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Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 Volume 25, Issue 39 Est. 1989

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by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Second Saturdays starts at market

Minnesota Street Market inaugurates Second Saturdays at the Market from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Free food and drinks for all. Become a member and get $10 off your $100 basket.

County parks to offer disabled persons hunt

A deer hunt for people with disabilities will take place in November at two Stearns County parks, Rockville Park and Nature Preserve and Spring Hill County Park. Hunters will be able to use shotguns, bows or crossbows. Hunters need to apply and will be selected and supervised by Midwest Outdoors Unlimited for each of the hunts. The mission of the group is to provide outdoor recreational activities for Disabled American Veterans, disabled individuals and disabled youth in Minnesota. Completed applications must be returned to the previously listed addresses by Friday, Oct. 10. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 3 Criers.

Stearns County residents may register to vote online. The online voter registration application was developed by the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State and can be accessed at www.mnvotes. org, or on the Stearns County website at StearnsCountyMN.gov. Voters may register or update their existing registration information online. Advanced registration is open until Tuesday, Oct. 14. Paper applications are still available for people who wish to use them to register to vote. Contact the Stearns County Auditor-Treasurer’s office at 320-656-3920, or email elections@co.stearns.mn.us with any questions or for additional information.

Quit smoking sessions start

Quit tobacco through the Outpatient Nicotine Dependence Program at St. Cloud Hospital. The next session is from 5:306:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Oct. 7 and runs for five consecutive weeks at the CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center. Deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 6. For more information, visit www. thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct.3 Criers.

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Authors Marilyn Salzl Brinkman of rural St. Joseph (left) and Bill Morgan of Sartell offer their books in the book tent of the Millstream Arts Festival in St. Joseph Sept. 28. At right is Bill’s wife, Judy. Morgan and Brinkman have both written local history books, and both are historical columnists for the St. Cloud Times.

Main street in St. Joseph, closed to traffic, was a swirl of activity with a riot of color, the aromas of food, live music and curb-to-curb arts and crafts Sept. 28 during the annual Millstream Arts Festival. The warm fall weather was made-to-order for festival-going. The event turned out to be a resounding success, attracting thousands of visitors who leisurely sauntered in the street and on the grounds of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Dozens of white tents housed vendors who offered for sale a stunning variety of art works and craft items: paintings, prints, woven baskets, pottery, jewelry, pho-

tography, glassware, wood carvings, stained glass, textiles, folk art and metal sculptures. Arts-and-crafts exhibitors included many local artists, as well as others from as far away as Minneapolis. On the west end of main street a dozen or so food vendors served a tantalizing array of finger foods and beverages to hungry and thirsty festivalgoers. Live entertainment included Paul Imholte on dulcimer and fiddle, the Stearns County Pachanga Society, the CSB/SJU Jazz Ensemble, Random Road and David Jones. The Granite City Cloggers again performed at Millstream, as they have in past years. Millstream • page 3

lence” in the Fargo-Moorhead area sometime between Sept. 21-23 (see related story). More than 1,000 people attended his funeral, officiated by Father Tim Baltes. Bearson’s mother, Deb, recalled how Tom was born on a bitterly cold day (Jan. 6, 1996). Everyone remarked about the

baby’s bright blue eyes. He developed into a good boy and a young man with a heart of gold, she said. And he was such a thoughtful and loving son that at a party when he was very young he declined to eat any peanut-butter chocolate candy because he knew his Bearson • page 12

Bearson’s family shares fond memories by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Thomas Gregory Bearson enjoyed basketball so much he played the game practically ‘round the clock, in all weather and probably even in his dreams, said his father, Greg, during his son’s funeral

Monday at St. Francis Xavier Church in Sartell. Bearson, 18, a North Dakota State University student, died Bearson as the result of “homicidal vio-

Student Spotlight: Theisen completes bike trip through three countries by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

Nick Theisen completed a six-week cycling trip through the countries of Iceland, Ireland and the United Kingdom this year. Theisen spent his last semester at college studying in Ireland. He says he studied history and life, something he says he’ll never stop learning about. After completing his academic responsibilities, he cycled around the three countries, a total distance of about 2,500 miles. “I met many people with a great variety of stories,” Theisen said. “It’s an adventure I will continue to process in my thinking for a long time to come. The journey was much more difficult than I had imagined it to be. But, overall, with the big picture in mind, it was an incredible experience. Being on a bicycle put me in a

position where it was very easy to meet people and experience the world around me in an intimate way.” Theisen rode a Surly Long Haul Trucker and had his clothes, camping gear and a small rocket camp stove clipped on his bike. “The mental aspect was the hardest part of the trip,” Theisen said. “Not meeting anyone I already knew for a month-and-a-half was a challenge. Just not having anyone with me to share things with was hard. Also, there were a few nights where finding a place to pitch my tent for the night was pretty difficult.” Theisen is a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. He is the 21-year-old son of Sarah and Todd Theisen and has one sister, Amanda, 19, and two brothers, Alex, 16, and Andrew, 12. This is Theisen’s second cySpotlight • page 8

Sisterly chat at Local Blend

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Maria Kiminski (left) and Amy Kiminski enjoyed a sisterly chat in front of the Local Blend Sept. 13. Maria Kiminski is a sophomore at the College of St. Benedict studying elementary education. Amy Kiminski graduated from CSB last year and was visiting for the weekend. The two are from Farmington and planned to attend a soccer game that afternoon. Maria Kiminski said St. Joseph is a great place and it is moments like their time spent together that make it special.

