DISTRICT COURTPROBATE DIVISION FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTSTATE OF MINNESOTACOUNTY OF ROCKESTATE OFJoseph F. Okarski DECEDENTNOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSIt is Ordered and Notice is given that on February 27, 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 October 24, 2003 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 Donald R. Klosterbuer whose address is: Box 538, Luverne, Minnesota 56156 as 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 full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to 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 1/27/06 Timothy K. ConnellJudge Date /s/ Sandra L. Vrtacnik 1/27/06 Sandra L. Vrtacnik Court Administrator DateAttorney for Personal RepresentativeDonald R. KlosterbuerKlosterbuer & Haubrich, LLP120 N. McKenzieBox 538Luverne, MN 56156-0538507 283-911156674 2-2, 2-9

AN-CNMINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATECERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes Chapter 333The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.1. State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted:Coffey Haus2. State the address of the principal place of business.111 E. Main Luverne MN 56156 Street City State Zip code3. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name. Attach additional sheet(s) if necessary. If the business owner is a corporation or other business entity, list the legal name and registered office address.Tamra Makram 800 N. Oakley Luverne MN 56156 Name Street City State Zip4. This certificate is an amendment of Certificate of Assumed name number 180268 originally filed on 8/29/1996 under the name (unchanged).5. I certify that I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify that I understand that by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath./s/ Tamra MakramSignatureTamra Makram, Owner(Print Name and Title)11/30/2005 Tammy Makram 507 283-8676Date Contact Person / Daytime Phone Number2-9, 2-16

DISTRICT COURTPROBATE DIVISION FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTSTATE OF MINNESOTACOUNTY OF ROCKESTATE OFLolita A. Anderson, formerly known asLolita A. Hofelmann DECEDENTNOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSIt is Ordered and Notice is given that on February 27, 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 November 11, 1994 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 Connie R. Olson whose address is: 466 91st Street, Beaver Creek, Minnesota 56116 as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED 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 full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to 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 1/26/06 Timothy K. ConnellJudge Date /s/ Sandra L. Vrtacnik 1/26/06 Sandra L. VrtacnikCourt Administrator DateAttorney for Personal RepresentativeDonald R. KlosterbuerKlosterbuer & Haubrich, LLP120 N. McKenzieBox 538Luverne, MN 56156-0538507 283-911156674 2-2, 2-9

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls’ hockey team snapped a four-game losing streak by rolling to a nine-goal win in Redwood Falls Saturday.Prior to playing Redwood Valley, the Cardinals dropped a one-goal decision to Windom in Luverne Thursday.The 4-18 Cards cap the regular season in Worthington tonight.Luverne 9, RWV 0The Cardinals erupted for eight first-period goals to put Saturday’s game in Redwood Falls away early.Six different Cardinals found the net in a span of 13:32 during the opening period, setting the stage for a convincing victory.Marissa Frakes and Natalie Morgan led the charge by scoring two goals each. Paige Olson, Kelsey Theesfeld, Amanda Niessink and Mikki Fitzer added one goal each to the first-period assault.Katie Dahl, who recorded two assists in the game, added a counter in the third period for Luverne. Frakes, Morgan, Liz Solma, Ramona Taubert and Stephanie Steensma finished the game with one assist each.Luverne outshot RWV 61-12 in the game, with goalie Kaylee Smook recording 12 saves for the winners.Windom 3, Luverne 2The Cardinals came up on the short end of a one-goal decision when they entertained the Eagles at the Blue Mound Ice Arena Thursday.Luverne was observing Senior Night prior to the conference clash, but it was the Eagles who did the celebrating after turning a third-period goal into a 3-2 win.Trailing 2-1 after one period of play, Luverne tied the game when Dahl poked the puck into the net after receiving a cross-ice pass from Olson with 5:16 remaining in the second stanza. Heather Kruse also received an assist for the goal.The score remained tied at two until the 13:13 mark of the third period, when Windom’s Alyssa Lyons capped a two-goal effort with what proved to be the game-winning tally.Windom’s Sara Luhmann opened the scoring at the 12:30 mark of the first period, but Luverne’s Morgan tied the game 55 seconds later with an unassisted power-play goal. Windom regained the lead at 2-1 when Lyons scored with the Eagles on the power play with 9:04 remaining in the first period.Alison Brands made 19 saves in net for an LHS team that was outshot 22-17 in the contest.

