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Mural offers lesson in collaboration by TaLeiza Calloway news@thenewsleaders.com
Town Crier Community Showcase set April 20 at Kennedy
The first annual Community Showcase, sponsored by the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held April 20 at Kennedy Community School, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph. Free Earth Day fun includes music, family fun, children’s games and school tours. Come support your local businesses.
Empty Bowls is huge success
More than 1,000 people attended the 12th annual Empty Bowls event held March 24 in Calvary Community Church, St. Cloud. Event coordinators said the delicious soup, fabulous music and delightful atmosphere helped draw people to the event. They thank all who attended and volunteered their time, musical talents or worked so hard on the wooden or ceramic bowls as well as all the wonderful restaurants and businesses who donated the scrumptuous soup, bread, juice and other items to make the event so successful. Next year’s Empty Bowls will be held March 30.
March for Babies set April 13 at SCSU
A March of Dimes Walk will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13 at St. Cloud State University. Residents may sign up as individuals or a team of co-workers, family or friends at www.marchforbabies. org. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers
Spunktacular Days seeks floats for parade
Those interested in participating in the annual Avon Spunktacular Days Parade on Saturday, June 15, please contact Mary Eisenschenk at 320-248-3375, meisenschenk@lumber-one.com or visit www.avonmnchamber.com.
Volunteers sought for Llama Llama Read-A-Rama
Thirty-five volunteers are needed to read to children and assist with projects in preschools, Head Start Reach Up Inc., and Boys and Girls Clubs on April 1112. All readers are encouraged to talk about their work/daily life as part of their volunteer experience so children hear about the importance of reading in everyday activity. For information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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Kennedy students (left to right) Ilsa Shobe, Kelly Worm-Beneke and Macala Lafrentz listen as visual artist Dan Mondloch (right) shows them how to mix colors March 28.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students at Kennedy Community School channeled their “inner artist” to create a mural for the school. The project was funded through a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board, a nonprofit organization that works to promote and encourage the arts in the four-county area of Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties. More than 50 students at Kennedy worked with visual artist Dan Mondloch and Kennedy art teachers Jackie Bautch and Peggy Eigen to create a multi-panel mural installation depicting one of three naturally occurring biomes in Minnesota known as an “Oak Savannah.” “It’s kind of a tribute to the way things were,” Mondloch Mural • page 8
City seeks applicants for planning commission by TaLeiza Calloway news@thenewsleaders.com
New faces could continue to fill seats on the St. Joseph Planning Commission after the recent announcement of Joe Dubel’s retirement. Dubel, an engineer, told the city this week
he will vacate his seat on the planning commission. St. Joseph Mayor Rick Schultz shared the update with city board and commission members during their annual meeting April 1 at city hall. Schultz said Dubel has residences in both St. Michael and
St. Joseph and is in transition. Dubel’s term would have ended in January 2014. The new vacancy is the fourth one to be filled this year. There were three open seats on the city’s planning commission earlier this year. Those seats are held by commission
chairwoman Sister Kathleen Kalinowski and member Ross Rieke, whose terms expired in January; and one additional open seat that ends in 2014. Planning commission members serve for three years. City council members apCity • page 7
Reliable rolls on to success in disposal by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Ask Tom Dullinger about working hard, and he will have lots of experiences to share. Dullinger, who has been in business for 15 years, knows about hard work and what it takes to make a business successful. Dullinger owns and operates “Reliable Rolloff,” a roll-off dumpster business. With four trucks, 173 dumpsters and an on-site transfer station, Reliable Rolloff can help customers safely dispose of waste materials. Dullinger said he tells his children hard work got him where he is today and that same hard work will take them to the next level in their future. “We are not the biggest busiReliable • page 4
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Reliable Rolloff recycles waste materials at its new transfer station. These dumpsters contain a load of steel (front), wood (back left) and tires (back right) to be recycled.
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United Way made difference in St. Joseph
Employees of St. Joseph businesses contributed $34,754 to this year’s United Way of Central Minnesota campaign. Throughout the year, UWCM partners with community employers, individuals and organizations to address community conditions through employee campaigns, fundraising projects and volunteerism. The need is great, and the response to this need by the St. Joseph community is just as great. Last year in St. Joseph: 465 children and adults received food, clothing, resided in an emergency shelter or transitional housing, received short-term financial assistance or other basic necessities; 495 children between birth and age five received books through United Way’s Imagination Library program; and 40 households increased their level of financial stability and understanding of budgeting basics to help them move forward in their lives. This year’s UWCM campaign has so far raised a total of $3.7 million of our $4-million goal. On behalf of the United Way board, the staff and the numerous volunteers who conduct the UWCM work and projects in our community, thank you for your support and generosity. The St. Joseph community truly knows what it means to Live United.