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How long does a person have to change their driver’s license address? Q: How long does a person have to change their driver’s license address? A: It depends on the circumstance. I will name off some situations. • If you’re already living in Minnesota and move to a new address in the state, the law requires you apply for a new driver’s license within 30 days of changing your address. • If you have a valid driver’s license or instruction permit from another state, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident to obtain your Minnesota license or permit. • If you have a valid “com-

mercial driver’s license” (CDL) from another state, you have 30 days to obtain your Minnesota license after moving here. • You do not need a Minnesota license if you work for the U.S. Armed Forces or are a family member of someone in the Armed Forces stationed in Minnesota, and hold a valid out-of-state driver’s license. • If you are on active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces and have a valid Minnesota driver’s license, you are not required to renew your license until you are discharged, regardless of your length of service. This law also applies to the spouses

Clara Kroska, a native and current resident of St. Joseph, is preparing to leave on a mission in Bahai Blanca Argentina for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. She will serve as a missionary in south-eastern Argentina for 18 months. She will be

totally immersed in the Argentine culture. She will teach religious principles and provide service to the people of Argentina. Kroska graduated from Albany Senior High School in 2013 where she participated in swimming, speech and choir. She is interrupt-

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of those on active duty, if the spouse does not reside in Minnesota during the active-duty period. A portion of state statutes were 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 Highway 10 W., Detroit Lakes, MN 56501-2205. (You can follow him on Twitter @MSPPIO_NW or reach him at, jesse.grabow@state.mn.us).

ing her college education at the University of Minnesota, Morris where she is majoring in Spanish. Clara’s parents, Susan and David Kroska, and her siblings are supportive of her mission and anticipate it will be a rich and rewarding experience.

CMAB awards grants to area organizations Thirteen regional organizations were recently awarded grants from the Central Minnesota Arts Board totaling more than $77,000. Ten local projects include the following: St. Cloud Arts Commission, $6,000, for the research and development of a public art project that would connect Lake George to Downtown St. Cloud through the 10th Avenue Viaduct and Minnesota Highway 23; Great River Educational Theatre, $8,000 for the musical “Peter Pan,” to be held Jan. 9-18 at Escher Auditorium at the College of St. Benedict; The Center for Service Learning and Social Change, $6,000, to engage spoken-word artist Julia Dinsmore to hold a series of workshops with area youth empowering participants to give voice to issues of homelessness, hunger and diversity through Spoken Word Poetry; St. John’s University - Fine Arts, $8,000 for performances and residencies with Black Violin that work primarily with incarcerated youth from Prairie Lakes Youth Detention Facility and Veterans from the St. Cloud VA March 26-28; Visual Arts Minnesota, $5,765, for the 15th annual Essential Art Exhibition and Celebration for artists from throughout the state of Minnesota to exhibit high quality artwork in 2D and 3D. The exhibition will run from Jan.-Feb. 15 with an art reception and community celebration from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Paramount Theatre Lobby Gallery in St. Cloud;

St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, $6,000, “Moments in Time” Concert conducted by Dr. Clinton Smith at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 in Ritsche Auditorium, St. Cloud State University; Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, $2,695, “ A Choral Community” concert that features a variety of Central Minnesota community and church choirs Sunday, Oct. 26 in Ritsche Auditorium, SCSU; Paramount Arts Resource Trust, $6,000, to host a ceramic workshop with nationally acclaimed ceramic artists Kathy King and Julia Galloway June 15-19 at the Paramount Visual Arts Center. Participants from the workshop will exhibit their final pieces during the August 2015 Art Crawl; Minnesota Center Chorale, $3,870, “A Civil War Portrait” featuring folk music from the Civil War era with special guests Cristina Seaborn and Paul Imholte that will include a pre-concert presentation at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 in Calvary Community Church, St. Cloud; and, Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, $6,000, the Schubert Ensemble Concerts and Residency. A formal concert will be held 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 at the First United Methodist Church with a free family concert held at 1 p.m. in the St. Cloud Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. The residency will provide elementary through high school students with an introduction to and instruction about classical and contemporary chamber music, specifically string quartets. Three other grants were awarded

to the Elk River Arts Alliance, and the Buffalo Community Theater and Orchestra. Three criteria are used in evaluating applications: artistic quality and merit; ability of the organization to carry out the proposal; and the needs of the community. Organizations may apply for up to $6,000 with a 30-percent match requirement for any one project or combined projects totaling no more than $6,000 in any one grant round. Organizations may apply for up to $8,000 with a 50-percent match requirement one time in any of the three grant rounds. Funding for these CMAB Grants is provided through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the state’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund created by the voters of Minnesota. The Central Minnesota Arts Board supports collaborative and innovative arts opportunities through partnerships and financial investments in Stearns, Benton, Sherburne and Wright counties as one of 11 Regional Arts Councils designated by the Minnesota State Arts Board. We work with community partners to increase access to the unique cultural assets of Minnesota. Visit www.aroundthecloud.org Arts and Events Click and Go Guide to see a full listing of these arts events and more. For more information about the Central Minnesota Arts Board visit www.centralmnartsboard.org or call the office toll free at -866-345-7140.

