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CROSBY-IRONTON COURIER
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015
Opinions
Letter Box
Care Center
response
Dear Editor:
I am writing to hopefully
provide some insight regarding the recent articles and editorials directed at our CRMC
Care Center.
Times are tough for our
nursing home, and all nursing
facilities in the state. We are,
in fact, not alone. Two weeks
ago,
Minnesota
State
Legislators who sit on the
House Aging and Long Term
Care
(LTC)
Policy
Committee
heard
from
administrators from nursing
homes throughout the state.
All facilities represented consistently addressed high staff
turnover, state mandated low
rates for nursing homes,
lower wages for nursing
home staff, and feeling forced
to reduce the number of beds
to effectively manage the
patients under their care. This
falls exceedingly short of all
our expectations for an aging
population. One of the three
nursing homes I attend has
not been able to attract even
one applicant for posted nursing assistant positions for
three months. Frankly, nursing homes can hardly compete, if at all, with retail or
fast food employment. There
are
members
on
the
Minnesota House Aging and
LTC committee who made
promises to respond to this
growing need in our state.
Couple all of this in our facility with integration of a new
nursing software system, an
expansive remodel project,
two successful state surveys
within six months, and higher
acuity of patient care needs.
Some may say the perfect
storm.
This is not an excuse or
justification for concerns
raised by those who attended
the recent CRMC board
meeting. I am in our Care
Center regularly and see first
hand how hard our dedicated
staff compassionately and
professionally care for those
they serve.
Patient care while exceeding expectations is what we
must do. I understand the
concerns related to patient
care and timeliness of that
care. The person is still our
priority and we will continue
to strive to provide timely
compassionate care to all residents and patients. There are
ongoing efforts to work collaboratively with our hospital
staff to fill gaps.
This
opportunity
to
respond to the concerns
raised, as it relates to patient
care and our dedicated staff,
will not be wasted.
David D Goodwin, MD
Medical Director
Senior Services
Bill Introductions
As you may recall, I introduced my first bill last month.
House file 299 would exempt
retired military personnel
from paying taxes on their
retirement. Minnesota is one
of only a handful of states that
tax retired military personnel’s retirement checks. Our
veterans deserve better and I
am hopeful that my bill will
continue it's journey through
the legislative process and
become law.
Along with chief authoring HF 299, I have also signed
on as a co-author to a variety
of other bills.
House File 515 would
modify the exceptions for
replacement nursing home
beds. This ensures that nursing home beds continue to be
kept up to date for increased
safety and comfort for our
senior citizens. Our rural nursing homes face a variety of
funding issues, this bill is a
step in the right direction to
ensure that our elderly are
able to receive the best care
possible.
I am also signing onto a
bill that will help narrow the
disparity in education funding
between schools. The disparity between metro and rural
per-pupil funding has been
growing for several decades
now as the result of a long and
complicated funding formula.
I am hopeful that achieving
greater equity in education
funding will be a priority for
the legislature this year.
Local Issues
I have been receiving a
number of phone calls and emails from folks in the district
concerned about the possibility of permanent deer stands
being prohibited. As an avid
deer hunter myself, I understand the importance in being
able to construct and use permanent deer stands. I am
working with other legislators
and the DNR to ensure that
permanent deer stands and
their construction will not be
made illegal. Stay tuned for
any updates we may have on
this issue moving forward.
Staying Connected
“Liking” my Facebook
page and “following” me on
Twitter are both great ways to
stay connected with what is
going on here in St. Paul.
If you are planning on
being in St. Paul this session,
please feel free to contact my
office by phone at 651-2964929 or via e-mail at
rep.josh.heintzeman@house.
mn to set up an appointment.
It would be an honor to speak
with you and discuss ways we
can make Minnesota better.
Josh Heintzemen
MN House Representative
for District 10A
Lueck update
Heintzeman
update
Dear Editor:
It is hard to believe that
the first week of February has
already come and gone.
Most of the legislature’s work
has been taking place in committees as bills begin their
journey through the legislative process. I want to bring
you up to date on some of the
events and issues that are taking place at the Capitol.
