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Town Crier St. Stephen to hold car show July 21
The St. Stephen Car Show will be held from 3-8 p.m. Friday, July 21 in the parking lot of the St. Stephen Church, 103 CR 2 in St. Stephen. There is free admission for participants and spectators and no advanced registration is required. The show will feature 14 classes, including pre-war cars and trucks, collectors, muscle cars, convertibles, street rods and machines, trucks, rat rods and motorcycles. Food and refreshments available. First-, second- and third-place trophies will be awarded at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Tom Vouk at 320-654-9511.
Newsleader to close for June 26-30
The Newsleader office will be closed June 26-30. A June 30 edition will not be published. The office will reopen on July 3 and will resume weekly publications beginning July 7.
Coffee with a Cop set June 27
Coffee with a Cop in St. Joseph will take place from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27 at McDonald’s, 1180 Elm St. E., St. Joseph. There will be no agenda at the informal meeting; this is just a chance for residents to sit down with police and voice concerns or ask questions. The Coffee with a Cop sessions take place periodically at all area cities, sponsored by those cities’ police departments and the Metro Citizens Police Academy Alumni.
GSDC calls for nominees for Innovation Award
The Greater St. Cloud Development Corp. is accepting nominations and applications for the 2017 Innovation Awards for non-profit organizations and for-profit companies. A strategic focus of the GSDC is to foster and promote innovative thinking among area businesses and organizations. The GSDC I-Award recognizes St. Cloud area forprofit and non-profit organizations employing innovation to solve problems and create opportunities. Nominations will be accepted through July 15. For more information about nominating a candidate and to apply for the awards, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on June 23 Criers.
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Wetterlings to be July Fourth Robins provide hours of entertainment parade grand marshals by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The St. Joseph Lions Club recently announced Dr. Jerry and Patty Wetterling will be the grand marshals of the upcoming July Fourth parade. In an interview with the Newsleaders at Jerry’s clinic, the St. Joseph Family Chiropractic office, the Wetterlings said they were honored to be the grand marshals because they feel it will give them a chance to say “thank you” to the people of St. Joseph and elsewhere who have given so much to them. The Wetterlings have been residents of the area for 40 years. During that time, Jerry has also been practicing chiropractic medicine at his downtown St. Joseph office. Patty, a math teacher, has been very active in the area. They were the objects of international attention when their 11-year-old son, Jacob, was abducted in 1989. That horrifying incident changed their
lives instantly. “We have always felt like we have been on the shoulders of so many people,” Jerry said. “We were absolutely carried by them,” Patty said. “After we got answers – not the answers we wanted, but answers – we continued to feel the support with the ‘Jacob 11’ campaign, the signs on the Wobegon Trail, various schools sending photos of things they have done, just so much broadbased support of positive energy, what we feel will build safer communities. I think St. Jo(seph) is reflective of a lot of those traits.” The Jacob 11 campaign includes 11 traits Jacob believed in and include the following: • Be kind • Be honest • Be thankful • Be positive • Be fair • Be a good friend • Be gentle with others
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Newsleader staff was entertained this spring by a pair of robins who built their nest and raised four chicks from birth to flight right outside the office front door.
Kerns chosen as Y2K Lions parade royalty by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Members of the St. Joseph Y2K Lions Club think if you are a senior who has volunteered many hours helping and serving others, you deserve to be treated like royalty. Perhaps like a king and queen. That’s a big reason why Y2K club members recently chose Mary Kay and Chuck Kern to be this year’s Senior Queen and King for the annual July Fourth parade. “We were both very honored to be asked to serve as King and Queen for the parade,” Chuck said. “We never imagined we would have ever been asked. It’s humbling to know your efforts to help
the community are appreciated and noticed by others.” Mary Kay said they were touched to be asked to be the royalty for the July Fourth parade. She said at first she wondered why they picked us? Then she couldn’t wait to tell their children they were chosen. Mary Kay said their children thought it was a “hoot” that their mom and dad will be parade royalty and recommended their parents start practicing their waves for the parade. “The festival has been a part of our family’s life for many years,” Chuck said. “We are so blessed we have been able to share it with so many others through(out)
the years. It has become something the whole community can be proud of, not just those from the St. Joseph Catholic Church. We become closer on the third and fourth as we give thanks for our independence.” Mary Kay and Chuck have been married for 38 years and have lived in St. Joseph for 37 of those years. “I can’t imagine raising my kids in a better place,” Mary Kay said. “St. Joseph has a small-town feel and yet we are close to St. Cloud and the (Twin) Cities. I love the trails, the parks and all the traditions we have – Christmas lighting, Fourth of July celebration, flower pots on main street. We have
many opportunities in St. Jo(seph) to volunteer and help make our community a better place. It’s also great being close to several colleges. It keeps us from becoming stagnant.” Chuck said he agreed with Mary Kay that they could not have picked a better city in which to raise their family. During nearly four decades in the St. Joseph area, they have been active in various organizations volunteering their time to help others. Both have volunteered for many years at the July Fourth celebration. Mary Kay thought they only missed one year when they were on a bus trip to the national parks. Kerns • page 4
Botz: Blood is the gift of life – literally by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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Children love to help at every “Kids Can” blood drive in St. Joseph. At left is Samantha O’Connell, and at right is Alaina Botz, both of St. Joseph. Botz’s mother, Mary, is one of the major coordinators of the twice-annual blood drive.
