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Town Crier Libertyville set June 10 as part of SummerFest

The fourth edition of Libertyville! will be presented by Liberty Bank Minnesota at 5 p.m. Friday, June 10 at Pine Meadow Elementary. Along with the usual assortment of giant inflatables, face painting, crazy hairdos and other free activities, this free event will include two special features this year. The first is two appearances by the Timberworks Lumberjack Show from Hayward, Wis. The second feature of the evening is Davis Smith Junior, the Human Cannonball. For more information, go to thenewsleaders.com and click on June 3 Criers.

Farm Camp Minnesota, a fun and educational day camp for kids entering third-sixth grade, will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, July 26 on Schmitt Family Farm, near Rice. The camp is put on by and sponsored by farmers, farm organizations, agribusinesses and volunteers. Advance registration is required and will close July 8. Farm Camp allows campers the opportunity to learn about today’s agriculture, where their food comes from, how it’s grown and how farm products are used in our daily life. For more information, go to thenewsleaders. com and click on June 3 Criers.

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These are the quilting ladies of St. Joseph Parish. Left to right (clockwise) are Delrose Fischer, Marilyn Brinkman, Betty Schloemer, Josie Meyer, Ellie Studer, Ilene Schmitt, Ione Jacobs, Geri Schwab and Barb Heltemes They donate their time and energy making quilts to auction off at the annual church celebration July 4. In return they get to share their time, their craft, their art and their wonderful sense of humor with one another.

These bees make money – it’s a quilting bee by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com

It’s 8 a.m. Already the quilting ladies of the St. Joseph Parish Quilt Group have their large-sized quilting frame set up in Heritage Hall and are hard at work. They have been quilting since 7 a.m. They will continue working until 1:30 p.m.

“Some of us are here at 7,” said Ellie Studer, one of the members. “Yes, and some of us leave to go bowling,” Barb Heltemes confessed. “Yes, I let them off once in a while,” Delrose Fischer joked. Fischer has been quilting a long time, since 1996, and is the leader of the group by ac-

In the beginning

Since 1987, the women of the St. Joseph Parish have been gathering each morning to make quilts to sell at the annual parish celebration July 4. Delores Meyer and Pauly Scholte started the initial project. “It started as a way to make

money for the church and the school,” Fischer said. “That’s what we’ve been doing ever since.” It takes a long time and lots of hours to create a quilt, and these ladies don’t just do one. Draped over a few chairs off to the side is another completed quilt. Besides that, this year Bees • page 4

SJP instructor named Teacher of the Year by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com

A St. Joseph instructor has been named Teacher of the Year by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German. Matt Beck, also known as “Herr Beck (Mr. Beck in Ger-

man),” has taught at St. John’s Preparatory School in C o l l e g ev i l l e for four years and leads its Beck German camp and summer program.

“Teaching foreign languages to young students is important because it can often spark an interest in other cultures and how those different from us think,” Beck said in a statement. Beck teaches German 1 through 4, German for International Baccalaureate students, as well as sixth-grade exploratory

German. He also advises the German Club. “The school community is very proud of Matt and the work he does with introducing young people to the wonders of language and culture,” said the Rev. Jonathan Licari, school headmaster. Teacher • page 2

Lockboxes allow firefighters easy access to homes

Volunteer as a family for UW’s Day of Action

Join United Way for a community Day of Action. Make a difference in your community by taking action on Thursday, June 16 at Lake George Municipal Complex. Projects include Canvas for a Cause, decorating placemats and cards, assembling literacy kits and more. There is a variety of opportunities and times available. To register, visit unitedwayhelps.org. For more information on this or other United Way volunteer opportunities, go to thenewsleaders.com and click on June 3 Criers.

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Metro Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association members mark the donation of five lockboxes at the St. Joseph Fire Hall on May 25. Members include (front row, left to right) Carol Gruba, Kim Asmus, Fred Hinkle, Sue Hinkle and Donna Kellor; (middle row) Mark Gruba, Dory Dahlberg, Jeff Mo, Kathy Sherrard, Liz Hollencamp, Fire Chief Jeff Taufen and Adam Wicklund; and (back row) Cory Quinn, Troy Hinkle, Dave Boese, Jerry Middelstadt, Vince Thiel and Police Chief Joel Klein.

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Nearly eight years ago, two members of the St. Joseph Fire Station conceived of a project to prevent damages to residential homes in cases of forced entry, specifically to homes where home-owners may not be able to reach the door readily. By extending the idea of using “lockboxes” from commercial to residential properties, these firefighters decided to purchase several lockboxes which could be placed outside of various homes, granting firefighters easy access to each residence. Every lockbox contains a key to a residential or commercial space, yet only the firefighters possess the key to the lock-box itself.

