SENTINEL TRIBUNE
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Van L0hs attend WALNUT GROVE SENIOR
American Farm Bureau NUTRITION SERVICES=
Annual Con entio January27-31,2014 steak, broccoli-cauliflower
v n Senior Dining serving at salad, augratin potatoes, cup-
Country View Senior I, iving cakes
Community at 11:30 a.m.,Friday- Grilled chicken/
David and Carolyn
Van Loh of Westbrook in
Cottonwood County attend-
ed the American Farm
Bureau Federation (AFBF)
Annual Convention held
in San Antonio, Texas,
January 11-15. David serves
as the District III Director
on the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Board Federation of
Directors.
Over 70 Farm Bureau
members from Minnesota
were among 7,000 Farm
Bureau members represent-
ing each state and Puerto
Rico at the AFBF Annual
Convention. The conven-
tion also featured work-
shops and seminars, as well
as, the national resolutions
session, which set policies
for the upcoming year. For
information Farm Bureau,
visit www.fbmn.org
WESTBR00K SENIOR SERVICES
Monday thru Friday.
Monday - Chicken lasa-
gna, mixed veggies, biscuit,
fruit cocktail
Tuesday - Roast beef,
mashed potatoes/gravy, beets,
pistachio dessert
Wednesday BBQ's,
potato salad, baked beans,
fruit pizza
Thursday - County fried
bacon & cheese, baby reds,
peas, ice cream
For reservations call 859-
2133 one day in advance.
Senior Dining is a joint
partnership of your commu-
nity and Lutheran Social
Services, funded, in part,
under the Older Americans
Act.
MIRROR OF
BYGONE DAYS
Jan. 22-27, 2014
Senior Nutrition Services
serving at the The Recipe at
11:30 a.m. each operating
day.
Wednesday: Spaghetti,
lettuce salad, veggies, pud-
d'mg
Thursday: Beef stew, bis-
cuit, pears
Friday: Chicken, baked
potato, corn, Jell-O/fi'uit
Monday: Swiss steak,
baked potato, carrots, cake
Menus subject to change
For reservations call Angie
at The Recipe, 274-5352 by
noon one day in advance.
Lutheran Social Services
is funded in part under the
Older Americans Act under
contract with the Southwest
Agency on Aging.
GLANCES IN THE PAST
FIFTEEN YEARS
AGO
January 20, 1999
Westbrook school board
has approved all-day, every
day kindergarten, beginning
March 1. The kindergarten
classes have joined for the
last 9 weeks of school in the
past.
The 1998 Legislature has
amended the School
Immunization Law to include
a Hepatitis B requirement.
The revised law required
Hepatitis B immunization for
kindergartners beginning in
the 2000-01 school year and
for 7th graders beginning in
the 2001-02 school year.
THIRTY
YEARS AGO
January 19, 1984
Gina Christians of
Westbrook was named
Cottonwood County Beef
Princess at the annual Beef
Royale Banquet last Saturday.
Gina is the daughter of
Harley and Bernice Christians
of Westbrook and is a senior
at Westbrook High School.
Attendants were Rebecca
Bloch of Westbrook and
Julianne Tibodeau of Heron
Lake.
A flock of 35 wild turkeys
have adopted Carrie as their
home. The birds use the
same tree for roosting every
night, the big one in the Keith
Dumos yard. The turkeys are
pretty well domesticated and
there is no season on them.
The Westbrook FFA has
built and replenishes several
pheasant feeders in the area
to help keep the wild birds
alive throughout the winter.
Residents are asked to notify
the FFA if they know of a
location where a feeder
would be useful. Wildlife
Committee Chairman is
Shannon Cohrs.
FORTY FIVE
YEARS AGO
January 23, 1969
Westbrook has won two of
its last three wrestling meets
and two good reasons are Ray
Olsem and Tim Peterson.
Olsem and Peterson have not
lost a match this year.
Carol Olsen, a student
attending the U of MN
Morris, will be student
teaching winter quarter at
the Longfellow Elementary
School in Morris.. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Menard Olsen.
FIFTEEN YEARS
AGO
January 20, 1999
The ftrst phase of the reno-
vation on the fire engine
stalls in the community build-
ing was started last week.
The frame work for the office
and meeting room has been
completed. The ambulance
will remain in its place in the
building, but the fire equip-
ment has been moved to the
new building.
Snow Week candidates for
queen are Kari Er~stad,
Gretchen Warner, [lecky
Nelson, Rim Warner, Artaanda
Hanson, and Becky Hughes.
King candidates are I)ustin
Knapper, Jesse Jonson, Scott
Gundermann, Kris Nott, Tim
Sell, and Ted Enstad.
THIRTY
YEARS AGO
January 19, 1984
Bill Alcorn, a 1973 Walnut
Grove High School graduate,
recently moved from
Minneapolis to Nashville, TN
and has been earning living
expenses by writing commer-
cials.
Nineteen members of the
Walnut Grove Lions Club
were on hand Saturday after-
noon to load out newsprint
they had collected over the
Mark your calendar and
plan to attend the 2014
Pipestone Lamb and Wool
Program Lambing Time
Short Course and Bus
Tour which will be held on
January 31 and February
1 in Pipestone. We have
an excellent program
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past several months. A total
of 34,600 pounds was loaded
(17 plus ton) on the semi-
truck that made the pick up.
