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ROYALTON – The autumn season has many themes. The leaves turn colors, the farmers are out harvesting their crops, and Halloween is getting ever closer. Carving pumpkins and drinking pumpkin spice lattes are also a natural t for the season. A local spot for all things pumpkin is Triple S Farms on the outskirts of Royalton, particularly in October. Dave and Polly Stish have owned Triple S Farms for 37 years, since before they were married. But it wasn’t a pumpkin patch then. “When we bought the farm, we started with plant-ing Christmas trees for 15 years” Dave said. From there, they changed it to a pick-your-own straw-berry patch for 17 years. That’s when the rst idea of pumpkins came about. “We’ve always enjoyed

PUMPKINSStishes welcome fall visitors

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the thought of pumpkins and we’ve embraced everything about fall,” Dave said. “It just felt like right step to en-hancing the fall experience.” Many of their pumpkins at that time were sold to Wal-Mart stores in the area. It wasn’t until 2011 that they decided to make the full switch on the farm. “We were kind of in the mode for entertaining at that point,” Dave said. “We had already had a number of groups come through and we already had the pumpkins started.” Walking around Triple S today, you can nd kids running around in the barn, climbing up hay piles and sliding down slides, pet-ting a variety of animals at the petting zoo and walking through the corn walk look-ing for scavenger hunt items. “We’ve always had a slide for the kids, but over the years, we’ve added more and more activities for them,” Dave said. Oftentimes, families are

seen taking pictures by the giant pumpkins or the old tractors. “It’s fun to see families

out here enjoying them-selves,” Dave said. “We work hard to make it afford-able, so we don’t charge for

admission or anything. The only money families will spend here is if they want to take pumpkins or squash

home with them, and that’srewarding.”

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PHOTO BY ANNA SALDANAPolly and Dave Stish are all about pumpkins at Triple S Farms in Royalton. During weekends in October, they open their farm for a wide variety of activities.

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RICE – On any given day, Dr. Adam Mueller could be evaluating performance records, working with pork producers to advance their herd health, or testing the latest vaccine for use in the industry. As a veterinarian with Swine Services Unlimited, Inc., in Rice, Mueller con-tinually strives to provide unwavering services to his clients in an effort to better their ability to raise livestock well. “I want to help producers do a better job to better their livelihood,” Mueller said. “To help them provide better care for their animals and, ul-timately, feed the world.” Since 2012, Mueller has worked under Dr. Nathan Winkelman at the veterinary consulting and research prac-tice in central Minnesota. The core purpose of the enterprise is to provide guid-

Mueller strives to provide better animal care

The pig doctorby JENNIFER COYNE

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ance for independent pork producers in Minnesota and

Iowa. Winkelman has also consulted with producers in

other states, as well as in China and Ecuador.

Mueller offers guidance to swine operations of vari-

able sizes and types –from wean-to- nish to sows. “I’ve worked with cli-ents who raise potbelly pigs to those who raise pigs as a hobby, and kids in 4-H,” Mueller said. “Anyone who needs help I’m here.” Mueller’s interest in swine developed as an un-dergraduate student at Iowa State University (ISU), where he worked with swine diagnostics and research. That experience led to a full-time job with a contract re-search facility studying cattle and swine, and then an ani-mal health company focused on swine research and de-velopment, before returning to ISU to study veterinary medicine. “Becoming a vet was always a long-term goal of mine,” Mueller said. “While in vet school, I met [Dr. Winkelman] and we kept in touch. During my fourth year, I did an externship with Swine Services Unlimited, Inc.” After receiving his doc-torate in veterinarian medi-cine, Mueller joined Winkel-man to pursue a career in the swine industry.

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PHOTO BY JENNIFER COYNEDr. Adam Mueller is a veterinary at Swine Services Unlimited, Inc., in Rice. Mueller works with pork and poultry producers to provide better care for their animals.

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towards her doctorate of nursing degree. They closed on a 40-acre purchase of the 160-acre farm in September from his father, Ray and Mary Fiedler who operated a dairy herd on the farm from 1978 to 2007. Mary passed away in 2007. Ray, who has since built a home on the farm, will continue to farm and run a Holstein steer operation. Starting next year, Josh and Liz will purchase beef cattle from her father and begin a small beef operation. The Fiedlers had want-ed to live in a rural area, and Josh had a mild interest in living on his home farm; but he never really thought much about it. “We had planned to look for rural property when she was nished with her graduate work,” said Josh. “Then in 2014, my dad approached me about purchasing some of the land. I was open-minded to that idea.” Josh and Liz discussed the proposal and they agreed the numbers worked for them. Coming back to a home farm might not be all that unusual, but the pro-ducers of American Har-vest’s second season found

it worked well with the show’s theme of learning about the younger genera-tion of farmers. “We went out to din-ner with some friends,” said Josh. “One of their friends was the producer of Ameri-can Harvest. We talked

about the show and at the end of last season, they asked if they could inter-view us for the last episode of last season’s show.” The interview went

well and the episode per-formed well in the ratings, so the producers asked the Fiedlers if they would like to be featured in the new season. For Josh, it was

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any given time, bringing in hundreds of people. “It’s fun knowing we are a destination of sorts,” said Dave. “People really like our pumpkins and our squash, but they seem to en-joy the activities even more. That’s the reason we keep doing what we’re doing it, for the kids and the fami-lies.”

