. Wilma, a 3-year-old goldendoodle dog, has visited the library each Monday evening for an hour to listen to children read books, talk to her, and give her a treat for being a good listener. Wilma’s handler and owner, Jackie Moehring of Glencoe, has enjoyed sharing Wilma with young readers. Explaining the program, Moehring said, “Wilma and I attended classes for about six to eight weeks, practiced our training at home, and tested to be a registered therapy dog before a R.E.A.D. certified dog.” Each handler also takes a written test in conjunction with an online course. Thus each therapy/R.E.A.D. dog and handler is a team. Team Wilma also visits hospitals and nursing homes. The dogs are also kept up with grooming and health to continue to be therapy dogs. In talking with Moehring, she explained which qualities are needed for therapy and R.E.A.D. dogs. “Certain dog breeds are better suited to be therapy dogs. They should be mellow, trainable, and be compassionate towards people,” Moehring said. When Moehring was asked Submitted photo Jackie Lemke, daughter of Mary and Jon Lemke of Glencoe, reads to Jackie Moehring and her goldendoodle, Wilma, during the Glencoe Library’s Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ) program. Reading to others, including Wilma, helps the young readers become more proficient. Canine friend helps little children learn to read GSL teachers Continued from page 1 Becker said the group had to work its way through the scenario, test the water quality in the city and find the cause and effect of the illness on the townspeople. “We had to test all of our theories, so we actually went out and screened water for insects, and in the classroom, we tested the water for chemicals and took samples of contaminated waters. Everything was simulated. It was interesting,” Becker said. He said the instructors had all the materials and labs ready for the group to solve the problem. “I was very impressed at how organized everything was,” he said. He added that a large binder was given to each teacher, and was “very well organized” with tabs for each teaching discipline, work sheets, and other methods for problem solving. “Then at the end of the week, it sort of became a drama with us acting,” Smith said. He said he and Becker were given roles as Realtors and others were playing parts of a mayor, business owners, farmers, townspeople, etc. “Once we discovered the problem, then we had to figure out how to solve it as our given roles,” Smith said. He added that the different roles had different ideas of how to remove the contaminated waters from the fake city of Silver Springs. “This is a great tool to bring back to the classroom to teach students about working together,” Smith said. “This is the sort of thing that will get the kids to think. To show them that solutions to problems are more than ‘my’ view. It shows them that everything has pros and cons,” Smith added. Becker said the workshop taught him how to teach “the powers of 10 more easily. “They had different solutions of water and food coloring and showed us 10 percent, 1 percent, 1/10 of a percent, etc. It’s something I’ll try to incorporate in my lessons,” Becker said. He added that the scenario also showed the teachers how to portray the different numbers on the Richter Scale and how to teach logarithms. “They also demonstrated parts per million by giving us a container of one million beads. 900,000 of them were blue, nine thousand of them were a different color, and 900 were another color, and so on, and then there was one black bead in that mix we had to find,” Becker said. “It was a great way to show quantities,” he added. “That demonstration was also to show us that some things, like certain bacteria can be 100 per million, and not harm us, but that one bead per million could kill us,” Smith said. He said the institute will send kits with these tools to him and Becker for use in the classroom. “One of the most interesting things about this opportunity was seeing how interdisciplinary it could be. Also, working with other teachers around the United States was great, on a networking aspect,” Smith said. “I was impressed with the classes. This was all done for us and really well prepared. We actually got to head to water for testing, and we got to work both inside and outside to solve the issue,” Becker said. Smith said the classes were meant to highlight key issues in the United States, especially environment and economics. “One of the most interesting things I learned was that when the early settlers were first mining in Colorado, they just dug a hole, deep into the ground, but then they found gold in the rivers. They would dredge the whole river panning for gold,” he said. “The Blue River was dredged to nothing, and now? what influenced her to be a handler and have Wilma participating in the R.E.A.D. program, she answered, “Ever since I met a trained goldendoodle, I always wanted a goldendoodle and wanted to take dog therapy classes. Wilma fulfilled that dream!” In addition, Moehring also said she is an avid reader; thus, her intent for sharing Wilma with beginning readers. When observing Wilma and Moehring at work, one can see Moehring’s love for her dog and how she shares Wilma with the little children who are reading. The children enjoyed reading a book to Wilma as they were petting her or snuggling next to Wilma. What a positive reading experience for the young children to have at the library! That’s pretty much manmade,” Smith said. Becker said the workshop focused a lot on sustainability — making choices regarding ethics, environment and economics. “When we had to role play as Realtors, our solutions to solve the problem included getting rid of the contaminated water, selling land and moving people into the city, whereas the farmers were concerned about how the contaminated water was going to get removed. “In the end, we found out that it was a tainted well, where someone disposed of chemicals illegally, and we had to locate other affected wells. So we all had to brainstorm on how to solve the issue,” Smith said. He and Becker said they were given choices to “excavate the area, use bioremediation, a 100 percent natural way to remove contaminated soils, vitrification, which is an electroshock method to remove the contaminated water, incinerate the