Tyler Tribute - Page 2
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Looking ahead
Early Peach
on May 25 at deadline
Tyler Legion Due to the Memorial
Day holiday, there will
The American Red be an early Peach dead-
Cross bloodmobile line of Thursday, May
will be in Tyler on May 25 at noon for all ads
25, 1-7 p.m., at the Ty- for the Southwestern
ler American Legion, Peach.
138 E. Bradley Ave. meetin
Eligible donors can RTR
schedule an appoint- gJ
ment by using the free closed to
Blood Donor App, visit-
ing redcrossblood.org
public
card or driver's license
or two other forms of
identification are re-
quired at check-in.
or calling 1-800-RED
CROSS (1-800-733- RTR Public Schools -
2767). A blood donor ISD 2902 Special Meet-
ing on May 25, 2017 at
9:00 am. at the Lincoln
County Courthouse,
Ivanhoe.
1. Call to Order - Me-
diation with mediator
Michael Stockstead of
the Bureau of Mediation
Services; The BMS has
ordered that the me-
diation be closed to the
May 19
The first Couples Golf
Night is Friday, May 19
public and classified as
private and nonPublic
pursuant to Minnesota
Administrative Rules
5510.2810 Subp.
at the Tyler Golf Club. 2. Motion to
Relay for Life
meeting pursuant to
Minnesota Statute
§13D.05 Subd. 3, attor-
ney-client privilege.
3. Adjourn
Citizens State
May 24
Team # Cure, a Lin-
coln County Relay for
Life team is having a
fundraiser on Wednes-
day, May 24, 4-8 p.m. at
the Pizza Ranch in Pip-
estone. See their ad for
more information.
Bank of Tyler
celebrates 100
CitizensState Bank of
Tyler will be celebrat-
ing 100 years the-end
of May. Stop in May 26,
7 a.m.-4 p.m. for treats
and help them Eel-
ebrate. See their ad for
more information.
RTR Public
Home of the Knights/
High School Events
Wednesday, May 17 - High School Pops Concert, 7:30
p.m.
Thursday, May 18 - Last day of school, 1:30 p.m. dis-
missal; Track at Cottonwood, 4 p.m.
Friday, May 19 - No School, Teacher workday; Gradua-
tion practice, 9 a.m.; Baseball at MCC, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 20 - Graduation, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23 - Softball playoffs
Wednesday, May 24 - Golf sub-section
Thursday, May 25 - Track sub-section, Luverne
Middle School Events
Wednesday, May 17 - School board meeting, Tyler, 7
p.m.
Thursday, May 18 - Last day of school; 8th grade rec-
ognition, 8:45 a.m.; 1:30 p.m. dismissal; IH Baseball at
Canby, 4:30 p.m. Varsity track at Lakeview, 4 p.m.; IH
Golf at Minneota, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 19 - Teacher workshop; Varsity baseball at
MCC, 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 20 - High school graduation
Tuesday, May 23 - Showcase trip to Henry Doorly Zoo
Thursday, May 24 - Sub-section Track at Luverne
Elementary School Events
Wednesday, May 17 - 2 p.m. Kindergarten graduation
Thursday, May 18 - Last day of school; early dismissal
at 1:30 p.m.
www.rtrschools.org
High School Middle School Elementary School
PO Box 659 PO Box 310 PO Box B
Tyler, MN Russell, MN Ruthton, MN
56178 56169 56170
507-247-5911 507-823-4371 507-658-3301
RTR Elementary
Menus
Wednesday, May 17
Breakfast: Cook's Choice
Lunch: Cook's Choice
Thursday, May 18
Breakfast: Cook's Choice
Lunch: Cook's Choice
RTR Middle &
High School Lunch
Menus
Wednesday, May 17
Cook's Choice
Thursday, May 18
Cook!s Choice
Obituaries
Ethel Huhnstock
Oct. 11, 1919 - April 11, 2017
Ethel Christine Huhn-
stock, age 97, passed
peacefully in her sleep on
April 11 in the warmth
and comfort of her resi-
dence in Fortson, Georgia.
The family will be bring-
ing their beloved mother
and grandmother home, to
lay to rest in Ruthton next
to her life partner and be-
loved husband John.
Graveside services will
be held by the family at
11:30 a.m. Saturday, May
27 in Ruthton, followed
by a celebration of life at 1
p.m. at the Holland Senior
Citizen Center, 441 Rock
Street, Holland. The fam-
ily has created a Facebook
page ("Ethel nuhnstock" )
to share your best memo-
ries and or favorite pho-
tos.
