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CROSBY-IRONTON COURIER
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
Fifty Lakes…
—from page 5B
expectations, and pay based
on performance.
My style can be summed
up in three words: LESS IS
MORE! LESS government,
LESS hassle for everyone,
FEWER RULES and regulations, FEWER unreasonable
FEES, and to keep all of our
taxes as LOW as possible.
I’ll share one example of
fees I believe are unnecessary.
I’ve paid $50/year for a permit
to park my camper on my own
property. (I use the camper
only occasionally, while tending my livestock. I pay taxes
on the 15 acre Ag property; I
pay for a license on the
camper; plus I pay to have the
tank pumped regularly. Why,
in rural America, isn’t that
enough? Do we really need a
city permit or a conditional
use permit too?)
If a young family buys a
lake lot, why shouldn’t they
be able to enjoy summers
camping on that lot? I don’t
believe the current RV ordinance (in which the city can
deny them that right after
three summers) is fair or reasonable.
I support our firemen and
first responders who protect
and serve our community. I
believe we need better cell
phone service (ie, towers) in
the area and should utilize cell
technology for emergency
alerts, rather than the outdated
sirens that are under consideration.
I grew up on a farm in
northwest North Dakota
where I learned the value of
hard
work;
earned
a
Bachelor’s
Degree
in
Broadcasting at UND; and
raised two children in
Bismarck, ND.
I moved to Fifty Lakes in
2010 with my fiancé, Julie
Engle. Julie’s family has
lived on West Fox Lake for
over four decades where they
owned Edgewild Resort for 32
years. I now own and manage a local business, Emily
Wash, the Laundromat and car
wash in Emily with Julie’s
brother, Jon Engle.
I have 20 years of experience caring for the elderly and
disabled as a Nursing
Assistant, which I still enjoy
doing part-time. I ran my
own traveling massage therapy business for 12 years in
North Dakota before moving
here. For fun, I also raise
livestock on a small hobby
farm just down County Road
3 from our home in Fifty
Lakes.
My appreciation to our
current city council members
for their dedicated service to
the
community:
Jodie
Schrupp, Greg Buchite and
Jay Weinman, outgoing
Mayor Ken Hersey and
Councilman Les Degner. Les
deserves special recognition
for his many years of exemplary service to the City of
Fifty Lakes, initially as the
Zoning Coordinator, and then
as a long-time city council
member. Les always kept the
best interests of the citizens,
as well as the city employees,
in mind. He was fair and reasonable and never had a hidden or personal agenda. By
serving as a Fifty Lakes
Councilperson, I hope to live
up to that high standard Les
set.
KEN HERSEY
No response
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I believe the most important issued is to thoroughly
check out all insurances that
are available and possibly
piggyback with other communities for lower insurance
rates.
If I am elected, I would
not micro-manage the bar. I
would let the manager do
his/her job.
I have been married for 40
years and have two daughters
and one grandson. I am a high
school graduate and am 65
years old. I was a seasonal
resident of Fifty Lakes from
1992-2010. I retired from the
Department of Transportation
(road maintenance) after 36
years of service in 2009 and
am now a full time resident of
Fifty Lakes. I also worked as
a bartender and gambling
manager part-time for 20
years.
GORDY REILLER
No response.
MAYOR
MAYOR
CITY OF
RIVERTON
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(vote for one)
DEAN FRENCH
DAVID C.
PETERSON
The most important issue
in this campaign is improving
downtown
Ironton
and
encourage our few businesses
to do all they can to draw
from the entire area and hopefully find some funding to
help businesses and residents
imrpove their properties.
If I am elected, the first
item on my agenda would be
trying to maintain a good
budget without increasing our
levy.
I am 61 years and I’ve
lived in Ironton sime 1979.
Most people know me from
French’s Automotive, which I
started and operated for several years. Both of my children are Ironton residents. I
also have five grandchildren
which I am very proud of.
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COUNCIL
MEMBER
CITY OF
IRONTON
(vote for up to two)
DEBRA L.
BERGSNEV
The most important issue
facing Ironton is the economic stability of our town; The
mayor and city of Ironton
council members have made
progression toward revitalization of Ironton. I support
their efforts, if elected as a
new member of the council, I
will contribute to the revitalization of Ironton.
If I am elected, the first
item on my agenda would be
to gain knowledge and understanding of where the city
council has improved the
community economic survivability.
