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For Jessica Rollins, one of the chief challenges as Farmamerica's executive director is making the center appealing to visitors.

"I think a lot of people see the words 'interpretive center' and wonder why they would want to come out here," she said.

She thinks the events she and the Farmamerica board have planned for this year, though, promise to provide a memorable experience for area residents and other visitors.

Rollins came on board as Farmamerica's executive director last fall, and since then has worked to find new ways to communicate the story of agriculture in southern Minnesota to visitors as part of the center's mission.

The board is in the final stages of developing its strategic plan, which it will unveil at its annual meeting April 17.

"That will give us some good direction," Rollins said. "It's been a couple years since we've looked at a strategic plan. Ive gotten five months under my belt to assess whats happened in the past and to make some decisions about where we think we want to go."

Farmamerica Board Chair Warren Formo says the main focus of this process has involved reviewing the center's plan, making sure it tracks with where the board wants to see Farmamerica go in the future.

"Our core mission of being a place where people can experience and learn about the evolution of Minnesota agriculture has not changed," he said. "We're still committed to telling the story of agriculture over the last 150 years."

The piece that's new, he said, is the board's effort to include more about ongoing issues within agriculture right now.

That includes adding fields and exhibits that demonstrate what's happening in agriculture. Among the additions visitors to the center will see this year are plantings of modern hybrids that have biotechnology traits, with signage that explains how they came to be, what their purpose is and how they fit into modern farming.

There will also be more focus on technology in farming, with events that will put some of those things on display.

As usual, the center will provide school tours in May, and has already had over 900 students signed up. In addition to the traditional tour, Farmamerica this year offers a revamped version that provides more hands-on experience to students.

These activities include washing clothes by hand, old-fashioned schoolyard games and the opportunity to shear a "sheep," or rather a fake sheep covered in shaving cream which students can scrub off. Students will also get to compare and contrast the ag equipment today with that of the past.

"Well have some modern equipment onsite for them to climb up in and see how it looks compared to stuff farmers were using 100 years ago," Rollins said.

Also new this year are Community Education classes Farmamerica will offer in June and July.

One class for kindergarteners through second-graders focuses on apples, making use of a small apple orchard that was donated to the center.

"The apples are planted in chronological order of how apple varieties developed in southern Minnesota," Rollins said. "It's a neat space and we want to utilize it and tell that story."

For second- through fourth-graders, there will be a class through which they can learn about soil, planting and seeds. Students will make a terrarium and a seed mosaic art piece.

Third- through fifth-graders will also learn about soil, learning about worms.

Sprinkled in between these activities will be regular summer tours, taking place on second Saturdays in June, July, August and September.

In partnership with the Waseca County Farm Bureau, Farmamerica hosts the Taste of the Farm June 13. This event, which the center previously hosted in 2015, will feature a free meal and events for all ages.

The center holds an ice cream social the second Saturday in July.

The big event Rollins is currently trying to get her head around is a "meatapalooza," a meat education event planned for Aug. 12.

This year will feature pork and beef, but could in the future expand to other meats like poultry.

"I come from a pork background. I know pork better," Rollins said. "Pulling off an event like this for the first time, it's good for me to stick with something I know."

Different from the center's other events, attendees will be asked to buy their tickets to this event ahead of time. There will be meat samples and demonstrations, and Rollins is hoping to partner with a brewery to provide a beer tasting.

"The Minnesota Beef Council did an event like this up in the Twin Cities in February," Rollins said. "I kind of had the idea before, then I went to the event and realized this is a fantastic opportunity for everybody to learn about meat."

On Sept. 9, Farmamerica hosts its Fall Fair, which will be largely the same as it has been in past years. October will features more school tours, its Haunted Corn Maze and could see the return of its All Hallow's Eve event, which features activities for kids.

"I think theres a lot of that's already going on in the community for them to choose from," Rollins said. "Our attendance has been down the last couple years so we didnt do it last fall. But we also heard people liked it, so we might try to bring it back."

Other plans include a hands-on exhibit about corn targeted for July, provided for by funding from the Minnesota Corn Growers Association.

We're working with them and designers to make sure the message is accurate and the hands-on experience is good for people 9 to 109," she said. "That's tricky the message you say to a third-grader is pretty basic compared to what you can start talking about with an adult consumer. At the end of the day I think the simpler, the better."

