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Council OK’s Four-year-old gets hero’s welcome Town Crier aquatics Friday, April 10, 2015 Volume 26, Issue 15 Est. 1989
Family friendly fun during community showcase
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce will host its annual community showcase from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at the Kennedy Community School gym. The event will showcase local small businesses, with proceeds from sponsorships benefiting the St. Joseph Chamber. There will be live music, as well as entertainment for the kids. For more information, visit stjosephchamber.com.
St. Joseph bunny winners announced
The winners for the Newsleaders’ Easter bunny giveaway are as follows: Avon State Bank, Travis Gertken, Avon; Central Minnesota Credit Union, Janet Huls, St. Joseph; Local Blend, Debbie Emery, St. Joseph; McDonald’s St. Joseph, Catelyn Smith, Avon; Once Upon a Child, Kate Peterson, Waite Park; St. Joseph Meat Market, Edna Johnson, Milton; and Wenner Cos., Landon Kraemer, Richmond.
Fire department hosts CPR training class
The St. Joseph Fire Department will host a CPR training class free to residents of St. Joseph and St. Joseph and St. Wendel townships from 6-9 p.m. Monday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 22 at the fire hall. Only one day is required. Space is limited to 30. To register, call the city at 320-363-7201.
Family event to celebrate County Government Month
Residents are invited to come out and play, and learn, at an open house from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 11 at the Stearns County Highway Department, 455 28th Ave. S., Waite Park (down the road from Mill’s Fleet Farm). Seeing the Highway Department’s massive equipment and climbing inside those vehicles is part of Stearns County’s celebration of National County Government Month. Kids and adults alike will enjoy getting a good look at the variety of road repair and maintenance equipment used by our Highway Department – bulldozers, loaders, bucket trucks, tractors, backhoes, stripers, sign truck, tractor with mower and boom cutter, pavers, rollers, snowplows, crack-sealing equipment, skidsteers, patching equipment and more. Attendees will also be able to take home a free load of sand for the children’s sandbox. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on April 10 criers. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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At the April 6 city council meeting, Fire Chief Jeff Taufen presented 4-year-old ShyAnn Jamison, St. Joseph, with a plaque thanking her for her life-saving actions. On Feb. 24, ShyAnn was staying at Hollow Park apartments, on Cypress Street in St. Joseph with her great-grandmother. The greatgrandmother, Gwynith Copner, pictured here with ShyAnn, had left the kitchen when ShyAnn noticed her dinner had started on fire. ShyAnn quickly ran to a neighboring apartment where a friend of the family lived, who used two fire extinguishers to help hold the flames down while the fire department was called. Taufen, as well as Police Chief Joel Klein, called ShyAnn a hero. Along with the plaque, ShyAnn received a backpack and a gift card to McDonald’s. ShyAnn is the daughter of Ashlee Jamison.
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On April 6, the city council chose to approve and move forward on the documents presented by Tom Schaffer of USAquatics, an aquatic consulting and design firm out of Delano, on behalf of the water amenity committee. USAquatics has created water amenities for other cities, including Gaylord and Owatonna. The next step will involve further designs, including 3Dmodeling of the possible water amenity, as well as site research and soil testing. The estimated cost of the next step in this process is $71,000. The motion was approved 3-2, with council members Renee Symanietz and Bob Loso dissenting.
Public comment
Early on in the council meeting, during the publiccomment portion, former council member Steve Frank stepped forward to offer his opinion on the subject. Frank said the survey the water amenity committee had conducted was not scientific, and did not represent a true sample of the city. The survey, consisting of 823 respondents, included residents of the city, students at the College of St. Benedict and residents outside of
the city. Frank felt since college students typically are not around as much during the summer, when the usage of an outdoor water facility is at its peak, their responses don’t hold as much weight. Frank also questioned the use of USAquatics as the consultant on this project, as USAquatics also participates in design and construction of water facilities. “I did not say we don’t design, I said our design doesn’t lock you into using us [for
construction management],” Schaffer later rebutted. Resident Margy Hughes also stepped up to the podium to speak during the publiccomment period. “June, July and August is a very small window of use... when we fall below the projected use, all of the maintenance is going to fall on the city,” Hughes said. In the documents presented by USAquatics, the outdoor facility would typically be open from Memorial Day
to Labor Day, and was projected to have 78 days of use per year. Jen Warnert, local resident and original splash-pad-committee founder, spoke in favor of the design. She was pleased with the direction the project had taken since it began. “We want to keep the momentum going,” Warnert said.
