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Special assessments create minefield for council Town Crier Volume 29, Issue 23 Est. 1989
Free Summer Lunch runs June 12-Aug. 3
Kids 18 and under are invited to attend Summer Lunch and Learn from noon to 1 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at Centennial Park and Wednesdays and Thursdays at Klinefelter Park from June 12-Aug. 3. Register the day you come during the first week. All youth MUST be accompanied by an adult. No peanuts, butter or pork products will be used. We are also in need of volunteers to help transport food from City Hall and serve the food at the parks. For more information, visit centralmncw@gmail.com or 320-316-3290. This is a collaborative effort of the Central Minnesota Catholic Worker, area churches, the City of St. Joseph and the YES! Network (Department of Education).
Fare for All set June 12
Fare for All, a local non-profit food program created to make fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable to Central Minnesota families, will host its next distribution from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, June 12 at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2, St. Joseph. Hot buy for the month of June will be a Sirloin steak box, just in time to treat those men for Father’s Day. The program has no income requirements and is open to everyone. There are no forms to complete and cash, credit, debit and EBT cards are all accepted. For more information, please visit our website at fareforall.org, find us on Facebook or call 1-800-582-4291.
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The St. Joseph City Council held a special-assessment hearing as part of its regular June 5 meeting to consider and adopt proposed assessments for the improvement of alleys between Minnesota Street and Birch Street (Block 12 project) and College Avenue N. and First Avenue NW (Block 9 project). In the public comments portion of the hearing, the council met with strong opposition from property owner Mike Deutz. St. Joseph City Engineer Randy Sabart took the council through a review of the planning and implementation process with a presentation explaining what had been done up to this time, the costs involved and what actions still
needed to be taken. Sabart explained there had been considerable cost savings on the projects when compared to the original estimate. Final costs for the Block 9 project were reduced by nearly $63,000 and Block 12 was reduced by $58,513. The proposed assessment for the projects is $361,200. Sabart explained property owners had several options for paying for the assessments, including installments over a 10-year period at a 6-percent interest rate. Sabart also explained how the assessment costs were reached, but that is where property owner Mike Deutz took issue. According to Sabart, the city hired an outside special assessor to determine what the special benefits to Council • page 3
Spring heats up with cool fun
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Crowds gather to partake in the fun at Central Minnesota Kids Day at Lake George in St. Cloud June 3. Some of the activities included Inflatables, obstacle courses, face-painting, pony rides and a petting zoo. This pony is receiving some attention from some St. Joseph attendees. They are (left to right) Brian Lillis and his son, Andrew Lillis, 9; and Megan Petron and her daughter, Autumn Petron, 3.
Wetterlings sue to keep information private by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Attorneys for Jerry and Patty Wetterling of St. Joseph filed a lawsuit June 2 regarding the planned release of the thousands of pages of documents
that accumulated in the long wake of their son Jacob’s abduction and murder in 1989. In response, Douglas County District Court Judge Ann Carrott, Alexandria, agreed to review sensitive subjects in the records to determine if those
portions should be released or not. Carrott agreed to weigh in on the lawsuit because Stearns County judges had recused themselves based on possible conflict-of-interest considerations. The Wetterlings maintain
because of the saturation attention of law enforcement and investigators after the abduction, many personal aspects of the Wetterlings’ family life were scrutinized. Those aspects should remain private, Wetterlings • page 4
Foster Grandparents seeks mentors
The Foster Grandparent Program needs more mentors for youth in our community. Currently there are openings at local elementary schools, Journey Home daycare (working with infants and toddlers), Kidstops and Head Start. Foster Grandparent volunteers might help students with a reading assignment, work with a small group on a craft or help kids cook an evening meal. Adults aged 55 and over can receive an hourly tax-free stipend ($2.65/hour) for volunteering 15 hours per week (or more if they wish) helping children with activities, reinforcing learning, helping with art projects and more. This is a great opportunity if you have time to spare, love to be with children and could use some extra non-taxable income. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on June 9 Criers.
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These are some of the paintings on display for the “Paintings by Jerome Tupa, OSB” exhibit at the St. Benedict’s Monastery Whitby Gallery.
Tupa’s art to be exhibited at Whitby Gallery by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The pastor of the Church of St. Joseph, the Rev. Jerome Tupa, is also a world-renowned artist. The St. Benedict’s Monas-
tery Whitby Gallery is now exhibiting Tupa’s paintings for its spring gallery show. The exhibit is entitled “Paintings by Jerome Tupa, OSB.” Sister Ione Jesh, manager of Whitby, said their gallery committee chose to exhibit Tupa’s
paintings because they thought they would make for a nice spring show, since they are so colorful. They also chose to exhibit his paintings because he is internationally famous and a next-door neighbor.
