Petersen estate hearing
STATE OF MINNESOTA IN DISTRICT COURT
                                                                         
COUNTY OF ROCK FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                                                                     Probate Division
 
Court File No. 67-PR-21-198
 
Estate of AMENDED NOTICE AND ORDER FOR
HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL
Henry George Petersen, ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY,
a/k/a Henry G. Petersen, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP,
a/k/a Henry Petersen, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
                    Decedent REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE
TO CREDITORS
 
It is ordered and notice is given that on November 8, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. a hearing will be held at Rock County Courthouse, 204 East Brown Street, PO Box 745, Luverne, Minnesota, for the formal adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Isaac DeBoer, Market President, on behalf of Minnwest Bank, a Minnesota Banking Corporation, whose address is 116 East Main Street, Luverne, Minnesota 56156, as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in a SUPERVISED administration.  
Any objections to the petition should 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, and 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.
BY THE COURT:
 
Dated: September 30, 2021 /s/ Christina M. Wietzema District Court Judge
Attorney for Personal Representative
Greg J. Bucher
STONEBERG, GILES & STROUP, P.A.
300 South O’Connell Street
Marshall, Minnesota  56258
Attorney Reg. No.: 299601
Telephone: (507) 537-0591
Fax: (507) 532-3498
(10-14, 10-21)

The Pipestone Arrows took back the Battle Axe Friday night at Cardinal Field after defeating the Luverne Cardinals 20-16.
The Cardinals looked to be in good shape after taking a 16-8 lead into halftime, but the Arrows battled back to score 12 unanswered points in the second half to take the win.
The loss snapped the Luverne Cardinals’ three-game winning streak.
“It was a tough loss for our team. The boys played hard and we just needed a couple more big plays to go our way which did not happen,” Cardinal coach Todd Oye said.
“Pipestone deserves a lot of credit for the way they played in the second half.”
Things started well for the Cardinals as they were able to get in the end zone on their first drive of the game.
After receiving the opening kickoff on their own 37-yard line, the Cardinals were able to gain nine yards in the first three plays and then converted a key fourth and one to keep the opening drive alive.
Facing second and 10 from the Cardinals’ 47-yard line, Luverne quarterback Casey Sehr was able to find senior running back Ashton Sandbulte down the right side of the field.
Sandbulte gained 22 yards on the play, bringing the Cardinals to the Arrows 31-yard line. He finished off the drive on the very next play as he took a pitch from Sehr and raced past multiple defenders up the left side of the field for the touchdown.
The Cardinals were able to complete the two-point conversion after Sehr connected on a pass to senior Zach Kruse in the end zone.
This gave the Cardinals an 8-0 lead with 8:40 to go in the first quarter.
The Arrows wasted no time answering back on their first possession of the night. 
After receiving the ball at their own 44-yard line, the Arrows were able to move the ball down the field quickly, thanks to a strong passing attack led by Arrows quarterback Kellen Johnson.
The Arrows finished off their 56-yard scoring drive when Johnson connected with wide receiver Maddox Biever for a 9-yard touchdown reception.
The Arrows converted their two-point conversion to tie the score at 8-8 with 5:08 to go in the first quarter.  
The Luverne offense was forced to punt on the next possession, and the Arrows moved the ball down to the Luverne 21-yard line before the Cardinals’ defense came through with a fourth down sack by sophomore Connor Connell to give Luverne the ball back at their own 34-yard line.  
Luverne was able to move the ball down the field and get into Pipestone territory quickly, thanks to a couple of catches from Luverne junior Gannon Ahrendt.
Ahrendt caught a 10-yard pass for a first down and then followed that up with a 30-yard reception on a nicely thrown pass from Sehr down the Luverne sideline. 
Luverne kept the ball on the ground the next few plays as Sandbulte and senior running back Braydon Ripka were able to gain valuable yardage to get deep into Pipestone territory. 
 The Cardinals were able to finish the drive off on a three-yard touchdown run by Sandbulte. Sehr once again found Kruse on the two-point conversion giving the Cardinals a 16-8 lead with 7:56 to go in the second quarter.
Neither team’s offense could get anything going the remainder of the half, and the Cardinals took their 16-8 lead into the halftime break.
Pipestone received the ball to start the second half, and it didn’t take them long to get back in the end zone. 
After three-straight passing receptions and a Cardinal penalty, the Arrows made their way down to the Luverne seven-yard line.
Johnson threw for his second touchdown of the night when he found Ty Hansen for the score. The Arrows’ 2-point conversion attempt was no good, and the Luverne lead was now down to 16-14 with 9:53 to go in the third quarter. 
The Cardinals worked their way down to the Pipestone 15-yard line in their next drive, but the Arrows defense held strong and turned the Cardinals over on downs from there.  
The Arrows put together their best drive of the night on their next possession.  Johnson continued his hot night, and Biever complemented him with some nice catches, runs and even a pass of his own to march the Arrows down the field. Pipestone finished their 85-yard scoring drive when Biever hauled in a 15-yard touchdown reception with 3:12 to go in the third quarter. After an incomplete pass on the 2-point conversion, the Arrows took the lead, 20-16. 
The Luverne offense couldn’t get much going throughout their next couple of possessions, but their defense was able to keep them in the game. 
The Cardinals were able to force and recover a fumble and gain good field position with 5:17 to go in the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately for the Cardinals, they couldn’t take advantage of the turnover and didn’t gain any yardage in their four downs. The Arrows were then able to run out the clock and take the 20-16 victory.
The Cardinals will look to bounce back from the loss when they face Fairmont at home on Thursday night. “Our last two games are against division and section opponents. We need to keep improving each game,” said coach Oye.  
 
