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Officers give tips Tamm donates to promote safety El Paso sand to city Town Crier Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 Volume 27, Issue 2 Est. 1989
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
St. Joseph Farmers’ Market held Friday at Resurrection
The St. Joseph Farmers’ Market will be held again from 3-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 in the fellowship hall of Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2, St. Joseph. The Jan. 15 market will feature more than 25 area farmers, growers and vendors showcasing a wide variety of locally produced goods. For more information, head to www. stjosephfarmersmarket.com.
Horszowski Trio to perform Jan. 23
The Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud is pleased to present the Horszowski Trio playing music by Beethoven, Schumann and Joan Tower, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at First United Methodist Church, 1107 Pinecone Road S., Sartell. There is also a free family concert at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3226 Maine Prairie Road, St. Cloud. Tickets available at the door for both events. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. This organization is funded in part by United Arts of Central Minnesota. For more information, call 320292 4645, or visit chambermusicstcloud.org.
JWRC inaugural 5K announced
Mark your calendars for Saturday, Oct. 22 as the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center will host the first JWRC 5K. They received their permit on Jan. 4 to use Phalen Park in St. Paul for the venue.
Volunteers needed at Kennedy
Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph, needs volunteers to support new Kennedy students who are not yet proficient in English. Volunteers, ages 18 or older, will support students K-8 who are new to the school, working oneto-one to support math or reading skills with students. Volunteers are needed between 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday, serving two to four hours once per week. Interested volunteers can contact Sonia Dickrell at 320-5296500 ext. 6268. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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City crews remove the volleyball sand from the El Paso volleyball courts on Dec. 8. Carole Tamm, former owner of the El Paso, donated the sand to the city for its use. Public Works Director Terry Thene said the city is extremely grateful to Tamm for the large donation. The city will store the sand until it can be properly used. The El Paso officially closed on Sept. 26. The building will eventually be torn down and a Kwik Trip will be built on the land.
What can the general public do to help keep law-enforcement officers safer? That question was asked last Monday by the Newsleader of several area police chiefs and sheriffs, and many acknowledged at first they were at a loss for words because they are rarely if ever asked that specific question. However, after they pondered it for awhile, they came up with several safety tips, not just for officers but for the public at large. They agreed most of all on two words of advice: Be vigilant! All of the respondents also expanded the idea of safety to include many factors. Officers can obviously be endangered
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by deranged individuals who will run up to a police vehicle and open fire, as happened in Philadelphia last week. That trend – vicious attacks from nowhere against officers – is a growing concern, the respondents acknowledged. But, at the same time, there are other sources of danger that happen far more often, such as escalating domestic situations and roadside injuries or deaths. The following are summaries of tips suggested by the law-enforcement respondents: Safety • back page
Representatives from CSB/SJU attend climate conference by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
Ten students, two staff and three professors from the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University at- Miller tended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or
COP 21, held outside of Paris from Nov. 30-Dec. 12. Alexandra Miller, sustainability fellow at CSB, was one of those staff members. Along with her were: Sarah Gainey, assistant director of environmental education at St. John’s Outdoor University; Jean Lavigne, associate professor of environmental studies; Matt Lindstrom, professor of political science and director of the McCarthy Center; and Dr. Jessica O’Reilly, assis-
tant professor of anthropology. O’Reilly was able to obtain observer status to the conference through the United Nations, and applied for CSB/SJU to have observer status as well so she could take a delegation of staff and students with her. Many students applied to be part of the delegation last spring, and those who were chosen to go to Paris were also enrolled in a class called Climate Studies, which studies climate change
denial and the science behind climate change. About 25 students enrolled in the class, but only 10 were chosen to go to France. Each student, even those who didn’t go to France, had a different area of focus regarding climate change, and they needed to write a final paper on it. Topics ranged from renewable energy ideas, to urban sustainability, to climate change Climate • page 5
Year in Review Part 2:
2015 sees city growth by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
(This is Part 2 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was published Jan. 8.)
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Fifteen-month-old Layla Hawkins was the recipient of the one-millionth book from the United Way of Central Minnesota’s Imagination Library. Layla is the daughter of Chantal and Cole Hawkins. Imagination Library mails age-appropriate, high-quality books to the homes of children who sign-up for the free program every month. St. Joseph has had 1,100 children
enrolled in the program since 2005. Children can be enrolled from birth to age five. Due to community response, the city council set aside time to hear comments from residents on the water amenity issue. Residents overflowed from the council chambers into a neighboring conference room. The listening session lasted about two hours. The city council voted in favor of approving a purchase agreement with school district 742 for Colts Academy. The school district board still needs to approve the sale. The price tag is estimated at $2.3 million; the city is interested in using Review • page 3
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U.S. Postal Service delivery driver Todd Ruegemer (left), Cold Spring, had the honor of delivering the one-millionth book to 15-month-old Layla Hawkins. Ruegemer also delivered a book to Layla’s sister, Amyra Hawkins, at the same time. Parents Chantel and Cole Hawkins held the girls during the delivery.