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An opening reception for Tupa was held May 7 at the gallery. During the event, attended by more than 100 people, he spoke about his style of painting and why he does the work he does. Tupa • page 4
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People Gabrielle Langerud of St. Joseph was recently named to the spring dean’s list at South Dakota State University-Brookings. She earned a 4.0 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Her major is in education human sciences. Two St. Joseph students recently graduated from the College of St. Benedict. They are the following: Kendra Butkowski, daughter of Kara and Dennis Butkowski, bachelor’s degree in nutrition; and Elizabeth Larson, daughter of Debbie Stumvoll and Keith Larson, a bachelor’s degree in theater. Isaac Lindstrom, son of Amy Braig Lindstrom and Matt Lindstrom of St. Joseph, recently graduated with a bachelor’s in political science from St. John’s University in Collegeville. He is a Sartell High School graduate. Madisen Kramer of St. Joseph has been named to the spring dean’s list at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. Students must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.5
to qualify for this honor. Kramer is majoring in marketing.
Kathleen (Aaron) Kalinowski, OSB
Hannah Warnert of St. Joseph recently graduated cum laude in athletic training from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.
St. Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. Jan. 19, 1926 – June 2, 2017
Four St. Joseph students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They and their majors are as follows: Emily Thiessen, a senior, biochemistry and criminology; Logan Athmann, a senior, psychology; Nate Whitley, a junior, physics; and Zachary Whitley, a senior, civil engineering. Students must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Two St. Joseph students recently graduated from Minnesota State Community and Technical College-Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. They and their majors are as follows: Daniel Grebinoski, electrical lineworker technology; and Ashley Jonas, equine science.
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Sister Kathleen (Aaron) Kalinowski, OSB, 91, of St. Joseph, died June 2, 2017 in St. Benedict’s Monastery. Her funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 7 at the Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. The youngest of the seven children born to Clemens John and Katie Gertrude (Rubbelke) Kalinowski, she was born in Devil’s Lake, N.D., and attended the District School in Ontario Township, N.D., and Crary (N.D.) High School, where the family made their home. She entered St. Benedict’s Monastery on Sept. 13, 1945, and was received into the novitiate June 19, 1946, taking the name Sister Aaron; she later reIf 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. March 29 12:20 a.m. Medical. 706 College Ave. S. Report of medical with female feeling cold and not making sense. Report of stroke history. Officer arrived on scene and provided oxygen. Rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance arrived. Transported by Gold Cross. 8:08 p.m. Welfare. 309 First Ave. NW. Responded to an assist person call where the caller was worried about his friend who’s girlfriend just broke up with him and took their child to her parents’ place in St. Joseph. The boyfriend had two females go to the house to make sure she was there. He made comments to his friend about going there and going postal. Girlfriend also called in terrified. Issued extra patrol
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verted to her baptismal name. She made first monastic profession on July 11, 1947, and perpetual monastic profession on July 11, 1950. Kalinowksi earned a bachelor’s degree in business education with minors in philosophy and secondary education from the College of St. Benedict, and a master’s degree in economics at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. She also attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and the University of Virginia in Charlotteville, Va. Early ministry was as a teacher in Sauk Rapids and Meire Grove, Minn. S. Kathleen then moved to the business office at the St. Cloud Hospital. She later returned to education ministry at the College of St. Benedict, teaching business education and economics. Her years of service with the college included the roles of assistant academic dean and dean of continuing education. Following this, she became the monastery’s vice president of corporate and external affairs with duties as liaison to the College of St. Benedict, and
two hospitals and long-term care facilities sponsored by St. Benedict’s Monastery. For 10 years, she served as treasurer of St. Benedict’s Monastery. Following this, she became liaison for the prioress working with five dependent priories on financial and legal matters. She was elected president of Region XI Conference of Religious Treasurers and later was legal consultant for many other religious communities. She served as a member of Studium and worked in the archives, researching and writing on financial, land and property projects. S. Kathleen was actively involved in this work up to the time of her death. Survivors include the sisters of her Benedictine community and one sister, Rosemary Maher of Graham, N.C., and by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one sister Marjorie Kalinowski, and by four brothers: Walbert, OSB, Leo, Clement and Edward. Please direct memorial gifts to the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict Retirement Fund.
for area and advised to call 911 if anything is out of the ordinary or he receives more descriptive text messages from his friend. 10:31 p.m. Medical. 401 Fourth Ave. SE. An officer was dispatched to a medical for a female who was having chest pains and a possible heart attack. The officer responded and upon arrival located the female and her friend in the lobby area. The officer started gathering information from the female. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and ended up transporting the woman to the hospital.
