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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.
Don’t forget to register for Bluegrass tickets
The Newsleaders has a limited amount of FREE one-day tickets to the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Fest, a fourday music and camping festival Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 11-14 at El Rancho Manana, Richmond. For tickets, please email advertising@thenewsleaders.com with your name, phone number, city and amount of tickets requested by noon Friday, Aug. 5. Your name will be placed in a drawing and winners will be notified via email.
Rise Above Seizures walk set Aug. 11
The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota hosts its annual Rise Above Seizures Walk on Thursday, Aug. 11 in St. Cloud to celebrate people with seizures, and to raise awareness and funds to support services for the 150,000 people the foundation serves annually. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 5 criers.
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Fare For All to include shoes by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The Fare For All distribution, which will be held at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph on Monday, Aug. 15, will include shoes. “Good in the Hood,” a local nonprofit and hunger-relief organization, which began a “Shoe Away Hunger” initiative in 2012, will be distributing the shoes, along with Fare For All volunteers. FFA Program Manager Scott Weatherhead said this nonprofit is similar to FFA because it’s also open to everyone with no qualifications or signups. Profits from the program help fight hunger. Initially, the Shoe Bus or-
ganizers felt it was too far to travel, but Weatherhead convinced them it would be worth their while. “Your volunteers are awesome, and that is what they will need if we are to pull off the perfect outdoor sale,” he said. Weatherhead said Good in the Hood will provide a few volunteers, including a driver, but they look at St. Joseph as the perfect chance to test a new pilot program where they will have several FFA volunteers help with the sale. He’s hoping for an extra five to eight FFA volunteers to help out. After purchasing August Fare For All food distribution products, customers can visit Shoes • page 4
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Officer Celeste Walz and Hannah Friedhoff share some hearty laughs as they swap stories about raising daughters during the National Night Out block party held Aug. 2 at the St. Joseph Mobile Home Community. For additional photos, see back page.
St. Joseph primary election set for Aug. 9 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
City of St. Joseph voters who go to the polls for the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 9, will determine which eight candidates will compete for four open seats on the St. Cloud School Board in the Nov. 8 election. St. Joseph voters will also help determine who will face off in the Nov. 8 race for U.S. Minnesota Sixth District and for Minnesota Supreme Court
Justice No. 6. Polls in St. Joseph will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. For complete information about voting registration and polling places, go to mnvotes. org. In the Nov. 8 election, the top eight vote-getters from the primary-election results will compete for four seats on the board. The candidates are Scott Andreasen, Al Dahlgren, (incumbent), Matt Doke, Peter Hamerlinck, Shannon Haws, John W. Palmer, Jeff Pollreis,
Monica Segura-Schwartz and Ric Studer. The positions that will be up for grabs in the Nov. 8 election are those now occupied by Al Dahlgren, who has re-filed; Debra Erickson; Les Green; and Dennis Whipple. Also on the ballot are candidates for the U.S. Minnesota Sixth District seat now occupied by Rep. Tom Emmer. Primary voters will determine which Democrat will compete against which Republican in the Nov. 8 general election.
The Sixth District candidates are as follows: Republicans Tom Emmer, AJ Kern and Patrick Munro, and Democrats Bob Helland, Judy Evelyn Adams and David Snyder. Primary voters must vote for candidates in one or the other party designation, not both. Voters will also be asked to vote for one of the three Supreme Court Justice No. 6 candidates, who are as follows: Craig Foss, Natalie Hudson (incumbent) and Michelle L. MacDonald.
Shrek the Musical features St. Joseph, Sartell talent
Volunteers will assist with general office and administrative tasks to facilitate the workflow of the department. They will complete general office and administrative tasks such as file, collate, sort and assemble packets, make and answer phone calls, sort and deliver mail, and assemble mailings. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 5 criers.
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Waite Park Police warn against gas thefts
Waite Park Police Department has received three reports of gas being stolen from vehicles or gas cans taken from boats. During one of the thefts, wires were also cut on a trailer parked in the yard. These thefts have occurred on the north side of Waite Park near First Ave. S. and Second St. N. Please report any suspicious activity in your area. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 5 criers.
Family fun, laughter abound at Aug. 2 National Night Out
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Luke Reber (front, center) of St. Joseph rehearses his lines as “Lord Farquaad” along with Steve Schweim of Litchfield (left) who plays “Shrek” and Mitchell Hurrle of South Haven who plays “Donkey” in Great Northern Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Shrek the Musical Aug. 5-7 and 10-12 in Cold Spring.