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Marisa Gaetz, daughter of Rose and Rick Gaetz of St. Joseph, was recently named the District 20 regional re- Gaetz cipient of the “Triple A (Academics, Arts and Athletics) Award” by the Minnesota State High School League. According to the MSHSL, the purpose of this program is to recognize and honor high school seniors who have excelled in the classroom, on the athletic field and in the fine arts. Gaetz received the recognition on Jan. 6 at the awards banquet in Paynesville, Minn.. She is now invited to attend another awards banquet in March where she will be eligible to receive a $1,000 scholarship from MSHSL. Gaetz plays varsity soccer and softball. In addition to athletics, she is a state champion in Knowledge Bowl and plays percussion in the St. John’s Prep concert band, jazz band and pep band. For her future studies, Gaetz is deciding between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Minnesota and the University of Chicago. She plans to major in pure mathematics, or mathematics with some physics. “My favorite subjects are mathematics and physics,” Gaetz said. “I have really enjoyed taking college
math courses and taking International Baccalaureate Physics. I have been able to manage academics, athletics and arts because I am very passionate about all three areas. Also, I try to pay attention to time management, organizing my time so I can dedicate enough time to each area.” Criteria for the Triple A Award includes the following: Exhibit citizenship and be a respected individual in their home communities and school, have participated in a MSHSL-sponsored athletic program and fine-arts activity, maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher , and comply with the MSHSL’s Student Code of Conduct. Randy Rittenhouse was recently nominated for the Driver of the Year Award by the National Association of Small Truck- Rittenhouse ing Cos. Rittenhouse drives for Brenny Specialized of St. Joseph. The NASTC represents more than 6,000 trucking companies in the United States and Canada that employ more than 75,000 drivers collectively. “As a nominee for the award, Rittenhouse joins a very elite group
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who represent the very best of our drivers,” said Buster Anderson, executive vice president of NASTC. “Brenny Specialized is very proud of its drivers and should be very proud of themselves as well,” Anderson added. “It says a lot about a company when they can attract and keep employees of this caliber.” Rittenhouse has driven for Brenny Specialized for more than seven years and has been a professional driver for more than 18 years, driving more than 2 million accident-free miles. Gabrielle Langerud, St. Joseph, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at South Dakota State University’s College of Education and Human Science, Brookings. To earn this distinction, students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average. Thirteen St. Joseph students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at St. Cloud State University. They and their majors are as follows: Jennifer Barg, elementary/K-6 education; Nathan Bedel, biomedical sciences; Adam Fettig, criminal justice studies; Seth Hennagir, chemistry professional ACS approved; Christian Jonas, English; Hannah Kalla, elementary/K-6 education; Payton Kalla, finance; Summer Knudsen, elementary education; Michelle Lahr, community psychology; Joshua Wallin, physics education; Richard Welch, accounting; Chloe Windahl, management; and Jeffrey Witthuhn, computer science. To be eligible for the honor, students must earn a minimum 3.75 grade-point average.
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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crime.
Dec. 10 5:03 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. First Avenue S.W. Police were dispatched after receiving a tip regarding a suspicious vehicle parked at the aforementioned address. There were six occupants in the vehicle. The passenger was smoking a cigarette and threw the butt out the window. It was retrieved, and the passenger was given a verbal warning for littering. The driver had a warrant and was subsequently arrested. There was a small piece of marijuana found on the steering wheel, but nothing further was found when the vehicle was searched. The rest of the occupants were allowed to leave. 11:11 p.m. Damaged property. Minnesota Street W. A complainant called police after his vehicle had been damaged. He stated his exhaust system had been cut out. No suspects have been identified. Dec. 11 3:56 p.m. Motorist assist. CR 75/Cedar Street. Police assisted a woman whose front tire had fallen off her car. Photos were taken of the vehicle. There was damage to the front fender due to the wheel falling off. The incident was documented.