at it as he passed the officer and appeared to be typing or reading a text. The officer stopped the vehicle on CR 133/CR 75. The officer asked if he knew why they stopped him. He thought they stopped him for speed. Advised they stopped him because he appeared to be texting. He admitted to sending a text. Issued citation. Explained and released. 11:12 p.m. 910 Baker Street E. Officers were dispatched to a possible domestic. The complainant advised she could hear a lot of screaming coming from the unit for the past half hour. Officers arrived on scene and heard screaming. Made contact. Three children were inside playing loudly. Parents came from a couple units down and were advised of the complaint. No issue. Warned for noise. 11:33 p.m. Ash Street E./First Ave. NE. Officer respond to the area and discovered a male walking with an open container of beer. Suspect admitted he had an open container and claimed he did not know there was an open-container ordinance even though earlier he had said his friend had previously received a ticket for violating this ordinance. Officer issued a citation for open container.
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Council from front page each property owner might be. Homestead properties are treated differently than commercial properties, and there are special deferrals for individuals with disabilities, armed-forces personnel and senior citizens. “In the case of commercial industrial areas, the (city) policy states they may assess up to 100 percent to the property owners for sub-surface improvements,” Sabart said. The benefits derived from the improvements included alley paving, storm drains and sanitary-sewer lining improvements, Sabart explained. While the city could assess up to 100 percent of costs to the property owners, in this case the city derives some benefit from the improvements and would subsidize nearly $126,000 of the $198,808 cost for Block 9 and $84,600 of the $162,387 cost for Block 12. When Sabart finished his presentation, Deutz took the podium and addressed the council. His first concern was why property owners were asked to pay interest on projects before they were completed or paid for. Sabart explained the process had to do with savings on capitalized interest. Ultimately, because of the way in which bonds are written, the city and property owners would actually pay more if they waited to collect costs at the end of the building project rather than on a bond-interest payment during the course of the building project. “If they issued the bond and did not let assessments until next year, you would have had at least one year of capitalized interest on the bond,” Sabart said. “So when we ultimately sell the bonds, there would be an interest expense (for which) they are not collecting revenue to retire the debt. So one option is to levy the assessments at this point before the project starts to save on capitalized interest.” Deutz seemed satisfied with that explanation and moved on to his second question which had to do with how the benefit analysis on the properties had been done. “How was the cost benefit figured?” he asked. St. Joseph City Attorney Tom Jovanovich tried to explain, saying the assessor looked at Block 9 and then at Block 12 to determine benefit. He did not look at each individual property but rather how the block as a whole would benefit from the improvement. Council • page 5
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Brenny honored with Minnesota Business Ethics Award Brenny Transportation Inc., a St. Joseph business, was recently named one of three Minnesota Business Ethics Awards recipients on May 10, Business Ethics Awareness Day, at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis. Each MBEA recipient received a crystal award along with a congratulatory letter from Gov. Mark Dayton. Brenny won in the small-company category with under 100 employees. “The 2017 MBEA recipients have demonstrated their tireless commitment to achieving and maintaining high ethical standards within their companies,” said Brian Volkmann, MBEA co-chair. “They strive to do what is best for all stakeholders while practicing sound business ethics.”
Other award winners included Reell Precision Manufacturing of St. Paul (mid-sized category with 100-500 employees) and U.S. Bank of Minneapolis (large-company category with more than 500 employees). Other state finalists for the MBEA, which were also lauded for their commitment to ethics in business, included: APPRO Development Inc. & CERRON Commercial Properties LLC, Lakeville; Star Choice Credit Union, Bloomington; Marsh & McLennan Agency (Minnesota Operations), Minneapolis; RADIAS Health, St. Paul; Liberty Diversified International, Minneapolis; and Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis. All were recognized as outstanding ethical Minnesota businesses.
Coborn estate gifts large sum to cancer center CentraCare Health Foundation recently received a $500,986 estate gift from the late Dan Coborn. The gift will be used to continue the mission of the Coborn Cancer Center and the legacy left by Dan Coborn. “It’s a great honor to present this gift to CentraCare on behalf of my father,” said Chris Coborn, chairman of the Board, president and CEO for Coborn’s Inc. “He cared deeply about the community he called home. His life was rooted in the principles of com-
munity service and giving back so others may have a brighter future; this is a continuation of that legacy.” The Coborn Cancer Center is a regional cancer center of the highest quality, and provides comprehensive care and an extensive range of treatment options to support cancer patients and their families. Please contact the CentraCare Health Foundation at 320-240-2810 or visit centracare. com to make a gift to the Coborn Cancer Center.
