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Town Crier History museum hosts genealogy organizing

Join other avid genealogists from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the Stearns History Museum for an instructional webinar on “Organizing Your Genealogy.” This webinar provides practical advice on organizing the information you have gathered, analyzing that information and then going forward with your research. For more information, visit www. thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 12 Criers.

County to auction properties Sept. 18

The Stearns County Highway Department is holding an auction to sell excess right-of-way properties, beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18. There are five properties for sale including two in St. Joseph – an office building and the former park-and-ride. Interested persons can see the auction flyer and get minimum-bid price, terms and conditions of the sale, auction times, preview dates, see photos and get more details about each of the properties at www. thenewsleaders.com by clicking on Sept. 12 Criers.

More than 300 volunteers needed for Day of Caring

United Way of Central Minnesota will host a Day of Caring on Sept. 25. Day of Caring is designed to bring people together to volunteer on community projects including painting, packaging food, fall clean-up, children’s activities, crafts and Kids Fighting Hunger from 6-8 p.m. Project signup will be available until Sept. 12. For information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit www.thenewsleaders. com and click on Sept. 12 Criers.

Parkinson’s group to meet Sept. 15

The St. Cloud Area Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meets from 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 and the third Monday of each month at the St. Cloud Regional Library. There’s no cost to attend, and the meetings are open to those diagnosed with Parkinson’s, their families, caregivers and the general public. The group provides support, education and awareness about the disease. For more information, visit www. thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 12 Criers.

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Festivities to precede Hinton’s CSB inaugural by Dennis Dalman news@thenewsleaders.com

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Three days of special inaugural festivities will precede a big welcome for Mary Dana Hinton, the College of St. Benedict’s new president. Hinton, the 15th president in the college’s 100-year history, will be inaugurated starting at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 with an open-to-the-public Inauguration Eucharist in the Sacred Heart Chapel on the monastery grounds. The actual inauguration will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Benedicta Arts Center. Hinton will give a speech entitled “Celebrating Our Collective Brilliance.” The inauguration is open to the public, but registration is suggested. Call CSB to register, 320-363-5060. Events leading up to the inauguration include the following: At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, there will be a talk given by Eric Chenoweth in Room 204 of the Gorecki Center on the CSB grounds. Chenoweth’s speech is entitled “Lighting the Darkness: Exploring Alternatives to Violence.” She is associate professor and director of the Program on Terrorism and Insurgency Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. Chenoweth is widely recognized as an expert on political violence and alternatives to it. Her talk is free and open to the public. At 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, there will be an IlluHinton • page 2

Mary Dana Hinton was named the new CSB president July 1. She earned a doctorate in religion and religious education from Fordham University in New York City, a masters’ degree in child psychology from the University of Kansas and earlier a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. Most recently, she was vice president for academic affairs at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y. She has also been vice president for academic affairs, as well as a faculty member at Misericordia University in Dallas, Penn. She began her career as an elementary school teacher while still an undergraduate. Hinton’s book is entitled “The Commercial Church: Black Churches and the New Religious Marketplace in America.” The book involves AfricanAmerican religious history, religious education, strategic planning and leadership. Hinton also wrote a study on the relationships between food and religion, about how religious practices often

inform food choices. She has been a member of several national boards such as the Association of General and Liberal Stud- Hinton ies, the Religious Education Association and the Mid-Atlantic Council of the American Academy of Religion. Hinton said her enthusiasm for leading CSB stems from her personal experience with women’s residential education at St. Mary’s High School in Raleigh, N.C. and her liberal-arts education as an undergraduate student at Williams College. She has also had many professional relationships on Catholic college campuses and has a strong dedication to combining a spiritual approach to liberal-arts education. Hinton and her husband, Robert Williams, have three children: Hallela, Hillel and Hosanna. The family will live in the Renner House, CSB’s presidential residence in St. Joseph.