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The concept Schaffer presented was quite complex. InAquatics • page 8
City council accepts facilities recommendation by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
At the April 6 city council meeting, council members voted to accept the recommendations made by the facilities task force presented to the council by Phil Barnes of WSB and Associates Inc., a professional facilitator. The facilities task force was created after some serious turbulence was encountered about the city hall/ community center issue and has a few council members on it, as well as a number of residents. An outside facilitator was brought in to help guide the task force to a common understanding. The task force began by forming a vision statement which read: “St.
Joseph’s facilities align with the city’s needs, and are successful because they support a growing and diverse community and tax base, while providing an engaging, sustainable and affordable way to enhance community interaction and communication between citizens and government.” After a few meetings, the concerns were broken down, and a “vote-able” recommendation was reached. “We spent a whole meeting on municipal finance, and I can tell you at the end of the day, the task force knows they won’t become experts on municipal finance!” Barnes said photo by Logan Gruber with a laugh. Even though the task force might Phil Barnes, professional facilitator from WSB and Asnot be experts on finance, their sociates Inc., presents the task force’s recommendation City • page 2 April 6 to the St. Joseph City Council.
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City from front page recommendation is based on many good ideas and strong leadership. Basically, the task force recommends the city to move forward with a community-center facility first. “There is an understanding there are other needs outside of a government center,” Barnes said. The most important part of the community center, the task force thought, would be a multi-purpose gym. The gym
would be an open space for basketball, volleyball walking and more. “The task force also doesn’t want anything that would compete with the private sector,” Barnes noted, such as work-out equipment. Another need identified for the community center is a multi-purpose room for community gatherings, lectures, dances, classes and more. A library-type space is also recommended, but one that does not require full-time staffing. The location of the community center is also of importance, as listed in the memo. It should City • page 8
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If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should 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 crimes. March 22 12:11 a.m. Underage consumption. College Avenue S. Police arrived to a call of an intoxicated male. The male admitted to drinking alcohol and being underage. A field blood-alcohol test was administered, with a result of .265. The male was released to a sober friend. 4:46 a.m. Assault. Minnesota Street E. A man approached police, and said he was walking on the sidewalk when a gray car drove past him and someone threw a glass bottle out the window. He said the glass bottle struck him in the shin. The officer observed a one-inch-long cut on his shin. Gold Cross was called to bandage the wound. Police could not find pieces of a broken beer bottle in the mentioned area. March 23 3:34 p.m. Shoplifting. College Avenue S. A 65-year-old man was caught shoplifting and police were called. Police were able to talk the man into paying for the product. He agreed to not return to the premises. March 24 3:52 p.m. Dog at large. Jasmine Lane. An officer found a dog with a collar, but without tags. The owner was located and warned about the issue, and the
dog was returned.
March 25 1:07 a.m. Suspicious smell. 4th Avenue S. A woman reported a suspicious smell but could not tell where it was coming from. Police also could not locate the smell. 7:24 p.m. Medical. College Avenue S. A 21-year-old female was experiencing chest pain. After police and Gold Cross arrived, the chest pain subsided. March 26 7:51 p.m. Noise. Old Hwy 52. When police arrived, loud music and a large crowd of people were observed at the location. The resident, a 21-year-old male, was warned to keep the crowd in control. No keg was on site, but other alcohol products were. March 27 12:52 a.m. Intoxicated male. Minnesota Street W. A male was becoming belligerently drunk at a local bar. Police found the suspect, a 22-year-old male from Brainerd, being watched by a few people outside the the building. The man called his girlfriend, who took him home. March 28 12:28 a.m. Minor consumption. 2nd Avenue NW/Minnesota Street W. Four males were walking down the street, and an officer noticed one had an open beer. The males were stopped, and all admitted to being underage and drinking. All had their blood-alcohol level tested, and were issued citations for minor consumption. The one with the open container also received a verbal warning.
