Daryl Furstenberg
Residence: Beaver Creek
Spouse and children: Wife, Amy, Son, Dean, Daughter, Sadie.
Occupation: Insulator for New Prairie Insulation.
Education: Graduate of Hills-Beaver Creek.
Community activities and involvement: Eight years on the Beaver Creek Fire Department and Rescue Squad, member of National Wild Turkey Federation and National Rifle Association.
Qualifications for service: (No answer.)
If elected, what should voters expect you to accomplish during your term as city councilperson? In other words, what important issues face the city?
If elected, I would work for a solution to the city hall/fire hall needs. The taxes being levied are also important to the residents of Beaver Creek. The taxes must not be raised any higher, if we expect a marketable community in the future.
The solution to being a viable community is having good infrastructure, quality school and citizen involvement. I believe we have that in Beaver Creek. With the voters help, I want to be a part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Vote Fuerstenberg for the two-year term.
Carolyn DeBoer
Residence: Beaver Creek
Spouse and children: Husband, Lyle, and children, Paul, Kristy and Bud.
Occupation: Bookkeeper at Farmers Union Co-op Oil, Luverne, for eight years.
Education: Southeast Vocational School
Community activities and involvement: Current organist and past Sunday school teacher at the First Presbyterian Church in Beaver Creek.
Qualifications for service: Council member for the past eight years, on the ballot for the two-year term of council member.
If elected, what should voters expect you to accomplish during your term as city councilperson? In other words, what important issues face the city?
One of the most challenging issues facing any city council in the state of Minnesota is budgeting decisions. With the projected state deficit, local government aid (LGA) could conceivably be cut by 4 to 5 percent.
Because of the size of our community, revenue enhancements are limited. A new city building that will house a fire hall, city shop and city hall is the biggest project for our community. The council will need to stay within a realistic financial obligation strategy.
But future needs also need to be addressed. When talking with other communities who have built in the past 10 to 15 years, concerns were made that in the next three to five years they will outgrow their present building or have already done so.
The City of Beaver Creek is in the research stages of organizing a neighborhood watch. Areas of concern include: 1. Child safety Ð for those who live in the community and for those who attend the H-BC Elementary School. 2. Senior Citizen Watch Ð even for those who have lifelines. 3. Drugs Ð houses used for manufacturing, dealers who distribute. 4. Theft and vandalism.
Beaver Creek is a very good place in which to grow up, raise a family retire and everything in between. City employees have always been very conscientious and hard working. The fire department has seasoned volunteers and has added new members in the past few years. The time effort and training they all put in for the citizens of Beaver Creek are greatly appreciated.
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In Steen, three candidates filed for two-four year terms.
Robert Sandbulte
Residence: Steen
Spouse and children: Wife, Lorraine, and children, Janet, Stephanie (Jason) Pyle and John.
Occupation: Rural mail carrier, Argus Leader carrier, bus driver
Education: High school
Community activities and involvement: Commander of Hills American Legion, Sunday school teacher at Steen Reformed Church.
Qualifications for service: Have served on council as city clerk since April 2002.
If elected, what should voters expect you to accomplish during your term as city councilperson? In other words, what important issues face the city?
I would like to see us continue to improve our parks both with new equipment and cleaning it up. We should also continue to clean up any empty lots in town.
Brad Bosch
Residence: Steen
Spouse and children: Wife, Linda, and children, Joshua, 19, and Ashley, 16.
Occupation: General manager of Midwest Livestock Services, Larchwood, Iowa.
Education: 1977 Luverne High School graduate
Community activities and involvement: Member of Reformed Church of Steen, member of church consistory, Sunday school teacher, youth sponsor, past member of education committee and active choir member.
Qualifications for service: Citizen of the community for 24 years, dedicated to preserving the quality of living this small community offers.
If elected, what should voters expect you to accomplish during your term as city councilperson? In other words, what important issues face the city?
To help keep Steen a clean and safe community.
Leonard Otkin
Leonard Otkin was mailed a questionnaire, and called the Crescent office to inform us he would not be responding.