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The Glencoe-Silver LakeKnowledge Bowlers werestarting to feel jinxed. Thesubregional competition hadbeen postponed earlier becauseof snow. On Monday,March 18, the regional competitionhad to be postponedfor the same reason.On the snow date, Friday,March 22, however, theweather was sunny and nice,and things went well as GSLcaptured first place with 114points and will compete atthe state competition onThursday and Friday, April11-12.GSL team members are JoeFehrenbach, Ethan Bass,Mark Broderius, PatrickFehrenbach and ChandlerSwift.GSL had earned the right tosend three teams to the regionalmeet, which was heldin Canby. Eighteen otherteams were there from WinstedHoly Trinity and Hutchinsonon the east end, to Lacqui Parle Valley, Ortonvilleand Canby in the west.Teams from Willmar, NewLondon-Spicer, Yellow MedicineEast, Central MinnesotaChristian, ACGC, Benson,MACCRAY and BOLDrounded out the competition.“GSL’s first team startedoff with a first-place writtenscore of 49 points, and theynever slowed down,” saidcoach Vicky Harris.While Willmar competedagainst GSL in every round,the third team in the roomnever lasted more than tworounds. In oral round one,GSL beat Willmar and YME(18-15-7).Scores in round two werenot as high, but GSL wonagain (GSL 11, Central MinnesotaChristian 9, Willmar8).In round 3, CMC stayed inroom one (the only team todo so more than once), butwas not as successful (GSL15, Willmar 13, CMC 4).In the final round, GSL’ssecond team moved up tothird place, and the result forGSL was mixed (GSL 1 had15, Willmar 11, GSL 2 finishedwith 5).By the end of the meetGSL 1 had held Willmar tounder 100 points, and hadcaptured a solid first-placefinish. Final scores for thetwo top teams were GSL 114and Willmar 99. Hutchinson’sfirst team, which spent thewhole meet in Room 2,moved up to capture thirdplace with 93 points.GSL’s second team also didbetter at the regional meetthan at subregional.“Competing in third placeat one point, GSL 2 gave aremarkable demonstration ofGSL’s depth as an entireteam. They performed farbetter overall than any otherschool’s second team,” Harrissaid.GSL 2’s written score (41)started it in Room 2, and theteam never competed in alower room.“While they were not alwaysdominant, their scoreskept them in Room 2,” Harrissaid.In oral round one, NewLondon-Spicer won (NLS 16,Hutchinson 11 and GSL 2had 11). In round two, GSL 2edged out the other twoteams (GSL 10, NLS 9,Hutchinson 9). GSL 2 wasdominant in round three(GSL 13, Hutchinson 10,New London-Spicer 8).At this point, GSL 2 wastied with New London-Spicerfor third place, but GSLmoved to Room 1, whileNLS stayed in Room 2.“There were five teamswithin four points of thirdplace, which always leads toa possibility for an upset,”Harris said.Submitted photoOne of Glencoe-Silver Lake’s KnowledgeBowl teams captured the section title onMarch 22 and earned a berth in the stateKnowledge Bowl set for April 11-12 atCragun’s near Brainerd. Team membersinclude, from left to right, Patrick Fehrenbach,Joe Fehrenbach, Mark Broderius,Ethan Bass and Chandler Swift. GSL sentthree teams to the regional competition atCanby, and also added sixth-place and17th-place finishes.GSL Knowledge Bowlwins section, on to stateGSL’s Lincoln Junior HighSchool has released its second-trimesterhonor rolls:“A” Honor RollSeventh grade — UilleamArmstrong, Jessica Brelje,Kyle Christensen, Zoe Christensen,Joseph Cullen-Lawver, Mackenzie Davis,Ashley Dreier, Peter Gepson,Alexandra Hansch, AllieHarpel, Emmi Jerabek, ConnorKantack, Mariah Koester,Jamie Koski, Rebecca Lieser,Paige Litzau, Blake Ortloff,Austin Pinske, Laura Popelka,Cody Raduenz, Taryn Reichow,Ellie Schmidt, AbigailSchmieg, Nicole Seevers,Carsen Streich and SierraTrebesch.Eighth grade — AshleyBandemer, Mitchell Boesche,Deanna Bondhus, JordanBreidenbach, Cameron Chap,Jacob Fehrenbach, DevinFleck, Luke Frahm, ShawnaGoettl, Erica Hecksel, AmandaHusted, Justin Jimenez,Jordan Kaczmarek, DaltonKosek, Hannah Kunkel, CoraKuras, Jayden Lachermeier,Madison Monahan, MaggiePetersen, Kole Polzin,Rachael Popp, Faith Rakow,Rachel Reichow, MatthewSanchez, Nicholas Schmidt,Sarah Schmieg, DiniSchweikert, Joseph Torgerson,Katherine Twiss, JacobVasek and Teanna Vorlicek.