Team statistics:
Luverne: 80 rushing yards, 93 passing yards, 173 total yards, 11 first downs, 6 penalties for 40 yards, 0 turnovers.
Pipestone: 76 rushing yards, 298 passing yards, 374 total yards, 23 first downs, 5 penalties for 35 yards, 3 turnovers.
 
Individual statistics:
Rushing: Ashton Sandbulte 11-51 (2 TD’s), Braydon Ripka 9-35 
Passing: Casey Sehr 7-16 for 93 yards
Receiving: Gannon Ahrendt 3-42, Ashton Sandbulte 2-29
Defense: Ashton Sandbulte 8.5 tackles, Casey Sehr 6 tackles, Braydon Ripka 6 tackles, Connor Overgaard 6 tackles

Rock County Vietnam veterans Keith Schmuck and Lon Remme traveled to Washington, D.C, Saturday with Midwest Honor Flight to tour national military memorials in the nation’s capitol.
They said it was a meaningful way to reflect back on their military service.
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Remme said. “I’m more than grateful to the sponsors and the people who supported it.”
Midwest Honor Flight is a non-profit organization with a mission to transport America’s veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials dedicated to honor their service.
Remme said all of the memorials were well done but as a Vietnam veteran, he said the wall carrying the names of thousands of fallen soldiers triggered memories.
“Seeing all the names of the soldiers who aren’t here to see it — thousands of them …” Remme said. “After 55 years, those memorials bring back reality.”
Schmuck reported a similar experience and encourages other veterans to sign up for an Honor Flight if they have the opportunity to do so.
“It’s well worth the time,” he said. “The recognition you get is awesome, and you deserve it.”
He remembers being discharged and advised to wear civilian clothes and not talk about serving in Vietnam. “We heard stories about guys being spit on,” Schmuck said.
Veterans on Honor Flights are experiencing the war memorials and experiencing a hero’s welcome that didn’t happen over 50 years ago.
“When we got to Washington, D.C., there were 50 to 75 people cheering and clapping for us,” Schmuck said.
“When we got back to Sioux Falls, we had an Honor Guard escort, and they ran our buses right into the arena in front of a crowded grandstand of people.”
 
Halfway around the world and four miles apart
Remme was a Marine in Alpha Company of the Third Anti-Tank Battalion.
He was on a three-man crew in small tank mounted with a 106 mm rifle. It was Remme’s job to go outside of the vehicle to load the weapon.
He served 22 months in the country, from 1967 to 1969, for the full siege of Khe Sanh. “It was plenty,” he said about his time there.
Remme didn’t know it, but Schmuck was also serving in Vietnam during that time, and at one point was only four miles away.
Schmuck was a trained steel worker with the Navy Seabees and was in Vietnam for nearly a year, from December of 1968 to November of 1969.
As a construction worker, he built camps, airstrips, roads and bridges, and he remembers frequent nearby enemy fire and difficult conditions.
“I spent my first six weeks in a trench,” he said. “It seemed the weather was either cold and damp, or so hot you wished it would rain again.”
Once his hut was built in camp, he recalls placing soup cans with diesel fuel at the posts of the bed to prevent centipedes and snakes from crawling up, and he slept under mosquito nets.
Schmuck lost 60 percent of his hearing when rocket fire struck nearby, but he knows he fared better than many who lost their limbs or lives.
“I’m proud to have served for my family and friends,” he said. “If called, I’d do it again.”
 
