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Cups runneth over with help from Little Saints Academy
by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
CPR classes set April 17, 20
Two free community CPR classes will be held from 6-9 p.m. Monday, April 17 and Thursday, April 20 at the St. Joseph Community Fire Hall. The classes, sponsored by the St. Joseph Firefighters and Jaycees and instructed by Gold Cross, are free and open to St Joseph community members. Each class is good for initial CPR or renewal; only one class is needed, not both for CPR certification. Limited spots are available. Deadline to register is noon Friday, April 14. Contact Brian at stjoecpr@gmail.com to register.
Free meal set April 23 at American Legion
Joe Town Table, a free, monthly meal open to all in the community, will be held next from 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Sunday, April 23 at the American Legion in St. Joseph. It takes place the fourth Sunday of every month with upcoming dates as follows: May 28, June 25, July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 24 and Oct. 22. It’s sponsored by local churches and businesses, the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, and the College of St. Benedict’s Community Kitchen, and coordinated by the Central Minnesota Catholic Worker. For more information, visit centralmncw@gmail or on Facebook Central Minnesota Catholic Worker.
Naturalist-led hikes set at three parks, two counties
Explore some of Stearns and Wright counties’ most popular regional parks through a free, three-part series of Minnesota Master Naturalist-led hikes. Each 90-minute walk-and-talk excursion starts at 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month, April through June. Meet in the parking lot. Dress for the weather. Bring water and insect repellent. The first one will be held Thursday, April 20 in Quarry Park and Nature Preserve. 1802 Stearns CR 137, Waite Park. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on April 14 Criers.
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Colt Action Packs are collaborative effort
photo by Carolyn Bertsch
Staff from Little Saints Academy deliver seven big boxes of coffee mugs to the St. Cloud Salvation Army April 6. A tour of the Salvation Army facility was enjoyed by all following the donation. From left to right are Salvation Army Major Mike Parker, St. Cloud; Hunter Mergen, Albany; Brayan Guevara, St. Cloud; and Taylor Brinkman, St. Cloud. Mergen and Guevara represented the St. Cloud Little Saints campus, and Brinkman the St. Joseph Little Saints campus.
The Central Minnesota Catholic Worker group, Kennedy Community School and others are collaborating to begin distributing Colt Action Packs to students in need of food for weekends. By providing food to elementary students who many not have enough food over the weekend, the program helps students come to school nourished so they are better able to learn. The Colt Action Packs program is modeled after the ROCORI Action Packs program. That program, which is funded by local donations, invites volunteers to put together packs twice each month and then sends those packs to the elementary schools for distribution for students to use throughout the weekend. The St. Joseph group plans
to fill the Action Packs with several breakfast items, a snack, and lunch and dinner items students can eat throughout the weekend. The first packing event for the Colt Action Packs will take place from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Friday, April 28. The packs will then be discretely distributed Friday, May 5 at Kennedy Community School to about 15 students. Amy O’Hare, school counselor at Kennedy Community School, said the school has 829 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, and about 33 percent of those students are receiving free and reduced-price lunches. Not all of the students will opt to participate in the program, but Central Minnesota Catholic Worker Molly Weyrens said they are hopeful they might be able to reach a large percentage of them. Packs • page 2
‘Treasure My Future’ conference set for April 22 by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
A free “Treasure My Future” financial literacy and lifeskills conference for students will take place Panek from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 22 at the Gorecki Center, located on the College of St. Benedict campus in St. Joseph. The conference is for stu-
dents in fifth through 12th grades. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Presenters at the event include local professionals, who work with these topics daily and see financial problems many adults are experiencing because they don’t know the basics of financial literacy. Presenters and their topics for fifth- through eighth-graders include: • Leslie Lane, Central Minnesota Credit Union: identity theft and fraud • Jessica Filiaggi, Great River
