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WHAT’S INSIDENOW AND THEN

Second weekly notice (order) to citizens in town to repair the sidewalks in front of their property...Page 3.

FUNERAL NOTICEThere is one funeral notice in this week’s Re-cord...Page 3.

TRACK AND FIELDSeveral A-B-E track and field members advanced to the section meet. Page 6.CHARGER SPORTSThe Brandon-Evansville baseball and softball teams bowed out of the section tournaments...Page 6.GROUND COVER“Ground cover” can mean several things. It can be a type of mulch, hardscape materials like patio block, or a growing plant...Page 9.

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The Brandon-Evansville School’s Teacher of the Year has been chosen...Page 11.

STUDENTS

Area college students earn recognition...Page 12.

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Brandon - Complainant states that her 85-year-old aunt is not feeling well and very weak. Husband recently had COVID 19.

Osakis - I-94, mile marker 113. Fed Ex vehicle all over the road. Sent to state patrol. State patrol stopped vehicle.

Alexandria - I-94, mile mark-er 100. Traffic stop. Failure to maintain lane.

Brandon - Burglary. Grocery store’s front door busted in.

Alexandria - Theft of a large job box with thousands of dol-lars in tools taken.

Kensington - Public assist.

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By Julie Anderson

Douglas County Commis-sioners met June 1 in regular session.

Board Chair Jerry Rapp called the meeting to order and, after the Pledge of Allegiance and approval of the minutes and agenda, closed the regular session for a public hearing. The hearing was a continuation from the last board meeting and concerned petitions for removal of property from Douglas County Ditch No. 6.

Douglas County has 19 legal

ditch systems which move water from point A to point B.

Those ditches pass through both private and publicly owned lands and specifically benefit those properties by draining water off the land or providing an outlet for drainage allowing the property to be farmed or developed.

In the establishment of a legal ditch, or through a re-determination of benefits on a ditch, all properties within the watershed area of that ditch, private and public, are viewed

and benefits assigned. Upon acceptance by the drainage au-thority, those benefits are then used to spread the cost of any repairs and/or improvements on that ditch.

Douglas County routinely provides beaver control and dam removal, noxious weed and woody vegetation control and seasonal inspections and maintenance as needed.

On CD #6, a landowner has requested the repair of Branch 2 of CD #6, which was last cleaned in 1984. The estimated

cost to repair that branch is $18,850. A redetermination of benefits was completed to determine an accurate and up to date list of property owners and benefits required to share the cost of that work.

Three property owners in that benefit roll petitioned to have their property removed from the benefited area. For county com-missioners to order approval of that petition, three conditions had to be met per state statute:

1. The waters from

petition-See BOARD, page 7.

Petition denied to remove property from benefitted area

June 15 open house will

provide B-E project info

The Brandon-Evansville School District will be hold-ing an open house June 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to provide information on the district’s proposed building and remodeling project at the Brandon and Evansville buildings.

The open house will be held at the Evansville gym.

Residents are encouraged to attend the open house which will provide infor-mation in several categories concerning the project.

The purpose of the event is to provide the community with information about the work which has been done

around facility planning and a pending referendum for the Brandon and Evansville campuses.

There will be five stations people can visit at their own pace. The stations include: stu-dent enrollment, space needs, floor plan options, tax impact and timeline.

This will also be an oppor-tunity to provide feedback on the proposed projects.

There will be a hotdog and chips supper served by the B-E Student Council.

The designs being consid-ered can be found on page 2 of this week’s Record.

WORK CONTINUES

Work at the Brandon school building continues. Above workers from Buttweiler’s Do All worked on the roof. Replacing the roof will be done this summer as well as work on the indoor air quality project.

Evansville Council

will meet June 14

The Evansville City Council will hold its regular meeting June 14 t the Evansville Senior Center at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda includes a dis-cussion on the city’s commu-nity center which the Bran-don-Evansville District has expressed an interest in pur-chasing.

The council will also be dis-cussing part-time maintenance help, tall grass letters, park vandalism, an employee com-mittee report, a school report, an Evansville Community De-velopers report, school report, office report and maintenance supervisor’s report.

The meeting will also include an opportunity for any guest concerns or comments. The council will also take up any structure permits which have come into the city office, cor-respondence and old or other business.

The meeting will be paused and closed for employee re-views. After the closed session the meeting will be resumed and a report will be given on the reviews.