Everyone has a great gift to give that’s coursing through their veins, but most never think about it. The gift is blood, the most precious gift of all, said Mary Botz of St. Joseph. Botz is a prime organizer of an upcoming blood drive, dubbed “Kids Can,” at Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph. It will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, June
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29. Botz and others are hoping people who’ve given blood before and those who never have will come to the blood-collection site to give what she described as the “gift of life – literally.” Another organizer of the event is Shannon Koenig of Richmond, who lost a young son to cancer and who is a strong advocate for blood donations. (The St. Joseph Newsleader plans to do a feature Botz • page 7
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Stearns County now has a new chief deputy – Jon Lentz. He was recently appointed by interim Stearns Lentz County Sheriff Don Gudmundson. “The sheriff’s office has a lot of things to accomplish in my 19 months as interim sheriff,
and it made sense to me to promote an inside candidate who knows the issues, personalities and the citizens of Stearns County to be the next chief deputy,” Gudmundson stated in a press release. Lentz began his work with the sheriff’s office in 1991 as a correctional officer. He was named a deputy sheriff in 1997, promoted to sergeant in 2003, to lieutenant in 2007 and to captain in 2016. As captain, he was in charge of the Patrol and
Investigation Division. Lentz lives in St. Cloud, is married and has two children. His wife, Lori, teaches at Prince of Peace Lutheran School in St. Cloud. Lentz holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from St. Cloud State University. He serves as a deacon with Trinity Lutheran Church, Sauk Rapids. He is on the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home’s board of directors, Sauk Rapids; and he is current vice president of the Apollo Volleyball Booster Club.
Man arrested for interfering with seaplane A St. Joseph man was arrested and charged with third-degree DWI-test refusal and interfering with a seaplane after an incident that occurred June 8 on Watab Lake in St. Wendel Township. Courtney Zack was pontooning on the lake that day when a float plane was trying to land on the lake. However, the location of the pontoon was preventing
Two St. Joseph students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. They are the following: Amanda Theisen and Hannah Warnert. Students must earn a 3.7 minimum grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Eight St. Joseph students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. They are the following: Betty Grell, Mitchell Lowell, Carrie Olson, Ethan Carlson, Kevin Huichapa, Michael Pfannenstein, Daniel Walz and Austin Williams. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify
the plane from landing. The pilot then called the St. Joseph Police Department, and Sgt. Dwight Pfannenstein was assigned to the unusual call. Pfannenstein soon learned there had been previous disagreements between the pilot and Zack. The pilot was finally able to make a safe landing, although he and Zack then engaged in an
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argument in the middle of the lake. Zack then used the channel to access Rossier Lake and then got into a vehicle that drove off. Pfannenstein later located the vehicle in St. Joseph Township. Zack was a passenger in that vehicle. He was arrested and transported to the Stearns County Jail. A court appearance will be set.
Five St. Joseph students were recently named to the spring president’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. They are the following: Michael Schroden, Amy Anderson, Lindsay Helfenstein, Brandon Kresky and Kaylee Lodermeier. Students must earn a 4.0 gradepoint average to qualify for this honor.
ences; Seth Hennagir, summa cum laude, bachelor’s in chemistry-ACS approved; Caleb Traut, magna cum laude, bachelor’s in mechanical engineering; Jennifer Barg, magna cum laude, bachelor’s in elementary/K-6 education; Molly McAlister, master’s in higher education administration; and Jeffrey Witthuhn, magna cum laude, bachelor’s degrees in both mathematics and computer science.
