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Raptor system provides Town Crier better security for Kennedy Volume 29, Issue 38 Est. 1989
Knights breakfasts to start Sunday, Oct. 1
The Knights of Columbus of St. Joseph will kick off its 2017-18 breakfast season from 8:30 a.m.noon Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Heritage Hall, Church of St. Joseph, 12 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Upcoming Sunday breakfasts also include the following: Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, March 4, April 8, May 6 and June 3. These all-you-care-to-eat homemade breakfasts include Pep’s pork sausage, St. Joseph Meat Market sausage, pancakes, hash browns, fruit, fresh scrambled eggs, caramel and cinnamon rolls, and beverages. There is a nominal fee. Masses are at 8 and 10 a.m.
Suicide prevention talk set Oct. 11 at SFX
A suicide prevention awareness program will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 at St. Francis Xavier Church and Gathering Place, 219 Second St. N., Sartell. Guest speakers include Roxann Storm, a clinical social worker with Granite City Counseling, Waite Park, and Mary and Tim Boerger of Elk Rivier, the parents of a daughter who took her own life at age 16. The presentation will include prayer, video, critical information and personal stories. Other trained professionals will be available for consultation. For more information, contact National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 for free 24/7 confidential support.
Traveling Health Fair returns to St. Joseph
Free Health Care Screenings will be held from 8 a.m.-noon Friday, Oct. 6 in Heritage Hall, 12 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Screenings include balance, blood pressure, memory, diabetes, stroke, nutrition, hearing, depression and sleep. Free information will be available to assist you in remaining healthy and active and to help you prepare for the future.
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Kennedy Community School is a little safer and more secure for students, faculty and staff this year because of a new Raptor Visitor Management System. The system, which was installed two years ago and implemented this fall, is the core of an integrated set of technology solutions that were designed to protect students, faculty and staff. Kennedy Principal Laurie Putnam said the system was installed to provide the highest level of security for all people at the school. Families, volunteers and other visitors understand and support the school’s efforts to screen those entering the school.
The system is simple to use for both visitors and school staff. A visitor presents a valid government-issued identification. Next, the school-office staff scans the identification, and then each visitor receives a badge with their photo, name and a designation for school access such as “volunteer” or “visitor.” “Our Kennedy Community School is grateful for the investment made by our school-district administration in the security of our students, staff and families,” Putnam said. “The Raptor system has proven highly effective and efficient, and provides an additional layer of assurance to our community that those in our care are safe and secure.” St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein said he is glad the new Raptor • page 3
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Emanuel Kutzera, 12, of St. Joseph, joins a drum circle Sept. 24 at the Millstream Arts Festival in St. Joseph. See additional photos on page 5.
Park Escapes set for Kraemer Lake-Wildwood County Park by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
HIKEhoppers will soon begin a Park Escape adventure at Kraemer Lake-Wildwood County Park by St. Joseph. The Park Escape is an innovative twist on the Escape Room trend that takes place at county parks to promote healthy choices of outdoor exercise to reconnect with nature. Participants will engage in a physical-adventure game and solve puzzles and riddles while they hike through the park. The Park Escape events in-
clude the following: Trail 1: Operation Princess Breakout for children and families Cinderella has been imprisoned by her sinister stepmother, and the only way to save her is to find her golden slippers. But beware of Robin Hood and his Merry Men who are on the hunt for them also. Participants race against the clock to find Cinderella’s slippers and release her from captivity. Trail 2: The Witch’s Curse for all ages This is about discovering fairy tales most mothers do not
want to tell. Participants try to find and gather the witch’s lost items needed to restore her beauty and youth to break the spell. If they fail, they are cursed and forced to live out thousands of years as a tree. Trail 3: The Rabbit Hole for all ages (This is a more difficult trail to hike.) Participants try to free Alice and escape Wonderland by following the Cheshire Cat down the rabbit hole. They must watch out for the Red Queen who has laid many surprises along the way. The Park Escapes begin
Thursday, Oct. 19 during the Minnesota Education Association’s school break. Challenges run daily throughout the weekend beginning at 9 a.m. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday they conclude at 10 p.m. and on Sunday they conclude at 7 p.m. They are also offered the following weekend from FridaySunday, Oct. 27-29. They start and conclude at the same times as the previous weekend. There is a fee per individual adult, and per child ages 2-12 (children under two are free). Discounts apply for groups of Park • page 3
‘American Pickers’ coming to Minnesota by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Help in variety of ways at Place of Hope
You can help out anytime at Place of Hope. Volunteers are needed on a regular basis for their on-going Homeless Hospitality Outreach, Nightly Community Meal, Residential Living Hope Program and their Thrift and Specialty Shop. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 29 Criers.
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American Pickers’ television show stars, Frank Fritz (left) and Mike Wolfe, will be filming episodes in Minnesota in October. The hosts of the show are looking for people in the area with unique, sizeable antique collections and items with interesting stories behind them.