Brandon City Council reviews clean-up event held in May

The City of Brandon took part in a group clean-up event May 15 in Brandon.

The day was set up by Pope-Douglas Solid Waste and included the cities of Bran-don, Evansville, Garfield and Brandon Township.

Residents were able to drop off e-waste as well as mat-tresses, recliners and sofas for a fee.

The result of the clean-up day was discussed by the Bran-don City Council at its June 7 meeting.

Brandon City Clerk Deb Grommesh said the day went well. There were 48 items dropped off by Brandon

resi-dents. The total collected by the city for the items was $481.

Pope-Douglas will be receiv-ing $321.45 of the amount with the rest going to cover the city’s costs for promoting the event.

This year’s Summerfest will include a change to the street dance. The dance will be held on Friday, Aug. 6 instead of on Saturday as in the past. Plans for Saturday include possibly hav-ing a DJ for the evenhav-ing. There will be patio seating near the Liquor Store all day Saturday.

Brandon Maintenance Super-visor Ryan Skillings presented his report during the meeting.

He informed the council the Brandon School will be install-ing a new 6-inch water service line for its sprinkler system being installed as part of the district’s indoor air quality project.

Skillings informed the coun-cil the dry weather has allowed him to catch up and make room in the city’s primary ponds. This will help when the area does get rain.

He also said as part of his report he has been irrigating both fields near the ponds.

The city’s hydrants are due to

be flushed. Skillings said this should be able to begin in the next few weeks.

Most of the city’s new ban-ners are up on posts throughout the city. Skillings said he needs five more sets of brackets to finish putting up the remaining banners.

Ditches in the city which need to be cleaned have been located, said Skillings. He is working to get the cleaning scheduled.

Because July 5 is the city’s next scheduled meeting date and it is a holiday, the council moved its next meeting to July 12 at 6:30 p.m.

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Shown here are the designs being considered for Brandon-Evansville School District’s building and remodeling projects at the Brandon and Evansville school facilities.

The plan to the right is for the Evansville building. The plans call for demolishing the 1917 portion of the building. It shows the creation of new classrooms as well as the addition of a multi-purpose room which can be used as a gym.

There will also be new park-ing stalls, new offices, a secure building entrance and a drop off and pick up lane.

The exhibit below shows what will be done at the Bran-don building. It also includes creating new classrooms, a new gym, renovating the existing locker rooms, new offices, a secure entrance, about six dozen parking spots and a new vehicle storage building.

The plans will be displayed at the district’s open house June 15 in Evansville.

Everyone is encouraged to attend to review the plans and provide input.

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The quilts given to Evansville veterans at the Evansville Memo-rial Day ceremony were from the Alexandria Honor Quilts which is not affiliated with Quilts of Valor. The Record regrets the error.

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Cases ...7,766 / 7,745Total hospitalizations ...320 / 317Total cases in ICU...69 / 67Total deaths ...110 / 110Median age ...43 / 43

Total cases in county: This week / Last weekDouglas ... 4,746 / 4,732Grant... 593 / 594Pope ...1,129 / 1,123Stevens...924 / 923Traverse ...374 / 373Deaths by countyDouglas ...80Grant...8Pope ...6Stevens...11Traverse ...5

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Percentage of confirmed cases by age0-5 ... 26-19 ... 1420-29 ... 1630-39 ... 1540-49 ... 1350-59 ... 1460-69 ... 1270-79 ... 880-89 ... 490 and over... 2

County confirmed cases by rate per 10,000Douglas ... 1,244 Grant... 993Pope ... 1,004Stevens... 942Traverse ... 1,148MINNESOTA ... 1,061120 Years AgoEvansville Enterprise:

Notice to Repair SidewalksSecond weekly notice (order) to citizens in town to repair the sidewalks in front of their property

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The school also known as the “Grandokken School” opened on February 3, 1899 with the furniture arriving about that same time. The first teacher was Miss Bertina Thompson, sister to the Evansville His-torical Foundation founder, Alf Thompson.

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Alexandria - Theft. Com-plainant’s and many other locks cut and items stolen.

Carlos - Medical call. Fe-male with seizure-like activity, breathing, vomited. Assisted first responders and North.

Kensington - Complainant’s 15-year-old son told her that he was going to stay at his older brother’s place a few days ago and the older brother claims he hasn’t seen him.

Alexandria - Six boys jump-ing off the bridge. Checked the walking bridge, train bridge and car bridge, nobody found.

