Three Choppers Down: The Maple Lake

The Maple Lake
Volume 120, Number 12 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Maple Lake, MN 55358 maplelakemessenger.com
Inside . . .
Girls basketball:
page 10
THREE
CHOPPERS
DOWN
by Al Zdon
Minnesota Legionnaire
Wrestling: page 11
Coming up
* St. Tims Christmas
program is Dec. 18
* Wax Museum
display is Dec. 19
* Speech meeting is
Dec. 22
* Maple Lake schools
will be closed from
Dec. 24 to Jan. 4
Snow blower
safety tips
According to weather forecasters, the winter of 201415
will see below-normal temperatures for about three-quarters of
the nation. That means snow
blowers could be getting a workout this winter. The Outdoor
Power Equipment Institute
(OPEI) offers the following
safety tips to assist homeowners,
contractors and business owners
as they power up their snow removal equipment.
Make sure your snow blower
is in good working order, before
the first flakes fall. Change the
oil. Install a new spark plug and
inspect the belts to be sure they
are in good working order. If
you forgot to drain the fuel last
winter before storing your snow
blower, drain the tank now.
Check the auger (always in the
off position) and adjust any
cables. Make sure it starts.
Review your owners manual. Read your owners manual
and review safe handling procedures from your manufacturer.
Before it snows, clear the
pathways you intend to use.
Snow can sometimes hide objects that might clog the chute of
a snow blower, or cause damage
to the machine or people nearby.
Remove
doormats,
sleds,
boards, wires, and other debris
from the pathways you intend to
clear.
Use the right fuel. It's important to have the proper fuel on
hand, as filling stations may be
closed if there is a power outage
after a snowstorm. Store fuel
properly and buy the type of fuel
recommended by your equipment's manufacturer. It is illegal
to use any fuel with more than
10% ethanol content in outdoor
power equipment (for more information on fueling properly
see
www.LookBeforeYouPump.com).
Handle fuel carefully. Use
non-spill containers with spouts.
Fill up the fuel tank outside before you start the engine and
while the engine is cold. Never
add fuel to a running or hot engine. Store fuel in a clean, dry,
ventilated area, and never near a
pilot light, stove, or heat source.
Never smoke around fuel.
Snow blower safety

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$1
Gen. Colin Powell fixed his

gaze on the 21-year old warrant
officer.
It was 1971 in Vietnam. Powell wanted to learn first-hand
about the Huey helicopter that
had been shot down a few days
before.
The report says you were
shot down in Laos, Powell said.
Yes, sir, replied Warrant Officer Les Rasset.
Were not fighting a war in
Laos, said the general who
would one day be Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and then
Secretary of State.
Oh, yes, sir, replied Rasset
and began to tell him about the
covert missions, the involvement
of the CIA, and other details of
the Laos missions.
Stop, interrupted Powell. I
dont want to hear another word.
He sent the young Minnesotan
back to his unit.
Lester Rasset grew up in
Maple Lake on a dairy farm.
From the time I was six years
old, I was with my dad all the
time. I was his right-hand man.
I thought it was wonderful. I
had good parents, a loving family
and I grew up in a great community.
He graduated from Maple
Lake High School in 1968, and
went to the University of Minnesota. He made it into his second year before he dropped out
and volunteered for the draft. It
probably wouldnt have taken
very long for Uncle Sam to grab
him anyway, since his draft lottery number was 61 out of 366.
I thought Id get in, do my
two years, and get out.
In January, 1970, he was sent
to basic training at Fort Bragg.
But then we had an orientation
on helicopters, and I decided I
wanted to be a helicopter pilot.
He filled out the appropriate paperwork and took a physical.
He had already been assigned
to Fort Sill to become a forward
artillery spotter when he got his
orders to helicopter flight school.
He was told to report to Fort Walters in Texas.
Rassets prior experience in
flying was limited to a neighbor
taking him for flights in a little
plane. He had never been in a
helicopter.
Thats the great thing about
the Army, Rasset said.
Who else can spend a halfmillion dollars to train somebody
to fly a helicopter? I thought it
was great.
The training was intense and
challenging and included six to
eight hours of classroom study
each day combined with time on
the flight line and the other duties
of a soldier.
Rasset said he was fortunate
enough to have the fundamental
skills of a pilot including a good
math background, and good
hand-eye coordination and depth
perception.
Training was in the small
Hughes T-55 Osage helicopter, a
flying machine that consisted of
an engine, a rotor, a bubble where
the pilot and trainee sat, a tail and
a tail rotor.
When it crashed, you could
pick everything up and put it in
the back of a pick-up truck.
His first journey into the air
was with a pilot who had just
completed two tours in Vietnam.
He lifted the helicopter about
five feet off the ground and just
held it there.
It looked like he wasnt even
moving his hands. I thought,
This is so easy.
During an orientation flight,
though, the trainer told Rasset,
Okay, you have the aircraft
now.
The next few minutes were
not pretty. You read about this
stuff, the power and the pedals
and everything, but I got the helicopter into a pendulum, swinging side to side. I was
over-reacting to everything. It
was a humbling experience. But
you get better at it. I thought it
was fun.
After about 10 or 12 hours
with the instructor, the trainees
get to solo. Youve got to take
off and land and do all this other
stuff. I was sweating bullets. And
then you have to listen to the instructors critiques. I remember
he told me I should be watching
my airspeed, and I told him I was
so busy flying, I wasnt watching
anything. He said, Well, you
should be. Rasset recalled one
exercise where the new pilots
were sent off in their Hughes 55s
to find a series of check points,
re-fuel after two hours, and find

their way home. He and another
trainee were cruising over the
West Texas countryside and they
saw a group of other Army training helicopters in front of them.
We laughed. All we had to do
was follow the other aircraft. It
was so easy. But then we heard
over the radio that the lead helicopter had reached the check
point. The people on the ground
radioed back wondering why
they thought they were at the
check point. They said they could
see the water tower. The ground
people replied there was no water
tower at that check point. You
should have seen all the little helicopters heading off in every direction. They finally had to look
at their maps. Just when you
think youve got it mastered, you
find out how pathetic you are.
After four months at Fort Walters, it was on to Fort Rucker in
Alabama for training in the
Armys primary workhorse helicopter, the Bell UH-1 Iroquois,
usually called the Huey.
One foggy morning, he was to
go up with a veteran trainer. It
was rainy and cloudy and foggy.
I was sure they would cancel, but
the pilot said, Lets go up for a
little weather check. He told me,
When you get to Vietnam, it
wont be up to you. You gotta
go.
Rasset was still surprised they
were going up. I couldnt even
see across the parking lot. We got
up about 30 feet above the deck
and we went right down the road.
He told me that in monsoon season in Nam, you just had to find
landmarks, like a road or a river.
He asked me what I thought, and
I said, I hope theres no tall telephone poles around here.
The training, he said, stressed
safety, taking precautions, and
doing a good pre-flight of the aircraft. He earned his wings and his
warrant in early 1971.
Top: A Huey touches down in Vietnam to extract soldiers

from a landing zone. (National Archives) Middle: Rasset
as a warrant officer in the Army. Bottom: Rasset today at
his home in Maple Lake. (Photos submitted by Al Zdon)
Ugly sweater winner
Three choppers down

continued on page 7
9-12 grade winter choir concert
It was in a festive atmosphere that the 10th and 12th grade choir, above, performed their
Christmas carols Monday night. (Photo by Brenda Erdahl)
The winners of the second annual Maple Lake Messenger

Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest are Scott Jordan (above)
in first place ($75 in Business Bucks) and Dale Nygaard
(page 14) in second place ($50 in Business Bucks).
See more photos from the grades 9-12 winter choir concert on page 6.
See the second place winner on page 14.
Maple Lake Messenger Page 2

December 17, 2014
Viewpoint
moment, but the camera was back in
the car. Im guessing it was a Snowy
Owl. I probably should put a bird
book on my Christmas list! . . .
The DNR says, The snowy owl nests
in the arctic tundra in northern
Canada and Alaska. But during many
winters, this large, white raptor comes
to northern Minnesota to hunt voles,
mice, and other small animals.
Minnesotas first Pheasant Summit
drew about 300 people to Marshall
Saturday who offered ideas on the future of pheasants in Minnesota which have been fewer in recent
years. A story in the Star Tribune Sunday by Doug Smith had a list
of recommendations which included enforcing existing laws regarding waterway buffers, roadside ditches and easements: Increase
bonding funding for state wildlife management area acquisition
which prompted Gov. Dayton to say he was proposing a bonding
bill; target funding to specific highquality areas through local and state
cost-sharing programs; spending
state and local funding more wisely;
create competitive compensation
for landowners for long-term perpetual conservation practices.
Loss of habitat and ideal nesting
conditions are the biggest challenges facing pheasants, something
that will be addressed at the annual
DNR round-table meeting on Jan.
16 in Brooklyn Park. Im hoping
something good comes out of this
first summit, for both the pheasants
and the hunters.
Brutes
Bleat
by Harold Brutlag
The foggy weekend put a crimp in my outdoor activities, but not

totally. After seeing a catch of 19 keeper-plus sunfish Friday morning
on Rock Lake about 9:00 a.m., I suspected I might be too late for
the morning bite. I was and the angler with the 19 was making an
all-out effort to get one more to fill out his limit. He stuck around
for another hour trying to get number 20, but without much success.
I hung it up about noon with only four keepers in my pail, which I
pawned off on another angler who wasnt doing much good either.
I decided to hit Rock again Saturday morning early. It was so foggy
I almost changed my mind and if it hadnt been for the Public Access
sign on County Road 8 I would have driven right by Gowan Ave. I
thought I was early, but there were four vehicles in the parking lot
when I unloaded, put on my ice creepers and hiked out on the lake.
It would have been a good morning for a GPS because the shoreline
was obliterated by the fog and it would have been easy to get disorientated. When it got lighter I found out I wasnt where I wanted to
be. I kept moving until I found the right depth and caught four keeper
sunnies and one nice crappie before they got lock-jaw. The warm
weather kept the holes from freezing over, which was a plus, but the
inch or so of water on the ice wasnt. I managed to catch a meal on
Thursday, but Im not bragging about the size. I took the advice of
the late Ed Raiche whose advice was, if they run small, you just
have to catch a few more. My plans to go hunting Sunday were cancelled when a persistent head cold and sore throat told me to stay
home. Considering how foggy and misty it was again Sunday morning it was probably a blessing. The irony of the hunt gone kaput was
seeing a rooster on the shoulder of County Road 8 Sunday morning
while enroute to Ney Park to take Vanna for a walk. .
.
We A shiner minnow and patience is all that it took to catch
had a huge owl watching us that morning which flew down the trail this 29-inch walleye last week. Unfortunately, it wasnt me,
ahead of us and landed in a tree. It would have been a great Kodak but it made the angler happy!
Its in
your court
by Judge Steve Halsey
Frivolous Lawsuits and
Awards of Attorneys Fees
We hear about them all of
the time, usually on TMZ or
Entertainment Tonight: seemingly-frivolous lawsuits. I just
read that a model-contestant
who lost on a reality tv show
sued one of the shows judges
who found out she had been
employed by an escort service. We all oppose frivolous
lawsuits. They waste the litigants time and money. They
waste judicial resources, so
they waste your tax dollars.
But one persons frivolous
lawsuit is another persons access to justice. The U.S. Constitution provides the right of
citizens to petition for a re-
dress of grievances which has

origins in the Magna Carta in
England in 1215 A.D., and is
referred to in the Declaration of
Independence. The widely-discussed example of a frivolous
lawsuit is the woman who
spilled hot coffee in her lap at
the McDonalds drive-up window. But was it as frivolous as
everyone seems to have concluded?
Here are the facts as reported
in The Wall Street Journal: the
plaintiff in this matter was an
81-year-old woman. She spent
seven days in the hospital treating the third-degree burns and
having skin grafts. It was the
policy of McDonalds to brew
the coffee at 195 to 205 degrees
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and hold the coffee at 180 to

190 degrees. Additionally, in
the ten years prior to this case,
McDonalds had received 700
reports of coffee burns and had
settled some for more than
$500,000. The plaintiff stated
that the reason why she brought
the suit was that McDonalds
dismissed her requests for compensation for medical bills with
an offer of $800. Plaintiff continued to try to settle the case,
but McDonalds did not accept
the offers, including the recommendation of the mediator, so
the case went to a jury trial.
The jurors eventually found that
the plaintiff was 20% negligent
for opening the coffee on her
lap and McDonalds was 80%
negligent. The jury awarded the
plaintiff $160,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million
in punitive damages. The judge
reduced the punitive damages
to $480,000, and the parties
eventually settled on a sum less
than $600,000.
Under our American system
of justice the ability to collect
attorneys fees if you win your
case and are the prevailing
party is severely limited, considerably more so than under
the British system, from which
our common law is derived.
Under the English rule, the
prevailing partys attorneys
fees are largely paid by the
loser. This rule has been
adopted by the State of Alaska.
In Minnesota, by comparison, the winning party in a lawsuit generally can only obtain
an award of their attorneys fees
against the losing party if such
an award is allowed either in a
written contract between the
parties or by a statute. For example, the court may award attorneys fees to a party in a
divorce case because it is allowed by statute. Attorneys
fees may be awarded based on

the inequality of the incomes of
the parties (income-based fees)
or based upon misconduct by
one against the other in the litigation itself (conduct-based
fees). Misconduct could include
failure to timely pay court-ordered child support or spousal
maintenance, failure to comply
with court-ordered child visitation, or failure to answer an attorneys discovery requests
about income, property, debts
and other aspects of the partys
circumstances.
Contract-based attorneys
fee awards are based upon a
breach of a written contract providing for an award of attorneys fees and costs if a lawsuit
is necessary. Common examples include lawsuits to collect
unpaid rent under a house or
apartment lease, to collect a
down payment on a contract to
purchase real estate, and to collect an unpaid credit card debt.
Awards of attorneys fees must
be reasonable and based upon
the amount of legal services
provided to the prevailing party.
However, absent a statute or
contract allowing an award of
attorneys fees to the prevailing
party, an award of attorneys
fees is not available if the claim
is not in bad faith, that is, if
the claims, defenses, and other
legal contentions are warranted
by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
modification,
or
reversal of existing law and
are supported by evidence. If
the claims or defenses are
clearly frivolous and not warranted under existing law and
evidence, an award of attorneys fees can be made to the
prevailing party.
Its in your court

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purpose is to simply give recognition to local residents for their contributions to our community.
CARD OF THANKS:
Thank you to everyone who
helped make our Barnes &
Noble Book Fair a success. The
library earned over $1,650 that
will be used to purchase new
books and audio books. Stop in
at your library to check out the
new books purchased with the
grant from Wright-Hennepin
Trust and the earnings from the