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They build relationships while winning awards by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Employees of the St. Joseph Meat Market once again have some bragging rights. They recently brought home a few awards to add to their vast collection, which includes some national awards displayed at the business. The St. Joseph Meat Market won six awards at the 75th annual convention of the Minnesota Association of Meat Processors. The awards included grandchampion awards for their braunschweiger and fresh specialty small-diameter sausage (fresh apple wild rice breakfast link); a third-place award for their innovative pork (a smoked hot link), and fourthplace awards for their small diameter traditional sausage (smoked maple breakfast link), prepared food item (bacon wrapped smoked rabbit) and uncooked fresh maple breakfast links. Meat Market owner Harvey Pfannenstein wanted to emphasize the competition is not so much about winning awards as much as it’s about building relationships in their field. He
said the Minnesota Association of Meat Processors has done a wonderful job of bringing people in the field together. Pfannenstein said they held a pre-convention workshop in the sausage kitchen at the meat market. Scientists from the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities brought in portable bleachers and organized and coordinated the workshop. They also explained the science behind making the products. During the workshop, Kelly Gall Washa from Grand Champion Meats in Foley prepared marinated chicken breasts, Jennifer Dierkes from McDonald’s Meats of Clear Lake prepared flavored beef patties, Jon Christenson from Erdman’s County Market in Kasson prepared marinated tri-tips, a cooked cheesy potato brat and a cooked mac ‘n’ cheese brat. To celebrate the association’s 75th anniversary, they brought some of each of the product that was made in their sausage kitchen during the workshop to the El Paso Sports Bar and Grill for an evening barbeque, prepared by the Minnesota Barbeque Society. The group was also entertained by comedian C. Willy Miles.
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Many people pitched in to make the event a success. Denny and Carol Tamm of El Paso Bar and Grill set up the warmers, chairs and more, and Kyle Pfannenstein of Pfannenstein Transportation bused people back and forth between the meat market, El Paso and the Kelly Inn. Pfannenstein said the meat businesses now collaborate and work together instead of guarding their recipes as they used to. “MAMP has really helped to bring the meat industry businesses together,” Pfannenstein said. “We are no longer so competitive but now work together much like a family sharing recipes, problem-solving and sharing solutions.” Pfannenstein has been the owner of the meat market since 1997. His father owned it before him and he began working there when he was 12 years old. Many other family members have also worked there. Pfannenstein employs 16 full- and 10 part-time employees. During deer-hunting season and the Christmas holiday, he often employs up to 40 people. The meat market cur-
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A pre-workshop convention was held in the St. Joseph Meat Market sausage kitchen before the 75th annual convention of the Minnesota Association of Meat Processors, held in March at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. Jon Christenson from Erdman’s County Market in Kasson (left) prepared marinated tri-tips and cooked brats while Rich Pfannenstein (right) operated the sausage stuffer. rently processes an average of about 8,000-9,000 pounds of sausage each week. Pfannenstein is married to Carol and they have five children and 12 grandchildren. His son, Daniel, works full-time at the market, and his daughters also help when needed. Four boxes of product that were made in the meat-market sausage kitchen were donated to the St. Joseph Community Food Shelf.
More than 500 people attended the MAMP convention in March at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. Attendees participated in daily seminars about industry trends and marketing ideas, worked with problem-solving, and had the option to view 82 display booths of equipment and supplies geared specifically to the meat industry. This year’s show displayed 564 items from 39 plants.
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Customers ‘wowed’ by new Woods location by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Tom and Ellen Woods, owners of Woods Farmer Seed and Nursery, are hearing a lot of comments from customers as they walk into their new location in Waite Park. “Everybody that has come in so far, their first expression is ‘wow’,” Tom said. “They walk in the door and go ‘wow’ and that is what we want,” Ellen said. “We get comments like ‘nice place,’ ‘very nice set-up,’ ‘It’s so bright and cheerful,’ and others.” The new store, which opened Feb. 26, includes a larger 55,000 square-foot building with attached greenhouse, more outside space and parking space. “As gardeners, we love the itch to get out in the dirt,” Tom said. “As soon as that snow starts flying in the winter months, people are climbing the walls because they can’t get out into their gardens and get their hands dirty soon enough. When you walk in here you hear the water
fountains and a bird song playing in our showroom. It gives you a sense of spring at Woods Farmer Seed and Nursery.” The couple, who has lived in St. Joseph for 39 years, is happy with their new location and said it feels like home. “We wanted to design it so it’s easier for the customers, but also for us,” Tom said. “The old location was lacking in space for parking, the greenhouse and outside space. This new location is going to give us all of that and more. The attached greenhouse will allow us to do more things sooner and longer into the season itself.” “Once we were in the new home, it felt so good,” Ellen said. “It was sad to leave that location, but now once we are in our new home, it feels so good,” Tom said. “Occasionally, going back to the old store, it was hard looking at the future of what we have now, where we’ve been, what we had to do at the old location and that we just had to make it work, but this new location
