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Town Crier St. Stephen to collect hazardous waste
The City of St. Stephen will collect all household hazardous wastes from 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 at the St. Stephen City Hall, 2 Sixth Ave. SE. Sponsored by the Stearns County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, this event is free. Check the county website for the list of accepted and not accepted items.
St. Stephen to host National Night Out
The City of St. Stephen will celebrate National Night Out from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 in the Lower Smoley Field. Among the activities are yard games, snacks and face painting, in addition to visiting with members of the Fire Department and Stearns County Sheriff’s Department.
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St. Cloud VA seeks Vietnam vet photos
The St. Cloud VA Health Care System is committed to publicly thanking and honoring military veterans who served during the Vietnam War era, and is seeking photographs of area veterans who served in the military at any time during the period of Nov. 1, 1955May 15, 1975. Spouses or nextof-kin of deceased Vietnam War era Veterans are also encouraged to submit photos of their loved ones. In honor of their service, the veteran photographs will be displayed online and in exhibits at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center and VA Clinics in Brainerd, Montevideo and Alexandria. Participation is voluntary and written consent is required from all participants. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on July 29 criers. For additional criers, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers
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College of St. Benedict to build new athletic fields
by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph plans to build athletic fields by the Renner House, the college president’s house, which is located on College Avenue across the street from the main entrance of St. Ben’s. Athletic Director Glen Werner said the project is expected to cost $12 million, with $9 million coming from bonds and the rest from fundraising from family donors, sponsors and other sources. The seven fields, which athletes hope to use by fall 2017, will be for soccer, softball, lacrosse, rugby and other club sports. They will be used by the soccer team first in the fall and the softball team in spring 2018. “Besides providing a host of wellness and fitness opportunities for our students, this is going to be a great retention tool,” Werner said. “A lot of our students who are coming from the Twin Cities or larger metropolitan areas have these kinds of facilities in high school. The biggest key is that it really puts us on the map with everyone else.”
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Plans for a $12 million College of St. Benedict athletic fields project, located by the president’s house, include building seven fields – both grass and artificial – for soccer, softball and other sports, as well as an event center with locker and training rooms, with sufficient parking for team buses and more. The plans include both natural grass and artificial turf soccer and softball fields, three large intramural fields, an event center with locker and training rooms, ample
parking for team buses and a large drop-off area for buses and more. Werner said there are currently about Fields • page 4
National Night Out to heighten crime awareness by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
National Night Out is a nationwide event on Tuesday, Aug. 2, but it will be observed locally that day in several communities and neighborhoods in Central Minnesota, including St. Joseph. The St. Joseph Manufactured Home Community near Kay’s
Kitchen will host an invitation-only National Night Out event for the residents of that mobile home community. “Summit Management asked us to host a National Night Out celebration for the residents of our community each year,” said Kim Smith, a St. Joseph resident employed by the property management company that manages
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The Granite City Renegades semi-pro football team handily defeated the Twin City Sabercats, 40-18, during the final regular-season game held July 23 at St. John’s University, Collegeville. They are now ranked No. 3 in the Northern States Football League, which will start playoffs Aug. 6.
properties across the state and some properties in Texas. The 33rd annual National Night Out, which is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, will involve more than 16,728 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world. On the evening of Tuesday,
Aug. 2, residents in neighborhoods throughout the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on outside lights and spend the evening with neighbors and police at, for example, block parties, cookouts, contests, youth activities and anti-crime rallies. “We host a get-together to show unity,” Smith said of the Night • page 2
Renegades head for playoffs Aug. 6 by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The Granite City Renegades semi-pro football team defeated the Twin Cities Sabercats on July 23 in the final game of the regular season. They won 40-18 at the game played at St. John’s University in Collegeville. Head coach Brett Weaver said team quarterback Ryan Fay and running back Michael Iverson led a powerful offense with Fay going nine of 13 in the air for 193 yards and four touchdowns. Iverson caught one of those touchdowns and also ran one in. Renegade player Sean Hayden led the ground game with 85 yards
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rushing. Their defense had a solid lead with Kyle Crozon’s five solo tackles – two for losses and two sacks, and Houston Spooner and Pat Lopez capturing two fumbles. Weaver said defensive coordinator Jake Hutt has done an outstanding job this season running one of the best defenses the Renegades have ever had. The Northern States Football League playoffs begin Aug. 6, and the Renegades are the No. 3 seed. The team, which includes members from St. Joseph, Sartell and Rice, for example, will travel to Minneapolis to play the South Metro Patriots.
