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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, page 2
Happenings
School meetings set July 29
The Glencoe-Silver Lake School Board will be holding
a pair of public meetings on Monday, July 29. The first is
a community meeting to discuss a possible school building
project. That meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the high
school auditorium. The second meeting begins at 8 p.m.
and is a School Board work session in the high school
media center to look at equity revenue. Both meetings
are open, and the public is encouraged to attend.
KC paper drive set July 25-27
The Glencoe Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a
paper drive July 25-27. A portion of the proceeds from
the event will be donated to the McLeod Emergency
Food Shelf. Items collected are newspaper (including
glossy inserts), magazines, catalogs, phone books and
cardboard. All items must be clean and dry. Newspaper
should be in paper bags, boxes or bundled and tied with
string or twine. Corrugated cardboard and box board (cereal
boxes) should be kept separate. Plastics cannot be
accepted. Items may be dropped off Thursday and Friday,
July 25-26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., or Saturday, July 27,
from 8 a.m. to noon, in the upper lot of St. Pius X Church
in Glencoe.
Music in Park continues
The summer Music in the Park series continues at Silver
Lake on Thursday, July 25, when the Rod Weiers
Family and Friends perform in Silver Lake City Park.
The event is sponsored by the Silver Lake Women’s Club
GFW. The menu includes barbecues, chips, dessert and a
beverage. Serving begins at 6 p.m., and the music is at 7
p.m. Bring your own chairs. The final Music in the Park
for the season will be Thursday, Aug. 1, with the Silver
Nickel Band to perform.
FunDay Sunday tourney set
The 20th annual FunDay Sunday best-ball golf tournament,
sponsored by the Glencoe Regional Health Services
Foundation, will be held on Sunday, July 28, at the
Glencoe Country Club. Proceeds from the event help the
Foundation fund scholarships for students pursuing
health care careers, as well as support community health
initiatives. Registration is at 10:30 a.m. along with a
team photo and burgers. There is a noon shotgun start,
with a 4:30 p.m. dinner and prizes. To register, call Laura
at 320-864-7810.
Class of 1948 sets reunion
The Glencoe High School class of 1948 will have its
65-year reunion Saturday, Aug. 17, at noon, at Dubbs
Grill & Bar in Glencoe. Reservations may be made by
calling 320-864-3062.
Republican women set picnic
The McLeod County Republican Women’s annual
potluck picnic will be held at Northwoods Park, 885 Elm
St. NE, Hutchinson, (corner of Elm and Northwoods),
Tuesday evening, July 30. The meal will be at about 6
p.m. Bring your own utensils and a dish of something to
share. It is hoped that local Republican officials and any
candidates for office will be there to speak. Those with
questions are welcome to call RoxAnn Lauer at 320-587-
3399, or Maureen Krumrey at 320-864-4162.
Farmers market now open
Glencoe’s Farmers Market is open weekly on Thursdays
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is offering a variety of
fresh garden produce, honey, jams, pickles and an assortment
of other homemade goods. The market is located on
11th Street in downtown Glencoe across from the Glencoe
City Center.
Glencoe seniors to meet
The Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet Tuesday,
July 30, and Thursday, Aug. 1, at 12:30 p.m., at the senior
room in the Glencoe City Center. The group will play
500 and Sheephead, and all area senior citizens are invited
to attend.
Biker Sunday at Grace Bible
Members and friends of Grace Bible Church in Silver
Lake invite all area motorcycle enthusiasts to its annual
Bikers Service scheduled for Sunday, July 28, beginning
at 9:30 a.m. This service includes: a special message for
bikers, representatives from the Christian Motorcyclists
Association, and (weather permitting) a short ride followed
by an all-church potluck. The public is invited to
attend. The church is located in Silver Lake at 300 Cleveland
St., next to the city water tower.
Panther Association golf set
The ninth annual Panther Association Golf Tournament
will be on Friday, Aug. 9, at the Glencoe Country Club.
The shotgun start will be at 1:30 p.m. with dinner, door
prizes, silent auction and more. To register or for more
information, contact GSL Superintendent Chris Sonju at
952-467-2815 or 320-864-2498.
Music by the Pond continues
Grand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,
Glencoe, will host Music by the Pond Thursday, July 25,
at 6:30 p.m. Featured entertainment is Creekside Jazz.
Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets
and to enter through the front doors of the building. Refreshments
will be served. Come rain or shine. Call 320-
864-5577 for more information.
To be included in this column, items for Happenings
must be received in the Chronicle office no later than
5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be published.
Items received after that will be published elsewhere
in the newspaper as space permits. Happenings
in Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,
Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happenings
elsewhere.
Polka worship service
Chuck Thiel and the Jolly Ramblers provided
music for the polka services enjoyed
by worshippers at First Evangelical
Record
Police Report
Tuesday, July 16, police were
notified at 8:11 p.m. of a sink hole
that developed at 16th Street and
Knight Avenue.
At 1:57 p.m., Wednesday, police
received a complaint of a dog
being locked in the cab of a tractor
parked along 11th Street. The
owner was found and advised not
to keep the dog locked in the
tractor cab without a window
being opened.