Monastery installs Sister Susan as 17th prioress The Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict of St. Joseph recently installed Sister Susan Rudolph, OSB, as 17th prioress during the Feast of Pentecost on June 4. The prioress is the spiritual leader of the community and serves for a term of six years. A celebratory Eucharist, at which Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of St. Cloud presided took place June 4 in Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Benedict’s Monastery. At this Eucharist, Sister Susan received the blessing of the universal church. Sister Susan was born in Sauk Rapids, and is a graduate of Cathedral High School, St. Cloud, Minn., and the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph where she majored in elemen-
tary education. She holds master’s degrees in theology, education and gerontology, and is a board-certified chaplain. Ministry experience includes teaching elementary and junior high. For 14 years, she was housing director and staff resident at the College of St. Benedict. In 2016, she completed 21 years as director of pastoral care at St. Benedict’s Senior Community, St. Cloud. At the monastery, she served the community as formation director, guiding women discerning their vocation to monastic life. During the past year, since leaving the senior community, she has assisted at the monastery’s Spirituality Center and become responsible for workplace safety.
Stearns Bank employees who accepted the “100 Best” award include the following: (front row, left to right): Amy Johnson (purple dress), Amanda Batten and Travis Vasecky; (middle) Julie Roerick, Jen Dingmann, Robin Studniski, Joelle Meyer and Kelly Skalicky; and (back row): Joe Schluender, Jim Peach and Daryn Lecy.
Stearns Bank receives silver award at ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’ banquet Stearns Bank N.A. received the silver award in the large-company category at the Minnesota Business magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” banquet June 1 in Minneapolis. The night recognized Minnesota’s top companies and Stearns employees were on hand to receive the award. The “100 Best” were determined by the resulting scores of an anonymous online questionnaire filled out by the employees of each participating company. That, in turn, determined which companies in Minnesota excelled in the areas of work environment, employee benefits and overall employee happiness. The large-company category consisted of companies that employ 250 people or more. The
winners are featured in the June 2017 issue of Minnesota Business magazine. Our employees, who are also owners with our ESOP program, work hard to help our customers achieve their small-business dreams. Achieving a strong worklife balance is what Stearns Bank wants for all of its employees. We work hard at Stearns, but we also have an environment that fosters positivity and collaboration. We expanded our benefits in 2017 to give our employees the opportunity to spend more time with their families and volunteer in their communities. This award is dedicated to all of our outstanding employees. We couldn’t have done it without them. We get the job done!
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Clockwise from bottom left: The Rev. Jerome Tupa’s leather-bound sketch books are part of an exhibit of his paintings; This large painting of the Portal and Church of the Kings in Toledo, Spain is part of the “Paintings by Jerome Tupa, OSB” exhibit at the St. Benedict’s Monastery Whitby Gallery. It attracts a viewer’s attention with its bright colors and sells for $24,000; A display at the entrance of St. Benedict’s Monastery Whitby Gallery shows several books and other artwork of the Rev. Jerome Tupa.
Wetterlings from front page the Wetterlings claim in the lawsuit, which was filed against Stearns County Sheriff’s Department and its interim sheriff, Don Gudmundson. The department had planned to make all the investigative information available to the public June 5. It may take many months to review the documents because they number in the tens of thousands of pages. Jacob Wetterling was abducted, sexually molested and
shot to death by Paynesville resident Danny Heinrich on the evening of Oct. 22, 1989 not far from the Wetterling home in St. Joseph. The case remained a baffling mystery for 27 years until it was solved when Heinrich, last year, confessed to the crime and told authorities where he buried the boy’s body. Since the case is now officially closed, all of the investigative materials can be made public, as in other closed cases. Names of victims uncovered during an investigation, however, can be redacted (blotted out) in some cases. The Wetterlings and their
attorneys will have until June 30 to submit the investigative materials they believe are personal and private and that should remain private. The Wetterlings further maintain in the months following Jacob’s abduction, the widespread climate of fear and suspicion caused many people to offer bogus “tips” to the sheriff’s department, many of them totally false and defamatory accusations aimed at the Wetterling family. A decision about the investigative files and whether all of them should be released will not be made for several months.