Federal Credit Union: budgets, saving, spending, giving • April Mastey, Mastey Financial Group, LLC: investments • Kristin Hannon, Minnwest Bank: responsible money management Presenters and topics for ninth- through 12th-graders include. • Ryan Holter and Stacey Seviola, Conway, Deuth and Schmiesing, PLLP: filling out forms for your first job and decoding your paychecks • Mark Douvier, St. Cloud
Federal Credit Union: student loans and financing your education • John Fuchs and Lindsey Schleif, Miller Auto and Marine: 401(k) and investing in your future • Bethany Schwinghammer and Nouphay Colberg, Plaza Park Bank: tips to prevent identity theft By bringing real-life examples to the students, presenters hope to educate the students about financial literacy and life skills. Students will learn Future • back page
Kwik Trip gets quick OK by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
At its April 10 meeting, the St. Joseph Planning Commission held a public hearing to review the plans for a new Kwik Trip convenience store and filling station on the corner of CR 75 and 20th Avenue SE, also known as CR 134. With half a dozen residents in the audience, the commission moved to send the project to the city council with recommendations for certain modifications. The commission, with four members attending, listened carefully as background information was presented by St. Jo-
seph Community Development Director Therese Haffner. The store would have three access points; one on CR 134, two on Minnesota Street E. The accesses on CR 134 would be an ingress access only, and signage would be installed to warn customers not to exit onto CR 134. The store itself would have a bay for autos and for dispensing gasoline and another bay on the north side of the store for the dispensing of diesel fuel for trucks. The store would also be equipped with a single-bay wash unit for cars. Kwik Trip management plans to operate Kwik• page 4
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St. Joseph resident Lisa Meyer asks for clarification on several of her concerns including noise from the big semis, increased crime and loud music being played over the public address system. Wade Dumond, (right) a representative of Kwik Trip approaches the lectern ready to assure Meyer that Kwik Trip intends to be a good neighbor.
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American Legionaire Gilbert Stock (left) of St. Joseph receives a certificate of 60 years service to American Legion Post 328 of St. Joseph by Commander Brad Phillipp. Stock served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and joined the Legion shortly after release from active duty.
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Colt Action Packs, a new food program for Kennedy Elementary School students, is piloting its program with about 15 students beginning May 5. The program is modeled after the ROCORI Action Packs program. This photo shows volunteers at the ROCORI Action Packs program filling bags. tributions. After staff at Kennedy nity School students are the only Community School shared there ones eligible to receive the Colt was a need for the program, the Action Packs, but Weyrens said ball kept rolling to get something they have also contacted All Saints from front page Academy to see if students there started. have a need. “Luckily, we have a great exWeyrens said the group is lookWeyrens said the group plans ample in Cold Spring with the ing forward to getting a start on to do fundraising for the program ROCORI Action Packs, so that has the distribution this spring so they this summer by writing some helped immensely in our plancan work out the kinks and be grants, approaching area busining,” Weyrens said. ready to go with the program in The Colt Action Packs program nesses for donations and through the fall. is a collaboration of Central Mina lot of prayer. She said Kennedy Community Each pack provides easy, quick School staff has been great, and nesota Catholic Worker and The Partnership, which is a group in and nutritious meals an elementhey are really excited about partSt. Joseph that works to engage tary student can prepare by her/ nering with them to make this and empower St. Joseph area reshimself. Each pack contains 12 distribution happen. idents to take an active role in food items, four breakfast foods, O’Hare, who has worked at alleviating poverty, establishing retwo meal foods, three fruit prodthe school for 10 years, said the lationships and improving access ucts and three snacks. program will help combat hunWeyrens said the food for the ger while supporting the students’ to jobs, housing, food, education and other basic necessities. Funds Colt Action Packs will come from success. to help finance the start-up of the Cash Wise stores. She said the school and area program came from the Central Similar student food-distriburesidents are currently piloting the Minnesota Worker and Thrivent tion programs are ongoing in Melprogram. Financial. Weyrens