By John RittenhouseThe Ellsworth boys’ basketball team dropped its second game of the season Monday.After recording a 15-point home win over Lake Benton Friday, the Panthers came up on the short end of a 15-point decision when they played George-Little Rock in George, Iowa, Monday.Ellsworth, 18-2 overall, hosts Echo Charter School Friday and Hills-Beaver Creek Tuesday.G-LR 66, Ellsworth 51The physical Mustangs used an inside presence and strong perimeter defense to defeat the Panthers in George Monday.Along with scoring 36 points in the paint, G-LR drew a number of fouls with its play on the inside to set up a 17 of 17 shooting night at the charity stripe. The Mustangs also limited EHS to two of 13 shooting from beyond the three-point line during the contest, taking away one of the most dangerous parts of Ellworth’s game."They were bigger and stronger than we were, and they took advantage of their size," said EHS coach Markus Okeson. "They are a good, physical team. I think playing them will make us a little better."The Mustangs outscored EHS in all four quarters, sporting 18-13, 34-27 and 49-39 leads at the end of the first three quarter breaks before winning by 15 in the end.Cody Schilling turned in a 25-point, 12-rebound effort for the Panthers.Box scoreDeBerg 1 0 0-0 2, Deutsch 2 0 0-0 4, Kramer 0 0 2-2 2, Schilling 11 0 3-5 25, Van Der Stoep 1 2 0-0 8, Herman 4 0 0-0 8, Chapa 1 0 0-0 2.Team statisticsEllsworth: 22 of 50 field goals (44 percent), five of seven free throws (71 percent), 24 rebounds, nine turnovers.G-LR: 24 of 46 field goals (52 percent), 17 of 17 free throws (100 percent), 31 rebounds, eight turnovers.Ellsworth 91, LB 76The Panthers rallied from an early deficit to defeat the Bobcats by 15 points in Ellsworth Friday.After falling behind by eight points early in the first half, Ellsworth battled back to gain a 41-35 halftime lead.EHS proceeded to outscore Lake Benton 50-41 in the second half to win handily."They came out and started to hit some threes early," said coach Okeson. "We made some adjustments and started to get some hands in their faces, then they started missing some shots. We wore them down at the end."Aaron Van Der Stoep, who netted 18 points in the first half, led the Panthers with 30 points. Schilling scored 27 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and passed for seven assists. Bryan Kramer and Weston DeBerg netted 19 and 11 points respectively. Ben Herman snared 10 rebounds.Box scoreDeBerg 4 0 3-5 11, Kramer 3 3 4-4 19, Schilling 5 2 11-12 27, Van Der Stoep 5 6 2-2 30, Herman 0 0 3-4 3, Chapa 0 0 1-2 1.Team statisticsEllsworth: 28 of 58 field goals (48 percent), 24 of 29 free throws (83 percent), 30 rebounds, seven turnovers.LB: 29 of 67 field goals (43 percent), six of seven free throws (86 percent), 32 rebounds, 11 turnovers.