Shrek the ogre comes not only to life but even sings aloud in Great Northern Theatre Company’s production of Shrek the Musical, which features St. Joseph and Sartell residents in the cast. The loveable curmudgeon will appear on stage in Cold Spring in the Tony Award-winning, adventure-filled musical Friday-Sunday, Aug. 5-7 and WednesdayFriday, Aug. 10-12 at Rocori High School. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. except Sunday, Aug. 7, which is a 2 p.m. matinee. “One of the points made in the story is Shrek talks about how he’s an onion and he has layers,” said Liz Schultz, a 38-yearold wife and mother from Sartell who is
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in the cast. “And you can’t judge a person just by what you see on the outside; we all have flaws, none of us is perfect.” The musical is based on the beloved DreamWorks animated movie from 2001 that featured the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz – a movie that spawned several sequels. “The songs in the musical are really good, and it has a powerful message, and it’s a fairy tale, so you can be wild and creative as you play the characters,” said Luke Reber, a 19-year-old from St. Joseph who plays Lord Farquaad, Shrek’s pintsized rival for Princess Fiona’s affection. Reber has to be on his knees every time he is in character on stage to achieve the illusion that he’s shorter than the rest of the characters in the production. The Shrek • page 3
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Kallie Larson of St. Joseph, recently won grand champion at the Stearns County Fair with her intermediate buck, Jeb. There were 157 rabbits at the county fair this year. Kallie will now bring her rabbit to the Minnesota State Fair and represent Stearns County in the rabbit division. Kallie attends St. John’s Preparatory School and will be in the eighth grade this year.
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Goracke hired as graphics designer for Newsleaders
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Troy Goracke, the newest member of the Newsleader team, has many years of experience as a graphics Goracke designer and as a printing-plant technician. Goracke is the Newsleaders’ new graphics designer, and designs ads and other projects for the weekly St. Joseph, Sartell-St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader newspapers. Born in Wheaton, Goracke graduated from Wheaton High School in 1993, then earned an associate’s degree from Fergus Falls Community College. He then pursued his education further at Alexandria Technical College and earned an associate’s degree in communications art and design. He completed a year’s in-
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ternship as a graphics designer for the Kanabec Times in Mora, then worked for nearly three years – also as a graphics designer – for the St. Cloud Times. He has also worked for Nahan Printing in St. Cloud in its lithographics department until that company laid off 250 of its employees in 2008 when Goracke was one of the last to be let go. Once again, he furthered his education by earning a bachelor’s degree in elective studies, with an emphasis in education, in 2012 from St. Cloud State University. He did intern teaching for three months in Big Lake. Having trouble finding a job in the St. Cloud area, Goracke finally landed a job in the lithographics department and as a paginator for the RR. Donnelly printing company in Long Prairie, and he would commute to that city from his home in St. Joseph to work the night shift. After doing this for two years, Goracke said he was elated to be hired at the Newsleaders
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because he can be closer to his family. “I love it!” he said of his job. “I’m still learning, though.” Goracke and his wife, Diana, have lived in St. Joseph – next to Klinefelter Park – for 10 years. Diana is a supervisor at the St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital. The couple has two daughters – Mara, 12; and Emma, 8 – both students at Kennedy Community School. Goracke, who is a member of the St. Joseph Parks Department, recently filed to compete in the Nov. 8 general election for a seat on the St. Joseph City Council. His goal, he said, is to help bring more resources, amenities and recreational options to the city, especially for children and senior citizens. “I like getting involved with my community, my town,” he said. “I want a better city by getting more resources.” Goracke, a passionate football fan, loves outdoor activities, including frequent fishing trips with his daughters.
stuck inside the residence. Officers were able to locate and rescue the woman who was then turned over to Gold Cross Ambulance for further examination. The fire was extinguished by the St. Joseph Fire Department. Authorities stood by until the scene was cleared. June 8 9:04 a.m. Animal complaint. College Avenue N. Police reBlotter • page 3
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Shrek from front page
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Brian Schultz of Sartell is doing the lighting for Great Northern Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Shrek the Musical in Cold Spring, which includes his wife Liz and their son Tom in the local cast as “Sleeping Beauty’s godmother” and a knight, respectively, in the musical based on the beloved DreamWorks animated movie from 2001 that featured the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz.
