The Sewing Basket
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Minnesota secretary of state 
Certificate of assumed name
MINNESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 333
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ASSUMED NAME: The Sewing Basket
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS:
204 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156 USA
NAMEHOLDER(S):
Name: Schomackers Office Cleaning, LLC
Address: 202 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156 USA
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Signature : /s/ Joe Schomacker, Chief Finance Officer
CONTACT PERSON: Sharon Schomacker
PHONE NUMBER: 507-227-2183
MAILING ADDRESS: 204 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156
EMAIL ADDRESS FOR OFFICIAL NOTICES: schomackerclean@gmail.com
(02-18, 02-25)

The city of Luverne’s standby generator in the power plant was called into service Monday to help support a regional power grid under pressure from a record cold snap in the south.
Winter storm “Uri” with frigid temperatures is moving slowly eastward across the southern part of the states dropping snow – and temperatures — as far south as the Gulf of Mexico.
Millions of homes and businesses in 10 states were without power Monday evening and the Southwestern Power Pool, which manages electricity transmission across parts of 14 states, warned that demand had exceeded its electric supply.
It told its members to begin controlled outages and reached out to member utilities for helping to generate power for the grid.
Missouri River Energy Services, which provides power for the city of Luverne, has been asked to help supply power.
SPP also asked MRES to prepare for unannounced rolling outages in order to manage electrical transmission across the grid.
As of Tuesday, city leaders weren’t sure that would happen in Luverne, residents and businesses were made aware of the possibility, and emergency management officials were on notice as well.
MRES pays the city $75,000 per year to keep its generators in working condition for backup power in peak usage times.
The standby generator at the power plant on East Main Street began supplying power Monday afternoon and will continue running around the clock as long as it’s needed.
Two-man crews are working alternate shifts to monitor the generator and keep it fueled. Late Monday a tanker truck carrying 7,500 gallons showed up at the power plant.
City utility supervisor Brian Remme said Luverne supplies power through the generator on a quarterly basis, per its contract with MRES, but he said this activity is unprecedented.
“I haven’t seen it in my time here,” Remme said.
MRES is paying for the fuel and other expenses related to Luverne’s generator operation.
Mayor Pat Baustian said the backup generator is started every month to make sure it will generate power when needed.
He also said he can’t remember a time when the Luverne generator was used in this capacity to support a widespread power shortage.
“This is pretty big,” Baustian said. “Because power is going to the grid to help out with the energy load under stress down south.”

Plans are in place for a new arrival and departure building at the Luverne municipal airport after the current structure was damaged in a fire last fall.
At their Feb. 9 meeting, Luverne City Council members approved plans and specification for the project and set a bid letting date of March 11.
Structural engineers determined that the building could be rebuilt using most of the steel girders of the present structure, which includes the fixed base operation shop.
The majority of the cost of the new building will be covered by the city’s insurance company, which concurs with the new plans and specifications.
Because of the building’s age (nearly 30 years) much of the electrical wiring and utilities need to be updated to current code.
Also, a floor drain is required as well as a water and oil separator.
The council approved some upgrades not required by code in order to update the building’s efficiency and aesthetics.
For example, McClure said higher-efficiency windows will replace older, drafty ones, and a larger door on the east side will allow the FBO to work on helicopters.
“That will be at the city’s expense, but these are things we’ve always wanted but never had opportunity to do,” said City Administrator John Call.
“We’re going to get a nicer building in the end.”
Councilman Kevin Aaker, who serves on the city’s Airport Commission, said the building will have a new appearance but the footprint is the same.
“It’s going to be a nice, clean, new place for visitors,” Aaker said. “It was just a rough way to get there.”
Work on the fire-damaged structure will start around April 1, and construction is estimated to last about five months.
 
New hangar construction
In other airport news, the city has approved construction of a new four-unit hangar to meet demand for rental space.
The airport has had 100-percent hangar occupancy for many years.
According to airport personnel, there’s a waiting list and frequent active inquiries for hangar space.
The project is estimated to cost roughly $649,000, and engineering is estimated at $57,800.
Federal and state grants will also pay 95 percent of the costs.