Barnes & Noble Book Fair.
Friends of the Maple Lake
Library
Pictured are: Margaret Jenniges, Katie Serrano, Robin
Aeshliman, Charlotte Drenckhahn, Denise Blizil, Mike Heffron, Della Ness, Kath Heffron
and Marie Mavencamp.
Ask a
Trooper
by Sgt. Jesse Grabow
Question: I was recently in a
stalled vehicle in a dangerous
location (where two roads divide) when the alternator went
out on my truck so I did not
have battery power for emergency flashers or signals. I saw
at Fleet Farm they were selling
an orange flashing light that
magnetically fastens to a vehicle. On the package it suggests
to check with local officials regarding color of this device.
Could I use this orange flashing
light on my truck in case I get in
this type of situation again? It
was scary because I didn't have
any way to signal my vehicle
was stalled, and couldn't even
open the tailgate because I
needed power to unlock it.
Answer: That sounds like
quite the ordeal you were in and
you are not alone. Often while
on patrol, Ive come across similar situations where a person
was stranded and unable to use
their vehicles hazard lights.
This is what Minnesota State
Statute 169.59 says about flashing warning lights.
Any vehicle may be
equipped with lamps which may
be used for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a
vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care
in approaching, overtaking, or
passing, and when so equipped
may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this section
The lamps used to display such
warnings to the front shall be
mounted at the same level and
as widely spaced laterally as
practicable, and shall display simultaneous flashing white or
amber lights, or any shade of
color between white and amber.
The lamps used to display such
warnings to the rear shall be
mounted at the same level and
as widely spaced laterally as
practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or
red lights, or any shade of color

between amber and red. Instead
of a pair of lamps that flash simultaneously, either one or two
strobe lights or rotating beacon
lights with an amber or yellow
lens may be used both to the
front and rear of the vehicle.
These warning lights shall be
visible from a distance of not
less than 500 feet under normal
atmospheric conditions at
night.
Based on the statute, the orange flashing light would be
legal to use at the rear of the vehicle in your situation since its
a shade of color between amber
and red. I would encourage people to carry an extra set of hazard lights along with their
roadside emergency kit. Its always best to be prepared. If
your vehicle quits running:
Park your vehicle on the
shoulder or as far from the main
roadway as possible.
Activate any hazard warning lights.
If you have flares or reflectors, place them 100 to 500 feet
behind your vehicle on the right
edge of the main road.
Stay with your vehicle, if
possible. If you must leave your
vehicle, do not walk on the area
of the highway reserved for vehicle traffic. This is illegal and
extremely dangerous.
Call local authorities as
quickly as possible and advise
them of your location and situation.
A portion of state statutes
was used with permission from
the Office of the Revisor of
Statutes. If you have any questions concerning traffic related
laws or issues in Minnesota,
send your questions to Trp.
Jesse Grabow Minnesota
State Patrol at 1000 Highway
10 West, Detroit Lakes, MN
56501-2205. (You can follow
him on Twitter @MSPPIO_NW
or
reach
him
at,
jesse.grabow@state.mn.us).

December 17, 2014
Dec. 15 Wright County

Sheriffs report
On December 9, Bobby Jo
Spires, 66, no permanent address, was arrested in Clearwater on the charges of disorderly
conduct and trespassing.
On December 9, Blake Adam
Schneider, 27, of Buffalo, was
arrested in Buffalo on the charge
of obstruction.
On December 9, Spencer
Thomas Gray, 19, of Montrose,
was arrested in Montrose on a
Wright County warrant for receiving stolen property, a Goodhue County warrant for 5th
degree controlled substance violation and a Carver County
warrant for obstruction of legal
process.
On December 9, Edward
Michael Olson, 29, of Buffalo,
was arrested in Buffalo on a
Wright County warrant for possession of pornographic work.
On December 10, Tamara
Marie Brown, 37, of Monticello
was arrested in Buffalo on a
Wright County warrant for 5th
degree control substance violation.
On December 11, Andrea
Lynn Aviles, 32, of Big Lake,
was arrested in St. Michael on
the charge of possession of
stolen property and possession
of hypodermic needles.
On December 11, Patrick
Richard Busch, 27, of Monticello, was arrested in Buffalo on
a Wright County warrant for do-
mestic assault.
On December 11, Adam
Eldon Switala, 25 of Monticello,
was arrested in St. Michael on
the charge of flee in motor vehicle, possession of stolen property and 5th degree control
substance.
On December 12, Kyle
Joseph Grunenwald, 34, Monticello, was arrested in Monticello
on a Wright County warrant for
3rd degree refusal to test.
On December 12, Keith Vincent Misjak, 39, of Monticello,
was arrested in Monticello on
the charge of 2nd degree DWI
and driving after cancellation inimical to public safety.
On December 14, Drew Alan
Peterson, 50, of Montrose, was
arrested in Franklin Township
on a conditional release violation.
On December 14, Corey
Philip Nelson, 21, no permanent
address, was arrested in Otsego
on the charge of terroristic
threats and domestic assault.
There were 27 property damage accidents, 9 personal injury
accidents, 1 hit and run accident
and 20 car-deer accidents.
There were 7 arrests for
DWI, no underage consumption
arrests, 1 school bus stop arm
violation and 66 tickets for miscellaneous traffic violations reported this week.
Dec. 8 Wright County

Attorneys report
Bickmann, Jeffrey Scott, age
41, of Winsted, on 12/05/14 the
charge of Gross Misdemeanor
Assault in the Fifth Degree was
dismissed.
Blaylock, Jesse Wayne, age
26, of Cokato, sentenced on
12/05/14 for Probation Violations for Felony Domestic Assault to 10 days jail. Sentenced
by Judge Strand.
Burgess, Justin James, age
26, of Monticello, sentenced on
12/09/14 for Felony Receiving
Stolen Property to a stay of imposition for five years on conditions of probation, serve 113
days jail, pay $500 fine plus surcharges, pay $75 public defender co-payment, undergo a
chemical dependency assessment and follow all recommendations, have no use or
possession of alcohol or nonprescription drugs, submit to
random testing, provide DNA
sample, have no use or possession of firearms or dangerous
weapons, obtain permission before leaving the state, have no
same or similar violations. Sentenced by Judge Halsey.
Finckbone, Anna Lynn, age
32, of St. Michael, sentenced on
12/08/14 for Probation Violations for Gross Misdemeanor
Third Degree DWI to 9 days
jail. Sentenced by Judge Tenney.
Foley, Joseph David, age 33,
of Monticello, sentenced on
12/08/14 for Misdemeanor
Fourth Degree DWI to 90 days
jail, $300 fine; 90 days stayed
for one year on conditions of
probation, pay $300 fine plus
surcharges, attend Awareness
Panel for Impaired Drivers,
have no use of alcohol until
completion of class, have no
same or similar violations. Sentenced by Judge Tenney.
Morton, Adam John, age 32,
of Buffalo, sentenced on
12/08/14 for Gross Misdemeanor Driving After Cancellation to 365 days jail; 345 days
stayed for one year on conditions of probation, serve 20 days
jail, pay $85 surcharges, pay
$75 public defender co-payment, have no same or similar
violations. Sentenced by Judge
Tenney.
Patrick, Amy Michelle, age
38, of Delano, sentenced on
12/05/14 for Misdemeanor Dis-
orderly Conduct to 90 days jail,

$200 fine; 88 days stayed for
one year on conditions of probation, serve 2 days jail, pay $200
fine plus surcharges, pay $75
public defender co-payment, undergo a chemical dependency
evaluation and follow all recommendations, have no use or possession
of
alcohol
or
non-prescription drugs, submit
to random testing, serve up to 30
days on electronic home monitoring at the discretion of probation agent, have no same or
similar violations. Sentenced by
Judge Strand.
Porter, Kendall Joseph, age
33, address unknown, sentenced
on 12/09/14 for Felony Controlled Substance Crime in the
Fifth Degree to a stay of execution for five years on conditions
of probation, serve 120 days jail,
pay $300 fine plus surcharges,
pay $75 public defender co-payment, have no use or possession
of alcohol or non-prescription
drugs, submit to random testing,
provide DNA sample, obtain
permission before leaving the
state, have no use or possession
of firearms or dangerous
weapons, undergo a chemical
dependency evaluation and follow all recommendations, have
no same or similar violations.
Sentenced by Judge Tenney.
Scheer, Matthew Schiller,
age 40, of St. Michael, sentenced on 12/04/14 for Misdemeanor Domestic Assault to 90
days jail, $300 fine; 86 days
stayed for one year on conditions of probation, serve 4 days
jail, pay $300 fine plus surcharges, have no use or possession
of
alcohol
or
non-prescription drugs, submit
to random testing, undergo a
chemical dependency assessment and follow all recommendations, undergo an anger
management assessment and
follow all recommendations,
have no same or similar violations. Sentenced by Judge
Strand.
Wright, Brandon Dean, age
22, address unknown, sentenced
on 12/05/14 for Probation Violations for Felony Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second
Degree and Criminal Sexual
Conduct in the Fourth Degree to
60 days jail. Sentenced by
Judge Halsey.
Whats 1 high
and can move a car?
Board holds truth taxation hearing to set 2015 budget

by John Holler
Correspondent
One of the final acts of the

Wright County Board of Commissioners in 2014 will be approving the final budget and
draft levy for 2015. While there
is still some room to shift numbers slightly downward, the expectation is that the county will
have a $106.1 million budget in
2015 an increase of 3.7 percent
and a levy of $53.1 million a
4.9 percent increase.
The final step to getting to the
end of the budget cycle was held
Dec. 4 when the county hosted a
Truth in Taxation hearing to get
public feedback on the budgets.
One thing the commissioners
learned over the last few months
is that theyre far from alone in
making increases in the budget
and levy for 2015.
One of the common themes
this year was that all those coun-
ties that have held the line are

zero-growth budgets are finding
themselves in a pickle, Commissioner Mike Potter said. We
knew this was coming and that
increases had to come. In the
end, nobody remembers the
board that kept the growth at
zero. They remember the board
that raised the budget and levy
10 percent.
The initial budget requests
when they were received last
summer added up to more than a
10-percent increase in the
budget. It caused some long days
as the board sifted through the
line items of each budget and
trimmed them down to a more
manageable number.
We cut back on a lot of
stuff, Commissioner Mark
Daleiden said. We didnt just
give every department head what
they wanted. There were quite a
few requests for personnel and
equipment, but some of those

had to be cut because we wanted
to hold down the amount of the
increase that we knew was coming.
None of the cuts were easy,
but the basic premise that was
part of the budget process was
that certain items or position
openings would be approved, but
department heads would have to
demonstrate a legitimate need to
get something passed. That
wouldnt be easy as the board
knew it was going to have to cut
more than it approved.
The original numbers when
they came in would have represented about a 10-percent budget
increase, Daleiden said. We
knew that there was going to be
an increase, but we werent
going to go with 10 percent. That
was just too much to ask residents to take in a one-year hit.
Most of the $3 million budget
increase for 2015 approximately $2.2 million of the total

went to highway project funding
and reducing the countys debt
owed the Minnesota Department
of Transportation. Another significant element was that union
contracts approved called for a 1percent pay increase across the
board for county employees,
which helped increase the
amount of money that needed to
be budgeted in all departments.
In the end, however, the commissioners felt the process went
smoothly and, despite some opposition to the size of the increase,
most
residents
understood that services the
county provides cost money and
the days of belt-tightening have
made the needs even more pronounced.
County Board
continued on page 5
School levy will see slight reduction

by Katie Friedman
Correspondent
At their most recent meeting,

Monday, December 8, members
of the Maple Lake School Board
voted to certify the payable
2015-2016 property tax levy at
$2,446,698.45. The final levy reflected a .66 reduction from last
years levy.
Prior to the vote, Financial
Manager Kristy Anderson
presided over a Truth In Taxation
hearing, guiding board members
through a breakdown of the
2015-2016 budget that included
anticipated revenue and budgeted
expenditures for the General,
Food service, Scholarship, PostEmployment Benefits and Building Funds, as well as debt
service.
For the General Fund which
covers classroom instruction, administration, Q comp, federal
and state instructional programs,
extracurricular activities and the
repair and maintenance of buildings and grounds anticipated
revenue amounts to $8.7 million,
while budgeted expenditures
come to $9.1 million, for a deficit
of around $386,000. A surplus of
$2,498 is planned for the Food
Service Fund, though Anderson
said participation in the program
so far is lower than originally anticipated. For the Community
Service Fund, anticipated revenues are around $312,000, and
budgeted expenditures have been

set at around $331,000. The debt
service fund, used for paying interest and principal on school
bonds, has about $1.5 5 million
in budgeted expenditures and
$1.6 million in anticipated revenue. An irrevocable trust fund
for teacher post-employment
benefits shows anticipated revenue of $4500, with budgeted expenditures set at $23,759. In a
debt service fund for those benefits, the remaining principal as of
June 30, 2014 was $1.25 million.
Anticipated revenue for this fund
is $82,202, while budgeted expenditures amount to $78,288.
Remaining principal on general obligation bonds as of June
30 was $235,000 for the Irish Diamonds fields and $600,000 for
an energy savings performance
contract, much of which is hoped
to be recouped in fuel and electricity savings.
Regarding other matter on the
evenings agenda, the board:
Heard a presentation by
band director Nate Mitchell regarding a proposal to remove
what is known as the marching
rule, a Concert Band prerequisite that students also perform in
marching band and replace it
with the following: a marching
band letter separate from the concert band letter, a .5 arts credit
per season with two consecutive
years to receive the credit, for
Its in your court

continued from page 2
Many frivolous or unsupportable claims or defenses
never get to jury trials as they
are either dismissed by the
court, or judgment is entered
for one party, upon motions
for summary judgment by one
of the parties. Summary judgment is granted when there are
no material facts in dispute and
one party is entitled to win as a
matter of law. To summarize,
there are a variety of remedies
available to the defendant who
is frivolously sued, or the
suing party (plaintiff) who faces
a frivolous defense, but certainly people have differences
of opinion on what is frivolous.
Ultimately the court will decide
what lawsuits are frivolous and

must be dismissed, and whether
an award of attorneys fees is
warranted under the law.
Remember its in your court!
Submitted by Judge Steve
Halsey, Wright County District
Court, chambered in Buffalo.
Judge Halsey is the host of
The District Court Show on
local cable TV public access
channels throughout the Tenth
Judicial District. Excerpts can
be viewed at WWW.QCTV.org.
Go to Community and click
The District Court Show.
Judge Halsey may also be
heard on Legal Happenings
on KRWC 1360 AM (Buffalo)
on Saturdays at 12:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 Maple Lake

Fire Department Report
Maple Lakes Volunteer Fire
Department and Ambulance
Service responded to the following emergencies during the past
week:
Dec. 14, 7:08 p.m.: Medical.
Patient transported by Maple
Lake Ambulance to the Buffalo
Hospital ER.
Hospital ER.
Dec. 12, 5:58 pm.: Medical.
No ambulance transportation.
Dec 12, 5:30 p.m.: Medical.
Patient transported by CentraCare Ambulance to the Monticello Centra-Care ER.