Friday, Oct. 3, 2014

Blotter

If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 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.

Aug. 24 10:50 p.m. Bar check. Minnesota Street W. Police carded everyone at a local bar, finding no violations. Aug. 26 1:47 p.m. Medical. Birch Street W. A 66-year-old male was complaining of shortness of breath. A police officer administered oxygen until the fire department and paramedics arrive. The male was transported to a hospital by ambulance. Aug. 28 11:10 p.m. Burglary. Baker Street E. A 23-year-old female called police, believing her home had been burglarized. Police checked the apartment but found no one inside. The back sliding door was open about 1 foot. Nothing was missing or broken but some things were moved around and the fridge and cabinets were open. Aug. 29 1:57 a.m. Noise complaint. 2nd Avenue NW. Police arrived in the area after being called and found loud music coming from a residence. Three males were in the backyard, and stated they lived at the residence. They were asked to turn the music down and complied. 10:54 p.m. Traffic stop. Saukview Drive. An officer stopped a 27-year-old male driver. The registered owner had an active warrant, but the driver was not the registered owner. Aug. 30 6:45 a.m. Alarm. Elm Street E. Police arrived and checked all windows and doors. Nothing was disturbed. No vehicles were in the parking lot. 11:13 p.m. Fireworks complaint. Old Highway 52. Fireworks were observed, but upon arrival of the police, the approximately 300 people involved scattered.

Aug. 31 12:13 a.m. Minor consumption. College Avenue N. An officer spotted three females walking through a parking lot, with two of them drinking from water bottles with brown liquid inside. The females attempted to turn around and walk the other way upon noticing the officer. They were stopped. All were under 21 and admitted to drinking. 2:41 p.m. Gas leak. Minnesota Street E. An employee stated a gas line broke inside of the business. Neighboring establishments were asked to clear their buildings, until the fire department gave the all clear.

Sept. 2 7:27 a.m. Community outreach. Jade Road W. Chief Klein met with students, faculty and staff on the first day of school at Kennedy Community School. Everything was all right. Sept. 5 6:09 p.m. Fraud. College Avenue N. A 17-year-old female stated she received a call from a man identifying himself as ‘Kevin,’ who said she had won a scholarship and began to ask for personal information, and made a lewd comment. She hung up the phone without giving any information. 8 p.m. Traffic stop. CR 133/ CR 75. An officer observed a vehicle exit Coborn’s parking lot and head north on CR 133, then make an illegal u-turn. The vehicle had to stop in traffic, back up and reposition to complete the turn and head south on CR 133. The 23-year-old male driver was stopped and cited. Sept. 9 12:56 a.m. Traffic hazard. 2nd Avenue NW/Birch Street W. A neon sign was in the middle of the road. The officer cleaned up the glass. Sept. 10 4:51 a.m. Theft. Baker Street E. a 34-year-old male said sometime overnight or early in the morning someone entered his vehicle and went through the glove box and center arm rest. The only thing believed to be taken was a lunch box. The vehicle was unlocked and undamaged. A second vehicle the man owned was also rifled through, but nothing was taken.

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Friday, Oct. 3, 2014

Fare For All provides Millstream good food for everyone from front page

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A unique grocery buying experience awaits area residents once a month at Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph. Fare For All, a non-traditional way to get your groceries, buys fresh produce and frozen meat in bulk from wholesalers and manufacturers, which are then placed by volunteers into convenient packaging, which ranges in price from $10-$25. Fare For All has a warehouse in the Twin Cities, and it travels to various locations monthly. St. Joseph is the only city Fare For All visits in the tri-county area. On Sept. 15, Fare For All was at Resurrection Lutheran Church from 4-6 p.m. Residents from across the area came to St. Joseph to see what was on special last month. “I like the produce, it’s so fresh,” said Janel Heinen of Holdingford. Heinen has been coming to Fare For All since March of this year, when the program first came to St. Joseph. All of Fare For All’s food is purchased through wholesalers, manufacturers, or growers, according to their website. The food, depending on the season, is either locally grown or sent from all over the country. Most government and emergency food assistance programs serve only low-income families, so Fare For All serves as a good resource both for those families

and for families and individuals who don’t meet certain income requirements. It helps families stretch their food budget and access nutritious foods that tend to be more expensive. Packages of meat are frozen before their freeze-by-date, and much of it is individually packaged. “They’re very convenient products,” Heinen commented while filling out her purchase ticket. When entering a Fare For All site, everyone is given a purchasing ticket to fill out, indicating which packages of food the party would like to purchase, and the cost of each. There is no need to register in advance, and all people are welcome. After the ticket is

and chatted with readers. There were also paper-making and printing demonstrations. Authors included Marilyn Salzl Brinkman of St. Joseph; Larry Schug of Avon; and Sartell writers Dennis Herschbach, Bill Morgan and Milissa Nelson.

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Volunteers help take groceries out for those who purchased food at Resurrection Lutheran Church during last month’s Fare for All.