Luverne’s sixth annual Get Hooked Ice Fishing Derby is from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at The Lake in Luverne with over $6,000 worth of prizes on deck for winners.
According to Luverne Chamber Director Jane Wildung Lanphere, the 2020 tournament drew 161 adults and 129 youth who caught over 185 pounds of fish.
Registrations last year represented 36 zip codes from the tri-state area.
With so many local celebrations altered or canceled over the past year, Lanphere said she’s looking forward to the fishing derby carrying on in a mostly normal fashion.
"The Get Hooked Team is excited to host the tournament, one of the only ones scheduled in the area,” Lanphere said. "The Committee has put in a lot of work making sure that safety and social distancing protocols are in place to keep people safe."
To keep participants socially distanced, all contestants must pre-register. Adults cost $25 and youth are $15. Registrations on the day of the event cost $5 more.
The winner of the Ice Castle raffle will be drawn at noon on tournament day, and random prize drawings and announcements will occur throughout the tournament via Facebook and on FM 89.9.
People can follow online or listen from their vehicles or ice houses. When names are called, they can come to the tournament building to collect prizes.
Also for safety, registration and badge pickup are drive-through only, and concessions are takeout.
Free rods and reels are offered to youth (until they’re gone), and cash prizes are awarded in youth and adult categories, including $500 for largest fish caught by an adult and $500 for largest fish caught by a kid.
Each carp turned in is worth $2.
New this year, the city of Luverne and Get Hooked Derby have added a ramp at The Lake to help get ice houses safely on the ice.
To register and for more information, visit www.luvernechamber.com or call 507-283-4061.

For the past month, Hills-Beaver Creek High School art students have been talking about “hope” as they complete an art mosaic with second-year instructor Tyler Johnson.
“This is my first year that I decided to have the kids make one,” he said “Last year I had considered it for the spring but then COVID hit. I wanted to make sure we got the project done and on the wall while students were still in-person.”
In March 2020, students across Minnesota finished the 2019-20 school year via computers, as the coronavirus pandemic closed all school buildings.
H-BC School District returned to in-person instruction through social distancing, a stringent cleaning routines and wearing of masks.
The 45 ninth- through 12th-grade students working on the mosaic added elements that signify “hope” as the U.S. moves through the pandemic.
“Students found they found hope when they could stay connected to each other,” Johnson said. “They really wanted to showcase the apps they used that helped them stay connected.”
Students constructed symbols representing Twitter, Instagram and incorporated clouds into the design to signify the importance of cloud-based information when at home for e-learning.
They added their graduation years – ’21, ’22, ’23 and ’24 – to the clouds.
“They felt very fortunate and hopeful that they could continue school in some fashion because of tech companies like Google and Zoom making it possible for use to continue on despite the pandemic,” Johnson said.
Each day in class students were encouraged to talk about what it means to have “hope.” Some students included references to music, which has become a place of refuge for some, as well as athletics, education and agriculture.
“I got more familiar with the classmates — more bonding time with them,” said Emma Kodet. “It was fun to see their creative sides.”
Kodet was one of the seniors in charge of planning and design.
“She has done a lot of glass cutting, placing and gluing,” Johnson said.
Students finished the mosaic last week when Johnson grouted the glass pieces and the student-made objects permanently to the medium density fiberboard.
The finished mosaic will join four other mosaics in the school’s commons area.
“We are hoping the public can see that there were a lot of extenuating circumstances to this year, yet the students put their heads down, persevered, and got done what needs to be done,” Johnson said.
“We hope that in the mirrored glass in the background of the piece viewers will be able to ‘see themselves’ and reflect on what they also experienced in this past year.”