Hospital ER.
Maple Lakes Volunteer Fire
Department responded to a fire
alarm at 8552 Baker Ave. NW,
Maple Lake Twp., on Dec. 14 at
11:28 a.m.; however the call was
cancelled while they were enroute. Twenty firefighters responded.
marching band to officially be

considered a sport, and to welcome surrounding communities
in schools without marching
bands to march with the Maple
Lake marching Irish. The problem with the current rule,
Mitchell said, is that it impedes
growth of the Concert Band,
pushes students away from instrumental music, dissuades elementary students from joining
beginning band and affects the
attitude of both the marching
band and the concert ensemble.
Board members were dubious
about the conflicts that could
arise in making marching band a
sport while simultaneously offering an arts credit, but were agreeable to considering the marching
band rules elimination and allowing students from neighboring schools to march with the
Maple Lake Irish. The matter
will be voted upon at the boards
January meeting.
Heard a presentation by
Janelle Bullard, director of Special Education, on a proposal to
allow the Meeker and Wright
Special Education Cooperative
(MAWSECO) to enter into a
lease agreement with the Howard
Lake-Waverly-Winsted school
district for an updated facility
that will include administrative
offices, apartment-style space for
life skills training and access to
gymnasium space, at a total proj-
ect cost estimated to be $2.57

million. Maple Lakes share of
the cost is estimated to be $3,993
per year over a 15-year span. A
proposal
to
amend
the
MAWSECO joint powers agreement will be presented in January.
Heard a presentation from
Beth Haglin on her position as a
technology integration specialist
in the positive effects her guidance has had for both students
and faculty in the district.
Voted to set a pay scale for a
substitute administrator for athletic events at $75 per night.
Though he will be able to cover
his daytime duties, Athletic Director Dave Schroeder will not
be able to cover administrative
responsibilities for evening
events during January and two to
four weeks in February. He has
been in contact with a retired athletic director who is willing to
cover the evening activities during that time.
Accepted donations of
$3,000 from the Maple Lake
American Legion, a $1,000 grant
from the Minnesota Educational
Facility Management Professionals, $3,200 in product and labor
from Community Lawn Care,
and $3,580 from the Maple Lake
Lions.
The next regular school board
meeting will be Monday, January
12, at 7 p.m.
Holiday Train boosts

food shelf donations
A photo of the food donation results; thanks to the Annandale Lions for their assistance.
(Photo submitted by Ed Skomoroh)
It was an unbelievable night
for the Canadian Pacific Railway Christmas Holiday Train
and Fundraiser. A member of the
Annandale Police Department
said that this year was the largest
gathering of people they have
ever experienced. The weather
was warm and attracted people
from the communities of Maple
Lake, Annandale, South Haven
and more. The Canadian Pacific
staff estimated the crowd at
7,000, but 5,000 would certainly
be realistic. Ed Skomoroh had
the opportunity to ride the train
from Buffalo to Annandale and
looking out from his coach there
were families lined up at Maple
Lake along the tracks to watch
the train go by and this extended
to Annandale.
The Annandale Food Shelf

van was stuffed to the ceiling,
including the passenger seat.
The food donations totaled
around 3,900 pounds. The generosity from the communities
was overwhelming. The Candian Pacific Railway donated
$4,500 and through the generous
donations at the Anchor Dock
Christmas train party and individuals donations, the total donations are over $36,000 and we
are expecting several more big
donations yet to come. Our communities care for those less privileged and we can continue to
feed our hungry good, wholesome, nourishing food. A great
big thank you to everyone who
participated.
A classified ad in the Messenger.

Call 963-3813.

December 17, 2014
Community
Meetings
Dec. 23: Annandale Lakers AA & Al-Anon, 8 p.m.,
United Methodist Church of
Annandale, 20 Oak Ave. N.
320-274-3380
Dec. 23: Gamblers Anonymous & AA, 7:30 p.m., Buffalo Evangelical Free Church,
2051 50th St. NE, County Rds.
25 & 113.
Dec. 23: Celebrate Recovery
(non-denominational
Christian-based recovery program), 7 p.m., Monticello
Covenant Church; 763-2952112.
And thats the

way it was . . .
Gary Jude retired after 48
years of reporting for work at the
corner of Oak Ave. and 1st street
at Maple Lake Lumber. ... Staff
at Maple Lake Elementary collected about 150 pairs of pajamas for children from infants to
teens at the late start gathering.
The effort was in conjunction
with an offer by Scholastic
Books who donated a book for
every pair of pajamas donated.
... As the two-year Maple Lake
District 881 school construction
project wrapped up, the gymnastics team moved practice and
meet locations from the elementary school gym to the middle
school gym. ... And Thats The
Way It Was Five Years Ago This
Week.
Maple Lake Legion Post 131
members gathered with Fire
Chief Todd Borell and secretary
Scott Carriveau to acknowledge
the final payment on a Visual
Imaging Camera donated to the
Maple Lake Volunteer Fire Department ... Maple Lake first
graders read books to raise
money to help the efforts of
Aaron Mooney and the Peace
Corps in sending an emergency
ambulance to Honduras. ... Buffalo Hospital was named one of
the 100 Top Hospitals: Nationals Benchmarks for Success. ...
Deb Geyen was the winner of
the Maple Lake Game drawing
and was presented with $100.00
from Nate Bissonette, who
chaired the downtown appreciation day program. ... And Thats
The Way It Was 15 Years Ago
This Week.
Walter Vornholt, who was a

patient at the St. Cloud Veterans
Medical Center, was pleasantly
suprised and entertained by the
staff, current veterans and visiting veterans and young boys for
his 90th birthday. ... Dick
Somers began operation of his
carton division for Foam Fabricators of Minnesota, Inc. in the
former Cedar Lake Engineering
building on the corner of Maple
and Division. ... Ray and Lucille
Schermer, Pastor and Bobbi
VanderPloeg and Richard and
Thelma Vandergon attended the
singing Christmas tree program
at the Assembly of God Church
in St. Cloud. Jeanette Naaktgeboren and her granddaughter,
Andrea, and Tina Schermer also
attended. ... And Thats The
Way It Was 25 Years Ago This
Week.
Ed Paumen of Maple Lake
was to head the Wright County
Crippled Childrens Appeal for
1965 in which he would coordinate the efforts of many volunteer workers who donated their
time and efforts to help crippled
children and adults. ... Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Noehl observed their
49th wedding anniversary with a
dinner at their home while also
celebrating Wallace Noehls
birthday anniversary. ... Minnie
Stumpf was a Sunday morning
breakfast guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Stumpf.
Visitors at her home in the afternoon were Mary Cantin, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Stumpf of Buffalo,
and Daniel Stumpf and daughters, Juanita and Diane, of St.
Cloud. ... And Thats The Way
It Was 50 Years Ago This Week.
Upcoming Red Cross blood drives

Donors of all types are encouraged to help save lives by giving
blood. Appointments can be made by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS
or visiting redcrossblood.org. Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Wright County: Jan. 7: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m., Church of Jesus
Christ Latter Day Saints, 3933 Highway 25 N., Buffalo.
December 17th Puzzle
Dec. 18: AA & Al-Anon,

7:30 p.m., Buffalo Evangelical
Free Church, 2051 50th St. NE,
County Rds. 25 & 113.
Dec. 20: AA, 7:30 p.m.,
Buffalo Evangelical Free
Church, 2051 50th St. NE,
Dec. 22: S.A.M. quilting
group, St. Timothy's Church
basement, 8 a.m.
Dec. 22: Al-Anon and
Men's 12 Step Group, 7:30
p.m., Buffalo Evangelical Free
Church, 2051 50th St. NE,
Programs & Events
Festival of Trees & Lighting Ceremony at WCHS

For the 8th year in a row, the Wright County Historical Society
has created an indoor, winter wonderland with a dazzling Festival
of Trees display, free and open to the public. This year there are
more than 30 individual trees, along with a Santa writing station,
animated characters and even an electric train display (courtesy of
Leander Wetter). Located at the Wright County Heritage Center
(2001 Hwy. 25 N, Buffalo), the Festival of Trees will be open daily
from Dec. 3 to Jan. 9, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with Tuesday nights open
until 8 p.m.). For more details please call 763-682-7323 or visit us
on Facebook and at www.wrighthistory.org.
Heres How It Works:

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into
nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must
fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once
in each row, column, and box. You can figure out the order in
which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already
provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier
it gets to solve the puzzle!
Answers on Page 14
St. Michael resident wins

$200,000 lottery prize
While Michael Hedstrom
was in Albertville running some
errands on Dec. 10, he stopped
at SuperAmerica, 5952 Large
Ave. N.E., to buy some Wild
Cherries lottery tickets.
The St. Michael resident
gave half of the tickets to his
wife. While she was scratching
the tickets, Hedstrom was in his
attic getting more Christmas
lights to hang outside. His
daughter came out and told him,
Mom thinks she has a big winner and shes freaking out.
Hedstrom said, I got down and
went in the house. My wife
asked me, Is this right? It says
$200,000, doesnt it? I said,
Yes, thats what it says.

After looking the ticket over
carefully, Hedstrom determined
it was a $200,000 winner and
locked it in the safe. He claimed
the prize at Lottery headquarters
in Roseville on Dec. 11.
Proceeds from the Minnesota State Lottery benefit all
Minnesotans. Since 1990, the
Lottery has raised more than
$2.4 billion for state programs.
The General Fund has received
over $1.3 billion to help fund
necessary functions such as education, public safety and health
and human services. More than
$975 million has funded important environmental programs.
55+ Driver Improvement Program

The Minnesota Highway
Safety Center will be offering
55+ Driver Improvement Program courses on the following
days:
January 12th (4Hr. Refresher
Course) 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
Buffalo Community Center, 206
Central Ave., Buffalo
January 14th (4Hr. Refresher
Course) 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
State Farm, 570 Humboldt Dr.
NW, Big Lake
The Driver Improvement
course is open to the public; preregistration is required. A MN
Highway Safety & Research
Center certified instructor teaches
this class. By utilizing the most
up-to-date research in the field,
participants will be provided the

latest information in regards to
driver safety, new laws, and vehicle technology. The fee for the
four-hour refresher course is $20
and the eight-hour course is $24.
For more information or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org
or call TOLL FREE 1-(888)-2341294.
Persons age 55 and older who
complete the course qualify for a
10% discount on their auto insurance premiums for three years,
according to Minnesota law.
First-time participants must complete the initial eight hours of
training and a four-hour refresher
class every three years to maintain the 10% discount.
60+ and Healthy Clinics
Members may now file as

director candidates for
Wright-Hennepin Electric
Wright-Hennepin
(WH)
members can now submit nominations to compete for a seat on
the cooperatives Board of Directors in districts 1, 3 and 9. Members elected to these positions
will begin their terms immediately after the 2015 Annual
Meeting on March 26.
Members in these districts
who would like to compete in the
election need to file a director
nominee application form,
which can be found on WHs
website (www.whe.org under the
Featured Programs). Fill it out
and mail it along with a resume
to: Wright- Hennepin, Attn: Dale
Jans, Secretary/Treasurer, P.O.
Box 330, Rockford, MN 55373.
The application deadline is February 4, 2015.
Members can find what district they live in by checking the
label on their monthly Hotline
Update newsletter. The district
number is shown on the first line
of the label, just above the mem-
bers name. The BD stands for

board district. If the member
does not have a Hotline Update
available, they can call a WH
customer service representative
at (763) 477- 3000.
Incumbent directors up for reelection in 2015 are: Timothy
Young (District 1), Burton
Horsch (District 3) and Erick
Heinz (District 9). All have declared their intent to seek re-election.
WH is a member-owned, nonprofit electric utility that provides
electric power to Wright County
and the western part of Hennepin
County. The cooperative has
been a corporate citizen in this
area since 1937 and currently
serves more than 46,000 electric
accounts. The utility started its
security division in 1989 and provides local home security solutions as well as monitors alarm
systems for almost 60,000 customers in 32 states and three
Canadian provinces.
The 60+ and Healthy Clinics,

provided by Wright County
Public Health, provides foot
care for the senior citizens of
Wright County. Toenail trimming is offered to meet the
needs of those seniors who have
a health condition such as diabetes or are unable to trim toenails themselves.
The 60+ and Healthy Clinics
will be charging a $15 fee for
foot care services. This fee is
necessary because the clinics are
no longer being funded by grant
money. However, if you are unable to pay the fee, you will not
be turned away. The clinics are

hosted from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
If you have any questions,
please ask clinic staff or call WC
Public Health at 1-800-3623667 or 763-682-7456. Upcoming dates:
Tuesday, December 23:
Monticello Senior Center, 206
Central Ave.
Tuesday, January 6: Buffalo Community Center, 206
Central Ave.
For the full schedule, visit:
www.co.wright.mn.us/forms/hu
manservices/60%20Plus%20an
d%20Healthy%20Schedule.pdf
Senior Dining Menu December 22-26

Offering a nutritious meal in
a warm, caring atmosphere with
friendship and fun. Everyone
welcome. The Senior Dining
Center is located at Maple Manor
West, 555 2nd St. W. For more
information, call 320-963-5771.
MONDAY, Dec. 22
Mushroom & Onion Pork
Chop, Baked Potato w/Sour
Cream, Squash, Wheat Dinner
Roll, Peaches
TUESDAY, Dec. 23
Parmesan Chicken Breast,
Wild Rice Pilaf, Steamed Carrots, Lettuce Salad, Sugar Cookie

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24
Spaghetti Noodles, TomatoMeat Sauce, Mixed Vegetables,
Garlic Bread, Mandarin Orange
Cake
THURSDAY, Dec. 25
Closed
FRIDAY, Dec. 26
Breaded Fish Wedge, Rosemary-Roasted Potatoes, Broccoli
Normandy, Wheat
Bread,
Peanut-Butter Bar
Team MaxBat leagues starting in January

Team MaxBat leagues will begin play on Sunday mornings from
10 a.m.-noon in January of 2015. This league is designed to train
and help players throughout the winter months and prepare them
for the upcoming spring season. These are live games with training
and hitting at the same time inside a dome at The10 Sports Centre
Dome in Long Lake. Go to www.theteammaxbat.com and click on
"Hitters/Fielders League" at the top of the page for more information and how to register. League is restricted to the first 40 players
to sign up. More info at 320-583-8509, ask for Pat.
3rd annual Game-a-thon is Jan. 1

The 3rd Annual Game-a-thon will be Thursday, Jan. 1, from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. Free to attend; public is welcome. Food, fun, and
games for the whole family. Enter to win prizes. Enjoy board
games, video games, card games, miniatures, computer games,
RPGs, and more. All-day movie marathon of your favorite science
fiction and fantasy films. Stay for the entire event, or feel free to
arrive and leave at any time. Location: Buffalo Community Center,
206 Central Avenue in downtown Buffalo. For more information,
visit www.scifisaturday.com
Home Stretch homebuyer workshop is Jan. 7