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Dec. 12 1:45 a.m. Traffic stop. CR 2/ Minnesota Street W. While on patrol, authorities observed a vehicle traveling with a burned-out headlight. The driver was stopped and a strong odor of marijuana was detected. The passenger admitted to having a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle as well as drug paraphernalia. The driver received a verbal warning for the broken headlight and a citation for drug possession. 1:02 p.m. Missing property. Ninth Avenue S.E. A female complained she was missing pieces from her outdoor nativity set. The items had been returned to the police station earlier and were subsequently returned to their rightful owner.
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from front page the building for a community center. Road work was approved for Clinton Village and the Northland neighborhood for the summer. The work should add approximately 10 years to the life cycle of the roads. More than 200 people participated in a memorial fundraising motorcycle ride in honor of Cody Nuckolls, who was killed in a hit-and-run on April 13. The ride raised $4,767 for the family. Dollars for Scholars scholarships of $250 each were awarded to 25 students for post-secondary education. An environmental assessment worksheet for a possible 745,000-square-foot distribution center near CR 133 was made available for public viewing. The environmental assessment was explored by KDN Holdings, a food service supplier based in Massachusetts. The center could employ about 300 people. Stearns Electric built a 20-kilowatt community solar array at the St. Joseph branch, which local homeowners can buy into, locking in the current electric rates for the next 20 years. Memorial Day services were held at the St. Joseph, Collegeville and Yankee cemeteries on a rainy morning.
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Work on Minnesota Street began and ended within three days. About two blocks of the
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The Senior Citizen Queen Kay Lemke and King Bill Wasner wave to the citizens of St. Joseph during the July 4th parade. street were chewed up, spit out and replaced by the Stearns County Highway Department. Officer Eric Brutger was hired as a full-time police officer. He had previously been part-time, and before that a reserve officer. The city OK’d the purchase of Colts Academy from the school district. Everything should be finalized by the end of July 2015, and the building should be turned over to the city in July 2017. Local resident MaryBeth Munden began a search to see if there would be support for a dog park in St. Joseph. The St. Joseph Park Board identified land in a wooded area east of the St. Joseph Wobegon Trailhead and north of the trail itself which may be suitable for the dog park. Maurice Palmershiem, 91, was named the grand marshal of the 2015 July 4 parade, organized by the St. Joseph Lions. On June 18, a semi-truck caught fire on I-94 near St. Joseph. The driver was able to escape safely.
The Store Bergan Skolekorps school band from Norway will perform in this year’s July 4 parade. The band is 42 members strong.
July
The first of three “Movie in the Park” nights was held June 24 in Millstream Park. Besides showing the movie The Boxtrolls, attendees were also encouraged to make cardboard boxcars. About 225 people turned out for the event. Prizes were awarded in two age groups. At the annual JoeTown Rocks Festival, approximately 650 volunteer T-shirts were handed out to helpers during the weekend. The previous year saw more than 15,000 attendees at festivities during the weekend. A free concert and fireworks were held July 3, while a parade, quilt auction, raffle and other festivities were held July 4. A polka Mass featuring the Singing Slovenes, based out of Duluth, took place July 18 at the Catholic Church in St. Stephen. Review • page 4
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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the City Council at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 at the St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. The purpose of the hearing is to consider a release of a storm-sewer easement as recorded on Assignments and Agreements No. 35, document 398723 located at Lots 9 and 10, of Auditor’s Subdivision Number Four of the Village of St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minn.
All persons wishing to be heard will be heard and oral testimony will be limited to five minutes. Written testimony can be mailed to the City Administrator, P.O. Box 668, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. Judy Weyrens Administrator Publish: Jan. 15, 2016
CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME STATE OF MINNESOTA Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: North 24. 2. The stated address of the principal place of business is or will be: 24 N. College Ave., St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above assumed name including any corporations that may be conducting this business:
Bayou Alley Flats LLC, 15 E. Minnesota St., Suite 104, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. 4. I certify I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify I understand by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: Jan. 6, 2016 Filed: Jan. 6, 2016 /s/Jon Hollinger Petters, CEO Publish: Jan. 15 and 22, 2016
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Dan Meyer of St. Joseph drives a tractor with a box attached through Jerome Salzer’s field on Aug. 28. In the other tractor, Harvey Roske and co-pilot Tyler Salzer were chopping the corn down and throwing it into the box. An excellent growing season reaped bountiful harvests this year.
The city council voted against doing soil testing for a possible location for a water amenity at a cost of $8,000. The city is hoping $1.2 million can be raised through fundraising for the project, but so far only $20,000 has been raised. Council members thought the soil testing could be done later if fundraising picks up. Sliced on College Avenue, a quick-service restaurant opened in the former JoeTown Pizza location offering pizza by the slice. Co-owner Tanya Finken has owned Kay’s Kitchen since 2008. Co-owner of Sliced, Jason Streit has worked at Kay’s for a number of years. Footgolf, a sport combining
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the holes and rules of golf with a soccer ball, is planned for Northland Park. Angushire Golf Club in St. Cloud has a permanent 18-hole footgolf course; the course at Northland would be nine holes.