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The St. Joseph Manufactured Home Community near Kay’s Kitchen will host a by-invitation-only National Night Out event from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, for the residents of that mobile home community.
invitation-only St. Joseph Manufactured Home Community National Night Out celebration on Tuesday, Aug. 2, which starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. “This year, our focus is our youth.” In all, more than 38.3 million people are expected to participate in “America’s Night Out Against Crime” on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
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“We have food, games and entertainment for the children, and we have bingo for the adults,” Smith said of St. Joseph Manufactured Home Community’s celebration. “We are doing at 7 p.m. an all-wheels parade where the kids are encouraged to decorate their scooters, bikes, strollers for the little ones, and we have the police department judging, and we’re handing out trophies.” National Night Out is designed to: heighten crime- and drug-prevention awareness; generate support for, and par-
ticipation in, local anti-crime efforts; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. “We are a very diversified community in ethnicity and religion,” Smith said of the residents of the St. Joseph Manufactured Home Community. “We, adults, want to set an example for our youth that we are all one, no matter what our ethnicity, no matter what our religious beliefs are.”
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Ritzenthaler resumes column-writing at the Newsleaders by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Readers of the Newsleaders’ weekly Opinion Page may well have noticed a new guest columnist, Paul Ritz- Ritzenthaler enthaler of Sauk Rapids. But long-time readers of the Newsleader will know Ritzenthaler isn’t exactly “new.” He wrote frequent guest columns many years ago for the St. Joseph and Sartell Newsleaders. Ritzenthaler enjoys writing columns about the everyday world – the little foibles that pop up from time to time, pet peeves that annoy him, rumina-
tions and reminiscences about the mysteries of life and sometimes penning pointed shafts aimed at political pomposities. Ritzenthaler’s writing style is often enlivened by his somewhat manic, impish sense of humor. When asked if he would reveal his age, Ritzenthaler said quickly, “Sure, you can ask, and I’ll tell you. I’m somewhat over the age of 55, and I’m still lying about that.” Born in Rochester, N.Y., Ritzenthaler studied liberal-arts at John Carroll University in Cleveland for a time but didn’t complete his studies. He joined the U.S. Air Force and served four years, more than three of them in England, 70 miles north of London. He still fondly recalls how he and a friend became instant Shakespearian actors when
they landed roles in an outdoor production of Julius Caesar. “I played one of Julius Caesar’s body guards and – oh! – what lines I spoke: ‘My Lord, My Lord, My Lord, My Lord,” he recalled, laughing. “I had three or four scenes, and I said, ‘My Lord’ in each one of them. That was it.” It wasn’t exactly the height of Shakespearian acting, but Ritzenthaler didn’t care. It was fun, so much fun, in fact, he developed a love for amateur theater and went on to direct and/or act in 55 more plays in his life, including directing Neil Simon’s stage comedy, The Odd Couple, and playing Felix in one production and Oscar in another production. After his military service, Ritzenthaler returned home, to Rochester, where he found
work in radio and TV, as an announcer and in production. A friend convinced him to move to the Upper Midwest in 1979 and there Ritzenthler landed a job in TV and radio in Fargo, including a plum job as a host for an all-night movies show. He also did a few stints as a stand-up comic. Currently, Ritzenthaler works part time for a radio station in Litchfield where he does sales training. A diehard lifelong baseball fan, he also announces baseball games at the Municipal Athletic Center in St. Cloud where he gets to indulge in another passion, golfing. “Isn’t it an awful job?” he exclaimed with mock horror. “Just think, I get paid to have to watch sports, and I get to golf for free.”