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian boys’ basketball team broke even after playing a pair of Red Rock Conference games.Southwest Christian topped the Dragons by six points in Adrian Thursday. AHS crushed Westbrook-Walnut Grove by 26 points in Westbrook Tuesday.The 6-9 Dragons host Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin Friday.Adrian 83, W-WG 57A sound offensive performance carried the Dragons to a 26-point win over the Chargers in Westbrook Tuesday.Four players reached double figures in points for an AHS team that canned 57 percent of its shots."We controlled the ball well offensively," said AHS coach Chris Rozell. "We passed the ball well, we worked for a good shot and we shot the ball well."Adrian, which led 36-24 at halftime, outscored W-WG 47-33 in the second half to run away with the win.Double-doubles from Brad Brake (26 points and 10 rebounds) and Ryan Lonneman (20 points and 10 rebounds) served as the highlights of the win. Robert Swayze and Lee Stover netted 12 and 10 points respectively. Jory Haken charted eight assists and Cody Kontz recorded four steals.Box scoreSwayze 2 2 2-2 12, Lutmer 2 0 0-0 4, Lonneman 9 0 2-5 20, Haken 1 0 0-0 2, Oertli 1 0 0-0 2, Stover 2 2 0-0 10, Erlandson 3 0 3-4 9, Brake 11 0 4-5 26.Box scoreAdrian: 33 of 58 field goals (57 percent), 13 of 22 free throws (59 percent), 41 rebounds, 14 turnovers.W-WG: 23 of 57 field goals (40 percent), eight of 15 free throws (53 percent), 21 rebounds, 15 turnovers.SWC 75, Adrian 69A slow start by the Dragons proved to be costly when they challenged the Eagles in Adrian Thursday.A sloppy start allowed SWC to open a 49-29 lead in the first half.Adrian regrouped in the second half to outscore the Eagles 40-26, but the Dragons couldn’t complete the comeback during what ended as a six-point loss."We weren’t ready to play early," said coach Rozell. "We had 20 turnovers in the first half, and almost all of them were turned into layups."The Dragons did trim the difference to four points with less than two minutes remaining in the second half, but that was as close as they could come to catching the Eagles.Brake led the Dragons with 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Lonneman chipped in 12 points and eight rebounds. Stover netted 21 points, Haken charted six assists and Kontz finished the game with five assists and four steals.Box scoreSwayze 4 0 0-0 8, Lonneman 5 0 4-5 14, Haken 1 0 2-2 4, Stover 5 2 5-7 21, Brake 10 0 2-3 22.Team statisticsAdrian: 27 of 48 field goals (56 percent), 13 of 17 free throws (76 percent), 29 rebounds, 25 turnovers.SWC: 29 of 58 field goals (50 percent), 12 of 21 free throws (57 percent), 23 rebounds, 17 turnovers.

By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ basketball team completed a sweep of its annual season series with Worthington by besting the Trojans 55-47 in Luverne Friday.It looked like the Cardinals might run away with the contest when they led by 23 points 5:24 into the second half, but Worthington didn’t go down without a fight.The Trojans rallied to trim the difference to five points with 1:03 left to play, but the Cards sank five free throws in the final 30 seconds to secure an eight-point win.Luverne scored the first six points of the game and led 15-5 when Nick Heronimus turned a steal into a layup at the 5:35 mark of the first half.Worthington countered with a 6-0 spurt to trail 15-11 with 2:00 remaining, but Luverne’s Andrew DeBoer completed a three-point play with 1:47 left before Jake Hendricks buried a three-point shot with six seconds remaining to give the Cards a 21-11 halftime lead.Luverne opened the second half with a 16-3 run that ended with Derek Boeve draining a pair of free throws at 12:36 to give the hosts a 37-14 advantage.The Cards, however, missed a number of free throws as the second half progressed, allowing the Trojans to climb back into the game.Worthington sliced the difference to five points (50-45) with 1:03 left to play, but Luverne answered with two free throws from Boeve and Heronimus and one charity shot from Tim Miller in the final 30 seconds to preserve an eight-point win.Boeve led the Cards with 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists during the contest. Hendricks chipped in 11 points, while Heronimus charted six rebounds and three steals.The 12-3 Cardinals host Redwood Valley Friday before playing road games against West Central Saturday and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Tuesday.Box scoreBoelman 3 0 0-3 6, Miller 0 0 4-64, Hendricks 2 1 4-11 11, Clark 1 1 0-0 5, Boeve 5 0 7-8 17, DeBoer 2 0 1-1 5, Heronimus 2 0 3-4 7.Team statisticsLuverne: 17 of 42 field goals (40 percent), 19 of 33 free throws (57 percent), 31 rebounds, 10 turnovers.Worthington: Field goals not available, seven of 11 free throws (63 percent), 38 rebounds, 11 turnovers.