If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or TriCounty Crime Stoppers at 320-2551301 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 crimes. March 18 6:04 p.m. Assist. 1st Avenue SE. Person lost balance, slid to the floor and needed help getting up. Officer had St. Joseph Fire Department assist. Person refused any medical help. 6:21 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. 17th Avenue SE. Vehicle was parked outside of caller’s house for 20 minutes, turned around, drove through a stop sign at the end of the block, then parked at other end of the block for about five minutes and headed west on 17th. Officer found vehicle parked at a friend’s house on 17th Avenue SE. No problems. 8:23 p.m. Business assist. College Avenue N. Employee forgot and only
Easter Bunny big hit at Community Party contributed photos
Above, the big winners (left to right) Aryana Suess, 6, Rockville; Amber Field, 7, Cold Spring, Will Hemmesch, 4, Sartell; Lennox Henningsgaard, 2, Duluth; Anja Harju, 3, St. Joseph; and Shiloh Henningsgaard, 4, Duluth at the Community Easter Party, sponsored by the St. Joseph Jaycees, March 30 at All Saints Academy, St. Joseph. At right, Gavin Meyer, son of Kayla and Eric Meyer, St. Joseph, checks out the Easter Bunny pretty closely during the Community Easter Party, sponsored by the St. Joseph Jaycees March 30 at All Saints Academy. More than 170 kids participated
charged a customer’s credit for the other items but did not charge for the gas that customer purchased. Officer called the customer and she agreed to call and take care of it. March 20 11:21 p.m. Suspicious activity. College Avenue S. Caller heard sounds like someone pounding on a door inside apartment and stated there had been ongoing issues with the couple. Caller stated pounding stopped, but female was in a women’s shelter last week. Officer spoke with the resident female who stated she and her husband were sleeping and had been getting along for the night. Officers separated the two and spoke with both. Female insisted they were sleeping. The apartment was in order and nothing gave the impression there had been any trouble. Officer spoke with a female in another apartment who said she also heard some pounding noise, but she said it was coming from the laundry room like someone was doing laundry and nothing sounded alarming.
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March 21 7:24 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. County Road 2 near the trail. Complaint of a white van parked near a bus stop in the morning at inconsistent times. Observed this vehicle this morning. Officer stopped and identified the driver by his Minnesota driver’s license. He stated he had waited for a co-worker for four-five times in the past month. 9:36 a.m. Identify theft. Able Court E. Person had their taxes done and found someone had already filed under his Social Security number. He needed to report this through the police for IRS. 4:11 p.m. Medical assist. Baker Street E. Seven-month-old was sitting on the table and fell off and hit his head. Officer checked child over until Gold Cross and Rescue arrived. Gold Cross transported. March 23 12:16 p.m. College Avenue N. Officer responded to an accident without injuries at the intersection of College Avenue N. and Date Street. Officer arrived on the scene and both parties were outside of the vehicles. Driver one stated she was going north on
Kennedy participates in JA Biztown contributed photos
Kennedy Community School sixth-graders went to Junior Achievement Biztown March 26 in Maplewood, Minn. Participating students included (above, left to right) Ben Mehr, Halie Anderson-Kipka, Zac Gadient, Brian Gohman and Bo Sitala; and (below) Liz Wolff, Tanner Roob, Bonn Wengert, Hunter Hurd, Lily Burrett and Michaela Chandler. At Biztown the students ran a town for the day and had jobs in one of the town’s businesses. Prior to attending Biztown, the students learned how to write checks, deposit tickets and fill out check registers. They also learned about our economy and practiced philanthropy. They had fun being adults for a day.