Vogel honored for 10,000 volunteer hours by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleader.com

Elaine Vogel doesn’t usually like to brag about herself, but other people agree she has some bragging rights. Her friend, Delrose Fischer, wanted people to know Vogel was recently honored for volunteering 10,000 hours at the Veterans Administration Hospital in St. Cloud. Vogel was one of several volunteers honored recently at an awards dinner at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud. She received a 10,000-hours pin and an engraved silver bowl with the words “10,000 hours of dedicated volunteer service to veterans” on it. Healthcare system director Barry Bahl pre-

sented the awards to her. “I think it’s a nice remembrance,” Vogel said of her pin and bowl. Her daughter, Patty Zimmerman, and granddaughter, Molly Mann, attended the ceremony with her. Patty currently volunteers at the hospital, and her granddaughter volunteered there as a teenager but now lives in Texas. Vogel, 86, is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary 328 in St. Joseph. She began volunteering at the VA 36 years ago and helped one night each month with the auxiliary. After she retired, she also volunteered in the American Legion auxiliary office at the VA every Wednesday morning. Vogel was married to Al Vogel

for 62 years. They both lived in St. Cloud and met while ice skating at Seberger Park. The park was located in the middle of where they both lived. At the time, she attended Tech High School and he attended Cathedral High School. Vogel has two children. Daughter Patty is a special-education teacher and son Dan is a forest technician at St. John’s University. She also has four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Al died five years ago. Vogel said she continues to volunteer because after 62 years of marriage, she had a lot of trouble adjusting to his death. “After 62 years you’re like one person,” Vogel said. Vogel • page 5

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Elaine Vogel reads the engraved dedication on a bowl she received for volunteering 10,000 hours at the Veterans Administration Hospital in St. Cloud.

Nuns on a Bus to make stop at monastery by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

“Nuns on a Bus,” a traveling group fighting for social-justice issues, will make a stop from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22 at the St. Benedict Monastery in contributed photo Sr. Simone Campbell (center) speaks during a Nuns on the St. Joseph. The nuns will meet with peoBus rally in Manhattan. The group, dedicated to social justice, will make a stop Sept. 22 at the St. Benedict Monastery. ple in the monastery dining

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room. They are calling their meeting “A Town Hall for the 100 Percent.” For four years, Nuns on a Bus have made coast-to-coast national news because of their vocal opposition to politicians who have threatened to cut or do away with safety-net proNuns • page 4

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Hinton from front page minated Run and After-Party for students, faculty, staff and families. It will take place on the CSB campus. All runners

will be given a set of glow gear that includes glow jewelry and paint. Registration is requested. Call 320-363-5060. At 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, the Okee Dokee Brothers, a folk-music duo with back-up musicians, will perform a free concert at the Benedicta Arts Center. One of the members

of the Grammy-award-winning band is Joel Mailander, a 2008 graduate of St. John’s University. Mailander and his musical teammate, Justin Lansing, grew up in the Denver area. Both love the outdoors and write songs about it, which they love to share with children and parents. Their Grammy-

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winning album, Through the Woods, is a CD designed to awaken the wonders of nature in children. From 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., also Saturday, guests and students will be invited to enjoy games and a barbecue on the CSB Mall. That, too, is free. After the mall festivities, there will be a football game starting at 1 p.m. in Clemens Stadium, Collegeville, when the SJU Johnnies will play ConcordiaMoorhead. Bus transportation will be available between CSB and SJU. Also at 1 p.m. there will be a Blazer soccer game at CSB.

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From 7-9 p.m. Saturday night, visitors will be able to listen to musical performances by students, along with s’mores, at the Darnall Amphitheater just outside the Benedicta Arts Center. Also from 7-9 p.m., there will be tours of the CSB campus, and participants should meet at the Hospitality Center, Room 120 of the Gorecki Center. From 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 there will be coffee available all day at the Hospitality Center. From 8-10 a.m. there will be more tours of CSB starting at the Hospitality Center.

