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Prairie burn healthy for ecosystem, lesson for students by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
eighth grade and is home of the Colts, so school officials wanted to make the prairie burn a teaching moment. “We have no safety concerns at all,” Putnam said as the fire went on around the school with students present. “Additionally, we also turn off our air intake system so no particulate enters the building and so students with compromised airways aren’t in any way impacted negatively.” Minnesota Native Landscapes, a full-service ecological restoration company in Otsego, secured the fire permit from the city for the burn, which was expected to last between two to three hours. “I think they’re perfect,” Burn Boss Tyler Thorndal said of the weather conditions just minutes before the burn began. “We have a good steady wind – the wind is not too high – and we have complete control over
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Smoke and fire surrounded Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph on May 4, but instead of driving people away, the controlled burn of the landscape attracted a large crowd. Principal Laurie Putnam even encouraged students, parents and the public to “enjoy the beauty and excitement” of the prairie burn at the 36-acre site off Jade Road. “The prairie surrounds us on three sides,” Putnam said. “And the burn is being done to maintain the health of the prairie. It’s vital for this type of ecosystem that it burn every couple of years, and we are overdue by almost three years, so it’s been about five years since our last burn.” Kennedy Community School serves students in preschool and kindergarten through
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Transportation roundup set May 9 at Kennedy
District 742 Transportation offers an on-site bus tour for all children who will be attending kindergarten during the 2016-17 school year at 6 p.m. Monday, May 9 at Kennedy Kindergarten Roundup. For more information, go to thenewsleaders.com and click on May 6 Criers.
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J. Drake Hamilton of the Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization Fresh Energy will address energy policy with a focus on hidden costs of current means of producing electricity at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 at Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Norway Drive, St. Cloud. Hamilton is Fresh Energy’s science policy director who represented Fresh Energy at the Paris climate summit. Hamilton was awarded an international leaders fellowship from the European Union and used that award to study climate policy solutions. Gathering for snacks and conversation will begin at 5:30 p.m.; Hamilton will speak at 6:30 p.m.
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St. Joseph residents who have voted in past elections and want to participate in future ones will find themselves in a different part of the city this year. During its May 2 meeting,
the St. Joseph City Council authorized a resolution to create new polling locations for the 2016 election, including possibly one at the College of St. Benedict. “They looked at both Heritage Hall and St. Ben’s,” City Administrator Judy Weyrens told the council. “Both of them
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Workers from Minnesota Native Landscapes, a fullservice ecological restoration company in Otsego, burn the prairie surrounding Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph around noon May 4 to maintain the ecosystem as students, teachers and spectators watch from a safe distance. it the entire time.” There was a north wind at 19 mph the day of the burn, which started on the south end of the school property because of the north wind, Thorndal said. “We were hoping to do it during the day,” Putnam said. “Our students have spent a
would work just fine, but we are waiting back to hear from the Army to see if we could use the Army Reserve as well because they indicated once that we could.” The process for relocating polling places is regulated by the Minnesota Secretary of State, which must be notified
considerable amount of time learning about the prairie ecosystem, and we want them to be able to experience seeing it. Since they’ve learned so much about it, you want them to be here when it happens.” The Sauk River Watershed District will pay for the prairie Prairie • page 5
no later than May 9 of the new locations. Once the resolution is forwarded to the Stearns County auditor, it will be forwarded to the Secretary of State. Precinct 1 consists of all voters residing west of College Avenue while Precinct 2 is comVoters • page 3
Revitalization project to keep children playing by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
Giving Voice Chorus to simulcast May 10
Enjoy a performance by Giving Voice Chorus from 10:3011:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, at the Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls. Giving Voice creates an opportunity for people living with Alzheimer’s disease to join together with their care partners and connect through the power of music.
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Students and coaches help shovel and sweep the baseball and softball fields near Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph as part of a revitalization project in a bid that would allow the St. Joseph summer recreation program to once again become part of the Holdingford league.