College and driver two turned into her. Driver two said driver one went around her as she was making a lefthand turn onto Date Street and they hit. Information was exchanged and photos taken of the damage. 4:20 p.m. Hit-and-run accident. 4th Avenue SE. Vehicle was parked on the street. Vehicle one backed out of the address and struck vehicle two. Vehicle one attempted to make contact with the owner according to a neighbor. Then all occupants got back into van and left. Follow-up to continue. March 24 7:09 a.m. Hit-and-run. Iris Lane E. Vehicle hit a mailbox and left. Caller stated the mailbox is the neighbor’s across the street. Officer drove by and observed the post was destroyed as well as mailbox. Will wait for owner to call in. 9 p.m. Verbal argument. Bake Street E. Verbal argument between two. One person was leaving the parking lot and while backing up almost struck the second person. Second person admitted walking up to the vehicle and not thinking it was
intentional. Both told a similar story. March 25 5:26 p.m. Alarm complaint. 4th Avenue SE. Caller complained of hearing a house alarm going off inside a house that is for sale. Officer got in touch with the realtor who gave him the garage door code. The code did not work. Realtor advised officer to clear it and he would get it checked out. March 27 1 p.m. Dog complaint. Callaway Street E. Woman out walking her dogs and a black lab came from another address. The dog crossed the street, put one of her two dogs’ neck in its mouth and ended up getting pulled off by its owner. Based on conversations with both owners, the lab’s owner will be sent a letter for potentially dangerous dog. The two dogs appeared to be uninjured. March 9. 6:21 p.m. Suspicious activity. Birch Street W. Caller reported three people trying to get in a house. Owner locked himself out and had to go through the window to get in.
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Fundraiser helps Johnson battle cancer by Mark Lauer news@thenewsleaders.com
On Saturday, April 13 a fundraising dinner will be held from 3-8 p.m. at the El Paso Sports Bar and Grill for a young St. Joseph woman who was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer last fall. Lindsey Johnson, 22, daughter of Gary and Mary Johnson of St. Joseph, is a senior at the College of St. Benedict. In October, Lindsey was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that affects mainly children and adolescents. It’s one of a group of cancers known collectively as the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors and is the second most-common bone cancer in children. Although it can occur at any age, it very rarely occurs in adults over the age of 30. At the time of her diagnosis, Johnson was scheduled to
graduate from CSB last December. But due to the length and intensity of her treatments, she was unable to graduate when she had planned. Since then, she has earned the needed credits to graduate from college, and she plans to take part in the spring commencement exercise in May with the rest of her CSB/SJU classmates. Currently, Johnson is being treated at the University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. She has completed nine rounds of chemotherapy and numerous radiation treatments, and will also receive a stem-cell transplant. Despite the months of painful and exhausting treatments, she has continued to show remarkable courage and strength. Her graduation plans only serve to underscore that point. Johnson grew up in St. Joseph, attended St. Joseph Lab
Park board plans to revive city 5K by TaLeiza Calloway news@thenewsleaders.com
Members of the St. Joseph Park Board want to revive a city tradition. Talks are underway to bring back a 5K community race to be held during the the annual Millstream Arts Festival, typically the last Sunday in September. John Anderson, chairman of the city’s park board, said the plan is to try to bring the event back this year. The route is still being determined. “We used to have one (a race) about three or four years ago,” Anderson said. “It’s a good community event.” Anderson said with the draw of Millstream festivalgoers, adding the race to the weekend is a way to simply add more events for more people. Anderson is set to meet with members of the St. Joseph Lions Club to see
if the group will help out with the event with plans to develop more partnerships to make the event happen. Thousands visited St. Joseph for the 13th annual Millstream Arts festival last September. The event that usually lines the sides of Minnesota Street grew so much some artists were also lined up along College Avenue this time. There were more than 50 artists – a lot of them new to the festival. There were also more than 10 food vendors, including a new food offering of homemade lefse, a Norwegian potato-based flat bread. As park board members continue to plan for the re-introduction of the 5K, residents and community members are asked to assist by sharing ideas or even volunteering. Anderson said those who are interested in helping with the 5K event can contact him at johnand1951@charter.net.
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ers, brats and other picnic fare. A cash raffle will be held, as well as a prize raffle. Tickets for the raffles can be purchased at the event. Cash donations and other prizes are accepted. For more information, call 320-363-4219.