Six St. Joseph students recently graduated from St. Cloud State University. They and their degrees are as follows: Nathan Bedel, summa cum laude, bachelor’s degrees in both physical education-non -teaching and biomedical sci-
Katelyn Sinn of St. Joseph was recently named to the dean’s list at Iowa State University Ames. She is majoring in aerospace engineering. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
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• Be a good sport • Be joyful • Be understanding • Be generous “The response of this community is what got Jacob’s story so much attention with the state and nationally,” Patty said. “It was like people just rallied and said ‘No, you can’t harm our kids.’” She added Jerry has been a pillar of this area for many years and being grand marshals gives them the chance they never had to show their gratitude and say “thank you” to those who have helped them so much. “It’s an honor to be asked to be grand marshals,” Patty said. “So many people have been very generous to both of us and have been very supportive.” She said she is also doing it for Jerry because he has given his life to St. Joseph, and being a grand marshal is an acknowledgement of his presence in the city. The Wetterlings recalled the parade route used to go past in front of Jerry’s chiropractic office. People would stop in to use their bathroom. In 1989, they won awards from St. Joseph and Albany for their
“Back to the Future” walking-spine parade entry, which included Jacob and 25 other children. Their daughter, Carmen, who has returned for the July Fourth festival, has said St. Joseph is one of the few places where she can reserve a spot for the parade with a blanket. Patty said after Jacob’s abduction, Jerry initially did all the interviews. After awhile, he needed to return to work because they had no income coming in. Since she was a stay-at-home mom, she started doing the interviews and it became her full-time job. “It’s pretty much what I have done for 27 years,” Patty said. Patty and Jerry met at Mankato State University. They both planned to teach mathematics and met before they did student teaching. After graduation, Patty taught on a ship in southern Maryland. On the ship, she taught students who had dropped out of high school and were studying to become U.S. Merchant Marines. That was during the end of the Vietnam War when Jerry filed for and was granted “conscientiousobjector” status and was required to do alternative service, which involved promoting health. He was assigned service with the National Jogging Association in Washington,
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Mary Kay and Chuck Kern were chosen this year’s July Fourth Senior King and Queen royalty by the St. Joseph Y2K Lions Club. The organization chooses the king and queen based on their service and volunteerism to the area.
Kerns from front page Although the celebration is a lot of work, it is well worth it, they both agreed, not only for the money the parish brings in, but also because it helps all parishioners work together for a common purpose.
On July Fourth, the Kerns get up at the crack of dawn each year, rain or shine, to scout out the best seats to watch the parade because the good seats go fast. Mary Kay is active with the American Legion Post 328 Auxiliary in St. Joseph. She has also volunteered with Fare for All food distributions, Joe Town Table, St. Joseph Community Food Shelf, the Food Summit Committee and
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Summer Lunch and Learn Program. Mary Kay actively volunteers for the Church of St. Joseph and helps provide meals for the parish quilters and coordinates meals for church funerals. Chuck is active with the American Legion Post 328 in St. Joseph. He also volunteers with the St. Joseph Community Food Shelf, is a driver for Rural Faith in Action and a local representative for the Employee Support for the Guard and Reserve. In addition, Chuck volunteers for the Church of St. Joseph too where he is a member of the Father Werner Council 7057 Knights of Columbus. Mary Kay grew up in Brainerd with five brothers. She said she moved to this area to attend college and never left. Mary Kay was a high school teacher in Melrose for 34 years, retiring in 2011. She enjoys exercising, creating photo books, cooking and baking, spending time with family and friends (especially her Red Hat group dubbed the Fabulous 14). She also tries to get to Brainerd each week to help her 90-year-old mother. Chuck grew up in Little Falls. He served in the U.S. Army for four years and then in the Minnesota National Guard for 16 years. He enjoys golfing and other forms of exercise, reading, television and travel. Chuck met Mary Kay at Brainerd Community College. He later attended the St. Cloud Hospital
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School of Nursing to become a registered nurse and St. John’s University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in nursing. Chuck spent most of his nursing career at the St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital, retiring in 2009. The Kerns have two daughters, Amanda and Emily, and one granddaughter, Addison. Mary Kay said their children loved the bands, old cars, candy and more of the July Fourth parades. At the festival, their favorite rides were the trains and cars. “Although both are very old, many generations of kids have ridden on them,” Mary Kay said. The Kern children, now as adults, enjoy coming back for Joe Burgers, to win a pop at the Ring Toss stand or a cake at the Cake Walk stand. “I can’t wait to share this celebration with my granddaughter so she’ll have the memories of her mommy’s home town,” Mary Kay said. By becoming a grandmother, Mary Kay has found her “calling.” The Kerns said they are fortunate to be able to help care for granddaughter Addison during June and July while their daughter finishes her medical residency. “I think you should be a grandparent first, then a parent,” Chuck said. “More free time and less responsibility that way.” Choosing a senior king and queen is an ongoing tradition for
the Y2K Lions. They are selected based on their service and volunteerism to the area. Y2K club members discuss and vote on the king and queen. In the past, some people have declined the honor and recognition for various reasons. Club records of past kings and queens date back to 1985 and include the following: 2016 Lee and Elaine Eisenschenk, 2015 Bill Wasner and Kay Lemke, 2014 Joe and Shirley Miller, 2013 Lloyd and Nita Bruemmer, 2012 Marvin and Carol Mastey, 2011 Norb and Dolores Dardis, 2010 Bob and Nettie Pfannenstein, 2009 Chuck and Ann Scherer, 2008 Maurice and Rita Palmersheim, 2007 Bill and Sally Lorentz, 2006 Ray and Jean Weyer, 2005 Norm and Judy Hansen, 2004 George and Margaret Molus, 2003 Arnie and Ann Lauer, 2002 Darol and Ellie Studer, 2001 Esther Reischl and Bill Elfering, 2000 Don and Geri Schwab, 1999 Othmar and Marilyn Schmitz, 1998 Leo and Dorothy Sadlo, 1997 Leander and Delores Meyer, 1996 Herb and Winnie Dehler, 1995 Ozzie and Bernie Thelen, 1994 Art and Edith Hiemenz, 1993 Lee Kapsner and Judy Meemken, 1992 Pat and Nellie Zahler, 1991 Bodie and Mac Schneider, 1990 Joe and Florence Molitor, 1989 Roman and Lucille Klein, 1988 John and Martha Kierzek, 1987 Al and Vera Schloemer, 1986 Max and Celia Kuebelbeck, and 1985 Herb Dehler and Loretta Rassier.
