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DISTRICT COURTPROBATE DIVISIONFIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTSTATE OF MINNESOTACOUNTY OF ROCKESTATE OF William J. Broek DECEDENTNOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (ANCILLARY PROCEEDING)It is Ordered and Notice is given that on February 13, 2006, at 3:30 p.m. a hearing will be held in this Court at the Rock County Courthouse, 204 East Brown, Luverne, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the will of Decedent, dated 05/13/1993, and codicil (N/A) to the will dated (N/A) and separate writing (N/A) under Minn. Stat. 524.2-513 ("Will") and for the appointment of Becky Van Ommeren, whose address is 604 Delaware Avenue NW, Orange City, Iowa 51041 as ancillary Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in a SUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with power to administer the assets of the Estate in Minnesota including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the Estate.Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred./s/ Timothy K. Connell 1/23/06Timothy K. ConnellJudge Date/s/ Sandra L. Vrtacnik 1/23/06Sandra L. VrtacnikCourt Administrator DateAttorney For Personal RepresentativeDonald R. KlosterbuerKlosterbuer & Haubrich, LLP120 N. McKenzieBox 538Luverne, MN 56156-0538507 283-911156674 1-26, 2-2

Fuel bids sought by Feb. 10

NOTICE TO SUPPLIERSPetroleum Products Sealed proposals will be received until 11:00 A.M. on February 10, 2006, by Mark Sehr, Rock County Highway Engineer. The proposals are for the purchase of petroleum products beginning February 2006 through February 2007. The items included will be for unleaded premium gasoline, unleaded ethanol gasoline, soy bio-diesel and diesel fuel #1 and #2 as required by the County of Rock for gasoline and diesel vehicles. Fuel will be dispensed into individual vehicles at the successful bidder’s station. Proposals shall be submitted on forms furnished, upon request, by the Rock County Highway Department in sealed envelopes marked "Bids for Fuel." Proposals will be opened and read publicly at the Rock County Highway Building in Luverne, Minnesota, immediately following the hour set for receiving bids. The Rock County Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any defects or technicalities. The County Board of Commissioners will award or reject bids at the February 21st board meeting.Mark R. SehrRock County Highway Engineer1-26, 2-2

From the pulpit

How hard it is to be Christians today. There seems to be a force out there that is determined to stifle our best efforts. From gossip to heresy we have a hard time separating ourselves from the clutches of the evils of the world. For instance, the other day I was asked to help someone fill out some government papers. Now I have my own feelings about government paperwork, it could be easier or nonexistent, but I agreed. I didn’t know the answers to the personal questions and had to rely on the knowledge of the one being asked. "So, it asks here if you have any dependents?" I asked. "You don’t, right?""Well, my sister’s daughter stays with me sometimes. Can I claim her?" "No," I said, "she can’t count."OK, well, I have supported many causes in the past, does that count?""No, can’t count that either," I said. This was going to be hard work."Well," she said, "I guess I have no dependents, then." "OK, moving on." I glanced at her face. She was crying."It’s OK, you don’t HAVE to have dependents to get these services," I said."But God may find me unworthy," she said, "and I want God to find me useful so I can live a longer life."Isn’t it true how we try to place God’s love for us in human terms? Loving God and living for God cannot be measured by our earthly lives. Loving God means loving your neighbor. Loving God means going to sleep each night knowing you have done all you can do to be a good caring person. Loving God means taking that extra step in the grocery store to help another shopper get an item. It means looking for ways to be God’s hands, feet and lips in this world. Not how much you have or who you live with. Not how much money you have or how many kids you have. But loving God is manifested in a life of being there when you are needed. Of asking that question, "Who is my neighbor?" and living as if your neighbor were as important (or more sometimes) as you are.Go outside the doors of your church. Go out into the world and touch the lives of your neighbors and see how loving God really looks. It is not contained in an hour on Sunday morning and it is not always in reading scripture. It is in living for others that we discover ways to love God. Not in how many dependents we support or how often we put a dollar in the collection. It is in loving our neighbor that really counts.