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According to askart.com, Tupa had an early interest in art but did not really start painting until the 1970s when he was working on his doctorate in French literature at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and he began painting then due to the isolation brought on by his studies. Tupa approaches each painting he does with a sense of wonder and adventure. He describes his style as Fauvist and Matisse-like, characterized by vigorous freedom, quick brushwork and heightened use of color. Tupa uses vivid colors to express joy and gold to reflect the icons of the Middle Ages, when that color represented heaven. For Tupa, a piece of art should offer something unexpected, otherwise it’s lacking in strength. A painting should stop a person and speak to that person. Tupa’s works have won international acclaim in galleries in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Some of his published work of his pilgrimages includes An Uncommon Mission (about 21 missions in California), Painting the Pilgrimage: From Paris to Compostela, The Road to Rome – A Modern Pilgrimage (journeying from Milan to Rome) and more. Tupa said visitors to the Whitby Gallery should see his pieces in the context of at least 20 to 40 pieces in each series. “So the representation of my art at the Whitby is what we call tip of the iceberg,” Tupa said. “Many of the pieces have been shown in museums, such as the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization building in Paris, Naples Museum of Art and museums in California, Chicago,
New York City and Washington, D.C. There is also an exhibit now in Minneapolis and Collegeville.” Tupa is also in the process of preparing an exhibit for this fall at the Doug Flanders Art Gallery in Minneapolis. Jesh said Tupa was very gracious about accepting the committee’s offer to exhibit his paintings. The committee picked out what they wanted to display, and Tupa also brought more items. Several members of the gallery committee (Dede Leither, Judi Grooters and Anne MeyerJarrel) have been instrumental in helping seek out artists. The committee incorporates a lot of people from the area and beyond. Artists they have featured include many from the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis. Located in the northeast arts district, the building is a creative center for more than 190 artists. “They’ve exposed the area to very fine art,” Jesh said. Some of Tupa’s exhibited pieces are priced as follows. Cannes Series – Kite and Sun for $4,500; Church of St. George-Aleppo, Syria for $7,000; Courtyard of Damascus Mosque-Syria for $24,000; Portal and Church of the KingsToledo, Spain for $24,000 and more. Tupa’s exhibit is scheduled to be at the gallery until the end of June, but Tesh said she thought they would probably keep it up longer. Tupa was born in North Dakota and became a Benedictine monk at St. John’s Abbey. The St. Benedict’s Monastery Whitby Gift Shop and Gallery highlights creative works of various media from artists in the regional area and more. Regular hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 1-3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call 320-363-7113 or 320363-7100.
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From left to right: St. Joseph City Attorney Tom Jovanovich tries to explain the concept of benefit assessments in which property owners derive a benefit from improvements made to adjacent roads and streets that border their property during the June 5 city council meeting. Payment for the improvements is based on how much benefit a property owner might derive from the improvements. Commercial properties are thought to derive the most benefit from improvements; St. Joseph City Engineer Randy Sabart explains how bonding works when that format is used to fund city building projects; Mike Deutz, a St. Joseph property owner, listens attentively to an explanation of how the assessment process works. A portion of the meeting was dedicated to a special hearing to decide on how to assess for work being done on alleys (in the contributed photo shown at right) in the city. Deutz contends since his property was unbuildable, he receives little if any benefit from the alley improvements.
Council from page 3 “He looks at all the properties, and then he says on this particular lot, these properties will generally receive a benefit of so much,” Jovanovich said. “And then he broke that down between clearly commercial property and existing residential property.” Deutz asked if it were possible to obtain a copy of the appraised-value report so he could see what each parcel was appraised. “He doesn’t appraise each parcel,” Jovanovich said. “This is not an appraisal. He calls it a benefit analysis. An appraisal is much more detailed. I have it right here if you want to look at it.” “By your definition – by council’s definition or city ordinance – I’ve got a lot at 835 W. Minnesota St. and its not buildable,” Deutz said. “And you have assessments on that piece of property, and that piece of property is used specifically for parking for the general downtown business district. I want to see what it’s cost benefit is because I
can’t build on it.” Jovanovich asked what prevented Deutz from building on the property and was told it would not meet code requirements for setback and parking. Basically, the lot is too small because it’s only half a lot. “There is nothing I can do with the lot,” Deutz said. “How can you tell me there is a benefit of this to me? I’ve already paved the lot.” “It’s still a benefit because it’s commercial property,” Jovanovich said. “What are you going to do with it?” Deutz said. “It’s a paved parking lot. You can’t improve that value.” Jovanovich said Deutz’s use of the lot for his business was a benefit, but Deutz shot back that everybody downtown uses that lot, so really he doesn’t get any benefit from it. “Who owns it?” Jovanovich asked. “I do,” Deutz said. “So use it any way you see fit,” Jovanovich said. “OK, then I’ll just block it off,” Deutz replied. “That’s your choice,” Jovanovich replied. “I don’t want to be like
that,” Deutz said. “But there is no benefit to any of this sewer line or any of the storm water to that lot.” Jovanovich and Deutz continued their verbal sparring with Deutz saying ultimately the improvements were of little benefit to him and he should have received a copy of the benefit analysis well before the night’s meeting. Jovanovich suggested Deutz add on to an existing building to gain use from the lot. St. Joseph Mayor Rick Schultz closed the hearing and the council took up the question. Schultz was understanding of Deutz’s argument as was council member Bob Loso. For his part, Loso said he did not like the way in which the benefit analysis was done. Jovanovich explained the assessor was adamant in doing the cost benefit in the manner he had because commercial lots were receiving a greater benefit than were residential homeowners. “He’s the expert here, and he didn’t want to change it,” Jovanovich said. “I believe the city should pay for more because this benefits the downtown business
district which is the crowning glory of St. Jo(seph),” Loso said. Council member Dale Wick inquired whether there were many more small lots similar to Deutz’s that are unbuildable. He was assured there are quite a few, and most of them are in the downtown section of town, which is where St. Joseph first took root. There was a brief consideration of delaying the project, but in the end Wick made the motion to approve reso-
lution 2017-20, which is to levy assessments for property owners with the modification that interest charged on installments would be 2 percent above the actual bond issue. The motion was carried 4-1 with Loso casting the lone no vote. Wick then moved to adopt resolution 2017-21, awarding the contract for the alley improvements to C&L Excavating. The motion was carried unanimously, and the council immediately adjourned.
