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Vulcan donates kidney to Billing
By ELI LUTGENS, AND MARY IVERSON
Publisher and Contributing Writer
With very little fanfare, Wayne Billing, 67, was gifted a new kidney from his former assistant SaraJo Vulcan on Jan. 18, 2023.
“I guess you could call it a little miracle,” Vulcan, 45, said of the decision, the donation, and the match. “I want to give him a chance for more years of life...more life together with his family, with their grandchildren and much more.”
In order for one person to donate a kidney to another, many details must fall in line. Both persons must have the same “tissue type.” Although no two people except identical twins can have the exact same tissue type, doctors look for 12 specific “protein markers.”
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By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
On Monday evening the New Richland City Council accepted a “withdrawal” of city administrator Anthony Martens’ resignation. Martens tendered his resignation early in the month after announcing he had accepted an offer to be chief deputy under Waseca County Sheriff Jay Dulas.
Martens announced Sheriff Dulas rescinded the offer of the chief deputy position and declined to comment further on the matter.
Martens presented the council with two options regarding the city administrator position:
1. Move forward with the hiring process among the three persons who applied for the position.
2. Accept Martens’ withdrawal of resignation and allow him to continue in his position.
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By DEB BENTLY
Staff Writer
While only one official matter of business–approving a 202223 budget revision required by the state of all school boards was discussed and voted upon during the January 17 school board meeting, the evening was a genuine learning experience nonetheless.
It was the first regular meeting for board members Aaron Phillips, Pat Theuer and Amy Irhke, all of whom were elected last fall. They and other board members had recently attended the Minnesota State School Board Association’s (MSSBA) annual conference. Many topics had been covered there, including school finance.
As school district business manager Karla Christopherson shared information about the current financial status of the district, board member Pat Theuer commented that those who attended the convention had acquired tremendous respect for the many tasks which Christopherson must perform. In fact, while hearing about many of the details, “Our heads blew up,” joked Theuer. “We were just amazed at everything your job entails.”
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Subsections this Saturday
After three months of preparation and practice, the NRHEG contest one act play “Ignoble Death” will be taking part in subsection competition on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023 at an all-day event at Medford High School. The performance is scheduled in the day’s final time slot: 2:50 p.m., just prior to awards.
The story, set in a 1920s train station, centers around the sudden disappearance of socialite Frank Noble from a train. Investigations are indeterminate: Did he fall? Was he pushed? Members of the highly-placed Noble and Purser families were on the train for the sake of making plans and arrangements for the upcoming wedding between Frank and the oldest Purser daughter, Francine.
Forced to stay in the train station as the investigation proceeds, various travelers reveal their stories and their characters as they converse and interact.
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By ELI LUTGENS
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New and old city of Ellendale representatives took the oath of office during the regular meeting of the city council Thursday, January 12, 2023.
Mayor Matthew Bartsch began his second term and was first to be sworn in by city clerk Kim Zimprich, followed Jon Asplund, who begins his first official term, and Scott Groth, who begins his 8th term, serving all but four years on the council since 1998.
Preceding the swearing in was an hour-long, well-attended codification workshop reviewing city ordinances related to dog kennels, fencing, landscaping, building materials, and lot designs.
Logan Busho presented the fire department report. The unit responded to 167 calls, 124 of which were medical in 2022, the most the department has ever responded to, a trend which Busho expects to continue to rise.