Alexandria - Black SUV. Westbound on Third. Passing, excessive speeds, tailgating. Duty to drive with due care.

Farwell - People drive really fast past house during the sum-mer complainant wants extra patrol. Extra patrol request e-mailed to patrol.

Osakis - Patrol activity. Locked up bathrooms at the park and beach.

June 3

Osakis - Foot patrol. Security checks down town.

Miltona - Foot patrol. Pa-trolled streets and school.

Alexandria - Patrol activity. Checked outside of premises. Gates closed for evening.

Stearns County - Report of female that escaped an RV at rest stop in Stearns County. RV possible continued westbound on I-94. Stearns County has male in custody. Units told to disregard.

Alexandria - Suspicious vehicle. Vehicle parked on the north end of the building. Employee had just showed up for work.

Alexandria - I-94, mile marker 100. Eastbound on ramp. Warning for failure to stop at the stop sign.

Alexandria - Vehicle stolen out of Otter Tail County in lot. Assisted Alex PD with an unoccupied stolen vehicle out of Fergus Falls.

Alexandria - Theft. Com-plainant just found out she had some equipment taken again last night.

Alexandria - Public assist. Would like to speak to a deputy about her concerns about her children and her ex boyfriend. Father of children is chemically dependent and having some mental health issues. Referred to Someplace Safe. Father lives in another city.

Kensington - Harassment. Complainant states that person one has been contacting her

through e-mail and that she has an active OFP against him. She believes he is currently at the truck stop. No OFP or HRO in place, PC to arrest person one for violation of conditions of release.

Osakis - Complainant would like an officer call back about an unruly customer who runs in the field as they try to spray it. Complainant just wanted us aware of the situation, told her to call 911 if it happens again.

Garfield - Complainant bought a boat from a male party who was selling it for someone. Complainant needs to get a signed paper stating he bought it from owner but complainant does not know who it is and the male party he bought it from passed away. Complainant wants to know who the owner is or how to find the owner. Advised complainant to call the DMV.

Alexandria - Water com-plaint. Kids jumping off bridge. Warned kids of dangers of jumping into channel in front of boating traffic.

Alexandria - Child endanger-ment. Four-wheeler driving on Hazel Hill Road. Turned right into Burgen Lake access with small toddler on the front driv-ing fast. No car seat. Educated person one about 4-wheeler laws. He will ride it home and get a car to pick up his wife and kid.

Nelson - 40-year-old male fell while running, unrespon-sive, rapid breathing.

Garfield - Domestic. At 5:30 p.m. complainant went to person one’s address to get keys. Person one pushed her down and bit complainant’s arm and put hands around her neck three times. Complainant stating she didn’t want to make a big deal and just wants person one to get help, told complain-ant she needs to report what happened. Complainant is at home with her son. Person one arrested for felony domestic by strangulation.

Alexandria - Complainant states female party is yelling and threatening complainant and her friends. They are travel-ling to address. The bus driver will not stop. Alex PD asking for another car. Cleared prior to arrival.

June 4

Burgen Terrace SE - Foot patrol. No checks needed. Checked the area and new construction site. Nothing to be noted.

Garfield - School patrolGlenwood - Grill smoldering on deck. No flames.

Alexandria - Male party fell 12 feet from ladder and believes he has concussion.

Alexandria - 44-year-old female. Complications from a surgery, dizzy, feels faint, dif-ficulty breathing.

Alexandria - Grand mother talked to mom whom is a meth user and could hear kids yelling and crying in the back-ground. Person one denied that the children were screaming, everything appeared normal. Douglas County Social Ser-vices updated.

Alexandria - Complainant is taking care of daughter’s house while she is in jail. Believes someone broke into the house. Dead-bolt not secured, smells like marijuana and cat was outside. Cleared residence per renters permission. Nothing further.

Carlos - Truck with lift on back is making it hard to see intersection. Owner moved truck and lift.

Alexandria - Complainant is supposed to testify this after-noon against person one in a Stearns County matter and he is threatening her if she does. Complainant was told to call to have it documented.

Alexandria - Employee won’t give back company computer files. Parties worked out an agreement, deputies ensured interaction was peaceful.

Kensington - Child protec-tion investigaprotec-tion.

Alexandria - Traffic stop. Citation issued for hands-free violation.

Farwell - 911 hangup. Very faint voice speaking into the phone. Unable to understand what was said. Person one called back and stated all okay.

