Peggy Rieck, 72, Jasper, died Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Services were Sunday, March 30, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper. Burial was in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Marvin Rieck, Jasper; one son, Barton Rieck, Jasper; one daughter, Rita Severson, Oshkosh, Wis.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four sisters; and one brother.

Foster-Hartquist Funeral Home, Jasper, was in charge of arrangements.

Jerry Dean Nohl, 31, Morris, died Friday, March 28, 2003, in Delaware County, Iowa, from injuries sustained in an airplane crash.

Services were Tuesday, April 1, at Apostolic Christian Church in rural Morris. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Jerry Nohl was born to Larry and Bonnie (Moser) Nohl on Jan. 13, 1972, in Morris. He grew up in the Morris area and graduated from Morris Area High School in 1990. He graduated from South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1994. He did summer work for Superior Industries during his sophomore year of college. After graduation, he moved back to Morris and worked full-time at Superior Industries.

He married Kristi Kellenberger on Jan. 4, 1998, in Lester, Iowa.

Mr. Nohl was an active member of Apostolic Christian Church since his baptism in September 1991. He loved airplanes and enjoyed flying remote controlled airplanes. He also was an inventor.

Survivors include his wife, Kristi Nohl, Morris; two children, Ted Nohl and Staci Nohl, both of Morris; his parents, Larry and Bonnie Nohl, Morris; two brothers, Doug (Amber) Nohl and Todd Nohl, all of Morris; one sister, Sheila Nohl, Morris; grandmothers, Sophie Nohl, Hancock, Esther Koehl, Morris, and Elaine Kellenberger, Lester; his mother and father-in-law, Dennis and Shirley Kellenberger Steen, two sisters-in-law, Paula (Craig) Feuchtenberger, Hancock, and Tara Kellenberger, Sioux Falls, S.D; one brother-in-law, Benji (Leah) Kellenberger, Steen, nieces and nephews, Crystal Nohl, Max, Alex and Ty Feuchtenberger and Larinda Kellenberger; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Mr. Nohl was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lawrence Nohl and Ervin and Madonna Moser.

Pedersen Funeral Home, Morris, was in charge of arrangements.

Cornelia "Sis" Gretta Menning, 85, Edgerton, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, in Luverne Hospice Cottage.

Services were Saturday, March 29, at First Reformed Church in Edgerton. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Edgerton.

Cornelia Schuld was born to John and Lydia (Vos) Schuld on Dec. 3, 1917, on the family farm in Osborne Township, Pipestone County. She was raised on the farm and received her education from The Double School House through the eighth grade. Following her education, she remained at home helping her parents on the farm.

She married John L. Menning on Feb. 12, 1937, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Following their marriage, they moved to California for awhile before returning to Minnesota to live and farm on the Menning Homestead. They retired from farming in 1986 and moved to Edgerton.

Mrs. Menning was a member of First Reformed Church in Edgerton where she was active in the church circle. She loved to quilt, sew, crochet and play cards.

Survivors include three sons, Merlin (Marlys) Menning, Edgerton, Clyde (Ginny) Menning, Luverne, and Tom (Joan) Menning, Albert Lea; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; four brothers, Fred Schuld, Nick (Helen) Schuld, Virgil (Nina) Schuld, all of Edgerton, and Robert (Kay) Schuld, Mesa, Ariz.; five sisters, Gladys (Willard) Zwart, Chaska, Marguerite Smith, Luverne, Elaine (George) Ressmeyer, Perham, Arma Belle Stoel, and Gale (James) Achterhoff, all of Edgerton.

Mrs. Menning was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John L., and an infant great-granddaughter.

Colonial Funeral Chapel, Edgerton, was in charge of arrangements.

Norman Oldre, 83, died Wednesday, April 2 at his home. Visitation will be Friday, April 4 from 2 to 8 p.m. with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne. Services will be Saturday, April 5 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, Luverne, with Rev. Paul Fries officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.

Dr. Robert Keitel, 84, died Friday, April 4 at the Hospice Cottage, Luverne. Services wil be Saturday, April 12 at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Luverne. Burial and military honors will be at 10 a.m. at Maplewood Cemetery. Engebretson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Rose T. Wieneke, 98, Lismore, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Saturday, March 29, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore. Roxanne Kemper and the Rev. Gerald Kosse officiated.

Rose Recker was born to John and Catherine (Sassen) Recker on April 10, 1904, in Lismore. She attended school at St. Anthony Catholic School in Lismore.

She married Cletus Wieneke on Feb. 7, 1933, in Lismore. After their marriage, the couple farmed south of Lismore. They moved to Lismore in 1945. She worked with her husband as custodian at St. Anthony Catholic School and Church. She was the oldest living resident of Lismore. She moved to Arnold Memorial Health Care Center on March 10, 2003.