Property Tax Listening
Session
I am excited to announce
that I will be hosting a property tax listening session in
Brainerd on Saturday, Feb. 14
at the Central Lakes College
cafeteria, 501 West College
Drive, in Brainerd from 9 to
10 a.m. Joining me at this
event will be chairman of the
House Property Tax and
Local Government Aid
Committee, Rep. Steve
Drazkowski. I encourage you
to attend to let Chair
Drazkowski and me know
how property taxes are affecting you, your family, and
your business.
Dear Editor:
Just a quick note to pass
along information regarding
local meetings on property
taxes, Dairy Day at the
Capitol and a committee
update regarding mining.
Property tax listening sessions:
Reps. Josh Heintzeman,
Steve Drazkowski and I will
host two town hall meetings
Saturday, Feb. 14 to gather
input on property tax matters.
Yes, that day is Valentine’s
Day, but the meetings are
early enough in the day where
they should not conflict with
special plans.
One of my top legislative
priorities is finding ways of
lowering area property tax
rates. This is a problem that
continues to escalate and
these local meetings provide
great opportunities for people
to provide their local legislators with input regarding their
property tax situations.
Information we receive from
area citizens will be very
helpful as we consider legislation and look for ways to
alleviate the challenges people face.
Newspaper on the Cuyuna Range…
Here is the schedule:
Saturday, Feb. 14
—Brainerd:
9
a.m.,
Central Lakes College cafeteria (501 West College Drive)
—Aitkin: 2 p.m. Westside
Church (810 Second Street
N.W.)
Dairy Day
It was good to see a good
turnout for Dairy Day at the
Capitol last Wednesday. Dairy
is huge in our state and we are
among the nation’s largest
producers. This industry
drives an estimated 38,000
jobs in Minnesota, with an
estimated total economic
impact of $11.5 billion annually. The bottom line is it takes
a lot of people to get those
jugs of milk or blocks of
cheese to your refrigerator.
You can’t overstate how
important dairy remains to
greater Minnesota and I am
pleased to be serving both
Agriculture Finance and
Agriculture Policy committees in the House. The House
Agriculture Policy Committee
conducted a meeting on Dairy
Day and it was well attended.
We had great testimony from
citizens. The dairy industry
has seen big changes over the
years, but there still are
vibrant operations in our district and family farmers
remain passionate about their
way of life.
Mining Update
We have been receiving
good testimony in the committee I serve pertaining to
mining and outdoors recreation. We are on the front edge
of plans that have huge
impacts on our state economy.
Polymet in Babbitt is very
slowly and methodically moving through the permitting
process, something that is
intended to bring the first copper nickel mining to northern
Minnesota. A Polymet spinoff in Tamarack is closer to us
and would be a new economic
driver in the northern part of
our District 10B.
I will keep you posted and
hope you can join us for either
of the property tax listening
sessions on Feb. 14.
Take care until then,
Dale Lueck
Minnesota House
Representative
District 10B
Dale Lueck is the state
Rep. for District 10B, spanning all of Aitkin County and
the majority of Crow Wing.
Lueck may be reached at
[email protected] or
(651) 296-2365. His legislative office is 423 State Office
Building, 100 Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN
55155.
Broadband for
greater Minnesota
Dear Editor:
This week the Minnesota
Department of Employment
and Economic Development
(DEED) announced nearly
$20 million in grants for
broadband development in
greater Minnesota. Those
funds were made available
under a program created last
year, the Border-to-Border
Broadband
Development
Grant Program.
Four years ago we set a
goal for every household,
school, hospital and business
to have access to high-speed
broadband internet. The funding made available by the legislature last year demonstrates that we’re serious
about meeting that goal. With
more than $40 million in
applications, we didn’t anticipate such high demand for
this program and granted out
every penny in the first year.
With such a successful start,
I’m authoring legislation for
an additional $100 million to
continue building our infrastructure
in
greater
Minnesota. I'm pleased the
governor is also including
funding for broadband in his
budget.
I would like to commend
former Representatives John
Ward and Joe Radinovich for
the hard work they did to pass
this legislation and secure
more than $2 million in funds
in and around their districts.
As a result of the their work
for greater Minnesota, more
than 6,000 homes, nearly 100
community organizations, and
150 businesses will have
access to high-speed broadband internet access across the
state.