Blotter from page 2 sponded to a call of a brown dog trying to cross the highway. Upon arrival, authorities patrolled the area for some time but could not locate the dog. 1:54 p.m. Public assist. Fourth Avenue S.E. Police assisted in an exchange in custody for a cat. The cat was retrieved and turned over to the Tri-County Humane Society. All the appropriate paperwork was
music is by Jeanine Tesori, and the book and the lyrics are by David Lindsay-Abaire. “I have to wear these big huge kneepads and walk around, and it hurts my knees a little bit,” Reber said with a laugh. Co-directors Leigh Ann Davis and Vicki Meyer said Great Northern Theatre Company, which is celebrating its 25th year, will put its unique spin on the fractured fairy tale. “It will be silly and funny, but at the heart of the show is finding the hero in us all,” Reber said. “And the message is we are all in this together, and everyone is beautiful in their own way.” The musical brings the beloved characters from the film to life on their way to discovering “the big bright beautiful
present and accounted for. June 10 2:46 p.m. Medical. Ninth Avenue S.E. Officers responded to a female having chest pains. Upon arrival, police observed the woman being escorted out of her residence by her sister. She was transported to the hospital via Gold Cross Ambulance. June 11 11:46 p.m. Suspicious person. CR 75. Authorities noticed a man walking on the side of the road.
world at the end of this fabulously fresh storybook journey.” Luke’s mother, Anita, will play Puss in Boots, while her 13-year-old plays a villager and “the cow that jumps over the moon.” “I do wear cat make-up, so it takes me about 30 to 45 minutes to apply the facial cat features I have to do before a performance,” Anita Reber said. Schultz originally auditioned for the part of Gingy the Gingerbread Man but got another part – one that required less of a time-commitment and worked better with her schedule. “It’s a big time commitment (to perform in a play), but what I like about it is you get to just escape your problems, worries, cares, stresses of just your everyday life, and you get to go into this fictional world,” Schultz said. It’s the fourth time Schultz
After speaking with him, it was ascertained he was walking due to being upset. Shortly thereafter, he was picked up by his wife. June 12 1:05 p.m. Medical. Iverson Street W. Police were dispatched to assist a female who had fallen in her garage due to leg pain. St. Joseph Rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance were also at the scene. Once she had been helped up, the woman stated she did not need anymore medical attention.
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has participated in a Great Northern Theatre Company production. She was Mrs. Pierce in My Fair Lady and Marian Paroo in The Music Man, among others. “My son really wanted to be in this show, and I thought this was a great thing to do together,” Schultz said. “What I love about the stage version is it’s right in front of you – it’s very personal – and the music is fun, and there’s a tap-dance number.” Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy-tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero, even if it’s an ogre. “Accepting your differences and accepting each other, I think, is one of the biggest messages in the show,” Schultz said. Her son Tom, 14, will be a freshman at Sartell High School. He will play a knight
and a guard. His mother is a realtor with Edina in St. Cloud and runs a design business. “I love the sense of community,” Schultz said of community theater. “You get to meet people from all over, all different walks of life, all different ages, and you just work really hard together, and you almost become a family.” Shrek The Musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards in 2009 (including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations), winning the Tony for Best Costume Design. It also received 12 Drama Desk Award nominations winning Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outstanding Set Design and Outstanding Costume Design. Shrek also won the Grammy award for Best Musical Show Album. Tickets are available by calling 320-241-GNTC or by visiting GNTC1.com.
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At left: Local Fare for All volunteers load a truck at an FFA distribution to deliver food products to Holdingford. Above right: Local Fare for All volunteers distribute free bread at an FFA distribution.