Mrs. Wieneke was a lifetime member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore, the CCW, Christian Mothers, Lismore Garden Club, Lismore Card Club and Lismore Senior Citizens. She enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening, quilting, crocheting and feeding and watching her birds, cats and squirrels.

Survivors include three children and their spouses, Helen (Sy) Lonneman, Adrian, LaVonne Wagner, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Alvin "Sonny" (Connie) Wieneke, Luverne; 16 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Wieneke was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Cletus, in August 1991, one son-in-law, Melvin Wagner, two grandsons, Dean and Tim Lonneman, three brothers, Herman, Alfred and Victor Recker, and four sisters, Frances Altman, Mary LeBrun, Bertha Dollander and Alma Recker.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.

Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.

By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton track teams helped form the field for the Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne Tuesday.

The Patriot teams were short-handed for the outdoor opener of 2003, with a number of athletes unable to attend the meet because of prior commitments.

H-BC-E-E did perform well enough to win five meet championships during the day.

"We looked at this meet as being a great practice, and it was," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle.

"It was our second chance to run hard other than in practice. It also was nice to run against some other teams. This meet will be a good stepping stone for us."

The H-BC-E-E boys won two relay titles during the event.

Tyler Bush took top honors in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:07.82. He also ran legs with the winning 800- and 3,200-meter relays, which recorded respective 1:39 and 8:53 times. Zach Boyum, Todd Alberty and Brad Van Dyke ran with Bush in the 800. Lee Jackson, Kale Wiertzema and Greg Van Batavia round out the 3,200-meter squad.

Patriot Cody Scholten won the high jump by clearing a personal best height of 5-10.

The Patriots did pay a price for competing at the meet as Chris Reid pulled a hamstring near the end of the 100-meter dash. Reid, a two-time state qualifier for the Patriots, will be out for at least 10 days. He placed second in the 100 with a time of 11.41.

The boys’ 400-meter relay team of Boyum, Alberty, Jackson and Scholten placed second in 48.76.

The Patriot girls received a standout performance from Amy Tiesler, who tied for first place by clearing 4-6 in the high jump.

Cassi Tilstra turned in a strong performance in the 400, placing second with a time of 1:02.73.

The Patriots will return to Luverne for the Cardinal Relays Tuesday.

Here is a look at the rest of H-BC-E-E’s Top-Six performances from the Cardinal Quadrangular.

H-BC-E-E boys
Third place: Van Dyke, long jump, 17-10 3/4; Boyum, 200, 25.15; 1,600 relay (Wiertzema, Alberty, Van Batavia and Jackson), 3:47.02.
Fourth place: Alberty, long jump, 17-10.
Fifth place: Derek Haak, 1,600, 5:34; Wiertzema, 400, 57.37.
Sixth place: Kerry Fink, 1,600, 5:43; Van Batavia, 400, 57.9; Devin DeBoer, 3,200, 12:38.2.

H-BC-E-E girls
Third place: Mya Mann, 800, 2:37.31; 3,200 relay (Mann, Rachel Kvaale, Amanda Tilstra and C.Tilstra), 10:57.44; 400 relay (C.Tilstra, Kelly Mulder, Mann and Amanda Connors), 55.87.
Fourth place: 1,600 relay (Brittany Helgeson, Stacy Bush, Jocelyn Bucher and Tyra Henrichs), 5:16.12.
Fifth place: A.Tilstra, 800, 2:48.63.
Sixth place: Erika Fransen, 1,600, 6:46.83; 3,200 relay (Bucher, Chelsi Fink, Helgeson and Henrichs), 12:17.33.

By John Rittenhouse
The Adrian track teams opened the 2003 season by competing at the Murray County Central Early Bird Invitational in Slayton Tuesday.

No team points were kept at the meet, which attracted teams from AHS, Canby, Fulda, Lakeview and the host school.

Adrian had a good outing that featured the Dragons securing five meet titles.

Three of the winning events came from the AHS girls, and Jolene Reisdorfer played a role in all three.

Reisdorfer, who won the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.72, ran legs for Adrian’s winning 800- and 1,600-meter relays.

Emily Thier, Amanda Lynn and Sarah Jansen teamed up with Reisdorfer to produce a time of 2:00.1 in the 800. Thier, Lynn and McCall Heitkamp round out the 1,600-meter team, which ran a 4:46.

Reisdorfer also placed second in the long jump with a distance of 14-2.

