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Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 Volume 28, Issue 31 Est. 1989
Town Crier Franny Fest set for Aug. 19-21
Franny Fest, the St. Francis Xavier Parish Fall Festival, will be held Friday-Sunday, Aug. 19-21 on the parish grounds. Highlights include a Teen Night for grades 7-12 from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday; a 10K, 5K, 1K walk and run, food, refreshments, kids’ games, silent auction, a 4 p.m. Mass followed by live music by Walter’s Wheelhouse and Tres on Saturday; and 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Mass, bake and plant sales, Belgian waffle breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon and a raffle drawing on Sunday. For more information, visit stfrancissartell.org.
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Children gather for a ‘Barnyard Roundup’
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Preschool participant Avery Roles (front, center) reaches to touch a baby kitten while Braeden (left) and Kaeden Grey and other participants and volunteers watch during Vacation Bible School July 25 at Resurrection Lutheran Church.
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One hundred children from the St. Joseph area gathered for a week of Vacation Bible School from July 24-28 at Resurrection Lutheran Church. Children, ages 4 years old through sixth grade, learned about faith through this year’s theme of “Barnyard Roundup: Jesus Gathers Us Together.” During the five days, VBS participants learned about God and Jesus each day during rotating activity stations. VBS activities included Bible stories, music, snacks, and craft or science. Some of the craft or science activities included soil erosion, picture frames, wooden crosses, mobiles and more. VBS volunteer Laura
St. Stephen to host citywide garage sales
Please note, the St. Stephen City Wide Garage Sales weekend is: Thursday, September 29th, Friday, September 30th & Saturday, October 1st. Garage sales will be marked individually.
Markets provide variety of great food
Items currently available at both Sartell Farmers’ Market sites include: corn, meat, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, breads and much more. Come meet your local farmers and find the great food available to you in Central Minnesota. Open from 3-6:30 p.m. every Monday, Market Monday is located at Riverside Plaza, 101 Seventh St. N., in front of Hardware Hank, and from 3-6 p.m. every Thursday at Centracare Plaza, 1900 Centracare Circle, St Cloud.
Duck, goose seasons approaching this fall
According to the Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota’s regular waterfowl season will open on Saturday, Sept. 24. Duck season will again be open for 60 days in the north, central and south zones. Canada goose hunters will see some changes compared to last year. There is no August Canada goose management action in Minnesota. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 12 criers.
Gorder’s daughter, Gabby, 8, created a mobile during craft time. “I love VBS because I get to come, and share with my family and my friends,” Gabby said. A special event during Monday night’s VBS included a petting zoo set up by Hemker’s Park and Zoo in Freeport. Owner Joan Hemker and others brought two tortoises, three goats, a bunny, an alpaca and a miniature horse. They explained various facts about the animals to the VBS participants. Preschool participant Avery Roles found it interesting that tortoises can’t swim and never go in water. Roles said she liked the horse the best of the animals at the petting zoo. Gather • page 4
Master plan approved for county park in St. Joseph by Ben Sehnert news@thenewsleaders.com
Stearns County commissioners reviewed and approved a tentative master plan for the development of Kraemer Lake-Wildwood County Park on Aug. 2 at the Stearns County Administration Center in downtown St. Cloud. As it currently stands,
the plan exists as a fourphase implementation of various improvements, including a picnic shelter, canoe launch, beach and ecological restoration. Kraemer Lake-Wildwood County Park is located west of St. Joseph on CR 51 and is comprised of 265 acres of woodland and 3,000 feet of shoreline. Stearns County
purchased the property in 2007 and has since worked with local residents in developing a master plan for the park’s future. The county expects to cover $3.11 million in development costs partially through the state’s Legacy Amendment, adopted by voters in 2008. The master plan proposed by the Stearns County Parks De-
partment is itself a condition of receiving future funding from the state. However, for the county commissioners, some questions concerning expenses and funding remain unanswered insofar as the extent of state funding remains unknown. Although Parks Director Pete Theismann intiPark • page 2
Tourney guarantees Joes will go to state by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The winning streaks of the St. Joseph Joes and Sartell Muskies continued last weekend at Sartell’s Champion Field, guaranteeing both teams will enter the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Last weekend was the beginning of the Region 1C Tournament in Sartell, co-sponsored by the Muskies and the Sartell Stone Poneys. Tournament play will continue this weekend starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, when the Joes face off against the Sartell Muskies. If the Joes or the Muskies emerge unscathed from the
tournament this weekend, they will get a bye in the state tournament, meaning they won’t have to play in the first weekend of the state tourney. Three teams from Region 1C will compete in the Class C State Tournament. The other team to do so will be decided this coming weekend. The Region 1C tournament began last Saturday with eight teams. Rum River and Hinckley were eliminated in play. Now there are six: Joes, Muskies, Braham, Foley, Mora and the Sartell Stone Poneys. On Saturday, Aug. 13, again at Sartell’s Champion Field, there will be three games Joes • back page
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The Joes celebrate their 10-8 victory Aug. 7 over their biggest rival in the Sauk Valley league, the Foley Lumberjacks, to punch their ticket to the state tournament. Jack Atkinson started on the mound for the Joes, throwing 1-2/3 innings. Lefty Austin Larson, a draftee from the Litchfield Blues, threw four innings of relief, giving up four hits with two recorded strikeouts. Joey Stock was the game-winning pitcher.