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filled out, shoppers head to the register to pay. After paying, a volunteer takes the ticket and picks up the food indicated while the shopper waits. Once the cart is filled with the desired items, that same friendly volunteer will help pack the groceries into the shoppers’ vehicle. Natalia Gall volunteered at September’s Fare For All. She is a senior at the College of St. Benedict and a member of the AKS service sorority. Gall helped Carissa Hopkins-Hoel, a St. Cloud resident, with her groceries. Carissa heard about Fare for All from some of her co-workers this summer, and has come to every Fare For All since. Fare • page 10

One of the new features Sunday was “The Bookend,” a large tent wherein local authors sold their books, autographed them

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Above: As if awaiting a parade, children and parents enjoy their snacks and beverages curbside at the Millstream Arts Festival Sept. 28 in downtown St. Joseph. Left: Children enjoy making room decorations – cutting, pasting and painting to their hearts’ content. The arts-and-crafts hands-on project was one of dozens of vendor booths at last Sunday’s Millstream Arts Festival in St. Joseph.

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Opinion

Our View Bearson in prime of youth had life snatched from him Words are utterly inadequate to express the shock, sadness and terror when someone’s child disappears or is found murdered. That is what happened to Thomas Gregory Bearson of Sartell when he was first reported as missing Sept. 21 in Fargo, and then found deceased two days later in Moorhead, the victim of “homicidal violence,” as the police described it. Only 18 years old, Bearson had just begun nursing studies at North Dakota State University when his life was so tragically, viciously snatched from him. It’s often been said children should never die before their parents do. It’s every parents’ worst nightmare that something bad will befall one or more of their children. That imagined nightmare, shockingly, becomes all too real for too many parents, including the parents of Tom Bearson. The sudden death is bad enough, but the nightmare aspect is even worse when the death was caused by murder. Bearson’s terrible, untimely end has affected everyone who has heard about it, especially his family, friends, school chums, teachers, coaches and the members of St. Francis Xavier Church in Sartell, of which Bearson was a member. He also attended St. Francis Xavier Elementary School where his mother, Deb, is a teacher. It was very moving to see and hear the memorial service at the church as so many people gathered to honor Tom and to mourn his unthinkable loss. What is doubly sad is the service had been intended as a prayer-and-hope ceremony for finding Tom after his unexplained disappearance, but as it turned out, tragically, his death was announced on the day of the memorial service. It tugs at the mind to think how Bearson would have been a successful young man leading a long, happy and productive life. By all accounts, he was very intelligent, talented, kind, charming and disciplined – skills which so many had a chance to observe on the basketball court with “Tommy,” one of the outstanding Sartell Sabre players. We hope the perpetrator(s) of this senseless, cruel, violent crime are apprehended soon. Bearson’s family and friends will need to have that kind of closure. Such an unknown can gnaw at the hearts of loved ones, the way it has for the parents of Jacob Wetterling, 11 years old when he was kidnapped in St. Joseph 25 years ago. That terrible unknown also eats away at the parents of Joshua Guimond, a St. John’s University student from Maple Lake who “disappeared” 12 years ago while walking in the dark on the SJU campus. Those are just three local tragedies. Imagine all the grieving parents, siblings, spouses and friends whose loved ones have been killed or who just “disappeared” without a trace. That kind of grieving never ends. As Patty Wetterling, mother of Jacob, once said, “The hurt never goes away. We learned to go on, but that hurt is always there inside.” Our hearts go out to the loved ones of Tom Bearson, especially to his parents and his sister. We hope they can find some kind of solace eventually during the difficult, grieving days ahead.

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Friday, Oct. 3, 2014

Corporate inversions sap America’s strength Wouldn’t it be nice to set up an address in a foreign country, then when tax time rolls around you could tell Uncle Sam, “Sorry, but since I have a foreign address, I don’t owe you as much money.” That’s what some American corporations are doing – and getting away with – through a process called “inversion.” Well, OK, it’s not as simple as just getting a foreign address, but – in essence – it amounts to the same thing. Corporations are avoiding paying U.S. taxes because of headquarters (addresses) in foreign countries. However, what sounds like tax fraud is perfectly legal. We should ask ourselves why. But that “why” is easily answered: The U.S. Congress, in cahoots with tax attorneys and corporations, has devised a tax code riddled with loopholes for the benefit of the super-rich. The hired tax experts then twist and stretch to widen every possible loophole. It’s all legal, unfortunately. Fortunately, the U.S. Treasury Department, President Barack Obama and some members of Congress (sad to say, only some) say they intend to tighten some of these inversion rules. Here’s how an inversion works: An American company is restructured so its “parent” becomes a foreign corporation. A recent example is Burger King, which is purchasing Tim Hortons Inc. of Canada, a coffee-and-donut shop chain. Such arrangements amount to a kind of tax shell game, and the bag of tricks consists of internal loans, stock purchases and other financial sleight-of-hand maneuvers so the new “inverted” company can avoid paying U.S. taxes the way it would have

