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Decision expected at Thursday School Board meeting
By REED WALLER
Staff Writer
Final interviews for two candidates for NRHEG Superintendent of Schools will be held Thursday, April 25, at New Richland Media Center. A superintendent candidate will be selected at 8:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, April 18, the NRHEG School Board held a public meeting to interview semi-finalists for the position of Superintendent of Schools, to replace departing superintendent Kevin Wellen.
The board was joined by South Central Service Cooperative (SCSC) consultants Butch Hanson and Dale Brandsoy, and a group of volunteers from the NRHEG community.
“In January of this year there were 30 superintendent searches going,” Brandsoy said. “Last year there were 12.”
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NRHEG School Board
By REED WALLER
Staff Writer
On Thursday, April 18, the NRHEG School Board will pick two finalists for the position of NRHEG Superintendent of Schools, from four semifinalists selected from 10 applicants by the consultants from South Central Services Committee.
Candidates
The candidates are:
Dr. Dennis Goodwin, Superintendent of Schools at Platte-Geddes district, South Dakota. Dr. Goodwin has one year of experience as superintendent, 10 years teaching, and 20 years business experience.
Tami Martin, Charter School Director at Cross Lake Community School. Ms. Martin has five years experience as Director, 20 years elementary teaching at Chisago Lakes, MN and Raymondville, TX, and was Gifted Cluster teacher and remedial math teacher at Chisago Lakes.
Dr. Kathleen Mortenson, District Administrator at Brooklyn Center schools. Dr. Mortenson has three years administrative experience at Brooklyn Center and 10 years at Paladin Academy at Blaine and Minnesota Department of Corrections, St. Paul. She was also Assistant Principal for K-8 at Cambridge-Isanti, and has nine years experience as special education teacher/coordinator.
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Ellendale City Council
By SCOTT GROTH
Contributing Writer
The Ellendale City Council met Thursday, April 11 with Mayor Swearingen and all Council members present. Also attending the meeting were Phil Kohl, City Attorney; Steve Louks, City Clerk; Josh Otto, Maintenance; Pete Paulson, Municipal Liquor Store; and Jeremy Reese, Fire Department.
Reese informed the Council he would like to step down as chief of the Fire Department. Reese said he may be moving in the near future and does not want to wait “until the last second” to turn in his resignation. Reese has served the department for 16 years, the last four as chief. Reese went on to say the chief position does take up a lot of free time and the council should consider a monetary increase for the position. Currently the chief gets $400 a year.
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Hartland City Council
By CARRIE GILBERTSON
Contributing Writer
Democracy: government that is for, by and of the people. For the people means that the government’s purpose is to benefit the common citizen; by the people, that our government is given its power by the election of our population; of the people that regular citizens run for and are elected to office. But what happens when they don’t run? This is precisely the situation that the City of Hartland found itself in this past November. Not just once, but three times.
Three seats on the city council were up for election in 2012: the mayoral seat, and two councilperson positions. These positions were previously held by Kelly Routh, Kyle Reed and Linda Pederson, respectively. All three decided prior to the elections that due to each of their personal situations, they would give other townspeople an opportunity to contribute to the city government, giving up their positions on the council.
As in most small towns, love for this city runs deep.
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Public meeting May 9 at Geneva Community Building
By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
Changes will be coming to the Geneva Postal service, but residents have an opportunity to vote on the results.
A meeting will be held Thursday, May 9 at the Geneva Community Building regarding the post office. All Geneva residents are invited to express their thoughts, concerns and feelings.
It is time for thought. Yes, we know the post office is in financial trouble and though it is a government service, it is not government subsidized, and must make it on its own.
Computers and other technical communication have threatened the economic viability of the post office, so there are cuts being contemplated. The U.S. Postal Service is conducting a discontinuance study for the Geneva Post Office and once the results have been reviewed and the meeting has been conducted, they will decide which is the best option.