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Park from front page mated revenue could be generated from the park itself by means of shelter rent and vehicle permits, the commission decided to review the question again once the state had stipulated the amount of grant funding. “If we decide to go ahead with the (state) grant, de-
pending on how much of a county (tax) levy match it would take, the master plan could be tweaked as time goes on,” said Stearns County Commissioner Mark Bromenschenkel, who represents St. Joseph, “This is more of a guideline for us now.” The county commissioners also requested Theismann’s office develop an overall projection for both capital and operational costs of the plan.
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A further point of debate concerned the possibility of creating a motorized boat launch that would give the general public access to the lake. Currently, only the St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club has a private motorized boat access on Kraemer Lake. “I know a lot of residents do not like motorized access, but this is a public body of water,” said commissioner DeWayne Mareck, who represents a portion of St. Cloud. “I am challenged with restricting access to the public on a public body of water.
If residents on the lake have access and can use motorized boats, it seems to me the public should be able to do so as well.” Stewart Crosby, an SRF consultant who has worked alongside the county in developing the plan, asserted building a motorized boat launch would not only make the plan considerably more expensive but would have a heavy impact on the lakeshore itself. However, the question of equity remained predominant for both the commissioners and the parks
Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 director. “I would request the plan as it’s stated be approved with the caveat that both those for and against non-motorized access sometime in the next year bring to the park commission some proposal for more equitable access to the lake,” Theismann said. The commissioners then voted unanimously to approve the plan – but only on the condition that the process suggested by Theismann would be realized in the coming year.
People Ivy Kuhn, St. Joseph, recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theater from Grinnell (Iowa) College. The following participants won tickets to this year’s Bluegrass Festival: Donna
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St. Joseph man accused of having sexual contact with child by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
A St. Joseph man has been charged by the Stearns County Attorney’s Office with having sexual contact with a child at Ritter a home in Collegeville Township while he was bathing with her. Ryan Ritter was accused of having “genital-to-genital con-
tact” with the 4-year-old girl, but the 34-year-old denied it and denied he was “aroused” during the bath, according to the criminal complaint. “He’s charged with criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, which is sexual penetration or sexual contact with a minor under 13 years of age,” said Joshua Kannegieter, assistant chief of the criminal division at Stearns County Attorney’s Office. The girl demonstrated with anatomical dolls the defendant’s penis touching her vagina, and she told investigators she had
touched Ritter’s penis, which he confirmed to investigators, according to the criminal complaint. “There was a forensic interview that was conducted by the investigator in the case, and during that forensic interview, the child disclosed the contact,” Kannegieter said. Ritter is also charged with another felony – criminal sexual conduct in the second degree with a minor under the age of 13 years old – with regards to the child allegedly touching his penis.
Doke loses primary for school-board race by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Matt Doke was bumped from the race for St. Cloud School Board in the Aug. 9 primary. Voters in St. Joseph helped determine which eight candidates will run for four open seats on the St. Cloud School Board in the Nov. 8 general election. Doke received 681 votes of the nine who were contending in the primary. That was the least amount received by any candidate, thus Doke won’t be on the Nov. 8 ballot. Those who will be are the following and the number of votes they received: Shannon Haws 2,106. Peter Hamerlinck 1,769. Monica Segura-Schwartz 1,607. John W. Palmer 1,575. Al Dahlgren 1,470.
