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some place – and then you would put the clothes on and wheel them up there, it was real high, so there was always wind and they would dry better,” Don said.

Aside from working hard and eating well, the kids also found time to play.

“ Christmas Eve day, we’ d always go out skating,” Don said.“ When we came back, Santa had come.” They also fished for smelt, and remember cleaning them with a pair of scissors.“ To this day, I can’ t eat them,” Gene said, adding that he still likes donuts, despite eating many as a kid. As much fun as the Gabrelciks had on the farm, they also traveled, including day trips to Duluth.

“ We used to milk cows early in the morning, pack a lunch, go to Duluth, and be back for night milking,” Gene said.

Their parents were big travelers, too, driving about 80,000 miles to 44 different states, including a trek to Alaska.

Gene and Lisa bought the farm from Art and Priscilla in 1985. They didn’ t keep the dairy operation going for long.

“ We milked cows for two years,” Gene said.“ I missed people.”

Gene and Lisa now raise corn, beans, and alfalfa on a total of 350 acres, in addition to 80 steers and 40 feeder cows. •

County voting delegates at the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation’ s( MFBF) 98th annual meeting in Bloomington Nov. 18 re-elected Dan Glessing of Waverly to a twoyear term as vice president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation.

Glessing and his wife, Seena, farm in partnership with his father. They have dairy cattle, and grow alfalfa, corn, and soybeans. Dan and Seena have three sons and one daughter.

“ I am honored and humbled to serve as vice president,” stated Glessing.“ One of Farm Bureau’ s greatest strengths is our grassroots structure and policy development process which is well-respected amongst our elected and appointed officials. We will continue to strengthen our relationships with our officials, so they come to us when they have a question about agriculture. Our Young Farmers & Ranchers and Promotion & Education programs will continue to engage consumers in conversations to increase the understanding of today’ s farming.”

Elected to the board of directors serving one-year terms were Promotion & Education Committee chair Debra Durheim from Long Prairie in Todd County, and Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee chair Pam Uhlenkamp from Green Isle in Sibley County. •

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