Some years ago, Ritzenthaler lost the ability to speak because of a cancerous tumor. “I learned the hard way that’s what years of smoking can do to you,” he said. After 30 radiation treatments at the Coborn Cancer Center in St. Cloud (“God bless the Coborn Cancer Center,” he said), he can speak again, and he has his health back. “They always say if you get old, and sit around and wait to die, death will come sooner than you think,” he said. “So I say, ‘Have fun!’ Don’t wait for death.” Ritzenthaler has four grown children: Kari in Farming; Krista in St. Cloud; and Paul and Tom in Rochester, N.Y. The two other current loves of his life are his pets: Dani, a Sheltie; and Tucker, a Shih-Tzu.
Vehicle crashes near St. Joseph by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 near St. Joseph on July 24 left an Osakis couple with minor injuries. Duane Weberg, 74, and Mary Weberg, 73, of Osakis were westbound on I-94 near CR 2 at about 3:30 p.m. in their 2004 Buick LeSabre when they were hit head on. Adam Storbakken, 19, of Fargo, was eastbound on I-94
in his Pontiac G6 near CR 2 but slowed down because of the construction in the St. Joseph area. Alexander Ringdahl, 25, of Fargo, was behind Storbakken in a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis that rear-ended Storbakken’s vehicle and pushed it into the path of Weberg’s LeSabre. The Webergs received injuries that were not life-threatening while both men from Fargo were unharmed, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
In an unrelated traffic accident on July 25 in Saginaw, a St. Joseph man survived a two-vehicle car crash while a Chisholm motorist died. Before his death, Martin Jance, 52, of Chisholm was northbound in his semi with a trailer on Highway 53 near Shipley Road at about 4 p.m. when he rear-ended another semi driven by Joseph Faber, 39, of St. Joseph, who was unharmed, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
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Former Marine to run for House District 13B seat by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
A former Marine from Sauk Rapids is entering another kind of arena where fighting has become all too Crouse commonplace: politics. Matthew Crouse, who is endorsed by the DemocraticFarmer-Labor Party, wants to take on Rep. Tim O’Driscoll for the District 13B seat in the
Minnesota House. “Government is not working,” Crouse said. “You need people in there that will solve problems and who will be willing to work with the opposite party.” Crouse, a former St. Joseph resident, recently filed candidacy papers for District 13B, which includes Sartell, Sauk Rapids, Avon, St. Stephen, St. Wendel and Holdingford. The 27-year-old union worker is employed by New Flyer, a manufacturer of heavyduty buses in North America and whose facilities include one in St. Cloud. His top priorities include
ensuring Minnesota remains a leader in education, health care, reducing discriminatory laws and ensuring small businesses and farms have “the tools and resources they need to flourish in our rapidly changing economy.” “I agree strongly with the inclusion the Democratic Party has,” Crouse said. “The Democratic Party is the only party that really strongly supported same-sex marriage. They are the party that strongly supports equal rights in the workplace, union rights.” O’Driscoll is seeking a fourth term in the House. The Republican from Sartell was first
elected in 2010. “With the ideals of the Democratic Party, I think it’s more of a forward-moving party compared to my opposition, which seems like it’s kind of a more stagnant party,” said Crouse, who has never held an elected office. Crouse is a 2006 graduate of Apollo High School in St. Cloud, and the veteran is a senior at St. Cloud State University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in political science. “Being in the military, I was able to understand how different forms of government worked,” Crouse said. “Obviously, you work under a lot of
government regulations.” As a former foster child, he said he has a unique background in understanding how the dynamics of one family unit differ from another “and still contain the characteristics that are the cornerstone of loving families.” “I grew up a ward of the state of Minnesota,” Crouse said. “I dealt with government a lot when I was a kid. I dealt a lot with the bureaucracy and a lot of laws a lot of people probably aren’t aware of, a lot of these regulations people might not be aware of.” Crouse said he hopes to foMarine • back page
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ing the athletic field complex and the city building the new government center are both occurring at a time when the City of St. Joseph is growing in a healthy and appropriate way. CSB leaders hope to work with Mayor Rick Schultz to possibly involve local athletes access to the fields. Werner, a CSB graduate, began her position at CSB last July 1 and said she feels the year has gone well. “The personal and professional welcome has been what I expected but still a phenomenal experience,” Werner said. She said she loves the intensity of her position and feels it’s similar to previous work she’s done. “You don’t win every game you want to win, but we had a great year and finished third in the all sports races in our conference,” Werner said. “That is a great outcome.” She said she has been pleasantly surprised how Blazer student athletes connect into larger circles on campus and life in the area. Werner said it’s easy to get caught up in what each person needs to be doing, so connecting all the dots for all of them to be pulling in the same direction is always a challenge. “I think it’s a push for all of us to do one more thing that might be slightly outside our scope of work that really connects this community,” Werner said. “For example,