contamination or contain it.” “It was really interesting. Some methods were more costly, such as the vitrification, and others were not time-efficient, such as bioremediation. You thought about the best method as your given role,” Smith said. “It was a really, really good group of people to work with. I’d definitely like to incorporate a similar town meeting for students for sure. It really made an impact on real-life situations. My job is to always get the kids to think,” Smith said. Becker said the workshop also included a tour to the Country Boy Mines, an early morning hike to see the sunrise along the Continental Divide, and a visit to the Loveland Pass. “It was a great time. Definitely well worth it,” Becker said. The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, August 7, 2013, page 5 Preliminary budget sees more LGA, steady levy Professional Directory • 5” Seamless Gutters • 6” Seamless Gutters • K-Guard Leaf-Free Gutter System (lifetime clog free guarantee) PHIL GOETTL 612-655-1379 888-864-5979 www.mngutter.com Putting the care back into healthcare... One patient at a time. Safe, gentle care for children and adults. 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The goal is to keep the tax levy from going up, Larson said. He also said because of the increase in LGA, residents could see their property taxes go down. But Larson also said the city has “equipment needs that have been neglected over the years” of tight budgets. He said the budget process still needs to look at all of the city’s equipment needs. One area being looked at is to alter the 2013 equipment purchases in order to buy equipment that can be used year-round rather than just seasonally. One example is purchasing a payloader with a plow wing for snowplowing to replace the grader, according to Mike Drew, public works supervisor for streets and parks. A leaf vaccuum system also is being looked at to save on the wear and tear of the city street sweeper. Another area being looked at may be an increase in the stormwater utility fee to help with manhole rehabilitation and work on ponds and wetlands issues. As to the preliminary budget, Larson said department heads have submitted their capital budget requests that now will be studied and prioritized. He said there would be no added city staff. The preliminary budget needs to be approved by mid- September, and the final budget approval comes in early December. In other matters, City Council: • Renewed a lease contract with Buffalo Creek BMX Track. “They’ve done a real good job,” Mayor Randy Wilson said of the BMX track organizers. Drew agreed and said the group has now purchased its own set of bleachers. “They continually work on it,” Drew said of the facility located in Sterner Park on 9th Street. Council member Kevin Dietz said the BMX track “gives activities to a lot of kids.” Council member John Schrupp added that there are events there every Tuesday, and it hosts state qualifying events as well. He estimated that are 22 to 25 events at the track each summer, and it attracts people from around the region. • Approved a resolution on an annual maintenance grant with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for snow removal, grass cutting work at the municipal airport. The grant is worth $13,776 for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. • Approved a lease agreement with Terry Anderson to build a privately owned hangar at the airport. 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The district, that includes the original industrial park properties, was set to expire in 2013. But special legislative action extended the life of the district to help fund debt service on two other TIFs — District 14 (downtown redevelopment) and No. 15 (newest industrial park). • Approved a 10-year lease agreement with Jungclaus Implement on unplatted cemetery property at the end of 6th Street for used implement storage. Jungclaus Implement would pay $250 a month rent the first five years and $300 a month the second five years. It also would be responsible for maintaining the property and providing a screen between the implement area and the rest of the cemetery. Council member Gary Ziemer, who also sits on the cemetery board, said the lease was discussed at length by the board before it recommended approval. He said the board’s biggest concern was with the screening of the property. Drew said four types of bushes will be planted as the screen, and Jungclaus is responsible for the costs. Larson said use of the cemetery property is not foreseen in the next 10 years due to changes in cemetery burials in recent years. Those changes have driven down the cemetery’s fund reserves, “but there is still a healthy fund balance.” • Heard that a 75th anniversary open house is planned by the Glencoe Light & Power Commission. The open house is planned for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 22. Couple killed in South Dakota motorcycle crash According to the Associated Press in Sioux Falls the South Dakota Highway Patrol reported a Brandon, S.D., couple on a motorcycle, Rich Feltman and his wife, Janis, both 61, died in a crash with a minivan in Brookings on Saturday, Aug. 3, in Brookings. The Feltmanns are former residents of Norwood Young America. The crash occurred in a two-lane construction zone along Interstate 29. According to the AP report, troopers say the motorcycle veered into the path of the minivan and struck the minivan driven by 60-year-old Lynne Louise Duin of Estelline. The patrol says Duin suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries. Optician Gerry’s Vision Shoppe, Inc. “Your Complete Optical Store” (with In-House Lab) Call for Appointment 864-6111 1234 Greeley Ave., Glencoe Podiatrist Dr. William N. Nichols Located in the Glencoe Regional Health Services 1805 Hennepin Ave. N. Glencoe 864-3121 Chiropractor Dr. Gauer Dr. Brown Effective, caring doctors Friendly, helpful staff Convenient scheduling Mon 7:30a-8p Tue 7:30a-6p Wed 7:30a-6p Thu 7:30a-8p Fri 7:30a-6p Sat 7:30a-1p 320-864-3196 800-653-4140 1706 10 th St. E., Glencoe www.gauerchiropractic.com The Professional Directory is provided each week for quick reference to professionals in the Glencoe area — their locations, phone numbers and office hours. 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