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The American Pickers television show will film episodes in Minnesota in October, and the staff members of the show have contacted the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce to let them know they are looking for people in the area who might have unique antique collections. Victoria Weinberg, the show’s casting associate, sent an email to the chamber notifying it they are looking for
people who have rare, large collections and things they have never seen before with interesting stories behind them. American Pickers is a documentary series on the History Channel that explores the world of antique “picking.” The show’s stars, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, are experienced “pickers” who travel the country scouting for rare antiques and vintage collectibles in yards, buildings and other locations. The two, who have known Pickers • page 4
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Granite City Gearheads Robotics team and their mentors are as follows (the students, front row, left to right): Carrie Block, Brandon Block, Natalie Fischer, Hannah Applegate, Rose Kellner, Austin Applegate, Jaeger Johnson and Kincade Wilson; and (the mentors, back row) Bridget Applegate, Coach Corey Applegate, Zachary Asplund, Kelly Hight, Alan Block, David Dale and Lori Dale. Wilson attends St. John’s Prep.
Gearheads win first place in recent competition On Sept. 16, the Granite City Gearheads Robotics team competed in the 2017 East Metro Collaborative Competition and came home with the first-place banner. 26 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics teams competed in rotating alliances of three teams each. The alliances were randomly generated, and changed for every match during the qualification rounds. For the elimination phase of the competition, the top four teams in ranking chose their alliance partners. The Gearheads were selected by the second-place team, the FireBears from Roseville (team 2846) as their first choice of alliance partners. They
also chose the Cybears from Byron (team 4859). The Gearheads alliance won the competition. The FireBears and the Gearheads also teamed up to win the Gitchi Gummi Get-Together in Duluth this July. The Gearhead team is composed of high school students from the St. Cloud area and their adult mentors. The team is currently accepting new student members. The Gearheads have been a part of FIRST Robotics since the 2010 season. FIRST Robotics is an international robotics program created by inventor Dean Kamen for the purpose of fostering interest in STEM (Science, Technology, En-
gineering and Mathematics), and developing STEM skills among students. This year’s game theme was FIRST Streamworks. Teams built robots that load plastic gears onto an assembly to turn rotors, shoot wiffle balls into a “boiler,” and climb ropes. The robots are operated autonomously for the first 15 seconds of the match, then human drivers take control. For more about the Granite City Gearheads, go to their website www.granitecitygearheads. com or contact them at granitecitygearheads@gmail.com. For more about FIRST Robotics, go to their website www. firstinspires.org.
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The Covenings honored with 2017 Board of Governor’s Emmy® Award The National Academy of Television Arts & Science-Upper Midwest Chapter Board of Governors Award recently bestowed the prestigious Regional Emmy® Award to The Convenings for its efforts to encourage end-of-life discussions. The Governor’s Emmy® Award honors visionary, long-standing relationships that creatively and
effectively use corporate, non -profit and broadcast resources to showcase the power of broadcasting to advance a mission or message. The award was presented Sept. 7. The Convenings is based on a series of remarkable broadcast conversations Minnesota Public Radio’s Cathy Wurzer had with
University of St. Thomas Dean Bruce Kramer and their book We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying. Kramer died in 2015 after living with ALS. A reConvening event is planned for Central Minnesota Nov. 9 in St. Cloud. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 29 People.
Stearns Bank receives high rankings in Monitor Daily special issues The Stearns Bank Equipment Finance Division, based in Albany, recently received high rankings in Monitor Daily’s “Top Bank 50” issue. In the net assets category for 2016, Stearns was ranked No. 27 after being ranked
28th in 2015. In 2016, Stearns finished with 9 percent more net assets than the previous year. The basis for the rankings was determined by a financial institution’s net investment in equipment-related loans and leases
(net assets). In the new business volume category, Stearns stayed in the 26th position for a second straight year. To read this story in its entirety, visit the newsleaders.com and click on Sept. 29 People.
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The College of St. Benedict is one of 15 private and public colleges who have been invited to join the American Talent Initiative. ATI aims to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America’s undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates. CSB is part of the third round of schools that have joined the initiative, now totaling 83 schools. The University of Minnesota and Carleton College are the only other schools in Minnesota who are currently part of ATI. ATI is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, and was founded with a national goal of educating 50,000 high-achieving, lower-income students at 270 colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates by 2025 (schools with
six-year graduation rates consistently above 70 percent). “It’s an honor to be invited to join these outstanding schools as we seek to improve educational equity in the United States,” said CSB President Mary Dana Hinton. “ATI provides a venue for us to learn with other schools that seek to ensure all young people have access to a high-quality education.” Based on the most recent federal data available, there are approximately 430,000 lower-income students enrolled at these 270 institutions. ATI’s goal is to increase and sustain the total number of lower-income students attending these top-performing colleges to about 480,000 by 2025. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 29 People.
