Chatfield News

Running in circles really does have a higher purpose

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 12:32pm

When I go out for runs, I always track my distance with a GPS watch that downloads my miles to a software app on my phone.  Recently, the app put together my year’s worth of runs and gave me the option to publicly post my mileage tally for the entire year, so I decided to do that with the personal notation, “productive year.”

A friend came back with, “Productive? Didn’t you almost always end up right back where you started?” In other words, he was implying I spent 2018 running in circles.

Lawrence Priebe, 80, of Chatfield

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:30am

Lawrence Albert Priebe, 80, a longtime rural Chatfield area farmer, died on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, with his family by his side, following a short illness, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester — Saint Marys Campus, where he had been a patient for one week.

He was born on May 10, 1938, in rural Chatfield, to Albert and Mary (Oldenburg) Priebe.

He grew up on the family farm, attended rural school and began farming with his family.

He was married to Sharon Miller in 1957 in Chatfield.

County Board holds first meeting of the year, Bakke named chairman

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:25am

The Fillmore County Board of Commissioners got 2019 off to a good start by welcoming two of its members back to the boardroom. Coordinator and clerk of the board Bobbie Vickerman called the meeting to order, after which Judge Matt Opat swore in commissioners Duane Bakke and Randy Dahl. Following the oath of office being administered, the board elected Bakke as chairman and Commissioner Marc Prestby as vice chairman.

Phyllis Fulwider, 90, mother of Preston woman

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:16am

Phyllis Marie (Bartels) Fulwider, 90, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, after a lengthy illness.

She was born on Dec. 31, 1927, in Delaware, Iowa, the daughter of William and Mary Bartels.

She grew up in Hopkinton, Iowa, and attended Hopkinton schools.

She married Forest L. Fulwider on June 15, 1944, in Hopkinsville, Ken. She lived most of her life in Anamosa, Iowa. She moved to Greenleafton in 2003, after retiring from her job driving children with special needs to schools in and around Anamosa.

Rickey Neis, 50, of Chatfield

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:13am

Rickey “Rick” A. Neis, 50, of Chatfield, died peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at Saint Marys Hospital surrounded by family.

He was born on July 17, 1968, to Ron and Rita (Niemeyer) Neis in Rochester.

He attended Chosen Valley High School and graduated in 1986.

Following graduation, he worked at Touhy Furniture, Andy’s Liquor, Chatfield Trucking, Chatfield Lumber Yard and at AFC/Strongwell in Chatfield, where he has worked from 1990 until present.

Guys still making shots, but drop below .500

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:56am

After winning two games and moving one game above .500 (4-3) the Chatfield boys’ basketball team lost a pair of games and dropped one game below the .500 mark (4-5).  The losses came to Caledonia, 97-75, and Blooming Prairie (71-66).

Scoring points doesn’t seem to be an issue for the Chatfield team, having scored more than 60 points in eight of their nine games.  In their five losses they have given up 78, 84, 78, 97 and 71.

Girls drop two games, but ‘seeing progress’

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:50am

This past week the Chatfield girls’ basketball team lost games to Caledonia (56-39) and Blooming Prairie (60-47), dropping the team’s overall record to 1-12 and Three Rivers Conference mark to 0-7.  The gals are 0-2 against teams in the East division.

But, coach Brian Baum says, “We’re playing better and I’m seeing some progress.  We only had eight turnovers against Blooming Prairie and we ‘hung around’ with Caledonia, but again we did some good things.”

Gophers go 1-2 at Koda Classic in Farmington

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:46am

Chatfield defeated United South Central at the Farmington tournament and lost to Coon Rapids and St. Francis, finishing the meet at 1-2. 

Farmington and Osseo were also 1-2, USC was 0-4, Coon Rapids and St. Francis were 3-1 and Scott West was 3-0.  Scott West defeated both Coon Rapids and St. Francis in the duals.

Individually, Chatfield had two wrestlers that went 3-0 for the day: Cael Bartels (113 lbs.) and Nathan Goldsmith (152 lbs.).  Bartels had a major decision and two forfeit wins and Goldsmith had a major decision and two other decisions. 

Bowling Scores

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:45am

Quad City League –12/20

RDS 24-11, MNSS 23-12, MAAD Alley 21-14, Charlie’s Angels 18-17, Winona Controls 18-17, Tollefson Construction 17-18, Caledonia Implement 14-21, Jet’s Meat Processing 5-30

Scratch Game: Gary Kermeen 258, Joe Bolduan 255, Robert Quinnell 246

Scratch Series: Michael Klug 664, James Klug 650, Gary Kermeen 646

High Team Game: Caledonia Implement 955, Tollefson Construction 937, MAAD Alley 934

Quad City League –12/27

City ice rinks hard to maintain in mild weather

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:43am

Making ice: A science, not a rinky-dink endeavor.

“I do not remember the exact date the city started working on the ice rinks, but it was around the first of December, after the ground froze and the temps were around 10 to 15 degrees,” related Chatfield’s city maintenance foreman Brian Burkholder, speaking of the work it takes to keep a plate of ice on the skating and hockey rinks in Mill Creek Park.