said they are rose, St. Cloud and Sauk Centre. They will pilot the program also hoping for some pending doThe Catholic Worker movement with about 15 students whose nations from the American Legion was founded in 1933 by Dorothy parents/guardians have indicated Post 328 in St. Joseph. Day and Peter Maurin. Their goal their children would benefit from O’Hare and other staff at Kenwas to combine the philosophy being a part of the program. “We hope to expand and wel- nedy Community School will de- of love from the Gospels with the come community and school part- termine who might benefit the idea of bringing people together, most from the Colt Action Packs. especially those experiencing povnership,” O’Hare said. Families who are receiving free erty, to care for one another and Weyrens said three volunteers and reduced-price lunches will create a better world. are coordinating the planning and be the first to be connected with To volunteer or donate, please packing for this spring, but the the program. However, if other contact the Central Minnesota group is looking for about three families feel they are dealing with Catholic Worker by email at cento five more volunteers to help for food insecurity and would like to tralmncw@gmail.com or by mail future distributions. be included, they should contact at P.O. Box 94, St. Joseph, Minn. She said with only 15-20 youth O’Hare at the school. 56374. receiving the first distribution, they O’Hare and assistant princiFor more information about will not need as many hands at the pal, Anna Willhite, will place the registering a child, parents/guardoutset. bagged food in student backpacks ians can contact O’Hare at KenWeyrens said the idea of the in their lockers at the school on nedy Community School at amy. Action Packs program got started May 5, and will continue this evohare@isd742.org or 320-363when the St. Joseph Community ery Friday for the remainder of the 7791, ext. 6582 if their child(ren) Food Shelf had discussed the posschool year. are in need of food for the weeksibility of doing the food-pack disCurrently, Kennedy Commu- end.
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Ruff Start Rescue hopes for big prize by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Jenna Trisko of Sartell and many others are crossing their fingers that “Ruff Start Rescue” is honored with a contest win for $100,000 or, maybe at least, $50,000. Their hopes, however, are dependent on people voting online. The windfall would mean so much to them and to the animals they help care for through the Princeton-based Ruff Start Rescue, a foster-care program and adoption service for dogs, cats and other small critters that have been neglected, abused, abandoned or surrendered. Trisko has worked for Ruff Start for four years and was named its development director about a year ago. Thanks to her professional background in grant-writing, she became aware of a contest dubbed “A Community Thrives,” sponsored by USA Today newspaper when her mother suggested she apply to win the contest. It’s a video contest that applicants could enter under one of three categories: Wellness, The Arts or Education. Trisko decided to enter, on behalf of Ruff Start, in the Wellness category – wellness for the many unfortunate animals who need forever-homes with new, loving families. For her video, Trisko talked on camera to prospective viewers about the need Ruff Start has
for funds to accomplish more spaying and neutering (a free service for low-income residents), especially for the many cats they place in foster care and/or adoption. Winning the money would help Ruff Start start educational programs and training sessions at its new headquarters, now under renovation. For more about the plans, see Trisko’s full video. Trisko said the non-profit Ruff Start gets grants now and then for spaying/neutering, but there is such an ongoing need that the funds tend to evaporate rather quickly. To help give Ruff Start Rescue a chance to win a big prize, people can visit the contest website and vote for Jenna Trisko’s video. The votefor-video contest is April 12 through May 12. Anyone can vote once each day for the Trisko video during that time frame. The top-10 vote-getting videos will then be viewed by a panel of judges. The top three winners in each category will each receive $100,000. The three second-place and the three third-place winners will each receive $50,000.
How to vote
Go to either of the following: The Ruff Start website at: www.ruffstartrescue.org. Then click on the “$100,000 Prize” graphic. Or go directly to http:// act.usatoday.com/submit-anidea/#/gallery/57683593. Watch the three-minute
video of Trisko describing how Ruff Start Rescue would use the prize money. Then follow the prompts: Enter your email address and answer a few questions. Then vote. People can vote once each day for the same video (in this case, Trisko’s) during the 30-day voting period. The winners will be announced May 28.