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won the DFL primary against challengers Judy Evelyn Adams, 3,553 votes; and Bob Helland, 1,589 votes.
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St. Joseph voters also helped determine the primary race for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice District 6. Natalie Hudson garnered 173,255 votes, Michelle L. MacDonald 54,720 votes and Craig Foss 38,876. That means MacDonald and Hudson will face off in the Nov. 8 election.
Incumbent Rep. Tom Emmer handily won challenges by two other candidates for his U.S. Sixth District seat. He won 13,548 votes. Challengers AJ Kern and Patrick Munro garnered 5,217 votes and 958 votes respectively. DFL contender David Snyder
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DFL’er Anne Buckvold beat back a challenge by Jane Leitzman for the State House District 13A seat now held by Rep. Jeff Howe (R-Rockville). Buckvold won with 443 votes; Leitzman received 131.
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“The Sheriff’s Office began investigating the report on June 27, 2016. The offense is alleged to have occurred anytime between 2011 and 2016,” Kannegieter said. Ritter has three prior driving-while-intoxicated offenses, according to Kannegieter. “As to the relationship (between the victim and Ritter), that’s not something we would disclose because it would be identifying information of the victim,” he said. “But this is not a stranger relationship.” If convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct regard-
ing the alleged “genital-to-genital contact,” Ritter could face up to 30 years in prison and/ or a $40,000 fine. If convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, he could face up to 25 years in prison and/or a $35,000 fine. Ritter’s next court hearing date is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 in Stearns County District Court in St. Cloud; at the hearing, he would decide whether he was going to challenge any of the statements made or any evidence collected in the criminal case, Kannegieter said.
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Friday, Aug. 12, 2016
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Preschool participants prepare to eat snacks during Vacation Bible School July 25 at Resurrection Lutheran Church.
Gather from front page VBS organizer Rachel Kuebelbeck also brought in five 2-month-old kittens for participants to play with. Parent volunteer Sarah Hogan said she has been volunteering with VBS for three years. Three of her children, ages 11 (twins) and 4, participated this year, and her 16-year-old child was volunteering for VBS. “I volunteer to help kids know they are loved by Jesus and that they are very special,” Hogan said. “My son has food allergies so I help with snacks and help to keep other kids safe from food allergies.” Adult volunteer Connie Roberts said she has been volunteering for about 10 years and does so because she enjoys people and likes to communicate with them. Volunteer Cole Thoma built a barn to go with the “Barnyard” theme of VBS. Student volunteers Jared
Hennigs, 13, and Soren Haaland, 13, were helping with the games. “I volunteer because it was fun when I was here,” Hennigs said. “It’s a good experience,” Haaland said. “I would recommend doing this.” VBS organizers Marian Bach and Gorder from Church of St. Joseph, Kuebelbeck from Resurrection Lutheran Church and Pastor Bruce Tessen from Gateway Church coordinated with many area volunteers for a week of faith-based, fun activities. Fifty-nine people volunteered to help with the event this year. Gorder said because there were so many youth volunteers, they needed to reorganize the volunteer assignments so adult volunteers were with each group. “We are very lucky to have seasoned volunteers from the surrounding area who come back year after year to volunteer for the week,” she said. “We also have quite a few parents who come and help out while their children enjoy the
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program. We are truly blessed to have such a great balance.” “VBS is made possible by the generous donation of time and energy from our amazing volunteers,” Kuebelbeck said. “Each year I am moved by their dedication. This year feels extra special as we have seen several students age out of the program and return to help out. I’m excited to learn we may also have high school students graduating, but sadly their return is more uncertain as the call of adulthood gets louder and so does that of work and college.” Some of the students graduating have volunteered for five or six years. “We have enjoyed watching them grow into incredible adults,” Kuebelbeck said. “VBS can be a bit chaotic in a very fun way, and I cannot express enough gratitude for the moments in which people have seen a need and met it on their own.” “Hats off to the many volunteers and businesses that help and support our VBS week,” Bach said. This year’s VBS
theme was a great success. Children and leaders and helpers from the Church of St. Joseph, Gateway and Resurrection helped to make it a fun country time.” “VBS is about growing in faith,” Gorder said. “St. Joseph does an amazing job of coming together as a community to help the kids and one another share the faith. This year, the experience has struck me with such great gratitude for the uniqueness of the program. I cannot think of any other event that brings as many people together in the name of God. This week we celebrated our faith beliefs with at least five different denominations of people traveling from as far as Sioux City, S.D. The excitement of the week is my motivation all year through.” Bach said the joy of VBS will be shared locally and globally because the participants filled the donation piggy banks to overflowing. Funds raised will be donated to “Heifer International,” a non -profit organization working to
end world hunger and poverty by providing livestock and training to struggling areas. Some funds raised will also go to the St. Benedict Common Ground Garden endeavor. “It’s always fun to see so many children enjoy learning something new each night,” Tessen said. “VBS encourages children to understand the Bible and apply those Bible truths to their lives, making God’s word both real and meaningful.” He added although VBS takes a lot of effort, it’s well worth it. “The rewards are beneficial for today, for tomorrow and for eternity,” Tessen said. “VBS also provides an opportunity for children to see the three churches functioning together as the body of Christ that it was meant to be. All participants have a different job, all do their job, and in working together, the lives of children are changed. I count it an honor to be a part of this vital ministry to children and each year I look forward to it.” This is the 33rd year area churches have coordinated the event.