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Friday, June 9, 2017
Opinion Sgt. Pepper taught the band 50 years ago It was 50 years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. Well, not quite, but close. It was June 2, 1967. And what a momentous day it was – the day a pop-rock album changed the cultural landscape of the world, the springtime day just before the Summer of Love, the day the Beatles released their psychedelic masterwork, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. How well I remember first hearing that album. My astonished ears kept hearing it over and over, nonstop, night and day, wherever I went that summer. I was 18, living in my boyhood St. Cloud home at 904 Fifth Ave. S., a block south of Barden Park near the college. Walking up Fifth Avenue to downtown just about every day or night with friends, I would hear Sgt. Pepper songs cascading out of the open windows of so many houses – many of them college rooming houses. It’s as if everybody in the world fell madly in love, all at once, with that landmark album. And what a landmark it was! To use the lingo of those carefree hippy days, the album was far out, groovy, mind-blowing. Wow! First of all, there was the strange cover, a riot of colors showing the Beatles in their early mop-head days and to the right the Beatles gussied up in blindingly bright shiny-satin, old-time military-band members’ outfits. The rest of the cover showed cardboard cut-out images of famous people – everyone from Mae West to Edgar Allan Poe, from Dylan Thomas to Bob Dylan. They were all crowded together like captives in a Technicolor sardine tin. The back of the double-fold album was blazing red, with all the songs’ lyrics printed on it.
Dennis Dalman Editor Opening the double-fold album, we beheld inside more strange things: a huge spread of the Pepper/Beatles’ faces, as well as a goofy cardboard insert from which one could cut out objects like a Sgt. Pepper badge and a mustache. The album’s packaging could be described as cartoony. Cheeky-whimsical. We were puzzled, amused, intrigued. They must have been really stoned when they did this one, we all agreed. As Paul McCartney sang in “Penny Lane:” “Strange. Very strange!” After we (brother, friends, me) marveled at the album, one of us placed the vinyl record on the phonograph’s turntable. Stunned, we sat there speechless. We’d never heard anything like it. The music was as different as the cover. “It was 20 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play . . . And let me introduce to you the one and only Billy Shears and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band . . .” That rousing opener segued into a forlorn-sounding Ringo singing something about getting by with a little help from his friends. There was a song about a meter maid named Lovely Rita and one about a young girl who runs away from home to elope with a man she met in the “motor trade.” There was a vaudeville-style geriatric ditty about some guy wondering if, when he turns 64, his wife will still need him, feed him. Another odd
tune had the sound of a whirling circus calliope organ with images from under the Big Top: Mr. Kite, Henry the Horse and the Henderson performers leaping through a “hogshead of real fire!” A lot of the album had that kind of circusrinky-tinky feel to it. But the strangest song of all was the last one – John Lennon’s masterpiece, “A Day in the Life.” His voice drenched with melancholy world-weariness, he sang about how he “read the news today, oh boy, about a lucky man who made the grade . . . “ It was a kind of surrealistic cityscape comprised of floating dreamy images, most having to do with various types of alienation, dislocations, the sundry anxieties of urban life. It was most definitely not a rocker, not a thigh-slapper. The song ended with a delirious orchestral crescendo, making listeners feel as if we were accelerating dizzily past the sound barrier, and then the dizzy acceleration ended abruptly with a crashing chord whose sonic wake was sustained for nearly 30 seconds. That song, as we used to say, “blew us away,” left us groping for words. We played it and that whole album constantly through that very strange and very wonderful Summer of Love, 1967. Everybody else played it, too. We were all on the same page. Sgt. Pepper is not my favorite Beatles album. That’s a three-way tight tie among Rubber Soul, Revolver and Abbey Road. But of all the music I’ve ever loved, nothing brings back lost time to me with such vivid immediacy as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It’s a veritable time machine that can take me for a trip right back to my bursting, blooming youth.