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“I’ve always enjoyed swine, working with num-bers, diagnostics and prob-lem solving,” Mueller said. “Being pushed towards this side of animal agriculture seemed like the right t.” While a majority of Mueller’s work encompasses on-farm operations and pro-viding suggestions for each producer, along with record-keeping services, the veteri-nary of ce is also known for their work in swine research. For more than 20 years, Winkelman has evaluated vaccines and antibiotics of different pharmaceutical companies and aided in their approval from the USDA and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Winkelman also patented DLI – a process for vaccinat-ing Lawsonia intracellularis, which is a common cause for diarrhea in mid- and late- n-ishing pigs.

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heads up, although it’s all con dential,” Mueller said. “It shows us what’s new and what challenges we might face.” As of lately, Mueller has worked extensively with pro-ducers to educate them on upcoming changes to the in-

dustry. “It’s so important to keep everyone informed of what needs to be done so that we’re all abiding by those changes,” Mueller said. A signi cant change within the swine industry, and all sectors of livestock production, will begin Jan. 1,

2017 as the new Veterinary Feed Directive takes effect. This ruling will provide fur-ther veterinary oversight of antibiotics used in animal feed. “These are all good things, but it always takes some adjusting,” Mueller said.

“We’ve really made big milestones the last couple of years,” Mueller said. Looking towards the fu-ture, Mueller plans to expand his practice into the poultry industry with turkeys and chickens. “That all happened by chance. There was some-one who needed help and it’s stemmed from there,” Mueller said. “I’m excited to broaden my skillset and interact with poultry produc-ers and improve their farms, too.” Similar to his swine cli-ents, Mueller will work with poultry producers to change management practices in or-der to nd ways to improve production and health within the ock. Day in and day out, Mueller continually pro-motes the development of ag-riculture and enjoys his time spent with those involved in the swine industry. “The industry is full of great people – producers, veterinarians and other pro-fessionals,” Mueller said. “The best part of my job is the interaction I get with producers on a daily basis. They work hard to take care of their animals and provide a good source of protein for the world.”

Assisting pork producers in a management change has allowed operations to eradi-cate disease on their farm, such as Porcine Epidemic Di-arrhea (PEDv), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Porcine Reproductive and Respirato-ry Syndrome (PRRS), Muel-ler said.

PHOTO BY JENNIFER COYNEMueller reviews herd records for one of his swine clients.


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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Benton County Planning Commission will conduct public hearings on Novem-ber 10th, 2016 the Commissioner’s Room, Benton County Gov-ernment Center, Foley, and beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Plan-ning Commission will hear the following: 1. 7:00 p.m. James Gottwalt requesting a conditional use permit to elevate a residential structure on ll in the Agricul-tural District. Pursuant to Sections 5.2.1 and 5.3.2 of Ordinance #196, Flood Plain Management and Section 11.6 of Ordinance #185, Benton County Development Code. The affected prop-erty is described as follows: part of the SW1/4 SE1/4, Section 21, East Langola Township. 2. 7:10 p.m. Saldana Excavating requesting an interim use permit to operate a mining operation in the Rural-Agricultural District. Pursuant to Sections 7.2.27A, 9.7 and 11.6.3. The affected property is described as follows: part of the NE1/4 NE1/4, Section 20, Granite Ledge Township. 3. 7:20 p.m. M L D Enterprises, landowner and Novel En-ergy Solutions, applicant requesting an interim use permit to construct a community solar energy system in the Agricultural District. Pursuant to Sections 7.1.24C, 9.20 and 11.6. The af-fected property is described as follows: W1/2 of the SE1/4, Section 10, Sauk Rapids Township. ANYONE wishing to be heard with reference to the above will be heard at this meeting.