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ball complex. There will also be a blessing ceremony at 12:20 p.m. A free pre-game cookout is planned, starting at 11 a.m. Money raised will go to the SJU baseball program for uniforms, equipment and field additions. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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Reliable Rolloff owner Tom Dullinger (center) stands with his two sons, Brad (left) and Grant[‘, in front of two of his trucks. The business operates four trucks. seph. He, Sue and their six children Dullinger stopped driving relocated back to St. Joseph. After working for Superior truck and started an excavatServices for more than a year, ing business. After three years, from front page Jerry Henkemeyer, who owned during which time he comness in town, but our service Park Refuse, bought out Phillips bined six different businesses will be the best of any other Systems and asked Dullinger the company had purchased business, guaranteed,” Dull- if he could train someone to into one business, Dullinger inger said. drive the truck he had previ- was relieved of his duties as In the beginning, Dullinger ously driven. Since the exca- general manager in 1997. Since he had been working operated only a single truck. To vating business wasn’t doing keep the business going meant very well, Dullinger asked if he in the field for more than 15 he needed to drive that truck could have the job and Henke- years, Dullinger decided it was time to start his own business. from 3:30 a.m. until dark dur- meyer accepted. He was able to locate a truck ing the summer months. During the following two Having grown up on a small years, Dullinger worked for and 16 dumpsters that were for dairy farm in St. Wendel Town- Henkemeyer from 2 a.m.-noon. sale in Willmar. Dullinger paid ship, Dullinger had learned He would then do his excavat- a down payment of $500 and about hard work at a young age. ing until dark. Dullinger then was given two weeks to pay it Work was hard on the farm. He sold the excavating piece by off in full. He put together a business worked six days a week and did piece during the next two years. chores on Sundays. After three years, Park Re- plan and presented it to four “We grew up poor by today’s fuse sold out to BFI. In five area banks and was turned standards, but as kids we didn’t years, Dullinger was promoted down by each one. With only worry about that,” Dullinger to supervisor and then safety one day left to pay off the bill, said. “There was always some- and maintenance manager. He Dullinger asked his friend and thing we could find to have fun was later promoted to opera- former employer, Jerry Henkeor get in trouble with. We lived tions manager and relocated his myer, if he could lend him the money to get started. Henkein rock country, so every year family to Rochester. we picked stones (for) what Dullinger was then promoted meyer said “yes” and ‘Reliable seemed like forever.” to general manager of the Roch- Rolloff’ was started in January After graduating from Sartell ester and Albert Lea districts. of 1998. In the beginning, he operHigh School, Dullinger entered Because he noticed BFI was the workforce. He worked at having some financial problems ated the business out of his barn straightening, welding and and they were starting to re- home and parked the truck and driving a front-load garbage duce their upper management, dumpsters on his brother-intruck for Phillips Systems. Dullinger accepted a job offer law’s farm by St. Joseph. During the years 1998-2002, Dullinger married Sue Reber. as the general manager with At first they lived in St. Cloud Superior Services for their St. Dullinger purchased 79 large and later moved near St. Jo- Cloud and Buffalo locations. dumpsters. In 2002, he purchased a 1992 truck for his brother, Vern, to drive when things got busy and to be used as a spare when the 1998 truck needed work. Document Shredding The following year, Dullinger
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purchased another 16 large dumpsters and also bought one acre of land in the East Industrial Park in St. Joseph. In 2004, he bought another 16 large dumpsters and a brand new truck to replace the original truck, which was then 16 years old. The new truck has an automatic transmission and air conditioning and was like “heaven” to Dullinger, who had been using a manual transmission without air conditioning for the previous six years. In 2006, he added another eight large dumpsters and built a building on the land he had purchased in 2003. He moved from the farm to the new location. The following year, Dullinger purchased another acre of land that was adjacent to his land and purchased eight more large dumpsters. Dullinger purchased a second new truck and hired his first employee – his son, Brad, in 2008. Dullinger said his business was fortunate to have had many new home-construction builders who worked with him from the start. “The business they gave us was huge to the success of Reliable Rolloff,” Dullinger said. However, as the construction business took a downturn, his business was also affected. Dullinger said he saw several of his customers cutting way back and some having to file for bankruptcy. He saw one of his customers in new-home construction who had been using 213 dumpsters through its business decrease down to six dumpsters two years later.