Dennis Dalman Editor before the inversion. It’s all very complicated, all very legal, and the reason the tax code is so infernally complicated is because it depends upon purposeful complexity to create a labyrinthine framework in which these sneaky loopholes can exist. It also requires the hiring of countless numbers of tax experts and attorneys whom only the loopholers can afford. In the past 31 years, 70 corporations have “inverted,” with half of those in just the past five years. It’s estimated the lost corporate taxes will cost Americans nearly $20 billion during the next 10 years. Three companies now considering the inversion process are Pfizer, Walgreens and Medtronic. In a recent speech aimed at inversions, President Obama called for a new “Economic Patriotism,” in which corporations would become loyal to helping strengthen an American middle class and creating economic conditions for all, not just for some. That clarion call, corporate-economic patriotism, has been sounded before, to no avail, as so many owners of American corporate giants, made strong by generations of American workers, shipped those jobs overseas lured by low wages. That off-sourcing is a kissin’ cousin to inver-

sioning. Both harm American workers and taxpayers. Both harm America, period. Let’s hope the Treasury Department puts the screws to the inversion process. But chances are such corporations will find other loopholes in their place. What’s really needed – badly needed and longoverdue – is comprehensive reform of the entire tax code to make it simple, understandable by all and fair across the board. And yes, such a code could include lowering the corporate tax rate, as long as those corporations won’t be allowed to squirm and wiggle their way out of paying their fair share. Some corporations, coddled so long by congressional lackeys, pay virtually no taxes whatsoever. For years, tax reform was on the highpriority list in the U.S. Congress, but it kept being pushed to the back burner, along with so much other vitally important legislation – immigration reform, to name just one. The current congress, paralyzed by do-nothings and obstructionists, doesn’t even have the guts to debate the strikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. How, then, is it going to take on tax reform? And even if it does, we should shudder to think how – tasked with closing loopholes but still beholden to their rich contributors – legislators will close some loopholes, only to cook up even more loopholes in their place this time around. The bottom line is without draconian campaign reform – disconnecting money and voting – tax reform won’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell. And neither will anything else that could strengthen the working people and the middle class in this country.

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Working smoke alarms save lives Bruce West Minnesota State Fire Marshal

When was the last time you tested the smoke alarms in your home? If you’re like many people, you may not even remember. Smoke alarms have become such a common feature of U.S. households they’re often taken for granted and aren’t tested and maintained. Data from 776 Minnesota fire departments shows four people died last year in homes without smoke alarms or in homes with inoperable smoke alarms. These deaths could have been prevented. As a member of the fire service for 35 years, I’ve seen the devastating effects of fire first-hand. Witnessing a family’s

anguish after a loved one has been killed in a fire is heartbreaking. Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 5-11 and this year’s theme is “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!” The Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division and fire officials statewide want to educate the public about the true value of working smoke alarms. I hope all Minnesota residents participate in their local Fire Prevention Week activities and make sure there are working smoke alarms installed throughout their homes. Here are some tips to get you started: • Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including

the basement • Interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound • Test alarms each month by pushing the test button • Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or sooner if they do not respond properly • Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm and understands what to do when they hear it • And, practice your family fire escape plan. To learn more about Fire Prevention Week, visit www.firepreventionweek.org.

This is probably not going to end well Like most of you, I watch a little television. While watching news from almost any station we are invariably treated on occasion to a Los Angeles freeway car chase. Somebody will steal a car or try to run from an accident or just have open warrants. Whatever the reason, they decide to run from police while the news and police helicopters go up and record every move made by the perpetrator. Usually a battalion of police cars gets in on the chase. Speeds often reach more than 100 mph and other drivers on the freeway system are put at risk. I think to myself as I watch the drama unfold, this is probably not going to end well. And, almost without fail, the inevitable happens. The subject of the chase either stops because of car failure, tire failure or – worst-case scenario – car crash. In many cases people are killed or maimed in these car chases. One could almost predict the end result well before it happens. The point of all this, is the situation we are facing today in the world. ISIS or ISIL, whatever you want to call them, is like the car being chased on the freeway. It’s going to cause some mayhem. It may even cause some to die, but in the end it’s going to end badly for them. The reality is groups like ISIS or al-Qaeda are like ants at a picnic. They, in light of the bigger picture, are little more than irritants. And, like the

Ron Scarbro Guest Writer ants, they will be squashed like the bugs they are. The world is not going to put up with murderous thugs running around killing and beheading people. For a time they will be news. They will cause some to fear. But, like the killer thugs before them, they will disappear from the Earth and be relegated to the dung heap of yesterday’s killers like Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein and so many others. The world has not been kind to heinous killers in the past and it will not likely be in the future. Instead of wringing our hands and worrying about this latest bunch and others in the future, there are things we as a country can do to mitigate this threat. ISIS is being funded by petrol dollars. Countries like Saudi Arabia and others of their ilk are using their oil money to fund groups like ISIS. What if we got off our duffs and began a serious effort to become energy independent? Drill our own oil. Extract natural gas from the deep recesses where it’s hiding. Open up the

Keystone pipeline to move the oil already discovered more cheaply to the refineries. Get off the backs of coal miners. Let them produce the energy that is basically at our fingertips. If Sheik Abdullah What’s-HisName had to face life without his oil billions, he might be a little more reluctant to fund terrorist groups. Even Vladimir Putin would have to reconsider his position of trying to take over the Ukraine. His only power comes from the fact he provides the Europeans with natural gas. How much power would he have if Europeans had other sources for their energy? The inconvenient truth is we have massive energy reserves. We have coal, oil and natural gas. Additionally, we have the brainpower to continue to find and produce alternate forms of energy and new products with better energy efficiency. ISIS’s reign of terror will end badly – and soon. Al-Qaeda will disappear. The car chase will come to an end. Smart choices on the part of our government could speed that process along. 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.