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Jeff Taufen, the current St. Joseph fire chief and one of the original two architects of the program, said local organizations, such as the St. Joseph Lions Club and Jaycees, have in the past assisted in funding the purchase of lockboxes for the elderly and medically disabled. “It gives them . . . a safe feeling that I can stay in my house and yet I can still get help without anyone knocking down doors,” Taufen said. Currently, the fire station’s program includes five lockboxes, which they lease out to residents. However, the size of that program doubled May 25 when the fire station marked the purchase of five new lockboxes, a purchase made possible Boxes • page 3

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Teacher from front page Beck earned his bachelor’s degree in English and German from St. John’s University in Collegeville and is pursuing his master’s degree in educational

leadership at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. “It’s a demonstration of the quality of teaching at Prep and what we offer for our students in other languages and in other cultures,” Licari said in a statement. Beck has taught English at the Hauptschule Insel Schütt and Willstätter Gymnasium in Nürn-

berg, Germany, as well as the Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology in Jilin City, China. He also spent three years working in residential life at St. John’s Prep. “When teaching German, I get to share my passion and expertise with others,” Beck said. “I also get the unique opportunity to teach the same students each

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: March 20, 2014 MORTGAGOR: Sarah J. Maidl and David P. Maidl, wife and husband. MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded April 10, 2014 Stearns County Recorder, Document No. A1419367. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated Sept. 24, 2015. Recorded Sept. 30, 2015, as Document No. A1453256. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100354020100024759 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Stearns Bank National Association RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 120 E. Minnesota St., St. Joseph, Minn. 56374 TAX PARCEL 84536160000

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION PROPERTY:

The Westerly Half of Lot 2 and all of Lot 3, less and except the Southerly 75 feet of the West 30 feet of said Lot 3, in Block 2 in Loso’s Second Addition to St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns

580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2017, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF $112,244.00

PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE:

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $112,327.93

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 7, 2016 at 10 a.m. PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, Room S-136, St. Cloud, Minn. to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section

year in grades 6-12, which lets me form a community around language learning.” Students nominated Beck for the Minnesota Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German award. Beck said he enjoys teaching the students at St. John’s Prep because of their enthusiasm for languages.

“Because Prep students can take languages for seven years, I am able to design a program which results in them being fluent by the time they graduate,” Beck said. “This lets me move on from the basics of the language and start teaching content-driven courses in German.”

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LEGAL NOTICE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

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Dated: May 4, 2016 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee gagee

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Marisa Gaetz, daughter of Rose and Rick Gaetz of St. Joseph and a student at St. John’s Preparatory School, has Gaetz been awarded a 2016 Junior Rotarian Scholarship by the Rotary Club of St. Cloud. She plans to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study mathematics and physics. Fifteen St. Joseph students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at St. Cloud State University. They are the following: Jesse Anderson, athletic training; Hannah Kalla, elementary/K-6 education; Payton Kalla, finance; Rachel Peterson, communication sciences and disorders; Vanessa Ulrich, undecided; Richard Welch, ac-

counting; Jennifer Barg, elementary/K-6 education; Charlotte Jacobson, psychology; Summer Knudsen, elementary education; Damien Koutoupas, pre-pharmacy; Brandi Andersen, English; Kelli Halek, communication studies; Scott Reisdorf, mechanical engineering; Renee Richards, communication arts and literature; and Chloe Windahl, management. Elizabeth Tiffany, daughter of Lori and Craig Tiffany, recently graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead. Paul Palmersheim of St. Joseph was recently named to the spring semester president’s list at the Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Wadena. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify.

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April 8 1:14 a.m. Alarm. Minnesota Street W. Officers were dispatched to an alarm at a local business to find the front door unlatched. The building was cleared. The keyholder arrived and secured the building. 4:43 a.m. Extra patrol. Minnesota Street. Police conducted a foot patrol and encountered no issues. 1:07 p.m. Personal assist. A party was fingerprinted for an internship. 5:24 p.m. Business assist. Township packets were de-

livered for the city hall. April 9 12:07 a.m. Bar check. Minnesota Street. Police conducted bar checks and encountered no issues. 11:08 p.m. Expired registration. While on routine patrol, an officer found a vehicle with expired license-plate tabs. The officer stopped the driver, who said she knew the tabs were expired but did not know where to get new ones. The officer explained where and how to get new tabs and issued a citation. April 10 12:32 a.m. Medical. Minnesota Street W. A man lost consciousness and fell down face first on the ground at a local business. He was bleeding and had a history of low blood pressure. Officers arrived on the scene and held a C-spine until relieved by the Fire Department. Gold Cross Ambulance brought the vic-