Miltona - Complainant stat-ing there is a pontoon that flipped off the trailer and is in the ditch. There is a skidloader there trying to put it upright. Call transferred to state patrol.

Alexandria - Complainant is upset that parade is taking so long and that she can’t get to her house. Person was wondering if there could be better advertising in the future.

Kensington - Complainant would like to speak with a deputy about a child custody matter. Person one wanted to report person two took their son out of state without permis-sion. Person one just wanted it documented.

Alexandria - Complainant stating a male driving a red Pacifica stopped and accused her of taking pictures of him. Complainant stated that her neighbors possibly do illegal drugs and she stated when she sees a suspicious car she is go-ing to call it in. She stated the red car tonight was red and it had a dent on the back. Patrolled the area and did not locate the car.

Alexandria - Person was driv-ing through late statdriv-ing he was just passing through. Advised to move on.

June 5

Alexandria - Complainant heard a window break in her back bedroom and dog is freak-ing out. She thinks someone maybe inside. Assisted on scene.

Alexandria - Complainant would like to speak with deputy about what he believes is drug activity at location. Person one says there are cars coming and going at all hours of the night. Requesting extra patrol in that area. E-mal sent to patrol group.

Alexandria - Complainant states neighbors across the street is playing loud music that she can hear over her air con-ditioner and can feel her floor shaking. Complainant says this is an on-going issue. Spoke with person one who is homeowner and advised of complaint. No music was playing when ar-rived on scene. Attempted to call complainant but didn’t get an answer.

Alexandria - Traffic stop. Verbal warning for stop sign.

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LUND TOWNSHIP meetings are the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Lund Townhall in Melby.

THE EVANSVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD meets the third Tuesday of each month at the Evansville City Hall at 7 p.m. January, Febru-ary, March, April and December; at 8 p.m. all other months THE MILLERVILLE TOWN-SHIP regular meetings are held the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Millerville Fire Hall.

THE BRANDON TOWNSHIP holds its monthly meetings on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Brandon Community Center. The exceptions are that in January and February, the month-ly meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday due to legal holidays.THE URNESS TOWNBOARD meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall.AREA MEETINGS: Evansville City Council, second Monday, 7 p.m.; Brandon City Council, first Monday, 6:30 p.m.; Brandon-Evansville School Board, third Monday at Evansville Senior Cen-ter, at 7 p.m. Due to the virus epi-demic please call to find out if a planned meeting is being held.

Complainant just discovered neighbor has a camera up in a tree and it is pointed directly at complainant’s picnic area.

Alexandria - Suspicious activity. Complainant states a renter that lives on property is being suspicious and has been walking past complainant’s bedroom and around their house. Complainant’s feels uneasy about this. Complain-ant was upset about person one walking on her side of the driveway. Advised it was a civil issue and explained the HRO process.

Alexandria - Property dam-age accident. Complainant hit a turkey and her windshield is shattered. Minor crash report.

Alexandria - Complainant ran into sign wants report. Minor crash.

Alexandria - Package lost in mail. Stripped lower receiver.

Nelson - Driving complaint. Witnessed intoxicated female get in her car in Nelson and drive off towards C.R. 82.

Alexandria - Public assist. Person one reporting her hus-band suffers from a disease that when he is ill, he acts out or has violent tendencies. She wanted to alert law enforcement as she is starting to see some behaviors that are concerning and she has concerns for LE if they were to be called out to their home.

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B-E baseball bows out

of playoffs with 5-2 loss

The Brandon-Evansville baseball team was seeded No. 4 for the North Section 6A tournament and took on No. 5 Browerville/Eagle Valley in Evansville June 1.

The Tigers got off on the right foot in the top of the first inning when they put three runs on the board.

The visitors had only one hit in the stanza but did take advantage of three Charger er-rors and a walk.

“We dug ourselves into an early hole with three errors in the first inning which led to three unearned runs and just could not get into an offensive rhythm. We had some oppor-tunities to tie things up, but just couldn’t get a clutch hit when we needed it,” said B-E Coach Brian Perleberg.

B-E battle back in the bottom of the first when Kyle Schaffran walked, stole second and third and scored on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead.

The Chargers pulled to within one at 3-2 in the bottom of the second when schaffran walked with the bases loaded.

In the top of the sixth the Tigers put one across by capital-izing on an error and two walks for a 4-2 lead.