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com The business has been gaining since then, but Dullinger says it’s still very slow. “Reliable Rolloff was able to stay afloat through this downturn because we also have customers who are in the remodeling and re-roofing business,” Dullinger said. “Homeowners also use our dumpsters for their own construction or for cleanout projects. We are so thankful for this much-needed business.” With 143 large dumpsters, Dullinger decided in 2011 to add 20-yard and 30-yard dumpsters (bigger than the 10-yard ones he’d always used) to offer more options to customers and to increase revenue. He purchased a 1995 truck with five 20-yard and five 30-yard containers. Since then, he has also added another 11 20-yard and nine 30-yard containers. Last year, he added a 50’ x 72’ transfer station to his existing building. That allowed him to accept waste materials from customers who have small loads and don’t require a dumpster. It also allows customers to get rid of it at curbside. The transfer station allowed him to hire his second employee – another son, Grant, who recycles the construction loads that previously were hauled to the landfill. Since opening the transfer station, Dullinger has recycled or donated 3,200 pounds of electrical wire, 61 tons of steel, 4.46 tons of aluminum, 16.84 tons of cardboard and 8.84 tons of vinyl siding. Dullinger has worked hard since beginning his business 15 years ago. He is grateful for the
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customers who have helped the business to grow and succeed. “We are so thankful for all of the customers we have, most of whom have been with us since we started,” Dullinger said. “We are hopeful the housing market will improve in the years ahead and we will be able to continue to grow our business through hard work and service that comes from small businesses who are dedicated contributed photo to their customers.” Reliable Rolloff now employs This Reliable Rolloff dumpster contains a load of cardboard to three full-time and three part- be recycled. Since opening a transfer station, the business has time family members. Dullin- recycled 16.84 tons of cardboard. ger’s biggest triumph has been hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. MonThe business does not acbeing able to keep up with the day-Friday and 8 a.m.-noon cept any hazardous waste or business when the home-build- Saturdays. The business also gas-fired refrigerators. Tires, ing business was booming. is open “by appointment.” To batteries and appliances with “Being in business once be- schedule an appointment, call freon are accepted for an adfore, being a general manager 320-363-1194. ditional charge. responsible for profit-and-loss and a hardwork ethic taught on the farm, got me through,” Dullinger said. He said his greatest struggles in business came when the housing bubble burst. He needed to watch spending much more closely and had to figure out a way to increase revenue. Fuel prices and insurance costs are also very hard to recover from in an economic downturn; fuel prices are more than double since he first started the business, and insurance costs continue to rise yearly. Reliable Rolloff dumpsters can be used for shingle and siding removal, new-home construction, remodeling debris, general household cleanup and other things. Customers who have small loads of waste can Find spring words in get rid of their materials at this puzzle and write curbside at the transfer station. them on the lines below. Reliable transfer station
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Support old, new city traditions
There’s nothing like a good comeback. That second time around might be just what was needed to revive an event or start a new tradition. Well, the St. Joseph Park Board is in comeback mode and it should be commended for it. While lack of funding of projects and not having enough volunteers are easy deterrents in moving projects forward, this city board is forging ahead with new ideas to bring people together. The most recent idea executed by the board was the introduction of Joetown Snowtown, a winter event that featured ice skating, sledding, snowshoeing and chili tasting. The event was held in February. Despite low attendance, park board members plan to do it again next year and make it even better, officials said. They view it as a learning experience and not a total flop. City traditions are what shape a place and its people. Whether old or new, they are worth the investment and the park board understands that. They should not stand alone in their efforts. As city officials work to collaborate to make St. Joseph a destination point, more consideration should be given as to how to support the comeback of city traditions and how to contribute to the success of new ones. Members of the park board are also working on bringing back a 5K event in St. Joseph. They hope to host the event during the weekend of the annual Millstream Arts Festival, typically the last Sunday in September. It’s been about three or four years since the city has hosted the 5K event. Why not bring it back? There are so many events for which St. Joseph is known. Signature events include the Fourth of July Parish Festival and the Joetown Rocks concert, the annual Millstream Arts Festival and the holiday tree-lighting ceremony. All of those events are popular with people far and wide but are associated with St. Joseph simply because they are held within its city limits. That’s fine, but there are few events that are solely sponsored by the city. Maintenance of events like Joetown Snowtown and the revival of the 5k event is one way to change that. These efforts deserve support.