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Friday, June 3, 2016 tim to an ambulance for further evaluation. 2:15 p.m. Alarm. 15th Avenue N.E. Police responded to an alarm report. All doors were checked and found to be locked. The keyholder stated there was a problem with the alarm and told the officer to clear. April 11 4:38 a.m. Suspicious person. Tenth Avenue S.E. A complainant reported a male sleeping in a car and stated he did not belong there. Officers identified the sleeping man, who said he got in late and his sister lived in the complex. The complainant reported an account of the man trying to open her screen door, knocking on her front door and ringing her doorbell while saying inappropriate things. Officers advised her to get an HRO if similar incidents happened. The man was told to leave the complainant alone. 6:24 a.m. Expired registration. CR 138. A vehicle with expired registration was observed. The driver was stopped, identified and informed of the expired registration. The driver said he knew the tabs were expired but he was short on money. He was issued a citation. 1:47 p.m. Hit-and-run accident. Birch Street W. A vehicle was struck in a parking lot and a suspect was identified. The suspect stated she did hit a car but looked and saw no damage. The owner of the damaged car stated he would settle things with the suspect without police assistance. 6:33 p.m. Unwanted. 19th Avenue E. A complainant reported after terminating an employee, the employee was attempting to leave with company paperwork. The employee claimed it was his paperwork that he did at home on his own time. As the papers were done on company notepads, it was determined the employee could not have completed them at his home. The paperwork was returned to the complainant. The employee then refused to turn his key back over to the business, claiming he lost it. He was given a verbal trespass in an officer’s presence and was told if he returned, he would be arrested. The complainant was advised to send a trespass notice to the employee via certified mail. The employee left. The complainant contacted a locksmith to change the locks out. April 12 6:51 a.m. Vehicle accident. 1500 Elm Street E. An accident was reported, with one driver possibly intoxicated. A driver was arrested.

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Correction Due to misinformation given to the St. Joseph Newsleader, a correction is needed for a story about the Memorial Day ceremonies in St. Joseph, which was published before the ceremonies took place. There were three ceremonies May 30 on Memorial Day,

one of which was at Yankee Cemetery south of the city. A wreath was not placed during the ceremonies. No guest speakers were scheduled, just a reading of names of veterans, the playing of the National Anthem, a rifle volley and the playing of Taps.

Paramount changing its name by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com

The Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center is changing its name effective immediately to better reflect who they are and what they do. The organization and the facility will be known as the Paramount Center for the Arts. The name represents the totality of all that goes on in the theater, the visual arts and gallery spaces, and education and outreach programming, according to officials.

Boxes from front page by a $700 donation by the Metro Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association. The Metro Citizens Police Academy was formed in 2003 and consists of an eight-week course designed to offer citizens of St. Joseph, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, St. Cloud and Waite Park insight into

The Articles of Incorporation have been amended and the new name filed with the State of Minnesota and all legal and promotional materials will be changed for the coming season. A new logo and word mark has been developed. In October of 1994, the group was incorporated as Paramount Arts Resource Trust with a mission to work toward raising money to renovate the Paramount Theatre and develop an arts district downtown. Paramount Arts Resource Trust the training of police officers in the St. Cloud metro area. The academy’s alumni association continues the mission of facilitating greater understanding between citizens and their respective police departments. As part of its work, the MCPAAA conducts an annual fundraiser and rotates between the five area police departments in distributing the proceeds. Adam Wicklund, president of the MCPAAA, said the idea for the lock-boxes came from the St.

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The Paramount logo is no longer apt for what happens every day at the Paramount Center for the Arts. Entertainment, educational opportunities for

all ages, art exhibitions, gallery sales, outreach work throughout the community and in the building is now what happens daily.

Joseph Police Department in consultation with the fire department. “We let the departments suggest what they need, so when we did our fundraiser we promoted that this is where the funds were going,” Wicklund said. The May 25 meeting, at which both members of MCPAAA and representatives from the fire station were present, also marks the beginning of the process to determine how best to distribute the lockboxes within St. Joseph.

Taufen said residents who believe they would be served by the lockboxes can submit a form to the fire station, requesting they be considered as candidates for a lock-box installation. Candidates will then be judged according to several criteria, such as frequency of emergency calls to their address, medical disabilities or age. However, due to the donation from the MCPAAA, residents who receive lock-boxes will be able to use them free of charge.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY Custodian – Overnight Custodial Maintenance at the College of Saint Benedict is seeking to fill a full-time, benefit-eligible position of an overnight Custodian. Work hours are midnight-8:30 a.m. Sunday-Thursday. For more information and to apply online, please visit http://employment.csbsju.edu. Women, individuals of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The College of Saint Benedict is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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This is the “John Deere Quilt.” It is special because “it is segregated . . . You don’t put anything else but a John Deere on a quilt that has a John Deere,” quilter Delrose Fischer said.