From the library

Married people are always complaining, "We just don’t talk anymore." Women seem to have more of a problem with this than men. Well, fear not — the loving husband has come to your rescue with a solution to this universal dilemma.As you may know, he has to travel for his job. He usually goes for a few days at a time, and during that time we call each other every night and talk for a half hour or more. On Monday night he calls me, at which time he gives me his hotel phone and room number. On Tuesday night I call him on my cell phone. Then we rotate. Sometimes we may talk for an hour or more. I don’t know why we have so much to discuss when he’s gone, because when he’s home, conversation is minimal. During a normal week when he works in Sioux Falls, he usually gets back to the old homestead around 6 p.m. I roll in about 7 p.m. because I visit my mother after work. By the time I get home, he’s already finished eating supper and I’m starving. (We only eat the same things on the weekend. If I ate what he ate every day, I’d weigh 300 pounds.) So, I get home and I’m trying to prepare my supper and he’s moved on to the newspaper or TV or a project. I yell downstairs the traditional, "Honey, I’m home." He yells back, "Hi." And that’s about it. Later on one of us may inquire, "How was your day?" And we talk about that for a couple minutes. And that’s it, again. One night, the loving husband was downstairs in the family room. I was upstairs washing clothes, reading, and playing with Barkley (the bird). The phone rang and I answered it. To my surprise, it was the loving husband calling from downstairs on his cell phone. We talked for a half hour — on the phone — while we were both at home. There is some wisdom to be gleaned from this experience. We are accustomed to verbal communication via the phone. The phone, by its own nature, makes people talk. And it’s obviously an excellent tool for marital communication. Next week I’m going to break out the walkie-talkies and see how that goes. One word of warning, spousal communication should never interfere with reading time. Take a moment to check out the new books we have on the shelf this week. Memory in Death, by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). Eve Dallas is one tough cop. But when Trudy Lombard shows up, it's all Eve can do to hold it together. Instantly, she's thrown back into the past, to the days when she was a vulnerable, traumatized girl — trapped in foster care with the twisted woman who now sits in front of her, smiling. Trudy claims she just wanted to see how Eve was doing. But Eve's husband, Roarke, suspects otherwise. His suspicions prove correct when Trudy arrives at his office, demanding money in exchange for keeping the ugly details of his wife's childhood a secret. Barely restraining himself, Roarke shows her the door and makes it clear that she'd be wise to get out of New York and never bother him or his wife again. But just a few days later, Trudy's found on the floor of her hotel room, a mess of bruises and blood. A cop to the core, Eve is determined to solve the case, if only for the sake of Trudy's bereaved son. Unfortunately, Eve is not the only one to have suffered at this woman's hands, and she and Roarke will follow a circuitous, dangerous path to find out who turned this victimizer into a victim.

Bits By Betty

January 26, 2006Death of Liberty DuckThe following appeared in the Rock County Herald on October 11, 1918.CAREER OF FAMOUS LIBERTY DUCK ENDEDDeath Overtakes Bird that Laid Vast Number of Golden Eggs for Rock County Chapter, A. R. C.Liberty Duck, the bird that laid the golden eggs for the Rock County Chapter, American Red Cross, is no more. Its useful earthly career ended last Wednesday and that afternoon it was buried at the home of Harry Rodman, its keeper, in a grave strewn with flowers by the children of Mr. Rodman’s family.For a number of months Liberty Duck has been noticeably declining, its great feats on behalf of the Red Cross presumably having undermined its health. The tender care given it by Mr. Rodman was unavailing, and when the end came the duck’s condition was such as to make it impossible to have it mounted for a memorial as was originally planned.Through the sale of Liberty Duck at various auctions the treasury of the Rock County Chapter was enriched by the sum of $16,752.64, making her the highest priced bird in the world. She was famed throughout the country and her death will be regretted by all Red Cross workers.Donations to the Rock County Historical Endowment Fund may be sent to the Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156.

Did you hear?