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A historical prospective from 25 years ago – Sept. 29, 1989

St. Joseph winter recreation hall proposed by Stuart Goldschen news@thenewsleaders.com

A proposal to build a $200,000 multiple-use winter recreation hall in St. Joseph is currently under study by a volunteer blue-ribbon committee of local citizens. Preliminary plans for the building outline a 107-foot by 86-foot gymnasium to be built in Memorial Park. It would accommodate one basketball or two volleyball courts and serve a variety of other recreational needs. Col. Jim Brummer, chairman of the seven-member study committee, said the building should be completed by 1991, pending completion of the plans, approval by the city council and successful funding. He said a financing campaign will begin sometime next year. Brummer said the plan envisions a variety of fundraising activities to pay for the facility, eliminating the need for public expenditures. The city council would be asked to donate public land for the building site. Brummer, instrumental in organizing several other community development projects in the past decade, said the estimated $200,000 cost for constructing the hall was “strictly horseback guessing.” He said the estimate, however, was probably a “bare bones” figure that included special costs for the installation of a staterequired handicap access ramp and a fire-safety sprinkler system. The hall is tentatively planned to stand in Memorial Park at the junction of west Birch Street and 2nd Avenue NW, northeast of the city baseball field. Parking facilities for some 200 vehicles would be constructed on both the Birch and 2nd Avenue sides of the park.

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Sketch of the proposed St. Joseph recreation hall to be built in Memorial Park by 1991. The 107-foot by 86-foot gymnasium will serve a variety of community recreational needs. Brummer said he presented the idea for the hall to the St. Joseph Recreation Association in February in response to the expressed needs of the community. He said a recent survey

among members of the Recreation Association, which organizes a softball program of 64 teams at Millstream Park, showed interest in organized basketball and volleyball. Respondents estimated some 50

local volleyball and 12 to 15 basketball teams could be organized to play in a newly constructed city facility. Brummer also noted the results of a city-needs survey last year that revealed a high inter-

est in recreation. He said 60 percent of the 600 respondents felt “increased recreation” was a primary need. City Clerk Rachel Stapleton said the survey results put recRec hall • page 9

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Front row (left to right): Jeff Blenkush, 17 years (captain); Jason Paggen, 15 years; Brian Quaal, 20 years (captain); Gene Skaj, 31 years (assistant chief); (middle row): David Trobec, 15 years; Adam Seifermann, 2 years; Jason Trobec, 9 years; Lauren Hoeschen, 5 years; Chris Hoeschen, 7 years; Steve Trobec, 11 years; and Al Vouk, 42 years; Back row: Ralph Barhorst, 41 years; Jeff Drais, 17 years (fire chief); Aaron Rudolph, 19 years (captain); Eric Gillitzer, 1 year; Joe Gordon, 5 years; Jamie Gummert, 2 years; Mike Ringstad, 5 years; John Knettel, 6 years; Jim Schumer, 37 years; and Jeff Supan, 20 years. Not pictured: Rodger Bellinger, 15 years (captain); Jeff Jefferson, 9 years; Keith Patrick, 10 years; and Paul Patrick, 14 years.

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Theisen from front page cling trip. His first one was completed with his father from St. Cloud to St. Louis, Mo. last summer. Fun Facts about Theisen: Favorite subject: History “It brings a realization the world is much greater than the small part of it I am familiar with,” Theisen said. “Knowing there is great diversity in the way people live their lives enables my understanding of those around me to be broadened and enhanced.” Activities he is involved with: “At Gustavus, I work as a photographer for the marketing and communications department,” he said. “I play alto saxophone in the wind orchestra. I’m on the leadership council with Prepare Ministries (one of the Christian organizations), and I attend meetings of other Christian organizations on campus. At home, I work for

St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com my dad’s business, TMT Integrity Flooring.” Favorite thing to do in his free time: Cycling and experimenting with photography ideas Favorite movies: Meet Joe Black, Miracle and Lord of the Rings “All of these movies have a profound depth to them that really connects with me,” Theisen said. Favorite music: Varies. Some of his favorite bands include Bellarive, Tenth Avenue North, The Beatles, Cat Stevens and Gaelic Storm. “I enjoy film scores and movie soundtracks,” he said. Favorite restaurant: Creekwood Acres family farm (aka his mother’s cooking) “I live on a sustainable farm and much of the food we eat as a family is grown and raised here,” Theisen said. “I help to raise this food and being a part of that work makes eating the food even better. Furthermore, no pesticides, chemicals or hormones are used in making this food.”

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Nick Theisen completed a six-week cycling trip through the countries of Ireland, Iceland and the United Kingdom this year. Favorite food: Aebleskiver (traditional Danish pancakes in the shape of a sphere). Favorite thing he likes to help other people do: “I love to listen and I’m grateful if I can help people simply by listening to them,” he said. Favorite quote: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings One of the hardest obstacles he has had to overcome in the school environment: “It’s an inevitable occurrence in life that something one loves to do sometimes turns into unenjoyable work, but it’s not always easy,” Theisen said. “I love learning about history, but sometimes that learning turns exclusively into something that needs to be done rather than something I enjoy doing.” Favorite technology device: His digital camera.