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Wiese promoted to Newsleaders’ operations director by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
When she was 15, Tara Wiese just knew she wanted to work on a newspaper, and 20 years later she’s not only working on a newspaper, but she was recently named operations director for the Newsleaders. Wiese, a Sauk Rapids resident and mother of two girls, joined the Newsleaders staff as a graphics designer in 2010. Since that time, she has steadily and painstakingly learned all of the operations at the St. Joseph-based Von Meyer Publishing Inc., which was founded in 1989 and publishes the St. Joseph Newsleader, the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader. In six years, Wiese has designed countless ads, helped do the layout preparation work for printing the newspapers, did some proofreading, some photography, helped with delivery of the papers, and wrote some stories and a few columns, among many other daily tasks. “I absolutely love my job,” Wiese said. “I’m a behind-thescenes employee, and it’s been fun learning so many aspects of the newspaper industry.” Her promotion to operations director puts her in supervision over the Newsleaders’ entire production area as second-in-command to company’s founder/owner/publisher Ja-
nelle Von Pinnon. The daughter of Michael and Jayne Wiese of Sauk Rapids, Wiese attended schools in Sauk Rapids and graduated from its high school in 1999. She credits her father with inspiring and encouraging her lifelong love of art and design. Until his retirement in 2000, Michael Wiese was a long-time teacher at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, and his daughter, in her independent studies pursuit, took many courses from him: graphics, advanced graphics, architecture, photography and multimedia. Michael has spent the past 16 years working full-time for Ron’s Cabinets. Wiese is convinced her skills were transferred genetically from her father. Growing up, she was never happier than when she had pencils, crayons or paintbrushes in her hand, and a piece of paper or canvas in front of her. She was so talented in art, in eighth grade she won a drawing contest sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Space Science Student Involvement Program. Her winning entry was of a view of a space walker and planet as seen through the window of the space station. As a young girl, she also won numerous free meals at Happy Chef restaurants because she excelled at their coloring contests.
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Who decides what color the Minnesota registration tabs on license plates should be? Q: I’ve noticed the tabs on our license plates change color every year. Who decides what color the Minnesota registration tabs on license plates should be? A: The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services uses five colors for registration stickers: red, gold, blue, green and white. The DVS chose those colors with the intention they will be easily visible and recognizable for law enforcement. Under Minnesota law, license plates must display the expiration month in the lower
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For 10 years, off and on, Wiese helped her father with his summer construction job when he wasn’t teaching. She was also an exchange student in Germany for a time where one day, on a sudden whim, she did something that stunned her friends and family. Attached to a giant bungee cord, she leaped off the top of a 432-foot crane next to a medieval church tower in Erfurt, Germany. After high school, Wiese earned an advertising associate’s degree in 2004 from St. Cloud Technical College. Two years later, she graduated from Rasmussen Business College with an associate’s degree in business management and a minor in office administration. All of her studies and degrees, including her lifelong love of art and design, were tailor-made for her years of work at the Newsleaders. Other jobs before being hired by the Newsleaders include employ-
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Tara Wiese, recently promoted as operations director of the Newsleader newspapers, holds daughter Kayla. At left is Wiese’s older daughter, Krystene. ment with the Fergus Falls Daily Journal and as communications assistant at Celebration Lutheran Church in Sartell. Besides her first love, artand-design, Wiese’s hobbies include turkey hunting, spend-
ing time with her daughters, her parents and her two older siblings and enjoying special family get-togethers, often up north. Wiese’s two daughters are Krystene, 15; and Kayla, 6.