The Chargers could not score in their half of the sixth but the

visitors put an insurance run on the board in the top of the seventh on an RBI double by Miguel Malmey.

Dezmond White took the loss for the Chargers with Nate Ben-ning picking up the win.

“Tyler Bitzan came on in relief and gave us an excellent pitching performance, hurling 5 ⅓ innings, striking out seven and only giving up one run. He really kept us in this game after a shaky start. You have to give credit to Browerville pitcher Nate Benning, he got into a groove after the first two innings and pitched really well for the Tigers today.” added the coach.

Titus Fuller had two hits for B-E with Hunter Koep getting one.

The Chargers ended the sea-son with a 12-7 record.

As this was the last game for this year’s seniors, the coach expressed his gratitude for their dedication. “I’d like to thank our seniors Kyle Schaffran, Brian Lauthen, and Xavier Grussing for their commitment and dedication to our program. Their presence will surely be missed in the future and we thank them for all the wonderful memories they have provided over the years,” said the coach.

B-E’s Brady Perleberg came in to score one of the Char-gers two runs in the contest with Browerville/Eagle Valley.

Charger softball team falls 6-3 in first round of playoffs

The Brandon-Evansville softball team took on Pelican Rapids in Brandon in the first round of the Section 6A playoffs June 1.

The Chargers were seeded

No. 4 and the Vikings No. 5 for the playoffs.

B-E managed an early lead putting two runs across in the bottom of the first stanza. The Vikings came right back in

their next atbats with two runs of their own to tie the contest.

The third and fourth stanzas were scoreless with each team adding a run in the fifth inning.

The visitors took the lead with two runs in the sixth and the Chargers couldn’t respond.

Pelican Rapids added one run in the top of the seventh for the final score.

The Vikings out-hit the Char-gers 7-4.

Bailey Schaefer had one hit and two runs for B-E with Kylee Dingwall getting one hit and an RBI and Morgan Bitzan and Taylin Kramer getting one hit each.

Mikenna Pattrin took the loss going the distance with seven strikeouts and three walks.

“Mikenna threw a solid game, unfortunately, we weren’t able to make the plays we needed to in order to come out with the win tonight,” said B-E Coach Kasi Sieling.

Sieling credited the Vikings with being a tough team. She also noted the Chargers had runners on base in every inning but just couldn’t string the hits together to get a rally going. when it was needed.

“I am very proud of this group of girls and all they have ac-complished this season. They worked hard, stepped into new roles and did everything we asked of them. It is important for them to not let this last game define them or this season

and focus on the goals they achieved, the improvements they made and the memories we made as a team,” added the coach.

The Chargers ended the season with a record of 18-4.

Sieling expressed her appre-ciation for this year’s seniors contributions to the program.

“Thank you to our seniors, Bailey Schaefer, Mikenna Pat-trin, Korrie Randt and Morgan Bitzan. These young women have been tremendous leaders in our program and have always worked to improve. They are amazing young women and I cannot wait to see all they go on to achieve in life,” said the coach.

B-E’s Bailey Schaefer slid in safely for a run in the Chargers’ contest with Pelican Rapids.

A-B-E takes part in sub-section meet

The Ashby-Brandon-Evans-ville track and field teams took part in the Section 6A Sub-Sec-tion 22 meet at Wadena-Deer Creek School June 3.

The top five finishers in each individual event and the top two teams in each relay qualified for the Section 6A meet June 10 in Fergus Falls.

The only girl advancing to the section meet is Cailey Schlosser in the discus at fourth place with a toss of 86 feet, 4 inches.

Boys advancing include Derick Novotny at third in the 100-meter dash in 11.94 sec-onds. Sully Wales will advance in the 3,200-meter run with a fifth-place finish in 11 minutes, 26.55 seconds.

Kobe Reiland will be advanc-ing in the 100-meter hurdles with a second-place finish in 17.72 seconds and in the 300-meter hurdles in third place in 46.62 seconds.

The boys 400-meter relay team of Jade Carlson, Nathan Baumann, Dierk Goeden and Derick Novotny finished sec-ond in 46.44 secsec-onds.

In the high jump, A-B-E’s Jake Rein will be advancing thanks to a fifth-place finish at 5 ft., 4 in.