By John RittenhouseWhen a first-year coach added an eighth-grade guard to the varsity roster five years ago, he did it for a specific reason.On Saturday night, that same player etched her position in Luverne High School basketball lore for a different reason.Maggie Kuhlman, a senior member of the Luverne High School girls’ basketball team, joined a select list of girls during the course of a Southwest Conference game played in Worthington.When the LHS guard drained a three-point shot at the 3:52 mark of the second half, Kuhlman became the third player in school history to surpass the 1,000-point mark for her career.Natalie Hubbling was the first LHS player to crack the list on Jan. 16, 1998. Kristine DeGroot joined Hubbling in the 1,000-point club on Feb. 11, 1999.Considering she earned a spot on the varsity roster for her ballhandling ability during the 2001-02 season, Kuhlman now will be remembered as a complete player."We brought her up about five games into the season when she was an eighth-grader," recalled current LHS coach Jason Phelps, who was starting his six-year run as the head man of the program at the time."We brought her up at the time because we needed a good ballhandler, and she was one. Now she’s more of a complete player."Kuhlman brings a little bit of everything now that she has matured as a basketball player.She still is one of Luverne’s best ballhandlers, but her list of assets doesn’t end there. Kuhlman is a solid defender capable of taking the ball away from an opponent at any time, and her vision of the entire court allows her to find open teammates for a quick assist.Offensively, she can break down a defense off the dribble, and she draws extra attention for her ability to hit the three-point shot."She’s always been a capable scorer," Phelps said."Like I said, we brought her up as an eighth-grader mainly for ballhandling. She mainly was a three-point shooter as a freshman and sophomore. She’s become a more aggressive player both offensively and defensively the last two seasons, and she’s been able to create some points because of the way she plays defense."To this point, Kuhlman’s scoring numbers have improved with every season.She scored 107 points as an eighth-grader, 210 as a freshman, 238 as a sophomore and 277 as a junior.Kuhlman has netted 169 points this season, and 22 came against the Trojans Saturday night.The LHS senior entered the game with 979 points and scored a dozen in the first half. After scoring seven more counters in the first 14 minutes of the second half, she surpassed the 1,000-point milestone with her three-point shot with 3:52 remaining.

Public airs opinions at odd planning meetingWhile the issue isn’t quite filed away for history, it looks as if Dan Dingmann, his co-workers and his customers will have a new funeral home on Fledgling Field.Dingmann has been publicly quiet about the issue … and who could blame him? He thought everything was worked out at least twice before, and he’s probably holding his breath until the last vote is tallied.There are always two sides to every story, and this one has very clear sides.Dingmann and company felt shorted and led on, while some neighbors so strongly objected that they reportedly looked into litigation at one point.Both sides made legitimate points. One side could say things such as: a funeral "home" is traditionally in a neighborhood setting. Others could say: a business of any kind shouldn’t interfere with the beautiful, historic Luverne thoroughfare.I think after all these years, even those with strong opinions can understand a little of what the other side thinks.I can sum up my outsider’s view of the topic by saying this: it caused bad feelings in a lot of good people.Not everyone who spoke at the meeting got his quote in my front page news story (it was getting to be too long of a read). But most made valid points.Some said they would have objected to the city zoning change if they had known it was going to occur. That brings another side issue forward of civic responsibility. People have to find out what’s going on in their communities by reading legal notices and news stories. They shouldn’t have to be hit over the head with a clearly labeled stick before they take notice of something.At the meeting, speakers had to sign in on separate notebooks, stating whether they were in favor of the funeral home, which was odd. I thought people’s statements should stand on their own, rather than have the Planning Commission take a poll, since it said this wasn’t a popularity contest anyway.While I’m on the subject of weird things in this meeting, the audience kept being reminded by the Planning Commission that they couldn’t use personal attacks in their statements. That seemed to be a strange assumption, considering I’ve been at hundreds of public meetings that haven’t taken a personal turn. And instead of sharing building plans or other seemingly pertinent information, an overhead projector illuminated 10 procedural rules that the audience had to follow.Then, the Luverne Building and Zoning Official took pictures of the audience. Monday’s Planning Commission meeting, which could very well be one of the last on the topic, aired a lot of opinions.Margaret Sanny, had the opinion that a business would look better than the alfalfa that’s on Fledgling Field. She said, "I don’t see what the problem is. I don’t see how a beautiful funeral home will detract from that area."Janine Papik, a longtime opponent of any business on Fledgling Field, said in the end that her opinion was nothing personal. "I wish Dan well," she said.