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Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 Volume 29, Issue 4 Est. 1989
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St. Ben’s hosts Girls, Women in Sports Day
The College of St. Benedict will host a celebration for National Girls and Women in Sports Day at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. The community is invited to join us for this celebration and the CSB basketball game vs. St. Olaf. The 2017 Breaking Barriers Award honoree Marcia Mahlum will be honored at halftime along with a performance by the CSB dance team. Player autographs will be available after the game. All girls and women wearing a sports jersey will receive free admission to this event. For more information visit csbblazers.com.
Share your love story with readers
We at the Newsleader newspapers are seeking people with heartwarming, interesting love stories they’d be willing to share with readers. Examples of such stories would be a couple who has been married for 50 years or more, people who met and fell in love under unusual circumstances, a couple who was married in an unique ceremony (such as in a hot-air balloon) or a couple whose love helped them triumph over adverse conditions. Anyone willing to share their stories should submit a brief paragraph outlining the story idea and email it to Dennis Dalman at editor@thenewsleaders.com or call the Newsleader at 320-363-7741. Please include a name and phone number with your story idea. The story tips must be submitted by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, so they can be ready for publication in the Feb. 10 editions.
Grants to help women in treatment for substance use
The Minnesota Department of Human Services recently awarded 12 grants totaling $4.25 million annually for three years to provide support and recovery services for pregnant and parenting women who have substance- use disorders and their families. Women’s Recovery Services grants provide comprehensive, gender-specific, family-centered services for women and their families who are vulnerable and at high risk. The agencies that received the grants help women in their programs remain alcohol and drug free, obtain or retain employment, stay out of the criminal justice system, find and secure stable housing, access physical and mental-health services for themselves and their children, and deliver babies who test negative for substances at birth. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 6 Criers.
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Maxine Pogatshnik will end 39 years as a cook/manager, the last 30 of them at Kennedy School in St. Joseph. Throughout the years, she has seen many changes in the hot-lunch program with more emphasis on fresh fruits and vegetables. She stands beside a tray of what will probably be the last batch of banana bread she will make for the kids at Kennedy.
Maxine Pogatshnik is a cook-manager at Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph. But not for long. She will retire Tuesday, Jan. 31, but not without racking up some impressive numbers. Thirty of those years have been at Kennedy Community School and nine at Westwood Elementary School in St. Cloud. Number of days worked in 39 years? 6,708 days. Meals prepared this year at Kennedy since the start of school in September? 52,650, or about 585 meals per day. Approximate number of meals prepared in her 39 years of work in the district? 3,924,180 in all. Number of days spent dreading coming to work? Zero. “I like my job and I have a wonderful staff,” Pogatshnik said. “We get so much time off, it’s more like a part-time job, and I enjoy the children.” But after 39 years of seeing to it that children in District 742 get a wholesome lunch and maybe a good breakfast to
start them off, she figures she has earned some time off. It’s time for someone else to take the reins of cook-manager and make sure those meals are ready when the lunch bell rings. She has seen a lot of change during the 39 years – mostly for the better. More fruits and vegetables are served these days, not so much starch. Protein amounts have pretty much stayed the same. And there is lots of emphasis on sanitation and keeping things free of any kind of contamination. “We use to make a lot of hotdishes,” she said. “And wash our own chicken and fry it. Now it comes already prepared. It’s less time-consuming and it’s a lot safer.” She says of all the various dishes served to students, they seem to like tacos the best. Another favorite is the garden-herb wraps. “They are time-consuming to make,” she said, “but they are delicious.” There’s not much baking done any Cook • page 3
St. Joseph ranked safest city in the state by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
A New York-based financial research firm recently named St. Joseph as the safest city to live in Minnesota last year. The results of ValuePenguin’s study of crime come as sort of a surprise to St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein, but it was not totally unexpected and it was most definitely welcomed news. “I’m not going to argue with it,” said Klein, who has
never heard of ValuePenguin, which examined 2014 FBI crime statistics to determine the safest cities in Klein the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” A report released last year by Alarm System Review listed St. Joseph as Minnesota’s second-safest city to live in. It named Plainview as the safest place to live last year in the
state. But according to ValuePenguin’s “2016 Safest Places in Minnesota,” St. Joseph had the lowest rate of violent crime and the second-lowest rate of property crime for any city in its study of 125 cities with more than 5,000 people, which have crime scores that range from 115 to 4,921. “We have a very good community,” Klein said. “Granted, things happen, and that’s why we are here, but the other thing is when you have cops
who are around, looking for things, and people know that, I would hope that helps prevent some crimes from happening.” ValuePenguin’s average crime score for Minnesota was 1,333. St. Joseph, which came in at No. 1 had an average crime score of 304, which was 77 percent lower that St. Joseph’s peers in the state. After number-one-rated St. Joseph were, in this order, Winona, Minnetrista, West City • page 3
Girls, Women in Sports Day Eating for a cause set for Feb. 1 at CSB
by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The College of St. Benedict will host a Girls and Women in Sports Day at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 during the CSB basketball game at the Claire Lynch Gym. The CSB Blazers will play St. Olaf. National Girls and Women in Sports Day recognizes athletes, coaches, athletic directors, parents and lawmakers who are committed to expanding opportunity for all girls and women. CSB assistant athletic director and event organizer Steve Kimble said the day recognizes the advancement of girls’ and women’s
sports and offers a chance to honor pioneers and people of impact. Marcia Mahlum will be honored with the 2017 Breaking Barriers award. The award is given each year to an individual who has had significant impact in girls and women in sports and has helped continue to break down barriers female athletes face. The honoree of this award is also recognized at the state Capitol each year at an event attended by the governor. Mahlum said the day is a chance to celebrate all that has been accomplished and to see all the potential that lies ahead for girls and women in sports, all Sports • back page
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Mary Stommes, chairperson of the St. Joseph Lions and Aaron Boatz, St. Joseph Lion’s member, both residents of St. Joseph, begin to fill their plates at the Jan. 20 chicken-and-ham dinner fundraiser for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center. The organization educates and assists people to help prevent the exploitation of children. See page 4 for an additional photo.