I have been a resident of
Ironton since 2003. I am
committed to ensuring the
best possible solutions are
attained for the community.
I retired from the military
in 2003 after serving 23 years
in United States Air Force.
I am currently working on
my doctorate for Health Care
Administration
through
Capella University. I have
one daughter, Desiree, son-inlaw, Ryan, and three beautiful
grandchildren, Jayden,
Isaiah, and Hannah.
STEVEN CADY
JUSTIN GRECULA
I believe the most important issue in this campaign is
lowering property taxes. I
would accomplish this by cutting spending and attracting
new business to increase the
tax base.
If I am elected the first
item on my agenda would be
attracting new busineses.
I feel I am the most qualified candidate because I’m
honest, hard working and not
afraid to face challenges.
I have lived in Ironton for
five years. I grew up in the
area and graduated from C-I
High School. I’m married and
have two children, five and
three.
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ERIC J. HEGLUND
The most important
issue(s) are the economy and
controlling taxation. If reelected, I will continue to
make changes at a local level
to reduce costs and improve
the use of resources. In this
term, I voted to save Ironton
money with a new police contract. The cost reduction is
$38,500 per year, while gaining more police patrol hours.
I voted against use of city
funds to hire a grant writer
without guaranteed results. I
voted for use of Morningside
Park and other properties for
local events, to draw people
to the area and encourage
business growth.
If I am elected, the first
item on my agenda would be
to continue to work smart
with the money we have,
without
increasing
the
Ironton levy. Instead, I
believe we need to find innovative ways to plan and
improve roads, sidewalks,
bike lane, water and sewer
services and fire protection.
Although grants may seem
like a fiscally prudent way to
achieve these goals, grants
are NOT free money. First of
all, somebody has to pay for
them. And secondly, grants
often come with conditions
and regulations that actually
cost more money! Thirdly,
grants waste time. Grants can
take years to receive, if you
receive the grants at all. The
delay often results in an
increase in project costs,
because of inflation. If we can
get a project done outside a
grant program, have it cost
less and get the same or better
results. I am in favor of it.
Throughout the years, I
have had the opportunity to
attend various city and county
meetings. At these meetings, I
have heard a lot of promises
and I have watched for the
actual final results. This background allows me the perspective to see the truth from
the promises and rhetoric. I
have been an advertising
sales rep for over 26 years.
This has given me the unique
opportunity to talk to people
every day about the challenges that they face. It has
allowed me to see different
perspectives and different
ways to solve problems.
Although, most people find
me easy-going and easy to get
along with, that does not necessarily mean that I am a
“Yes” man. I will always
work for what is best for
Ironton, not what is popular
with the rest of the other
council members.
I am 52 years-old and currently the founder and publisher of the NewsHopper in
Ironton. I have owned both
commercial and residential
property in Ironton since
1988. I have worked as food
and beverage controller, night
auditor, and advertising manager. I have a computer and
accounting background in
both college education and
work experience. I graduated
from Crosby-Ironton High
School class of 1980. I
attended
Brainerd
Community
College,
University of Minnesota
Duluth and Control Data
Institute
Computer
Programming. My family on
both my mother’s and father’s
side have been in the CrosbyIronton area for over a 100
years. My father was a miner,
driving truck on the Cuyuna
Range in the mines from
1950 until 1972. When the
mines closed on the Cuyuna
Range, he continued to work
for M.A. Hanna Mining on
the other range until his
retirement in 1981. My mother did payroll/bookkeeping
for Ruttger’s Bay Lake
Lodge, until she retired in
2009.
No response.
JODY SCHRUPP
No response.
FRED E.
STROHMEIER
No response.
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IRONTON
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STEVEN (SKIP)
O’BRYAN
CLARK HAMDORF
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COUNCIL
MEMBER
CITY OF
RIVERTON
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LANA SCHMIDT
No response.
WARREN C.
TURNBLOOM
No response.
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MEMBER
CITY OF
RIVERTON
SPECIAL COUNCIL
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ILA RAE
MARTIN
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MAYOR
CITY OF
TROMMALD
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JIM HILLER
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TOWN
OFFICES
SUPERVISOR
SEAT 2
DEERWOOD
(vote for one)
DENNIS GRAFF
No response.
JOSHUA R.
THOMPSON
The most important
issue in this campaign is the
choice of a supervisor who is
responsive and respectful of
their constituency. If I am
elected, I pledge to always
listen to my constituency and
their wishes.