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100 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLO-SURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PRO-VIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS AC-TION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has oc-curred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 22, 2003 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $228,600.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Mark A. Bergquist and Melissa A. Bergquist, Husband and Wife MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Benton County Minnesota,Recorder , on Au-gust 5, 2003, as Document No. 303451. ASSIGNED TO: GCAT Management Services 2015-13 LLC dated 08/14/2015, recorded on, 06/06/2016 as Document No. 416371. MT-GLQ Investors, L.P. dated 05/13/2015, recorded on, 06/06/2016 as Document No. 416373. LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY: Lot 26, Block 1, Eastern Star Estates Plat Four PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 824 WOLLAK WAY, SAUK RAPIDS, MN 56379 PROPERTY I.D: R19.03678.00 COUNTY IN WHICH PROP-ERTY IS LOCATED: Benton THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORT-GAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: Two Hundred Twelve Thousand Seven Hun-dred Twenty-Seven and 68/100 ($212,727.68) THAT no ac-tion or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and ac-celeration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes; PURSUANT, to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the

Sheriff of said county as fol-lows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM on Decem-ber 6, 2016 PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff`s Main Of ce, Lobby, 581 Highway 23, Foley Min-nesota 56329 to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the prem-ises and the costs and disburse-ments allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or as-signs is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. Section580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. Section580.23, the Mort-gagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 5, 2017, or the next business day if June 6, 2017 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holi-day. “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMP-TION BY THE MORTGAG-OR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTA-TIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL OR-DER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETER-MINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORT-GAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDEN-TIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUC-TION, AND ARE ABAN-DONED.” Dated: October 19, 2016 MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Randall S. Miller and As-sociates, PLLC Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage/Mort-gagee Canadian Paci c Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 952-232-0052 Our File No. 16MN00166-1 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLEC-TOR. A-4594703 10/19/2016, 10/26/2016, 11/02/2016, 11/09/2016, 11/16/2016, 11/23/2016

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The Benton County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on October 4, 2016 in the Benton County Board Room in Foley, MN with Commissioners Warren Peschl, Jim McMahon, Jake Bauerly, Ed Popp and Spencer Buerkle present. Call to or-der by Chair Buerkle was at 9:00 AM followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the ag. Peschl/Bauerly unanimous to approve the agenda as written. No one was present to speak under Open Forum. Popp/McMahon unanimous to approve the Consent Agenda: 1) approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2016 as written; 2) approve addition of incentive language in the exist-ing Benton County Health and Wellness Program/approve incen-tives offered for remainder of 2016; 3) accept and le Veterans Service Of cer quarterly report for the period May 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016; 4) accept 2017 Natural Resources Block grant payment; 5) adopt Resolution 2016-#32, accepting donation from members of Solid Rock Church of St. Cloud to the Sheriff’s Of- ce K-9 Program, and authorize the Chair to sign; and 6) adopt

Resolution 2016-#33, accepting donation from Fraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary 622 of St. Cloud to the Sheriff’s Of ce DARE Program, and authorize the Chair to sign. Marilyn Novak, Benton County Recorder, announced her retire-ment effective December 31, 2016 after a combined 30 years of service to Benton County. Board members thanked Novak for her dedicated service to Benton County and wished her well in her retirement. George Fiedler, Benton County Veterans Service Of cer, ex-plained that, during the 2013 legislative session, the Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs, County Veterans Service Of ce Operational Enhancement Grant Program, was modi ed and the state funding increased. He noted that the grant program provides an annual base grant to all 87 counties of $7,500; in addition, each county gets additional money based on the veteran population in their county (Benton County’s veteran population is cited as 3,345, so Benton County will get an additional $5,000). Fiedler indicated that the money can only be spent for speci c items; his recommendation is to use the money for marketing, training con-ference expenses and associated travel; software maintenance for VIMS, and notebook computer. Bauerly/McMahon unanimous to adopt Resolution 2016-#34, accepting the grant from the State of MN, providing Benton County $12,500 to spend on veteran services activities as outlined in the list of approved items from the State of MN, and authorize the Chair to sign. Chris Byrd, County Engineer, explained that the Public Works Department has had an established policy with regard to snow/ice removal on Benton County roads and highways; he stated that he has rewritten this policy to make it easier to read. Byrd high-lighted a number of sections in the abridged version of the winter maintenance policy, requesting Board approval. McMahon/Popp unanimous to approve the Benton County Winter Maintenance Policy with regard to snow/ice removal on Benton County roads and highways as presented, and authorize the Chair to sign. Byrd will post this approved policy on the county website. Engineer’s Report: 1) “3 Up the Hill” in Sauk Rapids (curb and gutter complete on prepared areas; hope to pave from 3rd Avenue to Summit Avenue later this week; contractor hopes to complete