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Mike Gohman, president of the St. Joseph-based W. Gohman Construction, won the Builders Association of Minnesota’s 2016 Gohman Builder of the Year award. Gohman was recently presented the award at BAM’s annual celebration and awards ceremony, which was attended by industry leaders from across Minnesota.
Connor MacKinney of St. Joseph was recently named to the fall dean’s honor roll at Montana State University, Bozeman. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Kathryn Evenson of St. Joseph was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Morris. Students must achieve a minimum 3.66 gradepoint average to qualify for this honor. Meghan Wick of St. Joseph was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. Students
must earn a minimum 3.5 gradepoint average toqualify for this honor.
Bernice E. Muske, 84
The St. Cloud Area School District - Experience Books for Blind/Visually Impaired Children recently received $2,500 for supplies to help blind/visually-impaired children learn to read by creating storybooks from their own life experiences from the Central Minnesota Initiative Foundation. This was one of 157 grants totaling more than $475,000. The grants support organizations and projects primarily in the 14-county region of Central Minnesota.
Bernice E. Muske, 84, of St. Joseph, died Jan. 23, 2017 at Assumption Nursing Home in Cold Spring. A memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph. The Rev. Jerome Tupa, OSB, will officiate. Interment of the urn will take place at a later date. Family and friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and after 9 a.m. Friday at the church’s Heritage Hall in St. Joseph. Parish prayers will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Heritage Hall. Ar-
Brad Busse, formerly of St. Joseph, is directing the upcoming Great Northern Theater Company’s production of Ernest in Love, running Feb. 10-12 (with Sunday being a matinee performance), a special Valentine’s day performance on Tuesday, Feb. 14 and also Feb. 16-18 at The Great Blue Heron in Cold Spring. Busse’s previous directing experience with GNTC includes Deer Camp, Spring Break, Two by Two and Guys and Dolls. For more information, see GNTC’s ad in this edition.
Custodial Maintenance
Custodial Maintenance at the College of Saint Benedict is seeking to fill three full-time, benefit-eligible positions of custodian. The days and hours for each position are: 1. Tuesday-Saturday, 4 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2. Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.-4:30 a.m. 3. Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
For more information and to apply online, please visit http://employment.csbsju.edu. Women, individuals of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The College of Saint Benedict University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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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 a crime. Dec. 1 7:13 a.m. Crash. CR 75/Northland Drive. An officer responded to a vehicle accident without injuries. Upon arrival, officers found both vehicles to be moved from the crash site. The female of the first vehicle stated she slowed and stopped at the lights as they turned yellow as she was approaching. The male driver of the second vehicle stated the first vehicle stopped at a green light and he struck the rear end of her vehicle. The male driver stated the light did not turn yellow until after he struck the other vehicle. No injuries occurred. 11:51 a.m. Welfare check. 1006 Baker Street E. Kennedy Community School assistant principal requested an officer check the above address as a child was not in school. No one answered the door so the officer called the home. A female returned the officer’s call a short time later and advised she already called the school regarding the child would not be in school.
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rangements are with the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Joseph. Muske was born on Feb. 5, 1932 in Freeport to Joseph and Hilda (Borgerding) Overman. She married Rueben Muske on Sept. 28, 1950 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport. She worked in housekeeping for more than 25 years at the College of St. Benedict. She enjoyed reading, gardening and singing. Bernice especially treasured all the time spent with her family. Survivors include the following: her husband; children, Dan (Linda), Chuck (Diane), Steve (Tracy), Tim (Shelly) and Tom, all of St. Joseph, Carol (James) Theisen and Susan (Randy) Weishalla, all of St. Cloud, Donald (Paula) of St. Paul and Bill (Elizabeth) of Plymouth; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; sisters and
brothers, Genevieve Hiltner and Ed (Cheryl) Overman, all of Freeport, Mary Harren of Cold Spring, Ruth (George) Traeger of Melrose, Teresa Chamberlain of Anoka, Norbert (Audrey) Overman of Albany and Fred (Mary) Overman of Spicer; sisters-in-law Evelyn Overman and Gloria Overman; and many nieces and nephews. Muske was preceded in death by her parents; brothers and sisters, Joe, Doreen Robillard, Jim, Ray and Celine; and beloved daughter in law, Maxine (Broughton) Muske; brothers-in-law, Doc Harren, Don Chamberlain, Clarence Hiltner; and sisters-in-law, Betty Overman, and Millie Overman. A special thank you to the staff at Assumption Nursing Home for all the care given to Bernice during her stay.
7:28 p.m. Medical. 131 Cedar Street E. An officer was dispatched to a report of an unknown medical. Dispatch advised there was a strong language barrier. The officer arrived on scene and was able to determine the victim had a severe toothache. Rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance arrived on scene and the officer was cleared by Gold Cross. There was no action taken by the officer.