FORTY FIVE
YEARS AGO
January 23, 1969
The Revere common
School District No. 1749 will
hold a special board meeting
and election on Thursday,
January 30, to consider the
dissolution of the district.
The Revere High School stu-
dents attend the Walnut
Grove High School.
Adult education classes in
industrial arts, music, physi-
cal fitness for women, typing
and shorthand, and introduc-
tory art will be offered this
winter in the Walnut Grove
High School. The classes
will continue for 8-10 weeks.
Adult classes in home eco-
nomics and agriculture are
already underway.
Tom Masterson recently
became the first Walnut
Grove player to become a
starter on the U of MN bas-
ketball team. A sophomore,
Masterson averaging 10
points per game in the Big
Ten and is second in rebound-
ing for the Gophers.
ram
planned and we will be
touring two .outstanding
sheep operation. The pro-
gram starts with an optional
Friday evening discussion.
Saturday will begin with
lambing time management
and health topics. The after-
noon will be spent touring
and viewing two successful
sheep operation.
Topics include: "We
Care" Sheep Management
Practices, Production
Record Keeping Systems,
Internal Parasite Control &
Strategic Worming, Golden
Era of Sheep Production,
Identifying and Treating
Common Ewe Health
concerns, Ways to Make
Lambing Time Easier and
Managing the Leading
Killers of Baby Lambs.
The purpose of this short
course and bus tour is to
help producers recognize
and effectively deal with
common lambing time
problems. We are fortu-
nate to have highly quali-
fied sheep veterinarians on
the program to share their
thought on common lamb
and ewe health problems.
Touring two top area sheep
operation in the afternoon
will provide an opportunity
for individuals to see first-
hand how other sheep pro-
ducers recognize and deal
with lambing time prob-
lems. You will see how
they lay out their lambing
barn, set up creep pens, graft
lambs, dock, vaccinate, feed
and management of their
lambs and ewes. The farm
demonstration session will
provide an excellent leam-
mg opportunity.
For those who are unable
to attend our short course
and bus tour please consid-
er our web based Lambing
Time Management Series
which consists of 6 record-
ed topics that can be view
through an Internet connec-
tion in the comfort of your
home or office.
For more information
visit our web page www.
pipestonesheep.com or con-
tact Jodi Christensen, jodi.
christensen@mnwest.edu
(507) 825-6806.
to Allan and Marilyn
Farber will cele-
brate their 60th
Anniversary on
. January 30. Their
Anniversary children request
a card shower in
honor of this mon-
umental occasion.
They were married
on January 30, 1954
in Young America,
MN. Greetings may
be sent to the cou-
ple at Huntington
Park Care Center,
1507 East Gold
Coast Road,
Papillion, NE 68046.
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Program Focuses on
Preserving Your Farm
or Small Business
Southwest Minnesota
Farm Business Management
Association (SWMFBMA)
has joined with the
University of Minnesota
Extension to present "Long-
Term Health Care Planning:
Preserving Your Farm or
Small Business." This
workshop is filled with
practical information and
strategies focused on help-
ing farm families and small
business owners preserve
their business from long-
term health care costs.
Workshop participants
gain a greater understand-
ing of the probability of
needing long-term care,
today's cost for long-term
care, the federal Medicare
and Medicaid programs
and what they will and will
not pay for, self-pay and
self-insure options, and a
discussion of long-term
care insurance. As part
of the workshop, partici-
pants will receive a detailed
workbook as a take-home
reference. The result is the
understanding and skills
to begin development and
implementation of a long-
term health care plan.
Given today's cost of
long-term health care, a
family business can be put
at financial risk. Having a
long-term health care plan
in place, can protect the
business from risk and ena-
ble you to pass that business
onto the next generation.
"Long-Term Health Care
Planning: Preserving Your
Farm or Small Business" is
scheduled for February 18,
2014 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm
at the Southwest Research
and Outreach Center in
Lamberton located at
23669 130th Street. The
workshop cost is $20.00
and space is limited. To
pre-register for the work-
shop, contact Barb Leuning
at 507-752-5094.
The workshop is jointly
sponsored by the Southwest
Minnesota Farm Business
Management Association in
cooperation with University
of Minnesota Extension
FIED ADS
274-6136 OR 1-800-410-1859
212106
Homeowners and business owners should watch for a
buildup of ice on or above their gas meters and service reg-
ulators.
Snowfall and temperature changes can combine to create
potentially hazardous conditions for the operation of gas util-
ities.
When snow melts from roofs or eaves and drips onto me-
ters and gas service regulators, it usually re-freezes, forming
an ice block that can seal off the vent on the gas service reg-
ulator.
With the vent sealed, the regulator doesn't work properly
and one of two things could happen. Gas pressure can build
up inside the building, resulting in a fire or explosion or the
lack of flow will result in loss of service and no heat. Either
situation is serious.
Outside meter and service regulator sets should be kept
clear of dripping water and snow accumulation. Snow re-
moved from driveways, walks, streets or parking lots should
not be placed near a meter set, service regular or other gas
facility. And if your regulator does become covered with ice,
don't try to remove the ice by yourself, because you could
damage the equipment. Call your natural gas supplier and
have it done safely.
Contractors, residents and building owners should exercise
caution when removing ice and snow from areas around a
building, as well. Neither the blown snow nor snow removal
equipment itself should come in contact with utilities.
If you smell gas, lose service, or your appliances are mal-
functioning, leave your home, go to a neighbor's and call your
natural gas supplier immediately.
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