Back in the states
The two farm boys from Kenneth and Hardwick knew each other growing up but didn’t know about each other’s service in Vietnam until they started dating sisters Darla and Donna Huiskes,
Lon and Donna raised two children, Brian and Kristi, in Luverne where he worked for 42 years in the district’s transportation department. He retired as director six years ago and now still drives buses.
Keith and Darla raised three children — Cory, Tammi and Kim — near Kenneth where they farmed until 1993 when he went to work for the county highway department. In 2001 he went to work with Henning Construction until recently retiring.
Rock County Vietnam veterans Gawaine Diekevers, Steen, and Merlyn Buys, Luverne, were also among the 123 who flew with Midwest Honor Flight Saturday.
The Mission 7 Midwest Honor Flight in September included Rock County Korean War veteran Arden Sorenson, rural Jasper, and Wayne Michelson, Magnolia.
More about the organization and how to support it can be found on Midwest Honor Flight’s Facebook page.

A new after-school enrichment program offers Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary parents safe and consistent after-school care for their children.
The fact that kindergarten through fifth-grade students enjoy the program’s activities is a bonus.
Eight-year-old Addison Sammons is one of 11 students enrolled in the Patriot Enrichment Afterschool Care.
“She’s had a lot of fun,” said her mother, Holly Sammons.
The program provides the Sammons family of rural Steen a consistent location for after-school care for Addison while her older siblings participate in after-school activities.
The program provides a stable after-school option to H-BC elementary families through the district’s community education program.
“It’s nice to have a fail-safe plan,” Sammons said.
Almost daily, Sammons and her husband, Derek, would coordinate who would pick Addison up from school — whether it was a grandparent, the bus or a parent.
The after-school program opened with the new school year on Sept. 7.
Coordinator Tedra Voss closed her Hills in-home day care when she accepted the school district position.
“I was ready for a change,” she said. “Ready to get my house back and … in the long run for my mental health.”
Patriot Enrichment Afterschool Care is available school days from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m.
Voss’s previous child care experience is a plus. “I want them to have a place after school where they are comfortable and loved,” she said.
Students enjoy a snack before embarking on a 30-minute physical activity, which often means they head outdoors to the playground.
“I figure they are in school all day and they need that release,” Voss said.
Back indoors, they settle into a 30-minute enrichment activity at which time students can finish homework. If necessary, Voss helps with homework.
The students have free time in the final moments of the day before they’re picked up.
The new program differs from an after-school service H-BC offered a decade ago in that students now have enrichment activities.
A $1,000 grant from Sioux Valley Energy will be used to buy materials for the program.
H-BC is currently looking for an assistant director, which would increase enrollment capacity from 15 to 30 students.
Cost is $10 per day for the first child or a yearly family rate of $1,550. A daily drop-in rate is available at $15 per child.

Given sparse attendance at the meetings, voters have few concerns or questions about the H-BC district’s proposed levy referendum renewal.
School board, staff and administration hosted information meetings Oct. 7 and Oct. 12 to explain the Nov. 2 special election to renew an existing levy referendum of $897.15 per student.
A second question on the ballot asks to add an inflationary factor to that amount. Inflation percentages averaged 1.87 percent over the last 10 years.
In recent weeks, school officials have sent information to property owners within the H-BC school district explaining the upcoming vote.
It includes a chart that shows how much tax a home, garage and one-acre of land would be levied annually, based on market value. Ag land is not subject to this school levy property tax.
Superintendent Todd Holthaus said a few residents sent back the sample ballots (which are not the official ballot and the results will not be tallied), leading school officials to guess at what questions voters have in the community.
In his 15-minute presentation about the district’s current levy, Holthaus said $300,000 in general fund revenue is generated annually.
“If we take $300,000 out of the budget, we will have to make reductions,” he said.
Because the majority of the district’s budget is salaries, staff reductions would take place, resulting in larger class sizes and fewer options in programming, technology and staff development.
The current levy was adopted in 2012 and will expire in a year.
If passed at the Nov. 2 special election, the current levy will continue from 2023-2033.
Board member Harley Fransman indicated several residents approached him with questions about the inflationary factor question.
Holthaus confirmed that both questions must pass in order for the district’s levy to be adjusted annually for inflation.
Adrian, Edgerton and Ellsworth districts have inflationary levies in their districts.
At the information session in Beaver Creek were board members Harley Fransman, Tami Rauk, Ethan Rozeboom and Tim Bosch.
The district’s business manager Amanda Rozeboom and high school principal Andrew Kellenberger were also present to answer questions.
 