Dec. 3 9:41 a.m. Traffic. College Avenue/Minnesota Street. Officers provided traffic control for the Snowflake Shuffle 5k sponsored by the College of St. Benedict. No incidents occurred. 12:45 p.m. Window tint. CR 75/Secnd Avenue NW. On Nov. 15, an officer had contact with a driver in the parking lot of Kwik Trip after the officer followed it into the lot. The officer noted tinted windows that appeared to exceed the lawful limit. The driver was the rightful owner. He showed a note from a doctor requesting 20 percent light transmission, however, no prescription for the tint. The officer measured the tint and it indicated light transmission of 13 percent. The driver did not have current insurance info on hand. Fix-it ticket issued for tint and insurance. As of Dec. 3, the officer has not received the fix-it ticket back. Citation will be issued via mail for unlawful window tint and no proof of insurance. 10:24 p.m. Agency assist. 110 10th Ave. SE. An officer was dispatched to assist Minnesota correction officers with an arrest-anddetain order. The officer and Minnesota correctional officers made contact with the suspect. The officer arrested the suspect and put wrist restraints on and double locked. The suspect was transported to the Stearns County Jail and turned over to Stearns County staff.
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Dec. 2 6:47 a.m. Medical. 246 17th Ave. SE. An officer was dispatched for a female who was in and out of consciousness. Upon arrival, the officer located the woman sitting on the bathroom floor. She was conscious. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and they provided care. The woman refused transportation. 7:41 a.m. School patrol. 1300 Jade Road. An officer monitored hallways, spoke to students and staff, and attended all-school assembly. 7:09 p.m. Domestic violence. 717 College Ave. S. Officers were dispatched to a domestic in progress at the apartment. They arrived on scene and heard a male and female arguing inside. An officer knocked and suspect came to the door. The suspect was placed in custody. Verbal only, no assault occurred. The suspect was transported to jail and subsequently released.
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Cook from front page more, Pogatshnik said, but this day the kids will get a special treat: home-baked banana bread made from scratch. “Whenever we have bananas left over, I like to surprise the students with fresh banana bread,” she said. “And every once in awhile, we sneak a couple of loaves into the lounge for
City from front page Hennepin and Orono. “If you are looking for picturesque communities with low crime rates that fit a wide variety of budgets, then Minnesota is for you,” Susan Gulliford of ValuePenguin stated in the study. “The top five safest places are a mixture of college towns with median incomes below the state’s median and very affordable housing, as well as affluent suburbs and exurbs with high median household incomes and home values.” Last year, the police department received almost 3,000 calls for service, Klein said. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of St. Joseph was 6,534 in 2010, with an estimated population of 6,864 in 2015. The city is home to the College of St. Benedict. “That number includes everything – be it a car crash, a parking complaint, a dog complaint, theft, burglary – and we do more than our calls for service because if we make a traffic stop where we give a verbal warning, we don’t take an ICR (incident crime report) for that,” Klein said. Klein made an impassioned and successful plea at the Nov. 14 meeting of the St. Joseph City Council for the city to somehow find more money in the budget to pay for another police officer. “St. (Joseph) is growing,” Klein said of recent businesses in St. Joseph, like Coborn’s and McDonald’s. “Now we’re looking at Country Manor and
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the staff.” As a cook-manager, she oversees a staff of seven. She is responsible for planning and carrying out the preparation of the meals, which means getting the raw product in the door, storage, preparing the meal, serving the meal and clean-up each and every day. Her day begins at 6 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. each day that school is in session. With 39 years of service in school kitchens, one might think Pogatshnik would have
a few suggestions as to how to improve the program. She paused and thought, and then said there really isn’t anything. They still get corn, green beans and other government commodities to use in lunch preparation, but not as much as in the past. The emphasis is on fresh fruits and vegetables. “It’s a good product that we get,” she said. “It’s a good program.” Things aren’t going to change much for Pogatshnik once she
retires, except she will spend more time at home, she said. She has been married for 52 years, and her husband has been retired for 16 years. “I’ve had a housekeeper all these years, and now I’m going to have to wash the kitchen floor,” she said. There aren’t any trips in the immediate future, but with her two children and six grandchildren scattered about the planet, she expects there will be some trips. She has already been to
Germany and Austria. For the present, she said she has a lot of books she wants to read and a collection of pictures she wants to go through and put in albums. Maybe she’ll do some volunteer work, but she has no plans to come back to the kitchen, not even as a substitute. Retirement is kind of bittersweet, she said. Will she miss coming to work each day? “Yeah, I’ll miss the staff and the students,” she said.
Fortitude (senior) housing. Kwik Trip came in, and the public school is growing.” ValuePenguin’s report stated St. Joseph was “so safe” that its crime score was 162 points lower than the second-ranked city. The median household income was 16-percent lower than the median for Minnesota, and home values were 14-percent lower than the median for the state. “We’ve got County Road 75 coming through, you’ve got I-94 on the south end of us, you’ve got Waite Park and St. Cloud right next to us, so although we’ve got the smalltown feel, we still have the stuff people don’t see because they’re sleeping,” Klein said of crime in St. Joseph. The raw data report by ValuePenguin included property crimes (burglary, larcenytheft, motor-vehicle theft and arson), and violent crimes
(murder/manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault) from law enforcement agencies participating in the FBI Uniform-Crime-Reporting program. “It’s the stuff we deal with at night,” Klein said. “We still deal with DWIs, domestics, assaults, drugs. Being the cop from years ago, where you just drove around and checked some doors, made a traffic stop once in a while, you took somebody’s dog home, it’s not like that anymore.” ValuePenguin’s study separated the safest cities in Minnesota into three categories: towns with populations between 5,000 and 10,000 like St. Joseph, midsized cities with populations between 10,000 and 20,000 like Sartell, and larger cities with populations greater than 20,000.