Parents, students and coaches spent the afternoon of April 19 sprucing up the baseball field and the softball field at Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph in order to stay competitive. Principal Laurie Putnam and Mayor Rick Schultz agreed earlier this spring to revitalize the fields. The school district would pay for the materials and the city would maintain the fields in the summer. “In this community, the Summer Rec league has gotten banned out of the Holdingford league because our fields are in such poor shape,” Putnam said. “We don’t want our kids in this community having to
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go to Waite Park,” she added. “Certainly they have a great program, and parents can make their own choices, but we want this to be a viable option.” The St. Joseph Summer Rec is a parent or volunteer organization for school-aged children with practices for T-ball, pitchball, midgets, peewee, softball and junior varsity baseball. “There were holes where the pitcher’s mound should be,” Putnam said of the fields at Kennedy Community School. “It’s actually sunk in, so it really was in rough shape.” About 30 people took time to dig and rake the fields, which included spreading $1,500 worth of materials from three dump trucks to soften up the fields and fill up any holes in Project • page 2
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U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (far right) talked about transportation and the needs of a growing central Minnesota population May 2 at the St. Joseph City Council meeting. contributed photo
A team of five fifth- and sixth-graders from Kennedy Community School have won fourth place at the 2016 Minnesota U.S. Academic Triathlon State Tournament, held April 16 at Cottage Grove (Minn.) Middle School. The team, coached by Lisa Meyer and John Zenner, consists of members (pictured from left to right) Liam Zenner, Jordan Wilson, Eric Allen, Devan Meyer and Zach Stang. During the tournament, the team wrote, produced and performed a skit within a 40 minute time period. They participated in a round of questions from history and math to literature and consumer issues; and rotated among three challenging “Mind Sprint” problems, testing their verbal, critical and creative problem-solving skills.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer talked about transportation and the needs of a growing Central Minnesota population at the May 2 St. Joseph City Council meeting. The congressman was invited about three months ago to appear before the council by Mayor Rick Schultz. Emmer succeeded one-time presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. “I’ve been in office now for 15 months,” said Emmer, Minnesota's Sixth District freshman congressman. “And one of the things I ran on was a funny thing called ‘customer service.’ This office works for you.” Kim Poganski, volunteer chamber president of the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, and Stearns County Commissioner Mark Bromenschenkel were in the audience at the meeting. “While we have had great representatives from this state who have been in Washington, D.C.," Emmer said, "over the years, I don’t know very many of them that – once they were elected to a federal office – came back to local political meetings, local city council meetings (and more)." Emmer was the Republican
nominee for governor in the 2010 election and also served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005-11. “We need to show up and see them in person and get their feedback,” Emmer said of his appearance at the city council meeting. “That’s where I have the most fun, when I get to actually see people – both people who might agree with me and people who may not.” The husband and father of seven said his time serving on a city council like the one in St. Joseph before becoming a congressman was the “most rewarding public service” job he ever had. “That’s not to minimize what I’m doing now,” Emmer told the council. “But what you do is you’re answering directly to your neighbors . . . You can have that immediate impact on your neighborhood.” The St. Joseph chamber includes about 100 chamber members, Poganski said, who want to know from Emmer what is being done to improve transportation, such as extending Northstar service from Big Lake to St. Cloud to drive commerce in the area. “This district, Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District, where St. (Joseph) is located in Stearns County and as you
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head towards the Twin Cities and beyond, this is probably the most intense transportation location in Minnesota,” Emmer said. “We have to start looking, especially when it comes to transportation, as to how we can keep more of our transportation tax dollars right here in the state of Minnesota . . . and empower our state, county and local officials to apply those dollars more appropriately.” Emmer said he was “proud” to be a Republican, but he also said he represents the entire district even as he referred to “Washington bureaucrats” as impediments to getting things like the Northstar light-rail extension accomplished. “It’s all about moving people and product,” Emmer told Poganski at the meeting. “That’s what drives our economy, that’s what drives our quality of life, our standard of living. If you’re not doing that, your private economy is not able to grow.”
Project from front page the ground. “We are getting a locker we’re going to secure through the fence out there, so anytime anybody uses the fields, whether it’s our teams or community rec teams, they can do a quick maintenance afterward,” Putnam said of future upkeep.
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Voters from front page prised of all voters residing east of College Avenue. Those in Precinct 1 had voted at Kennedy Community School while those in Precinct 2 had voted at St. Joseph Fire Hall in past elections. “I think there were some issues they had with maybe security and the safety of children and doors open,” Weyrens said of Kennedy Community School
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com and the recommendation to relocate. The school is slated for construction of a revised access during the summer that “would create a large problem for the primary” for those in Precinct 1 while Precinct 2 is “too small.” Heritage Hall, St. Ben’s Haehn Alumni Room and the Army Reserve site are being considered for polling sites. All registered voters will receive a mailed notice of the polling-place changes once plans have been finalized.