August
Abby Lyon, her friends and neighbors built and placed Little Free Libraries in five city parks – Cloverdale, Hollow, Klinefelter, Northland and the Wobegon Trailhead. Donations from the Lions and Jaycees and help from the city and Boy Scouts helped bring the libraries to life. The St. Joseph Park Board held a discussion on the Prairie Restoration Project at Klinefelter Park. A few years will be needed before results from the project would be seen. At least 100 children from the St. Joseph area participated in Vacation Bible School at the Church of St. Joseph’s Heritage Hall. VBS is an interfaith project. Neighborhoods across the city celebrated National Night Out with police stopping in at certain locations where neighbors and friends gathered. Carole Tamm and her family planned their farewell party for Aug. 22. Their business, the El
Paso Sports Bar and Grille, had been in operation for 70 years, but has now closed. Songwriters Dave Cofell and Adam Hammer hosted their Weekend of Songs for the fifth year at the Local Blend. Bad Habit Brewery announced an opening date of October. The brewery is owned by Karen and Aaron Rieland of Avon and is located in the Millstream Shops and Lofts. The Stearns County Engineering Department installed new stop signs at the intersection of CR 2 and CR 4 (Veterans Drive) north of St. Joseph. Traffic on CR 4 could previously travel through without stopping, but now all traffic must stop at the intersection. Students arrived excited for another school year at the open house held at Kennedy Community School. The Rev. Thomas Andert was replaced by Fr. Bradley Jenniges, OSB, as prior of St. John’s Abbey after an accusation of sexual misconduct with a student 30 years ago. The Tamms’ anniversary and farewell party was a hit. El Paso Sports Bar and Grille will close at the end of September. For more Year in Review, please see next week’s issue.
Minnesota Street returned by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
A street the city has been interested in taking back from Stearns County for quite awhile finally returned to city care-taking on Jan. 1. At the Dec. 7 St. Joseph city council meeting, Stearns County engineer Jodi Teich came to the council with an offer: the county would pay the city $75,000 for future upkeep costs, and the county would return Minnesota Street from CR 2 to College Avenue, and College Avenue from Minnesota Street to Hwy 75. The county currently owns and operates those portions which were part of old CR 2. While the city was interested in the deal, they had originally wanted more than $100,000, as precedent of the taking back of roads from the
state has at times been to take them back in the original condition of the road. Minnesota Street is in need of repair in the near future, though the county did repair some sections near downtown recently. “We can’t come up with hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Teich said to the council. “We can maybe come up with $15-20,000 more . . . we spent a significant amount of money on the CR 2 bypass, the signal at CR 2 and Hwy 75 and the conflict warning system at CR 2 and Minnesota Street. Minnesota Street is seeing less truck traffic than ever, so deterioration will be slower.” Eventually the two parties agreed to turn back the two road portions for a $95,000 payment to the city. The county board approved the payment at its Dec. 15 meeting.
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The majority of the conference was held not in Paris but in Le Bourget, a northern suburb of Paris. Miller said the train from their hotel in Paris to Le Bourget took about 20 minutes. They then could walk to the conference site or take a bus. “Whoever organized the transportation did a great job,” Miller noted. “There were green arrows in the metro showing people where to go. It took us maybe one hour total to get to the conference.” Miller said they would spend the morning and early afternoon at the conference, then go home, recharge and go out sightseeing and more. “The conference had two zones set up. The Green Zone was where any citizen could walk in. There were four expo halls, two lecture halls, at least 200 booths and there was always something going on,” Miller said. “The Blue Zone was restricted, and it was where the negotiations were taking place.” Miller noted four students were chosen to go in the Blue Zone, along with staff. She said inside were more expo halls, more booths, along with meeting rooms for negotiations. Each country had its own booth, and NASA was there with a “hyper wall” showing off all of its climate data. “The conference was certified sustainable,” Miller said. “Most of the buildings were temporary, but some where permanent. The ones which were temporary,
the materials will be reused.” She also noted all of the food was locally sourced, and there were water fountains everywhere for people to fill their water bottles from. Some out-of-the-ordinary things Miller saw included: French President François Hollande wandering around the Green Zone, getting mobbed by photographers; indigenous people from around the world in their traditional dress; people dressed as penguins begging for ice; and a large group of teenagers playing dead on the floor. “There was a big youth protest push, and one afternoon they just had a ‘die in,’ Miller said. “At 3 p.m., they all laid down where they were and died in protest.” She noted these protesters, and all others she saw, were actually protesting for a stronger agreement on reversing climate change, not a weaker one as one might assume.