Only two communities, St. Joseph and Minnetrista, made the top five both years in ValuePenguin’s study. Last year’s second-place finisher, Cold Spring, came in at No. 10 overall. “Everybody wants us to be everything – doctors, lawyers, mechanics – all that stuff,” Klein said of the demands placed upon a police officer. “There are a lot of things people want us to do and expect us to do, and a lot of these cases we deal with, it’s just not an open-and-shut case.” The safest cities in the mid-size category changed significantly from 2015 to 2016, according to the study. Only South Lake Minnetonka, Stillwater, Centennial Lakes, White Bear Township and Sauk Rapids were in the top 10 for both years. In 2016, no mid-sized places made the top five.
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Waite Park and Bemidji ranked in the bottom five for both 2015 and 2016. “This college town (of St. Joseph) shows you do not have to be wealthy to have a safe community,” Gulliford stated in the study. The St. Joseph Police Department has eight full-time officers, which includes Klein; two part-time officers, which include Daniel Pfannenstein and Richard Etshokin, and records specialist Mary Munden. Starting July 1, Pfannenstein becomes the ninth full-time officer for the city, leaving one part-time officer. “The way St. (Joseph) is, is because of the people who live here and work here,” Klein said of St. Joseph’s safety ranking. “I think that has a lot to do with it – people who are proud of their community.”
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Time capsule planned for new government center by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
It’s an idea whose time has finally come. City officials and city repre-
sentatives are brainstorming as to what to include in the time capsule that will be part of the new government center at 75 Callaway St. E. “We’ve reached out to some
Eating for a cause
photo by Jenny McDermond
Anita Rakotz and her son, Derek, of St. Joseph, help themselves to some food Jan. 20 at the chicken-and-ham dinner fundraiser at Sal’s Bar and Grill, benefiting the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center. See front page for additional photo.
people and asked them to submit some items,” St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens said. “But I don’t have anything other than the (Jan. 6 and 13 editions of the) Newsleader (including Parts 1 and 2 of the Year in Review of 2016) in there yet, so I’m waiting.” A dedication plaque will be part of the new 18,000-squarefoot facility located less than a mile from the current St. Joseph City Hall, which formerly housed a bank and drivethrough and is now for sale. “Behind the dedication plaque, there is going to be the time capsule, so in the event – in 50 years, if they do a remodeling or tear it down or whatever – there’s going to be a time capsule people can get a glimpse of what was going on in 2016 or 2017,” Weyrens said. She said input as to what to possibly include in the time capsule was sought from Kennedy Community School, the College of St. Benedict, community members and local service clubs. “We just in passing talked to people,” Weyrens said last week. “We’ve just thrown it out there as we’ve been talking to people, but we’ve not received anything yet.” Last year, the St. Joseph City Council authorized the issuance and the sale of $4.28 million in bonds to build the new government center that will open next month near Colts Academy. “The time capsule is a wooden box,” Weyrens said. “It’s probably about 18 inches tall, maybe, and 10 inches wide, and it’s maybe about 3 inches deep, so it can fit into
the wall.” The limited volume of the time capsule restricts what would fit within its confines, so whatever is included in the time capsule would have to be relatively small, Weyrens said. “You can’t do imagery because you don’t know what the technology is going to be like in the future,” she said. “Some people thought it would be fun to have a video in there, but what are the odds, for example, that DVDs are going to be around or a flash drive?” she asked rhetorically. The St. Joseph Government Center will hold an open house starting at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, with a dedication ceremony later that evening. Also on that day, the St. Joseph City Council will hold its first meeting in the new facility. It will provide more space for the police department and city administration, and may someday be connected to Colts Academy, which is slated to be converted into a community center. “As instructed by city council, an architect was brought on board to match the community center programming needs, with that of the building,” Mayor Rick Schultz stated recently in his end-of-year message to the residents of St. Joseph. “ISD 742 will still be a tenant in this building until such time as their facilities come into place,” he said. “However, our intent is to utilize the facility as we can, and expand where we must.” Community Design Group, a Minneapolis-based consulting
firm, was recently awarded a $60,000 contract by the city council at its Dec. 19 meeting to update St. Joseph’s comprehensive plan for the future. “Country Manor and Fortitude housing continue their construction on senior-dwelling facilities,” Schultz said. “These units will be a much-needed boost to our senior-citizen demographic, which continues to grow and has both living and service needs.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of St. Joseph was 6,534 in 2010, with an estimated population of 6,864 in 2015, and the city is home to the College of St. Benedict. “The College of St. Benedict has begun its construction on new athletic fields,” Schultz said. “I see this as an attractive community asset and certainly a resource which will bring people to our city.” As of Tuesday, Weyrens said the only item that has been dropped off at St. Joseph City Hall for consideration to include in the time capsule is a group photograph of Kennedy Community School students that was taken in front of the school building at 1300 Jade Road. “It’s really hard trying to figure out what to put in the time capsule, but people can certainly contact me; we would be willing to entertain ideas,” Weyrens said. “But I think it would be fun to have some pictures or if there was some memento that some group had that showed a significance to St. Joseph,” she said.