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St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens (left) gets up from her chair May 2 to talk to the City Council about relocating the polling places from Kennedy Community School and St. Joseph Fire Hall to other locations amid concerns about security and space limitations.
Investigators say boys admit to setting bridge on fire by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Two juveniles have admitted to setting the Lake Wobegon Trail walking-biking bridge on fire, according to Stearns County officials on May 3. Investigators from the
Stearns County Sheriff’s Office interviewed the two boys about the April 30 fire and obtained admissions they were responsible for the arson that damaged the bridge, which caused its temporary closure during the weekend. The juveniles were released
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to their parents’ custody. The case will be forwarded to the Stearns County Attorney’s Office for review of criminal charges. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a bicyclist at about 5:30 p.m. April 30 that the bridge was on fire. It’s part of the Wobegon
Trail in Albany Township near Schwinghammer Lake. The fire was put out, and for a time the bridge was shut down, mainly to conduct an investigation performed by the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office with help from the Minnesota State Fire Marshall’s Office.
They determined the fire had been purposely set, a case of arson. The bridge has since been reopened after it was determined to be safe. Only some of the wood on the bridge had been burned by the fire. Its steel supporting structure remains intact.
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Kroska gets ‘a clue’ during Argentina mission by Darren Diekmann contributed photo
Clara Kroska’s favorite place in Bahia Blanca – the beach.
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Clara Kroska (second from left) with her fellow missionary sisters and new friends.
St. Joseph resident Clara Kroska returned home March 29 from the most difficult and rewarding experience of her young life, an 18-month mission trip to Argentina with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Kroska, 21, is a 2013 graduate of Albany High School and is the daughter of Susan and David Kroska. Before leaving on the mission in September 2014, Kroska underwent six weeks of intensive training in Spanish and teaching methods at the Missionary Training Center near Provo, Utah. Some of the training is specialized for the location the church has selected for the missionary. “This was so fun,” Kroska said. “We learned how to teach the gospel to people and learned Spanish as well. I would not have been able to do the mission without the training at the center.” Despite this training and a
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Prairie from front page burn and its staff will be treating the remaining elm trees after the burn, which is only the second time since construction of the school was completed. “They have been our partners in this,” Putnam said of the $3,000 cost to burn the prairie, which will recover in a couple of weeks. “The only way we’re getting this to happen is through grant funding they’ve secured.” The watershed district will also provide Kennedy Community School with an extensive collection of garden tools for future use, according to Adam Hjelm, community education outreach coordinator for the SRWD. “It was fun and challenging going from one grade level to another speaking in regards to the upcoming prairie burn,” Hjelm said before the burn. “It’s easy to tell some teachers have spent a great deal of time with their students discussing the project.” As part of the show-and-tell in the classrooms, Hjelm brought in wings and fur from animals whose natural habitat is the prairie and talked to students about the ecosystem, according to Put-
nam, who said those animals naturally vacate the area during the burn. “All of our teachers have been teaching it in various ways,” Putnam said. “The younger kids have picture books they have been reading, and there have been corresponding videos we’ve shown from the Discovery Channel.” The SRWD will put a $3,000 placeholder in its budget for the next four years (2017-20) to go toward the prairie and garden areas at Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph, Hjelm said. “This isn’t guaranteed funding, but chances are it will continue to be available,” Hjelm said. “We can work out the details, but it will just be a request for funding each year itemizing what the funds will be used for in regards to the prairie and garden at Kennedy.” The water district plans to provide Kennedy Community School with an extensive collection of garden tools for future use, such as shovels, rakes, trowels and more. “We will see a return of species we haven’t seen in a while because the prairie is so overgrown, so it’s actually way better for the animals, too,” Putnam said of the prairie burn.
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Above: Jamie Vassar from Minnesota Native Landscapes, a full-service ecological restoration company in Otsego, preps a vehicle and its tank that were used to burn the prairie surrounding Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph on May 4 to maintain the ecosystem. Below: Workers from Minnesota Native Landscapes burn the prairie surrounding Kennedy Community School in St. Joseph around noon May 4 to maintain the ecosystem as students, teachers and spectators watch from a safe distance.