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One thing which surprised Miller was how everyone she met in France was on board with climate change. “Over there, everyone agrees climate change is real. You come back here, and both nationally and locally you have people who still don’t believe. It’s hard to get things done when people don’t think what you’re working on is real,” Miller said. After the conference in Le Bourget, the group spent a day in Paris at the Solutions COP. There, they saw electric bikes, electric cars, agricultural products like different kinds of chicken coops and more. Everything at Solutions COP was geared toward solutions to reverse climate change. Miller thought one thing CSB/SJU
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does well, which was discussed at the COP, was offering plant-based meal options. She said dining services already offers many vegetarian options (Miller is a vegetarian) and the Climate Action Club is trying to organize dining services to brand Mondays as Meatless Mondays. It’s not a mandatory meatless day for dining at the college, but meatless options would possibly be marked with the name Meatless Monday to bring it to the forefront of students’ minds and make people more aware of the environmental impact of their food. One thing Miller urged everyday people to keep in mind is a recycling company will throw away everything in a recycling bin if it’s contaminated more than 15 percent with garbage or waste. So some bad apples can ruin a lot of people’s hard work. “France is actually really bad at recycling,” Miller said. “There are two recycling places in Paris, a city of 7 million people. The reason is because there aren’t any subsidies for recycling.” Miller doesn’t think recycling is the answer to climate change anyway, and would rather see people reduce their waste creation and consumption.
Agreement
The Paris Agreement, agreed to by 196 parties, says the parties will pursue efforts to limit the Earth’s temperature increase to 1.5°C. According to some scientists, this goal will require the Earth to reach a zero emission level sometime between the years 2030 and 2050. “Overall, I’ve heard a lot of negative things about the agreement, about it not being strong enough, but it’s huge all of these countries signed it and that ac- contributed photo complishment shouldn’t be diminished,” The Eiffel Tower was lit up for the conference. Miller said.
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Our View Mail carriers deserve thanks just as soldiers, officers do U.S. Postal Service deliverers are in some respects so much like lawenforcement officers and soldiers. They work in all kinds of weather, frequently outdoors, and they are so often taken for granted. Besides enduring nasty bouts of weather – blazing hot, bitterly cold, windy, wet, slippery – mail carriers are also subject sometimes to anklebiting pets and now and then crabby, hard-to-please customers. Like police officers or deputies, mail carriers perform their jobs without whining or complaints, to the very best of their abilities. There may be some exceptions, a bad apple in the barrel here or there, but statistics alone show how superbly the U.S. Postal Service and its employees perform their jobs. Just between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, the busiest mail period of the year, postal carriers in the nation deliver an astonishing number of packages – 600 million, to be exact. It has grown so fast, that number of packages, that some post offices have had to start Sunday deliveries during those times of the year. Here are some other mind-boggling statistics: All told, the U.S. Postal Service handles 155.4 billion pieces of mail every year. The service generates $67.8 billion in annual revenue (that includes zero – repeat zero – tax dollars); it has nearly a half-million employees; and 948.7 million customer visits to post offices. The U.S. Postal Service competes with UPS and FedEx, but the two also collaborate at times. Because of the postal service’s universal network of delivery addresses virtually anywhere and everywhere in the nation, UPS and FedEx sometimes pays the service to deliver hundreds of millions of ground packages to the residences in the service’s huge expansive areas. Most people would be surprised the U.S. Postal Service does not have as its motto the following words: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Those words were written by historian Herodotus in ancient Greece, long before the great Ben Franklin initiated this nation’s postal service. But, official U.S. Postal Service motto or not, those words perfectly fit our excellent, dedicated mail carriers. Next time you see one, take a moment to thank them for their service, just as you would a soldier or a lawenforcement officer.