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Marisa Gaetz, daughter of Rose and Rick Gaetz of St. Joseph, was recently named as one of the two winners of the Times Media’s annual “2 Under 20” award. The award recognizes achievements of young leaders who could help shape the future of Central Minnesota. Gaetz attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Mass. She graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School, Collegeville, in 2016. Her Prep School physics teacher, Charles Miller, nominated her for the “2 Under 20” honor. Miller has been teaching for 20 years, 12 of those at St. John’s Prep. He teaches physics, International Baccalaureate physics, environmental science and theory-of-knowledge classes. He is also the head coach for the Knowledge Bowl teams at the middle-school and high-school levels. In addition, he is assistant coach for the girls’ and boys’ tennis teams. Miller, who knew Gaetz throughout her six years at St. John’s Prep, said he nominated her because the award was meant for people “who display community leadership and the ability to shape Central Minnesota’s future,” and he said Gaetz exemplifies that. Gaetz said she was really honored to have been chosen as one of the recipients of the award. She said it was easier to feel connected to home while she was living, learning and working there, so she is especially grateful to have received this award after spending her first semester away from home at school at MIT. Gaetz said it means so much to have the continued support of her home, and this has renewed her inspiration
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to work toward growing and paying back the area where she came from. Although she won’t officially declare her major or minor until the end of her freshman year, Gaetz is planning to declare a pure-mathematics major and a computer-science minor. She is thinking of concentrating in either economics or philosophy. “I don’t really have any set-in-stone career goals, but I am passionate about researching, teaching and/or applying high-level mathematics, so I hope to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics,” Gaetz said. “This could lead me to a variety of career opportunities, such as academia or finance.” She compared some of the differences between St. Joseph and Cambridge, Mass., including that the Cambridge/Boston area is much more densely populated. Gaetz said a large portion of the population consists of young, passionate and very talented students attending places such as MIT, Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Mass., and Tufts University, located in Medford, Mass. Many of these students are involved in high-level research and start-up companies. “As a result, there is a lot of young energy and technological innovation,” she said. Gaetz said the area is very inspiring and exciting to be a part of, but it can also be overwhelming. St. Joseph is a much smaller and more close-knit area that is inspiring because of so much support by people in the area. She said she is grateful to have the chance to be connected to both areas. However, she does miss the feeling of being around people she has known for almost her entire life.
“There’s something really special about relationships that have been growing and evolving for such a long time and about the ability to run into old friends as you go through your daily life,” Gaetz said. “Although it’s nice to have a completely fresh start here, it would take a long time to build relationships as strong and long-lasting as ones I’ve made in the St. Joseph area.” During her years at St. John’s Prep, Gaetz was involved in a variety of activities and interests, including soccer, softball, state Knowledge Bowl (her team was the state champion), Science Bowl, played percussion in the Prep school concert band, jazz band and prep band, started a ping-pong club, Math Club, Prep Post Newspaper, National Honor Society, She’s the First and Chinese Club. She studied Chinese and traveled to China twice while in high school. Her favorite subjects were mathematics and physics. Gaetz was honored with the other recipients of the 11th annual “Under 20” and “Under 40” awards for 2016 by the Times Media on Jan. 24, at the Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Cloud. The other honoree in the “2 Under 20” category is Josh Maricle-Roberts, Sartell, a senior at Apollo High School. The five honorees for the “5 Under 40” category are Bryan Burns, Kate Hanson, Emily Coborn, Ryan Gerads and Hudda Ibrahim. The “Under” awards are given yearly to those who consistently demonstrate leadership, innovation and community service. They are sponsored by (St. Cloud) Times Media with support from Falcon National Bank, Health Partners Central Minnesota and the Initiative Foundation.
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Top: Marisa Gaetz, daughter of Rose and Rick Gaetz of St. Joseph, was recently named as one of the two winners of the St. Cloud Times’ annual “2 Under 20” award. Gaetz, who attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School in 2016, was nominated by St. John’s Prep physics teacher Charles Miller. Above: Marisa Gaetz (left) and St. John’s Prep teacher Charles Miller are pictured after Gaetz’s St. John’s Prep team won state in the Knowledge Bowl competition. Miller recently nominated Gaetz for, and she was chosen as one of two winners, of the St. Cloud Times’ annual “2 Under 20” award. The award recognizes achievements of young leaders who could help shape the future of Central Minnesota.
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Our View Trump is going to need the press he so despises Trump & Co. would do well to cease its war against the Press. They are going to need the Press to communicate with the American people as they plunge into their promises of “change.” Even if Trump, bypassing the Press, tweets constantly night and day, tweets cannot explain the complexities and nuances of the far-reaching changes he hopes to make. In his impromptu talk at C.I.A. headquarters the other day, Trump again blasted the Press, calling reporters among “the most dishonest people” on Earth. The irony is almost funny, considering the fact Trump has told hundreds of documented lies since his campaign began 18 months ago. And now, just days into the presidency, Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer, visibly angry, castigated a roomful of reporters for lying. He insisted the audience at the Trump inauguration was the biggest one in history – a lie. It wasn’t. Aerial photographs proved it wasn’t. After telling his self-righteous whopper, Spicer glared at the reporters and left the room in a huff. Next day, Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway had the gall to tell reporter Chuck Todd that Spicer had decided to present “alternative facts” to the crowd-size question. Todd reminded Conway “alternative facts” is a phrase meaning “falsehoods.” Then in a sniffy whine, peeved Conway said this to Todd, as if she were a stern school marm scolding a naughty child: “If we’re going to keep referring to our press secretary in those types of terms, I think we’re going to have to rethink our relationship here.” First of all, it’s the Trump inner circle that raised the landmark observation that their inauguration was the biggest inauguration – not! And then Spicer dashed off, armed with “truth” (he might have thought), to lash the Press for not accurately reporting his boss’s inauguration was the biggest. And then, instead of just stopping the lunacy, nope, they had to trot out Conway to explain to veteran journalist Todd the “alternative-facts” theory. As if that were not bad enough, Conway immediately told another whopper: that nobody but reporters care about Trump not releasing his tax forms. Fact: A poll earlier this month showed 74 percent of people (Democrats, Republicans and Independents) think the president should release those forms. With a snide condescension and presumptuous sneer, Conway said, “Most Americans are very busy looking at what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office – not what his look like.” Says who? If the Trump “communicators” are tying themselves into knots and telling whoppers about lunatic issues – like “whose is bigger?”– what will they be doing and saying when a truly momentous issue arises? If they screw up, they will probably blame the Press and then offer their “alternative facts,” the way Big Brother did in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. The Founding Fathers knew all too well what can happen when there is not a vigorous free Press scrutinizing the powerful – thus, the First Amendment. The Press is not sacrosanct; it, too, is subject to criticism. Presidents and Press have always carried on a lovehate affair. But these unwarranted attacks against the Press from the Trump Administration are far beyond criticism; so far, they seem to be assaults from bullies who think they are immune from any scrutiny at all.
