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Obituaries

This week’s Key to Delano is: Wayzata Children’s Clinic

Hope floats

• Elroy E. Boltz, 85, Sun City, AZ • Kamia ‘Kim’ Butler, 43, Delano • Anne B. Czech, 95, Delano • Kenneth ‘KJ’ McDonald, 81, Watertown

WM sophomore Hope Salonek has Down Syndrome, but her teammates on the WMD girls swimming team don’t care. To them, she is just Hope

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Delano Herald Journal

Monday, Oct. 15, 2012

Volume 7, Number 8

www.DelanoHeraldJournal.com

Serving the community of Delano, Minnesota, and the surrounding area

DHJ Voters Guide gets underway By Ryan Gueningsman Managing Editor This week kicks off the Delano Herald Journal’s Voters Guide, which is aimed at providing readers information on candidates running for local public offices this fall. Each week the newspaper will feature a different level of government and those seeking office. This week’s Voters Guide includes candidates for state representative district 29A and state senate district 29, which can be found on page 8A. Following weeks will feature candidates for Delano, Montrose, and Loretto city councils, Loretto and Montrose mayor, Delano Public School Board, and additional information on the operating refernedum questions posed by the Delano School District. The DHJ will also provide information on the two amendments on this year’s election ballot – the voter ID amendment and the marriage amendment. Accompanying information

HAPPENINGS

Delano Jaycees/Royalty haunted house begins Thurs.

will also soon be available by following the link from www. delanoheraldjournal.com

Delano chamber’s candidate forums continue next week The Delano Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of informational candidate forums going into the fall election season. Forums have taken place for Wright County’s fifth district candidates, Delano City Council candidates and Delano School Board candidates. The final forum will feature Submitted photo candidates for state representa- Delano’s Ted Moonen, Jeff Vanderlinde, and Derek Schansberg received $12,500 for winning the tive and state senate, and will American Royal 33rd annual World Series of Barbecue championship in Kansas City, MO Oct. 7. take place Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Delano City Hall. The public is encouraged to attend to learn about candidates running for local offices.

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Franklin Township sets Delano team wins grand championship in largest competition in the world hearing for proposed road expansion how do we handle this?” teammate Ted Moonen said, recalling the night of Oct. 7. “It kind of shocked us,” teammate Derek Schansberg added. With 545 teams from several countries competing in the American Royal 33rd annual World Series of Barbecue championship, the odds of winning were slim. “We got fourth place in the

Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue last year,” Vanderlinde said. “For a team from Delano, Minnesota, we thought that was probably the best we could do.” The team was ecstatic to be proven wrong, as judges ranked their mouth-watering chicken, ribs, pork shoulder, and brisket.

Delano Elementary’s ‘Nurse Mary’ wins national ski patrol award

By Starrla Cray Staff Writer She’s known as “Nurse Mary” at Delano Elementary School, but Mary Zelko doesn’t stop caring for patients when students go home. When the snow flies, Zelko hits the slopes at Powder Ridge in Kimball, where she serves on the volunteer ski patrol. “It’s the best of both worlds – skiing and first aid,” she said. “We make a definite difference; we save lives.” Zelko was recently honored as the 2011-12 Outstanding Alpine Patroller, a national award bestowed to only one patroller of the 28,000-member organization each year. Although this may be her most prestigious ski patrol award, it certainly isn’t her first. At Powder Ridge, Zelko was named patroller of the year in 2008-09, and was selected as instructor of the year for two consecutive seasons, from 2010 to 2012. In March 2010, Zelko was also recognized for assisting a fellow patroller who was having a heart attack.

By Ryan Gueningsman Managing Editor A date has been set for an on-site hearing regarding the expansion of 90th Street to accommodate the proposed future development of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in the area. At the Franklin Township board meeting Oct. 1, township

attorney Pat Neaton was present, in addition to representatives of Old Apostolic Lutheran Church, and a number of township residents. Franklin Township received a petition from Old Apostolic Lutheran Church to allow the future widening of the road to 24 feet, as well as

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Ski patroller Mary Zelko (front) demonstrates how to handle a toboggan, which is used to transport people who are injured on the slopes.

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By Starrla Cray Staff Writer “I was shaking so bad when we were up there – it still hasn’t set in,” said Jeff Vanderlinde, whose Delano barbecue team, Shiggin & Grinnin, was just named overall grand champion in the largest competition in the world. “We were all ready to root for whoever won, and then our name was called. It was like,

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NURSE MARY, page 5A

The Delano Jaycees and the Delano Royalty Organization are partnering for the “insane asylum” haunted house during the Halloween season. Located at the old True Value Hardware store on Bridge Avenue in downtown Delano, admission will be $7 per person or $5 with a foodshelf item. The haunted house insane asylum will be open Thursday, Oct. 18 from 6-9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 19 from 6-10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20 from 6-10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26 from 6-10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27 from 6-10 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 28 from 4-9 p.m. (4-6 p.m. is kid-friendly).

Hot dish and salad luncheon Tuesday at Legion The Delano American Legion Auxiliary’s hot dish and salad luncheon will be Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the Delano American Legion from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $8 and there will be take-outs available.

Delano chamber to recognize manufacturing week Thurs. The monthly meeting of the Delano Area Chamber of Commerce will take place Thursday, Oct. 18 at noon at Modern Molding in observation of Minnesota Manufacturers Week. In addition to a presentation about the business, the chamber will conduct board elections. To RSVP for lunch of for more information, call chamber management assistant Stephanie Neisen at (763) 972-6756 or e-mail [email protected].

Fall Harvest Festival in Montrose Sat. Montrose United Methodist Church will host its Fall Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. All ages welcome. The first 30 children receive a free goodie bag. Dinner is provided. Everything is free of charge. Small Business Saturday featured business: Loopy’s Dollar Store Page 13A This week’s public notices: • Three Delano City Council minutes • Evans Foreclosure Notice Page 7B