Farmamerica has received grant money to go into classrooms and talk with students about agriculture. However, Rollins is now thinking about bringing kids to the center for a full-day experience. The focus will be on career opportunities, both generally and in agriculture.

"We have so much space here," Rollins said. "If we can get the schools interested, itd be fun to bus them out for the full day, versus going out there for one class session where I come into the room and talk about some stuff, then Ill leave and theyll never see me again. I think this will have a more lasting impact for them."

She wants to pilot that in May, work out the kinks and kick it off next school year.

As she has been involved with this decision-making process, Rollins has adjusted to her new position with the center.

"Its different every day," she said. "There's a lot of moving pieces, and just when I think I have one piece figured out, five more fall out of place Everything will come together, I have no doubt. There's just a lot of unexpected things along the way."

All that aside, she says she has had a wonderful experience.

The board made the decision to change the executive director position from part-time to full-time when it brought Rollins on board. Formo says this has allowed Rollins to devote more time to developing some of the educational materials the board is talking about.

"In the past, we've done that in kind of a piecemeal fashion, but now, by having someone who has the skill set and understands some of the modern issues, she's able to do more of that sort of work," Formo said.

With spring approaching, Formo says, visitors will see gardens planted and animals on the farms.

"As people are thinking about their spring and summer plans, I hope they include Farmamerica," he said.

Everyone Rollins has spoken within the ag industry, she says, can see the potential Farmamerica has.

"Theyre excited to see how our strategic plan shakes out because they want to be part of it," she said.

That potential is something Rollins is excited to build on.

"Eventually, I want it to be an expert place to go if you need information about anything agriculture," she said. "That kind of sounds like what the University of Minnesota Extension is doing, but I'd like for us to be a place where you can maybe experience it hands-on. Were not quite there yet but the potential is there."

Reporter Jacob Stark can be reached at 837-5451 or follow him on Twitter @WCNjacob.

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City councilors also approved a few change orders to the permanent indirect potable reuse project.The first phase of the project is the installation of the pipeline which is 90 percent complete and is expected to be done by summer.

The change order for this phase is miscellaneous additions to the original contract which will cost around $141 thousand dollars with a 13 day extension.

And the money for these change orders are in the budget because through the course of the original design of the project they were able to eliminate some costs.

"Consequently, the project came in well under budget. We had actually borrowed, I think it was $33 million and both contracts together was only 25, so there is adequate funding available, which is nice because we know we always run across these change orders during construction projects," Russell Schreiber, Wichita Falls Public Works Director.

The second phase will include changes to the wastewater treatment plant which will cost around $255 thousand dollars with a 59 day extension.

It is 45 percent complete and will now be done in December, versus the fall.The change order includes different maintenance work.

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Holmes said when fire crews arrived there were flames coming out through a basement window and flames were beginning to go up the side of building to the first and second floors. Holmes said the fire damaged all three levels and was a total loss.

The homeowner is Paul Weimer and according to the Crow Wing County property tax records, the building value is estimated to be $55,000.

Holmes said it appears the fire started from an electrical problem in the basement, but it is under investigation. Holmes said firefighters were on scene longer as the home had several additions and roof lines and they had to make sure the fire was completely out.

The American Red Cross was not called to assist the occupantstwo adults and two juvenilesas they had family nearby to help.

In other fire calls:

Firefighters responded to a grass fire at 6:30 p.m. Monday off Crow Wing County Road 121, south of Brainerd. Upon arrival, firefighters determined it to be a permitted burn out of control. The fire burned about two to three acres.

The Pillager Fire Department responded to a fire Sunday late afternoon on the north west corner of Pillager Lake off Cass County Road 1. It turned out it was a controlled burn that got out of hand. About four acres burned.

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Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is telling senators that he keeps "an open mind for the entire process" when he issues rulings. (March 21) AP

Judge Neil Gorsuch pauses as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, after President Donald Trump announced Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court justices are an occasion for a national conversation about constitutional law and interpretation. Because Judge Neil Gorsuch is being billed as an originalist, his hearings this week are a great opportunity to ask him five pressing questions about constitutional thought.

Start with the most basic: Why should judges use originalism in the first place? Originalism holds that judges should interpret the Constitution based on the original meaning of the text, but the Constitution itself is silent about how it should be interpreted.