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Our View ‘Don’t let children get on terrifying thrill rides Parents everywhere might want to think twice before they let one or more of their children get on a “thrill” ride at amusement parks or other places. On Aug. 7, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab of Olathe, Kan., was killed while riding a water slide at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kan. It’s still not clear what happened, but Caleb’s neck was somehow broken. On the ride, a raft filled with three people plunges down a 169-foot-tall water slide – almost straight down. After that swift fall, with the raft moving at 65 mph, the water slide levels off, then shoots up to a tall height and then down again. The water slide is dubbed “Verruckt,” which is German for “Insane.” Aptly named. Caleb was the son of Kansas State Rep. Scott Schwab and his wife, Michele. The day after the terrible accident, they released this heart-wrenching statement: “Since the day he (Caleb) was born, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with. As we try to mend our home with him no longer with us, we are comforted knowing he believed in our savior Jesus, and they are forever together now. We will see him another day.” What was a 10-year-old boy doing on such a terrifying ride? The ride opened in 2014, and according to a report by USA Today, the water park’s co-owner took a ride on the slide and said this later: “I’m still recovering mentally. It’s like jumping off the Empire State Building. It’s the scariest thing I’ve done.” Those are words not only from an adult but from the park’s co-owner. Did it ever occur to park owners that such a frightening ride could traumatize children, even it did not put them in physical danger, which obviously it did? According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, an average of 4.5 Americans have died every year on amusement-park rides from 1987-2000. Between the years 1994-2004, 22 Americans died gruesome deaths on roller-coaster rides alone due to mechanical failure or operator errors. Those death statistics do not even include the more than 1,204 injuries that occurred just in 2011 at 400 worldwide parks. Even some “less scary” rides have maimed or killed children. A trade association for amusement parks claims the chance of an injury happening while riding rides is one in 9 million. Be that as it may, almost 4,500 children under 18 are injured in amusement park rides each year, most often because of improper restraints or padding. That’s too many children; one is too many. Many children are naturally adventurous, ready to try anything that looks scary or thrilling. Most do not have an inkling of just how terrifying some of those thrill rides are, until they’re on them, when it’s too late to stop. Mental traumas can result. Most parents can be reasonably assured their children will be safe on close-to-the-ground amusement rides such as merry-go-rounds or kiddie cars and for older children possibly a Ferris wheel. (Then again, maybe not. On Aug. 8, a Ferris wheel seat upended in Greenville, Tenn., sending three girls falling nearly 45 feet to the ground. Miraculously, thankfully, they survived, though injured.) When it comes to giant roller coasters, water slides and other thrill-a-second rides, parents should not let children under 18 get on them, and amusement park owners should bar children from them, too. It’s surprising to think how many adults too scared to get on such thrill rides think nothing of letting their children get on them. It’s an awful way to become traumatized, to sustain injuries or to die. And such tragic outcomes can leave grieving parents in agony for the rest of their days.