Ethel was born Oct. 11,
1919 to Hans and Clara
(Bornholdt) Sorensen of
rural Ruthton. Ethel at-
tended grade school at
District 34 until entering
the Ruthton School, gradu-
ating in 1937.
On Sept. 18, 1938 Ethel
married John Huhnstock
and resided in Ruthton.
Their union was blessed
with three children--lena
Lee, ]ames (Jim), and Judith
(Suds), six grandchildren
and eight great-grand-
children. She was lovingly
referred to as Grandma
Great by them. Ethel and
John built and operated
the Ruthton Kleenette and
J&E Kar Kleen, Ruthton
Rural Water Service and
the Ruthton Blacksmith.
During these years to-
gether, some of their most
memorable enjoyments
were the many summers
their grandchildren spent
with them. Together they
enjoyed fishing, hunting,
cards and time with ex-
tended family and friends.
They retired happily to-
gether in 1982. In 1984
Ethel and John moved to
Fortson, Georgia where
they lived with grandson
Scott Ressmeyer until
their return to Ruthton in
1989.
In 1995 Ethel returned
to Fortson to be near her
two daughters, where she
helped with Joni's catering
business, baking and cook-
ing all her favorite recipes.
Each summer Ethel trav-
eled and spent time with
]udi in Indiana, and with
her dear friends Richard
and Catherine Ness, her
sisters, and all her life
friends in Ruthton.
She was preceded in
death by her husband John
in 1995, son Jim in 1996,
sister Gladys Lingen in
2017, and brother Wayne
Sorensen.
Ethel is lovingly remem-
bered by her two daugh-
ters, Jona Lee Ressmeyer
of Fortson, Georgia and
Judith Gill of Greenwood,
Indiana, grandchildren--
Scott Ressmeyer (Ro-
chelle) of Fortson, Georgia,
Mark Ressmeyer (Gaye) of
Columbus, Georgia, Tim
Gill (Ellen) of Greenwood,
Indiana, Joni Gill-Ashcraft
Smith (Lori) of Colum-
bus, Georgia, Jennifer
Huhnstock Hamm (Ed) of
Round Lake Beach, Ilinois,
and Jeff Huhnstock (Liz)
of Round Lake Beach, Illi-
nois; great-grandchildren
Jeff Huhnstock and Jac-
queline Huhnstock, Scott
Gill, Grant Gill, Nick Gill
and Ellie Grace Gill, Pierce
Ressmeyer, and Abbie Ash-
craft.
She leaves us rich in
memories.
William Sietsema
Feb. 23, 1977 - May 1, 2017
Funeral service for Wil-
liam Robert"Bill" Sietsema
was 11 a.m. Saturday, May
6 at Our Savior's Lutheran
Church in Faribault. He
died May I in Faribault.
Bill was born Feb.
23, 1977 in Pipestone
to Darwin and Sharon
(Schelhaas) Sietsema. He
graduated from Russell-
Tyler-Ruthton High School
with the Class of 1995.
He earned his electrician
diploma from Minnesota
West in 1997.
Bill was united in mar-
riage to Andrea Chris-
tensen on Sept. 18, 2004
in Faribault. He worked
for Cedar Lake Electric in
Faribault for 13 years. For
the past seven years he
was the facility manager
for Aurora Pharmaceuti-
cals in Northfield.
Bill loved everything
sports--playing, watching,
and coaching. He volun-
teered his time to numer-
ous sports associations--
boys and girls basketball,
football, and fastpitch. Bill
enjoyed hunting and golf-
ing, but most of all, the
coaching of his own chil-
dren's sports teams was
his passion.
He is survived by his wife
Andrea and their children
Carter and Rylee; his par-
ents Darwin and Sharon
Sietsema; his grandmoth-
er ]eanette Schelhaas; sib-
lings Brent (Jennifer) Sie-
tsema and Brenda Oared)
Dagel; brother-in-law ]oey
Christensen; father-in-law
Chris Christensen (Sandy
Weeks); nephews Tyler
and Trevor Dagel, and
Jasper, Boden and Tatum
Sietsema; and niece Josie
Dagel.
He was preceded in
death by his mother-in-
law Mary Christensen,
grandparents John Schel-
haas and Gordon and Mar-
tina Sietsema, and uncle
David Sietsema.
Engagement Announcements
Allison Carmany and Joshua Turtle
Steve and Leanne Carmany and Mark and Jane Turtle
are pleased to announce the engagement of their chil-
dren, Allison and Joshua.