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Wetterlings from page 3 D.C. His service was preventive medicine through exercise. While working with the association, he began reading and studying many of the organization’s healthand-fitness books. The books interested him because he had a physical education minor and had planned to coach. He had previously taken courses in anatomy, first aid and more. After his assigned service, Jerry taught middle-school math for one year while also working part-time at a health-food store. His experiences led him to the conclusion that he could be more productive working one-to-one instead of 30-1 and he attended the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. Patty taught during that time. She taught one year near Washington, D.C. at a time when schools were being desegregated – a time of real and threatened violence by angry people opposed to desegregation and busing to achieve the goals of desegregation. Patty recalled the tensions caused by the threats of violence. Students couldn’t be dismissed until police arrived to escort them, and teachers also left the school premises when protective police arrived. That school is no longer a school but a police station, Patty noted. “It was rough,” Patty said. “We learned a lot about disparities, actually. (Jerry) was teaching in a Virginia suburb, which had more resources, and I was teaching in a really rough school.” She then taught for three years in Bettendorf, Iowa. They decided to move to Minnesota when Jerry completed his chiropractic degree. “Minnesota was a progressive state as far as accepting chiropractic and chiropractic coverage with insurance,” Jerry said. He had two sisters who lived in the Twin Cities area. Patty grew up in the Twin Cities and had a sister who was living in Sartell at the time. Jerry’s family also vacationed in the Detroit Lakes area and they decided St. Joseph was kind of like a halfway point between the Metro and northern lakes area. “I was really trying to decide between St. Jo(seph) and Cold Spring because I wanted to be in a smaller town,” Jerry said. “The college was the big draw.” After asking around, Jerry learned the owner of Kay’s Kitchen, “Dirk” Dierkhising, might be inter-
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com ested in selling his house. The Wetterlings bought the house, which is where Jerry’s chiropractic business is now located. They remodeled it, lived upstairs, and he had his business downstairs. “We just sort of fell in love with this house,” Patty said. “I love this house.” Patty helped organize the first Parent Teacher Association at Kennedy Elementary School. Their daughter, Amy, had started kindergarten and Patty didn’t know many of the parents. She and four other families formed the organization and later formed one at North Junior High School in St. Cloud also. The Wetterlings were also long supporters of the Millstream Arts Festival for two decades. The festival’s organizers had asked businesses if they would be supportive and Jerry said “yes.” He couldn’t attend the first meeting, so he asked Patty if she would attend. She ended up chairing the entertainment committee for more than 20 years. On the night Jacob was abducted, Patty and Jerry were attending a post-Millstream Arts Festival celebration to discuss how the event had gone. They were with the committee that night. Both Patty and Jerry were members of the St. Joseph Jaycees. Patty was with the Jaycees Women’s group. Jerry was past president and a member of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce. Both were charter members of the St. Cloud branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Jerry was president in 1989 when Jacob was abducted. “(The organization) formed out of some really screaming need for some disparities work,” Patty said. After Jacob’s abduction, Patty and Jerry formed the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, a non-profit organization that educates people about child safety. It was originally located in St. Joseph, including at one time in the downstairs of the current Newsleaders office, but is now headquartered in the Twin Cities area. The organization is now known as the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center and works with assisting and educating families. Patty said it was extremely hard for them to try to start this new organization during the worst time of their lives. She said Jerry organized it by completing applications, creating the bylaws, doing budget management and much more. “I didn’t do that,” Patty said. “I get credit for a lot of stuff I didn’t do. He (Jerry) did the foundation work.” Patty said she was glad she was able to work at the local office.