And the framers themselves weren't originalist. In one instance, James Madison, the lead architect of the whole document, years later as president signed a bill that re-established the Bank of the United States which he himself had deemed unconstitutional when it was proposed by Alexander Hamilton some 20 years before.

Madison's initial objection to the bank was that he and the other framers hadn't given Congress the authority to charter a bank. He was in a position to know what the framers' intent was, because he was one of them indeed the most important.

But he explained in 1815 that the acceptance of the bank over decades by all three branches of government with the "concurrence of the general will of the nation" had made it constitutional.

If Madison wasn't an originalist, why should judges be so today?

The next big originalism question is, how do you generalize 18th century meanings to modern conditions? A case in point is the right to bear arms.

The Second Amendment explains its purpose by saying that the right to bear arms must be preserved because a "well-regulated militia" is "necessary" to the security of a free state. It's pretty rare for an amendment to contain its own purpose, so you'd think that would be relevant to its original meaning.

Yet in his 5-4 opinion for the Supreme Court interpreting the Second Amendment to cover handguns, Justice Antonin Scalia ran roughshod over the explanatory part of the amendment. Purporting to use originalism, he said that the right to bear arms was an individual right not limited to militia service.

This leap of generalization brought Scalia to the conclusion that a right expressly designed for militia extended to block the District of Columbia from regulating handguns. What principle of originalism led him to the rule he chose? And would Gorsuch explain and defend it?

A third crucial question for originalism is what it has to say about stare decisis, the principle that the Supreme Court should follow its precedents. Most, and in fact almost all, of the court's greatest rights decisions aren't grounded in original intent, from Brown v. Board of Education (desegregation) to Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (abortion), Lawrence v. Texas (gay sex), and Obergefell v. Hodges (gay marriage.)

All these decisions are the law of the land. But a consistent originalist would have to overturn them all.

The fourth serious question about originalism relates to a topic on which Gorsuch has written as a judge, namely the administrative state. In his opinion attacking Chevron deference, the doctrine that holds courts should defer to agencies' interpretations of ambiguous laws, Gorsuch specifically pointed out that the mass of executive agencies created by presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon sits uncomfortably in the three-branch constitutional structure laid out by the framers. He's right about this. The agencies form in effect a fourth branch of government.

How should an originalist relate to the administrative state? Gorsuch reasoned in his anti-Chevron opinion that the courts should be especially careful about deferring to agencies' statutory interpretation because the agencies are on such doubtful constitutional footing.

This leads to the final and in some sense most powerful question for the originalist: What's the alternative to a living constitution? Is it, as Justice Scalia would sometimes exasperatedly seem to acknowledge, a dead one?

When Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes introduced the metaphor of the living Constitution, he compared the document to an organism that had evolved over the generations.

The living, organic Constitution has changed drastically over the centuries. It has responded to wars, changed moral beliefs, new demographics (including immigration), new technologies, and American expansion, regionally and globally.

Originalism posits that the framer's vision, without evolutionary additions and subtractions, can fit these radically different circumstances. A

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The Redskins need a nose tackle. It sounds like that might come via the NFL Draft. Ben Standig on why that's a risky plan.

TheWashington Redskinscertainly hope the additions of free agents Terrell McClain and Stacy McGee boost a defensive line which struggled last season. On the surface, a generous interpretation has the unit breaking even with the two new big guys replacingChris Bakerand Ricky Jean Francois. We'll see. All can agree more help is needed, particularly at nose tackle.

Right now weve got [A.J.] Francis, weve got Joey [Mbu], and weve got Phil Taylor, defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said recently during an interview on ESPN 980 about three players who could end up playing key roles in 2017 despite havig minimal name recognition among casual fans. Now were getting those three guys in the mix and well see how it pans out. The new coordinator also said, "Right now, we might be in a situation where were looking for a nose in the draft."

Now that last sentence is the likely and perhaps ideal scenario at this point. The frenzied aspect of free agency is no more nearly two weeks in. Some potentiallyhelpful options remain, but probably few long-term solutions. That's the hope with the draft.

Problem: By the numbers, this isn't a year to plan on landing a nose tackle early in the Draft.

Now, this doesn't mean the Redskins can't find a run-stuffer or an interior pass rusher or a prospect with those and other attributes. It's just that there aren't many of them deemed worthy of first or second selection.