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Courts start busting voting restrictions A counter assault against restrictive voting rights is – thankfully – busting down barriers erected in sly attempts to make voting difficult if not impossible for many Americans. These victories are long overdue. Recently, a federal appeals court struck down a garden variety of voting restrictions in North Carolina, the court declaring the voting laws “disproportionately affected African Americans.” Earlier, another court ruling in Texas shot down that state’s voter I.D. law. It’s notable many of the judges on these courts were appointed by Republicans; thus, it cannot be claimed these appeals courts have been ruling simply because of biases by Democrats. Those courts are ruling against voting restrictions because it’s so blatantly obvious, to good Democrats and Republicans alike, that those laws were enacted to make the voting process – the foundation of our democracy – difficult to the point of discouragement for blacks, other minorities, students, elderly people and people in poverty. In the case of North Carolina, the threejudge panel for the Fourth Circuit concluded there is “an inextricable link between race and politics in North Carolina” and lawmakers in that state intentionally imposed restrictions to make it more difficult for blacks to vote. The judges wrote: “The new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision. They (the new voting laws) constitute inapt remedies for the problems . . . and, in fact, impose cures for problems that did not exist.” That’s the crux of it right there: problems that did not exist. Since 2012, these onerous laws have been passed in 15 states, always with the same ridiculous, feeble excuse – that there is seri-
Dennis Dalman Editor ous voting fraud. Studies here, there and everywhere have proven voting fraud is so rare as to be virtually unknown. It is, in fact, the problem that does not exist. The phantom problem. The big lie, the big excuse, to put the squeeze on somebody else’s voting rights. The scoundrels ought to be ashamed of themselves, but of course they’re not. The floodgates to this undemocratic behavior were opened by the U.S. Supreme Court in one of its two really dumb decisions (the other being “Citizens United”). In 2013, the High Court struck down part of the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act. The provision that was stricken required states to get federal permission before changing any voting procedures. Lest we forget, in the Jim Crow South, all kinds of voting laws were in effect for decades to keep black men and women from voting: a poll tax, a literacy test, restrictive voting hours – to name just three. Then, finally, along came the great 1965 Voting Rights Act. In 2013, immediately after the Court’s unfortunate ruling, efforts to restrict voting began at once. Even earlier than that, right after the last presidential election, law-making grinches at state levels went into a frenzy of cooking up ways to restrict voting rights. Many Americans thought then and now, “Well, so what? What’s so bad about making a
voter have an ID?” But make no mistake, these sneaky restrictions go far beyond photo IDs. In the case of North Carolina, for example, same-day voting was eliminated, early voting was reduced and out-of-precinct voting was also hampered. In Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which generally rules in favor of conservative causes, stated the Texas voting law was not intended to discriminate but had that effect on minority voters, leaving as many as 60,000 potential voters out of the loop in this fall’s presidential election. That was unintended? Say what? Could you repeat that? That’s like saying Donald Trump is not a sexist, that he only keeps spouting crude sexist remarks, but he doesn’t really mean them. The outcome, it certainly seems, is proof of the intention. But I suppose we shouldn’t quibble with the Texas court’s decision; at least it ruled for justice. There are still 20 states that have passed voting restrictions that will be in place for the first time as the Nov. 8 presidential election rolls around. For a full list, go to www.brennancenter.org. Wouldn’t it be a triumph for Democracy if courts in all of those 20 states struck down voting restrictions once and for all? In the meantime, we should express our outrage by demanding every prospective voter in this country is able to vote without having to encounter obstacles so shamefully placed in their way. Denying access to the voting process by making that process difficult is just about the most villainous un-American stunt anyone could pull. Let’s make the scoundrels feel some shame. Voting against them would be a good start.
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Reker family earns widespread support Georgia Deher, St. Cloud On Nov. 3, five years ago, I read a terrific article called “Reker recounts daughters’ murders.” It said, “Throughout the years, Reker has channeled her grief into helping others. She is on the board of Tri-County Crime Stoppers, and she’s been a leader for years for the local chapter of ‘Parents of Murdered Children.’”
In 2008, Rita Reker and family went to St. Paul to back state and local authorities in a new effort to crack 52 cold cases by turning to prison and jail inmates to help solve the mysteries and by using a deck of cards with victims’ faces on them to help generate the tips. Susan and Mary Reker, ages 12 and 15, are the “2 of hearts” on playing cards highlighting unsolved homicide, missing person and
unidentified-remains cases. Rita’s expertise on contacting vinelink, parole boards and parole procedures helped me personally. Many in the area know of her amazing lifelong accomplishments. Can other readers comment on a positive experience? I’m glad to see the support for Rita Reker and of her raising awareness once again.