“It allows me to capture a scene in an intentional manner that is seldom brought to attention otherwise,” he said. Does he like using technology at school? “Certainly, if it works that is,” Theisen said. “Any technology user knows it can be frustrating, but the process of learning to use technology presents a good challenge that requires trial and error and once the technology is learned, it has potential to make tasks more efficient.” The biggest challenge students face today: The pressure to be an academic student. “There are countless ways of learning, but there is a tendency to narrow the act of learning into something that can only be done in the classroom,” he said. “The standardization of education essentially forces everyone to learn in the same manner, a manner that simply doesn’t work for many individuals. If students are expected to learn something in a way that doesn’t work for them and they fail, that failure can become a road block to creativity and the

desire to learn more.” How does college life differ from high school? “It presents a greater opportunity to utilize self-drive,” Theisen said. “There are many chances to explore personal interests on a more in-depth level.” What he wants to do when he graduates: Combine my passions of photography, history and travel. “If you have heard of the Facebook page called Humans of New York, I’d like to do something like that on a more in-depth level,” he said. “I’d like to travel to a place, research the history of that place and understand how that history has created the ethos of that place and then capture that in photography. There is great importance in getting a glimpse of how others around the world live. The world is not confined to each individual person’s smaller world.” Something he would change if he could: The complacency that is a major part of so many people’s lives. “Achieving one’s dreams and goals doesn’t happen through non-action,” Theisen said. What do you think will be one of your most important goals during your life after college? “Instilling people with the knowledge there is a greater picture in which their lives are contextualized,” he said. An interesting experience in St. Joseph: “I live with my family on a sustainable farm in St. Joseph and there have been plenty of interesting experiences concerning the work done here,” Theisen said. “It’s not a usual industrial farm in that we use methods and ideas that run contrary to the way the massfood-production system operates.” The thing he likes best about St. Joseph: “St. Joseph has a good small-town feel,” he said.

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Rec hall from page 5 reational development in second place behind the need for a new water tower. “People just talk to me and say, ‘Hey, winter recreation is a need,’” Brummer said. “That gave me the idea of building something where there could be virtually unlimited recreation conducted, summer or winter.” He said current St. Joseph facilities for basketball and volleyball were limited and not always available. Stapleton said the city started a winter recreation program in 1987 and expanded it last year to run from December through February. The program now includes sessions for skating, hockey, skiing, bowling, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics and swimming. A new recreation hall could accommodate some of those activities and many others, including archery, roller skating, badminton, ping pong, shuffleboard and indoor tennis training, Brummer said. “You can let your mind go and say it can be used for anything short of pistol and rifle training,” he said. Brummer emphasized, however, that the hall would not be used for activities in competition with local business establishments. Although he envisions some limited use of the building for family picnics and

gatherings, he said other events such as weddings would not be allowed. The committee Brummer heads to study the feasibility of the recreation hall project was appointed by Mayor Mike Loso in late April. Besides Brummer, a retired professor of military science at St. John’s University, the committee includes Bud Reber, a city councilman and retired construction foreman; Leo Sadlo, a councilman and retired engineer at the College of St. Benedict; City Clerk Rachel Stapleton; Idelia Loso, retired academic dean for instruction, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, Minn.; and Wally Honer. The committee is exploring various means of funding the project, including fund-raising activities, private and public grants, and revenue from the sale of public property, according to Brummer. He said “the thrust of the whole working group is to provide the building without using tax money.” Brummer said the committee would like to establish a trust account to guarantee the annual income needed for the maintenance and repair of the facility. He said the account would “put the project at its lowest possible risk.” An initial contribution of $12,000 already has been given to the project by the Recreation Association, and a commitment of $10,000 has been made by American Legion Post 328 of St. Joseph, Brummer said.

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Fare from page 3 Many of the volunteers are either local college students from CSB/SJU or St. Cloud State University, or community members from St. Joseph and surrounding areas. Roger Linn and Maralynn Roles, both St. Joseph residents, were on hand at the front desk of Resurrection Lutheran, helping people fill out their purchasing tickets and explaining which foods were in each package. “It’s really important for people to know anyone can come here; the more the merrier,” Roles said. The organization’s website builds on that idea, saying the more people who participate in Fare For All, the more purchasing power the program has, which means greater savings will be passed onto the customers. Roles’s daughter-in-law, Amanda Roles, is one of the co-site leaders for the St. Joseph site.

“We want everyone to come in...even if someone doesn’t need to stretch their food budget,” Amanda said. “If they come in and buy anyway they help Fare For All build their budget, which helps people who are on a limited income stretch their budget.” Amanda has been involved in Fare For All since well before it first came to St. Joseph in March. “I was doing a lot of leg work and research, so I stayed on as a co-site leader,” she said in a Newsleader interview. “It’s a huge community effort.” Volunteers spend countless hours before, during and after the event each month. Fare For All will be at Resurrection Lutheran Church a few more Mondays before the end of the year: Oct. 13, Nov. 10 and Dec. 8, all from 4-6 p.m. Fare For All accepts cash, credit, debit and EBT cards. Interested individuals can contact Fare For All by phone at 763-450-3880, by email at info@fareforall.org or by visiting them online at fareforall.org.

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Left: Janel Heinen of Holdingford filled out her shopping list at Resurrection Lutheran Church, before handing the list off to a volunteer who would fill a cart for her and help her load it into her car.

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Right: Natalia Gall (left) helps Carissa Hopkins of St. Cloud load groceries into her car at Resurrection Lutheran Church. Hopkins heard about “Fare for All” from a co-worker this summer, and has been coming ever since. Gall is a senior at the College of St. Benedict, and is volunteering through the AKS sorority.