Ruff Start Rescue
Ruff Start Rescue is a non -profit, no-kill foster-care network for dogs, cats and other small animals, such as hamsters or rabbits. Since 2010, when it was founded in Princeton, 5,700 animals have been assigned foster homes throughout the state. The network of foster-home volunteers ranges from Duluth to Minneapolis and west as far as Alexandria and even beyond, not to mention right here in central Minnesota. Last year Ruff Start either fostered out and/or found forever homes for 1,601 animals. “We’ve had wonderful, amazing growth,” said Trisko, adding with growth comes economic challenges. For years, the organization had to make do with a building of only 1,000 square feet. Fortunately, they managed to raise enough money to buy a building in Princeton – a former auto-mechanic business – and soon they will have 5,400 square feet. The space, Trisko said, is vital for stor-
age and for programming Ruff Start plans to initiate, including pet-education programs for all ages and for interactions between pets and people. Ruff Start does not keep pets in a shelter or kennel; they are all farmed out to fostercare homes far and wide. For educational programs at the Ruff Start headquarters, fostered-out pets will be brought to the building temporarily so they can interact with visitors. The new building will also be used for group classes for dog-training sessions and for group classes for new foster-care individuals and families. Ruff Start Rescue began literally with Hope – a suffering dog named “Hope.” Back in 2010, a Princeton woman named Azure Davis, who is still the Ruff Start president, started a pet-rescue operation in Princeton because she Rescue • page 5
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Bubbles, an 8-month-old rescued cat, lays on the lap of her foster parent, Jenna Trisko, who is the development director for Ruff Start Rescue, which serves the entire area and is based in Princeton.
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Kwik from front page the store on a 24/7 basis. That is the usual way Kwik Trip operates, said Kwik Trip Real Estate Development Manager Wade Dumond. Dumond addressed the commission, saying he was there to answer any questions and that he had been working with Stearns County since June 2016 to iron out some of the issues that were of concern. Of chief concern were the access points. “Right now, both roads are under county jurisdiction,” Dumond said, “so the city actually has no jurisdiction over the roads in this area. That’s part of the problem that we have because there are two competing jurisdictions and we don’t
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com know who to please. So we need to have that narrowed down.” Some things, such as street access permits, Dumond said, have been agreed to with the county. For example, the county has already approved 40-foot accesses off Minnesota Street even though the Kwik Trip designers made a mistake. Dumond said they would very much like to keep the 40-foot access and that after consultation with the county, they had reached agreement. At the same time, Dumond said Kwik Trip would like to work with the city as much as possible to work things out. Dumond said there was some concern about the signage issue at the ingress off CR 134. Language from the county seemed more flexible and Dumond said the concern
revolved around how stringent the city would be in enforcing the sign directions, especially in the beginning of operations when there likely would be quite a bit of confusion. The commission heard from only one St. Joseph constituent, Lisa Meyer, who lives nearby the proposed building site. She was concerned with the location of the diesel bay in relation to the neighborhood. Trucks, she said, make lots of noise and there might be an increase in pollution, especially with the business being open 24 hours a day. She also wondered if the store would operate as a truck stop with large trucks being parked in and around the neighborhood. Another concern Meyer had was light pollution since the store would be brightly lit. Since the store would be open
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24 hours a day, she is also concerned there might be an increase in crime in the neighborhood. Dumond said the store is not intended to be a truck stop. Rather, it is for convenience of drivers who have diesel pickups and the like. While they could handle the 18-wheelers, Dumond said they would not be staying long-term at all. There is no parking area for them. “They would be filling up and leaving,” Dumond said. Dumond addressed the crime issue, saying what has happened in the past is crime actually decreases since the store has lighting on all the time and there are numerous cameras in and around the store monitoring the fuel-bay areas. “I doubt there is any crime issue based on what I know about the city and the area,” Dumond said. “We actually work very closely with local police and help them because our cameras actually reach out
into the streets sometimes.” Meyer’s final question dealt with a public-address system and the music that is sometimes played over the loudspeakers of some convenience stores. Dumond said there is a PA system at the stores but that typically it is used only to communicate with customers who are having trouble with a pump. Sometimes there is music during the day hours, but that is not the norm. “If that does happen and it is annoying, come tell us and we will turn it off,” Dumond said. With no more discussion, the public hearing was closed and the planning commission recommended approval of the conditional-use permit with the condition city staff work with Kwik Trip to address transportation concerns on 20th Avenue SE. The conditional-use permit request will now go forward to the city council for review.