going to the nursing-pinning ceremony for seniors. It has very little to do with athletics, but so many student athletes are graduating nursing majors. It’s really showing support outside of their game.” Werner said she finds it fascinating to be able to reach out to the nuns who she feels really offer support. There are a couple of specific ones who she enjoys having lunch with at the Gorecki Center and is able to discuss with them how competition, fierceness and intensity fit into the Benedictine values. She said the nuns offer that extra push and do it with such love. “To know you have their support is really what makes this community come together because ultimately all we want for one another is success,” Werner said. The environment on the CSB campus is reflective of her years as a student at CSB. “What everywhere else in business calls culture, is called community here,” Werner said. “They have been able to, (throughout) the decades, just continue to replicate this supportive, loving, caring environment that also teaches a sense of urgency to execute projects and the ability to run a business that incorporates the Benedictine values of valuing one another, valuing opinion and valuing consensus. That’s what makes this so much fun.”
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College of St. Benedict Athletic Director Glen Werner reviews plans for the new athletic fields that will be built by Renner House, the college president’s house. The project is expected to cost $12 million with the fields being available for use by fall 2017.
20 club teams. She estimated about 500-plus athletes will use the fields. That includes competing teams, tournament play and others. “Twenty percent of our students are either club athletes or collegiate athletes, and upwards of 50 percent participate in programs that will be held at the new fields,” Werner said. “Right now, we just don’t have the space for the demands of the programming we are experiencing.” Planning for the fields began about seven or eight years ago. Werner said CSB has been headed for these changes for some time, with lots of master planning. She said she feels the timing of the execution of the plans is playing out well for student options. The athletic fields surrounding the CSB president’s house are reflective of the current dynamics of the campus. Werner said CSB President Mary Dana Hinton has been extraordinary in her support of athletics. She said Hinton has recognized that athletics is as important as academics, fine arts, study abroad, international and other programs which exist at the college. She said she believes add-
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St. Joseph construction update
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Above: Entrances to the new Kwik Trip branch in St. Joseph, one of many Kwik Trips being built in Central Minnesota, will be located on both Birch Street and Second Avenue NW. Below: The construction of a Kwik Trip gas station at the former El Paso location at 200 Second Ave. NW in St. Joseph nears completion with signage on July 26 looking to hire employees.
The sale of $4.28 million in bonds was authorized to pay for the construction of the 18,000-square-foot government center shown here on July 26 that will provide more space for the police department and city administration, and could open as early as February.
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Our View
Help save a life; give the gift of blood
The American Red Cross has been sending out a clarion call for more blood. Blood donations are typically down in the summer months, this summer especially, probably because prospective donors and repeat donors are on vacation, according to American Red Cross officials. In the past three months, blood donations are 39,000 fewer statewide than usual. In the United States, someone needs blood every two seconds, and 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day, not to mention 7,090 units of platelets and 10,100 units of plasma, also every day. Those three blood components are derived from donations of blood and are used in various transfusions for different needs. The average red-blood-cell transfusion to patient is three pints. Some patients need only one transfusion. Others, however, require regular transfusions throughout their lives, such as people who were born with sickle cell anemia. A single serious injury, say, from a car accident, can require as many as 100 pints of transfused blood during the victim’s recovery process. Some people think all donated blood can be stored indefinitely –not so. The red-bloodcell components of blood, for example, can be stored for only 42 days after the donation, at which time they are not able to be used. Plasma and platelets can be frozen but only up to one year’s time. Thus, the constant need for ongoing blood donations. It’s not hard to see why ongoing blood donations are so important and why a decrease in donations over time is such a serious concern. According to the American Red Cross, about 6.8 million people, men and women equally, donate blood at least once a year in the United States. About 50 percent of them are repeat donors, donating several or more times each year. About 26 percent are first-time donors and 24 percent are occasional donors. Most people who donate blood say they do it because they have a strong feeling of obligation to help somebody else – always a good idea to do anything. Those who don’t ever donate say they have phobias about needles or just never think to donate. Still others say they are afraid they will catch a disease from needles. Fear of needles is understandable, to some degree. But, in fact, most people have been given shots or have had blood drawn many times in their lives, and a needle poke or two certainly didn’t harm them. In the blood-donation procedure, new and sterile needles are used in each case and then discarded. Used needles are never re-used on donors. As for “never thinking about donating,” maybe it’s time more of us do think about it, and then act upon that awareness. It’s not hard to imagine one day, sooner or later, a loved one will need transfusions of blood. Think how grateful you and they will feel that there is enough blood supply to match their critical, life-saving needs. There are periodic blood-transfusion sessions that take place in places throughout the greater St. Cloud area. Donations can also be given every week – almost every day – at the St. Cloud Area Blood Donation Center at 1301 W. St. Germain St. in St. Cloud. For more information or to find out when and where to donate, call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1800-733-2767) or visit www.redcrossblood.org.