Shoes from front page the Shoe Bus. Cash or credit-card payments will be accepted for shoes. Many pairs of shoes will be displayed on a school bus that has been converted into a mobile shoe store. Shoes of all sizes will be offered on the bus to shoppers for a suggested donation price of $5 per adult pair and $2 for toddler pairs, with a limit of 10 pairs. “We plan to move a lot of shoes on tables outside in the parking lot,” Weatherhead said. “The numbers are so great in St. Joseph we need to make this a good customerservice experience, so the bus doesn’t get too backed up.” The initiative helps provide
new and gently used footwear at affordable costs. The purpose of the program is to help people stretch their grocery budgets, be able to purchase affordable footwear and to use the proceeds to help pay for groceries to be distributed at their local food shelves. Shoes for the program are dropped off at Schuler Shoes store locations, which sponsors the bus and accepts donations. Most of the shoes are not direct donations from Schuler Shoes but are gently used shoes which have been donated by others through shoe drives and collections hosted by Good in the Hood through churches, businesses, schools, civic organizations and more. “Only the shoes in the best condition make it on the Shoe Bus,” Weatherhead said. According to Good in the
Hood information, they are able to feed one person up to seven days of essential groceries for each pair of shoes sold. The August FFA distribution will include Pub Burgers and variety packages of bacon. Organizer Amanda Roles said recent FFA numbers have continued to be good. June results showed FFA sold 421 packages and served 322 households, and in July FFA sold 322 packages and served 226 households. Holdingford members Deb Disher and Peggy Anderson have started a satellite site. They gather orders from Holdingford residents, purchase food products from the St. Joseph FFA distribution and then bring the products back to Holdingford and distribute them from a church there. They served about 60 house-
holds in June and 42 families in July. The Melrose site served 12 families in July. “We are still hoping for a satellite sight to start up in Cold Spring,” Roles said. “Thank you to all of our volunteers (who) helped out at the distribution (last month) and made it run very smoothly.” Roles said if anyone knows of someone who would be in-
terested in starting up a satellite site in the Cold Spring and Richmond area, they should contact her at rolesamanda@ gmail.com for more information. Future FFA distributions include Sept. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12. For more information, visit goodinthehood.org/Our-Programs/Shoe-Away-Hunger or fareforall.org.
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Reserve police officers sworn in
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Dylan Newman of Sartell peers into an aquarium filled with various species of river fish at a DNR exhibit July 30 at “Take a Day Off’ in Mississippi River Park.
Families gather July 30 for ‘Day Off’ on Mississippi by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Hundreds of people gathered by the river to have a good time at the eighth annual “Take a Day Off on the Mississippi River.” The event took place July 30 at Stearns County’s Mississippi River Park, seven miles north of Sartell. As in previous years, the day was a relaxing, leisurely mixture of fun activities and educational sessions. Most visitors were families – parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren. Together, they took boat rides. Some learned to paddle a canoe. Others kayaked. Still others rode in a Department of Natural Resources boat to learn about electrofish-
ing and identifying types of river fish. Other activities included face-painting, a 1K sponsored by the BLEND Fit Kids Club, shoreline fishing, birdhouse building, leaf-and-bark rubbings, disk golf and demonstrations involving various qualities of water, river critters and other environmental topics. Everyone at the event seemed to be having a good time, despite the intense heat and swarming mosquitoes. Mosquito repellent could clearly be smelled in the air. Twenty-five area sponsors and their staff members made the event possible. The “Day Off” was coordinated by the Stearns Water and Soil Conservation District, and the Stearns County Parks Department.
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Mayor Rick Schultz (in jeans) asks David Boese (left), Demetrius Pontikes (center) and Dustin Orr (right) to stand in line and raise their right hands while facing him, so the three could be sworn in as police reserve officers at the St. Joseph City Council meeting Aug. 1 as Police Chief Joel Klein (far right, seated) and the rest of the council looks on.
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Our View ‘Take a Day Off’ at river was again a success There’s something about a riverbank’s ambiance that brings out the best in people, that relaxes them, makes them mellow and socially connective – Minnesota Nice, if you will. That was obvious July 30 along the western riverbank seven miles north of Sartell. For the eighth consecutive year, “Take a Day Off on the Mississippi River” was a great success that day with parents, their children, grandchildren and others enjoying a variety of family-fun recreational and educational activities. People attended the event from all over the greater St. Cloud area and beyond. One extended family who happened to be from Minneapolis was having a grand time on boat rides. Despite the heat and kamikaze mosquitoes, people had a fine time. A gentle, occasional breeze from the river certainly helped, as did many cans of mosquito repellent, free for all to use. The “Take a Day Off” event is popular and successful every year for a number of reasons: It gives people a chance to have a fun, leisurely time – free – on the west bank of the Mighty Mississippi at Stearns County’s gorgeous-green Mississippi River Park. It allows people to learn about the river environment, flora and fauna, water issues, erosion control and dozens of other topics of the natural world. People can learn those things while or between their participation in recreational fun: trying their hands at canoeing, playing disc golf, birdhouse building, archery, riverbank fishing and so much more. It is a perfect way for parents and children to bond while enjoying relaxing activities together, from birdhouse building to rides on the river. The event is a showcase for Mississippi River Park, one of Stearns County’s many beautiful parks of which so many people are apparently unaware. Thanks to Take a Day Off, more people have become aware of that beautiful park, ideal for hiking or relaxing and just watching the river flow. Take a Day Off is a good reminder of one of central Minnesota’s greatest treasures – its magnificent Mississippi River. We would like to extend kudos to the organizers of Take a Day Off – the Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District, Stearns County Parks Department and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. We also want to thank the event’s 25 areas sponsors and staff and all those who took such time and effort to put up their educational tents, including the Sportsmen’s Clubs of St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids, Stearns County Pheasants Forever and the BLEND Kids Fitness program (new this year with its 1K kiddie run). We heartily recommend the annual Take a Day Off event. If you missed it the past eight years, be sure to mark it on your calendar for next year.