The Central Minnesota Arts Board recently awarded $84,303 in support of 14 regional arts projects. Five of the 14 were local projects that include the following: • Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra, $7,000, musician Mark Wood, former Trans-Siberian Orchestra performer, will work with three area high schools during a two-day clinic. Students will learn rock-style songs, dance steps and musical improvisation along with Wood and his band concluding with a community performance in January at the College of St. Benedict Escher Auditorium in St. Joseph. • Great Northern Theatre Company, $3,975, Drinking Habits 2-Caught in the Act, dinner theater Nov. 9-18 at the Great Blue Heron in Cold Spring.
• Paramount Center For The Arts, $7,000, Paramount 101 Series presents a free performance of the Minnesota Sinfonia on March 4 at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud. • St. John’s University-Fine Arts, $7,000, Literature to Life outreach and production of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on Oct. 27 at St. John’s University Stephen B Humphrey Theater in Collegeville. • The St. John’s Boys’ Choir, $5,019, A Ceremony of Carols concert of seasonal selections, sung by three of the organization’s choral ensembles, as well as a special Alumni Chorus Dec. 16 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Cloud. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Sept. 29 People.
If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers. org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes. This information is submitted by the St. Joseph Police Department.
building fire at the Bee Line Sports and Service Center. Upon arrival, officers noticed heavy smoke coming from the garage doors. The St. Joseph Fire Department stated they had put the fire out but continued to check the scene as a precaution.
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July 24 6:32 p.m. Vandalism. 701 College Ave. S. Complainant called and said someone threw some sort of acid or paint remover on the hood of his car. Upon approach, officers believed it to be bird droppings but then noticed the paint was peeling. The total value of damage was $1,500. July 25 12:01 p.m. Fire. 8805 Ridgewood Court. Officers were dispatched to a
July 26 3:24 p.m. Vandalism. 408 Ash St. W. A female called in stating someone had removed one of her new small plants and smeared dirt on the garage door. She had no idea who would have done it. Because there was no witnesses, nothing further at the time. July 27 9 a.m. Drive off. 200 Second Ave. N.W. While at Kwik Trip, an employee came up to an officer and stated they had just had a drive off. The officer was able to get the number for the registered owner of the vehicle and left a message for him to call back.
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Raptor from front page security system is in place to keep the school more secure and that there is more accountability for people in the building. “We appreciate the effort District 742 has put into this program,” Klein said. The Raptor system offers the following. Instant screening of each and every visitor against the registered sex offender databases in all 50 states. Database checks of visitors against custom databases set by each school that contain custody alerts and/or banned visitors.
Park from front page eight or more adults. A limited amount of tickets will be sold through The Value Connection. HIKEhoppers will offer giveaways before the event for Facebook and Twitter followers (@hikhoppers). HIKEhoppers is an organization that works with local businesses and organizations to help people live lives that are physically, educationally and emotionally fulfilling. The HIKEhoppers team includes
Accurate and reliable records are kept for every visitor who enters the school every day. The system can quickly and easily create reports for individual schools or entire districts. The system is trusted by more K-12 schools to protect their students, faculty and staff than every other system combined. Putnam said if there is an issue, the school and district administration and police receive an immediate notification. They address concerns that arise. Gary Ganje, executive director of technology and districtsupport services, said the system cost approximately $1,550. That includes the software, printer, scanner and support.
The system is also installed at Apollo High School, North Junior High, Lincoln Elementary, Madison Elementary, McKinley and Roosevelt schools and is currently being installed at South Junior High School in St. Cloud. Ganje said either school-office staff or school-door monitors greet visitors and process their information within the Raptor system. The school resource officer is included on the notification list at all schools using the Raptor system so they receive notification at the same time as school staff. Putnam said Kennedy Community School has 815 students enrolled in kindergarten through eighth grade as of Sept. 9. This does not include any pre-school students.
Matt Jenson, Mindi Jenson, Emma Schott, Grant Stromgren and Stefanie Rothstein. Rothstein, who works with youth and family education, said although the Park Escape may have more of an eerie feel in its title and marketing, it caters to all ages and is truly a family-friendly event. For thrill-seekers, they are offering sessions in the dark. For those ages 21 and older, HIKEhoppers is partnering with Milk and Honey Ciders to offer teams a chance to celebrate after their escape challenge. “Mindi and I are specifically
working to bridge education with the outdoors,” Rothstein said. “We’ve created partnerships with CentraCare BLEND, the Stearns History Museum and St. Mary’s University to develop courses for educators that braid curriculum with design thinking while using the outdoors as the setting for learning to take place. Look for Learning MN in the near future.” Registration details can be found on the Park Escapes page at the hikehoppers.org/ park-escape website or for direct registration, visit bookeo. com/hikehoppers.
