Herald Sauk Centre
NUMBER 44 • VOLUME 156
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023
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Carp catch
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The area that would have been a carp removal site is flooded with water March 15 on Sauk Lake north of Sauk Centre. The flooding was caused by the weight of the snow on the ice, preventing the Big Sauk Lake Association’s carp netting operation this year.
BSLA calls off 2023 netting operation due to flooding, heavy snow BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER
For years, the Big Sauk Lake Association and WSB Engineering have been fighting Sauk Lake’s carp infestation with a mass netting operation in the spring, when the ice is still frozen. Their 2022 catch removed nearly 80,000 pounds of carp from Sauk Lake, even though the crews had to fight warm temperatures and melting ice. The carp may be getting a reprieve this year, for while the ice remains frozen, the removal site has been flooded due to the sheer weight of all the snow. A carp removal team came onto the ice the week of March 13, removing about 18 inches of snow for a road and a seining hole where the fish would be corralled. While the crew began laying out nets and using sonar to locate a large carp school, others began drilling the hole, and the area flooded with about six to eight inches of water because of the snow’s weight.
Deb Johnson arranges a variety of crafts seniors have made under her direction March 23 at Fairway Pines Senior Living in Sauk Centre. Johnson has taught crafting to Fairway Pines residents for about six months, starting in August 2022.
Creativity
in seniors
BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER
Johnson teaches March is crafting crafting at month, but for Deb Johnson and Fairway Fairway son, lived in Sauk Centre Fairway Pines with Ashley’s assistance, Pines Senior Living for about 32 years, starting in and it was not long before Deb settled residents every month Pines 1989. Keith worked at Centra- into teaching crafts, starting in August is crafting month. Deb has been volunteering twice a month at Fairway Pines for about six months, helping engage the seniors’ creativity through a variety of decorative crafts. “I’ve always been a people person,” Deb said. “When I’m working with them, I can bring something in, but it won’t look like mine when (the seniors) are done with it. They are so creative. I can bring something to them, but they are more creative than I am.” Ashley Amelung, Deb’s daughter, is the Community Life Director at Fairway Pines, and she has seen how much the residents look forward to crafting day. “They just enjoy it,” Ashley said. “Every month, they’re (asking), ‘So, what are we crafting?’” Deb and her husband, Keith John-
Care and served on the Sauk Centre City Council for 13 years, and Deb worked as the Program Specialist for CentraCare Health-Sauk Centre Hospital, coordinating the hospital’s volunteers in Sauk Centre and Long Prairie, and she also managed the gift shop at CentraCare Health-Long Prairie Hospital. “I loved being a Volunteer Coordinator,” Deb said. “I always wanted to volunteer when I retired.” The Johnsons retired a couple of years ago and, when they could not find a Sauk Centre apartment after selling their house, they moved to Alexandria. Their Sauk Centre ties have them returning all the time, though, and they still consider the town their home. Deb started volunteering in various ways at
2022. Deb has always enjoyed crafting. She also used to own the business Out of the Attic, where she refinished furniture and sold the items in downtown Sauk Centre. “Crafts have always been my big thing,” Deb said. “I always made crafts for Christmas, and when I was younger, we had this craft of the month that would come in the mail, and (my mother and I) would do crafts together. It’s always been a part of my life.” At Fairway Pines, Deb comes to teach once every two weeks. She begins by preparing a sample before she arrives, both as practice and as a showcase of how the final product might look.
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Renowned speaker Christopher West and award-winning musician Mike Mangione are coming to Sauk Centre for their Made for More event, showing people how the beauty of creation and the human person make clear God’s plan for every individual. Their presentation is from 7-9:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, at the Margaret Shelby Auditorium at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre. West is president and founder of Theology of the Body Institute near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Mangione is an internationally touring Americana and blues musician. As the duo prepare to come to Sauk Centre, West wants to be clear he will not be giving a theology lecture.
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Bob Nichols with Western Son Vodka pours samples for visitors March 25 at the Sauk Centre-Melrose Hockey Association’s fifth annual Beer, Wine and Liquor Tasting Event at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena. It is estimated about 450 people came to the SCMHA fundraising event.
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