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Opinion
Friday, July 29, 2016
Hillary’s the glue that unites Republicans Is Hillary Clinton the glue that unites the fractious Republican Party? That seemed to be the case during the National Republican Convention in Cleveland last week. A rabid hatred of Hillary reached obsessive levels. The gathering often resembled a kangaroo court led by a lynching party in the Wild West, especially when failed presidential hopeful New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took to the stage to rattle off a list of “indictments” of Hillary’s supposedly sneaky, treacherous, anti-American, criminal behavior. After every charge he leveled against her, Christie would ask the crowd “Guilty or not guilty?” as if the convention hall were an impromptu courtroom or a rally at a witchburning. The crowd, whipped into a fever pitch, would yell “Guilty!” and then scream “Lock her up! Lock her up!” I thought any minute they were going to howl with chants of “Hang her high!” Virtually every one of Christie’s indictments was either blatantly false or based on misinformation, distortions or wild exaggerations. And, lest we forget, Hillary has not been found guilty of criminal wrongdoing in the Benghazi incident, much as a congressional committee tried and tried again to prove, spending millions of dollars on their futile fishing expedition. Nor did the FBI recommend an indictment. It’s true the FBI director termed Hillary’s email server methods extremely careless and, yes, Hillary has some explaining to do on that score, absolutely. Hillary, like all the rest of the pols center-stage in Cleveland, has made plenty of mistakes. But to blast Hillary, as Christie and that crowd did, for being responsible for just about every international disaster and atrocity during her tenure as Secretary of State is ludicrous, and red-meat baiter
Dennis Dalman Editor Christie knew full well his rabblerousing nonsense was just that – nonsense. But truth be damned; truth didn’t matter because sinister fantasies fueled by Hillary-hatred united the crowd. On the second night, another failed presidential hopeful, Sen. Ted Cruz, made an utter fool of himself (again) by snubbing Trump, a blunder Trump cleverly took advantage of by using stagecraft for one-upmanship, appearing on stage to cheers as Cruz was booed off stage, having to hustle away, wife in tow, into the oblivious night. Trump is, indeed, a master showman. Later, up stepped yet another failed presidential candidate who’d been trounced by Trump, the somnambulistic Dr. Ben Carson. In a classic case of guilt-by-association, Carson tried to tie Hillary to 1960s leftist neighborhood organizer Saul Alinsky, who referred to Lucifer once in one of his books. If Hillary liked Alinsky, then surely she must admire Lucifer, too. Carson should have been embarrassed at his sly-and-stupid attempt to hint that Hillary is some kind of devil worshiper, but he wasn’t embarrassed. Nor were the delegates; they ate it up. The unspoken convention rule was this: Say whatever you want about Hillary, true or not; just make sure it’s bad and the badder the better. Trump’s acceptance speech was a long rant during which his ego bulged like fat in Spandex, much to the rap-
turous applause of the delegates. The gloom-doom speech, which he shouted from a face distorted by anger, was punctuated by exclamation points of Hillary-hatred. “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I’m the only one who can fix it,” Trump’s gargantuan ego promised, adding he would immediately stop attacks against cops as soon as he takes office Jan. 20. This “miracle worker” will stop terrorism, bring to America millions of new jobs and trillions of new dollars, help the working poor, replace Obamacare with a wonderful health-care system for all and reform the tax code – oh, and yes, let’s not forget “The Wall.” He’ll clean up the corrupt messes and rampant violence unleashed by Obama and by that Bonnie and Clyde of modern politics – slick Willie and his consort, the Crooked Hillary. Gee, ain’t we lucky, though? Starting Jan. 20, The Donald will give us the moon, the stars and then some. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and his new name is Donald Trump. Other than the anti-Hillary frenzy, there were some effective moments at that convention. Mrs. Trump’s speech was warm and charming, even if parts of it were cribbed from First Lady Michelle Obama. The Trump children were all eloquent and articulate in their efforts to “humanize” their father. Trouble is, The Donald himself should start showing that warm, allembracing human side, if he’s capable of it, rather than letting his family vouch for him. What’s needed is a kinder, gentler Donald Trump with a few workable real-world ideas if he wants to win the presidency. He’s not likely to win it by spewing more kneejerk bluster, more shameless braggadocio and even more Hillary-hating, Hillary-bashing, Hillarybaiting.