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Secret-service appointment is sign of progress It’s safe to say there have been a lot of “firsts” during the tenure of President Barack Obama. His election is the most notable as the first African-America president. Another first came recently when Obama named the first woman as the head of the secret service. He appointed Julia Pierson as the next director of the U.S. Secret Service on March 27, making her the first woman ever to hold that job. Hooray for progress! I was happy to read about that appointment. It not only shows times are changing but are changing for the better when it comes to gender equality in employment and leadership. The 53-year-old was chosen for her experience rather than her gender. Her 30 years of experience was enough to lead to her promotion. Pierson was named director while she was serving as the chief of staff for the secret service, the agency that, among other things, is expected to protect the president, Vice President Joe Biden, the first family and other designees. She succeeds former Director Mark Sullivan in the post. Sullivan announced his retirement earlier this year follow-
TaLeiza Calloway Reporter ing almost 30 years with the agency and almost seven years of which he was director. All I could say was “Wow!” as I continued to read the newspaper article. I hope other women and girls who learn about this historic feat do the same someday. It should make us all proud. After I read the story I started to think about other women who stand out in leadership roles. I thought about Condoleeza Rice and Hilary Clinton. Rice served as the 66th U.S. Secretary of State and was the first female AfricanAmerican to serve in that post. Rice also served as President George W. Bush’s National Security advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that position. Clinton is an American politician who was the 67th U.S. Secretary of State from 2009-13, serving under
Obama. She was previously a U.S. senator from New York from 2001-09. These are just two examples in the government sector. But what about the representation of women in other areas? According to the 2012 Catalyst Census, women representation in Fortune 500 business has stagnated in recent years. In 2012, 14 percent of executive officers at Fortune 500 companies were women. Their representation made up 14.1 percent in 2011. During the same year about 16.6 percent of board seats were held by women. In 2011, 16.1 percent of board members were women. Those percentages remained close to the same for the last three years and only increased by a few percentage points since 2009 when women made up 13.5 percent of executive officers and about 15 percent of boards. It’s taken years for women to achieve high-leadership posts so when they do it’s worth noting. I was happy to see Pierson’s accomplishment on the front pages of national and local newspapers. In my opinion, her promotion is definitely worth noting.
Early education investments will place kids on path to success Much has been written about the longterm benefits of high-quality early education and all-day kindergarten, especially for poor children. Research abounds to support investments in young learners as a critical way to close achievement gaps and improve student outcomes. Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget contains significant new investments for both early childhood education and all-day kindergarten, and every sign indicates substantial investments for early learning will be coming out of the legislature as well. Minnesota is home to some of the most compelling research on the high return of investment for early learning – up to $16 for every $1 invested according to former Federal Reserve Chair Art Rolnick. And there’s more: Childdevelopment researchers at the University of North Carolina recently published a study that found low-income students who attended preschool had higher math and reading scores in third grade than their low-income peers who did not. City University of New York conducted a study showing one in six students who can’t read at grade level by third grade will not finish high school by age 19 – nearly four times the rate of their more proficient peers. A study begun in 1962 in Michigan tracked two groups of low-income students – those who attended preschool and those who did not – and found at age 40, participants who attended preschool had attained higher levels of education, earned higher wages, were more likely to own a home and were less likely to have been incarcerated than those who did not attend preschool. Yet, despite the evidence, pockets of opposition continue to question the wis-
Brenda Cassellius MN Commissioner of Education dom of early childhood education. To which I say this: if you want a real life success story that illustrates the potential for high-quality early education to change a life, look at me. I was a Head Start baby. I can personally attest to the value of early learning, not only the early benefits to a poor girl growing up in the projects of south Minneapolis, but the long-term effects on my life. I could easily have ended up in a cycle of poverty and dependence, but I didn’t. Why? For many reasons, including hard work and a little bit of luck, but also because of the early opportunities I received and the parenting support given to my mother, who had my sister at 16 and me at 20. Head Start allowed me to develop school-readiness skills and a love of learning that have lasted a lifetime. I remember the fun of outlining my 4-yearold body on a big sheet of paper and labeling my parts, of watching a celery stalk turn red in a glass full of tinted water, of reading my first book, Harold and the Purple Crayon, and imagining my own dreams for adventure as I drew them with a purple crayon. My best memory, though, is when my teacher would round us up in a circle at the end of the day to touch the tip of her “magic wand” to the top of our heads, and if we were good and had done all of our work, the magic star on the end would light up. Why do these experiences matter now,
nearly four decades later? Because they taught me perhaps preschool’s greatest contribution to a students’ future success; the so-called “soft skills,” which help children learn how to pay attention and stay on task. My earliest teachers shaped me by instilling not only a love of learning, but also the principles of hard work, goodness and perseverance. These qualities cannot be measured by a test, but they matter a great deal in a competitive and diverse global economy and are necessary for success in life. I’ve been lucky. Lucky to be born in the right decade and that my mother had access to resources and support. Lucky to have had great teachers who pushed me to be my best. Lucky that wise Minnesotans who came before me realized a good education for every child was the surest way to strengthen our state’s competitive edge, leading a generation’s War on Poverty and crafting a Minnesota Miracle along the way. But should it come down to luck? The Governor and I believe not. We believe all children deserve access to the same great start I had. Investing now, this year, in our youngest learners – with more scholarships for high-quality earlyeducation programming and increased access to all-day kindergarten – gives us the best chance to fully leverage the potential that lies within every child. We may never be able to fully measure the profound impact early learning has on life success. Or maybe we can. Maybe we’re just waiting for a future education commissioner – a little girl or boy learning and dreaming in a sun-filled classroom today – to show us just how it’s done. Send it to:
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City from front page proved two appointments to the planning commission in January. At that time the city’s planning commission welcomed back Rieke, who was reappointed, and gained new leadership with the addition
of newcomers Chad Hausmann and Matt Killam. The planning commission meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month at city hall. It’s an advisory board that manages city growth through implementation of the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance. St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens said more
information about how to apply for the open seat will soon be on the city’s website, www. cityofstjoseph.com. The deadline for applications has yet to be determined. Any questions about the position can also be answered by calling city hall. Plans are to fill the vacancy this month. Attempts to reach Dubel for comment were unsuccessful.