When looking at four NFL Draft sites that rank at least the top 100 players -- CBS, ESPN, DraftTek, Sporting News -- only five defensive tackle types are among the top 100 prospects on each: Jonathan Allen (Alabama), Malik McDowell (Michigan State), Caleb Brantley (Florida),Montravius Adams (Auburn), Dalvin Tomlinson (Alabama).

The Redskins own the 17th and 49th selection along with eight selections between rounds 3-7.

Allen is a projected top-5 overall selection. Three of the four sites slot McDowell 20-21. However, the Michigan State product is a 3-4 end or 4-3 tackle, but isn't built to line up directly over the opposing center.

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Brantley is. Problem: Despite some earlier first round buzz, none of the four sites rank him higher than 41 overall among all prospects. The collective projectionshave Adams (High 39, low 88) and Tomlinson (54, 79) on the 2-3 line. Other nose tackle prospects with Day 2 potential include Jaleel Johnson (Iowa), Carlos Watkins (Clemson) and Elijah Qualls (Washington). Michigan's Chris Wormley could hear his name called in the second round, but, like McDowell, isn't a true nose tackle.

Of course, the Redskins could find gold in the later rounds. Baker went undrafted in 2009 and became Washington's top lineman over the past two seasons. Nobody should count on immediate success with this scenario and, based on the current options, Washington needs just that. Drafting for need isn't always wise if it means reaching. The Redskins arguably need a boot at inside linebacker, guard, running back and safety. Yes, maybe quarterback.

With the No. 17 pick, it would appear any nose tackle type would be a stretch. Maybe that's not the case in the second round, but there justaren't that many big men projected in that range and other teams have comparable holesThat's why looking for a tackle is one thing, but planning on landing one is another.

Ben Standigis the Publisher of Breaking Burgundy and theHuddle Report's 2012 NFL Mock Draft champion. You can find him on Twitter@benstandig,Facebookand onGoogle+.

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According to Hall County Supervisor Jane Richardson, the windows in the Hall County Courthouse are very old and are in dire need of replacement.

The Hall County Board of Supervisors will discuss and consider taking action on replacing the courthouse windows at its meeting Tuesday morning.

Richardson, the countys facilities committee chair, said the committee met Thursday and decided it would like the county board to make a decision on whether or not to replace the windows.

The board will discuss and decide whether to approve the installation of historically-accurate windows or aluminum windows. Richardson said the facilities committee does not have a preference of the installed window type, but said aluminum windows are less costly compared to historically-accurate windows.

Hall County Facilities Director Lorne Doone Humphrey gave a rough estimate of the costs of the windows, saying historically-accurate windows would cost roughly $200,000, while aluminum windows would cost about $170,000.

Richardson said with Grand Island experiencing extremely windy days within the past few weeks, courthouse employees have been complaining about how noisy and dirty the courthouse is.

They (windows) are so bad that they have dust particles coming onto their desks and they have to keep wiping them off throughout the day, she said. They are desperately in need of replacement. They are very old windows and are not cost-effective. Weve updated the HVAC, but then we had the heat and the air conditioning escaping out the windows. So its time to do something.

Richardson added Hall County would save on energy costs with the installation of new windows in the courthouse. She said the county has not been seeing the cost savings it should be seeing with the HVAC system due to the old windows still being in place.

I am hoping that we can just make a decision that yes, we do need new windows as soon as possible, Richardson said. Also, are we going to go with the historically-correct ones or aluminum ones? Hopefully we will move forward so we can get them ordered and get them in.

In other action, the county board will:

Discuss and consider taking action on bids for a scanning project for the Hall County Assessor and Register of Deeds.

Consider approving special designated liquor licenses for Maxs Thunder Road Bar and Grill at 3335 W. Wood River Road for the purpose of bike nights and a June 10 Wings and Wheels event.

Discuss and consider approving an exemption application for CHI Health St. Francis for a 2017 Nissan Sedan.

The Hall County Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Hall County Administration Building.

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The Corona del Mar branch of the Newport Beach Public Library is a neighborhood landmark, but it shows its age.

Moist ocean air and termites have taken chunks out of the decking around the cheerful landscaping and slim, mid-century signage. The paint is dull and the carpet could use a deep cleaning.