Unlike us on Facebook: the mass take-over of social media Shame on us! Shame on what an inept, uncommunicative culture we have become. I recognized the sad turn of events on my way to a recent Minnesota Twins game (last of the year last year). I was taking the train from Big Lake to Target Field. I engaged in what I thought was a friendly conversation (including such provoking questions as “Where are you from?” and “What do you do?”). It was evident that said North Star Link brethren were way too busy texting, “liking” and ignoring a chance to communicate. You may have forgotten about an era when we did not have all the gizmos that kept us from the inevitable . . . .doing a thing called mouth-to-ear. For lack of a better term, let’s call it “talking.” I would like to say this unfortunate state of affairs does not lend itself to my personal family. I would but I can’t. I am visited on a regular basis by my children and grandchildren. In some cases, even the respective husbands (by obligatory commission) drag themselves into this unfortunate lack of communicative dialogue. And so, the last time we gathered, we sat and while I waited for such comments as “Gee, I had a really good (or bad) week this week. Here’s what happened,” what happened didn’t happen because they were way too busy texting, facing or playing games on their iPads, iPods or whatever. I
Paul Ritzenthaler Guest Writer must be very boring company. What happened was an admission to the fact that, in the words of an old song, “We just don’t talk anymore.” What happened was, as much as I love my kids, we have discarded talk because it requires thought. Now let’s take this one step further. I am told certain school districts require students to buy, rent or have laptops for educational purposes. This obligatory requirement is for such things as English, math and whatever. Forgive me for being so timeworn but I can remember the day I was required to have a dictionary as part of my learning tools and I had to provide my proof of scholastic knowledge orally. We have, of course, libraries. But I defy you to ask any schoolchild ages 5 through 18 what the Dewey Decimal System is and how it can be used. God forbid in this age of modern teaching methods we should require a student to take the time to search for answers to problems by using such antiquated things as reference books or such first-source garbage as Shakespearean
plays. I guess my first encounter with one of my favorite novels – Call of the Wild – is now easily transmitted to the nearest Internet home venue. In short, the words “cover to cover” now imply “How long do you want to stare at this screen?” So I ask you to look at the next student you see in any casual venue. Check and count how many of them have a book in their hands as opposed to how many have a cell phone, iPod or other electronic gizmo in their hands. If you are a gambling person, I’ll bet you books will finish dead last . . . and I’ll give odds. And then let’s go one further. Time out how long they talk to each other before their recourse is a little square light-up escape pad. There was a time when we could (in communicative fashion) spend an hour – as opposed to a minute – relating our feelings, our concerns, our fears, our joys and more without having to resort to a small handheld device to keep us from being totally bored with a thing called “talk.” Paul Ritzenthaler has spent most of his life working in broadcasting before retiring but still keeps himself busy by announcing baseball games at the Municipal Athletic Center in St. Cloud, golfing and trying to keep up with his two dogs Dani, a Sheltie, and Tucker, a Shi-Tzu, at his home in Sauk Rapids.