If I am elected, the first
item on my agenda would be
roads. Roads are the most
important function of a township, and they should always
be priority number one. The
busiest roads should always
be looked at first, but that
doesn't mean we forget about
the roads that are less traveled. Safety should always be
our main concern in the maintenance of township roads.
Deerwood Township has a
small budget and that means
common sense must be
applied when prioritizing
maintenance and making
budgetary decisions. We must
all strive to live within our
means.
I believe I am the best
candidate because I am
respectful and listen to people. I am also fiscally prudent. Too often elected representatives begin to view the
"Public Purse" as their
"Purse" and funds are spent in
a reckless manner. I pledge to
always maintain fidelity to
the greater good of the township and not to any personal
pet project or agenda.
I am a sixth generation
Deerwood Township resident;
a Sales Representative for
Nestlé USA for the past seven
years; I am 32 years old and
spent three years at St. Cloud
State University
No response.
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TOWN
OFFICES
TOWN
OFFICES
SUPERVISOR
SEAT 3
DEERWOOD
CLERK
IRONDALE
(vote for one)
CHERYL KOSTAL
(vote for one)
No response
MICHAEL A.
BRANDT
The most important issue
in this campaign is the general welfare of the township. I
would approach this by
addressing matters that are
brought before the board
open mindedly, with no personal agenda.
I will address the matters
which are requested of the
board by the voters.
I feel I am the best candidate because I have six years
of successful Deerwood
township experience.
I am 63 years old and
retired after 28 years in the
automotive industry. I have
been married 25 years and
have one adult son. I live on
County Road 133, Deerwood.
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TOWN
OFFICES
SUPERVISOR
SEAT 1
IRONDALE
(vote for one)
PHILIP
JURACEK
No response.
DAVID GRAY
In my opinion, the most
important issue in this campaign is how to maintain
township roads at a safe level
for residents without more tax
increases. The best way to
approach this is by identifying unnecessary costs. The
approach the board has taken
with Deer Trail is a good
example of this. By shutting
down through-traffic, we’ve
radically reduced the level of
traffic on the road which
would otherwise absorb substantial maintenance funds on
a regularly recurring basis.
We must keep our roads at an
acceptable level of maintenance, and we must find
thrifty ways to do so.
If I am elected the first
item on my agenda would be
to continue to find ways of
budgeting road maintenance
using existing funds.
In the time I’ve served on
the board I’ve helped modernize the township board in
ways that allow residents to
keep track of our activities.
A prime example is the new
township Web site, costing
only $150 per year. At
www.deerwoodtownship.org
people can find the agendas
and minutes for township
meetings going back over the
last year and a half, contact
numbers for township personnel, meeting times and other
useful information. I also
bring the perspective of
someone who is raising
young children and would
like to see economic development for the township so that
we can have more jobs available, which in turn would
broaden our tax base. My
twenty years in the armed
forces helped teach me how
to assess an issue quickly and
to aggressively look for solutions. That’s what I want to
keep doing for Deerwood
Township.
I’m a 51 year old husband
and father of five young children. I served 20 years in the
Air Force. I was born in the
old Miner’s Hospital in
Crosby and brought my family back home to raise my children after my time in service.
I’m currently completing a
master’s degree course from
American
Military
University.
RANDY
STANFIELD
The most important issue
in this campaign is making
sure the residents of Irondale
Township have an open minded person who will listen to
the concerns of the people
and use a common sense
approach to solving issues
and making decisions.
I would be new to this
position and would have to
take time to listen to the
issues and concerns of the
residents of the township and
prioritize them. I also feel it is
very important to work with
township employees and
address their needs and concerns.
I believe as Irondale
Township Supervisor I have
the interpersonal skills to
work as a team with the township board as well as the residents of Irondale Township.
In my career as a law enforcement officer and a carpenter, I
have developed excellent
organization and time management skills and dealt with
controversial issues throughout my career.
I am 60 years old and
retired. I have lived on Beach
Road in Deerwood for the
past 20 years. I attended
Riverton grade school and am
a 1972 graduate of CrosbyIronton High School. After
high school I worked in construction as a carpenter for
approximately five years,
then went into law enforcement and retired after 35
years. I am married to Amy
and have three daughters,
Jennifer,
Rebecca
and
Samantha.
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