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Friday, Jan. 15, 2016
Opinion Thanks, Obama, for gun-safety initiative Three cheers for President Barack Obama, who had the guts to issue 23 executive actions and three presidential executive actions regarding gun safety. Unfortunately, most will require congressional approval, and we all know that’s not going to happen anytime soon. At least not until the irresponsible obstructionists – the darlings of the Gun Lobby – are trounced in an upcoming election, and, sad to say, that’s not likely to happen either. The very congressional members who howl with rage against Obama for issuing executive orders are the very ones who have adamantly refused to work with him or to compromise one iota on gun-safety issues, or any other issue for that matter. They are do-nothings who do not belong in the U.S. Congress. Poll after poll shows Americans (even most Republicans and gun owners) are in favor of common-sense, reasonable gunsafety measures, including an expanded and strengthened system of background checks. The sickening prevalence of mass killings, most notably the butchery of the little sweethearts at Sandy Hook Elementary, has helped shore up opposition to this wacko gun craze. Gun safety (or gun control as opponents like to call it) is a highly charged emotional issue, even though it doesn’t have to be. Those in favor of gun safety want to create programs to monitor the sale of guns, to limit their purchase by mentally unstable people or by people with criminal records, and many gun-safety proponents would also like to prohibit the sale of assault-type weapons used in warfare. Opponents claim any regulations whatsoever are an attack against the Second (Right to Bear Arms) Amendment and any restriction at all will have the result of “taking our guns away from us.” The latter claim is ridiculous, just as is the stupid assertion that “guns don’t kill people.” Such silly notions are
Dennis Dalman Editor trumpeted by the National Rifle Association, among other gun groups. The NRA, it’s become clear, is most vociferous in protecting gun manufacturers, not so much gun owners and certainly not the victims – past, present, future – of gun violence. A commentator on a TV news show last week wisely compared gun safety to car safety. Both will take time, he said. Car safety has vastly improved during the past few decades because of increased seat-belt usage, stricter enforcement of DWI laws, crackdowns on speeding, car-manufacturing safety improvements and widespread public-education efforts. Like gun safety, car safety required the application and interaction of those factors and others to make a big difference. The same will be true of gun safety. It will take more than one factor to turn the tide, and of course gun-safety efforts will never solve the problem totally. Gunrelated deaths (murders, mass shootings, gun accidents, suicides) will continue. Car safety measures, obviously, have not prevented deaths on roadways, but they have been dramatically diminished. And if gun-safety laws can do the same (diminish deaths), they will be well worth it. Who could deny that? Those who scoff at any proposal for gun safety are positively giddy with certainty when they claim that murders will always happen, that bad people will always get guns by hook or crook. Yes, to some degree, that’s true. But gun-safety laws enacted in other countries, such as Australia, continue to prove gun restrictions and the
banning of military assault weapons really have made a big difference. Among Obama’s proposals are these: • Strengthen the background-check system and require thorough checks for all gun sales. • Allow states to share more freely information about mental-health issues involving potential gun purchasers. • Provide states with more monetary incentives to share information so records on criminal history (and people prevented from gun ownership due to mental-health reasons) are more available. • Ban military-style assault weapons and limit magazines to a capacity of 10 rounds, max. • A crackdown on gun-trafficking, including the closing of loopholes and strict penalties for “straw purchasers” – those who pass a background check but then pass on their guns to prohibited people. • Urge Congress to pass the administration’s $4 billion proposal to keep 15,000 state and local police officers on the streets to help deter gun crimes. • A call for more school-resource officers and counselors in schools and strengthening of emergency-management plans. • The training of 5,000 additional mental-health professionals and a call for mental-health treatment to be covered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Some Republican presidential candidates have already been crowing about how they will undo the initiatives proposed by the president. They are crowing at their own risk. Reasonable, rational, mainstream Americans are demanding gun-safety laws; and it’s about time those who take their cues from the Gun Lobby and oppose gun-safety measures start losing elections.