Other finishes for the girls in-cluded: Valerie Deschene, 7th, 100-meter hurdles, 18.49 sec.; and 6th in the 300-meter hurdles in 55.94 sec.; Taylor Dingwall, 8th, 300-meter hurdles, 56.77 sec.; 400-meter relay, 5th, 55.06 sec.; 800-meter relay, 5th, 1:56.69; 1,600-meter relay, 4th, 4:51.82; Lucea Wales, 7th, triple jump, 33 ft.

Other finishes for the boys included: Nathan Anderson, 7th, 100-meter hurdles, 21.74 sec. and 6th, 300-meter hurdles, 51.76 sec.; 1600-meter relay, 5th, 4:07.99; 800-meter relay, 4th, 1:37.14; Micah Fuller, 8th,

high jump, 5 ft.; Dierk Goeden, 6th, pole vault, 8 ft., 6 in.; Kobe Reiland, 7th, triple jump, 38 feet; Nolan Bitzan, 8th, triple jump, 36 ft., 4 in.; Deklin Go-eden, 7th, discus, 110 ft., 10 in.The girls side of the meet was one by Perham with 153 points followed by OTC at 122; W-DC, 111; Breckenridge, 54; New York Mills, 36; United North Central, 32; Parkers Prairie, 24; A-B-E 17; and Hillcrest 8.

Perham also won the boys side of the meet with 146 points followed by Parkers Prairie, 89; OTC, 81; W-DC, 69; United North Central, 65; Brecken-ridge, 63; A-B-E, 46, New York Mills 16 and Hillcrest 11.

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ers’ property have been diverted from the drainage system and cannot significantly or regu-larly use the drainage system.

2. That the property is not benefitted by the drainage system.

3. That removing the property from the drainage system will not prejudice the property own-ers remaining in the system.

After thoroughly reviewing the three properties in question, including on-site review by Douglas County Drainage and Ag Inspector Tom Anderson, commissioners voted unani-mously to uphold the finding of the recent re-determination of benefits denying their peti-tion for removal. Thus, all property owners currently as-signed benefits on Ditch 6 will be responsible for their share of any repairs or expense.

Commissioner Rapp closed the public hearing and reopened the regular session.

Public Works

Public Works Director Tim Erickson and Park Superinten-dent Brad Bonk appeared next before the board. They asked to create a Parks Committee. Douglas County parks are be-coming increasingly popular, and many private entities are requesting to hold events in the parks. Bonk explained he wants to respond to these requests in

a consistent manner. Erickson used the example of food trucks requesting to sell their products in the parks during events. The committee would draft a policy to determine how many trucks could be in a park at one time, what amount of garbage would be generated from such an event, etc. The commissioners approved the Parks Commit-tee which will be composed of 5 members: Commissioner Keith Englund, Commissioner Heather Larson, Erickson, Bonk and Assistant Public Works Director Scott Green.

Sheriff

The board approved the 2021 State of Minnesota Annual County Boat and Water Safety Grant.

Social Services

County Human Services Di-rector Laurie Bonds requested to be approved as an authorized signor for the Fraud Prevention Investigation Grant.

Recorder’s Office

Recorder Mary Skillings asked for permission to write off $27.00 in uncollectable debt. The board approved the request and asked the county coordinator to draft a resolution allowing department heads to write off small debt without board approval. More details will be available following the passage of that resolution.

Skillings also informed the board she plans to use her technology budget to purchase a new scanner.

Auditor/Treasurer

Vicki Doehling asked for approval of a gambling permit for a raffle to be held at the Alexandria Shooting Park June 22. That is the final day of the Minnesota State Trapshooting event. She also asked the board to approve a temporary on-sale liquor license which will allow the Elks to sell alcohol at the Anderson Bash on July 23rd and 24th.

Library

Dawn Dailey, the Douglas County Library Director and Tessa Dutcher, chair of the Douglas County Library Board, shared with commissioners the current successes of the library and the plan for a needs assess-ment study.

Dailey came prepared with a list of fun activities happen-ing at the library this summer including: children’s reading on the courthouse lawn on Wednesdays at 10:30 begin-ning June 9; state park passes available for check out; Friends of the Library annual book sale July 27, 28 and 29 at the Alex-andria Armory; the Community Read featuring the book The La-ger Queen of Minnesota; many

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The 2021 Senior Expo is back with a new look. Senior Citizens have traditionally attended the event at St. Mary’s Church. In 2020, it was canceled because of COVID-19 concerns. This year it will be held June 24 at 1 p.m. on KOOL TV with an opportunity to attend a viewing event to watch with others and win prizes.