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had them transferred to cloth squares and sewn into place. Now they are adding the batting. The tractors are all part of collections that local farmers and enthusiasts have gathered together throughout the years. Fischer has a master list of the 42 pictures on the various squares of cloth. As she sits working on a square, she points out various tractors and names the farmer, from memory, to whom the tractor belongs. “Word of mouth,” she explains. “I took the pictures. I just called them, asked them, and they would take their tractors out and put them anywhere I would like them to have it so that there is nice

from front page they will produce 17 baby quilts and 23 queen-sized quilts. The quilters meet the first Monday in August and quilt until the end of November. Then they start in January and go through March – every Monday. “And if we don’t finish on Monday, we finish on Tuesday,” Fischer said. At the moment, the quilting ladies are working on two large quilts with the theme of tractors. Fischer took the pictures of the tractors herself, then

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greenery behind (them).” Currently, the ladies are hard at work on the quilt with a mix of tractors – Fords, Massey Fergusons, Allis Chalmers, Farmalls, Internationals, Olivers, McCormick Deering and many more. Asked why there were no John Deere tractors on this quilt, Fischer explained: “I was going to mix them up, but you don’t put anything else but a John Deere on a quilt that has a John Deere,” she said with a straight face. The room erupted in guffaws and groans of disbelief from the other ladies quilting. “That’s what they told me,” Fischer explained. “I was going to mix them up nice, but when they told me that, I thought, well – I guess I’ll have to make two quilts.” “We call this the ecumenical quilt,” quipped Marilyn Brinkman. The Farmall tractor quilt will be on display from June 6-13, and the John Deere tractor quilt will be on display from June 13-20 at the St. Joseph Parish.

Themes, patterns

Exactly how a quilt will be received at auction is a mystery to these women. Some have gone for as little as $300 and others for $1,000 or more. A Minnesota Twins-autographed quilt is the big winner so far. Someone mentioned possibly doing a dog quilt, but Fischer said that had already been tried and hadn’t been very popular in terms of raising money. Another theme that was a disappointment was a golfing quilt. “That was a beautiful quilt,” Fischer said. “She had the whole lay-out of the golf course, the golf balls and clubs. We quilted around the little golf balls and everything,

and it didn’t go well. I sent flyers and pictures out to all the golf clubs I could think of, but it didn’t do any good.” This year her choice of themes was old antique tractors. Last year’s theme was old barns in the area. Other choices have been a peace quilt, and the Minnesota Twins (they’ve done several of them). “One year we had 16 autographs, and that sold for $4,700,” Fischer said. “Then we did a Kirby Puckett quilt. He signed it, so that was kind of neat.” Fischer related the difficulty in securing the autographs, how she went with her granddaughter to the Twins’ autograph day, paid $40 to get into the two-hour event and then couldn’t get Joe Mauer’s autograph. Eventually, she contacted Joe’s mother and was able to secure his autograph. Other quilters will choose other themes like the “Peace Quilt,” which was selected by Judy Meemken. The quilter with the idea for a pattern gets to choose the colors, the patterns and designs, and the rest of the quilters help to execute her idea. The quilt group will pay for the fabric, but the lead quilter does the work in picking designs and color and gathering needed materials. In order to pay for the fabric, the members of the quilt group work out at St. John’s University at various functions. SJU pays the quilters for their services and the money is donated for fabric purchases. While there are lots of quilters in the area, the College of St. Benedict has hosted quilt shows in past years, but that doesn’t necessarily help the quilters of St. Joseph Parish. That’s because those quilts at the shows are often done on machines. “Ours are all hand-quilted,”

Friday, June 3, 2016 Fischer said. “This is the way it was done 100 years ago.” Doing it by hand means several hundred hours are donated to create one quilt.

Hard work, worth it

Quilting is hard work. Many of the women have calluses on the tips of their fingers, their backs ache and there is the occasional prick of the finger, but still they keep at it. Why? “Just to get together, “ said Betty Schloemer. “I mean we learn a lot . . . “ “And we laugh a lot,” Ilene Schmitt chimed in, bringing a giggle from all present. They also have a book exchange in which a book is passed around from one to the other until eventually all have read the book. Quilting in this way might be called a social art. The women work together and create a work of art, and at the same time spend up to six hours socializing with one another. One woman, Irene Symanietz, who was not present this day, is 94 years old but still enjoys the process of quilting. The women laugh and joke among themselves. Occasionally, a stitch goes awry, prompting an oath. “She throws in a little German,” says Ione Jacobs, referring to Fischer. “She doesn’t want us to understand it.” “Some swear words don’t sound as bad in German,” said Fischer, prompting a roar of laughter. “Some German words – you just can’t translate them,” said Ellie Studer. “And once in a while we get St. Joseph blushing,” said Ilene Schmitt, referring to the statue of St. Joseph that stands behind them overseeing all their work. And with that, the room goes silent and the women refocus on the quilt at hand.