Investing in broadband
isn’t just for entertainment
and e-mail, it improves people’s lives, grows local
economies,
and
keeps
Minnesota competitive in the
21st century. Minnesota has
led the nation on many fronts,
and we will in the future
because of the good work
we’ve been doing at the legislature.
Sheldon Johnson
State Representative,
District 67B
Wounded Warrior
Dear Editor:
I have no problem with
the Wounded Warrior Project
as a charity. However, I have
a problem with it being necessary. It is implied when the
troops are sent that the country will take care of the needs
that they have when they are
wounded 100 percent. I know
that there have been problems
when they get back and have
physiological problems that
cause personality change, and
addiction; they get other than
honorable discharges. When
the reason they got discharged was a result of mental issues that were brought
on by their service. This has
been a way to sweep this
problem under the rug for a
long time. However most of
the problems that Wounded
Warrior Project seems to
advertise as helping are ones
that the government should
pay for if they are either still
in the service or the VA
should take care of. We pay
taxes and if they were healthy
they would be paying taxes. If
it is a lack of funding then
they should raise the money
by raising taxes. I don’t know
how much of the money that
they collect for the Wounded
Warrior Project goes for
administration and how much
for advertising but I suspect
that they have someone making a six or seven figure
income of a charity, and it is
travesty if this is the case. I
have not checked out the
charity however the TV ads
must cost a fair amount of the
funds raised.
Jesse Nix
Emily
Motor vehicle
services in Crosby
You can transfer vehicle
titles, get your license tabs,
and license your snowmobile,
ATV, boat, trailer, and change
your address on your driver’s
license as well as replace your
lost, stolen, or damaged
license at the Crosby Motor
Vehicle Office located 1/2
block off Main Street at the
corner of Cross Avenue South
and First Street SE in Crosby
(1 First Street SE). Hours are
Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding
holidays).
Because the Crosby Motor
Vehicle Office is not a license
photo office, such as in
Brainerd or Aitkin, it is not
authorized
for
license
renewals, change of name,
instruction permits, or any
license needing a photo. For
those services, you need to go
to an office that takes photos,
such as in Brainerd or Aitkin.
For more information, call the
Crosby DMV office at 5467738.
ON TARGET EVERY TIME
Despite no-snow conditions, a large number of
Scorpion enthusiasts braved
the slick surface of Serpent
Lake to display their cherished Scorpions on Saturday.
Nearly 130 Scorpions were
gathered for this 11th annual
Scorpion Homecoming, held
in conjunction with the
Annual Ice Fishing Contest,
sponsored by the Cuyuna
Lakes
Chamber
of
Commerce. Sixteen Lil'
Whips were also on display,
2015’s Feature Sled.
Photographs of the event
are available on Scorpion
Snowmobile's
Facebook
Page: www.facebook.com/
scorpionsnowmobiles.
Numerous awards were
presented at the 3 p.m. program, with expert judging
provided by the Antique
Snowmobile Society: Steve
Pierce, Dave Johnson, Brian
Smith, Todd Hicke, and Cody
Emmans.
This year’s Scorpion
Traveler award went to Bob
Rynda, who came all the way
from Las Vegas, NV to attend
the event!
Chamber’s Choice: Mark
Schraut, Royalton, 1970
Blue-Modified Stinger
C-I Royalty Award: Steve
Pierce, Cohasset, 1966 Sears
Scorpion Traveler: Bob
Rynda, Las Vegas, NV (1,680
Miles)
Scorpion
Custom
ñ
Runner Up: Kyle McCoy,
Clearwater, Racer
Scorpion Custom First
Place: Bob Rynda, Las Vegas
NV, TK 1980
Trail-A-Sled Era Original
—Runner Up: Tom Stevens,
Northwood,
IA,
Super
Stinger 1971
Trail-A-Sled Era Original
—First
Place:
Chuck
Bachman, Brainerd, Mark I
1968
Trail-A-Sled Era Restored
—Runner
Up:
Chuba
Brothers, Emily, Super
Stinger 1971
Trail-A-Sled Era Restored
—First Place: Mark Schraut,
Royalton, Mark II 300 1969
Scorpion Era Original
Runner Up: Dwight Bartell,
West Bend, WI, Bull Whip
1977
Scorpion Era Original
First Place: Ray Arnold,
Moose Lake, Whip 300 1978
Scorpion Era Restored
Runner Up: Rick Kocher,
Great Decisions
Feb. 16: Putin’s
Aggressive
Stance
As calls for closer ties
with the EU failed to be met,
Ukrainians took to the streets
in November 2013. As the
movement later known pulled
western Ukraine closer to its
European neighbors, another
powerful force threatened to
tear away the country’s eastern half: Russia. Putin’s pushback against European expansionism has the West wondering: If Putin’s Russia isn’t
afraid to take an aggressive
stance against Europeanization in Ukraine, what does
that mean for the rest of
Russia’s neighbors?