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Local first-year medical student receives white coat

Michael Symanietz from Sartell, along with 60 other students, received his white coat Aug. 23 from the University of MinnesotaDuluth campus, marking his entry into medical school. The ceremony signified the responsibilities and obligations of the physicians who wear the white coat and the importance of embracing compassion and character along with knowledge of science and medicine. He is the grandson of Ray and Jean Weyer of St. Joseph. Amanda Kern, daughter of Mary Kay and Chuck Kern, St. Joseph, recently graduated with a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree and a master’s degree in bioethics from Kansas City (Mo.) University of Medicine and Biosciences. Kern graduated from Apollo High School and earned her undergraduate degree from St. Catherine University, St. Paul. She will complete her postdoctoral training in family medicine at United Hospital in St. Paul.

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‘Woofstock’ set Saturday; still seeking donations by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

There is still time to sign up for a pledge form and collect donations for the 26th annual Woofstock Companion Walk, which will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 at Wilson Park in St. Cloud. The walk is the biggest annual fundraiser for the Tri-County Humane Society, which handles more than 3,500 animals every year,

Nuns from front page grams for the poor and the working poor. Such cuts include food stamps, Social Service block grants, child tax credits and many other efforts to help the less privileged. They are also rallying for the Affordable Care Act and immigration reform. The nuns on their bus would make stops at churches, schools, health-care facili-

trying to find them safe and happy homes. This year, there will be many new fun features at the event, including “human bowling,” a bouncy house, a hotdog-eating contest (humans and dogs involved) and a dunk tank. There will also be a costume contest (also involving pets), a kiddie pool, a silent auction, music, exhibits, demonstrations and plenty of games for pets and people. Those who participate,

owners and their pets, are encouraged to wear colorful “Woodstock”-style clothing, such as tie-dyed shirts, bandannas, love beads and more – the way young people dressed at the 1969 Woodstock festival. That is where “Woofstock” derives its tongue-in-cheek name. For more information, visit www.tricountyhumanesociety.org. Or call Marit Ortega, the Society’s manager of fund development, at 320252-0896, ext. 14.

ties, and homeless shelters to share their message that Jesus Christ was a strong advocate for helping the poor and the disadvantaged. The group is led by Sr. Simone Campbell, who is a lawyer, lobbyist and outspoken advocate for social-justice issues. Nuns on a Bus is sponsored by NETWORK, which is a national Catholic Social Justice Lobbying organization. Campbell is the executive director of that group. Campbell is a member of Sisters for Social Service, an international Catholic orga-

nization that is rooted in the Benedictine tradition. Born in Santa Monica, Calif., Campbell earned a degree in law, then founded the Community Law Center in Oakland, Calif. She has worked with the poor in the United States, Mexico, Taiwan and the Philippines. Her specialty was family law and helping the poor with legal matters. Campbell is the author of the book A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change and Community.

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Vogel from front page Al was in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He also volunteered at the VA for several years before he became a patient there. When his Parkinson’s disease didn’t allow him to continue to live in his home any longer, Al spent a little more than a year as a patient at the VA. When Al was a patient, Vogel would help a little on his floor while she visited him. While Al was living there, she did not receive credit for her time spent volunteering on his floor. Vogel would visit Al every Monday through Friday afternoon. On Sundays, her daughter would bring him home to visit. “When he died they kind of said ‘gee we could use your help’ so I go there every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon,” Vogel said. She volunteers in the same building in which her husband was a patient. On Tuesday afternoons, Vogel and others usually bake or cook something because the aroma brings back happy memories for the veterans. They play cards on Wednesday afternoons, except on the second Wednesday of the month they have Birthday Bingo. She also helps with 40 and 8 bingo on the fourth Wednesday of the month. On the first Thursday of every month, Vogel and her daughter put on a bingo party for the veterans. She and three other auxiliary members serve lunch at the American Legion in Waite Park to a busload of veterans on the second Thursday of every month. A different building from the VA enjoys lunch each month. Staff at the VA will also periodically call when they need additional help and for special events. Some of those events include Memorial Day, Salute to Veterans, Veterans Day, Ice Cream Social, POW/MIA and more. Vogel often serves food and beverages at the events. “Whatever they need extra help on, I’ll go in and help,” she said. “With my husband gone, I do it as much for me as it fills a void in my life.” Vogel has served as president to the auxiliary for 12 years, not consecutively. She is the Veterans Affairs rehabilitation chairman for the St. Joseph auxiliary and has sold poppies for 14 years. This year almost $3,000 was raised with poppy sales. Vogel worked office careers at Herberger’s Department Store, Stearns Manufacturing and St. John’s