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Hillary pulls off historic feat in Philadelphia What a happy, historic moment it was when Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination as candidate for president of the United States last week. It was as celebratory as when Barack Obama was nominated and went on to win the presidency – twice. Hillary! The waves of joy in the Philadelphia convention center were palpable, even via television. And how historically appropriate that her hardwon triumph happened just blocks from Independence Hall where 240 years ago the Founding Fathers dared to startle the king of England by declaring independence and proclaiming all men are created equal. Sad to say, our Founding Fathers left out “women.” It took so long, but finally – at long last – women can hold their own in every way with men and be recognized legally, socially, intellectually and – slowly but surely – economically as equals. Gutsy trailblazer Hillary is one of the major innovators for that long-delayed attitude adjustment. In China, years ago, she dared to proclaim to the entire world with its ears wide open: “Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights.” From her very beginnings, post law school, Hillary was a fearless, hardworking, in-the-trenches champion of women’s and children’s rights. She still is. She fought constantly for a half century on behalf of women’s rights, children’s rights and human rights in general. All of the passionate speeches at that Democratic National Convention testified to her fierce and tireless work at every remarkable stage of her life: as a young lawyer, wife of an Arkansas governor, First Lady, New York U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State and twotime presidential campaigner. The word “indefatigable” might as well have been
Dennis Dalman Editor coined just for Hillary. In her life of public service, she had to put up constantly with the mixed messages of a systemic sexist society. When she was assertive, she was called shrill and pushy. When she nearly broke down in tears during the 2008 campaign, she was lauded as “finally” showing her “human” (read feminine) side. She was constantly caught between a rock and a hard place, a restrictive spot defined and redefined by sexist throw-backs (men and women). In introducing her mother at the convention, Chelsea Clinton said she is always asked how her mother can stand the hostility tossed at her year after year. Chelsea’s answer was simple. It’s because “She never, ever forgets who she’s fighting for.” Hillary, said her daughter, is “a listener and a doer. She’s a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love.” Those of us who have admired and championed Hillary for decades have known those granitic qualities in her from the get-go. Most people would not be able to survive the kinds of slanderous assaults Hillary has endured for at least 40 years. We would cave and crumble. Not Hillary. All of the relentless nastiness seems to have made her even stronger, more confident and more determined than ever to fight the good fight. Her “untrustworthy” ratings are high, yes, but that’s largely because of the bar-
rage of verbal attacks that are repeated so often, ad nauseam, that too many people tend to believe, in knee-jerk fashion, the slanderers – same way they believe, unthinkingly, baseless parroted gossip. Hillary’s handling of emails was, to be sure, careless. She has admitted many times it was a mistake; she has apologized, but, yes, she should explain once and for all how and why the email mess happened. Any explanation, however, will never be good enough for the Hillary-haters who are so fiendishly fearful of her success that they are dedicated lock, stock and barrel to sabotaging anything she attempts to do. Let haters whine. As people in a nomadic tribe in North Africa often say when they’re packing up their tents: “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” And that is exactly what Hillary has done through so many difficult decades: moved on, forged ahead, battled the powers that be, rolled up her sleeves for the hard compromising work it takes to enact legislation to better people’s lives. Meantime, the dogs – her rabid critics – barked, yelped, howled and snarled. They still do – that loud yapping from spoilsport losers and jealous contenders. Forge onward, Hillary! Help level the playing field and lead us into a progressive future, one in which all Americans are valued and in which, if we work hard, we can enjoy a decent living and some measure of contentment, happiness. This election may be the most crucial in 100 years. With Hillary Rodham Clinton as president, there will be a renewal of hope, a new world ready to be born. The alternative – electing a loud-mouth egocentric loose cannon – would likely be a disaster of divisive nastiness and dangerous instabilities.