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Many ways to honor mothers, even those who are dearly departed As Mother’s Day approaches, Sunday, May 8, many people become sad and even depressed because their beloved mothers are no longer among the living. Father’s Day can be a sad day for the same reason. Dr. Gail Saltz, a New York-based psychiatrist, has all kinds of wise advice for such motherless and fatherless people. “There’s no need to pretend it (Mother’s Day) is not a melancholy time for you,” she said. “Nearly everyone whose mother is absent feels bereft.” And then she adds, so insightfully: “Grief is just love with nowhere to go.” Saltz recommends various ways to honor a dearly departed mother on Mother’s Day. • Do something your mother loved and would approve of. For example, if she loved animals, consider volunteering that day or that week at a local animal shelter. Mothers can also be honored by donating, in her memory and name, to any charity you knew she favored. • If you have a big-enough yard, plant your mother’s favorite tree or plant the kinds of flowers and vegetables she loved. Share photos and memories of your mom with other family members or friends or post them on social media. • Call family members and share with them a few favorite stories of your mother and how much she meant to you. Spend the day in nature, hiking or biking, to enjoy “the infinite cycle of nature,” as Saltz calls it. Being in nature, enjoying its beauty, can have a very calming, relaxing and reassuring effect. • Cook your favorite childhood meal, one your mother used to make. Share the meal with family and friends or just cook it for yourself if you like. Another good reason for making your mother’s comfort food at home is there is a risk in dining out that you might see men and women treating their mothers to a dinner, and that sight and the happiness of it could bring on sadness or depression. • Write a letter to your mother about what’s been going on in your life and how much you miss her. The letter can be kept and reread on future Mother’s Days. • Saltz says it’s OK to cry all day if you feel you need that. On the other hand, Mother’s Day is also a good time to pamper oneself and try to be happy because, as Saltz emphasizes: “Our dearly departed moms would want us to be happy and do whatever is best for us.” Whatever you decide to do on Mother’s Day, we hope all people – those with mothers and those without – have a good day in celebrating and honoring their mothers, no matter which form that celebration takes.
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Opinion ‘Blonde on Blonde’ is gift that keeps giving A special birthday is just around the bend – May 16. On that day, 50 years ago, Bob Dylan gave a great gift to the world, an album called Blonde on Blonde. And it was a great big gift – a double album. What songs! Fourteen masterworks. Blonde on Blonde has long been not only my favorite Dylan album but my favorite album, period. It’s impossible to express all the pleasure those songs have given me, time and time again, for half a century. Blonde on Blonde was released just three weeks before my graduation from St. Cloud Tech High School. I can remember the very day I put it on the cheap record player in my upstairs bedroom of the old house on Fifth Avenue South. It was yet another transcendent experience, as all of Dylan’s six previous albums had been. Why do I love that album so much? Well, it’s hard to describe why, but I’ll try. For one thing, it contains seven of my all-time favorite Dylan songs: Visions of Johanna, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, I Want You, Just Like a Woman, One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine and Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again. The latter is my favorite of all Dylan songs. I call that incredible album Dylan’s “Baroque Surrealism.” The sound on the previous great work, Highway 61 Revisited, was a bit more hard-edged and angular. On Blonde on Blonde, the master’s music and songwriting bloomed into a kind of wild, exhilarating tangle of sounds and words. I say “baroque” because that is a style in art that uses exaggerated motion and vivid details to evoke drama, tension, exuberance and mystery. I say “surrealism” because that is a style, first developed in painting, that releases con-
Dennis Dalman Editor tents from the subconscious mind, as in dreams, where images are juxtaposed in often jarring, irrational ways. Another reason I love Blonde on Blonde is because of its sly humorous touches. The album is drenched in deep, mysterious drama, but flashes of humor and piercing wit pop up all through it – that street-slang hipster wit through which Dylan revealed his incomparable genius that rivals Shakespeare’s. From Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat “It (pillbox hat) balances on her head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine.” From Pledging My Time: “Well, they sent for the ambulance And one was sent. Somebody got lucky But it was accident.” Blonde on Blonde seems to have been inspired by paintings. It’s filled with scintillating imagery as vivid as paintings by Picasso. One of my favorite verses, in fact, takes place in an art museum within the melancholy mystery of Visions of Johanna. “Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial. Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after awhile But Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues. You can tell by the way she smiles. See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear the one with the moustache say
‘Jeeze, I can’t find my knees.’” That verse is a perfect example of how Dylan combines profound observations and insights with keen wit and cheeky humor, not to mention his wonderful rhymes from which a lot of his mordant humor derives. The paintings on the museum wall are “up on trial” to determine which ones will outlast time. The primitive wallflower and the jelly-faced women are images typical of surrealistic art works, reminiscent of Picasso’s disturbing, garish portrait called Weeping Woman. The man with the moustache is a painting of a man’s face, probably looking alarmed because he can’t “find” his knees, which the artist didn’t paint. Blonde on Blonde is brimming, overflowing with such evocative gems. There is also a wild, absurdist, almost cartoony vision in some of the songs, especially in my favorite, Stuck Inside of Mobile . . . Its eight verses contain a dazzling collision of incongruous but captivating absurdist images and characters: “Grandpa died last week And now he’s buried in the rocks, But everybody still talks about How badly they were shocked. But me, I expected it to happen. I knew he’d lost control When he built a fire on Main Street And shot if full of holes. Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again.” Oh, how I wish I could live another 50 years so I could keep enjoying the treasures of that album, as fresh today as it was in the spring of 1966. If there is really such a thing as the gift that keeps on giving, it’s that towering masterpiece called Blonde on Blonde.