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Veterans Art Project brings widespread acclaim by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Veterans and their families throughout Minnesota – and beyond – are thrilled about an artistic work-in-progress that honors more than 200 years of veterans’ sacrifices for American freedom. The work, dubbed the “Veterans Art Project,” is a series of five huge paintings by master painter and muralist Charles Kapsner of Little Falls. Three of the paintings have been completed since Kapsner began the project about six years ago. Two remain to be done. The first of the paintings, in ingeniously iconic visual ways, salute the contributions of Army soldiers; the second is an evocation of Navy personnel; the third – just recently completed in February – is a tribute to the U.S. Coast Guard. The two remaining ones will honor the Marine Corps and the Air Force. So far, Kapsner has worked about 40 “stories” into the paintings. Each figure, mostly modeled from people posing for the artist, has a dramatic or symbolic meaning, and the groups of figures and their relationships as seen on the painted canvas also are brimming with meanings. Each painting is like a collage of groups of human beings – military personnel, both men and women – in vast dreamlike landscapes. Each painting, about 8 feet by 10 feet, is heroic in scale and dimension, fitting for the heroism they celebrate. As the paintings are completed, they are affixed to the

walls of Committal Hall at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery just north of Little Falls’ Camp Ripley. One of the men who modeled for one of the paintings is Gordon Gerling of Little Falls who served in the Minnesota House as a representative from 1957-58 and again in 1961-66. Gerling is the one who suggested the Veterans Art Project some years ago to Kapsner and others. Gerling, who is now 94, a retired insurance agent, served in the U.S. Air Force as a B-24 bombardier in the North Pacific during World War II. In suggesting the series, Gerling said to Kapsner that the great American patriot and pamphleteer Thomas Paine should be featured in one of the works. Author of the pamphlet Common Sense, Paine spoke plainly to the “common man” of his day, circa 1776, and his stirring words help foment the American revolution against Britain. In his first painting, Kapsner painted Thomas Paine talking to a lieutenant-colonel in the Colonial Continental Army, a painted figure whose head is modeled on sketches Kapsner made of Gerling. Another man instrumental in Kapsners’s creative process was Ray Stumpf, a Navy veteran and middle school teacher, also of Little Falls, who became good friends with Kapsner when Kapsner asked him to do hours of posing for a key figure in his Navy painting. Sadly, during his friendship with Kapsner, Stumpf was suffering from cancer, and he died from it at the age of 57 in 2013.

Yet another man rallying behind Kapsner’s paintings is Phil Ringstrom of Sartell, a committee member for the project. The official name of Kapsner’s masterpiece series is “Looking to the Past, Present and Future: A Veterans’ Educational Historic Project.” It features military personnel all the way back to American’s founding, 1775 and to the present era. The cost of the project is almost half a million dollars, raised through donations and grants. Kapsner, whose father was a World War II veteran, put his heart and soul into the five-painting tour de force. His long artistic adventure took him many miles of traveling to this place and that, doing meticulous historical research, right down to the uniforms, the medals, the ribbons of the soldiers. Each painting is like an intricate, interlocking allegory whose historical meanings and social nuances emerge with each repeated viewing. Kapsner did thousands of sketches and preparatory paintings to bring artistic brio and historical exactitude to each of the paintings. The cemetery north of Little Falls, which opened in 1994, is the resting place for more than 1,500 veterans and eligible family members. Inside Committal Hall at the cemetery, Kapsner’s masterful tribute paintings give testament to the many generations of veterans who made and who kept America the great, free nation that it is.

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Above: Charles Kapsner paints his artist’s signature on his recently completed painting honoring the U.S. Coast Guard. It is one of a series of five paintings honoring America’s veterans. Kapsner is a Little Falls resident well known for his large, stunning murals and fresco-painting. Below: Artist Charles Kapsner stands before one of his paintings and a reproduction of it at the right. The painting, one of a series of five, is a visual tribute to the U.S. Coast Guard. His other paintings honor the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. Upcoming paintings will salute the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Air Force.

