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Archive

December 2nd

During pandemic, Trailblazer working to keep service rolling

Like other elements of everyday life, Trailblazer Transit has been impacted by the ongoing pandemic. Keeping buses rolling for clients is among the challenges the service faces.
At its Nov. 18 board meeting, Gary Ludwig, Trailblazer Transit’s executive director, reported 10 of 80 employees have recently been out of work after testing positive for COVID-19 or for being in contact with someone who tested positive. Ludwig, who is in quarantine because a family member has been exposed to coronavirus, can empathize with the staff.

Glencoe native is more than just one of the guys on ‘The Fan’

Barb Neren stepped into the iHeartMedia studio in Minneapolis last Friday, ready to share her voice as the weekend radio host for Cities 97.1 and to offer a woman’s perspective on 100.3 FM KFAN’s “The Common Man Progrum” weekdays, noon to 2 p.m.
Neren’s so comfortable with the atmosphere she wings the podcast with Common Man (Dan Cole) as they poke fun at each other and share laughs.
“It’s a really good mix of people in that room, and I think that’s what you need if you’re going to put on a good show for people,” Neren said.

A rite of fall? Glencoe police, city ordinance requiring people to keep vehicles off the street overnight

Each November, Glencoe police officers working the overnight shifts spend the first week of the month issuing warnings encouraging people who leave their vehicles parked on the street to park elsewhere in accordance with city ordinance.
After that, they start issuing parking tickets.
It’s not like people weren’t warned. During the first week of November this year, police issued 279 written warnings to people. Since Nov. 9, they wrote nearly 70 snowbird tickets. They issued a dozen snowbird tickets Nov. 22 and seven tickets each on Nov. 23-24.

City’s comp. plan work begins

What the vision for Glencoe’s future will be is yet to be determined, but a group of volunteers and paid consultants recently began the long process of work on the city’s first comprehensive plan.
The committee and its consultants met via videoconference Nov. 19. The group will meet again Dec. 17, likely again online.

GSL teacher making FACS classes as normal as possible

Tables once surrounded by students are now covered with recipe and sewing kits as Krysten Dane, the Glencoe-Silver Lake High School family and consumer sciences teacher, fills them one-by-one with ingredients for her students’ virtual labs.
“It's a lot of work behind the scenes to get things ready,” Dane said, “but I feel like it's really important to still give students as much opportunity to learn like they would if they were in school, and have opportunity to do hands-on things that keep them engaged and motivated.”

GSL’s Dane honored for her classroom work

Krysten Dane, a teacher at Glencoe-Silver Lake High School, was been named as a regional honoree in the WEM Foundation’s 2020 Outstanding Educator Awards program earlier this fall.
Dane is being honored with an Ethics in Education award, which recognizes educators who embody ethical behavior and promote ethical development for students through classroom or school activities, policies or curriculum. The award comes with $1,500.

(For the complete story, see the Dec. 2 print edition of The Chronicle.)

GSL hoops teams can start seasons virtually

Glencoe-Silver Lake High School basketball coaches Jeff Monahan and Rob DeCorsey aren’t fans of wasting time when that time could be invested in becoming better players.
With the girls’ and boys’ hoops seasons on hold thanks to the latest surge of COVID-19 cases, the Panthers are making the same use of technology in the gym as used in the classroom for distance learning. Monday, Nov. 30, coaches were allowed to begin using Zoom video conferencing, Google Meet or similar tools to communicate with players.

Bernice Breyer, 87, of Glencoe

Bernice Frieda (Oltmann) Breyer, 87, of Glencoe, passed away after a long battle with cancer Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Friendship Manor Health Care Center in Shakopee.
A private funeral service was held Monday, Nov. 30, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe, with interment following at the church cemetery. The service was live-streamed Monday, Nov. 30, on First Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Facebook page. You can also access the live-streamed service via the church’s website at www.firstglencoe.org and click watch worship services online.

Lucille Rolf, 89, of Lester Prairie

Lucille “Lucy” Violet (Ide) Rolf, 89, of Lester Prairie, passed away Monday, Nov. 23, at Meeker Memorial Hospital in Litchfield.
A private family funeral service was held Tuesday, Dec. 1, at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie, with interment in the church cemetery.
Pastor Eric Nelson was the officiating clergy.
Lynn Mueller was the organist and soloist James Ide performed, “In The Garden.”
“Abide With Me” and “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” were the congregational hymns.
Lucille’s grandchildren were the casket-bearers.

Curtis Sauter, 77, of NYA

Curtis Sauter, 77, of Norwood Young America, passed away Friday, Nov. 20, at The Haven in Norwood Young America.
A funeral service was held Friday, Nov. 27, 2 p.m., at the Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia with Rev. Eric Zacharias as officiant. Music selections were provided by Chuck Thiel.
Visitation was held Friday, noon to 2 p.m. Interment with military honors provided by the Plato American Legion in the Ferguson Cemetery of Norwood Young America.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Ferguson Cemetery or Friedens County Line Church.