LEGAL NOTICES CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME STATE OF MINNESOTA Pursuant to Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under an assumed name, hereby certifies: 1. The assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Zonta Club of St. Cloud. 2. The stated address of the principal place of business is or will be: 1307 Dale St., St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. 3. The name and street address of all persons conducting business under the above assumed name including any corporations that may be conducting this business: Deborah Grant, 17473 Fairway Circle, Cold Spring, MN 56320 and Mary Nimmerfroh, 1307 Dale St., St. Joseph, MN 56374. 4. I certify I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify I understand by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: Aug. 31, 2017 Filed: Sept. 8, 2017 /s/ Mary Nimmerfroh Publish: Sept. 29 and Oct. 6, 2017
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY/ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION STATE OF MINNESOTA Pursuant to Chapter 322C, Minnesota Statutes, the undersigned, who is or will be conducting or transacting a commercial business in the State of Minnesota under a limited liability company, hereby certifies: 1. The limited liability name under which the business is or will be conducted is: Thermal Solutions, LLC. 2. The registered office and agents, if any at that office: Curtis J. Louks, 410 Elena Lane, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. 3. Duration: Perpetual. 4. Organizer: Curtis J. Louks, 410 Elena Lane, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374. I certify I am authorized to sign this certificate and I further certify I understand by signing this certificate, I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.48 as if I had signed this certificate under oath. Dated: Sept. 3, 2017 Filed: Sept. 10, 2017 /s/ Curtis J. Louks, organizer Publish: Sept. 22 and 29, 2017
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNED-UNIT-DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT The St. Joseph Planning Commission will hold a public hearing in the St. Joseph City Hall, 75 Callaway St. E. on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to hear all persons present upon the proposed planned-unit-development amendment to allow residential units on the ground floor of a mixed-use building for Bayou Alley Flats (24 North) as submitted by, Jon Petters, Bayou Alley Flats LLC., applicant and owner. The property is located east of College Avenue N. and north of Minnesota Street E. and legally described as Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 10, Townsite of St. Joseph, except the northerly 64.00 feet thereof. Lot 1, Block 2, Mill Stream. The south 96 feet of Lot 8, Block 10, Townsite of St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat thereof. Judy Weyrens Administrator Publish: Sept. 29, 2017
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Kennedy Community School employee Lindsey Hess scans an identification card in the school’s new Raptor Visitor Management System. The system is simple to use for both visitors and school staff. Visitors present a valid government-issued identification. Next, the school office staff scans the identification and each visitor then receives a badge with their photo, name and a designation for school access such as “volunteer” or “visitor.”
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Art, acro-yoga, amicable spirits
Rays of Hope Walk set for Oct. 7 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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Kenna Gallus of St. Joseph (left) and Kayley Isaacson of Sartell demonstrate an acro-yoga pose Sept. 23 at the Earth and Om festival in St. Joseph. “Acro-yoga is a practice which combines yoga with acrobatics,” said Gallus, who owns Omtown Yoga in St. Joseph. Other activities at the festival included canvas painting, henna artistry, music, food, pottery, spirit animal totem and a fire lighting in conjunction with the equinox.
Everyone is invited to take part in the first Rays of Hope 5k walk, which will take place Saturday, Oct. 7 in Sartell in memory of children who have died, including Brianna Kruzel, a Sartell woman who died unexpectedly at home at the age of 18 in 2013. The fundraising walk is hosted by “What Would Bri Do Inc.,” a non-profit organization started by Kruzel’s parents and friends to raise money for good local causes. The walk will begin at the Angel of Hope sculpture by Lake Francis in Sartell, a statue installed with money raised by What Would Bri Do Inc. The angel is a place where people from the area can gather to grieve and to remember the loss of their loved ones. The Rays of Hope 5k Walk will raise funds to support the candlelight vigil at the angel statue. In addition, some of the money raised will be used to maintain the Angel of Hope
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Becky Fiedler of Sartell (left) paints a canvas Sept. 23 at the second annual Earth and Om Festival in St. Joseph while Kayla Gustin looks on. The festival took place at the home of Gustin, who also owns KMG Artistry. Gustin said the purpose of the event is simply to “share goodness with people.”
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each other for many years, enjoy unearthing old signs, motorcycles, cars and other “rusty gold” from people’s yards and other storage areas. They enjoy verbally wheeling-and-dealing with people who have large, rare collections and things they’ve never seen before. As Wolfe and Fritz travel across country, they rescue many forgotten valuables.