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Friday, April 5 St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 610 N. C.R. 2, St. Joseph. www.stjosephfarmersmarket. com. Saturday, April 6 Maple Syrup Fest, 1-4 p.m., St. John’s Arboretum. Registration is near St. John’s Prep School. Call 320-363-3163 or visit www.csbsju. edu/arboretum. 4-H Camp Counselor meeting, 9 a.m. new counselors, 10 a.m.– 1 p.m. all counselors, 6:30 p.m., Midtown Square Mall, 3400 First St. N., Room 218, St. Cloud. www.extension.umn.edu.
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Visual artist Dan Mondloch gives students instructions before they begin painting a mural March 28 at Kennedy Community School. Mondloch is a rostered artist with the Central Minnesota Arts Board and has helped students create murals in several school districts.
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com said of the mural. Students worked well together and displayed the kind of togetherness the program promotes. Mondloch said he was also surprised at how fast they worked. By the second day of the week-long project, students had every panel covered with paint. It usually takes a little longer. “Art is very personal,” Mondloch said. “One of the outcomes was for them to learn to work together.” Mondloch is a rostered artist with CMAB and in his first year as an artist-in-residence. While this was his first time in St. Joseph, he has worked on similar projects with students in Sartell and Little Falls. He said he enjoys working in school settings. In addition to a lesson on teamwork, another learning outcome for the project was sharing how to mix colors. It worked. The panels of the mural are made of masonite and pine boards. Students used acrylic paints to paint the nature scene that includes shades of blue, brown, orange and gold. Teacher Bautch said this was the first year the students participated in a group-
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Seventh- and-eighth grade students at Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph recently completed a mural for their school. The art depicts one of three naturally occurring biomes in Minnesota known as an “Oak Savannah.”
mural project. She said she hopes to do similar projects in the future. “It’s pretty amazing,” Bautch said. “They’ve really enjoyed it. It’s been a learning process for a lot of them.” Student Peter Nelson thought painting a mural would be a difficult task. As the project wrapped up, the St. Joseph resident was glad to see how it came together. “It was a lot easier than I thought,” Nelson said. Erik Hennings of St. Joseph is familiar with the art of painting, but this was his first mural. The 14-year-old has assisted his father with theatrical painting to help create sets. “It was fun,” Hennings said. “I learned a lot about teamwork.” On the last day of painting, the spirit of teamwork couldn’t be missed. All were analyzing the final product. As clutches of students added finishing touches, Maggie Hamerlinck finalized some of the mural’s details before it was varnished. “I like it,” Hamerlinck said. “I think it will look cool on the wall. It’s something different.”
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Maggie Hamerlinck, 13, of St. Joseph, adds finishing touches to one of the mural panels March 28. The eighth-grade student was one of more than 50 students to work on the mural for Kennedy Community School. Many students liked the idea of being able to see their work in the hall of their school. Bautch said this was one of the main perks of the project. She wanted to add permanent art to the school and what better artists than students to
create it. Seventh-grade student Mohammed Ali was one of many students eager to see the mural completed. “It’s really nice,” Ali said. “It’s going to turn out nice when we’re done.”