Secretary of state encourages precinct caucus participationThe 2006 precinct caucuses will be held statewide on Tuesday, March 7, and the Minnesota Secretary of State is starting a campaign to encourage a large turnout.The caucuses are the first step in a process that leads to the selection of candidates for the Republican, DFL and Independent parties in Minnesota.Although candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives are up every two years, this year the four-year term for governor as well as the six-year term for Mark Dayton’s U.S. Senate seat will also be up for election.Dayton has decided not to seek reelection, so all the parties will be putting up new candidates.In addition to caucus voting, the secretary is also conducting a straw poll for the governor’s race.The ballots will be reported centrally, on the secretary of state Web site, www.sos.state.us. The results will be available beginning at about 7:15 p.m. on the night of the caucuses.The caucuses are open to the public, and you don’t have to be a registered member of a party to participate in any of the three caucuses.All 17-year-olds who will be 18 and eligible to vote by election time may also participate.People scheduled to work the night of the caucus are allowed by state law to take time off work without pay to attend their precinct caucuses if they give their employer written notice up to 10 days in advance.It’s Girl Scouts cookie timeIf you’ve been having a craving for Thin Mints, your time has about come.Girl Scouts cookies will go on sale this Friday, Jan. 27, and run through February 15.Girl Scouts will start delivering the cookies one month later, from March 15 to March 31.Money will be collected at the time of delivery.The cookie menu will offer two additional items this year, as Cartwheels and Thanks-A-Lot are added to the list.The two new cookies are also added to the list of Girl Scouts cookies that are transfat-free, as are Thin Mints, Caramel Delites, and Peanut Butter Patties.2005 Girl Scouts cookie facts:
Girl Scouts troops earned $117,102.
$41,243 was issued in "Cookie Dough" to help Girl Scouts pay for various activities.
55 percent of the council budget was raised through the cookie sales.
Each Girl Scout sold an average of 100 boxes of cookies.Were you depressed on Monday?If you were, join the crowd.According to a researcher at Cardiff University, a combination of foul weather, debt, fading Christmas memories, failed resolutions and a lack of motivation causes depression to peak on Jan. 24.Exercise and reading up on depression are the best ways to beat the blues, according to the researchers.Researcher Dr. Arnalls calculated the effects of cold, wet and dark conditions of January weather after the coziness of Christmas, coupled with the extra spending habits.Arnalls also factored in that by Monday, most people will have fallen off the wagon or abandoned the nicotine patches as they fail to keep New Year’s resolutions.The sense of failure is an added burden in the whole equation.Publisher Roger Tollefson can be reached by e-mail at tolly@star-herald.com

On second thought

Carnival is kids’ dream come true … plus plenty of fun stuff for grownupsAnyone who hasn’t taken in a Luverne Music Boosters’ Winter Carnival is missing out on a classic local annual experience.It’s like the Rock County Fair Midway, Chuck E. Cheese and a hundred birthday parties all in one.With cotton candy, balloons, face painting and a gym full of carnival games, it’s like a kid’s dream come true … for kids of all ages.There’s a ball/balloon pool for toddlers, Hot Wheels car races for grade-schoolers, a putting green and free-throw shooting for the big kids and plenty of other various games in between.The grownups say they’re there because of their kids, but who are they fooling?The bingo tables are always filled with grownups, and it’s the grownups whose names are called for the raffle winnings.The grownups bring little armies of kids with them on the cake walk to stack their odds, but we all know the kids aren’t that interested in winning cakes.I know I speak for a few adults, though, when I say it’s a good thing the event rolls around only once a year. After nearly three hours of Carnival madness Saturday night, I was more than ready to call it a night.Carson, who’s 4 now and much too old to be throwing temper tantrums, threw a temper tantrum when it was time to go home.He believed the cake walk could also serve as a dance floor, and as long as they were playing music, the party wasn’t over.I had no idea the gym was so long between the stage and main doors. It seemed like miles as people stared at me and my screaming preschooler. "I don’t want to go home!" he kept repeating.I left tired that night from the overstimulation of loud noises, big crowds … and, of course, from the tantrum.But driving home, it occurred to me I was probably nowhere near as tired as the students and parents who set up and ran the mammoth event … and who now had to clean it up.To pull off an event of the caliber of Winter Carnival no doubt takes dedication, organization and untold hours of hard work.Thanks to all of these volunteers for a fun night out and thanks to all who showed up to support the music program in Luverne schools.See the Variety Page on 1B of this week’s Star Herald for photographs and information about the night.