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garden. Walkers will have a chance to purchase a remembrance sign. Each will have on it a photo of a loved one who has passed on, along with a message to be placed along the path the day of the walk. People who plan to walk and buy a sign can do so on www.WWBDinc.org. A printable registration form is available at that site for those who would prefer to mail in their registrations. Tax-deductible donations can be mailed to WWBD Inc., 334 Pine Ridge Road, Sartell, Minn. 56377 or online at www.WWBDinc.org. The following is information about the details of the Rays of Hope Walk. Registration will start at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the brand-new Sartell Community Center near the start of the walk. It is located at 850 19th St. S. off Pinecone Road. Family activities will take place from 8:30-10 a.m. A remembrance ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. by the Angel of Hope They follow up on leads generated by another star of the show, Danielle Colby, and also go “free-styling,” which means making pop-in visits to places they think there might be interesting items. They sometimes visit places more than once. Together, they try to give historically significant items a new life while they learn about American history. At the end of the show’s episodes, the men return to Wolfe’s “Antique Archaeology” store in LeClaire, Iowa. Another Antique Archaeology store is located in Nashville, Tenn. Wolfe was a competitive bicycle racer and owned two bicycle shops before he began traveling on the road with the show. Raised by his single mother, he began “picking” things as a young child. The show was Wolfe’s creation. He is also involved with several other business ventures. Fritz, who worked for many years as a fire-and-safety in-
Kruzel statue, and the walk will start at 10:30 a.m. In case of inclement weather, the walk will take place on the elevated walking track inside the community center. There are registration fees for the walk; children under 12 are free. Each registration includes a free T-shirt. spector, also began collecting treasures such as rocks and other items as a young child. The two pickers buy items they can sell quickly, at markup prices, to dealers and collectors. Wolfe and Fritz only pick private collections so no stores, malls, flea markets, museums, auctions, businesses or anything open to the public will be considered. Anyone with one-of-a-kind items or large, private collections or accumulations of antiques who would like to be considered should email a message about them to AmericanPickers@cineflix.com, or leave a voicemail at 1-855-653-7878 or contact them on Facebook @GotAPick. Interested people should include name, town, state, telephone number, where their collection is located and a description of the items. American Pickers, which first aired in 2010, has more than 5 million viewers each week.
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All invited to CSB/SJU French Film Festival by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewlseaders.com
Six award-winning French movies will be screened in a film festival that will run from Oct. 4 to Nov. 8 on the campuses of the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University. Everybody is welcome to attend the movies, and even though they are in the French language, they are subtitled in English. The movie series, the Tournees Film Festival, is made possible partly through the U.S. French Embassy’s cultural-services programming. Its aim is to bring the finest examples of French cinema each year to colleges and universities – and to the general public – throughout the United States. Also contributing to the annual festival are the Centre National du Cinema et de I’mage Animee, the French American Cultural Fund, the Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment. “The Tournees Film Festival is open to everyone, and we really aim to get as many people here as possible, even those who have never spoken or heard a word of French,” said Dr. Ana Conboy, assistant professor of French at CSB/SJU. “It’s an opportunity to be exposed to other cultures and lives and a great way to be engaged in the community.” The following is a list of the movies along with their show times and dates: 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, Room 102 of the SJU Art Building. Noire de . . . (The black girl from . . .) The English-language version of the movie is entitled Black Girl. Released in 1966, this French-Senegalese production was created by writer/director Qusmane Sembene. Starring Mbissine Therese Diop as “Diouana,” an acclaimed performance, the film is about a young woman in Senegal, Africa who moves to southern France to work as a nanny for a rich French couple. Disillusionment sets in quickly, followed by despair, when Diouana’s employers turn increasingly rude and demanding, expecting her to be a virtual slave, which leads to a shattering ending. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 in Room 204 of the CSB Gorecki Center. Fatima. Directed by Philippe Faucon and released in 2015, this movie won the French equivalent of the Oscar for Best
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Using tiles of alphabet letters, Helene Nicolas, who suffers from severe autism, forms words, phrases and sentences of astonishing lyrical, poetic power. Her loving mother watches from the side. Both are featured in the French documentary entitled Dernieres nouvelles du cosmos, which is one of six French movies, with English subtitles, to be screened during a French Film Festival at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University. All are welcome to attend. Picture, as well as many other awards. It stars Soria Zeroual as Fatima, a divorced North African Muslim mother who is working in France as a housecleaner to support her two teenage daughters. Cultural clashes ensue, especially between the mother and one of the daughters. 7:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 in the SJU Little Theater (Quad 346). Avril et le monde truque. The English-language version is entitled April and the Extraordinary World. This 2015 movie, a French-Belgian-Canadian production, is an animated science-fiction story that takes place in 1870 in France when a series of disasters leads to a polluted world that is virtually uninhabitable. The complicated plot involves the kidnapping of famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, and other bizarre – at times whimsical – developments. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Room 204 of the CSB Gorecki Center. Dernieres nouvelles du cosmos. Directed by Julie Bertuccelli, this 2016 documentary explores the remarkable Helene Nicolas, a 30-year-old French woman who, despite severe autism, expresses her deepest thoughts and feelings through an astonishing ability for poetic wordplay. By using Scrabble-like letters, she composes startling sentences and phrases that encapsulate profound insights and concepts. 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 in Room 102 of the SJU Arts Building. Frantz. This film from 2016 won the French best-movie Oscar. Directed by Francois Ozon,
it’s about a young German woman, Anna, whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed in World War I and how a French veteran of the war, Adrien, comes to town to place flowers on Frantz’s grave. The presence of this former “enemy” causes discord among the townspeople and yet Anna gradually warms to the man and learns of the deep friendship he held for Frantz. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8. Room 120 in the CSB Gorcecki Center. Loin des hommes. Directed by David Oelhoffen, this 2015 movie (in English, known as Far From Men) is based on a short story (L’hote – The Guest) by celebrated French Nobel-Prize author Albert Camus. It concerns a French schoolteacher in colonial-French Algeria and his crisis of conscience when he is asked to hand over an Algerian accused of murder to French authorities. Viggo Mortensen stars as the schoolteacher. The Algerian Arab is played by Reda Kateb. The movie touches upon themes of guilt, complicity and colonial assumptions just before the Algerian war of independence from France in the 1950s.
