Archive - Jul 2008

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This weekend promises an eclectic mix of fun stuff, no matter what you're into. “Six Minutes Over Hutchinson” gives you complete rundown.

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(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

Oather “Marty” Martin has followed a long and winding road toward his District 3 McLeod County Board candidacy.

“I feel that there’s not too many facets that I haven’t encountered,” Martin said. Compared to the other candidates in the race for retiring commissioner Grant Knutson’s seat, Martin thinks he has more diverse experiences to draw on.

From Lee Salmi
Hutchinson

This year the Minnesota Legislature passed $15.32 million in bonding bills that will go for state trails. None of this money will go for the upgrading of the Luce Line State Trail that runs from Cosmos to Plymouth through Hutchinson. The reason is that State Rep. Ron Shimanskl will not support upgrading the trail. The following is a list of places the $15.32 million went to:

Blufflands State Trail, $970,000
Casey Jones State Trail, $700,000
Gateway State Trail Bridge, $750,000
Gitchi Gami State Trail, $1,600,000
Great River Ridge Trail, $1,500,000

From Dori Johnson
President, Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary

I am writing to the friends of our community to request your assistance as a volunteer in the Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary. The auxiliary is celebrating 50 years of dedication as a volunteer this year. We are an older group sincerely dedicated to our tasks.

We need more of you to help us by volunteering four hours of your time once a month. Because of the shortage many of the volunteers are taking two and sometimes three shifts a month.

From Joshua Juergensen
2002 graduate of Hutchinson High School, Maple Grove

This letter is in response to the July 17 Leader editorial, “A solid school upgrade plan.”

At what point in time are the citizens of Hutchinson going to wake up and smell the roses? In 2006, voters vetoed a plan to build a brand new high school, improve athletic facilities to bring Hutchinson to the status quo with the rest of the Missota Conference, and renovate the current high school into an elementary school for a total of $77.8 million.

Have anything planned for next Tuesday night? If not, we encourage you to attend the National Night Out event in your neighborhood.

Chances are you’ll be able to walk there. And on the way there, why not take a close look at your neighborhood?

Do you feel safe where you live? Do you have any concerns about speeders, unsupervised dogs or trashy yards? If you do, be sure you tell the police officer you’ll meet when you arrive at your neighborhood National Night Out event. She or he will look into it for you.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 31, 2008 print edition of the Hutchinson Leader newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached.

Harlan Schulte, 49, of Hutchinson, died Wednesday, July 30, in Valley Spring, S.D.

A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. Interment will be in Peace Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, and from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, at the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson and will continue for one hour before the services Monday at the church.

Arrangements are by the Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in Hutchinson. Online condolences may be directed to www.hantge.com.

Four thefts, all of which are related to transportation, were reported to Hutchinson Police Services earlier this week.

Three of the thefts involved bicycles. The first was a black, gray and red 18-speed Roadmaster reported missing at 6:50 p.m. Sunday, July 27, from a yard in the 1000 block of Texas Avenue Northwest. It was valued at $125.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has cancelled the air pollution health advisory issued Tuesday, Jul. 29, through Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008.

Changes in the air quality forecast call for a low pressure system that will bring in moderate dry winds from the north, limiting particle formation. The Thursday through Friday forecast includes a weak cold front with light winds. The air quality index readings should peak daily in the low to mid-moderate range (approximately 51 to 65 on the Air Quality Index) which will be well below health thresholds.