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Friday, July 29, 2016
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LEGAL NOTICES
Should drivers only stop in a crosswalk if a bicyclist dismounts? Q: I frequently encounter a traffic situation while riding my bicycle. I ride with traffic and adhere to the same rules as when I’m behind the wheel of my own vehicle. When I come to a stop sign on my bike and the crossing traffic does not have the same, many drivers will stop and attempt to wave me across. I will wave the polite crossing driver to move along. My thought is I’m riding in a lane of traffic and want to be treated the same as other traffic. If I wanted to be treated as a pedestrian, I would dismount my bike and cross at the crosswalk. I feel it’s best to proceed through an intersection when crossing traffic is sufficiently spaced so I can make it across just
as I would in an automobile. Accepting a wave by a driver doesn’t necessarily assure my safe crossing as crossing traffic from the other direction may or may not stop. Do you think drivers should only stop if a bicyclist dismounts and/or enters the crosswalk? Or am I misinterpreting their stopping as politeness when in fact they are legally required to stop? A: If the bicyclist is off their bicycle at an intersection and walks across, they have all the rights at the intersection as a pedestrian would. Motorists must stop for crossing pedestrians at every intersection, even those without crosswalks or stoplights. Motorists should stop far enough back so drivers in other lanes
can also see the pedestrian in time to stop. Those riding a bicycle must obey all trafficcontrol signs and signals, just as motorists. Bicycle-vehicle collisions are due to a variety of behaviors by the rider, such as disregarding a traffic sign or signal, inattention and distraction. A portion of state statutes was used with permission from the Office of the Revisor of Statutes. If you have any questions concerning trafficrelated laws or issues in Minnesota, send your questions to Trp. Jesse Grabow – Minnesota State Patrol at 1000 Hwy. 10 W., Detroit Lakes, Minn. 56501-2205. (You can follow him on Twitter @MSPPIO_ NW or reach him at, jesse. grabow@state.mn.us).
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org. 55+ Driver-improvement program (eight-hour first-time course), 5-9 p.m. today and Aug. 3, Apollo High School, 1000 44th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. Optional online courses: mnsafetycenter.org. St. Joseph City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-3637201. cityofstjoseph.com.
Tuesday, Aug. 2 National Night Out, 6-9:30 p.m., 320-245-4182. ci.stcloud.mn.us. Zootopia, Movies in the Park, 9 p.m. or dusk. Millstream Park. 101 Fifth Ave. N.W., St. Joseph. Thursday, Aug. 4 Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422. St. Joseph Planning Commission, 6 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-363-7201.
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cityofstjoseph.com. Rain Garden Workshop and Tour, 6-7:30 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road. 320-258-7316. Friday, Aug. 5 Walk-a-Thon, sponsored by Independent Center Inc., 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Sauk Rapids Municipal Park, 1001 River Ave. N. 320-252-4146. 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, Aug. 6 Sauk Rapids Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First Street and Second Avenue next to Manea’s Meats, downtown Sauk Rapids. VA Summer Games, 8:30 a.m. opening ceremonies, VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320252-1670.
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH PUBLIC HEARING ZONING ORDINANCE
The St. Joseph Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 in the St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. to review and consider adopting an Ordinance opting out of the Temporary Family Health Care Dwelling Law. A copy of the proposed ordinance is available for review at City Hall.
The St. Joseph Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 6:20 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 in the St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. to hear all persons present upon the proposed planned-unit-development (PUD) amendment for the proposed final plat of College Fourth Addition as submitted by Anderson-Johnson Associates Inc., applicant and College of St.
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520.30 subd. 5 allows for an Interim-Use Permit as follows: Residential units in areas that have been rezoned to commercial from residential shall be allowed an interim-use permit as a rental unit for a specific period of time. The maximum density for rental units under the interim- use permit shall be limited to the density which is allowed in the R-1, Single-Family Residential District.
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Benedict, owner; for property located east of College Ave. S and west of Graceview Estates and legally described as Outlot D, College Second Addition. The purpose of the request is to facilitate the development of an athletic facility.
The St. Joseph Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing at 6:10 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 at the St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. The purpose of the hearing is to consider an Interim-Use Permit to allow a non-owner-occupied rental at 29 Minnesota St. E. as submitted by Cory Ehlert, owner and applicant. The property is legally described as Lot 14, Block 10, Townsite of St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minn.