Letter to the editor
Peace Corps asks readers to appreciate commonalities Returned Peace Corps volunteers, Minnesota We, 88 returned Peace Corps volunteers from Minnesota, have written this letter to counter the recent increase in anti-Muslim, anti-Islam and anti-immigrant rhetoric that is sweeping across America and our state. We served for two years as Peace Corps volunteers in vari-
ous countries around the world. Although we all had very different experiences in different cultures, one thing that binds us together is an understanding that the more you know about someone, the more you appreciate what we have in common rather than dwell on or be fearful of our differences. We feel the hateful speech that permeates our society should be condemned not just by returned Peace Corps
volunteers like ourselves, but by every American who wants to stand up against bigotry and ignorance. Local signatories and their volunteer location include: Jonathan Carlson; St. Cloud – Tanzania 2008-2009 Jay Haase; St. Cloud – Namibia 20052008
Granddaughter’s giving gift of love About 10 years ago my grandchildren were busy playing in their room. Nic was 8 and his sister, Scout, was 5. Things suddenly got quiet, very quiet. Now if you are a parent, you know this can’t be good. Rambunctious kids are loud and rarely quiet. Things happen when children are left in the care of their father. Later when my daughter, Heather, got back home, what she found was troubling as well as frightening. It seems the kids had decided that Scout needed a haircut. She even decided she would pay her brother 25 cents for the job. Nic, ever the helpful one, jumped at the chance to earn the quarter. He became the beautician. He grabbed his scissors and cut her hair. All of her hair. When the dust settled, Scout had a very boyish look. You can imagine what she looked like after an 8-year-old decided to shear her locks. Heather immediately scooped her up and took her to her best friend, Cindy, who happened to be a world-class beautician. Cindy began the process of attempting to make a presentable hairdo out of the mess. It worked. She had a sort of pixie-like cut that just made her even cuter to her grandpa. I loved the look. Well, Scout didn’t. She lived with it for a while but decided in the end, she would let her hair grow forever. She kept that promise to herself until today. During the Christmas season Scout
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer began to think of gifts, both the receiving of gifts and the giving of gifts. She did some research and discovered there were many young girls who, because of medical conditions as well as cancer treatments, had no hair and couldn’t grow hair. She came to another decision. She decided she would cut her hair and donate it to Wigs for Kids. Her gift was a length of hair that measured about 2 feet in length, naturally curly and a beautiful honey brown color. We hope and trust it will be put to good use creating wigs for young ladies who have suffered the loss of their natural hair. I’m telling you this because I am so proud of this young lady. She, of course, will be as cute as ever if not cuter. But her heart is and will always be beautiful. She loved her long hair. She wore it in many ways. She would sometimes feel sophisticated and wear it up in a stylish “French curl.” Sometimes she would just allow herself to be a young girl and put it in a pony tail. In all these years, I’ve never
seen her hair in need of attention. Even as she loved the hair, she decided to gift it to others who were not so fortunate to grow their own. That is truly a gift of love. I understand as her grandpa I might be a little biased, but I have every reason to be. She is smart, gorgeous and headed for a bright future. She plans to attend the Naval Academy and make the Navy a career. She has been home-schooled and has passed her ACT with flying colors. Both she and her brother are headed in the right direction with a complete understanding of the value of a gift and the value of love. In fact, Nic insisted he be present when Scout had her hair cut for the donation, and he filmed the entire event. As for me, I guess as grandpa I’ll just continue to be amazed. Oh – and I’ll continue to brag. Scout’s goal is to raise $3,600 to send with her hair to create two custom hairrestoration systems. If you are able to help, please donate on her Help Me Help Kids event page at wigsforkidsday.donordrive.com/campaign/EmilysHair. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.
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Friday, Jan. 15, 2016
Community Calendar
LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF ST. JOSEPH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INTENTION TO ISSUE GENERAL-OBLIGATION CAPITAL-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN BONDS AND THE PROPOSAL TO ADOPT A CAPITAL-IMPROVEMENT PLAN THEREFOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of St. Joseph, Minn. (the “City”), will meet on Feb. 1, 2016, at 6:10 p.m. at the City Hall, 25 College Ave. N., in St. Joseph, Minn., for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on (a) the intention to issue general-obligation capitalimprovement-plan bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,035,000 and (b) the proposal to adopt a capital-improvement plan therefor. The proceeds of the bonds will be used to finance the acquisition, construction and equipping of a new city hall and public safety facility to be located in the City.
the votes cast in the City in the last municipal general election and is filed with the City within 30 days after the public hearing, the bonds may only be issued upon obtaining the approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question of issuing the bonds.
All persons interested may appear and be heard at the time and place set forth above.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
If a petition requesting a vote on the issuance of the bonds is signed by voters equal to five percent of
Individuals unable to attend the public hearing can make written comment by writing to the City Administrator, St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N., St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. Written comments must be received prior to the date and time of the public hearing.
/s/ Judy Weyrens City Administrator Publish: Jan. 15, 2016
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Safety from front page
Chief Klein
As the police chief for St. Joseph, Joel Klein is all too well aware of not only “it can happen here, but it has happened here.” Twenty years ago this month, St. Joseph Police Officer Brian Klinefelter was shot to death by a suspect after a traffic stop. Three years ago, Cold Spring Officer Tom Decker was killed while responding to a welfare-check call in a parking lot in downtown Cold Spring. “I always tell my officers when they finish a shift, ‘Make it home and stay safe.’” People must remain vigilant to their surroundings and report anything that doesn’t seem right. “Be willing to stand up for your community,” he said. Anti-cop sentiment in metro areas seems to have seeped into other areas, Klein said, which can lead to volatile reactions by some people who do not like officers. “People should get the facts before they criticize,” he said. “Sure, there’s bad people in every profession, but most people are very good. I think it’s OK to protest peacefully. That’s people’s right, but the demonstrations should be peaceful.” “It’s our community,” Klein said. “We’re all human. We all make mistakes, and we all fall, but we get back up again.” People should quit bad-mouthing cops and thank them instead, Klein suggested.