“B” Honor RollSeventh grade — AbisaiAnderson Sanchez, JacobBlahowski, Eduardo Blanco,Gregory Boyum, AshleyBrandt, Cadi Brooks, AaronCastillo, Grace Draeger,Madeline Dressel, DallasDurbin, Alyssa Ebert, JohnEiden, Tony Fischer, JaecubFondurulia, Audrey Forcier,Mickalyn Frahm, AlexanderHaflund, Zackary Herout,Karsen Howard, Alex Ide,Madelynn Kjenstad, ColbieKuras, Nicholas Lange,Spencer Lepel, Militza Medina,Will Mickolichek,McKenna Monahan, ReginaMoosbrugger, Kylie Ness,Benjamin Olson, DylanRichter, Jakob Rusten, AlexisSanchez, Rylie Schafer, TylerDuring the fourth round,GSL 2 did poorly againstWillmar and GSL 1 in Room1, while Hutchinson suddenlycame awake in Room 2.Hutchinson earned 17 pointsand earned third place for themeet with a total score of 93.GSL 2, which had far outperformedits own expectationsfor the entire meet, finishedsixth with 84.5 points.GSL 2 consisted of LindseyBecker, Kyle Beck, OakleyClark, Brent Duenow andJacob Wawrzyniak.“One hazard of reschedulinga meet is that there can beother events within GSLwhich force team members tochoose where to be,” Harrissaid.For GSL 3, the choral soloand small-group competitionclaimed three members, soCody Wendorff and MitchBeneke were a team of twofor the regional meet. Theystarted in 20th place, andearned 9, 13, 8, and 8 pointsin the oral rounds, to finish in17th with 61 points.“This was fantastic forthem with the difficult regionalquestions,” Harrissaid.“Three weeks is a longtime to wait for the statemeet, and spring sports arestarting. Our state team includesboth golfers and runners,while our support teamalso includes a cast memberof the spring play and moretracksters and golfers,” Harrissaid.“Spring activity coacheshave been wonderful aboutsharing their team memberswith Knowledge Bowl, andwe appreciate their support.We will continue to work onour weak points between nowand then. We just wish themeet came sooner,” Harrissaid.Lincoln Junior High names2nd-trimester honor rollsSiewert, Adam Thalmann,Mackenzie Wendolek andEthan Wraspir.Eighth grade — Kelli Bailey,Sarah Bandas, MolliCacka, Marlaina Chelman,Tanner Chmielewski, BenjaminDonnay, Tatum Engelke,Daria Fegley, BrandonFronk, Hunter Glaeser, MirandaGrack, Connor Heuer,Catherine Holtz, Marissa Kirchoff,Ashley Lawrence,Jacob Litzau, Leah Litzau,Nicole Llovera, MarisaLuchsinger, Isabell Mallak,Grayson Maresh, BrittneyMedina, Michael Meyer,Michaela Neyers, BrandiPikal, Jenaya Posusta, MadisonPosusta, XochitlRamirez, Macy Rhodes,Mitchell Rolf, RoxannaSanchez, Austin Schroepfer,Nathan Schuch, Jacob Simons,Hannah Stifter, HannaStuedemann, Destiny Talbot-Senn, Eric Villnow, SamanthaVoigt, Kyle Wanous andAlexis Wildey.The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, page 3County’s CodeRED notificationsystem enrollment now availableMcLeod County has contractedwith EmergencyCommunications Network,LLC, to license its CodeREDhigh-speed notification solution.The CodeRED systemprovides McLeod County officialsthe ability to quicklydeliver messages to targetedareas or the entire county.Kevin Mathews, McLeodCounty Emergency Managementdirector, cautioned thatsuch systems are only asgood as the telephone numberdatabase supporting them.“If your phone number isnot in the database, you willnot be called,” Mathews said.One of the reasons theCodeRED system was selectedis that it gives individualsand businesses the ability toadd their own phone numbersdirectly into the system’sdatabase, which is an extremelyimportant feature.