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Art of compromise seems to be a dying art; is it dead already? The art of compromise, alas, seems to be a dying art. In fact, it may be dead, period. At least politically. We’ve come to expect disgusting, never-ending deadlock in the U.S. Congress, where virtually nothing major has been accomplished in the past seven or eight years. Of course, many who do not pay attention other than to do anti-Obama slandering on Internet screeds will blame Obama for the deadlock. It’s all his fault because he wouldn’t compromise with Congress. Sure, and the moon really is made of cheese. It was the Tea Party radicals who refused to compromise. Here in Minnesota, normally a state of progressive enlightenment in so many respects, we don’t expect our elected senators and congress people to be so intransigent and bullheaded as Tea Party do-nothings like Rep. Ted Cruz and the former (thank God, former) Rep. Michele Bachmann. In previous years, we Minnesotans could usually review happily or unhappily depending on one’s viewpoint, what the Minnesota Legislature accomplished in one of its sessions. After this past session, we can review what the legislature did not accomplish. First and foremost, it did not pass a comprehensive plan to fund infrastructure work for the next 10 years – roads, bridges and mass transit. The legislature did not approve a short-term funding bill. In the process, it shot down a billion-dollar infrastructure bill that had previously been supported by both sides of the political aisle. The legislature did not act on a “Real ID” law. To its credit, the legislature did manage to pass a few good things, like a tax break to help families save for college, more spending for early-childhood education and broadband expansion for rural Minnesota. All three sides (the Democrat-controlled Senate, the Republican-controlled House and Gov. Mark Dayton) are all pointing fingers – at one another. Granted, crafting legislation is very difficult, but there are no excuses in this case, especially for not approving the long-term transportation infrastructure plan so vital for this state’s successful future. The failure of that bill was caused by a stubborn inability to compromise, and there’s lots of blame to go around. When you talk to your legislators in the coming weeks, ask them point blank to explain why the legislative session was such a fiasco. Before they even open their mouths, rush to admonish with: “Don’t give me any finger-pointing excuses!”

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Opinion Help veterans with actions, not just words I was both moved and bothered by the many speeches I heard at two Memorial Day celebrations last Monday in Sartell and Rice. The speeches were moving because what the speakers said was so true – that all veterans must be honored, respected and never forgotten. What bothered me, though, is so many people in our nation, especially politicians, trumpet wars that later prove to be unjust and/or unwinnable. Vietnam was one of them, and the never-ending wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are two other examples. The honorable men and women who served so selflessly, in many cases dying or being wounded, deserve our utmost respect and gratitude, regardless of whether a particular war is or was unjust. Those men and women sacrificed in ways most of us cannot even imagine. Their sacrifices, as the Memorial Day speakers rightly noted, should never be forgotten. But sadly, during the other 364 days in a year, too many veterans tend to be forgotten, off the radar. That thought kept occurring to me during the speeches. We must all do more than just give rhetorical tributes to veterans one day a year, Memorial Day. First of all, what would really help is we should hold warmongering elected officials accountable for getting us into unjust or unwinnable wars. It’s become all too easy for presidents and officials to send others off to serve, suffer and die. That said, not all conflicts are avoidable, but at the very least there must be exit strategies and we should stick to them. In addition, we should be giving all veterans our gratitude – and our help – 365

Dennis Dalman Editor days a year. The speakers at the ceremonies, I’d bet, would agree with that. But we’ve got to put words into actions. Many veterans are homeless, many cannot find jobs, some are waiting a long time for desperately needed forms of care, some struggle to get disability payments and so many are trying to adjust to life back home. Still others are so filled with frustration and anguish they are committing suicide. Those are problems we can all help do something about. We have to keep elected officials’ feet to the fire to make certain veterans’ services are funded to the max and the very best help is made available medically and psychologically. It’s a shameful irony this country can spend billions and trillions on wars and yet too often cannot seem to find enough money and expertise to help veterans. They should receive the top moral responsibility from this nation. Some elected leaders do realize that and try their best to help veterans – leaders like Rep. Tim O’Driscoll (R-Sartell). Not to forget, many of today’s veterans were deployed in terrible danger zones multiple times. Each time they return home, their former world – the civilian world – seems almost alien in many cases, and adaptation and reintegration becomes a struggle.