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Opinion Global warming? Then why so cold? During that brutal cold snap of a few weeks ago, several people who know I believe global warming is a scientific fact asked me, “Dennis, if global warming is happening, then how come it’s so cold?!” One morning, when the temp nosedived well below zero, I started my car, and it groaned like a wheezing asthmatic while it tried to start, then finally did. As I let it warm up, I fiddled with the radio, hitting accidentally upon an alt-rightwing station with the voice of some guy scoffing sarcastically at global warming. “It’s 15-below zero this morning,” he said, “and those liberals are claiming global warming is true. Yeah, sure it’s true. Hahahaha. Then how come it’s 15 below outside?!” I lunged at the radio dial to turn the fool off. However, I must admit, years ago I wondered the same thing. Enduring harsh Minnesota winters, one after another, makes global warming seem like a goofy notion, indeed. That is why I began to do some research into the globalwarming issue. I try to share what I’ve learned, but in certain cases I don’t waste my time. I’ve learned those who think global warming is nonsense will never change their minds. They are locked stubbornly into their opposition, the way Flat-Earthers used to insist the world is flat, not round. Most of them, like President Trump, believe global warming is a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese in an effort to put a dent in America’s productive capacity. Trump has since softened his opposition, slightly, but who knows where the wheels of his rapid-fire mind-changing will end up in a week or a month from now. What I’ve learned is global warming
Dennis Dalman Editor is measured by the average temperatures on Earth, on its land masses and in its oceans. Because of the very nature of weather, some places on Earth are bound to be much colder or much hotter than other areas. And, not to forget, global warming, even when it increases just slightly, can cause all kinds of weather extremes – from very hot to very cold, from very wet to very dry. Here are the facts: According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 16 of the hottest 17 years have occurred on Earth during the past 35 years. NASA further noted the 20 warmest years have all happened since 1997. The past three years (2014, 2015, 2016) have been the hottest years, globally, in history. That’s not just NASA talking. Those facts have been documented by research groups throughout the world. And global warming is visible in all kinds of alarming outcomes: melting glacial ice, ocean rise and tidal flooding, scorching heat waves in places like Australia leading to massive fires and drastic consequences for plant and animal life. On May 19 last year in Phalopdi, India, the temperature climbed to a frightful 123.8 degrees. Some science-deniers are starting to admit grudgingly the global climate is warming up. Some will even admit it’s worrisome, but the most of these ostriches will insist it’s not caused by human activities – the burning of oil, gas, coal and the steady build-up of greenhouse
gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. These deniers insist the warming is merely a natural long-term pattern that recurs every few thousand years and that has little or nothing to do with carbon-based fuels. It is, to the deniers, apparently just a fluke that global warming increased drastically since the Industrial Revolution in the late 1880s with the invention of the internal-combustion engine, the widespread burning of coal and huge increases in the use of other carbon-based fuels. What’s most worrisome of all is that so many of these science-deniers are at the helm of important positions in our national government. America has always been a global leader, but when it comes to the fight against global warming, we are starting to lag behind because of these elected foot-draggers, skeptics, naysayers, science-deniers. They would maintain their mulish denials even if the rising ocean covered flat Florida and rose to the steps of the national Capitol, in which case the donothings would have to boat to work. Mankind is in a race with time. If we do not do something to change manmade global warming, the Earth (or most of it) will become uninhabitable. With living spaces scarce and overcrowded, there will be famines, wars, social break-downs and other catastrophic horrors. There is hope. Thank goodness for last year’s Paris Agreement, a landmark effort to fight global warming agreed to by 195 countries, including the United States. It’s an important start, passed in the nick of time. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if America leads the way? But at this point, with so many science-deniers in power, that bright hope seems to be fading.