Home Stretch is a homebuyer workshop that takes participants
through the entire home buying process. In one day, you will learn
about qualifying for a mortgage, financing a home, credit, shopping
for a home, the closing process, basic home maintenance, and affordable mortgage products that may be available. Our next workshops will be held in St. Cloud on Wednesday, Jan. 7, from 10:30
a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the St. Cloud Public Library. To register for
the Home Stretch workshop, please contact Suzy at 320-258-0681
and visit our website www.cmhp.net for more information.
8th grade choir concert is Jan. 12

The 8th grade winter choir concert has been rescheduled from
Dec. 8 to Monday, Jan. 12. The concert will be held in the Maple
Lake High School auditorium at 7 p.m.
Reducing phosphorus runoff workshop

University of Minnesota Extension is presenting a workshop on
managing phosphorus in livestock manure at the Wright County
Government Center, 10 2nd St. NW Buffalo, MN 55313, Room
120 on Jan. 13 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. If you have dairy cows or a
beef finishing lot, this workshop is for you. Registration begins at
12 p.m. and the workshop begins at 12:30 p.m. There is no admission fee. Refreshments and snacks will be provided. Additional
speakers will discuss information and programs available to address
phosphorus issues. Pre-registration is requested, but not required.
For registration or further information please call the Wright County
Extension Office at 763-682-7394, e-mail wright@umn.edu.
Submit community programs and events to

news@maplelakemessenger.com
The Maple Lake Messenger reserves the right to
edit entries and does not guarantee publication of
community events. Space limits the size and number of articles. Programs and Events deadline is 4
p.m. Monday. If your information must be published,
please consider placing an ad.
WOW
Wellness on Wheels
Wright County Public Health

offers cholesterol testing in the
Wellness on Wheels (WOW)
van. For WOW van sites, appointments or questions, call
Rosemary at 682-7717 or toll
free, 1-800-362-3667, Ext. 7717.
Wellness on Wheels Services
include: Adult and Child Immunizations; Health Screening:
Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Cholesterol (by appointment), Pregnancy, Health and Wellness;
Child Car Seat Check (by appointment); Information about:
Healthy Lifestyle - Exercise, Nutrition, Recommendations for
Routine Medical Care, Safety Individual, Home, Car Seat,
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Parenting,
Child Health, Growth & Development, Reproductive Health &
Family Planning, Infectious Diseases, Chronic Illness, Unhealthy
Lifestyle Behaviors, such as
Smoking, Drug and Alcohol
Abuse, Unsafe Sex; Information
and Assistance in Accessing Re-
sources.
For appointments or questions, call 763-682-7717, or tollfree at 1-800-362-3667, ext.
7717. For immunizations, bring
past immunization records to the
van, if available. * Van hours
Monday through Thursday are
from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Upcoming dates:
Thursday, December 18:
Marketplace, Cokato
Saturday, December 20:
Cub Foods, Buffalo
Monday, December 22:
Rockwoods Grill, Otsego
Tuesday, December 23:
Rogers BP Amoco, Maple Lake
The complete WOW van
schedule is available online at:
http://www.co.wright.mn.us/department/humanservices/wow
Wright County Public Health
offers cholesterol testing in the
Wellness on Wheels (WOW)
Van. The entire test takes about
30 minutes. We have two different test options. A 12 hour fast is
required for a lipid profile including blood sugar screening. The
cost is $35. A non-fasting test is
also available. This test gives
your total cholesterol and HDL.
The cost is $25.

December 17, 2014
County Board
Church
BETHLEHEM UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
400 County Rd. 37 NE, Maple
Lake
Ph.: 320-963-3118
www.bethuccml@gmail.com
mfritz@ants.edu
Interim Pastor: Michael Fritz
SUN.: 9:30 a.m., Worship; 10:30
a.m., Fellowship; 10:45 a.m., Sunday School, Confirmation;
Newsletter Deadline.
WED.: 7 p.m., Christmas Eve Carols and Candlelight Service.
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN
CHURCH
5460 63rd St. NW, Box 462, Maple
Lake
Ph.: 763-463-9447
www.holycrossmaplelake.org
Pastors: Culynn Curtis
Visitors Are Always Welcome!
THURS.: 7 p.m., Bible Study.
SUNDAY: 8 a.m., Traditional Worship; 9:15 a.m., Faith Formation;
10:30 a.m., Contemporary Worship; 4 p.m., Christmas Program
and Soup Supper.
MON.: 11 a.m., First of All Prayer
Group; 1 p.m., Quilters
WED.: 5 p.m., Christmas Eve Family Service; 7 & 10 p.m., Christmas
Eve Candlelight Services.
THURS.: 10:30 a.m., Christmas
Day Communion Service.
CHURCH OF SAINT TIMOTHY
8 Oak Ave. N., Maple Lake
Ph.: 320-963-3726
www.churchofsttimothy.org
Pastor: Father John Meyer
Interim School Principal: Dawn
Kincs
SAT.: 3:30-4:15 p.m., Confessions;
4:30 p.m., Mass.
SUN.: 8 & 10 a.m., Mass.
WED.: 4:30 & 10 p.m., Christmas
Eve Masses.
THURS.: 9 a.m., Christmas Day
Mass.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH IN SILVER CREEK
(LCMS)
11390 Elliott Ave. N.W., M.L.
Ph.: 763-878-2820, 320-333-8636
Pastor: Rev. George W. Sagissor III
SUN.: 10 a.m., Worship
Service/Children's Christmas Program.
WED. 6 p.m., Christmas Eve Candlelight Service.
Service.
SILVER CREEK
COMMUNITY CHURCH
4282 114th St. NW, Maple Lake,
MN 55358
3 miles so. of I-94 on Co. Rd. 143,
just off Hwy. 8; Ph.: 320-963-3957;
605-553-5240
www.silvercreekcommunitychurch.com
Pastor: Luke Baehr
SUN.: 10 a.m., Worship/Children's
Christmas Program.
WED.: 5 p.m., Christmas Eve
Service.
ANNANDALE EVAN. FREE
CHURCH
10252 St. Hwy. 55 N.W., Annandale
Ph.: 320-274-8951
Pastor: Dennis L. Johnson
THURS.: 7 p.m., CryOut Practice.
SAT.: 7:30 p.m., Bible Doctrine.
SUN.: 8:15 a.m., Prayer; 8:30 &
11 a.m., Worship Service w/Communion; 9:45 a.m., Sunday School;
6 p.m., Gospel Life.
MON.: 9 a.m., Grandmas in
Prayer; 7 p.m., Men's Bible Study.
TUES.: 7 p.m., Celebrate Recovery.
WED.: 5 p.m., Christmas Eve
Service.
ANNANDALE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
250 Oak Ave. N., Box 329, Annan.
Ph.: 320-274-5127
www.mumac.org/~annandaleumc
Pastor: Ruth Hograbe
FRI.: 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous.
SUN.: 9 a.m., Worship Service;
10:15 a.m., Coffee Fellowship,
Sunday School.
TUES.: 8 p.m., AA/Al-Anon.
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
CHURCH
7809 Co. Rd. 35 W., Annandale
Ph.: 320-963-3592
Pastor: Lynn Machula
SUN.: 9:30 a.m., Worship Service
w/Communion; 10:30 a.m., Sunday
School & Bible Study.
WED.: 4:30 p.m., Bible Study.
EAGLES GROVE CHURCH
PO Box 1020, Annandale
Location: Hwy. 55, next to The
Marketplace
Ph.: 320-248-6024
Lead Pastor: Jason Pence
www.eaglesgrove.org & Facebook
SUN.: 10:30 a.m., Worship Service; Energized Music and Quality
Children's Programs Provided.
MT. HERMON LUTHERAN
CHURCH
1284 Keats Ave. N.W., Annandale
Ph.: 320-963-3284
Pastor: Marianne Zitzewitz
SUN.: 9:30 a.m., Worship.
THURS.: 9:30 a.m., Christmas Day
Worship.

ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
331 W. Harrison St., Annandale
Ph.: 320-274-8827
www.stjohns-annandale.org
Pastor: Dave E. Nelson and Tom
Heyd
SUN.: 8:30 Traditional Worship;
10 a.m., Contemporary Worship.
BUFFALO SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
200 2nd Ave. NE, Buffalo
Ph.: 763-682-3582
Pastor: Devin Locati
SAT.: 9:45 a.m., Bible Study; 11
a.m., Church Service.
HOSANNA LUTHERAN
CHURCH
1705 Hwy. 25 N., Buffalo, Mo.
Syn.
Pastor: Rob Jarvis
Ph.: 763-682-3278; www.hosannalcms.org
SUN.: 9 a.m., Worship Service;
10:30 a.m., Bible Study and Sunday School.
TUES.: 8 p.m., Young Adults
Group.
WED.: 10 a.m., Bible Study; 7
p.m., Confirmation Class.
BUFFALO UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
WED.: Discussion Group Meets
the 2nd & 4th Wednesday, Sept.
thru May, 7:30 p.m., at Buffalo
Community Center, Across the
Street from the Post Office at 206
Central Ave. (Hwy. 25). For More
Information, Call Luke at 763-6824616 or Visit www.buuf.us. Everyone is welcome.
BUFFALO EVANGELICAL
FREE CHURCH
2051 50th Street NE, Buffalo, MN
(corner of Hwy. 25 N. & County
Rd. 113)
Ph. 763-682-6846; www.buffalofree.org
info@buffalofree.org
Senior Pastor: Brian Thorstad
THURS.: 7 p.m., Small Groups;
7:30 a.m., AA & Al-Anon.
FRI.: 6 a.m., Men's Small Group; 7
p.m., Small Groups.
SUN.: 9:30 a.m., Advent Service,
Coffee Fellowship, Children's
Church; 11 a.m., Sunday School
for All Ages; 6 p.m., Youth Groups;
7 p.m., Small Group.
MON.: 7 p.m., Women's Bible
Study; 7:30 p.m., Al-Anon.
TUES.: 7 p.m., Knitting Ministry;
7:30 p.m., Men's Small Group, AA,
GA.
WED.: 4 p.m., Christmas Eve Candlelight Service.
THURS.: 9:30 a.m., Christmas Day
Service.
BUFFALO COVENANT
CHURCH
1601 Hwy. 25 N., Buffalo
Ph.: 763-682-1470
www.buffalocov.org
Lead Pastor: Max Frazier
SAT.: 5 p.m., Living Nativity.
SUN.: 8 a.m., Traditional Worship;
9:30 & 11 a.m., Contemporary
Worship; 9:30 & 11 a.m., Sunday
School; 5 p.m., Living Nativity.
MON.: Noon, Prayer Group; 1
p.m., Women's Bible Study.
TUES.: 9 a.m., MOPS Steering; 6
p.m., Elders; 8 p.m., Women's Volleyball.
WED.: 1:30, 3 & 4:30 p.m., Christmas Eve Services.
THURS.: Office Closed.
Potter said he expected to get

some backlash when the numbers were announced back in
September, but he was pleasantly
surprised to see that the reaction
wasnt one of anger, but one of
acceptance that these projects
and hires needed to be done.
I havent really gotten any
pushback on it, because most
people understand why it has to
be increased, Potter said.
Weve held the line at zero
growth for so long that weve
fallen behind in service and
things like roads and knew that
things had to change. The reaction Ive received has almost all
CELEBRATION COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Affiliated with Evangelical Free
Ch.
Box 171, Montrose; 763-675-3003
Interim Pastor: Dawson Grover;
763-675-3003
SUN.: 10 a.m., Worship at Montrose Elementary School Gymnasium.
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Maple Lake is turning 125 years old!
BAKERY SPECIAL
Maple Lake
(320) 963-5731
push for openness in government

is making an impact.
I think weve made big
strides in being as transparent as
we can, Daleiden said. If you
go to the county website, you can
see everything that we see at the
board meeting and what were
spending money on. There is still
room to improve, but weve
come a long way over the last
year or so. We dont want people
to think that were making decisions behind closed doors, because were not. We want to be
as open and transparent as we
can be and I think this years
budget process reflected that.
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TRI-COUNTY ALLIANCE
CHURCH
8464 160th St. N.W.
Clearwater, MN; 320-558-2750
Pastor: Dave Fogal
SUN.: 10:30 a.m., Worship Service.
www.tcachurch,com
come as much of a surprise to

those who follow county government closely.
One of the hallmarks of the
new county board, which elected
four new members that took office in January 2013, has been to
be as open with their books and
their decisions as possible. The
combination of seeking public
input and putting all of the board
agenda items and supporting materials on the county website has
led to an increase in awareness as
to what the county approves and
why. It may not be the final answer for some residents, but the
commissioners believe their
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FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
LCMC
12449 Clementa Ave. NW, Monticello
Pastor: Jim Tetlie, 763-878-2092
www.lutheran-faith.org
Secretary's office hours are: 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., Mon., Wed., Thurs.
Tuesdays, Wednesday & Thursday
SUN.: 8:30 a.m., Traditional Worship; 9:45 a.m., Sunday School; 11
a.m., Celebration Worship.
WED.: 3, 5 & 11 p.m., Christmas
Eve Candlelight Services.
Service.
been understanding that we have

to spend because weve fallen
behind in funding things we
should have been funding for
years, but the economy was in
such bad shape, the board didnt
feel like it could during that time.
I thought we did a good job of
keeping it down as much as we
did. Other counties found themselves with double-digit increases.
The board is expected to approve its final budget and levy at
its Dec. 16 meeting. With all the
discussions out of the way, all
thats left to do is approve the
final numbers, which havent
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December 17, 2014
School News
School
9-12 grade winter choir concert
MSU Moorhead
graduation is Dec. 18
Minnesota State University
Moorhead will award degrees to
362 students during its fall commencement program Thursday, Dec.
18, at 1 p.m. in the universitys
Nemzek Fieldhouse.
The following local students are
expected to graduate:
Megan Ackerman
Buffalo High School
Degree(s): Bachelor of Science
Major(s): Exercise Science
Trista Bentler
Annandale High School
Major(s): University Studies
Honors: Cum Laude
Brooke Gagnon
Buffalo High School
Degree(s): Bachelor of Arts
Major(s): Biology
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Jeffrey Whitcomb
Buffalo High School
Major(s): Photojournalism
Erica Zander
Maple Lake High School
Degree(s): Bachelor of Arts
Major(s): Theatre Arts
Honors: Cum Laude
Wax Museum display

presentation is Dec. 19
Naomi Durst's senior English
class will be presenting the Wax
Museum on Friday, December 19,
from 9 - 10:30 in the high school
large group room.
The displays are:
Nancy Drew
The Scarlett Pimpernel
A Christmas Carol
Divergent
The Song of Fire and Ice
The public is invited to come
and see the displays, and visitors
should check in at Door E (high
school office doors).
Speech meeting is Dec. 22