The city of Luverne is selling the former Lynn Lopau house to Greg and Janet Burger, according to action at the Feb. 9 council meeting.
Last fall the city purchased 10 acres of land from Lopau for $661,500 to develop for future housing.
The city paid $475,000 for the house, garage and two acres, and $186,500 for the rest of the eight acres, including two outbuildings.
However, since last fall the city invested $25,000 in remodeling and updates to the home and in January listed it for sale at $529,900.
The Burgers, however, are paying $498,000 and also negotiated an extra 10 feet along the north property border to include a line of evergreen trees.
At Tuesday’s meeting, city building inspector Chad McClure said the 10-foot concession won’t affect platting of the future housing development.
“Those lots were exceptionally deep, so what we’re losing isn’t anything significant,” he said.
Mayor Pat Baustian thanked McClure and city finance director Barb Berghorst for their work preparing the house for sale.
“They got everything tidied and dressed up,” Baustian said. “And public works put in hours … it took a lot of hands to get the work done.”
Councilwoman Caroline Thorson said she is pleased with the process.
“I’m happy to see that it’s sold,” she said. “It’s a beautiful property and I hope the Burgers are happy there.”
Closing on the sale is set for March.
The rest of the land that the city intends to develop for housing is valued at $141,500 — or $17,687 per acre.
There is no timeline in place for dirt work as housing needs will depend on current subdivisions under construction.
The Lopau subdivision will eventually be platted for a mix of twin homes and single-family houses, which is what Luverne most needs, according to the latest housing study.

Meetings
SW MN Compassionate Friends meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of the month in the Luverne Area Community Foundation office, next to the Palace Theatre in Luverne.
The group provides support, understanding and hope to grieving parents and grandparents after a child dies — of any age and any cause. Call 605-254-2072 or email pat.saum@gmail.com.
 
Monthly food giveaway
New Life Celebration Church will host its monthly free food giveaway at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Generations building at 319 E. Lincoln Street in Luverne. Those in vehicles go to the double class doors on the west side of the building where volunteers will load groceries into vehicles. (Stay in your car). Walkers should go to the east side of the building where volunteers will have grocers pre-packed for pick-up. Call 507-283-4366 with questions.
 
Nutrition Assistance for seniors Feb. 18
Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the parking lot at 319 E. Lincoln (Generations Building). The event is a drive-through distribution. Call Linda Wenzel at 283-5064 with questions. Sponsored by A.C.E. of Southwest Minnesota.
 
Tax assistance for Rock County residents
United Community Action Partnership will be providing free online virtual tax assistance for residents living in Rock County and surrounding communities. See website for details at https://www.unitedcapmn.org/services/community-family-services/tax-clin…
The number to make an appointment and to get intake forms sent via mail is 507-537-1416 ext. #2163. You can also email Courtney Newgard at Newgardcourtney.newgard@unitedcapmn.org with questions.
 
Rock County Library winter activities
Register now at the library to participate in the Rock County Library 2021 Winter Reading Program, which began Jan. 1. Patrons who read at least 12 books from now until March 31 will win a prize for their efforts — and enjoy some good books.
Call the library at 507-449-5040 or email the library at rocklibrarystaff@gmail.com.
Check with the library to participate in Virtual Trivia. Receive weekday trivia to break up our quarantine schedules (until Trivia Nights in person can continue again.)
 
Take and Make bird treat kits
Stop by the Luverne Area Chamber at 213 East Luverne Street to pick up one or more Take and Make bird treat kits. Kits are free, but a $5 to $10 donation is welcome to benefit Project Food Forest in Rock County. (Or donate online at https://donorbox.org/support-pff)
 
Community Ed
Call the Luverne Community Education office, 507-283-4724, for registration information.
Come to Use It or Lose It class on Feb. 22 to learn some simple exercises using your own weight, fitness bands and YouTube videos to improve your fitness. Class will begin with Coach Wenninger giving a tour of the new weight room.
Paint a Winter Wonderland class on Feb. 23 is for students in grades 1-3. Listen to a story and enjoy snacks. Class meets at Coffey Contemporary Arts. Fee is $33.

Stop by the Luverne Area Chamber at 213 E. Luverne St. to pick up one or more Take and Make bird treat kids. Kits are free, but a $5 to $10 donation is welcome to benefit Project Food Forest in Rock County. (or donate online at https://donorbox.org/support-pff)