is going to be so much more exciting and easier for the customers, and that is what we want them to experience.” Their nursery business has been in the St. Cloud area for more than 55 years. Tom Woods, 59, began working there part-time in 1973 while he was attending vocational school studying to learn the electrician trade. Upon graduation, he worked for an electrical contractor for one year, but because of very high interest rates in the 1970s, people were being laid off and there were fewer jobs in that field. “At that point I turned back to my part-time job with gardening and I just fell in love with the business itself,” Tom said. Ellen, 58, operated a daycare out of their home in Pleasant Acres for 18 years while their children were growing up and also worked several other jobs, including fast food, factory work and cashiering. In 2006, they purchased the business and Ellen began working there. Tom said his
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Ellen (front) and Tom Woods of Woods Farmer Seed and Nursery stock their new greenhouse with house plants. They opened their new location Feb. 26 in Waite Park. wife is a fast learner and ab- the Woodses needed to desorbed so much in their first cide if they would stay at years of owning the business. the Division Street location “What she had to learn the or if they would relocate. first year or two, I had learned At the time, they leased the much of it in 30 years,” 30,000 square-foot building from which they operated the he said. In fall 2013, because of business. They soon realized the upcoming city water and sewer work, and road construc- construction would make it tion around their business, difficult for customers to get to their business, to find parking and it could even possibly put them out of business. The couple reviewed their
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Friday, April 10, 2015 situation. They had the property appraised, studied their finances, sought business advice and tried to negotiate a purchase price on the Division Street location. “We looked at each other and agreed that we were having too much fun to stop,” Tom said. In the end, they made the decision to relocate. Because of the business’s long-term reputation in the area, they wanted the new location to be close to their current one. The Woodses found the Waite Park property and broke ground on their new store at the end of August last year. Tom said when they announced they were moving and building, many of their customers said they were thankful the Woods were putting money into the economy by building something new and keeping construction workers employed. He said many of them said they knew a family member, friend or relative who was working on the new store. “It was a nice feeling that we were doing something good for the community,” Tom said. Once they decided to relocate, they planned their move. Much of their product is seasonal, so the Woodses were able to pack away displays at the end of each season in a rented semitrailer so it was ready for their move to the new store. They were also fortunate to be able to ship
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com spring orders directly to their new location. January and February are usually their slowest months, so they chose that time to open the new store. The couple is grateful for all the help they received from their employees, family, friends and other volunteers who helped them move their business. “A lot of family and friends were here getting everything moved over here and packing up the old store,” Ellen said. “It was amazing how many volunteers we actually had to help make the transition as smooth as it was.” The couple said one fulltime employee, Ron Kruckeberg, has worked with the business for 25 years and has been a huge asset to the business. Kruckeberg works with landscaping design and installation and sets up many of the store displays. All of the couple’s four children are involved with the business. Melissa Theisen, 36, is married to Adam and they have two children – Andrew, 15, and Valerie, 8. Eric, 33, is married to Amber (Pfannenstein). Megan, 28, has one daughter – Bailey, 8. And Morgan Franzwa, 24, is married to Jordan. Eric and Morgan work more seasonal full-time hours, while Melissa and Megan help out when they can when they are needed. Franzwa said experiencing the move with her parents
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Tom Woods (left) repositions a product in their new showroom at Farmer Seed and Nursery while Ellen Woods watches. was a fun and amazing experience. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat,” she said. Tom said while their children were growing up, they showed very little interest in gardening, but when they purchased the store, it became a perfect fit for their family. He said he believes there is a good, strong possibility their children will take over the business when he and Ellen decide to retire. The Woodses are gearing up for spring and have expanded some product lines. “At this time, we don’t want to expand too fast,” Ellen said. “One thing at a time.” They said it’s hard to know
what products will sell each season because weather controls much of what they sell. “In a wet season we won’t sell many bird baths, but in a dry season we sell a lot of bird baths,” Tom noted. “If it’s dry, you are going to sell hoses and sprinklers, and if it’s wet you aren’t going to,” Ellen added. The Woodses pride themselves on offering customers knowledge of plants and products and believe the quality of their products stands out. “Customers pay for products and knowledge and we pride ourselves on quality,” Ellen said. “We have always done that. If it isn’t the right quality, we send it back to the
supplier.” They warranty many products such as trees and shrubs. Ellen said customers might pay a little more, but they get a warranty on the products. The Woodses employ about 15 people at the height of their season. Many of them are family, so Tom said it can sometimes be difficult to gather together for holidays and time off. Woods Farmer Seed and Nursery is open 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday and Friday; 8 a.m.6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. They are planning to have longer spring hours. For more information, call 320-252-5234.