“It’s still really strong, and I am really proud of the work they do,” she said. Patty was asked to be part of the Governor’s Task Force in 1990 to address the problem of missing and exploited children. She then worked on the national level with the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children since 1991. Patty has been involved with state and federal legislation, including passage of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Sex Offender Registration Act and the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, a federal crime bill. The bill requires states to create sex offender and crimes against children registries. States are required to verify the addresses of sex offenders yearly for at least 10 years and sexually violent predators must verify their addresses quarterly for the rest of their lives. She said the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act is a good tool for law enforcement to use. Patty helped form and was president of the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organizations, which was funded by a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. She also helped form and was director of Team Hope during its beginning years. The organization is parent-to-parent mentoring for parents searching for missing children. Through the organization, she helped create several manuals including the Family Survival Guide and Sibling Survival Guide. The organization also created a guide for children who have returned to families called You’re Not Alone, which she was not involved with. Ron Laney, who was head of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention programs, helped develop those guides. Patty has also chaired the board of directors of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children from 2012-2015 and has been a member of the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children from 2012-2015. In September 2016, Danny Heinrich admitted to killing Jacob and showed authorities where his remains were buried near Paynesville. The Wetterlings have four children: Amy, Jacob (d), Trevor and Carmen, as well as six grandchildren (four girls and two boys). The St. Joseph Lions Club organizes the annual parade, scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 4 in St. Joseph.
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The St. Joseph Lions Club recently announced Patty and Jerry Wetterling will be the grand marshals of the July Fourth parade. The Wetterlings said they are honored to be chosen because it gives them a chance to say “thank you” to so many people who have helped them.
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See America first; see Minnesota first Seventy-nine percent of Americans plan to take road trips this summer, an increase of 10 percent from last summer, according to the American Automobile Association. Lower gas prices account for the increase, on average the lowest since 2005. Another reason is more people are discovering road trips can be less expensive, highly do-able and less logistically hectic than exotic vacations in faraway places. We Minnesotans are fortunate. Our state was ranked number eight among all 50 states as a road-trip friendly state. The study was done by WalletHub, an organization that does interesting state rankings in a wide area of subjects based on data analyzed by experts in tourism, hospitality, marketing, natural resources and management. All told, 22 metrics were used in the study. The main rankings were in three categories: costs, safety and activities. Minnesota ranks first in road-trip safety, which was based on population density, driving laws, quality of roads and bridges, vehicle thefts, violent crimes and fatalities per 100-million miles traveled. Minnesota also ranked well in activities (things to do during road trips). We scored a 20 in that category. As for costs during a road trip, Minnesota ranked 39. We in Minnesota and countless out-ofstaters know full well what a beautiful driving state this is from the spectacular North Shore to the Pipestone area, from the Boundary Waters to the St. Croix-Mississippi riverbluffs region. There are wonderful, scenic state, county and city parks easily accessible throughout the state. And, of course, there are the lakes – about 14,000 of them. In the WalletHub study, Minnesota’s total points are 55.15. The highest-ranked state is Oregon with 59.68 points, the lowest Connecticut with 33.04 points. The top-ranking states, in order, are Oregon, Utah, Washington, North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas and Nevada, followed by Minnesota, then California. The last three states on the list are Mississippi, Rhode Island and Connecticut. In our five-state area, Iowa rated 29 points, South Dakota 31, Wisconsin 36 and North Dakota 46. Americans spend an astonishing average of $683 billion on leisure travel every year. It’s a good thing road trips are increasing in popularity because the lion’s share of that money will be spent in our nation, in local areas. Collectively that massive amount of travel money is a huge boost to the federal, state and local economies. For many years the tourism industry slogan was “See America First.” Many people are apparently choosing to do just that. We’d like to add to that: “See Minnesota First.” So take a weekend road trip right her in our own “backyard.”