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Elaine Vogel admires some of the spoons in her collection given to her from various monks and others while she was a secretary at St. John’s University. University. Her career as a secretary to three presidents and three abbots at the college lasted for 32 years. Vogel said she and her husband developed many close friendships with the monks at St. John’s, even taking several trips with some of them. “Some of the monks were our dearest and closest friends,” Vogel said. She has a collection of 10 spoon boards hanging on the walls of her house. The collection was started by one of the monks and most of them were gifts to her. “I never had a one until one of them started it for me,” Vogel said. “Then once they knew it, I got oodles of them.” Vogel and her family were hosts to 14 Bahamian girls from the College of St. Benedict. A parish friend, Evie Dumonceaux, said they needed host families and encouraged her to try it. The students lived at the college and would accompany her family on many outings on the weekends to show them what Minnesota was like.

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Opinion Our View Body cameras for police good for officers, suspects

The idea is a simple one, an inexpensive one and an effective one. Requiring all law-enforcement officials in the line of duty to wear small cameras is a good idea because it protects them and the people with whom they come into contact. This is not a science-fiction concept. In the hightech electronic age, it’s as simple as pie. The mini video cameras cost about $200 each; they fit on uniforms unobtrusively and maintenance is minimal. Someday, hopefully, they’ll be as common as the badges worn by officers. We all know all too well the cases of people shot by police, most infamously the case in Ferguson, Mo., which some people claim was tantamount to a coldblooded murder of a young man, while others believe it was an act of self defense by the police officer. These arguments will likely go on for a very long time without any conclusive proof. A camera on that police officer might have been the “proof” that was needed. Cameras on police cars have already proved to be a valuable aid in determining exactly what went wrong during many traffic stops – of who was in the right, who was in the wrong. However, car cameras are limited in their effectiveness because they can’t record up-close views of law enforcement and citizens interacting, such as during scuffles that can lead to discharge of firearms. A small city in California named Rialto has been experimenting with officer-worn cameras. Seventy of its officers have been fitted with the cameras, which resemble cigar stubs in shape. Some cities in England have also been trying out such cameras. In Rialto, after the use of cameras began in February 2012, public complaints against officers fell by 88 percent compared with the previous year. The incidents of use of force by officers declined by 60 percent. This is not to suggest officers are a bunch of blue-meanies or bullies. It does suggest, however, that when a camera is running, police officers and all the rest of us tend to remember the rules better and to be on our best behavior, erring on the safe side. Already, there are good examples of videotaped up-close assaults against officers by suspects, something that could not have been proven without the cameras. The unpredictable instability and hostility of people police have to deal with is also recorded, up close and ugly, by such cameras. In that sense, a body camera could prove to be an officer’s best friend. Yes, there have been proven cases of police brutality and the unnecessary use of force, including shootings and killings. However, the use of force in the overwhelming majority of cases is justified. Officers never know, in a blink of an eye, in a split second, how a hostile suspect may react. And some suspects are not hostile whatsoever at first, but then in a split second they can turn nasty – punching an officer, grabbing for a weapon or other threatening behaviors. Body cameras for officers should be adopted far and wide. They won’t be able to prove exactly what transpired in every case, but they’ll go a long way in helping determine the facts of what happened in such crises. The police camera is an idea whose time has come.

