Track and field season MONDAY starts today for Trojans April 2, 2012 See Page B1 Worthington, Minnesota Daily Globe No. 79 www.dglobe.com 75¢ single copy/44¢ home delivery Wind turbines create windfall for counties, townships BY JULIE BUNTJER state officials the total num- region. Our neighbor to the [email protected] ber of kilowatt hours the tur- north, Murray County, gets WORTHINGTON — The bines have generated during that honor, with $1,389,901 in wind turbines scattered the previous year. wind energy tax payments across southwest Minnesota For each kilowatt hour pro- coming in this spring. Jack- have made a tremendous eco- duced, the county where the son County, to the east, nomic impact on the region, turbine stands gets 12 cents. comes in second with from construction crews set- That may not sound like $1,153,006 in wind energy tax tling in our communities to much, but it adds up — to collected. payments made to landown- $827,190 for Nobles County Pipestone County, even ers for easements. Perhaps alone in 2012. The wind ener- though it is home to more the greatest economic gy tax revenue for the county wind farms than other coun- impact, however, is now grew by nearly five-fold just ties in southwest Minnesota, being seen in counties where since the year prior, when will collect $577,091 this year. turbines harness the wind revenues came in at $171,620. Many of their turbines, some and convert it into kilowatt The added tax revenue is a of the first to appear in the hours. direct result of significant region, were installed before Each year, as Minnesotans expansion in wind farms in new technology and larger busily prepare their income the county. To date, there are megawatt towers were devel- tax returns, the wind energy 163 turbines operating here. oped. companies who have erected Still, Nobles County is far towers here are reporting to from leading the way in the See WINDFALL, Page A3 Mega Millions ticket Avera breaks ground sold in Nobles County is worth $250,000 ST. PAUL (AP) — No Game and Fish Fund and Mega Millions tickets sold Natural Resources Fund, in Minnesota won the will each get about grand prize, but four tick- $301,000. ets sold here are worth Meanwhile, the Wiscon- $250,000 each. sin Lottery said Saturday The tickets were sold in Crow Wing, Hennepin, that three $250,000 tickets Nobles and Ramsey coun- were sold in Eau Claire, ties. Richfield and Walworth. Even without a major The state also had 13 tick- winner here, lottery fever ets worth $10,000 each. still paid off for the state: Wisconsin sold $9.3 mil- The frenzy generated $5.2 lion worth of Mega Mil- million, which will be lions tickets for this draw- divided among four bene- ficiaries. ing, including $6.2 million The Minnesota State sold on Friday alone. Lottery said $2.9 million Americans spent nearly will go to the state’s gener- $1.5 billion for a chance to al fund, which supports hit the main jackpot. It state services such as edu- amounts to a $462 million cation and transportation. lump sum and around Another $1.7 million $347 million after federal goes to the Environment taxes are withheld. and Natural Resources trust fund. The fund helps Friday night’s winning maintain state parks and Mega Millions numbers build state trails. were 2, 4, 23, 38 and 46, and Two other funds, the the Mega Ball was 23. BRIAN KORTHALS/DAILY GLOBE Members of Avera Medical Group, Chamber of Commerce ambassadors and Worthington City Coun- cil conducted a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday morning at the site of the new Avera facility 1940 census records already under construction in Worthington. physical therapy and home by Avera Medical Group to include 21 million still alive medical equipment,” he remain here for years to New $16 million facility NEW YORK (AP) — When South. added. “The clinic will con- come. the 1940 census records are It’s a distinction she tinue to offer on-site lab and “A strong thread running released Monday, Verla shares with such living to open in spring 2013 diagnostic services, and through the decades is a com- Morris can consider herself celebrities as Clint East- there’s plenty of room for mitment to serve the Wor- BY JULIE BUNTJER a part of living history. wood and Morgan Freeman. dicted such a mild winter future growth as needs are thington community with [email protected] Morris, who is in her Morris, who has been that would allow work crews identified.” quality medical care,” he WORTHINGTON — With 100th year, will get to experi- working on her family his- to begin construction by mid- The new Avera Medical said. “This is a commitment the wind at their backs and a ence the novelty of seeing tory since 1969 