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Let’s not squash the egg before it hatches It’s interesting how many people are slamming the Obama Administration’s diplomatic efforts with Iran before the deal is even signed. So far, the intense negotiations are at the tentative “agreement” stage. A final pact, if one is even arrived at, won’t be signed until June. In the meantime, members of the U.S. Congress – on both sides of the aisle – are carping about the initiative, which is backed – as some people conveniently like to forget – by several other nations. This is not to suggest any sort of agreement should not be scrutinized. It certainly should, and it certainly will be – by Congress and others. In the meantime, these naysayers so eager to pounce on the pact, including Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, should hold their fire to find out more details about what such an agreement might entail. So far, according to these nonstop spoilsports, the deal would be a big giveaway to untrustworthy, devious, terrorist-trending Iran. All that country wants, they claim, is for economic sanctions to be lifted so the Iranians can pretend to stop trying to make nuclear bombs while their economy comes back up to snuff. Advocates of the deal claim it’s better to open communications with Iran while the United States and other countries attest to a verification process, including on-site inspections, to be assured Iran has ceased preliminary processes in making nuclear weapons. If that promise is broken, economic sanctions could once again be applied. Both sides of this issue have raised plenty of good questions. However, when all is said and done, it all comes down to this: Should the United States and the rest of the world continue to give cold-shoulder hostility and threats to Iran, or should the world at least open up lines of communication – if not an olive branch – to that country? Some who are opposed to any sort of treaty with Iran apparently think there is only one solution possible: a military attack against nuclear-development sites in Iran. That seems to be the intransigent stance of Netanyahu. Treaty defenders maintain diplomatic efforts hold open the possibility of positive progress, which is much better than a hostile stand-off bound to lead to inevitable war. That latter argument, a “give peace a chance” approach, seems to make sense. Many people do not know in Iran today, the vast majority of its citizens are young people, well under the age of 30. Most of them are fond of Western ways and basically pro-American, no matter what the religious extremists tell them. Hope for the future resides with those young people. One reason the Soviet Union dissolved is because the young people in that country were fed up or just plain bored by hearing outdated, dreary, stupid communist propaganda. A treaty with Iran will give that nation’s young people hope they can communicate openly with the rest of the world, that extremists in Iran will have to compromise with the secular geo-political realities around them. The forces of democracy are definitely brewing under the surface in Iran. There will come a time when the old mullahs and their medieval mindsets will have to give way to an Iran that is more modern, more open, more democratic. In fact, that conflict between neo-medieval extremist rigidities and secular, open-minded modernity is what is causing so much cruelty and suffering in the Middle East today. This diplomatic initiative, whether it is ratified or not, could be a force for nurturing the forces of democratization, perhaps as bold and historic as was President Nixon’s historic 1972 trip to China. In any case, time will tell. Why squash the egg before it has a chance to hatch?
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Opinion ‘All aboard!’ for ObamaCare Now that ObamaCare is five years old, wouldn’t it be nice – on its birthday – to think if Sen. Ted Cruz signs up for it, it most definitely cannot be all that bad – not a train wreck, not an unmitigated disaster, not “the worst thing since slavery,” as Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson put it. After all, it is Cruz – the arch-enemy of ObamaCare – who repeatedly called the Affordable Care Act a “train wreck” and who vows to keep trying to repeal “every word” of that law. Don’t faint dead away, folks, but sure enough, bully-boy Cruz is signing up. We learned recently he is about to choose an insurance plan through ObamaCare. It’s because his wife, Heidi, is taking a leave of absence from her job at Goldman Sachs so she can accompany her husband on the presidential-campaign trail. Thus, Cruz will no longer be covered on his wife’s healthinsurance plan during her leave of absence. He’s got to get his own, like so many millions of Americans who