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Mobile Food Shelf help needed Catholic Charities Emergency Services is looking for volunteers to help with its Mobile Food Shelf. They need help with intake and registration, checking in clients and documenting activities. Volunteers are needed from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. the second and third Thursday of each month, Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization that advances the charitable
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If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St. Joseph Police Department at 363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 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. This information is submitted by the St. Joseph Police Department. Jan. 30 8:12 p.m. Medical. 37 College Ave. S. While on duty, an officer responded to a medical of a very weak nun at the Monestary. Arrived and found her sitting and alert in her chair. She said she was very weak and had not been feeling well since Sunday. She had been trying to drink fluids and had not eaten all day. Rescue arrived and took vitals with a temp of 101. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and transported her to St. Cloud Hospital. Jan. 31 12:59 a.m. Suspicuous activity. 37 College Ave. S. St. Ben’s Security reported a suspicious vehicle on campus. They thought they were going through vehicles. The officer on duty located the vehicle and stopped it at College Avenue and Callaway. The officer identified the driver who said he/ she was just looking for a place to stay and they were going back to St. Cloud. Feb. 1 11:35 p.m. Verbal dispute. 725 College Ave. S. An officer on duty was dispatched to a verbal. The female suspect said the male suspect hit her in the face when she was trying to get her phone. The male said he was going through her phone because she was cheating on him. She grabbed his shirt and was pulling on him to get her phone back. He hit her in the face with his elbow and base of his hand. She took his passport and $2,400.00 cash. They agreed to give back each others’ property. She said he broke her phone. The
male agreed to leave for the night. Feb. 2 5:37 a.m. Speeding. CR 75/ CR 2. While on patrol traveling northbound on CR 2 by Date Street, an officer saw a vehicle traveling southbound on CR 2 at what appeared to be a high rate of speed. The officer activated the radar unit in the squad and it indicated a reading of 43 mph in a posted 30-mph zone. The officer activated emergency lights and stopped the vehicle. The driver was identified. The driver said he was trying to make the light. A citation was issued for speed.
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Rescue from page 3 had always been a passionate animal protector and defender. One day she happened to hear about a dog suffering terribly from heartworm disease at a shelter in Ohio. Davis said she could maybe help Hope as part of her planned extension of a foster-home program for Ruff Start. She contacted an animal-rescue transportation service that set up an itinerary for Hope: ground transport to Illinois, then a private-plane flight by a volunteer pilot and his wife to bring Hope to Princeton. The dog arrived in a very sick condition but, despite that, in good spirits. Davis placed Hope in a
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Above: This is Hope now, happy lounging in the yard of the forever family that adopted her. At right: This is Hope when she was suffering from heartworm disease and badly in need of a home. nurturing foster home, and the dog’s foster parents fell in love with her. They decided to adopt her, and she has been a loving, happy pet ever since. Ruff Start Rescue is always seeking and accepting dona-
tions to help its volunteers do their work. For more about Ruff Start, visit ruffstartrescue.org. To donate, send a check to: Ruff Start Rescue, P.O. Box 129, Princeton, Minn. 55371.