Letters to the editor
Reader does not see liberal-arts education as a waste Todd Anderson, St. Joseph
I always find Ron Scarbro’s right-wing maunderings to be entertaining if predictable, so it shouldn’t surprise me he considers a liberal-arts education to be a waste of time and money, even if the people who actually have one would rarely agree. It fits his chosen persona, after all, as he pens his opinion column for the St. Joseph Newsleader: a newspaper in a small town that is wholly dependent for its economic survival upon the College of St.
Benedict and St. John’s University, i.e. liberal arts colleges of exactly the type he deplores. Unsurprisingly, the irony has escaped his notice. Personally, I think the Newsleader must have an agenda to discredit the conservative perspective. To provide a foil against the leftleaning viewpoint provided by the articulate, sometimes even erudite Dennis Dalman, the Newsleader offers us pundit Scarbro who, by his own admission, thinks his underwear magically appears in his dresser drawer. It’s
subtle and devious; perhaps even diabolical. I like it.
Knights of Columbus thanks supporters The Fr. Werner Knights of Columbus Council wishes to acknowledge our sincere appreciation to the community of St. Joseph for its support for our recent fundraiser. Your generosity to this annual fundraiser aids the developmentally disabled (Tootsie Roll Drive). Thank you again.
Pest control includes BS, HYPE and DONALD’S You discover your house is infested with pests and vermin. You know if you don’t act, the foundation will be destroyed and the structure will come tumbling down. You set about looking for a solution. A cursory investigation shows many options available to deal with your situation. The first number you call turns out to be Bernie’s Best Socialistic System, or double B double S also known as BBSS, or just BS for short. The operator advises you what you call vermin and pests are really just alternative species who have just as much right to life as you do. The fact these species have decided to make your home their home is their right. To cause them any harm or discomfort would be wrong on so many levels. BBSS recommends you just learn to live with them until they destroy your home and then move outside and live as nature intended, in the trees and mountains. That way everybody can just get along and live “socially.” The next number on the list of solutions is Hillary’s Youth Patrol for the Environment or HYPE for short. Their operator starts with the company slogan, “Trust us, we never lie. What you call pests and vermin are just misguided individuals who can be reasoned with. Instead of deporting these lovable critters who just want the opportunity you have had to make a living and feed their growing
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer families, we should start a dialogue. We should negotiate with them and see to it a non-violent solution can be reached. Then when your home comes tumbling down, remember it was probably your fault for building in an area they wanted. They had every right to bring their diseases and destruction into your home because as an American citizen you are just selfish. Believe it because we never lie, wink wink.” So, in a quandary, you continue to look for a solution to your problem. The final listing on the Yellow Pages is Deport Or Nail Aliens and Lowlife Drug Smugglers, or “DONALD’S.” Their operator is emphatic. Vermin and pests are just that, vermin and pests. They don’t belong in your house. You didn’t invite them in and they refuse to leave. If you don’t act and act quickly, they will gnaw at the foundation of your house until it’s destroyed. They will continue to reproduce, thereby creating millions more of their kind to destroy not only your house but your neighbor’s as well. Here at DONALD’S
we have a special treatment that denies these pests and vermin food or opportunity. It’s called “E-Verification of Citizenship.” We don’t even have to kill them. They leave on their own because they find the living conditions intolerable. They go scrambling back to where they came from. Then DONALD’S builds a wall to prevent them from ever returning. At that point you can rebuild your home strengthened in the knowledge future visitors will be here only by invitation.” So, these are your choices. Be socially responsible and leave them alone to continue on their destructive path, start a dialogue with them in the hope they will leave your house alone in favor of finding another way to feed themselves and their families or just send them packing. Being a fair-minded individual, I believe you will make the right decision. The home you save may be your own, as well as everyone else’s. It is BS, HYPE or DONALD’S. Seems simple enough to me. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.