could not get their own, who couldn’t afford it, before ObamaCare went into effect. Cruz was quick to note he has no choice but to seek insurance through an ObamaCare exchange because one of the provisions of the law is that members of the U.S. Congress must use the exchange. Cruz will not get a government subsidy to help him pay for his monthly insurance premium. He makes too much money to qualify for one. However, we’re told his employer, the U.S. Congress, will pay for almost all of it. In other words, we the taxpayers will pay for his health-care premium. Now, if that isn’t a subsidy – a total subsidy – what is? It’s so ironic Cruz is signing up via an ObamaCare market exchange, but let’s not celebrate just yet, folks. He
Dennis Dalman Editor assures us he hasn’t had a change of heart about the law. He continues to hate it with his usual passionate irrationality. Cruz said this: “I believe in 2017 a new president, a Republican president, will sign legislation repealing every word of it. There are a fair number of Republicans in Washington and elsewhere who have quietly and privately given up on that fight and I have not.” Spoken like a true entrenched demagogue. Among the “fair number of Republicans” who have given up on the fight are those who have realized, after all their squawking, that the law is, in fact, working quite well, far better than expected and infinitely better than the end-of-the-world, death-panel, trainwreck disaster gleefully predicted by Obama-haters. An estimated 16 million people now have health insurance directly or indirectly because of the Affordable Care Act, with more coming on board all the time. Who can argue with that wonderful fact? Yes, there have been problems with ObamaCare, not the least of which was its disastrous, inexcusable, bungled Internet roll-out fiasco. There have also been ongoing problems with the Minnesota exchange system – delays and other glitches. Like any major new program (like its predecessors Social Security and Medicare), problems are bound to happen and adjustments will
need to be made. No, ObamaCare is not perfect, but it is infinitely better than what existed before it – a hopeless situation under which millions of people were unable to afford or to access insurance coverage, sometimes because of pre-existing conditions; sick people in pain going to emergency rooms and causing others to pick up the tab for treatment; people dying who could have been saved if their problems would have been diagnosed earlier – that is, if they could have had ready and affordable access to clinics, which they didn’t have. Those who are so rabidly opposed to the Affordable Care Act, politicians like Ted Cruz and so many others who heed the shrill opponents, have yet to come up with any alternative for affordable health care. The Republican-dominated U.S. House and Senate have not proposed any serious workable health-care reform other than their spiteful, childish attempts to vote down ObamaCare. Fifty-plus times they have pulled off that stupid stunt. ObamaCare is working; millions are enrolled; more and more are getting the health care they need; medical costs are at long last on the decline; premiums are moderating compared to the pre-ACA years; private insurance industries are thriving; people are healthier and happier. Call that a train wreck? On the contrary, it sounds like a train on the tracks to a better future for all Americans. Maybe it’s time the gloom-anddoomers stop their squawking and step on up at the next whistle stop. Many already have jumped aboard because they know that by the 2016 presidential election, the ACA will be a political plus, not a curse. “All aboard!”
Resident encourages lights out Wayne Birkholz, St. Joseph There is a request before the city council to permanently shut off the lights that illuminate the water tower in St. Joseph. The lights are solely for the purpose of civic pride. Such a frivolous use of energy can no longer be acceptable given the dire predictions by climate scientists. In
addition to the air pollution caused by fossil fuels (more than 60 percent of the electricity produced in Minnesota is by burning coal and natural gas), these lights contribute to the ever-increasing prevalence of light pollution. It's been estimated 80 percent of children born in the United States will never experience a sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Both types of pollution have negative
consequences that reach far beyond the city limits of St. Joseph. Please contact the St. Joseph city council to tell them we can no longer continue business as usual in the face of the life-altering and, quite possibly, life-threatening consequences of global climate change. Attend the city council meeting on April 20 to demand the city council shut off the lights permanently.