“We believe our seniors will enjoy gathering in smaller groups,” said Senior Services Coordinator Joyce McIntosh. “The 30-minute show will pro-vide important information that will help seniors avoid falling victim to scams and fraudulent activity which is the focal point of the Senior Expo.

Detective-Sergeant Mike Tvrdik with the Douglas Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office and De-tective James Ross with the Alexandria Police Department will discuss the latest trends in phone, mail, and email scams. Steve Richards, CIO and Dean of Educational Services at Al-exandria College, will share information on staying safe on the Internet. McIntosh, Sheriff Troy Wolbersen, Kathryn LeB-rasseur, and Clarence Wolf will remind viewers of the mission of the Douglas County TRIAD which coordinates the Expo.

“We knew we had to have a

creative way to share this infor-mation, so I turned to KOOL TV co-owner Mark Anthony who is also a member of my Sheriff’s Posse,” said Sheriff Troy Wolbersen. “We asked for his help as host. He and his business partner, Jason Hirsch, have been very helpful in pull-ing this all together.”

People can watch from home or attend a viewing party. Those attending the parties have a chance to win prizes. They will also receive a Senior Expo bag filled with give-away items and literature from vendors.

The parties will be held at:• Alexandria Senior Center• Evansville Community Cen-ter

• Douglas County Library• Grand Arbor

Registration is required and space is limited. To reserve a spot, people must call Senior Services Coordinator Joyce McIntosh at 320-762-3047.

KOOL TV provides a number of ways to view its program-ming. Go to https//www.kooltv-mn.com for more in-formation.

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make and take craft events; and the purchase, with grant fund-ing, of a number of technology items that will be used in library events and training sessions.

Dutcher shared that the li-brary board has decided to pro-ceed with a needs assessment to determine if the community is interested in an expanded library in a new location.

Land & Resource Man-agement

Director Dave Rush asked for approval of licenses for a construction company and a landscaping company to do business in Douglas County. He also asked for approval of the Final Plat for the Lake Andrew Estates Third Addition and Preliminary Plat approval for Ida Graves in Ida Township and Kanes Kingdom in Brandon Township.

He then explained the need for an Environmental Assess-ment Worksheet (EAW) for the Pilgrim Point Shores residential development. The project falls into a category that requires an EAW because it exceeds the 25-lot threshold, and the preserved space is under 50 percent of the land. Commissioners approved submission of the document to the Environmental

Qual-ity Board for publication and notice. Rush made note of the fact the county is developing a beach and park area adjacent to the proposed residential development. Once the EAW is published, there will be a 30-day comment period.

Finance

Finance Director Jill Frisell shared with commissioners the county has received $3.7 million in funds through the American Rescue Plan Act. The county will be eligible for that same amount in one year for a total of $7,408,442. A com-mittee will determine how the money will be used.

County Board

The board approved a pro-posal to move forward with remodeling at the Douglas County Courthouse located at 305 8th Avenue West and the Services Center, located to the east. The remodeling will allow for a better use of space in the courthouse once the Auditor/Treasurer’s Office, Coordina-tor’s Office and the Finance Department move to the new Administration Building. The License Bureau will also move to the Administration Building.The remodeling will include demolition and construction of

new walls, mechanical HVAC work, new carpet, paint, reloca-tion of fire sprinkler heads and other IT needs. The expected cost is $900,000 to $1.1 million. Various departments within the two buildings will move into the remodeled spaces in late 2021. Look for more informa-tion in the months to come. No blueprints will be published. They are considered protected security data.

Finally, the board approved a resolution concerning the estab-lishment of Otter Tail County Ditch 71 to lower the water level of Nelson Lake and the potential impact on Lake Miltona and other lakes in Douglas County.

The lake has risen and is impacting a County State Aid Highway. However, as the resolution points out, Nelson Lake and Fish Lake are im-paired for water quality due to high levels of phosphorus. The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, according to the resolution, encourages the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners to engage in a more thorough analysis of any and all alternatives to alleviate the high-water issues of Nel-son Lake that do not include draining water to flowages

that contribute to high-quality unimpaired lakes in Douglas County. Read the resolution below.

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“Ground cover” can mean several things. It can be a type of mulch, hardscape materials like patio block, or a growing plant. Ground covers can cover an area of your yard or garden for one season (annuals), a few seasons, or many years.