Feb. 3 1:15 a.m. Public intoxication. Chapel Lane/Minnesota Street W. While on patrol, an officer observed a male falling down on Chapel Lane. The officer pulled up and the male got in the back of the squad car. The male was identified. He had a small laceration on his chin from falling, as well as dilated pupils and a strong odor of alcohol. The man at first claimed he was 21 then 19 years old. The man provided a preliminary breath test of .253. The officer issued a citation for minor consumption and explained the diversion process.
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Opinion Our View Veteran suicides remain appalling national tragedy In what is a sad irony, combat is not the leading cause of death of American soldiers serving in the Mid-East. Suicide is. American combat deaths, thank goodness, have declined in the past three or four years in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is due to a changed strategy, with American troops serving in advisory capacities and with the use of targeted airstrikes against ISIS terrorists rather than direct combat. Instead of thousands of American soldiers killed, the number last year was under 20, which of course is 20 too many. In the meantime, the suicides of military personnel remain a tragedy, both in war zones and back here, stateside. According to MilitaryTimes, 7,400 veterans took their own lives in 2014 (the year for the most reliable statistics). That accounts for 18 percent of all suicides by Americans, and veterans are fewer than 9 percent of the total population. Last year, the Department of Veterans Affairs conducted the most comprehensive study of veteran suicides in history, those that occurred between 1979-2014. The study concluded 70 percent of veterans who committed suicide were not regular users of services offered by the Veterans Administration medical system. There are, on average, 20 soldier and veteran suicides per day. in the United States, a rate that is 21 percent higher than civilian suicides. Most alarmingly, the rate for female veterans increased by 85 percent from 1979-2014, compared to 40 percent for civilian women. The VA has been trying to do something about it. It hired more than 5,000 mental-health providers and upgraded its crisis-call line. It branched out to form partnerships with local health providers to offer more counseling for veterans. Those efforts, and other outreach programs, continue. We hear a lot about post-traumatic stress disorder. However, its causes are uncertain and, in most cases, a tangle of stresses contribute to feelings of intolerable anxieties, fears and pain that lead to suicide. Some causes, according to VA studies, include multiple deployments that cause military personnel to be away from their homes and families for long stretches of time; the terrible sights and sounds, injuries and deaths in combat zones; the seeming “unreality” of peaceful civilian life immediately following the dangers and terrors of a combat zone; and mental problems that existed in recruits before they joined the military. Some years ago, there were cases of veterans suffering intolerable mental anxieties who were put in waiting status by some VA hospitals; and meantime those veterans, feeling utterly helpless, killed themselves. We are told veterans now have immediate access to care when they are close to the edge. We hope that immediacy is true and that it continues. These people who served the country under terrible stresses and mortal dangers most of us cannot even imagine deserve the very best-quality care every day of their lives. Anything less than that is a national disgrace that ought to bring shame to us all. We can do our part by reaching out, offering personal support and practical support to veterans and their families and by urging our legislators to do everything in their power to enact laws that will strengthen physical and mental care for all veterans.