Newport Beach had planned to build a new $8-million library/fire station complex nicknamed the "fibrary" this year at the site at East Coast Highway and Marigold Avenue. But city leaders said in January that with unfunded pension liabilities straining the city budget, the project could be postponed for five years.

Now, library supporters have regrouped to identify and price maintenance priorities for the existing building, which was built in 1959.

Library trustee Paul Watkins headed a committee that estimated the cost of the most vital fixes at $35,000 to $42,000. He said the city manager's office gave the committee a range of about $50,000 to $90,000 to take care of deferred maintenance issues, but the group chose to be prudent and pinpoint the must-haves.

"We understood what the charge was," Watkins said.

Termite eradication, estimated at $3,000, is the top-ranked concern. Most other issues such as air conditioner and window replacement could be addressed once the termites have been eliminated.

An exterminator is waiting for the go-ahead, according to a staff report prepared for the library board. The committee submitted the plan to City Manager Dave Kiff, who agreed with the proposed fixes, the report states.

The library board approved the maintenance plan Monday. The City Council will need to give the final stamp of approval, said Tim Hetherton, Newport Beach library services director.

Hetherton said the city, expecting a new facility in the near future, tried to stretch what it had in the current building. But now that the new building has been put on hold, officials are trying to spend wisely, he said.

Hetherton said he hopes the library will be fumigated within the next couple of weeks. He's planning to start the extermination on a Saturday so the library, closed Sundays and Mondays, will lose only one day of business.

Hetherton said he hopes to have the facelift done by June 1.

The library is a relatively small 4,000 square feet, but its records show it served more than 40,000 visitors last year. It draws plenty of toddlers to its sunny, open children's area for story times.

"There are lots of houses from '59 that are soldiering on, so I think we can too," Hetherton said.

Joy Brenner, chairwoman of the Friends of the CdM Library board, said advocates want to keep the money that had been designated for the new library in place, as the new branch was further along in development than other city construction projects.

She said supporters and officials showed classic grassroots cooperation and she wants to keep the momentum. But she said she also understands the city's budget concerns and supports the short-term fixes.

Brenner remembers doing her homework in the library as a teenager, then taking her children there, and more recently, her grandchildren. She said many neighborhood residents have a deep fondness for the library.

"Our loyalty to this library and our appreciation of it is longstanding," she said.

Termite eradication: $3,000

Deck repair: $7,205

Roof repair: $1,500

Exterior paint: $4,200

Air conditioners (window-mounted): $4,000 (add $7,500 if a new electrical panel is needed)

Window replacement: $7,000

Carpet and upholstery cleaning: $1,500

Interior paint: $4,900

Restroom diaper-changing table: $600

Shelving removal and carpet patching: $900

Total: $34,805 to $42,305

Source: Newport Beach Library Services

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Spring is a great time to watch nature wake up and enjoy the fresh air,

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Users can view and control their Carrier Cor Home Automation system on a mobile app.

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Home automation is a growing trend in this digitized world, and its convenience encourages people to bring more technology into their homes. As of February 2017, Jacobs Heating & Air Conditioning trained its technicians to install the latest home automation system from Carrier, the Cr Home Automation line. The company encourages its customers to consider this technology as a way to make their homes both smarter and safer.

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Every product within the Carrier Cr Home Automation line works together to create a smarter, safer, more comfortable home. It starts from the central hub, the nervous system of Cr Home Automation, and connects to the corresponding smart phone app or a computer. The system works throughout the home to turn off lights and manage home security, which includes signaling a camera to start recording when the garage door opens. It also controls and operates a Carrier smart thermostat, among many more features.

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Once professionally installed by a Jacobs technician, the smart home system can work independently and check for software updates so it always uses the latest technology. The experts at Jacobs Heating & Air Conditioning encourage homeowners to upgrade to a home automation system to experience cost and energy savings and a more streamlined system of controlling and connecting the home.

About Jacobs Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Operating out of Southeast Portland, Jacobs HVAC (CCB #1441) offers residential and commercial customers the best in heating and air conditioning equipment, installation and repair. Since 1952, Jacobs has provided solutions for energy conservation and reduction, backed by the companys extensive experience and expertise. The local HVAC company offers heat pumps, furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters, fireplace inserts and more. Jacobs is a Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer and a Daikin 3D Network dealer, as well as a trade ally of the Energy Trust of Oregon. For more information, visit http://www.jacobsheating.com.

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