No thugs, no drugs, no guns, no gangs It was many decades ago when I decided (as a 17-year-old) to join a drum-and-bugle corps out of Rochester, N.Y. It was called the “Grey Knights.” I had been to several drum-corps contests and fell in love with the concept of their presentations. If you are not familiar with the overview of these performances, the parameters call for delivering a 12-minute montage of marching and music over an area the size of a football turf. Back then, the program called for a color guard of any size, to carry the Stars and Stripes as part of its marching-and-music agenda and make a color presentation and a two-minute marching-suspended-concert arrangement as part of the show. I had tried out as a tenor drummer but was not good enough to qualify. So I ended up in the color guard. Frankly, we were not a very good drum corps. We didn’t hold a candle to the Hawthorne NJ Caballeros, or NY Skyliners, or any of the Pennsylvania corps – Musketeers, Buccaneers and more. But, we had one thing going for us. Lefty, our color-guard captain had come up with an idea (I think he was the culprit). Anyway, as part of our color presentation, we would march toward where most of the audience was located (50-yard line), playing God Bless America; drape our 12 or so color-guard flags over the American flag; then pirouette out; drop to one knee; and present a replica of the “raising of the flag at Iwo Jima.” At that point, my friend, Joe Pep, would blow Taps. We would then return to our marching-and-music mode playing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Again, I repeat, we were not the best
Paul Ritzenthaler Guest Writer corps. But, back then, there were a ton of World War II and Korean War veterans who came to those shows. And, when we finished our show, I got hugged by so many guys with tears in their eyes, it was unbelievable. Please understand, our group was judged against those other corps. But, the judges, for fear of retaliation, didn’t dare give us a bad score. We rarely won, but we finished ahead of many other corps we shouldn’t have. It has created for me a life-long love of drum-corps shows. And, so it was that on July 16, my daughter and I traveled to TCF Bank Stadium to see a drum corps contest – certainly not the first since my drum-corps days. On the negative side, some things have changed. The Stars and Stripes are no longer required. However, on the positive side, there has been one huge change. Most of all the nowactive corps are a part of an organization known as “DCI,” which stands for Drum Corp Intl. DCI is a constructive commission that coordinates the activities of some 50 or so units. But, here’s the catch: These corps have young men and women as the core of their corp. In fact, they can only belong to their appropriate outfits until they are 21 years of age. Then, done! So, you say, a band is a band is a band.
Not true. Their musical repertoire includes classical renditions, operatic presentations and even musical scores they have written themselves. In fact, one of the outfits (from Indiana) went on to stage their compositions in theaters like the Orpheum. My daughter Krista, who joined me on my recent trip to the contest, was first introduced to a piece of musical magic that came from an outfit in California. They delivered a favorite of hers (Phantom of the Opera) and made her a permanent fan. Before I disappear, I have but two things to add to my ramblings. There are some 50 (or so) groups of DCI components that spend an entire summer providing a wonderful show. That equates to some 5,000 young people under the age of 21 that represent what, I would hope, we are all delighted to see: No drugs, no thugs, no gangs, no guns – just 5,000 kids who commit their entire summer to working, entertaining and making a lot of moms and dads very proud. Of course, they are not alone. I have the honor of announcing at summer ball games for American Legion-sponsored teams. There are also a few thousand kids (across the country) who I tip my hat to. No drugs, no thugs, no gangs, no guns. I guess there is hope for our American youth. 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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large crowd of about 500 people who attended expressed pride in the facility, which has been a labor of love for many years by so many people who worked to make many improvements at the field. Some of the developers of the field and some of the first players on it from the 1970s attended the tournament last weekend. On Saturday, the Joes defeated Chisago Lakes, 10-0, with Greg Anderson pitching; next day they defeated Foley, 10-8, with Joey Stock pitching. All told, eight games were
played last weekend. The Joes season record now stands at 12 wins, 13 losses. “Last weekend (at Champion Field) was very much a success,” said Muskies Manager Randy Beckstrom. “The crowds were great, volunteers did a wonderful job, the baseball was good and the weather was awesome. It was unbelievable how many people were there. I’ve never seen that field that full before.” Catering at the concession stand was provided by Trobec’s Bar of St. Stephen,
with huge turkey legs and pulled pork the specialties of the weekend. Kaye Wenker, mother of one of the Muskies’ pitchers/players said she was impressed by the turnout and seeing so many people having fun at Champion Field. “There were a lot of Little Leaguers there,” she said. “That was good to see. And some of the first workers who made Champion Field in the 1970s were there, and some of the first players on the field were there.”
from front page played: at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. The next day, Sunday, the championship game will start at 1:30 p.m. Last weekend was one of the most exciting times that ever took place in the long history of Champion Field. It was a locally historic event because it was the first time a Region 1C tournament was hosted there. Many of the
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