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A group of friends holds hands Sept. 24 as they stroll through the exhibits at the Millstream Arts Festival in downtown St. Joseph. The friends are (left to right) Bryn Patrick, 4, of St. Stephen; Jayda Welliver, 6, of St. Cloud; Kendall Meyer, 3, of St. Joseph; and Janessa Welliver, 8, of St. Cloud.
Jasper Brophy, 5, of St. Joseph smiles appreciatively at a classic car displayed at the Millstream Arts Festival Sept. 24.
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Review home fire-safety tips as Fire-Prevention Week nears The week of Oct. 8-14 is an ideal time for National FirePrevention Week because a higher percentage of dwelling fires happen in the cooler months when the home-heating season begins and kitchen stoves are more in use. And Fire-Prevention Week is the perfect time to review fire-safety reminders with all family members and to take steps to ensure homes and apartments will be safe through the winter and beyond. The following are fire-safety measures that should be shared with loved ones and then heeded: Smoke alarms: Be sure to test them by pushing their “test” buttons and installing new batteries at least once a year. Also, if the detectors are more than 10 years old, get new ones. Heating devices: Make sure to put space heaters at least three feet from any flammable materials, and put them in areas where flammable items cannot be tossed or blown next to them. That includes places where pets cannot run and play. Furnace: Have your furnace checked by a professional once a year, ideally just before the winter season. Faulty furnaces can easily cause home fires or leak deadly carbonmonoxide fumes. Candles: Often used during the holiday seasons, candles cause many home fires. Don’t use them in unattended rooms. Place them away from windows where curtains cannot waft onto them. Make sure there are no flammables like newspapers or magazines anywhere nearby. Secure candles so they cannot tip over. Be certain pets cannot get anywhere near them. Some people who have pets wisely decide not to burn any candles at all, period. Kitchen: The kitchen is the place where most home fires start. Keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen and make sure all family members know how to use it. All should also learn an important rule in case of an oven or stove-top grease fire: Do NOT pour water on it or use a fire extinguisher as each will cause the grease to sputter and “explode.” Instead, smother the flames. Then, if you can reach it quick enough, toss baking soda onto the mess. Other kitchen tips: Never leave a stove burner on if no one is in the kitchen; make sure the oven and burners are turned off before leaving the house; when cooking try, if at all possible, to stay in or near the kitchen during cooking time. Dryer: Never leave a dryer on when not at home. Always clean the lint trap after every drying cycle – lint is incredibly flammable. Clean out dryer vents once each year. To remember when, do it when replacing the smoke alarm batteries. There are 15,000 fires caused in this country every year due to clogged dryer vents. Cords: Check all electric cords for wear and tear, including those on appliances. Such frayed cords are common fire-starters. Do not overload wall sockets with too many extension plugs and cords. During Christmas, do not leave decoration lights on overnight in the home, or during times when nobody is home. Be especially careful of Christmas lights if there are pets. Bedroom doors: Shut them at night because they can prevent flames and smoke from rushing into a bedroom, giving people vital seconds to escape. Fires spread more rapidly these days because of synthetic materials used in home furnishings and home construction. Toxic fumes cause more deaths than actual burns do. In the United States, about 2,500 people die in home fires each year. Most fires start between the sleeping hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.. Please be safe. Learn and heed the fire-safety tips as listed above.