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Let’s make ‘Hot Dish’ the ‘State Food’ Minnesota – Land of Lakes, Land of Hot Dishes. There is an effort underway to name the hot dish as Minnesota’s official food and to designate the fourth Sunday of every September “Hot Dish Day.” By golly, what a good idea. The effort started with Tami Bredeson, co-owner of the award-winning Carlos Creek Winery just north of Alexandria. She has been circulating a petition so the legislature will consider the request. As Bredeson notes, “hot dish” is Minnesotan for “casserole.” It’s created “when you take wuddever da heck ya want, mix it up witt cream-a-wuddever soup, plop it in da pan, den bake it.” Yup, dat about sums it up. To sign Bredeson’s legislative petition, visit www.carloscreekwinery.com. On Sept. 28, the winery will serve the world’s biggest hot dish – a Tater Tot one baked in a specially made skillet 5 feet wide. The dish will be accompanied by the world’s longest loaf of bread and the world’s biggest bowl of Jello. Uffdah! Those who grew up in this state are just not real Minnesotans unless they ate hot dishes at least once a week. The hot dish is much-maligned, the butt of so much ridicule from culinary hoity-toits. OK, so tuna hot dish topped with crushed potato chips is no match for Lobster Thermidor. Who cares? It’s golldarned good. And lemme tell ya, it’s a heckuva lot cheaper.

Dennis Dalman Editor We Dalmans grew up with hot dishes. Our classic standard, our weekly treat, was one we called “goulash,” even though it had nothing to do with the Hungarian dish of that same name. Mom was a goulash master. She made it with browned hamburger, onions, saltand-pepper, Campbell’s tomato soup and elbow macaroni. That’s it. We kids devoured tons of that stuff year after year and never tired of it. Like all hot dishes, it was even better reheated a day or two later. I have tried many times, without success, to make goulash as tasty as mom’s. When I was in my 30s, I visited her and asked her to make it so I could watch like a hawk her every move to duplicate the process myself. Back home, I tried it. It was so-so. That was the last time I tried to make it. For variety, mom would make other hot dishes: the tuna fish-crushed potato chip one, the hamburger stroganoff one and a chicken-cream-of-mushroom one with egg noodles. All of those recipes were handed down, almost as if through osmosis, by at least two generations of relatives. Hot dishes, rightly so, are often called “comfort food.” Easy, down-

home, tasty, rib-sticking. I’ve accumulated about 15 church cookbooks throughout the years, and I’ve made just about every hot dish in them. One of my hobbies is cooking, and I enjoy tackling complicated dishes now and then. But I’m not a snob. I’m proud to be a snowed-in Minnesotan who tosses together a hot dish on a winter day. Sometimes I get a craving for Tater Tot hot dish so bad I feel like a junkie needing a fix. However, my all-time favorite, other than mom’s goulash, is one I discovered in a church cookbook about 10 years ago: Chop Suey Hot Dish. Here’s the recipe: 1 onion, chopped; 1 pound hamburger, browned, drained; 1 can cream of mushroom soup; 1 can cream of chicken soup; 2 cups sliced celery; 2 cups water; 4 Tbsp. soy sauce; 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce; 2 small cans mushrooms, drained; 1 can water chestnuts, drained, chopped; ½ cup rice, uncooked (not Minute Rice); Salt, pepper to taste; Chow mein noodles. In large deep skillet, brown hamburger and onion. Drain. Add all the rest of the ingredients and stir until well combined. Pour into a 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake 1 hour at 350. Serve over a bed of chow mein noodles. That recipe is a mongrel concoction of East meets Campbell’s soup, but if you want to make it a tad more “Minnesotan,” you can top it with a layer of Tater Tots. It’s good stuff. Darn-tootin’ it is.

Letter to editor

Emergency food shelf drive in two weeks Community Food Shelf Drive set 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 13 The Food Shelf Board & Volunteers Sociologists have differentiated among people living in a community. A “resident” is one who lives in a particular place within the community. A “citizen,” however, not only resides within a community, but is also an ac-

tively engaged member involved in civic responsibilities. A community by definition includes “a sharing in common.” Your community food shelf is in particular need of the following items. Cleaning products: dish washing liquid, laundry soap, facial tissues, toilet paper, hand soap, deodorant, tooth paste, diapers (2, 3, 4) and paper towels.