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St. Cloud area 12th healthiest in the nation by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
People tend to be healthier and live longer in the St. Cloud metro area compared to just about anywhere else, according to 24/7 Wall Street, a Delaware-based analysis company. St. Cloud (including the surrounding cities) was listed as No. 12 in the healthiest cities in the United States. Rochester, Minn., ranked first. Four other Minnesota cities placed among the top 25 – Mankato, No. 9; and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, No. 13, right after the St. Cloud metro area. The analysts at 24/7 Wall Street used all kinds of heath-related statistics to come to their conclusions: the premature death rate, adult obesity rate, percentage of adults without health insurance and median household income – to name just four criteria. Altogether, two dozen measures of health factors and health outcomes were used, which were culled from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps pro-
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gram, which is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The study had this to say about the St. Cloud area: • Premature death rate: 251.6 per 100,000 residents. • Adult obesity rate: 27.4 • Percentage of adults without health insurance: 5.5 percent. • Median household income: $54,985, meaning half of the households make more than that, half make less than that. • The study did have a bit of less-than-sterling news with the good news. It stated: “When it comes to staying active, residents of the St. Cloud metro area are at a distinct disadvantage. Only 68.3 percent of area residents have adequate access to places for physical activity such as recreation centers or parks. In contrast, 84 percent of Americans have adequate access to such locations. Despite the disadvantage, area residents are slightly more likely to regularly participate in physical activity these children face that most children do not. “My opponent, in the last election, ran unopposed, and when somebody runs unopposed, that’s not democracy when they win,” Crouse said. “I feel like I’m giving people the opportunity to vote and to have their votes count.”
than most Americans. In the that can catch medical prob- area is a near-nation-leading St. Cloud metro area, 79 per- lems before they reach the cri- 81.2 years.” The following are the 25 cent of adults are physically sis stage. Also noted in the study is healthiest cities/areas in the active compared to 77 percent of American adults. Remaining that in the healthiest cities, nation: active is an important compo- rates for smoking, obesity and Rochester, Minn. nent of a healthy lifestyle, and other unwise behavioral factors San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa life expectancy in St. Cloud is were less than in other places. No. 1 rated Rochester re- Clara, Calif. about three years longer than it Ames, Iowa. ceived a rave review from 24/7 is across the country.” Boulder, Colo. The study notes life expec- Wall Street. This is the citation: Iowa City, Iowa. “Home to one of the Mayo tancy in the nation is now at Provo-Orem, Utah. 78.5 years and even though Clinic’s main locations, it’s Logan, Utah. that number trails many other perhaps no coincidence that Burlington, Vt. countries’ life-expectancy rates, Rochester, Minn., is the healthMankato. it has climbed steadily in the iest city in the United States. La Cross-Onalaska, Wis. United States during the past Adults in Rochester report an Fort Collins, Colo. century and the first 16 years average of only 2.4 physically St. Cloud metro area. of this century. unhealthy days a month, the Minneapolis-St. Paul-BloomThe study also found there fewest of any U.S. city. When is a direct correlation between area residents need medical ington. San Francisco-Oakland-Haypeople’s ability to afford and attention, there is no shortage to access health care and their of medical professionals in the ward. Fargo, N.D. longevity numbers as shown in area. There are roughly 180 priCorvallis, Ore. the nation’s 25 healthiest cit- mary care physicians for every Lincoln, Neb. ies/regions. In addition, there 100,000 area residents, more Dubuque, Iowa. is a direct connection between doctors per capita than in any Appleton, Wis. income and health because fi- other U.S. city. Santa Rosa, Calif. Area residents are also less nancially-secure families are Madison, Wis. much more likely to afford likely to smoke, more likely to State College, Penn. medical treatments and healthy be physically active and less MN, They 30 Mlikely inutes W obese of St than Cloud 4 EArbor, xit #153 Mich. at Avon, to be the (I-‐‑9Ann foodsRichmond on a regular basis. Lawrence, Kan. are also more likely to get the average American. Life expecPortland, Maine. kind of preventive check-ups tancy in the Rochester metro
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