“No one should automaticallyassume his or her phonenumber is included,” Mathewssaid, urging all individualsand businesses to log ontothe pool shrank by not requiringparticipation.“I had some of those samequestions that you havenow,” said Nies.Because the commissionersare considered employees,they also participate inthe health plan. Christensennoted that he is covered onhis wife’s policy, so he is“double covered.”Not having the county’scoverage, Christensen said,would save the county about$500 a month.“I’m just looking at it astrying to save money for thetaxpayers,” he said.County Administrator PatMelvin said the health insurancecommittee meets regularyto try to find ways toprovide adequate health insuranceat the least amount ofcost to the county.“Your message will be carriedto the health insurancecommittee,” said Melvin.In other business March19, the County Board:• Agreed to a request fromSheriff Scott Rehmann to reducethe concealed carry permitto $50 from $70.Rehmann said the moneyfrom the gun permit fee isused to fund backgroundchecks of applicants, and thefund has built to about$50,000, which can only beused for items related to issuingthe permits. Rather thancontinuing to build the fund,Rehmann asked to lower thefee, which the County Boardapproved.• Heard that the Penny perPound program earned about$935 each for two programs,Hunger Free McLeod and theMcLeod Emergency FoodShelf.Solid Waste Director EdHoman said his departmenthad agreed to donate onepenny per pound of recycledplastics to county-based charities.The county took in189,000 pounds of plastics ina six-month period.• Agreed to put the updatedsolid waste plan up for publicreview for a 30-day period,as required by state law.• Tabled a decision on hiringa consultant for a oneday,long-range planning sessionwhile references arechecked on the three proposals,which range in cost from$700 to $2,500.Nies said he felt the countyCounty VSOContinued from page 1“At least 60 percent ofMcLeod County veteransdon’t seek benefits, or don’teven know about them,” saidCarrigan. “If they have anyquestions, I’m more thanwilling to help.”But it is that contact withveterans that has been thebest part of the job.“It’s just having a happyclient,” said Carrigan. “It’sthe satisfaction of offeringservices to people who aretruly, truly thankful forthem.”the McLeod County websiteat www.co.mcleod.mn.us.Click on the “Code Red SignUp” in the “Notices” box onthe upper right corner of theweb page. That will take youto the “CodeRED CommunityNotification Enrollment”page.Those without Internet accessmay call Kevin Mathewsat 320-864-1339 to supplytheir information over thephone. Required informationincludes: first and last name,street address (physical address,no P.O. boxes), city,state, zip code, and primaryphone number; additionalphone numbers can be enteredas well.All businesses should register,as well as all individualswho have unlisted phonenumbers, who have changedtheir phone number or addresswithin the past year,and those who use a cellularphone or VoIP phone as theirprimary number.“CodeRED allows geographicallybased delivery,County Board Continued from page 1needs to have someone helpguide it through the process.The county, he said, has attemptedto do it in-house, and“all we accomplished was alist, and no means of accomplishingthe items on thatlist.”• Change oil & filter• Complete lube job• Check all fluid levels97222 S10-14• Check anti-freeze• Safety inspection• Check tire pressurewhich means street addressesare required to ensure emergencynotification calls arereceived by the proper individualsin a given situation.The system works for cellphones too, but we need tohave an associated street addressto provide relevantmessages,” Mathews explained.CodeRED gives those whowant to be included an easyand secure method for inputtinginformation. 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