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Check out French-movie festival In the old days, we movie-lovers had to go to theaters to see movies; they didn’t come to us on TV or in video shops or via Netflix. I still thank my lucky stars for the Atwood Theater at St. Cloud State University. (more on that later). Way back when, if we missed a movie playing in the theaters, tough luck. It might come again for a second time but probably not. If we missed a movie, we missed it forever. I miss those days – that intense urgency to see a movie before it left town. I remember so well walking the nine blocks to downtown St. Cloud even in blizzards to see a movie on its last night before it disappeared. In schools, in workplaces, so many would be talking about the latest hit movie because in those days, we were all “on the same page,” at least as far as movies go. Back then, to my deep disappointment, foreign movies almost never played on our big screens, unless they’d win big awards. Year after year, I’d read in big-city newspapers reviews of these foreign masterpieces that I would never get a chance to see. Films by brilliant directors like Akira Kurosawa, Francois Truffaut, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard – to name just some. Those movies never came to town for a variety of reasons: a stranglehold on film distribution by major American studios, audiences not liking to read subtitles, the often avant-garde styles of those movies, sensibilities and themes that were often more introspective than those
Dennis Dalman Editor of typical American films. Reading about those movies, I would salivate with a longing to see them, but I knew I never would; I’d have to settle for reading about them, trying to imagine their visual impacts and powers. In 1963, to my everlasting gratitude, Fellini’s 8-1/2 opened at St. Cloud’s Eastman Theater for a seven-day run. I’d seen raves about that movie in the newspapers but never dreamed it would come my way. Its Oscar-winning status must have sent it to us. That movie, a visual astonishment, was like a long, intricate stream-of-consciousness poem in stark black-and-white. A wonderful puzzle. I went to it three times that week. It blew me away, and after all these years it’s still one of my top-10 favorite films. Now, back to the Atwood Little Theater at SCSU. Starting in the early 1960s, the college hosted film festivals that showed foreign films and old classics in the Atwood Little Theater. Living only five blocks from Atwood, I felt like a kid in a candy store. Finally, finally I could see some of those masterpieces I’d been only reading about. Atwood is where I was thrilled to view – at long last – Orson Welle’s Citizen Kane, Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries and his The Seventh Seal, Michelangelo An-
tonioni’s L’Avventura, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless and his Weekend, Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion and his Rules of the Game, Francois Truffaut’s Jules and Jim, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Erich Von Stroheim’s unforgettable silent film, Greed. They were the movies that never came to St. Cloud, movies that were visual revelations to me, such masterworks that they still land on Greatest Movies lists everywhere. Since those Atwood days, virtually any movie is now available anywhere – via discs, streaming and so forth. And, thanks to Netflix, I’m still catching up on some movies I missed way back when. Recently, I was glad to receive an email from Dr. Ana Conboy, assistant professor of French at St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict. She informed me the two colleges are about to feature a French film festival starting Oct. 4 at various locations on the two campuses. That good news brought back so many happy memories from my early years when friends and I trooped over to Atwood in all weathers to view cinematic marvels. Sorry to say, I haven’t seen any of the six movies in the Tournees French Film Festival – yet. I do intend to see at least some of them. I hope others go see them, too. All people are welcome to attend the screenings, and – yes, don’t worry – there are subtitles for viewers who don’t speak French. For more about the festival, see story in today’s newspaper.
What a homecoming game it was! During the last few years, it’s been an annual tradition of mine and of many others at my high school to watch the homecoming football game. The difference between us and your average high school, though, is a homecoming losing streak that lasted almost 10 years. Imagine that – entire classes of high school students never getting to see their team win a homecoming game. That is, until that fateful night of Sept. 22, 2017. I say lasted of course, because the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm football team broke that streak on an abnormally warm Minnesota summer night. The stage was set for another nail-biting experience for the fans as the stands were packed with hundreds of students, parents and alumni. As the first kickoff launched into the air, we held our breath as the action began to unfold. After stopping Brainerd’s drives, in the first half the Storm got the first score – a brilliant 20-yard touchdown pass giving the home team a 6-0 lead. Then began a patient, nervous wait. Back and forth went the football, through multiple possessions, almost touchdowns and turnovers galore. Each time the crowd surged in anticipation of another home score or nervousness at the game potentially becoming tied. But nothing came of any of it. 6-0 remained the score, a lead nonetheless, but not far enough ahead
Connor Kockler Guest Writer to keep anyone comfortable. Penalties often decided the outcome of a drive, and many an interception was made. In the end, though, it came down to the last few minutes. Brainerd had possession and was within scoring range with a minute left to go. Some passes, a run, and they were on first and goal. The crowd watched anxiously as the time ticked down. Finally, a timeout left the last play. The visiting team had the ball within a few yards with three seconds to go. The ball snapped, and a pass was sent out to the far left. The receiver caught, ran and was pushed out of bounds just outside the end zone. It was over. Sauk Rapids-Rice had won the homecoming game. The drought was over. We could hardly believe it. After we had lined up to congratulate the leaving visitors, we went out onto the field to shake hands and enjoy the victory. It had been how long, and we were lucky enough that night to bear witness to such a historic win. Our team had worked hard and so long for this