The Dragon girls placed second in the 400-meter and medley relays with respective 1:00.6 and 5:14.7 times. Lynn, Jamie Koehne, Kelsey Wertsema and Kristina Wagner teamed up in the 400. Koehne, Wagner, Jensen and Heitkamp ran the medley.

Kyle Knips had a big day for the Dragon boys, winning one event and running a leg with a champion relay team.

Knips won the 400-meter dash in 55.1. He teamed up with Chad Janssen, Paul Honermann and Anton Klingenberg to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:55.

The AHS boys finished second in the medley, 800- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 4:26.1, 1:43.16 and 10:00.6 times.

Josh Croat, Brad Brake, David Brake and Lee Stover ran the medley. Klingenberg, Janssen, Pete Jensen and Knips teamed up in the 800. Honermann, Stover, Brandon Bullerman and Croat formed the 3,200-meter team.

Dragon Jon Konz placed second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 20.8.

The Adrian squads will compete at the Cardinal Relays in Luverne Tuesday.

Here is a look at the rest of Adrian’s Top-Six finishers from the Early Bird Invitational.

Adrian girls
Third place: Jensen, 300 hurdles, 57.4.
Fifth place: Jessica Rye, discus, 79-0.

Adrian boys
Third place: Billy Anderson, 200, 26.64; Justin Reisdorfer, 800, 2:29.09; Reisdorfer, 1,600, 5:35.94; Anderson, long jump, 17-4 1/4; Knips, triple jump, 37-1 1/2; 400 relay (Jensen, Janssen, Anderson and Klingenberg), 50.19.
Fourth place: D.Brake, triple jump, 35-8 1/4.
Sixth place: Jensen, 100, 12.67; Casey Knips, discus, 107-11.

BLuverne senior Danielle Cook approaches the final hurdle of the 100-meter event during Tuesday’s Cardinal Quadrangular in Luverne. Cook won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles and helped the girls’ 800-meter relay team post a victory during the meet.

By John Rittenhouse
The Luverne girls’ track team opened the outdoor season by hosting the annual Cardinal Quadrangular Tuesday.

LHS received the chance to compare itself with Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, one of the area’s top teams, and some other local programs.

LHS coach Craig Nelson said he was pleased with how the girls stacked up against the competition.

"We did extremely well. I was very pleased with our improvement over our first two meets. T-M-B probably is the team to beat in our section this year, and I was pleased with the way our girls competed against them."

The Cardinals won five events during the meet and senior Danielle Cook played a role in three of the wins.

Cook won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles with respective 16.4 and 49.62 times. She also ran a leg for the winning 800-meter relay team that turned in a 1:54.6 time. Callen Bosshart, Amanda Dooyema and Jenni Christensen are the other team members.

Victoria Arends and Marissa Stewart secured event titles for LHS.

Stewart, who placed second with a toss of 32-3 in the shot put, won the discus with a distance of 102-10.
Arends placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:41.38. She also helped the 1,600-meter relay team place second with a time of 4:26. Christensen, Dooyema and Sadie Dietrich are the other members of the team.

Luverne placed second in the 400- and 3,200-meter relays with respective 55.31 and 10:32.06 times. Bosshart, Cassie Pap, Christina Smidstra, and Nicole Willers formed the 400-meter team. Lexi Heitkamp, Dietrich, Tera Boomgaarden and Arends ran the 3,200.

Pap (14-3 in the long jump), Serena Franken (99-5 in the discus), Heitkamp (13:04.8 in the 3,200), Christensen (27.8 in the 200); Boomgaarden (2:45.1 in the 800) and Maggie Kuhlman (31-6-3/4 in the triple jump) all placed second individually.

LHS hosts the annual Cardinal Relays Tuesday. Field events begin at 3:30 p.m.

Here is a look at the rest of Luverne’s Top-Six finishers from the Cardinal Quadrangular.

Third place: Bosshart, 100, 13.59.
Fourth place: Jessica Willers, 100 hurdles, 19.35; Kelsey Dooyema, 1,600, 6:23.98; Dietrich, 400, 1:06.29; Kuhlman, 300 hurdles, 56.0; Franken, shot, 31-3; Bosshart, long jump, 13-8 1/4.
Fifth place: Pap, triple jump, 29-0; 800 relay (Erin Hoiland, Morgan Bosshart, Erica Knips and Brittany Mulder), 2:02.1; M.Bosshart, 400, 1:08.47; N.Willers, 200, 29.16; K.Dooyema, 3,200, 13:49.01; Kuhlman, high jump, 4-4; Smidstra, 100, 13.9.
Sixth place: Arends, high jump, 4-2; Hoiland, long jump, 13-7; LaRae Kor, shot, 26-7; Maria Gluf, 800, 2:54.6.