The Maple Lake speech team
will be having an organizational
meeting Monday, December 22, at
3:05 p.m. in high school room C-20.
Competitive speech is open to all
district 881 students in grades 7-12
that would enjoy debate, storytelling, acting, or public speaking.
More information is available on the
teams website: tiny.cc/irishspeech,
or by calling the high school office
at 963-3171.
1-Act Play is Jan. 29

Everyone is welcome to the public performance of the 1-Act Play on
Thursday, January 29, at 6:30 p.m.
Free admission.
Post Prom dinners

The Post Prom committee invites the public to attend their
Wednesday dinners at The V from
5-7 p.m. Kids meals are also available. All proceeds support the Post
Prom party. You can enter your
name to win one of the two door
prizes at no additional cost. For to
go orders, please call 320-963-3405.
Future dinner dates are February
4, March 4 and April 1.
District 881
Menus
Breakfast
MONDAY, Dec. 22
Pancake on a stick or choice of 2
WG cereals, WW toast, jelly/margarine, vegetable selection, fresh
fruit, milk
TUESDAY, Dec. 23
WG iced cinnamon roll or choice of
2 WG cereals, WW toast, jelly/margarine, vegetable selection, fresh
fruit, milk
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24
Christmas vacation begins
Lunch
MONDAY, Dec. 22
Turkey BLT wrap or pork & gravy,
mashed potatoes, bread, crispy
chicken tenders, mashed potatoes,
bread; spinach salad, cauliflower;
choice of fruit, milk
TUESDAY, Dec. 23
Yogurt pak or corn dog, baked
beans, Italian meatball sub, baked
beans; baby carrots, radishes;
choice of fruit, milk
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24
Christmas vacation begins
Left: The ninth grade choir sings a song called The Rhythm of Life at the 9th through 12th grade holiday concert on Monday. They are, front row,
from left, Kaleigh Beeler, Shauntel Johnson, Linsey Rachel and Grace Thiele. Row two, from left are, Molly Scheiber, Amber Klug and Anna Becker.
Row three, from left are, Ben Rivers and Colton Christopherson. Row five, from left are, Tyler Weimer, Ian Larson and Cole Trager. Right: Maple
Lake choir director Sue Nelson leads the 10th through 12th grade choir Dec. 15 at their annual holiday concert in the high school auditorium. Pictured in the front, from left are, Taylor Pilger, Lydia Green, Emily Webb and Audrey Berndt. In the back, from left, are David Stokman, Brendan
Heald and Jackson Willard. (Photos by Brenda Erdahl)
Catherine Luckemeyer asked

her 4th graders to write about
Christmas memories or their
preference towards being one of
Santas elves or reindeer.
Jordana Jude - My favorite
Christmas memory is going to
my Uncle Bills house two years
ago. We did a candy cane hunt
and I found a lot of candy canes.
We also played in the snow and
me and Hannah built a snowman. My family and I ate dinner
with Grandma, & Grandpa, and
Bill, Jessie, Travis, and all my
cousins. I was wearing Christmas colors and my family did
too. When we were at Uncle
Bills there was a lot of snow on
the ground. We played a lot of
games. My family and I had a
lot of fun. After the candy cane
hunt we ate the candy canes and
had a lot of fun together. When
it was time to go home my family and I said good-bye. Then we
left and had a lot of time to sleep
in the car.
Sean Hazzard - My favorite
Christmas memory is the time
that my brother and I got a new
dog. The dog was two months
old. His name is Jackson. He is
a Chihuahua. He is so cute. We
got him four years ago. I was six
years old when we got him.
When I got out of bed that
morning, I went out to the living
room and there was a present
under the tree. I opened it and I
looked into the box and there
was the dog. I love my puppy.
He is white and black with a little bit of brown on his eyes. My
dog Jackson likes to play in my
room all the time. He likes to
jump up on my bed to sleep.
That was the best Christmas
ever!
Maurisa Wojciak - My favorite Christmas memory is seeing Santas sleigh track in the
snow. It was so pretty, I love it!
It was also glistening in the
snow and it was really big. But
the snow covered some of it up.
My sister was also there when it
happened. The reason why its
my favorite memory is because
I love Christmas. I was about six
or seven when this happened,
but I still remember it very
clearly. It is a sweet memory to
remember. Im glad to have this
memory and it will be one of my
favorites forever.
Damen Klatt - I would
rather be a reindeer than an elf
because I could fly high in the
sky. I would have big antlers and
that would be awesome. Being a
reindeer is better than being an
elf because I wouldnt have to
make the presents. It would be

cool to live in the North Pole
and I would stay really warm
because of my thick fur. If I
were an elf Id have pointy ears,
be too small, and have to work
all year long. Id want to be
Rudolph because then I would
have a red nose and get to lead
Santas sleigh. That would be
fun! I could also play in snow
banks and feel the breeze on my
face I could have bells around
my neck and jingle them around
town where Im delivering presents; and the kids would be so
happy.
Jasmine Mitchell - Id rather
be a reindeer than an elf because
Id be able to fly. People cant
fly and if I were an elf Id have
to work for Santa. I would rather
live with Santa and have antlers.
I would get to see everybodys
house and get to pull Santas
sleigh. Id go fast through the
snow, and I would have fur and
get to see the children. Id also
get to see Santas magic and get
to use magic myself when I fly.
Mitchell Koss - I would
rather be a reindeer than an elf
because I could fly. Second I
would have fur to keep warm
and in the winter and I would
have access to Santas and his
workshop. It would be cool to
pull Santas sleigh and have
antlers. I would get to see places
around the world that the elves
dont get to go. I also get carrots
at peoples houses. Kids look up
to me and Id get to see all the
presents. I would like having a
tail too. My kind are used to the
cold so we dont get cold. When
I work hard I get to lead the
team. I have lots of reindeer
friends. I would not like to be an
elf because it is all work, no
snack, and no breaks, just work.
Also because I would have
weird ears and I would be short
and stubby. They dont get to
fly or have fun, and elves smell.
They also talk weird, and dont
get appreciated enough.
Carter Jostock - I would
rather be a cute baby reindeer
than an elf because then I could
fly. I would also get to meet
Santa. It would be fun flying
over cities and seeing the city
lights. I would get to be in
Christmas movies and experience what its like to eat carrots
all day long. It would be fun to
walk on four legs and eat unlimited snow. Yum! The bad part is
that Its really cold in the North
Pole. I would get to see the elves
but I wouldnt want to be one
because I dont like pointy ears.
The Maple Lake ninth grade choirs sing a collection of Christmas carols. They are, front,
from left, Sienna Ortiz, Kora Fuller, Kaleigh Beehler and Shantel Johnson. In the back,
from left are Colton Christopherson, Danielle Miller, Ben Weese and Cole Trager.
PATRIOTS PEN
Why I Appreciate Americas Veterans
By Bethany Schults
Bethany attends St. Timothys
School and is one of Laurie
Hajnys 7th grade students.
Our Veterans are good people. Most people say they appreciate them without giving the
subject much thought. These are
reasons I think we should appreciate them and all their efforts.
Our Veterans are brave to go
fight in wars. They could have
chosen to stay at home and have
some other job and remain with
their families. Because they
chose to go to war, they are
faced with many dangerous situations, but our veterans held on
and showed their courage. I
thank them for that because that
is something I admire.
They fought hard constantly.
Fighting is hard if you think
about it, all the perspiration, effort, guns, and a fast beating
heart. It is hard to fight, but it is
an honorable and dangerous
thing. That is why we thank
them for it.
It is difficult to fight in any
war. Some Veterans suffer
greatly from different wounds,
some physical, and some mental. The things they experienced
are unbelievable. Because soldiers do so much for us we
should be there to help them
when they return. It takes
courage to go through the traumas of war.
If you think about it, we have
more freedoms in our country
than many other counties do. If
our Veterans had not fought in
times of war, we might not have
the freedoms that some people
take for granted, such as being

free to practice our religions,
being free to put what we want
in print, and the freedom of assembly. We should appreciate
our Veterans and their efforts for
entering the war to fight and all
they had to go through. I sincerely hope we all appreciate the
Veterans because no matter what
job they had, it was important to
our country.
I appreciate Veterans because
I know they fought not just for
me, but for all of my family. If I
saw a Veteran today, tomorrow,
or another day, I would say,
Thank You, Thank you so
much for all you did. The Veterans deserve our thanks for all
they have done, and for what
they continue to do for our country.
Annandale/Maple Lake Rink Rat Hockey is Back!

For Boys & Girls Ages 3 Thru 8
(that have never played organized hockey)
Starts: Tuesday, January 6th
and will run Tuesdays & Saturdays

Location: Annandale Outdoor Rink Low Cost: $25.00
Introduction to Hockey: Will learn basic skating skills and the game of hockey
Contact Annandale/Maple Lake Community Ed 320-274-3058

December 17, 2014
Three choppers down
Week of December 19-25
Rasset estimates that ninety

or ninety-five percent of his class
got orders to Vietnam. By March
of 1971, thirteen months after he
was drafted, he was in the war
zone as a helicopter pilot.
We went from Oakland to
Anchorage to Japan to Ton Son
Nhut airbase near Saigon. It finally hit home where we were
going when they turned off all
the planes directional lights and
cabin lights before we landed. I
thought, This is serious.
The next day he was off to Da
Nang in the northern region at
that time the busiest airport in the
world handling nearly 2,600
flights a day. And from there it
was up to Camp Eagle, near Hue,
even further north. It was the
home base for the famed 101st
Airborne Division.
I thought Vietnam was hot,
dirty and dusty. It was just so different.
He was shown into the office
of the executive officer.
He said, Well, Mr. Rasset,
weve been looking for you.
Were glad you could make it.
Welcome to the party.
He was shown to his quarters.
There were all these guys hanging around with cut-off fatigues,
t-shirts and slippers.
Then I realized, these are the
pilots. I thought, Well, Im overdressed.
The pilots in his unit were
called the Kingsmen, and Rasset
was given the handle, Kingsman
11. They served in the 101st Airmobile Battalion.
He was assigned to his room
in the hootch. It was about an
eight-by-twelve foot room with
two bunks in it.
Thats where you spent your
year. You put all your stuff in
there, everything you owned.
Rasset was welcomed into the
group. There was a lot of camaraderie. It was a very tight-knit
group. We were basically on call
24/7, but wed get a day off now
and then.
There was one little initiation
ceremony the new pilots had to
go through. In the Kingsmen officers club, late one night, the
new pilots were each given a
glass of booze. I dont know
what it was, but it burned. The
concoction was lit on fire, and
the trick was to drink it dry while
keeping the fire going.
If the fire went out, or the
glass wasnt empty, the new guy
had to do it again.
The first time, I didnt do
very well, but then I got the hang
of it. On the second try, I burned
off half my mustache, and I had
second-degree burns all down
my neck, but I did it right. I
could join the older pilots. They
thought it was hilarious.
The pilots main job was to
bring troops to a landing zone
(LZ), extract troops from an LZ,
and bring supplies and ordinance
to the fight. Each Huey had a
crew of four including the air
commander, the pilot (actually a
co-pilot or peer pilot), a crew
chief who was in charge of maintaining the aircraft, and a door
gunner. Both of the latter two
manned .30 caliber machine
guns at the Hueys doors.
His first job was as the pilot
in the right-hand seat, training
under veteran pilots. If anything
happens to the pilot, your job is
to get the chopper back home.
The helicopters were sometimes so loaded down with ordnance or people that they would
have to bounce down the runway
until they could build up enough
speed to take off. If it was 70
degrees, it would have been easy,
but when its 106 degrees and
humid, its a little more difficult.
The first missions were easy
and involved little danger often
just bringing someone to another
base. After a couple of weeks of
this, the other pilots would ask
sarcastically, Hows the taxi
service going today?
Finally the day came when he
was assigned to a mission that
would extract soldiers from a
hot LZ, one that was under attack.
Rassets Huey was one of
four on the mission. It was my
first exposure to real combat. We
had the Cobra gunships along
with us. As we got over the LZ, I
could hear these ticks or thuds. I
asked, What is that?

He was informed that it was
bullets hitting the helicopter.
Just then the crew chief was
on the headphone. He said, Lets
get the hell out of here. Theyre
shooting up our fuselage. I dont
want to be up all night patching
holes.
After the extraction, the pilot
took the Huey up to about five
thousand feet. There were two
theories about that. One was to
get high enough to get out of the
small arms fire. The other was to
just go along the treetops. They
could hear you coming, but its
jungle and they cant see you. By
the time youre over them,
youre gone. It would take a
lucky shot to get you.
During Rassets time in Vietnam, he said the war would heat
up and then cool off for different
periods. About three months into
his tour, it heated up, particularly
in the A Shau Valley near Hue,
where the 101st was conducting
operations.
There was a lot of activity,
and it got pretty ugly. We lost a
couple of pilots. There was a lot
more contact with the enemy
than before.
The enemy had RPGs, rocketpropelled grenades, that could
take down a helicopter in a hurry.
One day in this campaign,
Rasset, who was still the copilot
on his Huey, helped bring in a
load of troops, about eight or
nine soldiers. We were third in
line of four choppers. We had
about thirty seconds to get the
soldiers on the ground and then
get out of the way for the next
chopper. We knew this LZ was
hot. We had just landed our guys,
and we were beginning to pull
off when we got hit by an RPG.
The explosive shell hit the helicopter with a shock. All of a
sudden, youre not going anywhere. All you can try to do is
slow down the crash. We were
now over the jungle and as we
went down the rotor was cutting
off the trees. The pilot did a great
job. He was pulling all the pitch
he could from the rotor just before we hit the ground. We all
walked away.
The Huey was crushed, but
the landing had been just soft
enough for survival.
We didnt spend much time
on the ground. We walked back
to the LZ and the next Huey
coming in picked us up. It
worked out really well.
The action got even more intense in the following weeks. It
was a real reality check. It
changed the whole dynamic of
the war. It wasnt somebody else
that crashed, it was guys we
knew, crews we knew.
Guys that drank, drank a little more. Guys that had a bad attitude, got a little worse attitude.
It was just stress.
About that time, Rasset was
promoted to the left-hand seat as
air commander. He had to fly a
check ride with an experienced
pilot to make sure he could do all
the things that might be required
on the missions.
Again, he was only assigned
to safe missions for a time. The
day might include operations off
and on.
Sometimes at 10 at night Id
still be helping the crew chief get
the chopper fixed.
Rasset generally flew with the
same crew, but when the chopper
was down for maintenance or to
fix bullet holes, the crew would
get a break and Rasset would
take up another chopper. The
crews worked hard, and we liked
to give them a break and not beat
them to death back there.
Rasset said the constant
flights into dangerous neighborhoods became somewhat addictive for the pilots. Theres just
that adrenaline rush of doing it.
During this time, the pilots
could volunteer for what was
called Command and Control
North. It was basically a classic
CIA covert ops thing. Wed fly
special forces recon teams in so
they could do surveillance.
Many of the flights were into
Laos.
On one flight, the group of
helicopters was joined by a silver-painted Huey. They flew
right with us. I looked over and
these guys were wearing white
shirts and ties and the reflective
sunglasses. And they had their