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Friday, June 23, 2017
Opinion King’s plea for peace: ‘Can we all get along? Lately, I keep hearing in my memory Rodney King’s plea for peace: “Can we all get along?” King was the Los Angeles cab driver tazed and beaten by police after a car chase one night in 1991. A video of the brutal incident sparked outrage. Later, when officers were acquitted, riots erupted and 53 people died. King then spoke to the press, urging people to cool it. “Can we all get along?” he asked quaveringly in his call for calm. It’s still an urgent question. It’s being asked again after the shooting rampage by an Illinois madman against Republican legislators practicing baseball. U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, who nearly died, will endure long, exhausting, painful therapies after multiple surgeries. The shooter was warped by delusions that Republican legislators are somehow responsible for his own failures or for failings in this divided country. Like many a lunatic before him, that gunman – a terrorist if only by default – thought violence would solve something. It doesn’t; it never does; it never solves anything. “Can we all get along?” Some legislators say the baseball shooting made them realize they are all “one family” under attack. They proclaimed it’s time to work together, to compromise, to help solve the nation’s problems. Can they all get along? Let’s not hold our breath. We’ve heard cotton-candy sentiment before. Golly gosh, wouldn’t it be nice? Let’s get real: The divisions between Democrats and Republicans are entrenched ones – hard to budge, hard to bridge. In a democracy, conflicts can be good. They are like the irritants in the oyster shell that can produce pearls of decency, kindness and human progress. Thus, in an abrasive tugof-war between political parties, ingenious
Dennis Dalman Editor and workable compromises are sometimes achieved: the Social Security Act, civilrights laws, Medicare and – more recently – the Reagan-Moynihan compromise to help make Social Security more financially stable; the Clinton-Republican compromise on welfare reform (“workfare”); the efforts to come up with a comprehensive immigration-reform plan. That proposal once had a bipartisan framework. It could be dusted off and reinvigorated if only they would all get along. Extreme polarities are nothing new. In fact, they practically define the lurching course of American history: colonial loyalists vs. revolutionaries, slave-holders vs. abolitionists, women’s right-to-vote marchers vs. their opponents, war hawks vs. war protestors, segregationists vs. integrationists, federal rights vs. states’ rights, ad infinitum. Those conflicts served as crucibles from which enlightenment and justice emerged bit by bit. Yes, it all took too long because democracy, alas, is a slow-poke. The United States has always been, more or less, the “Disunited States.” We should not be surprised it still is: abortionrights advocates vs. anti-abortion activists, gun-rights absolutists vs. gun-restrictions proponents, legal same-sex marriage supporters vs. those who oppose it, ObamaCare enthusiasts vs. those who abhor it, climate-change adherents vs. those who think it’s a hoax; people who loathe the Trump presidency vs. the ones who laud it; facts vs. alternate facts; people who call for
building walls vs. those who want to tear walls down. We can justifiably blame legislators for deadlock, but – let’s face it – most of the rest of us can hardly agree or compromise any more than they can. Some of these rifts cannot be compromised away, especially the ones involving deeply held convictions that are religious and/or emotional. All of us tend to become entrenched, with our own good reasons, into our own belief systems based on upbringing, economic-social class, family, friends, professions and so on. It’s understandable, but such ingrained attitudes can keep us at loggerheads. Great leaders transcend those polarities. They find rock-bottom human commonalities to which all people can rally ‘round, such as – to name obvious ones – clean food, air, water, mutual respect and decent-paying jobs. And that’s what is needed: good leaders. Leaders who can illuminate the dark passageways between the buried bunkers that divide us. Can we all get along? A day will arrive with breathtaking speed when we will finally understand we have no choice, that we will have to get along. Otherwise, monstrous violence will engulf us all. Studies show members of the younger generation are less ideological and more open-minded in their outlooks. Less entrenched. Therein, perhaps, lies our hope. Meantime, we must shout out to condemn violence. It’s no solution for anything, period. Anyone who doubts that should go ask the dead dictators and terrorist fools who have buried themselves, forever disgraced, under the rubble of their crumbled delusions. Let’s all send get-well cards to: Rep. Steve Scalise, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St. NW, Washington, DC 20010.
Trump is still winning, albeit slower than hoped Bob Grise, St. Joseph The St. Joseph Newsleader got it wrong when it stated President Trump is digging himself a hole. No, that would be the Democrats. The Democrats have no message and now their Russia collusion story has proved to be all fiction, they are completely rudderless. The Newsleader claims Trump is acting erratically while at the same time telling us we will be harmed when Trump follows through on
his campaign promises. What is erratic about following through on campaign promises? It’s refreshing! Trump is an egomaniac out of control, says the Newsleader. Doesn’t that better describe President pen-and-a-phone Obama, who circumvented Congress on the Paris Accords and other matters? Thankfully Trump pulled us out of that wealth-redistribution scheme. The Left claims Republicans are anti-science. No, we are anti bad-science. Many Re-
publicans agree with MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen who said believing CO2 controls the climate is pretty close to believing in magic. Look at the St. Cloud climate records and you will see in the most recent 30-year average, seven months of the year have become warmer and five months cooler. It is a nationwide trend – summers slightly cooler, winters slightly warmer. If you believe mankind caused that, you would probably believe Trump is a Rus-
sian agent. FYI, the warmest year in St. Cloud was 1931. With all the fake and slanted negative press Trump has received and with little help from his own party, it’s amazing Trump’s approval rating is now at a high point, 50 percent, says a new Rasmussen poll. Trump is still winning, albeit slower than we hoped, in his goal to grow the private sector and trim the bloated jobkilling bureaucracy that’s so deeply entrenched in Washington, D.C.
