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Authors Addition alteration City to investigate adjusting Hickman Drive, Hendryx Street intersection BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER
As the Authors Addition residential land takes shape, the city is looking into adjusting an intersection to improve the anticipated increased traffic flow. During the Sauk Centre City Council’s July 19 meeting at Sauk Centre City Hall, city engineer Keith Yapp requested the city consider realigning the intersection of Hendryx Street and Hickman Drive. Currently, Hickman Drive curves to the east, and Hendryx Street branches west off of that curve; however, if the curve were made into an intersection, it would align with Halfaday Drive, across the road. Halfaday Drive is being built into Authors Addition along with a Hendryx Street extension, and the two streets will intersect in the middle of the development. Yapp made the recommendation because paving for the Authors Addition streets will not occur until the end of August or early September. “This gives us a window of opportunity to consider whether we wish h to review that intersection ction – pull out the curb and d basically make it into a fourway intersection, which ch is the way it’s supposed to be from platting,” Yapp said. “There will be some benwing efits, (including) slowing down the traffic as it goes through there.” If the project weree authorized, it would have ve to be determined whetherr the intersection would be a twoway or a four-way stop,, and Yapp said the Sauk Centre entre Police Department could ld be consulted for that purpose. ose. The council was in n favor of Yapp seeing how much it would cost to make the adjustment. “We’re going to have ave increased traffic from basically two different diirections into Hickman,”” said Sauk Centre Mayorr Warren Stone. “It only y makes sense to squaree it off.” Yapp also reported d the pipe for Authors Addition ition has been installed, and they are working on adding g the pects roads’ subgrade. He expects the curb and gravel to go in within the next couplee of ause weeks, followed by a pause ving for utilities before paving is completed.
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playtime Local girl scouts raise money for dog park BY TIFFANY KLAPHAKE | STAFF WRITER
Most youth spend their summers relaxing at home, going to the lake or vacationing with their family. However, 11 young girls from Sauk Centre Girl Scout Troop 171 have spent their summer raising money for upgrades to the dog park in Sauk Centre, located on First Street North, next to the Lions Skating Rink. “We are doing this because most of us have dogs,” Emma Macey said. “And to get our Bronze Award.” The Bronze Award is the highest award a Junior Girl Scout
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can achieve. The award is given for projects demonstrating courage, confidence and character all while making a difference in the community. One requirement for the project is it needs to be a sustainable community project. Emma and her fellow scouts, Natalie Marthaler, Hadley Wheeler, Kaylen Wolbeck, Aubree Dirkes, Natalya Strassburg, Addison Gast, Kaylee Messer, Sophie Twedt, Kylee Bjostad and Laney Wilber chose to enhance the local dog park for four-legged and two-legged Sauk Centre residents. Emma’s mother, Kellie Macey, is helping the girls coordinate the project along with Jessica Marthaler, who is Natalie’s mother, and Carrie Wheeler, who is Hadley’s mother. The three moms are the troop leaders. “The girls came up with the idea all on their own,” Kellie said. “I took Emma around and we visited a couple of other dog parks, and we also met with (Public Works Supervisor) Ben Clink to see what he thought our dog park could use.” Using feedback from Clink and the community, as well as online research and visits to other parks, the girls came up with their plan.
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Treasure trove of memories Jenc recalls education in little red schoolhouse BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER
For some, visiting the little red schoolhouse in Sauk Centre during durin Sinclair Lewis Days was a look back into in the past. For others, including Glen JJenc, the visits were a treasure trove of memories from their own education iin that same building. “It’s just sso different than what the world is to today,” Jenc said. gre up on a farm about Jenc grew a half-mile from the schoolhouse, located in Raymond Township at the tim time, so he would walk to school. When the school day was over, other ot farming parents – Jenc’s inclu included – would pick up their childre children from school so they could be ho home sooner to help with chores. Jen Jenc could drive a tractor with a bale baler before he even started school school, although he would need help with the clutch.
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Glen Jenc Je stops by the little red schoolhouse July 14 at Jaycee schoolh Park in Sauk Centre. Jenc attended the schoolhouse from 1961-68, from kindergarten through eighth grade. eig
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Pause over price School board questions cost of potential renovation change orders BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER
Changes may need to be made to Sauk Centre Public Schools’ renovation plan, but the school board wants to be sure these modifications do not drain the project’s budget. During the school board’s July 24 regular meeting in the school media center, Tony Heimke, with consulting firm SitelogIQ, gave a renovation update which included details about the project’s contingency budget. Along with its main budget of nearly $44.7 million, the two-year project has a contingency budget of $1,770,093; 55% of the budget was expected to be available for Phase 1, covering the elementary school, while 45% would be for Phase 2, covering the middle and high schools. About 12.6% of the overall contingency budget is projected to be used so far. However, SitelogIQ has also proposed $231,663.37 in potential change orders. When added to the $223,263.82 in existing change orders, this would represent $454,927.19 taken from the total contingency budget, increasing the amount used so far to 26%. Some of the changes involved the elementary school’s sprinkler systems and steel for structural support.
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