Speak up, speak out or go home For 15 years and then some I have been going to meetings – city council meetings, school board meetings, county commissioner meetings, town board meetings and other assorted board meetings. On the whole I find them interesting – some more than others. Some say all these meetings are boring, but I believe boredom says more about the person claiming to be bored than it does about the so called “boring subject.” Of course there is a time when meetings can get boring. What you say? How can I make such a statement after saying what I did in the previous paragraph? Fair question – let me explain. I get a bit bored and more than a bit irritated when members of the board, the commission, the council mumble or when they speak to one another in tones so hushed, or in a volume so low, only a hearing-aid dog could pick up the sound. And guess what. It makes no difference if they have a $5,000 publicaddress system or not. A public-address system only works when you speak into the mic. Most are uni-directional meaning they don’t pick up sound if not spoken into fairly directly. Since most city halls and board rooms now rival small college theaters and are set up so the audience is a minimum of 15 feet from the speaker, anyone not speaking to the audience as well as to someone on the dais can’t be heard. My first city council meeting was in Becker. Perhaps that spoiled me. Everyone on the council and in chambers spoke into the microphone, and even
Dave DeMars Reporter when not using a microphone made sure they were loud enough to be heard in the back of the room. On the other hand, a three-person township board where I sat no more than 5 feet from the chair was not so accommodating. Only the chair spoke most of the time. The other two members mostly communicated in nods, grunts, growls, belches and burps punctuated by the arched eyebrow, the eye roll or the hundred-yard stare. Whenever there was a need for board action, the chair would say, “Do we have a motion to approve the minutes?” Grunt! Nod! And then the chair would say, “Motion by Joe, seconded by Mark. All in favor?” There would be a low growl. “Opposed – same sign. Motion carried.” Then there was another group who held their meetings in a room just outside a furnace-blower area. They could hear one another usually, but when pushed they would simply shout a number out. Everyone had the newly revised agenda, so they could vote and the audience would never know what was voted on. This group really carried on the
public’s business in a very private way. In another commission, they would meet an hour before the actual scheduled meeting. They would talk about the upcoming meeting, decide on who would make which motion and then proceed to hold a meeting. There was never a decision that wasn’t hashed out in the privacy of the back office prior to coming to the public. Call it a premeeting workshop. “It saves a lot of time and embarrassment and there is little argument when we are all on the same page,” one commission member said. Of course there were no actual votes taken at the pre-meeting workshop, but the results were pretty well cut and dried. Seldom did a concern come up for a vote that hadn’t already been decided. This in a state that prides itself on its open-meeting laws and transparency. City councils, school boards, county commissioners and all the park boards, planning commissions and human-rights councils are all politics being practiced at a very basic level. In fact according to Merriam Webster, the word politics derives from the Greek word meaning “city” and the related word polîtés, meaning “citizen.” It gives us the term meaning cities or communities or the citizens who live in them. So Mr. Mayor, Councilor, Boardmember, Commissioner – when you are debating policy, setting agendas, passing budgets or other resolutions, speak up and speak out so we can all hear you and know what you want to do. Don’t bore us to tears.