The Stella Maris Chapel: The rest of the story The St. John’s legend that begins in the late-1960s with two students betting one another they could not stay all night in the Stella Maris Chapel is false. I do not have permission to disclose the actual names of the actors, but here follows what really happened. In late April or early May of 1967, two Johnnies I will call Mike and Ike bet one another they could not stay all night in Stella Maris Chapel. The bet followed a conversation Mike and Ike and several other Johnnies had about haunting, the paranormal and St. John’s. As the conversation ensued, I was hoping to instigate such a bet and to compel at least two men to stay the night at the chapel. Both my father, SJU, 1938, and my grandfather, 1909, had regaled me with legends of St. John’s as I was growing up. Their tales and stories made me want to witness the birth of a new St. John’s legend. Mike and Ike’s
Bill Kraemer Guest Writer bet promised to be such an opportunity. Stated simply, Mike and Ike bet one another they did not have the courage to stay in the chapel all night. The first man to get scared and to head back to the residence hall would owe the other five bucks. It was a warm night and a drizzling mist hung in the air, but the two Johnnies left the rest of us. At about 2:15 a.m., both Mike and Ike thought the whole idea was stupid and they decided to return. However, Mike reasoned, they would look like two fools if they got back to campus without reporting any spectral sightings. Ike agreed and agreed also that they would
only report having seen “something that shouldn’t be messed with,” namely, the figure of a monk approaching the chapel’s gate. The figure never touched the ground but floated noiselessly. After agreeing to the story, they set out for the residence hall and broke into a sprint the last 100 yards so they would be out of breath upon arrival. The two ghostbusters did arrive breathless. They trampled up the stairs, burst into the hallway and went to their respective rooms and then re-met in Mike’s. The trampling, panting and door slamming did arouse the interest of some of the rest of us who had stayed behind. I went to Mike’s room and gathered with a few other Johnnies outside the door. We knocked several times but no one answered. Muted sounds came from behind the door which could have been the panting of a frightened
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person who had just run all the way from the chapel, or muffled laughter. I opted for the latter. Sometime later, Mike came into the hallway and retreated again to his room. A number of us followed him, asking what had happened. “There’s something there that shouldn’t be messed with,” Mike said between gasps. Ike nodded his head. “We need some sleep,” Mike said and closed his door. The rest of us left. Ike headed toward his room. “What did you see, Ike?” I asked. “We heard a loud whistling sound. It was eerie. A hooded figure came toward the gate, as though it was watching us. Then it drifted silently away.” “Anything else?” “No, that’s it. Don’t go out there.” Having received as much news as I could, I went back to my room, noting Mike said the specter had made no sound while Ike said there had been a loud, eerie whistle. The next day, the campus buzzed with the news of the sighting. I spread the story as widely as I could. I even called several Johnnies I knew had an interest in the paranormal. I shared the news with faculty. Mid-week, one student came to my room to ask what I knew about the ghost sighting. He said he was an expert and a paranormal investigator. I referred AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES WANTED CASH FOR CARS: All Cars/Trucks Wanted. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Any Make/Model. Call For Instant Offer: 1-800-871-9134 (MCN) FOR SALE TRAILER SALE! Dump trailers from $3,341.00 and up. Close-out on Gooseneck trailers 28’,30’ & 32’. 6x12 V-nose cargo, ramp door $2,750.00. 7’x10’ trike hauler cargo v-nose $2,990.00. 515-972-4554 www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld.com (MCN) FARM RELATED HUNTING LAND WANTED! Earn thousands on your land by leasing the hunting rights. Free evaluation & info packet. Liability coverage included. The experts at Base Camp Leasing have been bringing landowners & hunters together since 1999. Email: info@ basecampleasing.com Call: 866-309-1507 BaseCampLeasing.com (MCN) AG EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION. Need your large equipment transported? Give us a call. Dealer transfers, auction purchases, tractors, combines, hay/straw, oversize/overweight, etc. Fully insured PARKER SPECIALIZED, Long Prairie, MN Jason/Josh 320-8158484 (MCN) ANNOUNCEMENTS RV, SPORT, REC & GUN CONSIGNMENT SALE. SAT., MAY 2, 2015 at 9:00 A.M. Please get gun permits to buy, prior to sale. Consign early by Apr. 17, 2015 for complete advertising. Gilbert’s Sale Yard, LLC, 641-398-2218. 2 Mi. N. of Floyd, IA on Hwy. 218. Tractor House Internet Bidding Available. www.gilbertsaleyard. com (MCN) GUN SHOW. April 17th, 18th and 19th. Event Center, Mason City Iowa. Over 200 Tables! Friday 4pm-9pm, Saturday 9am-5pm. Sunday 9am-3pm. Information: 563-608-4401 (MCN) HOTELS FOR HEROS - To Find Out More About How You Can Help Our Service Members, Veterans and Their Families in Their Time of Need, Visit the Fisher House Website at www.fisherhouse.org (MCN) WANT TO BUY CASH for sealed, unexpired DIABETIC
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Friday, April 10 Traveling Health and Screening Fair for people 50+, 8 a.m.-noon, Whitney Center Gym, 1529 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Immigrants and Dispelling the Myths in the Media, 3-5 p.m., Cascade Room, Atwood Memorial Center, St. Cloud State University, 651 1st Ave. S., St. Cloud.
Still I Rise, a fund-raising concert for Anna Marie’s Alliance, 3:30 p.m., Escher Auditorium, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. csbsju.edu/ music. Sunday, April 12 Hands Across the World: The Journey Continues, 1-3 p.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. stearns-museum.org/event. Women’s Choir Concert, 2 p.m., Sacred Heart Chapel, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. csbsju.edu/music.