Food items: canned fruit; cereal; baked beans; pizza sauce; spaghetti sauce; canned chicken, spam or tuna; macaroni and cheese; hamburger helper; noodles and spaghetti; cake mix and frosting; brownie mix; peanut butter; jelly; ketchup; salad dressing; mayonnaise; honey; and cooking oil. Your contributions are much needed and appreciated. Thank you.

Mrs. Obama leave my s’mores alone Some people like to burn their marshmallows. Some just like them toasted a golden brown. Others just want to warm them. For me the chocolate has to be Hershey’s milk chocolate. It should be room temperature so it melts some when the hot marshmallow touches it. I don’t like to char my marshmallow until it’s black, just golden brown. The cracker has to be a graham cracker. I’m not picky about the brand, just crispy and fresh. Of course I’m talking about s’mores. S’mores are a great treat that virtually everyone who has ever roasted hot dogs on an open fire or camped in the woods, or even in the backyard, has enjoyed. S’mores are a staple for Boy and Girl Scout cookouts. I’m confident adults enjoy them as much as kids. It seems the government, in its wisdom, has decided s’mores must be changed. They have decided the chocolate must be removed. Why, you ask? Because they have decided it’s bad for you. You should use fruit instead of chocolate. What? Are you crazy? Oh, and they have also decided the marshmallows should be cut back considerably. You see, you just can’t be trusted to make your own decisions about what you should eat or how much. This kind of reminds me of Michelle Obama’s war on children using the school-lunch program. She sent out an edict that schools must make their lunchroom offerings healthier. No more pizza.

Ron Scarbro Guest Writer No hamburgers. No desserts. Well guess what? Kids who would normally buy their lunch at the school lunchroom have stopped. Lunches are being sent back to the kitchen uneaten only to be tossed into the trash can. Sounds like a big fiasco to me. There are lessons here. There’s information to be gleaned from all this. First and foremost, government and her bureaucrats and politicians are not my mother. They are not my father and they are certainly not my big brother. In fact they are my employees. I hire them to do certain jobs. Trying to decide what my eating habits should be is not on any job description. And if they were truly doing their job, would they really have the time for this nonsense? I never cease to be amazed by the arrogance of individuals who, when put into positions of government officialdom, come to believe we are their subjects instead of free citizens. They begin to see themselves as the all- knowing, all-seeing arbiters of what is best for you and me.

Well I have a simple message for these would-be big brothers. BUTT OUT. I will decide, as a free citizen of America, what is best for me and my family. When I want your counsel, I will ask for it. Until then, just do the job you were hired to do. Some might think there are people in this country who are just too stupid to know what is good for them. If that’s the case, natural selection will eventually balance the scale. And if after that it’s still the case, that’s too bad. It’s none of the government’s business. We, the people, are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If, in pursuing your happiness, you choose to make yourself a s’more with chocolate, or marshmallow, or peanut butter, or whatever, it’s absolutely none of the government’s business, period. To any and all bureaucrats who might someday hear this message, do what you have been hired to do. Nowhere in your job description is messing with my s’mores. Leave my s’mores alone. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga.. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.

Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 Friday, Sept. 12 Blood drive, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., American Red Cross, 1301 W. St. German, St. Cloud. 1-800-733-2767. St. Joseph Lions Brat Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2, St. Joseph. Creative Art Series Celebration, local and regional musicians perform, 7:30 p.m., Ruth Grant Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, 620 3rd Ave S, St. Cloud. 320-308-3093. Saturday, Sept. 13 Back to School 5K and Kids 1K Obstacle Course, to raise funds for Sartell-St. Stephen School District Early Childhood Center, 7 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. 5K, 10 a.m. obstacle course, Sartell Middle School, 627 3rd Ave. N., Sartell. www.sartellststephencommunityed.com. Food shelf drive, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., St. Joseph Food Shelf, 25 1st Ave. NW. 26th Annual ‘Woofstock’ to raise funds for Tri-County Humane Society. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Wilson