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Community Calendar Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, June 9 Brat sale, sponsored by the St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. N. Lindbergh’s Complex Legacy presentation and discussion, 2:30-3 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Art Crawl, 5-9 p.m., downtown St. Cloud. SummerFest, 5 p.m. Libertyville, 6 p.m. 1K Kid’s Fun Run, Pine Meadow Elementary School, 1029 Fifth St. N., Sartell. Saturday, June 10 Brat sale, sponsored by the St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. N. SummerFest, 10 a.m. parade (Sartell Street to Seventh Street N.) 1-3 p.m. bike safety rodeo, Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N., 5 p.m.12:30 a.m. street dance, 208 Second St. S., 10 p.m. fireworks. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Sunday, June 11 Parish Bazaar, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. breakfast, 9 a.m. outdoor Mass, St. James Parish, Jacobs Prairie (between St. Joseph and Cold Spring on CR 2). Monday, June 12 Lunch and cards, sponsored by Helping Hands Outreach and The Rusty Nail, noon-2 p.m., The Rusty Nail, 4 CR 2 S., St. Stephen. AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1979. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) ADOPTION PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. 855-390-6047 (Void in IL & IN) (MCN) A childless married couple seeks to adopt. Will be hands-on mom & devoted dad. Financial security. Expenses paid. Call Holly & Tiger. 1-800-790-5260 (ask for Adam). (MCN) ANNOUNCEMENTS Benton County “Countryfest”!Headliner Tracy Lawrence plus Hailey Whitters and Beau Timmerman, Sat., June 24, gates open 5 p.m. at the Benton County Fairgrounds, Vinton, Iowa. For complete information www.bentoncountycountryfest.com. (MCN) AUTOMOBILES DONATE YOUR CAR TO CHARITY. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes. Running or not! All conditions accepted. Free pickup. Call for details. 855752-6680 (MCN) DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. 1-800-283-0205 (MCN) CABLE/INTERNET Spectrum Triple Play: TV, Internet & Voice for $29.99 ea. 60 MB per second speed. No contract or commitment. We buy your existing contract up to $500! 1-800-919-3588 (MCN) Exede satellite internet. Affordable, high speed broadband satellite internet anywhere
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Thursday, June 15 Rummage Sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. today and Friday, 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road N., Sartell. Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422. Market Thursday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. Sauk Rapids Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 2163 Mayhew Lake Road NE, Sauk Rapids. Three Parks, Two Counties naturalist-led hikes, 6:30 p.m., Warner Lake County Park, 485 Stearns CR 143. parkinfo@co.stearns.mn.us. 320255-6172. Friday, June 16 Avon Spunktacular Days, today and Saturday, Wobegon Park. avonchamber.weebly.com, 320-217-4792. Rummage Sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. today and 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road N., Sartell. Burger and brat sale, sponsored by Knights of Columbus, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. St. Joseph Area Historical Society, open 4-7 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave NW. stjosephhistoricalmn. org. St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 17 Second Ave. S., Waite Park. 320-339FINANCIAL Are you in BIG trouble with the IRS? Stop wage & bank levies, liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, & resolve tax debt FAST. Call 888-606-6673 (MCN)
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Dog-park funding causes council go-round by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
The financial intricacies of funding a dog park had St. Joseph City Council members talking past one another and not connecting well at their last meeting, June 5. Council member Matt Killam reported money had been secured to start work on building a fence around the dog park at Millstream Park. Work on signage, planting of trees and placement of additional tables will be done at several of the other city parks. Council member Dale Wick asked whether the park board had been able to raise $10,000 for fencing. Killam said the quote on the fencing had been reduced from $18,000 to $14,000. Wick pressed the question, asking what the total budget for the dog park would
be. Killam said the park board was to contribute $10,000 to the project on a yearly basis if the money was needed, but since the quote was reduced, they didn’t need to raise as much. “I thought the motion was that the project would go forward if the park board raised $10,000,” Wick said. “Quote or no quote.” Killam explained the $10,000 was thought of as an initial match, but since the project was less than originally estimated, the $10,000 goal did not need to be met. Wick disagreed, saying he was unsure as to the wording of the specific resolution and that there is now some question as to interpretation and accuracy. Council member Bob Loso suggested perhaps the project should be put on hold.
“You’re just slowing the whole project up,” Killam said. “And what difference would it make?” Killam argued the authorization was for $18,000 and the board has only used $14,000 since they had found savings, so why was that of concern? “But the motion was for the park board to raise $10,000 no matter what the project cost,” Wick said. Killam tried to justify what had been done and said they had spent just $5,000 on the fencing so far, though more might be needed later. If the money is there, why should there be a waiting period, he asked. “Because the park board can only spend $3,000 without council approval,” Wick said. “And the council didn’t approve it yet.” “But the council approved
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$10,000,” Killam said. “Contingent upon raising the funds, the $10,000,” Wick said. At that point, St. Joseph Mayor Rick Schultz stepped in and moved to table any more discussion until the exact wording of the previous motion was made available to clarify what the park board’s obligation is in the matter. It was then tabled on a 4-1 vote, with Killam voting no.
Bonding
St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens informed the council it is that time of year when bonding requests are put forward. It was time to choose and prioritize project requests for the state bonding requests for 2018. Schultz told the council Sartell had garnered $500,000 in the bonding bill last year and
suggested the council should be more proactive. Schultz thought a request for money to upgrade parks might be worthwhile. Loso said it might be best to submit three projects in the hopes one would get chosen to be funded. Last year’s pedestrian crossing funding was pulled at the last moment. Maybe three would be more productive, Loso reasoned. After a brief discussion, Loso moved the council submit funding requests for three priorities: a pedestrian crossing across Hwy. 75, the community-center building and a parksimprovement concept. The motion passed unanimously. Schultz briefed the council on a number of meetings he had attended and then recessed for five minutes before tackling the special assessments hearing (see related story).
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