Early voting open at county courthouse
Residents in the H-BC School District can vote early or on Nov. 2.
All voting is in person. No mail ballots will be used in this local special election, according to Rock County Auditor-Treasurer Ashley Kurtz.
“Because this is a special election, voters need to remember to go to the polls on Election Day to vote or request an absentee ballot,” she said. “Voters also need to be sure they go to the correct polling place for the precinct in which they live.”
Early voting at the auditor-treasurer’s office at the Rock County Courthouse in Luverne is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. now through Monday, Nov. 1.
The voting procedure is similar to that followed at the polls for registered voters.
“As long as they are registered at their current address, they would not need to bring anything,” she said.
“If they need to register, they would need to bring a valid photo ID at their current address.”
Those without a valid ID should call the auditor-treasurer office at 507-283-5060 ahead of time so staff personnel can walk them through the materials they will need to register. To view voter registration, go to website https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/VoterStatus.aspx.
Absentee ballots can be requested through an in-person application. If requested, an application can be mailed.
“In past state primary and general elections, you could apply for an absentee ballot application online, but since this is a special election, that isn’t an option,” Kurtz said.
Those who requested an absentee ballot have until 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, to return the ballot to the courthouse. Absentee ballots can’t be brought to the polling places.
 
On Nov. 2, vote at correct precinct
On Nov. 2, in-person voting is open at the Beaver Creek City Hall or the Hills American Legion. Both polling places are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Those who need to vote in Beaver Creek include the city of Beaver Creek and the townships of Beaver Creek and Springwater.
Those who need to vote in Hills include the cities of Hills and Steen and the townships of Martin and Clinton.
In addition to the two levy referendum questions, voters must also choose a school board member due to a resignation earlier this year. Fransman, who was appointed to fill the position until the next election, has filed for election to the position that expires in 2023.

The Luverne Area Community Foundation is launching a fundraising campaign Nov. 1 through Nov. 11 called “Max Your Community.”
The effort picks up where Luverne’s legendary Red Arrow program left off in 2019 when it dissolved after 55 years of collaborative local philanthropy.
Red Arrow was launched in 1965 by a group of Luverne bankers, doctors, attorneys, clergymen, manufacturers, farmers, retailers and stay-at-home moms.
They wanted to form a local charity to bring all local charities together under a single fundraising campaign — rather than each group competing for the same dollars with individual drives.
The need for centralized, collaborative fundraising is as strong today as it was 55 years ago, and LACF director Emily Crabtree said the foundation is well-positioned to build on those principles with modern-day applications.
“We’re calling it Max Your Community, and it’s an 11-day run when donors have the opportunity to give to their specific communities within Rock County,” Crabtree said.
“We hold a fund for Hills, Beaver Creek, Hardwick, Magnolia, Jasper, Steen and Kenneth. They have an opportunity to hold a $10,000 endowment if they can raise $5,000.”
The LACF will match $5,000 to any community that raises $5,000.
“We want to show the outer perimeter of the county that we believe in their communities. We work for them and we believe in their long-term sustainability.”
With an endowment, the principle remains in the account, and interest it generates is available for use.
Communities are still eligible to apply for funds through the LACF community grant program, which will receive 1 percent of Max Your Community proceeds.
The 11-day fund drive got a pre-start kickoff with businesses Tuesday, Oct. 5, when LACF hosted morning coffee and after-5 cocktails to share information about Max Your Community.
Lincoln Street Warehouse hosted the LACF business socials, which brought together Chamber leaders, business leaders, LACF staff and Crabtree’s father, John Bowron, who renovated the Lincoln Street warehouse for his collector car restoration hobby.
Following Red Arrow’s mode of operation, LACF seeks to reach donors through the employees of Rock County businesses.
If businesses match their employees’ donations, they’ll get free air time during a radio-thon on the final day of the campaign in the LACF office next to the Palace Theatre at Main Street and Freeman Avenue.
Luverne’s KQAD will broadcast live from LACF from 2 to 6 p.m. when participating businesses can share their stories of community giving on air.
They’ll also receive a window sign that states "I Maxed My Community" to encourage other nonprofit solicitors to apply for grants through LACF.
The goal is to raise $100,000 countywide.
“Listen in and join us on Nov. 11 to help us reach our goal,” Crabtree said. “The more we’re giving all together, the better we’ll be altogether.”
Gifts can be mailed or dropped off Nov. 1-11.
“Most importantly, you will be a part of creating health and vitality in your community through partnership with LACF and local nonprofits,” Crabtree said.
She said Max Your Community is a way to launch the countywide fund drive and also honor Red Arrow’s history.
“Donors are still looking for places to go; their recipients are wondering if they’ll get their Red Arrow checks,” Crabtree said.
For information on how to support the effort, the LACF phone number is 507-220-2424, or email emily@LACF.org.