Vice presidential candidates balance out tickets With the national conventions wrapped up for both major political parties, a topic highlighted more than its usual share in our political conversation are the choices for the vice president of the United States. It seems odd to me the second-highest position in the executive branch, a heartbeat away from the presidency, receives so little attention for the four years in between elections. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for the job, and Democrat Hillary Clinton chose Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine to join her in their bid for the White House. Historically, vice presidents have acted as a way to balance the ticket. Picking a vice president these days is all about strategy. The campaigns ponder every option: “What states are we trailing in?” or “Where can we strengthen our support?” Many a presidential candidate has bet his campaign on the hopes the vice-president choice could deliver that one crucial swing state from where that person hails from. But it shouldn’t be that way. How much does anyone remember about our last few vice presidents? Maybe a presidential run, some news stories? What is lacking is a knowledge of what they personally stand for. Lost is the discussion of the vice presidential candidates’ beliefs. This is vitally important because of the sobering but quite possible reality that if something were to happen to the president, the vice president would become president. And it’s not unprecedented; the vice president has succeeded to the office of president of the United States nine times. Out of 44 total
Connor Kockler Guest Writer presidents, that’s almost a 1 in 5 chance. So if there’s a very likely chance that a vice president of the United States could become president, it makes sense we should know as much about them as we do the president. The process we use today, however, doesn’t make it easy. The candidates for vice president, while maintaining whatever presence is required of him or her by the presidential candidates, seem always to be in the background. Any policy positions the vice-presidential choices make on the campaign trail are carefully coordinated with the main campaign. Appearances are synchronized with the hopeful presidential nominee, and any dissension from the main line is discouraged, so how are we supposed to know what the vice-president candidates are really thinking? The reality is we have to do the research ourselves, as after the media frenzy over vice-president picks dies down, we will be back to the majority of attacks being directed against the presidential candidates. An interesting option is also the vice-presidential debate. While the prospective presidents have four debates scheduled, there is but one debate for the No. 2 spots on the ticket. This debate will be important because it will serve as one of the only times we get to see
the vice-presidential candidates in an unscripted appearance before the voters. The vice president is often forgotten in our day-to-day politics, but the Founding Fathers wouldn’t have created such a position if it didn’t serve such a vital purpose. The national security of the United States demands the presence of a commander-in-chief at all times, and the vice president is the first to get the job in the event of a disaster. Also remember once a president and vice president are elected, there is no election for them again for four years. The ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, died only 32 days in the office. The country was then run by Vice President John Tyler for the rest of Harrison’s four-year term. The vice president is a vital part of our nation’s government, however powerless they may seem to be at the moment. With the election just a few months away, I hope we can see this presidential campaign as a race not just between two people. The vice president candidates should warrant much more attention than they currently receive. Their ideas and policies will be considered by the president, and more importantly, if something were to happen, this would be the new policy platform for the country as a whole. It’s important we know who we are dealing with. There are going to be four potential presidents on the ballot this year, so we should take a good look at each of them. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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Collegeville post office named after McCarthy by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
The legislation to name the Collegeville Post Office after Minnesota’s own Sen. Eugene McCarthy has been signed into law, it was announced Aug. 1. McCarthy attended and taught at St. John’s University in Collegeville prior to his two decades in public office.. The renaming of this post office in his honor accompanies the university’s previous recognition of McCarthy through its Eugene J. McCarthy Center which aims to promote dialogue, civic education and political engagement in youth following in his
footsteps. “Eugene McCarthy was a strong, independent voice who knew how to bring people together and better Minnesota,” said U.S. Sixth District Rep. Tom Emmer, who introduced the bill to rename the post office in the House. “Throughout the decades he served as a legislator, McCarthy helped foster the level of civic engagement for which our state is known. It’s fitting my first bill to become law honors a dedicated public servant and extraordinary Minnesotan, and there is no more suitable place to honor his life and legacy than St. John’s University.”
Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken ensured the legislation’s passage in the Senate. “Eugene McCarthy was a distinguished public servant (who) served Minnesota and our country for many years,” Klobuchar said. “This bipartisan effort will honor Sen. McCarthy for his devotion to the people of our state and ensure the St. John’s post office stands as a tribute for all he did to make our nation a better place.” With President Barack Obama’s signature, the proposal to rename the post office was signed into law. “Eugene McCarthy worked
tirelessly to improve the lives of both Minnesotans and all Americans,” Franken said in a joint statement by Klobuchar and Emmer. “It’s great we were able to come together and pass this bipartisan measure to ensure Sen. McCarthy’s name and legacy will be honored for generations to come.” McCarthy gained international attention and a loyal following when he challenged then-president Lyndon B. Johnson for the presidency in 1968.
Anger and discontent over the Vietnam War in those years caused a pro-peace coalition led by McCarthy. It’s widely believed McCarthy’s moral challenge to Johnson’s Vietnam War policies is the single-biggest factor in Johnson’s decision not to seek a second term. As it turned out, Minnesota’s Hubert Humphrey, who was Johnson’s vice president, was nominated in 1968 as DFL presidential candidate and then lost to Richard M. Nixon.
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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 UTap Takeover, sponsored by St. John’s Outdoor University, 4-8 p.m., Third Street Brewhouse, 219 Red River Ave., Cold Spring. 320363-3163. 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. Sunday, Aug. 7 Minnesota Adult/Teen Challenge Choir Concert, 10:30 a.m., Grace Baptist Fellowship, 1197 Pinecone Road, Sartell. gracesartell.net
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Tuesday, Aug. 9 Free Veggie Give-a-Way, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., HealthPartners Central Minnesota Clinic, 2251 Connecticut Ave., Sartell. 320-203-2099. Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@sartellchamber.com. Arc Midstate Walk and Roll, 5 p.m., Sauk Rapids Municipal Park, River Ave. N. 320-251-7272. arcmidstate.org. St. Joseph Joint Planning Board, 7 p.m., St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph. com. Holistic Moms Network, 7-8:30 p.m., Good Earth Co-op, 2010 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-252-2489.
Thursday, Aug. 11 Minnesota Bluegrass/Old-Time Music Festival, El Rancho Manana, 27302 Ranch Road, Richmond. minnesotabluegrass.org. 55+ Driver-improvement program (eight-hour first-time course), 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Life Assembly of God, 2409 Clearwater Road, St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. mnsafetycenter.org. Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. St. Joseph Senior Citizens, noon, St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422. St. Cloud Area Mothers of Multiples, 7 p.m., VFW Granite Post 428, 9 18th Ave. N., St. Cloud.
Wednesday, Aug. 10 St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. stjosephchamber.com. 55+ Driver-improvement program (four-hour refresher course), 5-9 p.m., Apollo High School, 1000 44th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. Optional online courses: mnsafetycenter.org. Vacation Bible School (Aug. 10-
Friday, Aug. 12 Board of Education special meeting, 7:30 a.m., District 742 Administration Office, 1000 N. 44th Ave., St. Cloud. 320-202-6801. Brat sale, sponsored by the St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. N.W. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2
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•Find a safe place to call 911 •Be prepared to provide location, vehicle description and license plate. A portion of state statutes was used with permission from the Office of the Revisor of Statutes. If you have any questions concerning traffic-related 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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Top: John Grillo walks in the St. Joseph Mobile Home Community bike parade with his three daughters. They are from left to right, Jieanna, 10; Jay-Jay, 4; and Ju-Ju, 5. The bike parade, a part of the National Night Out event, included not only bikers, but also skateboarders and roller skaters. Above: Neighbors gather round a table for bingo. From left to right are Matt Kielty (back turned) Toots Hamilton, Minh Nguyen (back turned) Susan Peters, Siegfried Peters and Diana Albert. Middle left: A giant inflatable water slide was a big attraction during the block party. Pictured, Mason Ulik, 13, son of Jeremy Ulik, takes his 18-month-old neighbor, Kaylee Linquist, daughter of Ashley and Cody Linquist, down the massive slide. At left: St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein, who also served as a bike parade judge for the children of the St. Joseph Mobile Home Community, waits as the participants line up to take their places. There were a record nine Out W block in St. (I-‐‑94 Exit #153 at Avon, Richmond M N, National 30 MNight inutes of parties St Cloud Joseph this year. See additional photo on front page.
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