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Park, St. Cloud. www.tricountyhumanesociety.org St. Joseph Lions Brat Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Monday, Sept. 15 Market Monday, 3-6 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pine Cone Road N., Sartell. www.marketmonday.org Fare For All, 4-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2, St. Joseph. 1-800-582-4291 or www. fareforall.org. St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club meeting, 7 p.m., American Legion in St. Joseph.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 “Letting Go” poetry class, facilitated by Warren Bradbury, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2557245 Tuesday, Sept. 16 Stretching Techniques with Sally, class taught by American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer, noon-1:30 p.m., Whitney Senior Cen-

ter, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-255-7245

Thursday, Sept 18 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, Sartell. Foreign Film showing, film set in WWI era follows love triangle, 9:30 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive St. Cloud. 320255-7245 55+ Driver Improvement program, (four-hour refresher course), noon-4 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 90 Riverside Drive SE, St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. Tours of Anna Marie’s Alliance, 4:45-5:45 p.m. Registration required. 320-251-7203, jacquef@annamaries. org. St. Joseph City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall. 320-363-7201.

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LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF ST. JOSEPH PUBLIC HEARING BAYOU BLUES The St. Joseph Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 in the St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College Ave. N. to consider a PUD and Preliminary plat entitled Bayou Blues, rezoning of one of the lots from current R1 Residential to Central Business District and closure of a portion of the north/ south alley.

The proposed PUD would allow for the construction of mixed-use Friday, Sept. 19 Burger and brat sale, sponsored facilities to include residential, reby Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-5 tail and restaurant. The residential would consist of two structures, p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market. with one structure located above the retail/restaurant facilities and LEGAL NOTICE the second structure would be a four-unit condominium. In addiCITY OF ST. JOSEPH tion, the PUD may consider relief PUBLIC HEARING of setback requirements as it relates PUD AND SIGN ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS to adjacent residential property. Ordinance 52.11 Signs: Repeal The St. Joseph Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing the existing Sign Ordinance in its The property is located along the at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 in the entirety and replace with revised St. Joseph City Hall, 25 College provisions. The revised provisions Ave. N to consider amendments can be viewed on the City website: to Ordinance 52.09 and Ordinance www.cityofstjoseph.com. 52.11. All persons wishing to be heard Ordinance 52.09 PUD – Planned- will be heard and oral testimony Unit-Development Overlay Dis- will be limited to five minutes. trict: In the B1 Central Business Written testimony may be mailed District, Mixed Use of a Permit- to: City of St. Joseph, P.O. Box Project Location ted Use and a multiple residential 668, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. dwelling units will be allowed, but only if 100 percent of the street- Judy Weyrens level square footage is used full Administrator time for a Permitted Use, and said permitted and residential uses are Publish: Sept. 12, 2014 not conflicting. Publish: Sept. 12, 2014

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SJP students welcomed back at convocation by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

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St. John’s Prep seniors Diego Castano (left) from Ecuador and Ellen Arnold (right) from Kimball, Minn. lead the procession of flags to the Great Hall during convocation Aug. 26 at the prep school in Collegeville. Students from each country represented at SJP walked the campus carrying their country’s flag.

A convocation, which is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, took place Aug. 26 in the Great Hall on campus to welcome new and returning St. John's Prep students, faculty and staff. A student from each country represented at SJP walked into the Hall carrying his or her country's flag. Abbot John Klassen, OSB, gave a blessing for a great academic year. SJP students in grades 6-12 started the new school year with a full day of classes on Aug. 26. Director of Communications and Events Jill Pauly said this is the school's second year of an iPad program and all students will again have their own iPads

to use during the school year. She said the school has been able to save on the amount of paper, textbooks and other resources by using the iPads. Principal Matthew Reichert said the school used about 70 percent less paper during the first year of using the iPad program. He said this resulted in significant cost savings with purchasing paper, ink, toner, staples and more, and also resulted in less waste and saved time for teachers. The time saved can be added to class time and preparation. Reichert said SJP also saved about 50 percent on textbook costs. He said with the addition of iPads and the use of electronic books, they will be able to stay more current with textbooks because they cost significantly less than hardcover books.

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