What is most needed in every case is a solid emotional support network from family members, friends, co-workers and acquaintances, and that network has to go hand-in-hand with a solid, reliable medical and psychological network. Research shows veterans who had contemplated taking their own lives do not do so once they are fortunate enough to hook up with solid social and medical networks of support. The very least all of us can do is listen. Listen closely with compassion and then try to understand. And here is why. The following was posted on a website dedicated to returning soldiers. It was written by an unnamed veteran: “When I got home everything was changed. You missed out on months of life back home and have no idea where the time has passed. Your kids are older, your wife acts differently, your friends look at you differently, but it’s all because the veteran has changed. Having no connection to the world, no news, no TV, no magazines, you are in kind of a shock to see so much has changed and you feel like you lost out on it. “Your mind is still in combat mode. You constantly are on watch and get startled easily and all you think about is the things you saw. For both of my tours I had a panic attack when I finally got back home. You feel like you don’t know what to do. You are confused about how to act and talk. And you know nobody is going to understand what you did.” All veterans have to relearn their former world, all over again. That is why all of us have to start listening to them every day of the year and then helping them with their needs – both minor and major.

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Thanks to those who donated to the Flower Basket Project St. Joseph Flower Basket Project A thank you to all who have sent their

donations in for 2016 hanging baskets. Just letting you know extra sign-up sheets are available in the entry of the St. Joseph Meat

Market. A sincere thank you from Joyce Faber, Carol Theisen and Nel Pfannenstein for all the great support.

supporting Trump’s candidacy, Emmer is standing for the small-minded politics of fear and hate and against values rooted in the Golden Rule. By embracing Trump, Emmer is failing to represent the majority of us who seek to welcome and include our diverse friends, appreciating they contribute daily to our society through their work ethic, friendship and citizenship. We in Minnesota deserve better. We need someone who will serve our better instincts and our ideals. We need a representative who will focus on building community, inclusion and consensus. We need a voice in Congress that

will promote the development of jobs, transportation and education to enhance the future of all citizens – not just billionaires like Trump. Fortunately, we have a breath of fresh air with David Snyder. Give him a good look and you’ll like what you see. He’s a fresh alternative with solid ideas, a pragmatic style and the kind of values that better reflect the caring, thinking people of the Sixth District. He will represent the future you want – for yourself, your District and your country – and will make you proud to say you live in Central Minnesota.

Emmer’s endorsement of Trump reveals his true instincts Cindy Harner, St. Cloud

Tom Emmer has been pretty quiet during his elected term as our U.S. Congressman. For the most part, he has kept his head down and his name out of the headlines. Say little, do little. Michelle Bachman he isn’t – and for that we can be grateful. But with his endorsement of Donald Trump, Emmer’s true instincts have reared their ugly head. By endorsing Trump, he has ratified the politics of division, exclusion and prejudice. The Sixth District and the nation deserve better. By

Stigmas cast dark pall over realities of mental illness “Can’t you just get over it?” “Try to think more positively.” “Snap out of it!” Whether it be the occasional bout of anxiety or a decade of battling depression, these phrases are not uncommonly heard throughout the lifetime of a person who lives with the daily trauma of mental illness. The certain stigmas that revolve around this illness are sometimes worse than the plight itself. As someone who has dealt with anxiety, depression and other similar complications since childhood, I can firmly attest nothing breaks my heart, or at times infuriates me, more than having my illness degraded and delegitimized. One would never presume to walk into a hospital room and tell a cancer patient if they had a better perspective on life or a more reasonable outlook, their cells would cease to produce abnormally. I have known plenty of cancer survivors who eat healthy diets, exercise regularly and are of great spiritual strength. On the other end of the spectrum, I know people who live at the drive-thru and smoke three packs a day with no risks to their health whatsoever. Whatever illness you might have, it chooses you, no matter how much Kumbaya you may sing in a day. What strikes me as odd is mental illness is as much of a debilitating disease as cancer, diabetes or heart disease, yet it’s so often quietly

Cathryn Sehnert Guest Writer swept under the rug, as if to have imbalanced chemicals in the brain is a shameful malady. I wonder at times if perhaps depression were contained in the stomach or the intestines, rather than the brain, if there would be a different sort of reaction. Mental illness can kill you, just as any of the other life-threatening illnesses I previously mentioned can. Positive thinking, meditation and other techniques can indeed benefit any person suffering from mental illness, just as chemotherapy and radiation can benefit a cancer patient, but it does not guarantee a cure. Remission, perhaps, but a full recovery is not promised. It’s why my mother, who battled endometrial cancer more than a decade ago, must still continue to have regular checkups as to ensure it’s not resurfaced. Additionally, simply because one method of treatment works for a single individual does not make it a universal antidote. This sort of mentality is one that further cripples and belittles those who have been designated carriers of this disease.