Gatsby – a great book recommendation Recently, my language-arts class finished reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book is often cited as an American classic, and I consider it one of my favorite books of all time. This is for many reasons, most notably the story and message, which I think still resonates today. The Great Gatsby is, without spoiling the plot, essentially about the American Dream. All of the essential elements are there. A mysterious self-made millionaire attempting to win back his long-lost love. The glamour and excesses of 1920s New York City before the Great Depression brought everything tumbling back down. All of this ties together into one of the greatest narratives ever created, with Fitzgerald making great use of descriptive language and imagery to make the words and characters come to life. More interesting still, the story is told from the perspective of a Minnesotan. The Great Gatsby has been interpreted to have encompassed many of Fitzgerald’s life experiences. Both the author and the narrator of the story, Nick Carraway, are from the Midwest. This gives the story a great point of view, as Nick, a fish out of water in New York, evaluates the events and other characters of the story with much different values than their own. It gives us in this state our own claim to great American literature, along with the novels of Sinclair Lewis and more recently Bob Dylan, both Nobel Prize-winners for
Connor Kockler Guest Writer Literature. The message of the story, constant throughout the narrative, is also notable. Gatsby, through his money and his talents, is essentially trying to turn back time. An otherwise highly intelligent man, he steadfastly refuses to believe his last five years cannot be undone. Through the narrator and audience voice of Nick, readers get to go deep into his thoughts and motivations, learning the deep reason why Gatsby thinks this way. With the symbolism involved with the message, the story is clear: We can’t change the past, we can only affect the future. Believing otherwise might just lead one to ruin. Gatsby takes our classic American belief in being able to achieve our goals with enough work, and turns it on its head. What if even being successful beyond your wildest dreams doesn’t guarantee you happiness? It certainly doesn’t for Gatsby because what he wants is impossible to do, even with all of his wealth and influence. We can certainly see this play out in real life as well. Many people we would consider famous and living the high-life,
as we see on the news everyday, turn out to be feeling just the opposite. The real shame of this reflective work of American life was that it was initially poorly received. Fitzgerald intended to create a great work, but many in the 1920s when it was published dismissed it. World War II and further distribution carried the book to the icon it is today, too late for Fitzgerald to enjoy. He died in 1940, thinking his “Gatsby” was a failure. Often, in today’s hustle-bustle world, we may miss something or pass up an opportunity because we think we are too busy. The story of The Great Gatsby shows this to be a dangerous assumption. Gatsby’s biggest regret involves events that were beyond his control. How much worse would it be for us to have missed something that could have made a world of difference to us? Books can teach us many things, and even though The Great Gatsby is nearing the 100-year mark, it’s still as relevant and moving as ever. I hope we will not lose the great gift and asset of reading and the many things that can be learned and gained from it. With this book and others, I hope our increasingly digital world can continue to be affected by the magic of pen on paper. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
Friday, June 23, 2017
Botz from front page story about Keonig soon.) Botz became involved in blood drives about 10 years ago because she experienced firsthand the need for blood to save lives. And she doesn’t regret a minute of it. When talking about blood, Botz can rise to eloquent heights. “People run around at Christmas looking for the perfect gift to give,” she said. “And running right through their veins, if they’d realize it, is the best gift of all – the gift of life. And it’s a gift we are supposed to share.” Botz said most people have never seen the dramatic lifegiving power of blood. In some cases, sick and pale individuals brighten up almost instantly during a blood transfusion, their skin turning a healthy rosy color. “It’s very humbling to watch,” Botz said, “because you realize somebody took the time to donate that blood to literally save the life of another person. It’s a very sacred thing.” In the past 10 years, Botz
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com and her extraordinary crew of volunteers, many of them children, have hosted 24 blood drives (the June 29 one will be the 25th). All told, 1,610 pints of blood were collected during that decade with the potential of saving 4,830 lives. That is because once collected, blood is processed into four lifegiving components: platelets, white blood cells, red blood cells and plasma. Each is used for different kinds of emergencies and/or treatments. In the past 10 years Botz and volunteers, under the auspices of the American Red Cross, have held blood drives at other venues, such as the American Legion in St. Joseph and the basement of All Saints Academy. Resurrection Lutheran Church is the ideal place, partly because the church co-partners so enthusiastically for the “Kids Can” blood drives and partly because there is plenty of room at the church. “Resurrection Church has just been so awesome to us,” she said. “We’ve done at least 18 blood drives there.” Typically, about 70 to 80 people give blood at one of the “Kids Can” collection sights. Some, however, have to be turned away, such as those
who have not hydrated themselves well enough to donate. Hydration, Botz said, is very important. At least three days before a blood donation, the person should drink up to eight glasses of water each day so the body is very well hydrated. With suggestions from the American Red Cross, Botz learned to schedule blood drives during times when other sites are closed because of busy holidays, such as the days on or near the Fourth of July and times near Christmas. That is why she and the others always host the drives in St. Joseph during those times, helping fill in for other places that must be closed for busy holidays. “We started out 10 years ago as just a group of friends who all wondered what can we do to help?” Botz recalled. “We called the effort ‘Our Village.’ Our kids became involved and have been involved happily ever since. My youngest daughter, Alaina, started helping when she was only 2. She’s 13 now and still helping.” She often tells her mother, “Next to Christmas, the blooddrive day is my favorite day.” Botz’s other children – Ellie, 17; and Carter, 15 – also help. And so does her husband, Jeff,
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Betty Ethen of St. Joseph smiles and relaxes as she is about to donate blood during a previous “Kids Can” blood drive in St. Joseph. who donates blood every time. There are about 10 children who love to help. They greet donors, offer them food, they give encouraging words to people while they’re giving blood. “We always have donated soup at our Christmas season blood drive,” Botz said. “Volunteers bring so many crockpots filled with homemade soup. The atmosphere is so warm and comforting, and the blood drive is always like a family reunion. There are jokes
flying, camaraderie, so many connections. Oh, it’s so awesome, this community of ours. And the kids work so hard, and they love to help out.” People who intend to donate blood at the “Kids Can” event should remember to hydrate themselves with water starting three days before the event, and they should eat a good, healthy meal before arriving even though food and refreshments will be provided at the church.