moment. It must have been their night. They sure deserved it. As a senior, it was special as well. Of all the homecoming games to watch and be a part of, a win was the perfect way to start the last year of high school. No matter what happened throughout the years, though, I’ve always admired the passion of our fans. No matter the game or the score, Sauk Rapids-Rice students and parents show up and show their passion for our teams in all sports. Our players, as well. It doesn’t matter that we might not always win, they keep fighting on, and I admire and respect their dedication. This win was for everyone. That’s what our high-school experience is really about – learning, trying our best and having highs and lows. Perhaps it’s why people keep coming back to homecomings and games to see their old teams play. They can remember their own experiences and see how the next group of students is carrying on the tradition. That will be me in the next year, a former student looking back and seeing how things go on. I’m so glad to be a part of it now and to see what my senior year continues to bring. Connor Kockler is a Sauk RapidsRice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-3634195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, Sept. 29 Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Saturday, Sept. 30 Fall Fest, sponsored by St. Joseph Jaycees, 5k begins at 9 a.m. and 1k begins at 10 a.m., St. Joseph Government Center (aka Colts Academy), 124 First Ave., St. Joseph. http://jayceesfallfest5k.zapevent.com. Sneakers and Wheels, 50m, 100m, 1k, 1 mile, 5k run/walk/roll, promoting health and wellness for children and teens, sponsored by St. Cloud Hospital Pediatric Rehabilitation, 9 a.m. registration, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. centracare.com. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Sunday, Oct. 1 Collegeville Colors, 1-4 p.m., free, St. John’s Outdoor University, 2346 Science Drive, Collegeville. csbsju.edu/outdooru. Ragtime 101 with Alexander
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Monday, Oct. 2 Lunch and cards, sponsored by Helping Hands Outreach noon2 p.m., Trobec’s Bar & Grill, 1 Central Ave. S., St. Stephen. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. St. Joseph City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, St. Joseph City Hall, 75 Callaway St. E. 320363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com. Tuesday, Oct. 3 Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320251-2498. The Hammer, dinner and a movie, sponsored by Disability Awareness Task Force, 5:30 p.m dinner, 6:30 p.m. movie, Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. independentlifestyles.org. Wednesday, Oct. 4 Noire de..., part of a French film festival sponsored by the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University language and cultures department, 7:15 p.m., SJU Art
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Sunday, Oct. 8 St. Stephen Fire and Rescue Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.-noon, St. Stephen Parish Hall. 320-2510964. Mass for healthcare professions, 10:30 a.m., Bishop Donald Kettler presides, Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Benedict’s Monastery, 104 Chapel Lane, St. Joseph. Health-care workers of all faiths are welcomed; the collection will benefit the annual nursing scholarship fund at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University.
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Christian-Muslim understanding course to begin by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewlseaders.com
Organizers hope to highlight cultural and religious similarities, to understand differences and to expose misconceptions between Christians and Muslims in a fivepart education course set for First United Methodist Church in Sartell. The name of the five-week program is My Neighbor is Muslim. The first session is set for 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 at First United Methodist and will take place during that same time block in each of the following Mondays, through Oct. 30. Teachers of the program are the Rev. Leah Rosso of First United Methodist and Ayan Oman, who teaches language arts at Tech High School in St. Cloud. “The class is designed to engage people in learning more
about what Islam is all about and how that is similar or different from Christianity,” Rosso said. “We will focus on topics like what is the foundation of each faith, what does each faith believe about Jesus and what is some of the misleading contributed photo information out The Rev. Leah Rosso of First United Meththere that we can odist Church (left) and Tech High School navigate together. language-arts teacher Ayan Oman will We want as many teach a course on the similarities and difpeople as possible ferences between the Christian and Muslim from our commu- religions. The five-part course will take nity to come share place from 6-8 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 2-30 at in the conversa- First United Methodist Church in Sartell. tion.” To register for the series, go to The curriculum for the five- www.fumcscr.org week series was developed by First United Methodist Church Lutheran Social Services of Min- is located at 1107 Pinecone Road nesota. S. in Sartell.
Ask a Trooper
Are motorists able to pass a school bus if the red lights are flashing but the stop arm is not extended? Q: Recently you talked about the stop arm on a school bus. My question is, if a school bus is stopped on an undivided highway, with the red lights flashing but no stop arm extended, may I proceed around the bus after I stop and it is safe to do so? (I would guess the bus driver is waiting for kids to come out of the house who are running late to get on the bus.) A: Even with the red lights flashing and no stop arm displayed, you must stop and stay
stopped until the red lights are turned off. • Motorists must stop at least 20 feet from a school bus displaying red flashing lights and/ or its stop arm is extended when approaching from the rear and from the opposite direction on undivided roads. • Red flashing lights on buses indicate students are either entering or exiting the bus. • Motorists are not required to stop for a bus if the bus is on the opposite side of a separated road-
St. John’s Parish Center
14241 Fruit Farm Road, Collegeville
Take-out available!
German Dinner, Silent Auction & Bake Sale Friday, Oct. 13 from 4-7 p.m. Live Music by Nathan Neuman’s Old Time Band!
German Meal including: pork and kraut, St. Joseph Meat Market sausage, German potato salad, beans, dinner roll, pickled beets, dessert, coffee and water.
Tickets will be sold at the door Adults: $12 Children (ages 5-10): $5
way (median, etc.) — but they should remain alert for children. 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).
Friday, Sept. 29, 2017
Folks share time, talent on Day of Caring
photo by Carolyn Bertsch
A team of Nahan Printing employees mulches mushroom straw Sept. 21 for the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict as part of the United Way of Central Minnesota’s Day of Caring. From left to right are Melissa Fransen of Milaca; Peggy Cowen of Shakopee; Jenny Chirhart of St. Joseph; and Brenda Ring of Clear Lake.