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Quit tweeting, listen to good advice I promised the day after Donald Trump was elected, I would write words of praise if he ever does anything good. Well, surprise surprise, two good things: One President Trump signed a paper exiling the crackpot isolationist ideologue Stephen Bannon from his seat on a committee of the National Security Council. It was a good thing to do. Thank you, Mr. President. For more than a year, Bannon has been Trump’s chief strategist and was often seen leaning toward the president, whispering words of advice in his ear, like some unkempt muse. There are shades in Bannon of that Russian monk, the equally unkempt Grigori Rasputin, whose behind-the-scenes machinations in the court of Czar Nicholas II helped bring about its fall in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Bannon is a former naval officer, radio host, investment banker for Goldman Sachs and executive chairman of Breitbart News. That outlet is infamous for its fake news, for its ludicrous conspiracy theories and for catering to extremist views that sometimes embrace racist, sexist and xenophobic themes. Bannon had Trump’s ear from the very beginning, and it was his arrogant no-holds-barred attitude that dovetailed so well with Trump’s own blustering political-campaign style. However, once the campaign ended and the real job began, it became apparent to Trump the job, like health-care reform, is a lot more complicated than he’d thought. The first efforts partly engineered by Bannon – travel bans from six Muslim countries, repeal-and-replace health-care reform and other inept attempts at legislative successes – ended
Dennis Dalman Editor in setbacks or outright defeats. In the byzantine intrigues of White House power struggles, it now seems likely there was a lot of push-back against Bannon by other advisors, who decided the power-seeker was out of his league, if not out of his mind. In his first weeks as President, Trump seems to have had no coherent national or international vision, weak to nonexistent policy-making skills, a flickering attention span, a constant need to invent stories via impulsive tweeting behavior and a compulsive habit of blaming others (especially Obama) when something didn’t go his way. Such a man, such a president, has become increasingly dependent upon the advice of others, but unfortunately he took his cues from clueless sycophants and hangers-on in the Trump entourage. His presidency, good or bad, will depend upon which advisors he most heeds. Every good president has surrounded himself with quality advisors who understand how things work and how things don’t work. There are plenty of expert people – good, experienced public servants – willing to give advice, including former presidents. If Trump seeks good advice and sticks to it, he just might transition into a successful president. If he continues to listen to bad advice, like the nonsense dispensed by Bannon and his ilk, his presidency will almost certainly continue to sink. Two
Even though at first, in typical kneejerk fashion, Trump blamed Obama for the chemical-attack atrocity in Syria, he quickly did a turnabout. His impassioned speech against that atrocity hit all the right notes. His approval of the rocket attack on that Syrian airport was justified. In another turnabout, this time Trump listened not to extremist isolationist Bannon but to level-headed military advisors. Silence and inaction are both forms of complicity when crimes against humanity are committed by tyrants like Bashar al-Assad of Syria. For six years, that monster, who is as evil as ISIS, has been purposely slaughtering civilians. It’s time to swat back at the tyrant, to show him (and his Russian accomplices) the world finds their vicious attacks to be abhorrent under any circumstances. Will the rocket attack change anything long-term? Maybe not. But it was necessary, and Trump deserves praise for ordering it done. At the very least, the strike will show tyrants that their butchery of civilians will not be enabled through international silence or inaction. Tyrants’ glaring lack of conscience or human decency must not be tolerated. The next step is for America and our allies to help set up a vast safe zone for civilians still fleeing the carnage in Syria. In the past few months, Trump had become the petulant, immature Tweeterin-Chief. In the past couple of weeks, there are signs of a new maturity. Will it last? Let’s hope so. President Trump, quit tweeting, quit pointing fingers, quit acting like an overgrown spoiled brat. Replace the tantrums with some real presidential gravitas and listen to good advisors. Make decisions that will be good for all of us.
Let’s make civics education a priority With all of the political happenings in the news today, one would think voter participation and engagement in the United States is at all-time highs. Sadly, though, this is not the case. In comparison with the other nations of the world, the United States is remarkably low in rankings such as voter turnout. Minnesota is thankfully an exception with its high engagement, but other parts of the country are not as active. What is causing these problems, and what can be done to solve them? The first issue is with education. Many studies have been done with older and younger Americans, with essentially the same results. Most Americans do not know much about our country’s history or how the government works. Not knowing who the 32nd president was is slightly more historical, but a lack of knowledge about what the President can or cannot do is extremely dangerous. This is especially becoming a problem with our increasingly personality-driven presidential campaigns, where candidates make a number of ambitious promises they may not be able to constitutionally achieve. The next issue is with voter engagement and turnout. As a person who takes a casual interest in foreign political happenings, as well as our domestic news here at home, I have been taking a careful look at turnout figures in other countries compared to the United States. One in particular I found astonishing was that of Iceland. During its election of Oct. 29, 2016, that island nation had its