Inauguration Day – a tradition to be proud of Last week, the nation witnessed a powerful but often ill-appreciated part of our country’s history. A new president was inaugurated to lead the United States of America for the next four years. Regardless of our politics, the tradition of inaugurations is remarkable and outstanding, compared to historical transfers of power throughout history. It’s part of what makes our nation and its democracy so special. After more than a year of bitter campaigning, rivalries and outright hostility against opposition parties by the competing candidates, Jan. 20 offered a strange contrast. The president and president-elect, often of differing ideologies, shake hands and exchange pleasantries. Leaders of the opposing political parties sit next to one another in the stands and politely listen to inauguration speeches they may completely oppose. A transfer of power takes place not with violence or subterfuge but with the strike of noon and the taking of an oath. I am very thankful our country and process works this way. Looking throughout the world, many changes in leadership are accompanied by violence and instability. Election results may not be recognized by the ruling parties, or military factions take to the streets and install their own leader. Much like having free speech and the freedom of religion, it’s often easy to forget just how special and unique our process of inaugurations is. We can often take for granted that despite
Connor Kockler Guest Writer personal feelings, election results will be recognized and respected. We take for granted people will recognize our new leaders as legitimate, whatever our opinion of them. Countries have split down the middle over what leader they thought was legitimate. I hope we do not take a similar path. This inauguration was a large change for me. For almost half of my life, Barack Obama was the President of the United States. I remember hearing some of his first inaugural address as a third grader, and I have gone through many experiences in my life under his administration. Now, as of Jan. 20, Donald Trump is the president of the United States. It will be interesting to get used to reading President Trump in all of the news reports instead of President Obama. The Trump Administration will also give me some perspective. For as long as I’ve been interested in politics, Barack Obama and the Democrats were in charge of the executive branch. This is the first time I will get to see how a Republican administration functions in my personal life. This will also be the last president I was unable to vote for due to
my age. In 2020, my experiences of both the Obama and Trump administrations will certainly factor into my decision. Inaugurations are supposed to be a time to bring us all together. Even if we do not agree with the new president, we certainly hope for the best for the future of our country. No matter the party of the president, I would never wish for our leadership to fail. Just because I do not agree with someone in power does not mean I do not hope for them to make good decisions for the country. Nor does this mean that victory implies the opposition should just go along for the ride. Everyone’s voice deserves to be heard, and no one party should force through legislation without working with the other. Inauguration boycotts by our elected officials will only serve to do one thing, which is to further divide the country. If these become a continuing trend, it will not be long until an inauguration becomes a one-sided affair and not a tradition involving the peaceful and respectful transfer of power. Through this election and many more, presidential inaugurations demonstrate the strong nature of democracy in the United States. As partisan divides grow more apparent, I hope Inauguration Day in the future can be a time to reflect on what is working in our system of government. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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CITY OF ST. JOSEPH NOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT CDB ALLEY Notice is hereby given that the City Council of St. Joseph will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 to in the Government Center Council Chambers, 75 Callaway St. E, consider the making of an improvement on the east/west and north/south alleys between First Ave. NW and College Avenue N by constructing bituminous surfacing, storm sewer, sanitary sewer and decorative amenities pursuant to MN Statute § 429.011 to 429.111.
The estimated cost of the improvement is $490,000. A reasonable estimated cost of the impact of the assessments will be available at the hearing and on the City website (www.cityofstjoseph.com). Such persons, as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvement, will be heard at this meeting. Judy Weyrens Administrator Publish: Jan. 27 and Feb. 3, 2017
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VACATION OF DRAINAGE EASEMENT OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, ST. JOSEPH PROFESSIONAL PLAT The St. Joseph City Council shall conduct a public hearing at 6 p.m., or shortly thereafter, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 at the St. Joseph City Hall. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the vacation of a portion of a drainage easement for part of Lot 1, Block 1, St. Joseph Professional Plat. The request has been submitted by O’Reilly Auto Enterprises LLC.
All persons wishing to be heard will be heard with oral testimony limited to five (5) minutes. Written testimony may be submitted to the City Administrator, City of St. Joseph, P.O. Box 668, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374.
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Community Calendar Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders. com. Friday, Jan. 27 Tae Guk Kwon Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-2677717. Saturday, Jan. 28 Piano Day faculty concert, 2:30 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University. Chili Cook-Off, 5-7 p.m., Northland Bible Baptist Church, 3686 CR 8 SE, St. Cloud. Free dinner. Call 320-252-5677 for reservations. Monday, Jan. 30 St. Joseph Food Shelf open, 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, between Minnesota and Cedar Street on First Avenue NW, St. Joseph. Depression/Bi-Polar Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-529-9000.
St. Joseph Township Board, 8 p.m., St. Joseph Township Hall, 935 College Ave. S. Wednesday, Feb. 1 Greater St. Cloud Community Pillars, 7:30-10 a.m., River’s Edge Convention Center, 10 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. Register at pillars. greaterstcloud.com. Walk-In FAFSA Workshop, get help completing a FAFSA application for state and federal financial aid, 4-7 p.m., Miller Center, St. Cloud State University. 400 Sixth St. S., St. Cloud. 320-308-2022. International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 6 p.m., guest speaker Mehnaz Afridi, presentation “The Shoah through Muslim Eyes,” Ritsche Auditorium, St. Cloud State University. Thursday, Feb. 2 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. St. Joseph Food Shelf open, 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, between Minnesota and Cedar Street on First Avenue NW, St. Joseph.
District 742 Junior High Band Concert, 2:30 p.m., Ritchie Auditorium, St. Cloud State University. St. Joseph Planning Commission, 6 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com. Free Hip Pain Seminar, 6-7:30 p.m., St. Cloud Orthopedics, 1901 Connecticut Ave. S., Sartell. 320255-5606. centracare.com. Great River Regional Coin Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. 320-241-9229. Friday, Feb. 3 St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. Tae Guk Kwon Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-2677717. Saturday, Feb. 4 Sartell Winter Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N, Sartell. www.marketmonday.org.
