From the archives of the dodge county independent

50 years ago
May 8, 1974
Folmer Carlsen, Publisher
CPR Program For Nurses To Be Held May 10
The Minnesota Heart Association and the Association of Critical Care Nurses (Rochester) will sponsor a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program (CPR) for nursing personnel of the Field Crest Nursing Home, Hayfield, on Friday, May 10, 2 p.m. at Hayfield, it was announced today by Gayle Donovan, R.N.
The film, ‘Prescription For Life’, is to be shown. Resusciannie practice manikins are to be available for use.
Shirley Drennen, R.N. and two members of the Association of Critical Care Nurses (Rochester) are to conduct the demonstration and practice session. The Association of Critical Care Nurses is composed of nursing personnel in emergency and operating rooms, coronary care, and pediatric intensive care.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques may be considered for victims of heart attack, drowning, electric shock and other emergency situations, Gayle Donovan said.
30 years ago
May 11, 1994
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
Local business receives awards
Local business owners Mark and Sheryl Tasler, their managers, Janet Baxter, Lorry Wendland, Marie Halda, and award winner Cheryl Wilson of Express Personnel Services in Rochester attended and were honored with several awards at the company’s recent annual convention in San Antonio, TX.
Cheryl Wilson received an award for individual volume in the firm’s division for regular placement; David Voller, a recruiter with RWJ (executive search division) for the size of and individual transaction, and a Leadership Award to Mark and Sheryl Tasler for 1993 production volume.
“It was wonderful to be recognized as a leader among our franchise colleagues,” said Mark Tasler. “We work very hard to help the members of our community find employment and employees, and it was a treat to be rewarded for those efforts.”
Mark and Sheryl Tasler have been in the employment business in Rochester since 1974 and have offices also in Red Wing and Winona.
20 years ago
May 12, 2004
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
Peer Education for 4th grade students at K-M
The Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions Peer Education Program visited 4th grade classes at Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School in April. Fifteen K-M High School students called “STARS” (Students Teaching About Refusal Skills), visited the classrooms with lessons on the dangers of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. They also helped the children practice refusal skills.
The program, sponsored by Dodge County Family Services Collaborative and Dodge County Public Health, has proven to be a positive learning experience for the elementary students. Research has shown that this form of peer education is an effective method of teaching children life skills and preventing drug abuse. Letters with key concepts and activities were sent home to parents after each of the three lessons. This enabled parents to reinforce the messages being presented at school.
This is the third year of the Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions Peer Education Program indicate impressive gains in knowledge on the topic. The teen teacher’s benefit, also, with the experience of public speaking, working as a team, and sharing their commitment to be drug-free.
This year’s STARS were: Colleen Currie, Erin Ostroot, Kristin Johnson, Ashley Evenson, Catilina Hotung, Kaitlyn Borland, Michelle Hurley, Jamie Allen, Julie Mund, Alicia Currie, Megan Rasmussen, Brianna Allen, Erica Jurrens, Katie Adler and Jordan King.
10 years ago
May 7, 2014
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
May is for Poppies and Remembrance
VFW Post 4555 and Auxiliary will be promoting poppies May 5-10 at Erdman’s in Kasson. You will also find Poppy Cards displayed in several area businesses. These businesses have made monetary donations to support the needs of area veterans.
The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of this day due to the poem In Flanders Fields. These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, there brilliant red color and appropriate symbol for the blood spilt in the war. In February 1924, the VFW registered the name “Buddy Poppy” and a certificate was issued on May 20th granting VFW all the rights to the name. Today, VFW Buddy Poppies are assembled by disabled, needy and aging veterans in VA Rehabilitation Centers, one of them right here in Minnesota. The cost of the Buddy Poppies provides compensation to the veterans who assembled the Poppies, financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans’ rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home for Children located in Eaton Rapids, MI.
The VFW looks forward to seeing people throughout Kasson and Mantorville proudly wearing poppies next week. Donations to support the needs of area veterans can also be mailed to: VFW Post #4555, c/o Alice Redman, 24 Veterans Memorial Hwy E, Kasson, MN 55944