Monday, Feb. 16 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. at the Heartwood
Senior Living Community in
Crosby. Great Decisions is
eight stand alone sessions foreign policy discussion based
on readings and a DVD produced by the Foreign Policy
Association in New York.
Sponsored by the Minnesota
International Center and
Unlimited Learning, meetings are at Heartwood the
third Monday of February
through June and September
through November, 11 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Contact [email protected], 297-4247
or view www.Unlimited
Learning.com.
Library hours
The Jessie F. Hallett
Memorial Library fall and
winter hours (from Labor
Day to Memorial Day) are:
Monday and Wednesday from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday
and Thursday from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. and Friday and
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. The library is closed on
Sundays.
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Ice fishing
contest results
On Saturday, Feb. 7 the
Cuyuna Lakes Chamber of
Commerce hosted the annual
Ice Fishing Contest. Results
include:
Northern
—First place, sponsored
by Deerwood Bank, a 3.67
pound Northern, caught by
Trevin Mitchell.
—Second Place, sponsored by Neighborhood
National Bank, a 3.42 pound
Northern, caught by Corey
Ashmore.
—Third Place, sponsored
by Christenson Agency, a
2.05 pound Northern, caught
by James Reem.
Panfish
—First Place, sponsored
by
Anderson
Brothers
Construction, a .10 Perch,
caught by Reina Irvine.
—Second Place, sponsored by Mid Minnesota
Federal Credit Union, a .10
Perch caught by Corey
Danielson.
—Third Place, sponsored
by Cuyuna Regional Medical
Center, a .07 Perch caught by
Al Rasmussen.
Bass
First Place Bass, sponsored by Lambert Water
Wells, a 2.41 Bass caught by
Stanley Vian.
Smallest Fish
The smallest fish caught,
sponsored by Lambert Water
Wells, was a .02 lb. Perch,
caught by Dan Wisniak.
The eelpout and walleye
remained elusive, which benefitted the 12 Luck of the
Draw recipients.
The sponsors for the walleye were Unity Bank,
California
Digest,
and
Graphic
Packaging
International. Lambert Water
Wells sponsored the eelpout.
When fish with designated
prize money attached are not
caught, we draw names of the
people who did catch a fish
for the Luck of the Draw.
Luck of the Draw winners
included: Betty Nelson,
Brady Louks, Paul Kowalzck,
Tyler
Siltman,
David
Ellstrom, Kennedy Carlson,
Matt Johnson, Ken Ellstrom,
Troy Bruus, Lee Irvine, Rob
Sboda and Tyler Jarvela.
The Raffle Winners:
—First Place, an Eskimo
H.C.40 4-stroke Propane Ice
Auger: Louis Harvey.
—Second Place, Clam
Nanook 2-Man Portable
Fishhouse with two Deluxe
Swivel Seats: James Reem.
—Third Place, Marcum
PanCam Underwater Camera
System (WiFi Capable): Bob
Stepanek.
—Fourth
Place,
Maucieri’s Bar & Bistro Wild
Game Dinner for six people:
Jake Johnson.
—Fifth Place, Overnight
Stay and Buffet for two at
Grand Casino Mille Lacs:
Dennis R Johnson.
The
Cuyuna
Lakes
Chamber is proud of all of the
winners and grateful to our
sponsors. See you on the ice
in 2016!
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