Children enjoy workshop of wonders at VBS by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com

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Workshop of Wonders Vacation Bible School participants and volunteers practice a new song during VBS week.

Area children, ages 4 through sixth grade, celebrated Vacation Bible School Aug. 3-7 at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in St. Joseph. This year, 104 children from the St. Joseph area explored a Workshop of Wonders theme. The program focused on participants imagining, building, growing, working and walking with God. VBS was coordinated between three area churches: RLC, St. Joseph Catholic Church and Gateway Community Church. The coordinators of VBS were Rachel Kuebelbeck from RLC, Marian Bach from St. Joseph’s and Pastor Bruce Tessen from Gateway. “Many past students have come back to be leaders,” Kuebelbeck said. “The children are learning to use ordinary things and make them extraordinary.” “What another incredible week of community Vacation Bible School,” Tessen said. “A great group of volunteers from

all three St. Joseph churches offered fun songs with actions, creative craft times, healthy snacks, active games and closing sessions to remind the children what they had learned each night. Each child also received a cool looking T-shirt with our theme – Workshop of Wonders (Imagine and Build with God).” “What a joy it is to see and hear over 100 kids and 50 adults singing to their heart’s content,” Bach said. “We ‘raise the roof’ praising God as a community of believers. This year’s VBS reminds us of the wonderful workshop of wonders our God has created.” VBS attendees participated in many fun, faith-based experiences. Activities included prayers, Bible stories, snacks, music, imagination station and more. “I loved making robots at the imagination station and singing and dancing at VBS,” Lila Meyer, 5, said. “This year’s curriculum included Bible stories that gave children an opportunity to meet people from the Bible who used

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Bearson played basketball while attending high school in Sartell. During Bearson’s funeral, Dave Angell, a former Sartell coach, told the congregation a story of disappointment that later turned into triumph. Bearson and the Sabres were playing a game against Albany High School when, to Bearson’s great disappointment, he missed a shot that could have won the game for the team. Angell told him such a failure can be a teachable moment. The next year, during a game vs. Albany again, Bearson made a shot that won the game for the Sartell Sabres.

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mother was allergic to peanuts and then he wouldn’t be able to give her kisses. Bearson’s older sister, Maddie, – his only sibling – said she had learned much from her younger brother, who was a kind of mentor to her in many ways. “I am proud to be his sister,” she said. Another speaker was Dave Angell, a former Sartell coach, who told the congregation a story of disappointment that later turned into triumph. Bearson and the Sabres were playing a game against Albany High School when, to Bearson’s great disappointment, he missed a shot that could have won the game for the team. Angell told him such a failure can be a teachable moment. The next year, during a game vs. Albany again, Bearson made a shot that won the game for the Sartell Sabres. Besides recalling his love of basketball, speakers at the funeral noted Bearson was a young man who was a good friend to many and a loving family member who had a promising future. After the funeral, a cousin, Ryan Walsh, read a family statement to the press outside the church. In the statement, the famcontributed photo St. Joseph Lions Club members (left to right) Matt Killam, Joe ily thanked law-enforcement Bechtold, Keith Schleper and Dennis Loecken recently handed investigators, family, friends out frozen ice treats to children in the T-ball program at the and relatives for an outpourMillstream Park in St. Joseph. The club recently donated ing of support. The family also $2,500 to the summer recreation program for new bats, balls thanked the media for respecting family privacy during a and other supplies and coaching expenses. time of such grief and sadness. The family is hoping the perpetrator(s) can be arrested so “justice can be served.” Tom Bearson touched so many people, the statement read, that “that thought brings us strength.” The family members have so many times asked themselves, “Why Tom?” “The only thing we can come up with is the basketball team in heaven must have needed a point guard.” photo by Janelle Von Pinnon The statement ended with These sandhill cranes were spotted earlier this week along CR the family urging all parents 121 just south of St. Joseph between Township Hall and Ken“to hug your children and tell nedy Community School. them you love them.”

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Investigation of Bearson death continues Two missing objects – a white Nike tennis shoe and a silver-colored iPhone – are possible clues into what happened to Thomas Gregory Bearson of Sartell, whose body was found Sept. 23 in Moorhead. Investigators have widely disseminated a request for anybody who finds one or both of those objects to notify them immediately. The tennis shoe (a left shoe) is a white Nike Air Jordan, size 9-1/2; the silver phone is an iPhone5. Bearson, the Moorhead police have said, died as a result of “homicidal violence.” He was a student studying nursing at North Dakota State University in Fargo when he was reported missing Sept. 21. After widespread searching for him, his body was found in the lot of an RV business the morning of Sept. 23 in Moorhead. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is assisting in the investigation. Information

about how Bearson died has not been released by authorities, who may not know exactly what happened until all test results have been completed by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office. Students at Sartell High School have established a fund in memory of Tom Bearson for his family. On Sept. 26, there was a moment of silence and prayer to honor Bearson at the Sartell Sabres’ football game, and players wore “T.B” (Tom Bearson) stickers on their helmets in honor of the former outstanding Sabre basketball player. Anyone with information as to what may have happened to Bearson should call the Red River Regional Dispatch Center at 701-451-7660. The Sartell Police Department could also be contacted so any information could be passed on to the proper investigators. The Sartell P.D. number is 320-251-8186.

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