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Friday, May 6 Post-Polio Support Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Independent Lifestyles, 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-281-2013. St. Cloud State University Commencement, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., St. Cloud State University (Herb Brooks National Hockey Center), 720 Fourth Ave. S. http://today.stcloudstate.edu/ commencement-ceremonies-may-6/. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. N.W. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Monday, May 9 Registration for Wednesday and Thursday night volleyball leagues, Trobec’s Bar, 1 Central Ave. S., St. Stephen. 320-251-0946. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday. org. St. Joseph Fare for All, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2. 800-582-4291. fareforall. org. St. Joseph Township Board, 8 p.m., St. Joseph Township Hall, 935 College Ave. S. Tuesday, May 10 Trobec’s Volleyball, Wednesday and Thursday nights, Trobec’s Bar,
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CITY OF ST. JOSEPH PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given the Council the presiding officer at the hearing. will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June The council may upon such notice 6, 2016 in the City Hall Council consider objection to the amount of Chambers to consider, and possibly a proposed individual assessment adopt, the proposed assessment for at an adjourned meeting upon such delinquent City invoices. Adoption further notice to the affected propby the Council of the proposed as- erty owners, as it deems advisable. sessment may occur at the hearing. An owner may appeal an assessThe proposed assessment role is ment to district court pursuant to on file for public inspection at Minn. Stat. 429.081 by serving nothe city clerk’s office. The total tice of the appeal upon the mayor amount of the proposed assess- or clerk within 30 days after the ment is $1,563.53. Written or oral adoption of the assessment and objections will be considered at the filing such notice with the district meeting. No appeal may be taken court within 10 days after service as to the amount of an assessment upon the mayor or clerk. unless a written objection signed Judy Weyrens by the affected property owner is Administrator filed with the city clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to Publish: May 6, 2016 RESOLUTION 2016-010 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS RECITALS: N. or on the City website, www.cityofstjoseph.com. WHEREAS, on May 2, 2016, the City Council for the City of St. Jo- THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY REseph adopted Ordinances 610, enti- SOLVED: tled “Lodging Tax” and 615, entitled “Portable Storage and Mobile Food The City Council has reviewed the Vendors;” and proposed Summary Publication and finds the summary of the Ordinance WHEREAS, on May 2, 2016, the clearly informs the public of the inCity Council for the City of St. Jo- tent and effect of the Ordinance. seph amended the following Ordinances: Ordinance 306 “Cable ComThe City of St. Joseph directs the munications,” to reflect new contract City Administrator to publish the language; Ordinance 401 “Munici- Ordinance by Summary Publicapal Water System,” to reflect current tion. City practices; Ordinance 806 “Unreasonable Acceleration and Brak- Adopted this second day of May, ing,” in order to allow additional 2016, by a vote of 5 in favor and discretion for police officers. 0 opposed. WHEREAS, the City of St. Joseph desires to publish the Ordinance by Summary Publication; and
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Kroska from page 4 “It was white sand but it was pretty rocky,” she said, “and the water wasn’t clear blue.” Kroska said she noticed a few stark differences between central Minnesota and Argentina. One was the housing and architecture that revealed such contrasts between rich and poor. “There were mostly older parts of the city where the buildings were antique and the houses were small and seemed really cramped,” she said. “They were made of concrete and falling apart. Then there were parts where everything was new, with huge mansions and everything was beautiful.” Another was the frequent fear of being mugged. The missionaries would carry transpar-
ent bags so thieves would see they didn’t have anything valuable. But that was not always a deterrent. “I got robbed twice,” Kroska said. And she described it as “beyond terrifying.” She was coached in her training not to resist. She didn’t and wasn’t harmed either time. But this was the exceptional experience, mostly a result of poverty, she said, and she is left with a warm feeling toward the Argentinian people. Every day in her work she experienced their warmth and generosity. “Argentinians are very loving people,” she said. “Once you get to know them they share everything.” Kroska said every part of her stay was rich and rewarding. “This experience has given me an increased confidence in myself to accomplish what ever I set out to do,” she said. And it has put that into
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