and has writ- March. Group Worthington facility that Avera shares, and so light drizzle from the morn- her own name and details ten six books on its branch- Kapaska called the day the will be one of the largest we’re proud to continue our ing fog, representatives from es, said census records were beginning of a new chapter multi-specialty clinics in partnership with the physi- about her life in the records Avera Medical Group were essential for her genealogi- of health care in the commu- Avera McKennan’s four-state cians and staff of Avera Med- being released by the U.S. joined by the Worthington cal work because oftentimes nity, and explained that in region. ical Group Worthington.” National Archives online Chamber Ambassadors Sat- another year — less if weath- Avera has had a presence Worthington isn’t the only after 72 years of confiden- people don’t want to give urday in a ceremonial er allows — the doors will in Worthington for the past community where Avera is tiality expires. their personal information. groundbreaking at the site of open to the new medical cen- 14 years, in a clinic that making improvements to its “I’d be happy to see it “Lots of times I just have a new $16 million, three- ter. includes the original portion facilities. New clinics are there,” she said. “I don’t to wait until maybe they story, 60,000-square-foot facil- Constructed with future opened in April 1918 by doc- being constructed in both think anything could sur- die,” she said. ity on Ryan’s Road in Wor- growth in mind, he said the tors B.O. Mork and F.G. Wat- Flandreau and Miller, S.D., prise me, really.” “Then I’ll have all their thington. facility will house family son. and others are being upgrad- Morris is one of more information.” A gold colored shovel rest- practice and internal medi- “Part of the older building ed in the region. The Avera than 21 million people alive But census records, which ing at his side, Dr. David cine, as well as specialties required major renovation,” Medical Group network in the U.S. and Puerto Rico include names, addresses Kapaska, regional president including surgery, pediatrics, Kapaska said. “To be pre- includes 14 hospitals and 63 who were counted in the and — in the case of the of Avera-McKennan Hospi- obstetrics and behavioral pared for the future, it was clinics in southwest Min- 16th federal decennial cen- 1940 census, income and tal, said the ceremony was health. imperative to (build).” nesota, northwest Iowa and sus, which documents the employment information — obviously a bit late — refer- “With this new building The clinic has served the South Dakota. tumultuous decade of the are rich with long-veiled ring to the towering steel will come exciting new serv- community for nearly 100 1930s transformed by the personal details. beams in the background — ice additions, including an years, and Kapaska said the Daily Globe Reporter Julie Buntjer Great Depression and black but no one could have pre- outpatient surgery center, new facility is a commitment may be reached at 376-7330. migration from the rural See CENSUS, Page A5 G Fascinating facts G Can you believe this? G Outside story G Inside story ANOTHER REASON TO GO MILAN (AP) — Hospital pharmacists are BRIDGE A6 ORGANIC threatening to cut Italians off from their Viagra BUSINESS B4 Lifespans of Chickens unless the government amends its plans to CLASSIFIED ADS B6 reform professions that have high entry barriers. 1. Farmed broiler chickens — Union official Loredana Vasselli said pharma- COMICS A6 6 weeks cists decided to focus the protest on Viagra CROSSWORD B6 2. Free-range chickens — 8 because it is a sought-after drug whose absence DATA A2 weeks “does not put patients’ health at risk.” DEATHS A2 3. Organic chickens — 23 Pharmacists will stage a series of labor actions weeks during April, culminating with the so-called “Via- FOOD A8 gra strike” if their complaints are not redressed. Windy; high of 60 Page A2 HOROSCOPE A6 Source: “Fifty Animals that One group protested Thursday outside Parlia- Daily Globe LIFE A7 Changed the Course of History” ment under the banner “No Viagra, No Party.” Subscriber OPINION A4 (Eric Chaline, Firefly Ltd., 2011) Clifford Wynia REGIONAL A3 Sibley, Iowa SPORTS B1 TELEVISION A6 CMYK A2 WORTHINGTON DAILY GLOBE MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 G Today’s data G Deaths G Locally G Weather Dorothy Olga Hellwinckel Accidents WORTHINGTON — The Wor- Vanderheiden Luverne WORTHINGTON — The Wor- thington Police Department Alexandria Olga P. Schneekloth Hell- thington Police Department investigated a reported theft at Dorothy Vanderheiden, 95, winckel, 92, of Luverne, died responded to a crash at 11:26 5:31 p.m.