To those who struggle with mental illness, I am your advocate. I understand. I am proud you were brave enough to get out of bed this morning. Some days you feel like you can take on the world, and other days it takes you three hours to decide you need to get in the shower. You are strong, even when you feel weak. I have found people with mental illness to be the most genuine, caring souls I’ve ever known. This disease will give you a perspective you cannot learn any other way. To those who have loved ones who struggle with mental illness, educate yourselves. Take classes, read books, find resources. My mother has dedicated herself to learning about my illness, to preparing herself so she knows how to act when I feel a certain way. Because of her proactivity and her knowledge, she’s my safe place. She’s the person I long for when my heart aches. Be a haven. Be aware. Above all, do not ignore. Take action. Support. Understand. These behaviors cannot cure a disease, but they can save a life. Sehnert is a 2014 graduate of the College of St. Benedict with a degree in political science and communications. She currently resides in Sartell. In her spare time, she enjoys nature walks, watching films, spontaneous explorations and being a supportive cat mom.

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Friday, June 3, 2016

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CITY OF ST. JOSEPH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VACATION OF A PORTION OF ROW – JADE ROAD The St. Joseph City Council shall conduct a public hearing at 6:30 p.m., or shortly thereafter, Monday, June 20 at the St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave N. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the vacation of a portion of rightof-way for Jade Road per DOC. No. 616292. The request has been submitted by CM of St. Joe, LLC, 10 – Eighth Ave. S, Sartell, Minn. 56377.

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LuBell Kendall (left) and Brianna Inkster watch the process by which the human body digests a golf ball. Kendall and Inkster were guests of Stearns History Museum for the opening of “Healthyville” May 26 at the museum.

New exhibit to focus on children’s health by Ben Sehnert news@thenewsleaders.com

After an afternoon of opening its doors to area schoolchildren, the Stearns History Museum celebrated the arrival of its newest exhibit with sponsors and museum members on the evening of May 26. The exhibit, entitled “Healthyville,” is geared primarily toward families, teaching them the importance of exercise and nutrition through multiple interactive displays. “Healthyville” represents a new kind of endeavor for the museum, focusing on children’s health rather than history. Jim Davis, the museum’s chief executive officer, explained in the future people might expect to see exhibits similar to “Healthyville” more often. “In our strategic plan, we began to look at the potential of a children’s wing in order to approach children and get them engaged in the museum’s activities,” Davis said. “To see how the market would react to a children’s wing, we thought it would be good to bring an exhibit to town on a rental basis.” The exhibit’s focus on healthy living coincides with the nationwide push to combat pediatric obesity. As a response to the concerns about inadequate exercise and poor nutrition, the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Conn. developed “Healthyville” as a traveling exhibit that supports the maintenance of healthy lifestyles.

The exhibit has already moved across the nation, coming to the St. Cloud area from San Jose, Calif. Ann Meline, who conducted the search that selected Healthyville as a potential exhibit, is the museum’s chief operating officer. The exhibit’s emphasis on health and its interactive approach convinced her to bring it to Stearns History Museum. “We have never had a children’s exhibit in Central Minnesota, so this is a treat,” she said. “It’s really unique for the area and fits into community initiatives such as healthy living.” The sponsors and friends of the museum had nothing but praise for the exhibit after experiencing the various displays for themselves. Museum guests could balance meals and exercise on a scale, pin muscles on a diagram of the human body and select recipes for several tempting (but healthy) meal choices. CentraCare Health is the presenting sponsor and has collaborated with Stearns History Museum in bringing the exhibit to St. Cloud. The aims of the exhibit complement CentraCare’s own health initiatives, making the partnership between the museum and the healthcare provider an excellent match. “Pediatric obesity is a problem CentraCare has been addressing primarily through the BLEND program,” said John Schnettler, CentraCare Health’s director of marketing. “We have seen progress in improving rates of pediatric obesity,

but it continues to be a focal point for the CentraCare Health Foundation. Healthyville fits perfectly with CentraCare’s own mission of promoting wellness and disease prevention.” However, in order to achieve this goal, Healthyville speaks not only to the children but to adults. Many of the displays are informative both for children and for those who buy the groceries. According to CentraCare Clinic President Dr. David Tilstra, this ability to speak to both children and parents is essential. “In any family, everybody needs to be involved in order to change what they do,” Tilstra said. “Even though the exhibit is targeted to children, parents will learn something from this if they are willing to take a look and interact with the exhibit.” Museum members who visited the exhibit also enjoyed interacting with the displays and admired the exhibit’s timely message. “Very well done and informative,” said LuBell Kendall, a longtime friend of the museum. “It’s colorful and grabs your attention. We especially need this for kids because people don’t always make the best choices for their health.” The Healthyville exhibit will be open to the public at Stearns History Museum until Sept. 4. The exhibit is bilingual (English/Spanish). The cost of tickets for those who are not members of the museum is $7 for adults and $3 for children.

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