doors closed. They just gave us
the thumbs-up. There was no
radio contact. Did we know who
they were? We had no idea.
The teams that would be
brought in often consisted of
three or four Special Forces
troops and maybe 12 indigenous
fighters, usually Hmong or Cambodian.
When we put people into
Laos, they didnt have any trouble finding the bad guys. They
were all around. And they always
knew we were coming.
On a mission to bring in a
team, Rassets helicopter was the
first of four coming into a hot
LZ. As the Huey was approaching the LZ, it was struck hard in
the tail section by an RPG. You
talk about those Bruce Willis
movies where the helicopter
goes spinning around. That was
us. If that RPG had hit about 10
feet forward, wed all have been
dead. The other Hueys aborted
the mission and headed home.
Thats what they were supposed to do. They did the right
thing.
Rassets
Huey
corkscrewed into the ground.
We were lucky we didnt get
hung up in the trees.
The next thing Rasset knew,
he was coming to with his Huey
crashed into the jungle. I must
have been stunned, because I
kind of woke up and the crew
chief was telling me we had to
get out of the aircraft. He unhooked my harness and got me
out of my seat and told me wed
better f-ing get out of there.
But Rassets training was taking over. Despite his mental fog,
he knew he had to get his gun.
All I could think of was do I
have enough ammunition? He
got his gun and his ammunition,
and the crew chief thought he
could get Rasset away from the
crashed chopper, but not quite
yet.
I told him I had to get the
black box. They train us that we
have to get the black box. He
looked at me and said, Really?
Just leave that piece of crap. The
whole aircraft is going to burn in
about 10 minutes. But I said,
What if it doesnt burn? What a
fiasco.
The crew of the Huey joined
the team they were supposed to
land. These were the specialists.
They knew what they were
doing. They immediately started
using the hand signals, and we
moved off into the jungle without a sound.
I knew enough to keep my
big mouth shut and follow the
leader. If Id been in charge,
wed have ended up in Thailand
or China.
To this day, Rasset doesnt
understand why the enemy
didnt come to finish them off.
They knew exactly where we
were. We were sitting ducks.
By the second day, the little
group of survivors found a river
bed, and the going got somewhat
easier.
They still had their radio, and
on the third day when they came
to a clearing along the river bed,
they were able to call for a helicopter to pick them up.
They took us to Da Nang
and then back to Camp Eagle.
Out & About
The next day, this guy shows up

and says that Gen. Powell wants
to see me and that a vehicle is
waiting. I said, Holy shit. I had
to go through about three layers
of offices, and I told the secretary
I had an appointment with Gen.
Powell. They brought me in.
My knees were shaking so
bad, I was sure that he could hear
them.
The two chatted a bit about
the 101st, and then Powells demeanor changed. Now lets get
to the point. What were you
doing in Laos?
After Rassets stumbling account of Command and Control
North and the CIA, and after
Powell had silenced him, he said
to the young warrant officer:
Okay, fine. But just between
you and me and the mouse, we
were never there.
Rasset replied, That works
for me, sir.
And that was the end of Rassets interview with the man who
many thought would run for
president of the United States in
years to come.
Months later, near the end of
his tour, Rasset and others were
in a ceremony where medals
were being presented.
Rasset had earned two Bronze
Stars, several Air Medals and
other awards during his time in
Vietnam. Present for the ceremony was none other than General Colin Powell.
When he got up to me, he
looked and said, Congratulations, Mr. Rasset, we meet again.
Have you been staying home? I
just said, Yes, sir.
But he hadnt been staying
home. While still chauffeuring
troops back and forth to Laos,
Rasset guided one more chopper
to the ground. We were extracting a team. But the LZ was being
hit with mortars and was basically overrun. The guys on the
ground were trained for that
stuff. I wasnt.
The Huey never actually
landed, but tried to pick up the
team by hovering just off the
ground. They were piling in,
and then it was go, go, go. We
were probably doing 90 miles an
hour over the tree tops. Just then,
the crew chief said on the headphones, Theres a couple of
those little guys hanging on the
bars outside. Somehow he was
able to drag them in.
Afterwards, Rasset said the
Huey started acting sluggish. It
was probably a mortar that got
us, but it hit a hydraulic line.
Everything on the helicopter runs
on hydraulics. Pretty soon I
couldnt do anything with the
aircraft.
By this time, though, the helicopter had crossed back into
Vietnam and Rasset found an
abandoned airstrip to crash on.
Luckily it wasnt booby
trapped. Again, everyone survived.
We called Triple A, and they
came and got us. Thats what it
was like in Vietnam. There
would be a war going on over
here, and a few miles away
theyd be having potluck. Thats
the way that crazy war went on.
Three choppers down

continued on page 14
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Sports

December 17, 2014
Irish boys basketball wins two more

By Brenda Erdahl
Sports Writer
The Maple Lake boys basketball team is 5-1 after two

games last week.
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, they
traveled to Holdingford where
they claimed their first Central
Minnesota Conference win by
defeating the Huskers 63-40.
On Friday, Dec. 12, Maple
Lake hosted Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted and cruised to a
78-63 victory with the help of an
energetic home crowd.
David Stokman led scoring
for the Irish, Tuesday night, with
17 points; Andrew Schonnesen
and Brandon Borell contributed
13; Chase Olson had six; Tony
Goelz had five; and Ian Rivers,
Michael Scherber and Nick Paumen had three each.
It was a night where we didn't shoot the ball particularly
well, but our defense and rebounding carried us to victory,
Coach Tim Staloch said. We
played very well defensively and
did a great job rebounding.
Paumen and Olson each had
eight rebounds and Stokman and
Goelz had six and Schonnesen
had five.
The Irish also had an excellent night at the free-throw line,
converting 24 of 30 attempts.
It was a total team effort on
both sides of the ball, Staloch
said.
The Irish shot the ball better
on Friday, jumping to a 44-29
lead by the end of the first half
against H-W-W. The Lakers
tried to slow down the home
teams scoring by switching up
their defense, but the Irish responded well, Staloch said.
At one point they went with a

triangle and two to try to slow
Stokman and Schonnesen down,
but Goelz hit some big threes
and the Irishs post dominated
the boards during that stretch.
Goelz was four for 10 at the
three-point line and he accumulated 20 points total for the Irish.
Stokman contributed 19 points
for the team and Schonnesen
had nine. Other point earners
were Ian Rivers with one; Scherber with three; Blake Wellsted
with two; Olson with seven;
Paumen with six; and Borell had
11.
Again, rebounding was key
for the Maple Lake team. The
Irish out-rebounded H-W-W 4020 and outscored them 29-10 on
second-chance points.
It was definitely a team
win, Staloch said. These players are very unselfish. We still
need to get better at the defensive end, but I think we are making positive strides in that area.
We gave up more points
than we would have liked, but
we did a nice job of taking away

some things that they like to do.
Our team really appreciates
the support of the students, parents, and community, Staloch
added. Hopefully we can pack
the gym next week for our tournament.
On Thursday, Dec. 18, and
Friday, Dec. 19, Maple Lake
will host a tournament with
Mayer Lutheran, Lester PrairieHoly Trinity and Foley. Games
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Maple Lake vs. Holdingford
Stats
Pts Rebs Asts
I. Rivers
3 1
A. Schonnesen 13 5 4
T. Goelz
5 6 1
D. Stokman
17 6 6
M. Scherber
3 3
C. Olson
6 8
R. Kalinowski
- 3 1
D. Kaley
- 1
A. Toedter
- 1
N. Paumen
3 8
B. Borell
13 4
First Half
Maple Lake - 30
Holdingford - 13
Second Half
Maple Lake - 33
Holdingford - 27
Final Score: 63-40
Maple Lake vs. Howard LakeWaverly-Winsted Stats
Pts Rebs Asts
I. Rivers
1 1
A. Schonnesen
9 2 3
T. Goelz
20 4 3
D. Stokman
19 5 3
A. Ruhland
- 1
M. Scherber
3 2
B. Wellsted
2
C. Olson
7 7
R. Kalinowski
- 1
A. Toedter
- 2
N. Paumen
6 5 1
B. Borell
11 8 3
First Half
Maple Lake - 44
HLWW - 29
Second Half
Maple Lake - 34
HLWW - 34
Final Score: 78-63
Central Minnesota
Conference Boys
Basketball Standings
EV-W
HL-W-W
BBE
PIERZ
ROCKFORD
KIMBALL
MAPLE LAKE
Conf. Overall
4-0-0 7-0-0
2-0-0 4-1-0
0-0-0 0-1-0
1-0-0 2-2-0
0-1-0 3-2-0
1-1-0 5-1-0
2-1-0 5-1-0
Above: Tony Goelz, No. 5, with one of his many three-pointers that night. Goelz went
four for ten from the three-point line against Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted. Top Right:
Chase Olson, No. 21, scores two points for the Irish while Brandon Borell, No. 32,
watches for a potential rebound. Bottom Right: Nick Paumen, No. 30, gets a look at the
basket and scores two points for the Irish. (Photos by Charlene Wurm)
Girls basketball sees improvements

by Brenda Erdahl
Sports Writer
The young Maple Lake girls

basketball team is showing signs
of growth after two games last
week.
The Irish took on DasselCokato to kick off the week,
Tuesday, Dec. 9, at their home
opener. Although they lost 66 to
46, coaches are pleased with
how much the squad has improved since the start of the season.
The score of this game really doesn't reflect the improvements we made from our first
game, Coach Adam Ronnenberg said.
Offensively, we cut down
the number of turnovers we had
and executed our offense much
better. In the first half we took
away some of their inside game
by playing zone defense, but unfortunately, gave up some easy
looks at three-point shots. In the
second half we attacked the basket despite being undersized and
our transition game led to some
easy baskets providing us with a
chance mid-way through the
second half, Ronnenberg said.
The Irish cut the lead to nine
points with about six minutes remaining, but that was as close as
they would get to the Chargers.
Emily Webb led the way with
16 points and nine rebounds.
Kayla Hoistad had 14 points and
three steals.
D-C is a non-conference
team that plays a very physical
pressure style of basketball.
They are a great test each
year for us and one we really
look forward to, Ronnenberg
said.
The Irish were back on the
road, Thursday, Dec. 11, when
they traveled to St. Cloud Cathedral for a shot against a sub-section opponent.
Despite a good effort, according to coaches, the Irish fell
57-36.
The Crusaders zone pressure
made it hard for the Maple Lake
teams offense right from the
start. Shooting woes plagued the
Irish as well, but despite it all,
they managed to end the half
with only a nine-point deficit,
enough to come back from, theoretically, in the second half.
But it just wasnt meant to be.
The second half was more of the
same as the Irish struggled to
find any offensive rhythm.
Defensively, the Maple Lake
team held Cathedral under 60
points and, once again, won the
rebounding battle 32-28. They
also forced a season-high
turnovers on the Chargers, but
couldnt convert enough of them
into points.
All in all it was a good effort
and something we will build on
as we begin the conference
schedule, Ronnenberg said.
Webb led scoring for the Irish
with 13 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore forward
Morgan Scheiber had her breakout game with nine points and
seven rebounds.
The Irish were to play again
on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at home in
their conference opener against
Holdingford. On Thursday, Dec.
18, and Friday, Dec. 19, they
will travel to Eden ValleyWatkins for a pre-holiday tournament. Games start at 8 p.m. on
Thursday and 6 p.m. on Friday.
Friday we held a team building practice by inviting Rick
Rassier, teamwork and motivation instructor, Ronnenberg
added. It was a very uplifting

and team focused practice where
the girls participated in several
challenges to work on communication, determination, and support. Best practice of the year,
without a doubt. Looking forward to the upcoming week, he
said.
Maple Lake vs. St. Cloud

Cathedral Stats
Pts Rebs Asts
M. Graham
2 1 3
E. Webb
13 9 1
L. Rachel
2 7 1
K. Hoistad
5 1
M. Schieber
9 7
J. Macziewski
2 2
B. Toedter
3 4
-
Maple Lake vs. Dassel-Cokato

Stats
Pts Rebs Asts
M. Graham
2 4 2
E. Webb
16 9 3
L. Rachel
6 4 2
K. Hoistad
14 2
M. Schieber
6 6
J. Macziewski
2 2
B. Paumen
- 1 2
First Half
Maple Lake - 18
St. Cloud Cathedral - 27
First Half
Maple Lake - 22
Dassel-Cokato - 36
Second Half
Maple Lake - 24
Dassel-Cokato - 30
Final Score: 46-66
Second Half
Maple Lake - 18
St. Cloud Cathedral - 30
Final Score: 36-57
Central Minnesota
Conference Girls
Basketball Standings
Conf. Overall
BBE
0-0-0 0-0-0
EV-W
0-0-0 0-0-0
HL-W-W
0-0-0 0-0-0
ROCKFORD
0-0-0 1-4-0
MAPLE LAKE 0-0-0 0-3-0
HOLDINGFORD 0-0-0 0-2-0
PIERZ
0-0-0 2-2-0
KIMBALL
0-0-0 3-2-0
Left: Maple Lakes No. 23, Brynn Paumen, looks to pass

at a home game against Dassel-Cokato. Maple Lake lost
the battle 66-46. Top Right: A D-C defender tries to catch
No. 2, Mollie Graham, on a Maple Lake break-away. Bottom Right: No. 3, Emily Webb, goes for two despite D-C
pressure. She scored 16 points against the Chargers
Tuesday night. (Photos by Brenda Erdahl)

December 17, 2014
Gymnasts set season high score Monticello-Annandale-Maple Lake

by Brenda Erdahl
Sports Writer
The Maple Lake gymnastics

team may have lost to a tough
Becker squad Thursday, Dec. 11,
in Becker, but they did what they
set out to do, and that was to
score a team high and set some
personal records.
We knew going into this
meet that Becker was going to be
tough. Our team goal was to
achieve personal and team bests
and we definitely accomplished
a team best and had many personal bests for this season,
Coach Kaitlyn Helmbrecht said.
Junior Jordan Sifferle led the
team to a season-high score of
128.95 when she tied for first on
the vault with a score of 9.275,
which was the best finish of the
night for the Irish. She was also
second on the beam with a score
of 8.5, second in the all-around
with a score of 34.35 and fourth

on the floor with a score of 8.75.
Becker bested the Irish with a
score of 138.025.
Also placing for the Maple
Lake team was eighth grader
Gracie Elsenpeter whose performance on the beam earned
her an 8.45 for third place. She
also took fourth in the all-around
with a score of 32.275. Freshman Katelyn Fuller was fifth in
the all-around with a 29.95.
With having a couple injuries we had to have some junior varsity gymnasts fill in some
varsity spots and they really
stepped up to help the varsity
team achieve a season high,
Helmbrecht said. The girls are
showing more and more confidence each meet especially on
the balance beam.
Others who performed on
varsity for the Irish Thursday
night but didnt place include:

Delaney Sifferle who scored an
8.7 on the vault, and a 6.125 on
the bars; Fuller who scored an
8.0 on the vault, a 6.95 on the
bars, a 7.1 on the beam and a 7.9
on the floor; Shauni Johnson
who scored an 8.15 on the vault,
and a 7.55 on the beam; sophomore Halle Geyen who scored a
6.95 on the bars and a 6.75 on
the beam; Callie LaFave who
scored a 7.55 on the floor; and
Marisa Henrickson who scored
an 8.05 on the floor.
Up next for the Irish is Rush
City-Pine City-Hinckley on Friday, Jan. 9, in Rush City at 6
p.m.
We are looking forward to
our three-week break from competition to work on new skills
and make our routines stronger
for the second half of our season, Helmbrecht said.
boys hockey falls twice at home

by Brenda Erdahl
Sports Writer
The Monticello-AnnandaleMaple Lake boys hockey team

went 0-2 last week after battling
two tough teams from the north.
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the Moose
welcomed Brainerd to their
home ice in Monticello, the
Moose Sherritt Arena, where
they fell 3-2.
Four days later, on Saturday,
Dec. 13, they hosted Bemidji
and fell 4-0.
The Warriors jumped to an
early lead at 5:52 in the first period, Tuesday, off a goal by
Cole Ball with help from Eric
Stout. The Warriors extended
their lead to two when Adam
Fisher found the net on a power
play, assisted by Matt Casperson.
M-A-ML responded at 16:50

in the first period on an evenstrength goal by Jaden Jarmuzek, assisted by Trevor
Nodland.
The second period remained
scoreless until 16:00 when Nodland put in a power-play goal
for the Moose, assisted by Charlie Voller to tie things up.
The score remained 2-2 for
less than a minute before Brainerds Josh Howieson, assisted
by Tori Miller, deposited the
final goal of the game at 16:50
in the second.
Moose goalie Nathan Isaacson took the loss. He had 21
saves and allowed three goals.
The Moose went 1 for 4 on
power-play attempts and had 18
penalty minutes on five infractions.
Bemidji outshot the Moose

36-15, Saturday night. They
scored three of their four goals
in the first period. Their fourth
and final goal came in the second period by Alex Pollock, assisted by Michael Forseth and
Tyler McNamara.
Isaacson took the loss for the
Moose, making 32 saves for the
night.
Bemidji had 25 penalty minutes on seven infractions compared to the Mooses four
minutes on two infractions.
M-A-ML will take to the ice
next on Thursday, Dec. 18,
when they host Rogers at 7 p.m.
On Saturday, Dec. 20, they will
host Becker-Big Lake for a 3
p.m. game and on Tuesday,
Dec. 23, they will travel to Red
Wing for a 7 p.m. match-up.
Boys traveling basketball finishes 5th ANML youth wrestlers have

The Maple Lake 8th grade
boys traveling basketball team
traveled to Sauk Rapids on Saturday, Dec. 6th. The boys finished in 5th place by beating St.
Michael-Albertville 49-47 in
overtime. On Saturday, December 13, the team finished 1st in
a tournament in Howard Lake.

They defeated Howard LakeWaverly-Winsted 24-8 in the
first game. The Irish then
played Annandale and won 3832 in a very hard-fought game.
In the championship game the
Irish prevailed over Lester
Prairie by the score of 46-40.

The team would like to thank
the Maple Lake Legion for their
generous donation as well as
their sponsors, MP Nexlevel
and West Suburban Auto Sales.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Pictured in the front row are: Ben Goelz, Joe Stokman, Jackson Gallagher, Mike Miller
and Gabe Riviere. In the back row are: Coach Wayne Hoistad, Zach Cargill, Trent Miller,
Mitch Hoistad, Maxx Pribyl, Josh Pettit and Coach Brandon Goelz.
(Photo submitted by Wayne Hoistad)
successful weekend out of state
A few of the ANML youth wrestlers participated in the Hawkeye Nationals wrestling tournament held in Waterloo, Iowa on December 6 and 7. Hawkeye is the first of three legs
of the Midwest wrestling tour with the other two events being Badgerland Nationals in
LaCrosse, Wisconsin (Jan. 3-4, 2015), and Gopher State Nationals in Monticello, MN
(Feb. 7-8, 2015). This tournament drew in more than 600 wrestlers representing nine
different states. Participating in the tournament were: Porter Pribyl (2nd-grade), Mitchell
Koss (4th grade), Noah Gindele (4th-grade), and Adam Neumann (6th-grade). Neumannplaced 1st, Pribyl and Koss placed 2nd, and Gindele placed 3rd in their respective
brackets. The kids also had an opportunity for an autograph session with Dan Gable,
1972 Olympic Gold Medalist and former coach at the University of Iowa, where he
coached the Hawkeyes to 15 team titles. (Photo submitted by Amy Zander)
Lightning wrestling piles up the wins

by Brenda Erdahl
Sports Writer
The Annandale-Maple Lake

Wrestling team had a big week
on the road and at home.
They kicked things off on
Tuesday, Dec. 9, at a Foley Triangular where they beat Big Lake
53-15 and Foley 28-22. They
kept piling up the wins as the
week went on, cruising to a 50-9
victory over Litchfield, Thursday,
Dec. 11, at home in Maple Lake,
then beating Milaca on their
home mat, Friday, Dec. 12, 3929.
On Saturday, Dec. 13, they
were on the road again for the
Woodbury Royal Duals where
they placed second overall, only
four points away from winning
the tournament.
The Lightning will compete
again on Thursday, Dec. 18,
against Glencoe and Lester
Prairie at Glencoe-Silver Lake
High school at 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Frazee at 11
a.m.
Foley Triangular Tuesday,
Dec. 9
Annandale-Maple Lake
vs. Big Lake
106 Holden Youngs (A-ML)
won by forfeit; 113 Cuyler Helwig (A-ML) won by forfeit; 120
Cullen Gallagher (A-ML) won a
2-0 decision over Ben Morris
(BL); 126 Hunter Manka (AML) won a 10-3 decision over
Heath Foster (BL); 132 Tanner
Vassar (A-ML) won a 16-5 major
decision over Caleb Juhl; 138
Nate Carlson (A-ML) won by fall
at 1:18 over Patrick Liebl (BL);
145 Hunter Malachek (A-ML)
won by fall at 1:35 over Joe Morris (BL); 152 Hunter Hicks (AML) won a 10-2 major decision
over Parker Millam; 160 Dereck
Helaoe (BL) won a 3-2 decision

over Derek Tomberlin (A-ML).
Annandale-Maple Lake 53
Big Lake 15
Annandale-Maple Lake
vs. Foley
106 H. Youngs (A-ML) won
by a 2-0 decision over Ryan Dunlap (F); 113 Quinn Youngs (AML) won a 7-6 decision over
John Dierks (F); 120 Gallagher
(A-ML) won a 8-2 decision over
Austin Loehrer (F); 126 Noah
Lefebvre (F) won an 11-8 decision over Manka (A-ML); 132
Vassar (A-ML) won a 13-4 major
decision over Taylor Jurek (F);
138 Carlson (A-ML) won a 9-2
decision over Mitch Rothfork
(F); 145 Malacheck (A-ML) won
a 7-2 decision over Simon Bryce
(F); 152 Nathan Goulet (F) won
a 4-1 decision over Hicks (AML); 160 Brandon Jackson (F)
won a 3-0 decision over Tomberlin (A-ML); 170 Carter Nielsen
(F) won a 20-6 major decision
over Trae Bedford (A-ML); 182
Spencer Elwell (F) won by fall at
1:49 over Ben Gindel (A-ML);
195 Cory Schmidt (A-ML) won
by a 7-2 decision over Jon Olson
(F); 220 Saylor Schmidt (F) won
a 3-0 decision over Joe Driscoll
(A-ML); 285 Spencer Ogden (AML) won by fall at 4:21 over
Tyson Gothman (F).
Foley 22
A-ML vs. Litchfield,
Thursday, Dec. 11
106 H. Youngs (A-ML) won a
7-4 decision over Ezra Kaping
(L); 113 Jackson Penk (L) won a
10-3 decision over Cuyler Helwig (A-ML); 120 Q. Youngs (AML) won by fall at 1:03 over
Andrew Loch (L); 126 Manka
(A-ML) won a 5-3 decision over

Derek Fruetel (L); 132 Vassar (AML) won a 13-5 major decision
over Logan Nelson (L); 138 Carlson (A-ML) won a 10-4 decision
over Ryan Anderson (L); 145
Malachec (A-ML) won by forfeit; 152 Chandler Rask (A-ML)
won by forfeit; 160 Hicks (AML) won an 11-3 major decision
over Cody Kabunde (L); 170
Schmidt (A-ML) won an 8-3 decision over Connor Hoff (L); 182
Bedford (A-ML) won by forfeit;
195 Ben Gindele (A-ML) won a
4-3 decision over Logan Wagner
(L); 220 Spencer Ogden (A-ML)
won a 8-3 decision over Wyatt
Kaping (L); 285 Tristan Revering
(L) won by fall in 1:31 over Josh
Gindele (A-ML).
Litchfield 9
A-ML vs. Milaca,
Friday, Dec. 12
106 H. Youngs (A-ML) won
by fall in 3:41 over Spencer Cook
(M); 113 Q. Youngs (A-ML) won
a 13-7 decision over Jon Hall
(M); 120 Gallagher (A-ML) won
by fall in :28 over Zach Salgren
(M); 126 Manka (A-ML) won by
fall in 2:18 over Logan Majerus
(M); 132 Vassar (A-ML) won by
fall in 2:53 over Hunter Noor
(M); 138 Carlson (A-ML) won
by fall in 3:00 over Kyle Starr
(M); 145 Dru Kuchenbaker (M)
won a 6-4 decision over
Malacheck (A-ML); 152 Rask
(A-ML) won by fall in 1:22 over
Carter Bray (M); 160 Jack Barsody (M) won a 6-2 decision over
Hicks (A-ML); 170 Aaron
Moscho (M) won a 11-7 decision
over Schmidt (A-ML); 182
Austin Weidner (M) won a 8-0
major decision over Bedford (AML); 195 Josh Otten (M) won by
forfeit; 220 Colton Sailor (M)

won a 14-2 sudden victory over
Ogden (A-ML); 285 Jake Merten
(M) won by fall in 5:52 over Gindele (A-ML).
Milaca 29
Woodbury Royal Duals
Saturday, Dec. 13
Quarterfinals
Anoka 82, Minneapolis Roosevelt 0; Woodbury 59, BenildeSt.
Margaret's
12;
Annandale-Maple Lake 73, Irondale 0; Lakeville North 58, Edina
24.
Consolation
Benilde-St. Margaret's 61,
Minneapolis Roosevelt 18; Edina
46, Irondale 36;
Semifinals
Anoka 50, Woodbury 21; Annandale-Maple
Lake
40,
Lakeville North 26.
Finals
For first: Anoka 29, Annandale-Maple Lake 25; for third:
Lakeville North 36, Woodbury
35; for fifth: Benilde-St. Margaret's 42, Edina 26; for seventh:
Minneapolis Roosevelt 48, Irondale 22.
1st: ANML's Tanner Vassar
(returning state participant
and captain) won a 13-5
major decision over Litchfield's Logan Nelson.
2nd: ANML's Hunter Hicks
(a senior and captain) won
an 11-3 MD over Litchfield's
Cody Klabunde.
3rd: ANML's Holden Youngs
won a 7-4 MD over Litchfield's Ezra Kaping
4th: ANML's Ben Gindele
won a 4-3 MD over Litchfield's Logan Wagner.
(Photos by Mary Christen)

December 17, 2014
Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
ALBION TOWNSHIP
The Township of Albion will
hold its ANNUAL MEETING AND
ELECTION on Tuesday, March
10th, 2015 at the Albion Town
Hall.
The Officers to be elected are:
One Supervisor for a 3-year
term
One Treasurer for a 2-year
term
Affidavits of candidacy may be
filed with the clerk from December 30, 2014 to January 13,
2015. Filings close at 5:00 p.m.
on January 13, 2015. Filing fee is
$2.00. The last date for a candidate to withdraw from election is
Thursday, January 15, 2015 until
5:00 p.m.
The ANNUAL MEETING will
convene after the polls close at
8:00 p.m.
Debbie Uecker
Albion Township Clerk
2235 County Road 6 NW
Annandale MN, 55302
(11-12c)
MAPLE LAKE TOWNSHIP
FILINGNOTICE
The following office will be
elected in Maple Lake Township
on Tuesday, March 10, 2015:
One Supervisor for a term of 3
years.
First date for candidates for
Town Office to file Affidavits of
Candidacy with the Town Clerk is
Tuesday, December 30, 2014.
Last day for filing for Town office
will be Tuesday, January 13,
2015 by 5:00 p.m. Candidates
who file for March election have
until 5 p.m. Thursday, January
15, to withdraw from filing.
Candidates may file by contacting the Office of the Clerk,
telephone, 320-963-5336. The filing fee is $2.00.
Dick Hogan, Clerk
Maple Lake Township.
(11-12c)
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL
CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME
PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT
AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that default has occurred in conditions of the following described
mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 7, 2005
MORTGAGOR: Paula Muller
and Joe Muller, wife and husband.
MORTGAGEE:
Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc.
DATE AND PLACE OF
RECORDING: Recorded December 29, 2005, Wright County
Recorder,
Document
No.
A992494.
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of
New York Mellon fka The Bank of
New York, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the
benefit of the Certificate holders
of the CWABS Inc., AssetBacked Certificates Series 20063. Dated May 31, 2011 Recorded
June 28, 2011, as Document No.
A1178604.
TRANSACTION
AGENT:
Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc.
TRANSACTION AGENT'S
MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:
1002614-9566183914-6
LENDER OR BROKER AND
MORTGAGE
ORIGINATOR
STATED ON MORTGAGE:
Great Northern Financial Group,
Inc
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE
SERVICER: Green Tree Servicing LLC
MORTGAGED PROPERTY
ADDRESS: 6799 Estes Avenue
Northwest, Maple Lake, MN
55358
TAX
PARCEL
I.D.
#:
210.136.000140
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF
PROPERTY: Lot 14, Sunset
View Beach
COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Wright
ORIGINAL
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:
$352,000.00
AMOUNT
DUE
AND
CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF
DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING
TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $171,170.23
That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure
proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee
of Mortgagee complied with 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:
DATE AND TIME OF SALE:
January 28, 2015 at 10:00 AM
PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's
Office, Wright County Law Enforcement Center, 3800 Braddock Avenue N.E., Buffalo, MN
to pay the debt then secured
by said Mortgage, and taxes, if
any, on said premises, and the
costs and disbursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law
subject to redemption within
twelve (12) months from the date
of said sale by the mortgagor(s),
their personal representatives or
assigns unless reduced to Five
(5) weeks under MN Stat.
580.07.
TIME AND DATE TO VACATE
PROPERTY: If the real estate is
an owner-occupied, single-family
dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must
vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not
redeemed under section 580.23
is 11:59 p.m. on January 28,
2016 unless that date falls on a
weekend or legal holiday, in
which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption
period is reduced to 5 weeks
under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or
582.032.
MORTGAGOR(S)
RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:
None
"THE TIME ALLOWED BY
LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY
THE
MORTGAGOR,
THE
MORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO
FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL
ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER
MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT
THE MORTGAGED PREMISES
ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS
THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT
PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION,
AND ARE ABANDONED."
Dated: November 20, 2014
The Bank of New York
Mellon
f/k/a The Bank of New
York, as Trustee
Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee
USSET, WEINGARDEN
AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.
Attorneys for Mortgagee/
Assignee of Mortgagee
4500 Park Glen Road #300
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 925-6888
8 - 14-007373 FC
THIS IS A
COMMUNICATION FROM
A DEBT COLLECTOR.
(11-16c)
FILING NOTICE
CORINNA TOWNSHIP
The Township of Corinna will
hold its annual meeting and election on
Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at
the Corinna Town Hall.
The officers to be elected are:

(1) supervisor for three years, the
term of John Dearing expiring.
Candidate filing dates are
Tuesday, December 30, 2014, to
Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 5
p.m. (Filing Office is closed on
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, and
closed Jan. 1, 2015, for New
Years Holiday.) Candidates may
file at the Town Hall, 9801 Ireland
Avenue, NW, Annandale, MN.
Filing fee is $2.
The last date for a candidate
to withdraw from the election is
Thursday, January 15, 2015, until
5 p.m.
Absentee Ballots will be available beginning Friday, February
6, 2015. Call Wright County at 1800-362-3667 and ask for Auditor/Treasurers Office Elections,
to apply for absentee ballots. The
Wright County Courthouse will be
open for acceptance of absentee
ballot applications and casting of
absentee ballots from 10:00 a.m.
noon on Saturday, March 7,
2015 and on Monday, March 9,
2015, from 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
Requests for mailed absentee
ballots will also be accepted.
FOR
THE
TOWNSHIP
BOARD
Mary Barkley Brown
Clerk
(12-13c)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that a
public hearing will be held by the
City Council of the City of Maple
Lake, at City Hall, at 7:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 to
amend the Zoning Ordinance,
Section 80: Fee Schedule. A
copy of the proposed fees is
available for inspection at City
Hall.
Such persons as desire to be
heard with reference to this Zoning change will be heard at this
meeting.
Lee Ann Yager
City Clerk/Treasurer
CITY OF MAPLE LAKE
NOTICE OF HEARING
SETTING COUNCIL
COMPENSATION
Notice is hereby given that the
City Council of the City of Maple
Lake, Minnesota will meet on
January 6, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at
the Maple Lake City Hall, 10
Maple Avenue South, Maple
Lake, Minnesota, to consider an
amendment to Chapter 40.01 of
the City Code setting Council
compensation.
Lee Ann Yager
City Clerk/Treasurer
REGULAR SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT #881
MAPLE LAKE, MN
MINUTES
Board Members Present:
Arnie
Michalicek,
Shelley
McAlpine, Richard Thomas, Joe
Paumen, Ben Elsenpeter and Ed
Trager
Board Members Absent:
Shelly Liljequist
Others
Present:
David
Hansen, Kris Harlan, Kristi Anderson and Katie Friedman, Mark
Redemske (8:47 p.m.)
1. Meeting called to order at
7:02 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. District #881 is proud of
Cross Country:
All-Conference 2014:
Sommer
Carlson,
Halle
Geyen, Grace Heying, Andrew
Schonnesen, Devin Deringer,
Jackson Willard, Scott Jordan
(h.m.)
Academic All-Conference:
Jordan Sifferle, Mackenzie
Miller, Mollie Graham, Olivia
Wolff-Herda, Jackson Willard
CMC Athlete of the Week:
Andrew Schonnesen
State Qualifiers:
Sommer
Carlson,
Halle
Geyen, Andrew Schonnesen
Most Valuable Runner:

Sommer Carlson, Andrew
Schonnesen (2nd straight)
Most Improved:
Sommer Carlson, Devin Deringer
Hardest Worker:
Grace Heying, Ross Hickey
(3rd straight)
Jennifer DesMarais-Holland,
sixth grade teacher, who was selected as the winner of the MN
VFW District 6th Teacher of the
Year Award.
4. Recognition of visitors:
Janell Bullard, Beth Haglin,
Nicole Casebolt, Nathan Mitchell,
Becky Nies and Colleen Carlson.
5. M/S McAlpine/Paumen Approve the Agenda for the regular school board meeting held
on Monday, December 8, 2014
with the addition of item 10 D to
set the substitute pay for the administrator on duty pay for athletic events and item 10 E motion
to approve the resolution ratifying
the award of the sale of general
obligation refunding bonds. Motion carries 6-0.
6. M/S Thomas/McAlpine Approve the Consent Agenda for
the regular school board meeting
held on Monday, December 8,
2014. Motion carries 6-0.
7. Open Forum-none
8. Unfinished Business
A. High School Band Director,
Nate Mitchell, presented a proposal to the board to remove the
marching band rule in hopes to
grow the concert band program.
The board will revisit this issue at
the January meeting.
B. Beth Haglin gave a presentation on her position as a
Technology Integration Specialist
and the impacts she has made
with staff and students integrating
technology into the classroom.
C. November 26 enrollment
remained slightly above budgeted numbers for the year but
down 3.5 ADMs from the prior
month.
9. Truth in Taxation Hearing:
The Truth in Taxation Hearing
began at 8:00 p.m. The hearing
included discussions regarding
the current year budget, including
all funds, the pay 2015 proposed
property tax levy and visitors had
an opportunity to ask questions.
10. New Business
A. The board had a first reading of updates to policy 598
Meal Charge Policy.
B. M/S Thomas/McAlpine Motion to accept the following donations: $3,000 from the Maple
Lake American Legion, $1,000
grant from the MN Educational
Facility Management Professionals, and $3,200 in product and
labor from Community Lawn
Care, $3,580 from the Maple
Lake Lions. Motion Carries 6-0
C. M/S Traeger/McAlpine Motion to certify the 2014
payable 2015 tax levy at
$2,446,698.45. Motion Carries 60
D. M/S Paumen/Elsenpeter Motion to set the substitute pay
rate of $75.00 per night for the
administrator on duty at athletic
events. Motion Carries 6-0
E. M/S McAlpine/Paumen Motion to approve a resolution
ratifying the award of the sale of
general obligations refunding
bonds, series 2014A. Roll call
vote: Paumen- yes, McAlpineyes, Thomas- yes, Michalicek
yes, Trager- yes, Elsenpeter- yes
Motion Carries 6-0
11. Representative Reports
A. District Leadership Team:
Paumen reported that DLT met
on November 18, the topics discussed included sending two
teachers to the Reading Recovery conference, the relicensure
cycle, ideas for in-house training
and the mentor expectations.
B. Early Childhood Family Education/Community Education:
McAlpine reported that ECFE will
be applying for the Parent Aware
Pathway 2 grant again with hope
of being able to award scholarships to families in need again
next year. Community Ed is ex-
periencing declining enrollment in

many of its classes and the
school age childcare are numbers are also down.
C. Meeker and Wright Special
Education Cooperative: Janell
Bullard discussed the plans for
MAWSECO to lease property
from HLWW to host their administrative staff, Trek, Journeys and
Step Programs. A new amended
joint powers agreement will be
approved at the board meeting in
January.
D. Minnesota High School
League: Paumen reported that a
policy has been adopted by the
MSHSL regarding transgender
athletes.
E. Schools for Equity in Education: Redemske reported on
the November 21 meeting. A legislative panel consisting of Senator Sean Nienow (R-Cambridge),
Representative Jerry Hertaus (RGreenfield) and Representative
BarbYarusso
(DFL-Mounds
View) spoke on expectations for
the upcoming session. Steve
Dibb, from MDE, talked about the
Worlds Best Workforce law
passed in 2013.
F. Technology Committee:
Paumen reported the Technology
committee met and Randy Benoit
is working on the Technology
Plan to submit to the State.
Thirty-five staff members responded to the needs assessment,
staff
is
demoing
chromebooks and the Asus
Transformer tablets, Kelly Pribyl
gave an update on the Facebook
page and Benoit discussed plans
to upgrade the Smart Server next
year.
G. Wright Technical Center:
Michalicek reported that Wright
Tech will be getting several new
board members this year. WTC
is working on programming for
next year and student tours have
begun.
H. Elementary School: Harlan
reported the first trimester ended
and report cards have been
mailed out. Thanksgiving baskets were distributed and staff is
working on donations for the
Christmas baskets. Holiday concerts are taking place throughout
the month. PIE is sponsoring the
Santas Secret Shop for students
and PIE had several board resignations and will need to fill those
positions. During American Education Week fourteen staff members took place in a job exchange
called Walk in Someone Elses
Shoes and staff is participating
in an Ugly Ornament Contest.
The Elementary will have a Holiday Sing Along to send kids off
for the Winter Break on the last
day of school.
I. High School: Hansen reported mid-quarters reports were
sent out on Tuesday and the Annual Jingle Ball Dance was a success. Class registration for next
year will start in January, 10th

graders will be going to WTC for
a tour, Holiday Concerts will be
taking place throughout the
month, One Act Play tryouts were
held at the beginning of the
month and he is preparing for
spring testing.
12. Committee Reports
A. Activities Committee: The
meeting was held on November
24. The Fall Sports had a very
successful season. Coaches
were asked to remind students of
expectations in the locker rooms,
gyms, weight room and parking
lots. The batting cages have
been installed, track repairs are
completed and the football field
repairs will take place in the
spring. The weight room is in
need of some new equipment
and weights.
B. Building and Grounds
Committee: The committee met
and Brad Neutz presented a list
of items that need attention.
Guardrails will be installed on the
roof around equipment within a
ten foot radius of the perimeter of
the roof edge. Painting in the
cafeteria will take place over
Christmas break.
C. Finance and Programs
Committee: The finance committee met regarding the FY16
budget. A possible operating referendum was discussed along
with the need to make budget adjustments.
13. Set Meeting Dates - None
14. Other Business
A. Thank-You Notes
B. Upcoming Meetings:
1. District Leadership Team
Meeting at 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday,
December 16, 2014 in the Board
Room
2. Safe Schools Meeting at
3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in the Board
Room
3. MAWSECO Board Meeting
at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in Howard Lake
4. Wright Tech Center Board
Meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
January 6, 2015 in Buffalo
5. Regular School Board
Meeting in January at 7:00 p.m.
on Monday, January 12, 2015 in
the Board Room
C. Miscellaneous Information:
1. Late Start on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
2. Christmas Break from December 24, 2014 through January 4, 2015. Classes resume on
January 5, 2015
3. Chamber of Commerce
Meeting at 12:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
4. Late Start on Tuesday, January 13, 2015
15. M/S
Thomas/Elsenpeter - Motion to adjourn the
meeting at 9:38 p.m..
Respectfully submitted,
Kristi Anderson
Shelley McAlpine
CONSENT AGENDA (December 8, 2014)

A. (ACTION) Approve payment of bills presented December 8, 2014
in the amount of $164,162.05 and hand written checks for November
in the amount of $25,978.08.
B. (ACTION) Financial ReportCash Balance
Balance, November 1, 2014
$ 308,139.40
Receipts for November
$ 293,152.56
Transfer from PMA
$ 625,000.00
Transfer to PMA
$ (221,915.72)
Total Receipts
$ 1,004,376.24
November Vouchers
$311,879.89
Bills Approved 11/12/2014 Dist. $ 285,785.31
Hand Written Checks Dist./
Wires from PMA
$ 20,785.67
$ 5,192.41
Debit Card Purchase
Bank, ACH, Efunds Charges $
116.50
Payroll Contributions
$ 302,487.60
November Payroll
$ 287,781.55
Disbursements for November
$ 902,149.04
Star Bank Balance, Novmeber 30, 2014
$ 102,227.20
Plus investments
$ 4,139,806.55
BALANCE DIST: November 30, 2014
$ 4,242,033.75
BALANCE OPEB FD: November 30, 2014
$ 1,106,575.00
C. (ACTION) Motion to approve Nichole Rengel's 45 day childcare
leave on or around February 19, 2015.
D. (ACTION) Motion to approve 12 weeks FMLA for Dawn Klabunde
beginning December 1, 2014
E. (ACTION) Motion to approve Tasha Eckerman's substitute Kidville
coodinator pay at Payscale III, step C for the duration of Ruth Glenn's
medical LOA.
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The Maple Lake

Snow blower safety

Gen. Colin Powell fixed his

re-fuel after two hours, and find

Top: A Huey touches down in Vietnam to extract soldiers

Ugly sweater winner

Three choppers down

9-12 grade winter choir concert

The winners of the second annual Maple Lake Messenger

See the second place winner on page 14.

Maple Lake Messenger Page 2

The foggy weekend put a crimp in my outdoor activities, but not

dress of grievances which has

Reliable service at a sensible price

Residential Low Income

Your landline is your lifeline. Its a reliable, safe and secure

The Maple Lake

and hold the coffee at 180 to

fees may be awarded based on

Its in your court

Trust and the earnings from the

red lights, or any shade of color

Maple Lake Messenger Page 3

Dec. 15 Wright County

Dec. 8 Wright County

orderly Conduct to 90 days jail,

Board holds truth taxation hearing to set 2015 budget

One of the final acts of the

ties that have held the line are

equipment, but some of those

increase for 2015 approximately $2.2 million of the total

School levy will see slight reduction

At their most recent meeting,

budgeted expenditures have been

Its in your court

what lawsuits are frivolous and

Dec. 14 Maple Lake

Patient transported by CentraCare Ambulance to the Monticello Centra-Care ER.

marching band to officially be

ect cost estimated to be $2.57

Holiday Train boosts

The Annandale Food Shelf

A classified ad in the Messenger.

Maple Lake Messenger Page 4

And thats the

Walter Vornholt, who was a

Upcoming Red Cross blood drives

December 17th Puzzle

Dec. 18: AA & Al-Anon,

Programs & Events

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St. Michael resident wins

Yes, thats what it says.

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participants will be provided the

60+ and Healthy Clinics

Members may now file as

bers name. The BD stands for

The 60+ and Healthy Clinics,

be turned away. The clinics are

Senior Dining Menu December 22-26

Wild Rice Pilaf, Steamed Carrots, Lettuce Salad, Sugar Cookie