Sheriff Sanner
Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner said people should try to remember most officers are extremely professional, highly trained men and women with high moral and ethical standards – professionals who swore an oath to protect all members of a community. “In today’s world, sadly, some view the police as noth-
ing more than common street thugs with a badge on and a uniform,” Sanner said, adding that, in his opinion, the media, by saturation coverage of anti-cop sentiment in metro areas, adds fuel Beise to the flames. Fortunately, the vast majority, he added, do not share that bleak view. “Those are the people who should stop being complacent and take action,” Sanner said. “The next time you see a police officer or deputy at a restaurant, café or gas station, take the time to say thank you and show your support and appreciation,” he said. “Also, when you hear someone complain about law-enforcement officers, counter that with a positive comment. It’s up to you to form public opinion and your voice matters, so be heard.” People should understand local law-enforcement officers “are your neighbors and friends. Their kids go to school with your kids; they belong to the same churches and civic groups as you do. And to paraphrase the insurance jingle: Like a good neighbor, your police will be there.” Sanner said he would, as the county sheriff, like to thank everybody in Stearns County for their continued support because “working together, we truly do make a difference.” Sanner said he is concerned in about 10 years time, fewer people will consider law enforcement as a career simply because they will not want to get blamed or accused or smeared when what they are doing is a good, professional job of protecting the public.
Chief Hughes
Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes said he knows of times when Sartell police officers were struggling with a suspect, clearly in danger, when others walked or drove right past without trying to help or without even calling 911.
Chief Beise
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“Often times,” he said, “an officer may just need assistance in controlling the person they are struggling with to get the handcuffs on them. A bystander stepping in to help can make the difference between the suspect and/or the officer being injured. There are videos on the Internet that show people stepping in to help and you can see how quickly things change (for the better) when they do.” Another thing people can do is to report someone if that person is threatening to kill an officer via social media, email or verbally. Such threats should also be taken seriously, Hughes noted, and they should be reported whether it’s an overheard comment from a stranger or from someone who is known.
Sauk Rapids Police Chief Perry Beise said it is crucial “if you see something, say something.” Investigations of school shootings, for example, almost always discover one or more people heard (or had reason to suspect) the perpetrators planning the massacre or heard second-hand about them making some kind of murderous plans. “It’s so much better for us to check into these thing earlier than later, when it’s too late, obviously,” Beise said. It’s not just such catastrophic plans that should be reported, Beise noted. Anytime anybody sees or senses something amiss, they should call law enforcement immediately, just in case, so it can be checked out.
Sheriff Heck
Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck advises when a deputy or police officer shows up because of a problem, people at the scene should calm down and
Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 help de-escalate the situation, otherwise it can very quickly get out of control. Motorists, he added, should remember to slow down and change lanes if possible whenever they see a police officer’s or deputy’s car pulled over along the side of the road. Many cops and deputies (and sometimes people they’ve stopped) have been killed by passing motorists, especially if a situation escalates into the traffic lane. The current negative attitude toward law enforcement has turned too toxic in some quarters, Heck said, and the media should not focus so much on bad cops or unruly demonstrations against them. Such attitudes can lead to more widespread erosion in lack of confidence, lack of trust and lack of respect, Heck said, and that, in turn, can lead to dangers for all officers. A little civility goes a long way, Heck believes. “We should all work together on being more civil with one another, and try to see things from another person’s point of view,” he advised.
County warns residents about moving snow onto roads by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
The Stearns County Highway Department issued a press release this week warning residents that plowing or shoveling snow from driveways or sidewalks onto a public road can get them into trouble. Plowing or shoveling snow from driveways and sidewalks
onto public roads and streets may be punishable as a misdemeanor, which can come with a fine of up to $700 and/or a jail sentence of up to 90 days. Snow dumped, plowed or shoveled onto a roadway can create a real hazard not only for motorists but also for snowplows. Even heavy snowplows have been damaged when hitting compacted and frozen snow deposited on
the highways. In some parts of the county, snow pushed onto a highway causes snowdrifts which are hazardous to motorists. The person responsible for depositing snow onto the highway may also be liable in a civil lawsuit if damages or injuries occur as a result of the action. The county urges residents not to add to the hazards of wintertime driving in this way.