Monday, April 13 Twenty Years in Clay, pottery show by Joe Singewald, now through May 10, Gorecki Gallery, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. 320-363-5777. csbsju. edu/fine-arts/visual-arts. Wander, senior art majors exhibition, now through May 10, Alice R. Rogers Gallery and Target Gallery, St. John’s Art Center, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-2701. csbsju.edu/fine-arts/visual-arts. Fare For All, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2, St. Joseph. www.fareforall.org. 1-800-5824291.
Saturday, April 11 Craft-vendor sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., VFW 428, 9 18th Ave. N., St. Cloud. County Government Month Family Fun Day, 9 a.m.-noon, Stearns County Highway Department, 455 28th Ave. S., Waite Park. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. St. Joseph Community Showcase, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Kennedy Community School gym, 1300 Jade Road, St. Joseph. stjosephchamber.com. Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org. Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, annual meeting, 10 a.m., American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park. Maple Syrup Festival, 1-4 p.m., Sugar Shack near St. John’s Preparatory School, St. John’s University, Collegeville. 320-363-3163. csbsju.edu/
Tuesday, April 14 Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. 320-253-2171. Free all-ages movie showing, 6:308:30 p.m., Mississippi Community Room, Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. griver.org. St. Joseph Joint Planning Board, 7 p.m., City Hall, 25 College Ave. N., St. Joseph. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph. com.
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Schematic of the proposed water amenity in St. Joseph.
Aquatics from front page cluded were: a multi-use pool with one- and three-meter diving boards; grassy lounge areas; a lazy river; three water slides; rental tents; water geysers and an aqua fort on a splash pad; a covered seating area; changing rooms; a concession stand; and shade structures. Schaffer said the design he was showing included heated water and a zip line. “There are only two zip lines in the state, and they have very long lines,” Schaffer said. USAquatics thinks a water amenity like they are recommending would draw from a 30-mile radius. Schaffer said a tentative opening date would be set for Memorial Day 2016, if the council approved the plan. He also said the committee felt they could raise funds for about $1.1 million of the
City from page 2 be accessible to those with disabilities, as well as those without vehicles. The second item the task force recommends the city
$6.14-million price tag. The preferred site chosen by the committee was north of Hwy 75, on CR 133.
Questions
Mayor Rick Schultz wondered whether having the water amenity north of Hwy 75 might pose a problem for pedestrian traffic, as 60 to 70 percent of the population lies south of Hwy 75. Schaffer said the position of Hwy 75 did factor into the committee’s decision, but the northern location had the best combination of other factors to make it attractive. Schultz brought up another good point, regarding the atmosphere of the city. “If we become a threemonth destination, we need to look at the evolution of our town and how it will effect our small-town feel,” Schultz said. Schultz also asked if there was any correlation between other cities’ water amenities and the growth of downtown businesses and other busimove forward on is police facilities. Listed as priorities are: evidence space, interview space, a changing room, storage space and a safe environment for victims. The task force also recognized the need for facilities for the city administration, but felt the community center and police facilities take
nesses, as that could be a deciding factor. Schaffer said Willmar and other cities do use their water amenities as a recruitment tool to attract both businesses and residents. Council member Bob Loso noted the survey which Frank commented on earlier had a lot of negative comments attached to it. “Surveys can be skewed, depending on how you present them,” Loso noted. He would like the concerns in the comments addressed at some point or another in the process.
Open house
Before the vote was taken, Schultz noted he would like to have one or two open houses held, for people to come in and comment on the issue. The dates of those open houses will be released later. As was noted earlier, the recommendation was accepted, and while the process will move forward, community input is still sought by the city. precedence. The task force also recommends sound financial decisions and planning, and realizes the community center and police facility may need to be created in phases. The full recommendation is available on the city website, at cityofstjoseph.com.
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Dr. Jerry Wetterling 363-4 5 7 3 103 n. College Ave St. Joseph
Adults: $8 Children (ages 6-12): $4 Under 5: Free
Locally sourced pancakes, fried hash browns, St. Joseph Meat Market & Pep’s Pork sausage Heritage Hall at the Church of St. Joseph links, fresh scrambled eggs, apple sauce, 12 W. Minnesota St. • St. Joseph caramel rolls, juice, coffee and milk
SAINT JOHN’S PREP Summer Program Day and Residential Camps • Adult Iconography Workshop • Art and Nature • Chinese • German • Leadership • Science
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