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 23 Brat and Family Bake Sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. 320363-8825. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Saturday, June 24 Brat and Family Bake Sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. 320363-8825. Sunday, June 25 Joe Town Table, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., American Legion, 101 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph.. centralmncw@gmail.com. National Catholic Youth Choir Performance, 10:30 a.m., St. John’s Abbey, 2900 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. Fred Yiran African Arts Day, noon-4 p.m., Lake George Municipal Complex, 1101 Seventh St. S., St Cloud. Monday, June 26 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. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.
org. St. Joseph Park Board, 6 p.m., Cloverdale Park, corner of East Able Street and Eighth Avenue S.E., St. Joseph. Tuesday, June 27 Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2512498. Coffee With a Cop, 5-7 p.m., McDonald’s, 1180 Elm St. E., St. Joseph. 320-493-5699. National Alliance on Mental Health, 7-8:30 p.m., Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. 320-259-7101.
ers-market-2017/. 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.
NW, St. Joseph. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday. org. St. Joseph City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, St. Joseph City Hall, 75 Callaway St. E. 320-3637201. cityofstjoseph.com.
Friday, June 30 Brat Sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. 320-363-8825. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.
Tuesday, July 4 Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2512498.
Wednesday, June 28 Free Trolley Night, 5-9:25 p.m., Metro Bus Transit Center, 510 First St. S., St. Cloud, and Lake George, St. Cloud. ridemetrobus.com and summertimebygeorge.com.
Saturday, July 1 Brat and Family Bake Sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. 320363-8825.
Thursday, June 29 4-H Day Camp, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension- Stearns County, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Val Smith Park, First St. NE, between Park and Fourth Avenue NE, Sartell. 320-255-6169. Red Cross Blood Donation Drive, noon-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 N. CR 2. 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. 320-2522422. Urban Hope Farmers’ Market, sponsored by Place of Hope Ministries, 2-6 p.m., 511 Ninth Ave. N., St. Cloud. http://placeofhopeministries.org/events/urban-hope-farm-
Monday, July 3 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. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave.
Wednesday, July 5 Free Trolley Night, 5-9:25 p.m., Metro Bus Transit Center, 510 First St. S., St. Cloud, and Lake George, St. Cloud. ridemetrobus.com and summertimebygeorge.com. Thursday, July 6 St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Urban Hope Farmers’ Market sponsored by Place of Hope Ministries, 2-6 p.m., 511 Ninth Ave. N., St. Cloud. http://placeofhopeministries.org/events/urban-hope-farmers-market-2017/.
Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-2522422. 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. St. Joseph Planning Commission, 6 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 75 Callaway St. E. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com. Friday, July 7 St. Joseph Area Historical Society, open 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Saturday, July 8 Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park.
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Monday, July 3
5 p.m. Bingo, Games, Food & Refreshments (on parish grounds)
6 p.m. Free “Joetown Rocks” Concert
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Church of Tuesday, July 4 St. Joseph Parish 10 a.m. Parade (along Minnesota Street)
July 4th Celebration
Concert Schedule: 6 p.m. All Saints Academy Students 6:15 p.m. The Graduates 7 p.m. Collective Unconscious 8:30 p.m. Remembering Bobby Vee with The Killer Vees 10:15 p.m. Fireworks Sponsored by Bernick’s 10:30 p.m. Brat Pack Radio
Festival events held at 12 W. Minnesota St.
(Sponsored by the Lions Club)
11 a.m. Bingo, games, food & refreshments (on parish grounds) 11:30 a.m. Live music: Smok’N Guns Band 1:30 p.m. Quilt Auction 3 p.m. Raffle Drawing
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