Allison is currently a senior at the University of Sioux
Falls. Joshua will graduate from the University of Sioux
Falls in May and complete his student teaching in the
fall.
A small wedding is planned for Aug. 11 in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.
FEbleskiver Days 2L?/7
There will be a Cruise-
In Car Show during
/Ebleskiver Days on Sat-
urday, July 22 from 11
a.m.-2 p.m. at the fair-
grounds in Tyler. People
may bring their cars,
trucks, motorcycles and
ratrods, new or old.
There will be no judging
or trophies. Just come
and enjoy what we have
to offer at /Ebleskiver
Days. No pre-registra-
tion.
If you would like, you
can join the parade at 7
p.m. (One warning, do
not rev up your vehicle
in front of Mark Wilm-
es!) We will place flyers
at businesses in Tyler
and neighboring towns.
We will also hand out
flyers at other car shows
in the area.
Bob Johnson has in-
formed us that a Lincoln
Car Club he belongs to
will be attending the
show and joining in the
parade also. There are
a lot of car and motor-
cycle enthusiasts. We
hope you will attend
and show us what you
have.
The Car Show commit-
tee is led by Les Johnson,
Paul Thomsen, Dean
Brandt, Tim Thooft, and
Ty Thooft. If you have
any questions give Les a
call at 247-5414.
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library
Dear Readers,
Young readers of graph-
ic novels will be thrilled
with a new selection of
fun books ready for sum-
mer reading. The three
new series are "Star Wars
- Showdown on the Smug-
gler's Moon:' ' vengers K
- Avengers vs. Ultron" and
"Disney Kingdoms - Keep-
ers of the Weird."
We also have a selec-
tion of beginner reader
level books including four
"Hank the Pet Sitter" sto-
ries. These books are full of
very cute illustrations and
have humorous names like
"Elmer the Very Sneaky
Sheep" and "Yum-Yum the
Very Soiled Fish." They will
definitely appeal to the
younger set.
We are working on our
goal this year to increase
our audio book collection
and the library is pleased
to offer three new audio
books. They are "Portraits
of Courage" by George
W. Bush, "The Shack" by
Wm. Paul Young, and Jodi
Picoult's "Small Great
Things:'
Library Letters
By Carla Skjong
You will definitely want
to read these next two new
novels. Elizabeth Strout
won the Pulitzer Prize
with the amazing "Olive
Kitteridge" several years
ago and she now offers
' nything is Possible." The
deep bonds of family, the
small town, reconciliation
and hope are themes in
this important new book
Bridge Across the
Ocean" by Susan Meissner
tells the story of World
War II war brides then
and now. A trip to Amer-
ica on the famed Queen
Mary ended in tragedy and
Brette Caslake is deter-
mined to solve the 70 year
old mystery. The book is "a
beguiling tapestry of sto-
rytelling?
Please be aware that the
library will be closed Fri-
day and Saturday, May 26,
27 and Memorial Day. Also,
June I will be the first day
to sign-up for the Summer
Reading Program.
Agriculture students
were honored at the Ag-
riculture Department
Awards Banquet which
was held at Ridgewater
College-Willmar Campus
on Monday, April 3, 2017.
Students received awards
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for their participation in
state and national Postsec-
ondary Agriculture Stu-
dents (PAS) contests. The
state PAS contests were
held in Marshall, Minne-
sota in February anti the
national contests were
held in St. Louis, Missouri
in March. Students were
also recognized at the ban-
quet for other academic
achievements.
Jerry Wichern of Tyler,
the son of Ouane and Judy
Wichern, received the fol-
lowing award(s) for state
competition: 1st Place
Career Progress - Power
Structural & Technical and
3rd Place Employment In-
terview - Ag Equipment
Service.
Jerry was also recog-
Lake Stay township is asking for price quotes for
2850 yards of crushed gravel to be put on before
August 1, 2017. Please send the quotes before
June 5, 2017 to:
Ben Dwire
2559 280th Avenue
Arco, MN 56113
Norma Renken, Clerk
nized for being on the
Ridgewater College Fall
Semester Dean's List and
for placing first for this
Fall Field Day Crop pre-
sentation.
Ridgewater College is
a community and techni-
cal college educating over
6,000 individuals each
year on its campuses in
Willmar and Hutchinson,
Minnesota. For more in-
formation visit ridgewater.
edu. Ridgewater College
is an affirmative action,
equal opportunity em-
ployer and educator. This
document is available in
alternative formats to indi-
viduals with disabilities by
calling 1-800-722-1151 or
through the Minnesota Re-
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