Judy Weyrens Administrator/Clerk Publish: Jan. 20 and 27, 2017
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Sports from front page because of changes since Title IX. The 1972 legislative approval of Title IX created new avenues for girls and women in sports, and it helped make the career of Mahlum come to full bloom as director of the College of St. Benedict’s recreation program. That law, an education amendment, is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any school that receives federal funds. “As a professional in athletics and recreation, it is our responsibility to carry on the legacy of providing quality sport experiences for girls and women,” she said. “CSB has led the way in providing sport opportunities for women (with) competitive collegiate sport experiences, club sport experiences, girls summer sports camps, intramurals and recreation and we continue to push the envelope to be better and stronger every year. As a young girl, I didn’t have to fight to play a sport I loved. Opportunities have always been available to me. “I am grateful for the student athlete experience I had while playing volleyball for CSB, and am truly grateful for the past 21 years as the recreation and club sports director. It has afforded me lifelong experiences and a career to fulfill what Title IX has provided girls and women so my daughter, and any other girl or woman who plays sports, has the opportunity to shine for many generations to come.” Kimble said Mahlum works tirelessly to provide the ultimate best in facilities, resources, programming and experience for women in sports on the CSB campus and in the area.
He said she is a strong advocate for girls’ and women’s sports and has been nominated for the award several times in the past. Mahlum, a CSB graduate, played volleyball at the college for two years. She was unable to play during her senior year due to an injury. During her four years as a student at CSB, she was the intramural department student manager, managing all intramural sports leagues offered at the time. “Interestingly enough, when my supervisor at that time took me out to lunch to talk about my future and what I wanted to pursue, I said ‘Someday, I want this job,’” Mahlum recalled. She said her dream became a reality when she was hired in 1997. Some areas in which Mahlum has helped bring about changes include being the head junior varsity/assistant varsity volleyball coach at CSB for the 2000 and 2001 seasons and increasing group exercise offerings at CSB from eight classes each week, each semester, to 15-20 classes each week, each semester. As programs and services grew, the need for more student staff grew, increasing from 25 student employees to 60-65 today. She supervises these student employees who help execute programs and services including officials, desk attendants, lifeguards, group-exercise instructors, personal trainers and more. Mahlum developed a personal-training program. She also integrated technology with two equipment systems. One called Expresso involves virtual racing bikes where riders can race against each other or against others at other locations and in competitions. Another is the Preva System on cardio equipment.
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She also developed a Women’s Expedition program to provide outdoor experiences for women to explore areas such as dog sledding, winter camping, outdoor rock climbing, canoeing, camping, hiking and more. Mahlum continues to add new intramural options for CSB students, such as volleyball, basketball, soccer, tennis, badminton, ping pong, kickball, racquetball, floor hockey, lawn games, pickle ball and more. She has also increased competitive sport offerings by supporting, advocating and expanding the CSB competitive sports. Mahlum started the first Rape Aggression Defense Women’s Self Defense program in the state and helped establish the program at 10 other colleges in the state. She became a certified cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructor for American Red Cross and then the American Heart Association to provide certification to student staff and all students on campus. Mahlum has planned many campus-wide events such as Insane in the Haehn, Women’s Walk, Illuminated Run for President Hinton’s inauguration, and organized an outreach program for Girl Scout fun night with local troops on campus. She also assisted with the renovation and expansion planning for athletic and recreation facilities at the Haehn Campus Center and outdoor fields. The Girls and Women in Sports Day event will also include a performance by the CSB Dance Team. The team recently finished in the top 15 in the nation at the Universal Dance Association Nationals, held at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla. Fans are invited to participate
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in a shooting contest at half-time. Some in-game promotions, including drawings, will take place during the event and T-shirts will be tossed when the Blazers score three-pointers during the game. Autographs by contributed photo the St. Benedict Marcia Mahlum (front, center), CSB director players will be of campus recreation, is pictured with fellow available after the employees Heidi Smith (left), former graduate assistant/assistant volleyball coach, and game. CSB Athletic Di- Amanda Anderson (right), associate director of rector Glen Werner campus recreation/assistant volleyball coach, commented about as well as campus recreation student employMahlum being ees (back row). Mahlum will be honored with the 2017 Breaking Barriers award at the Girls honored with the and Women in Sports Day Wednesday, Feb. 1. award. with her work to support and grow “Marcia was a competitive athlete when the real women in sport.” Werner, a CSB graduate, played results of the institution of Title IX legislation was felt in women’s on the Blazer basketball team, athletics,” Werner said. “It took which included four consecutive 20 years into the legislation before trips to the NCAA Division II Nareal strides were being seen and tional Tournament from 1990-93. felt by girls and women alike. She also helped the team to the In the 21 years Marcia has been Sweet 16 in 1992 and was part of leading sport and recreation efforts the 1993 squad that won its first 28 on campus at CSB, even more games in a row and made it to the progress can be seen and felt. We Division III Final Four. The team is now have a generation of women in the College of St. Benedict Hall who come to us with two decades of Fame. In her career, Werner worked of sport experience in playing on teams since they were toddlers. at the Colorado Springs Olympic Their expectation is that oppor- Training Center and at VillaSport tunities have been there for them Athletic Club and Spa in Colorado and will continue to be part of their Springs, Colo. before returning to daily life. Marcia has been instru- the college as the athletic director. Girls and Women in Sports Day mental in making the environment just what our women expect when has been celebrated nationally for they arrive. We have the programs, 31 years and the college has celeequipment and facilities in place brated the day with an event since to meet their fitness, recreational 2000. Admission to the game is free to and competitive needs. Marcia had been and remains a key support to all girls and women wearing sports past, present and future Bennies jerseys.