From the sidelines

A little over a month ago, I put together a column about a bowling challenge between a co-worker and myself.Christine Mann, a member of the Star Herald co-ed team, and I squared off in what I tabbed the Showdown at Luverne Lanes.My less-than-stellar performance was good enough to best Mann that day, but I found myself on the receiving end of jokes and challenges offered by residents from all corners of the county.Considering my pathetic scores (98, 109 and 144 for a whopping 117-pin average) during the Showdown, I used the evasive tactic of changing the subject when the gauntlet was dropped in front of me.So far, the tactic has worked. I have not had to embarrass myself by making what would be another pathetic appearance at the local bowling alley.However, when I learned of the recent exploits of a local youth bowler, I’m toying with the idea of entering the arena of bowling once again. Not as a player, but as the partner of what I think could be a money-making operation with 12-year-old Johnathon Sudenga.Sudenga, a Luverne Middle School sixth-grader, is my new bowling hero.Two days after Mann and I rolled some of the most hideous scores in Luverne Lanes history, the son of Jeff and Lila Sudenga was dominating the competition in Pipestone at a District Qualifying Tournament for the Minnesota State Youth Bowling Tournament.One of three local boys to attend the tournament, Sudenga rolled a 726 series to win his handicap division. His best game at the qualifier was a 176, which, if I remember correctly, would have topped the combined score of the first game rolled by Mann and myself during our competition.By winning the qualifier, Sudenga earned the right to compete in the state tournament at Inver Grove Heights two weeks ago. Playing on what his father described as challenging lanes, young Johnathon managed to record 105-, 148- and 99-pin games to place in the middle of the pack in his handicap division."We’ve been bowling together for a couple of years, but this is the first year Johnathon has been going at it hard," said Jeff Sudenga. "He’s been bowling in the kids’ program in Luverne on Saturday mornings for the last four months, and he seems to be getting it pretty well down. He already knows how to adjust (to lane conditions) and things like that."Best of all, Johnathon is still a hungry bowler.When the father and son returned to Luverne from the state tournament, Johnathon asked his dad if they could go to Luverne Lanes and bowl a couple of games before going home.It’s that type of attitude that could turn our partnership into a success.I can see it now.Somebody will be trying to rope me into a bowling challenge, like they have many times since my disgraceful appearance at Luverne Lanes in early December.Only this time, I’ll reply in the third person, "John will gladly accept your challenge."After explaining that John should get a 40- to 50-pin per game bonus for the match (he did, after all, average 117 pins during his last three-game series), the bait will be in place.If the bait is taken, I’ll serve as the official scorer while my 12-year-old partner takes care of the bowling part of the business against an unsuspecting challenger.

To the Editor:

As the Salvation Army’s 2005 service unit co-chairs in Rock County, we appreciate the hundreds of friends and supporters who have given donations and time to The Salvation Army. The Christmas fund-raising campaign is The Salvation Army’s most vital, accounting for nearly 75 percent of its annual fund-raising totals. It is vital because we depend on this support to fund year-round programs. We are pleased to report that in Rock County we raised more than $1,700 for the 2005 Kettle Campaign, all of which stays local.It is only with generous support from the county during this time that The Salvation Army is able to continue to offer visitation to the lonely, toys and coats to less fortunate children, summer camping experiences for those who may not be able to afford one and back-to-school supplies.Again, from volunteerism to contributions, we appreciate the kindness, compassion and generosity that our county has and continues to show. Glen’s Food Center again allowed us to set up our kettle in their store, and all the bell-ringers were so generous of their time. This support has helped us make a difference in the lives of those we serve.Greta Van Der BrinkPatti WienekeRock County Salvation Army Co-Chairs

Falcons nip boys by one point in Hills

By John RittenhouseA second-half rally by Hills-Beaver Creek fell one point short when the Patriots entertained Red Rock Central for a boys’ basketball game in Hills Saturday.After falling behind 40-32 in the first half, the Patriots battled back to tie the game twice in the final five minutes of play.H-BC, however, couldn’t overtake the Falcons in the end.RRC led by four points before H-BC’s Halden Van Wyhe drained a three-point shot at the buzzer, leaving the Falcons with a 60-59 win.The inside play of Aaron Esselink and David Hup kept the Patriots in the game. Esselink scored a team-high 21 points and pulled down six rebounds. Hup, who made six of eight field goals, scored 12 points and snared nine rebounds.Tom Scholten turned in a six-assist, six-rebound effort for the Patriots. Van Wyhe chipped in 11 points.The 1-14 Patriots host Round Lake-Brewster tonight before traveling to Fulda Tuesday.Box scoreVan Wyhe 1 2 3-4 11, Rozeboom 3 0 3-5 9, Finke 0 0 0-0 0, Scholten 1 0 2-2 4, DeBoer 1 0 0-0 2, Hup 6 0 0-4 12, Sandbulte 0 0 0-0 0, Esselink 8 0 5-8 21.Team statisticsH-BC: 22 of 51 field goals (43 percent), 13 of 23 free throws (57 percent), 30 rebounds, 22 turnovers.RRC: 22 of 51 field goals (43 percent), 10 of 20 free throws (50 percent), 22 rebounds, 15 turnovers.

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