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all paving, including the wear course, this year (deadline date is October 28th); 2) Overlay projects on CSAH 4, CSAH 6 and CSAH 7 are complete, except for the permanent striping; 3) CSAH 8 reclaim project is complete; 4) getting equipment ready for winter; 5) Foley City Council meeting tonight to discuss joint 4th Avenue project (sidewalk concerns relating to ADA compli-ance); and 6) Watab Township meeting tonight to discuss the possibility of interchanges at TH 10 and some of our county roads (would be a required cost participation from the county). Karri Thorsten, Auditor-Treasurer, informed the Board that her of ce received a letter from Lunis and Barb Katterhagen stating they would like to donate parcel 18.00164.00 to the County; the parcel is located in the City of Sartell in an R-3 zone and contains no structures. Upon questioning of other county staff, Thorsten noted no foreseeable use of this property. Board members in-quired of the parcel size, market value and taxes. McMahon inquired of accepting the parcel for possible future economic development purposes. Following brief discussion, Bauerly/McMahon unanimous to table this item to allow Board members to view the parcel. Commissioner Popp questioned the status of the parcel (the “island” property in Langola Township) which was conveyed to Benton County from the State (in previous discussions, the Board had inquired if the County could convey/sell this parcel to another party—directly or indirectly). Thorsten noted that she had previously sought a legal opinion from the County Attor-ney’s Of ce; she will reach out to the County Attorney’s Of ce again in this regard. The Regular County Board meeting was recessed at 9:35 AM to conduct a Human Services Board meeting. The Regular County Board meeting was reconvened at 10:05 AM. Brian Koester, representing the Bene ts Advisory Committee, presented the Committee’s recommendation for non-union em-ployee health insurance contributions and plans for 2017 (Ben-ton County received a 7.5% rate increase from Health Partners for 2017 which will remain at for 2018 should Benton County choose to renew with Health Partners). Koester presented a proposed premium structure for 2017 for non-union employees (county contribution and employee contribution) that re ects a 50/50 split of the stated increase between employer and employ-ees. Koester also stated the Committee’s recommendation that no new enrollees will be allowed into the $500/$1,000 deduct-ible plan or the $1,500/$3,000 deductible plan with VEBA, from and after January 1, 2017; this recommendation applies to non-union employees only (employees currently enrolled in these two plans may continue their coverage in these plans). He noted that the rationale behind phasing out these two plans is, for the most part, to reduce administrative costs (Benton County pays administrative costs for each individual plan). Noting that there are very few employees enrolled in those two plans, Bauerly in-quired of phasing out those plans for existing employees as well over time. Koester noted that, at some point, these plans may become cost-prohibitive for employees. Monty Headley, County Administrator, noted that the county could attempt to negotiate the elimination of these plans with the unions in the short term. McMahon stated his belief that employees were previously as-sured (through negotiations) that they could stay in these lower deductible plans as long as they desired. Buerkle pointed out

that the two plans which are being proposed for phase out (for non-union employees only) are the plans with the lowest county contribution to premium. Lee Katzmarek, Human Resources Di-rector, commented that the issue of “cadillac tax” must be con-sidered in the overall costs for those two plans. Koester noted that the premium structure for all four plans was intentionally designed to move employees to the higher deductible plans to help control plan utilization. Bauerly stated his agreement that the two high deductible plans “make people more accountable for their own wellness”. McMahon/Peschl unanimous to approve the 2017 health insurance premium structure for non-union em-ployees as presented; further, that no new enrollees will be al-lowed into the $500/$1,000 deductible plan or the $1,500/$3,000 deductible plan with VEBA, from and after January 1, 2017--this applies to non-union employees only (employees currently en-rolled in these two plans may continue their coverage in these plans). Board members reported on recent meetings they attended on behalf of the county. Topics discussed under Commissioner Concerns: 1) Concern with future of the State of MN de ned bene t program; 2) Watab Township Board meeting tonight (Commissioner of Transporta-tion will be in attendance); and 3) Additional Highway signage request (CSAH 12). Peschl/McMahon unanimous to set Committees of the Whole: October 17, AMC District V Meeting; December 1, Benton Eco-nomic Partnership Quarterly Membership Meeting; and Decem-ber 5-6, AMC Annual Conference. Bauerly/Peschl unanimous to adjourn at 10:40 AM.

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Benjamin Franklin and farmers are the ones most often blamed for the yearly ritual. But it wasn’t Ben. He wasn’t a fan of the sun waking him up at 6 a.m. so he wrote an essay that suggested there could be huge savings if people changed their sleep schedules so they wouldn’t need to buy so many candles. Contrary to popular opinion, he did not propose changing the clocks.

Another misconception is that daylight saving time is for farmers. Supposedly the extra hour of daylight let’s farmers get more done. Maybe before electricity and batteries that was true, but in today’s world, nobody gets out of doing chores because it’s too dark, cold, wet or hot. Historians tell us farm-ers we were actually the ones most opposed to daylight sav-ing time when it was fi rst implemented in 1918. They had a powerful lobbing force that fought “tooth and nail” against messing with the clock.

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Supposedly, the real reason for daylight saving time is to save energy. With more daylight, we spend less on elec-tricity for lighting. However, there have been several studies that show the clock changes have had the opposite effect. The folks with the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the warmer hour of daylight caused higher demand for air-conditioning, more than offsetting the gains from reduced lighting.

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