At 10:01 p.m., Thursday, an officer
made a vehicle stop on Elliott
Avenue over expired tabs. A
check revealed the tabs expired
in April. The driver said she had
been stopped recently, and that is
when she realized the tabs were
expired. She also did not have
proof of insurance and a citation
was issued.
At 10:24 p.m., Thursday, a
man was arrested for violating a
trespass notice at a home on
Basswood Street West. Assisting
were sheriff office deputies.
At 12:15 a.m., Friday, police investigated
a property damage report
of a car on 10th Street and
Hennepin Avenue. The vehicle
had been egged. Later in the
morning another egging of a vehicle
was reported from a resident
on 15th Street.
A resident on Ford Avenue reported
an attempted burglary of a
shed. The handle of the shed
door was missing. Damage was
estimated at about $100.
Police investigated a report of
Internet fraud on Thursday. An
area resident reported that his
checking account had been used
several times on online sites in
St. Cloud. The incidents occurred
in June, and that account has
since been closed. The matter
was turned over to the bank’s
fraud department.
A medical emergency call from
Grand Meadows was received at
1:19 p.m., Friday. A resident was
having difficulty breathing and
was taken by ambulance to the
County may be eligible for aid
after June storms, floods
Highway 5
construction
begins Aug. 5
Highway 5 motorists from
Arlington to Green Isle may
be detoured to county roads
beginning Aug. 5 if local utilities
can be repositioned in
time.
The nearly $5 million dollar
pavement replacement
project includes replacing the
culvert at the south edge of
Green Isle and relocating it
with a new channel. The utilities
are located in the area of
the culvert and need to be
moved to accommodate construction.
When the project begins,
traffic will be detoured to
Sibley County Road 9,
McLeod County Roads 1 and
10 and Carver County Road
50. Heavy commercial traffic
will be detoured to Sibley
County Road 13 and 15 and
then connect to the remaining
detour to avoid the weightrestricted
bridge on County
Road 9.
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currently has about 30 taxforfeited
parcels. In the past,
when the real estate market
was down, the county had
routinely assigned a $1 minimum
value to each parcel.
But now, Schultz said, the
market is starting to show
signs of life, and some of the
tax-forfeited properties are
“empty lots that developers
defaulted on.” She said these
lots exist primarily in the
Hutchinson and Winsted
areas.
Those lots should probably
have a minimum value of
more than $1, Schultz said.
The committee will review
those properties and assign
minimum values to them.
SIBLEY COUNTY — The
Gaylord Hub reported that
Sibley County appears to be
in line for federal assistance
after severe storms and flash
flooding occurred from June
20-26.
Local officials, along with
state and federal emergency
management officials, recently
met and assessed damages
to public infrastructure.
Preliminary damage estimates
were set at $107,000
and included the city of New
Auburn and New Auburn
Township as well as the
townships of Henderson,
Jessenland, Sibley and Washington
Lake.
For Minnesota to qualify
for federal assistance, the
state damages must be at
least $7.2 million Each county
also has a threshold it must
reach based on per capita.
Sibley County’s threshold is
$52,529, The Hub reported.
The majority of Sibley
County damage occurred in
the city of New Auburn and
Henderson Township.
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Lutheran Church of Glencoe on Sunday,
July 21.
emergency room at GRHS.
A gas drive-off was reported at
5:16 p.m., Friday, at Casey’s
General Store on 10th Street.
Police issued a citation to a
driver who was stopped for texting
while driving at 6:48 p.m., Friday.
At 9:32 p.m., Saturday, police
stopped for a man walking down
Highway 212 near Chandler Avenue.
The man said he was walking
“to get away from his girlfriend.”
Police reported the “male
was transported back.”
A female fell and needed help
getting up at a residence on
Greeley Avenue at 9:22 p.m.,
Sunday. The Glencoe Ambulance
also was called to assist.
Another medical emergency
was reported at 3:23 a.m., Monday,
from a residence on Judd
Avenue. A women fell and injured
her leg and hip. She was transported
by ambulance to the emergency
room.
A resident on Greeley Avenue
reported on Monday afternoon
that a rear tire had been punctured
with a sharp object. Damage
was estimated at $100.
A resident on 15th Street reported
on Monday that his 2013
Ford Focus had been damaged
by eggs earlier in the week.
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Vehicle
storage
facility’s
to break
ground
Work on a new McLeod
County Highway Department
vehicle storage facility, located
at the corner of State
Highway 7 and County Road
15 (Falcon Avenue), is scheduled
to begin in late July.
RAM General Contracting
of Winsted was awarded the
$1.2 million project, which is
being funded with county
funds, according to John
Brunkhorst, county highway
engineer.
The project involves construction
of a 12,000-squarefoot
pre-engineered metal
building and a separate salt
storage shed. The new facility
will replace two antiquated
shops located in Silver Lake
and Lester Prairie, Brunkhorst
said.
The project is scheduled to
be finished by mid-November.
A ground-breaking ceremony
is scheduled onsite for
Wednesday, July 24, at 10
a.m.
For other county construction
information, visit the
construction page on the department’s
website at
www.co.mcleod.mn.us/high
way/construction.
Up-to-date project specific
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