The Minnesota Veterans Home Luverne is hosting its 25th annual Fall Scarecrow Festival on the boulevards of the front driveway of the facility on North Highway 75 in Luverne. Displays are still going up, each designed and constructed by various departments of the Veterans Home and by community organizations and individuals. This one, put up by the business office staff members of the Luverne facility, features crows wearing facial masks that situated to look like beaks on crows. The sign on the display says, "Crow-vid ... It don't scare these old crows. The displays will be up through the end of October.

Three more lots in the industrial park have been sold for development according to action at Monday’s meeting of the Luverne Economic Development Authority.
The board approved the sale of two lots in the Walnut Second Addition to Anthony Graphenteen for storage units and one lot in the Mayes Second Addition to Backdraft Manufacturing for an expansion.
The LEDA conducted a public hearing at the start of its meeting in order to sell the city property to the two individuals. No one from the public attended.
Graphenteen intends to construct a 60-by-140-foot storage building for his business, Luverne Storage Rentals LLC.
It will include 28 cold storage units with overhead rollup doors. Sixteen will be 12-by-30-foot units, six will be 10-by-24-foot units and six will be 10-by-20-foot units.
According to the terms of the agreement, Graphenteen will pay $25,000 for the lots, which are already prepared with city water, sewer and electricity.
He is responsible for the cost of getting utility service lines from the property line to the building.
Construction, estimated to cost $232,500, is expected to begin this fall and be completed by Spring 2022.
LeBrun intends to construct an 80-by-80-foot pre-engineered metal building expected to cost around $600,000.
The building will have dedicated design and engineering workspace, an additive manufacturing lab, and a robotics and automation integration area.
It will also include general office space, break room and bathrooms, as well as a storage area.
LeBrun said the project will create and retain four to six jobs (four full-time equivalent positions) in the community.
According to the terms of the agreement, LeBrun will pay $20,000 for the 1.8-acre parcel in the Mayes addition.
The lot is fully prepared with water, sewer and electricity, and LeBrun is responsible for the cost of getting service lines from the property line to the building.
The city is offering electricity rates at 1 cent per kilowatt over cost for the first 12 months of operation.
Construction is scheduled to start April 1, 2022, and be complete by Sept. 1.
LeBrun started Backdraft Manufacturing in 2018 with a focus on automation, design, 3D printing and custom fabrication.

Motivational speaker Cory Greenwood encouraged Hills-Beaver Creek students to write on an index card one thing that gives them pain and discard that pain into a box.
Dozens of students rose from the gymnasium bleachers in Hills Monday morning to do just that.
The index cards join about 20,000 cards Greenwood has collected since 2019 when he began speaking about his own personal experiences.
He offered tips on how to find positive solutions to life’s problems and push past the limiting beliefs people put on themselves.
Dressed in a black T-shirt with the words, “The World needs You,” Greenwood introduced the sixth- through 12th-grade students and staff to various experiences in his life growing up in Grand Meadow, Minnesota.
“When I was your age, I thought the most important thing was what everybody in this room thought of me,” he said.
Years later, as an adult he sees those irrational thoughts magnified by social media and cell phones.
“One day you come to school and you have all these friends — finally I fit in, people see me for who I am and they like me — only to go home and see everybody is laughing at you online because they only wanted you to believe you were their friend. It was all just a joke.
“I know being a teenager is hard. It’s like being on a roller coaster ride,” he said.
Greenwood, who lives in Rochester, shared with the H-BC students that he recently visited Valley Fair Amusement Park with his daughter, and as they were about to enjoy a roller coaster ride, he noticed the restraining harness had a six-inch gap over his daughter’s shoulders.
As the duo hung upside down during the ride, he was relieved that the slack harness held his daughter inside the coaster and kept her safe.
He encouraged students to find the one person — or that harness —that keeps them grounded and on a positive path to the future. Parents, grandparents, a friend, ministers or anyone who could be a positive mentor.
“You see when I was your age, I thought I didn’t need anybody,” he said.
“I thought the popularity was enough. The girl was enough. The partying was enough. That was enough to numb the pain.”
Greenwood told of his teenage desire to have a relationship with his father. When his father reached out to him when Greenwood was 18, he was too angry to listen.
His father’s suicide when Greenwood was 19 led Greenwood to hold even more feelings inside over his father’s death.
His “harness” encouraged Greenwood to write a letter to his late dad as a healthy release of feelings. Greenwood wrote the letter eight years ago.
“This letter allowed me to breathe again — allowed me to start living again,” he said.
Greenwood said everyone has painful events in their life but the decision to let the pain go allows the past to fall away and have a future free from that mental pain.