Plants grown as ground covers can be ornamental or edible, herbaceous or woody, and perennial, biennial or an-nual plants.

I think if you asked most people why we plant ground covers, they would say to reduce weed pressure or to add beauty. But ground covers can also enhance soil health, provide food and habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects, and reduce soil erosion.

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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DOUGLASDISTRICT COURT

SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No.: 21-PR-21-902In Re: Estate of John Joseph Buettner a/k/a John J. Buettner a/k/a John Buettner, Decedent.

NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF IN-TESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and Notice is given that on July 12 , 2021, at 4:00 p.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 305 Eighth Avenue West, Alexandria, Minnesota, on a petition for the adju-dication of intestacy and determina-tion of Decedent’s heirs, and for the appointment of Zachary J. Buettner, whose address is P.O. Box 1601, Cheyenne, WY 82003, as personal representative of the Decedent’s estate in an unsupervised adminis-tration.

Any objections to the petition must be raised at the hearing or filed with the Court prior to the hearing. If the petition is proper and no objections are filed or raised, the personal representative will be appointed with the full power to administer the De-cedent’s estate, including the power to collect all assets; to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes, and expenses; to sell real and personal property; and to do all necessary acts for the Decedent’s estate.

Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the Dece-dent’s estate are required to present the claims to the personal represen-tative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

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The Record,Thursday, June 10, 2021, Page 11

Chocolate Chip bugleweed

Massachusetts bearberry

Kellen Traphagen is B-E Teacher of the Year

Brandon-Evansville physical education and health teacher Kellen Traphagen was chosen as this year’s B-E Teacher of the year.

He was nominated by sev-eral B-E staff members and was selected through a vote held among members of the Brandon-Evansville Education Association.

As part of the nomina-tion process, staff noted Mr. Traphagen as someone who is “a positive role model to his students, athletes, colleagues, parents, and other community members” and “pushes stu-dents to be better than what they perceive is good enough.”

Traphagen has been in the district for 15 years. He gradu-ated from Minnesota State University, Moorhead.

Over the course of his time at Brandon-Evansville, he has served as a K-12 physical edu-cation and health teacher, an assistant boys basketball coach, and an assistant football coach.Traphagen and his wife, Erika, have three sons: Elliott, 6; Hudson, 3; and Ben, 1.

Regarding what he finds most rewarding in education, Traphagen said: “I enjoy the

Kellen Traphagen and his Teacher of the Year certificate.

interactions with the students and the camaraderie with my colleagues. The most

reward-ing part of teachreward-ing is watchreward-ing students improve and grow.”

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age color, size and texture.• Chocolate chip has purple-green foliage, blue upright flowers.

• It grows to about 6 to 8 inches tall and has a creeping habit, spreading by stolons (underground stems).

• It is adaptable to sun and shade as well as different soil moisture.

• It works well for borders, un-der trees and in dry conditions along sidewalks and patios.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Massachusetts’, common name ‘Massachusetts’ bear-berry is a good choice for en-couraging wildlife, for erosion and riparian control, and for rock gardens.

• Hardy to zones 3-5. • This woody, evergreen ground cover has green/pur-plish foliage, spring flowers, and a medium texture.

• Its mature size is one foot high and 8 feet wide, so it can cover a lot of ground.

• Plant bearberry in full to part sun.

• It’s a good choice for dry soils on the acidic side.

More ground cover options• King’s Gold False Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)

• Tom Thumb Creeping Coto-neaster (CotoCoto-neaster aspressus ‘Tom Thumb’)

• Blueberry Delight®Juniper (Juniperus communis depressa ‘AmiDak’)

• Russian Cypress (Micro-biota decussata)

• Fire Meidland® Rose (Rosa ‘Meipsidue’)

• Sweet woodruff (Galium

odoratum)

• Candytuft (Iberis species)• Japanese spurge (Pachys-andra terminalis)

• Rat-stripper (Paxistima canbyi)

• Sedum, stonecrop (Sedum species)

• Barren strawberry (Wald-steinia ternata)

• Wild ginger (Asarum ca-nadense)

• Bigroot Geranium (Gera-nium macrorrhizum)

• Strawberry (Fragaria spe-cies / cultivars)

• Culinary and ornamental herbs like thyme, oregano, and marjoram

Consider adding ground covers to your landscape as a different way to reduce weeds, prevent erosion, help pollina-tors and more.

Until Next Time, Happy Gardening!

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