Connor Kockler Guest Writer lowest turnout ever in a parliamentary election. That number, just over 79 percent, would be an amazing record here in the United States. Our own presidential election had slightly lower turnout than 2012, with a little under 55 percent of eligible Americans casting their ballots. So why are these issues so important? When a nation’s populace is uninformed and apathetic about political participation, things have historically not gone so well. We need to make a conscious effort to increase our knowledge of and involvement in civics. This argument, though, isn’t always a fair one because many people do not have the time to be as involved as they would maybe like. This to me suggests we also need to make the political system more accessible to everyday Americans, and this can be achieved through some relatively simple steps. To start, civics should be elevated to an equal status to the other core classes in education. Though a part of social-studies education, civics is dangerously absent in standardized testing. Many tests such as the MCAs or MAPs tests are required for highschool graduation, and tests including the ACTs and SATs are taken by
many college-bound students. Their common issue is none of them has a civics section or sub-test. While government classes are required in some places, this is only one year of a class. Adding civics to tests would increase the subject’s importance and value to study, hopefully increasing public knowledge. We can also take a look at our founding documents. Unlike many things today, the Constitution and Declaration of Independence were written in a very straightforward manner. That reflects the Founding Fathers’ hope for a government held in check by informed and vigilant citizens. After all, the power in this country ultimately rests in us. Having a pocket copy of the Constitution on a desk or a phone is relatively inexpensive, and the drafters organized it into sections for easy reference. Civics is important because at the end of the day, an informed populace will lead to a better government, and better lives for every citizen of our country. Things will only get better in Washington, D.C. and on our city councils if we decide to do something about it. We are extremely lucky to live in a country that allows us many freedoms, but we also need to be careful to preserve those freedoms through strong citizen involvement. In a republic, the government is only as good as we demand it to be. Connor Kockler is a Sauk RapidsRice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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Future from front page money management and financial-awareness skills through fun and educational programs that incorporate the much -needed life skills and wisdom to help them build successful financial futures. This is the second conference Chris Panek, creator of Financial Adventure, has organized. Panek, a certified public accountant, has more than 20 years of experience. The Financial Adventure program, a membership-based financial-literacy program for children ages 5-18, was developed by Panek to help kids learn hands-on and real-life financial skills. The program incorporates financial information from normal day-to-day lives and simplifies it for children so they are able to learn from financial activities. Panek said she surveyed local professionals to see if they felt there was a need for a
financial-literacy conference. She said she received great feedback and decided to plan the first free Treasure My Future financial literacy and lifeskills conference last year in April, since April is financial literacy month. Last year’s event was held at Resource Training and Solutions in Sartell. About 70 people from Sartell, Albany, Cold Spring, Holdingford, Melrose, Pierz, Royalton, St. Cloud, Sauk Centre and Sauk Rapids attended the event. They included home-schooled students. Each conference follows the core mission which includes enhancing youth financial literacy, supporting the Jump$tart National Standards for K-12 Personal Finance Education, making learning financial and life skills engaging and fun for students, bringing knowledge and real-life experiences from local professionals to the students, helping students learn to be more responsible with their financial choices and investing in the financial future
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About 70 people attended last year’s “Treasure My Future,” a free financial-literacy and life-skills conference held at Resource Training and Solutions in Sartell. This year’s conference for students will be held from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 22 at the Gorecki Center, located on the College of St. Benedict campus in St. Joseph. The event is for students in fifth through 12th grades. of our youth. Panek said many area teachers are giving extra credit if their students attend the conference. She said she feels this is a great idea since financial literacy is often not taught in schools. Panek said financial topics can be tough for many adults and often result in little or no
conversations with children, but the conference is a great place to learn about and spark important conversations. The conference will be held on the second level of the Gorecki Center. Free parking is available in Lot 5 located across the street from the center, and additional parking is available in Lots 6, 8 and 10.
To register for this year’s conference, visit www.treasuremyfuture.com. The first 75 students in each age group (fifth-eighth grades and ninth12th grades) to register online will receive a gift at the conference. Adults are able to attend with their children but must register online under the Adult Admission.
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