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Town Crier Veterans Day brunch set Saturday, Nov. 11
The Sartell Senior Connection will honor local veterans with a free brunch at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S. Veterans and one guest will eat free of charge. There is limited space; RSVP to Ann at 320-253-4036 option 4 by Monday, Nov. 6.
Community food shelf seeks assistant coordinator
The St. Joseph Community Food Shelf is looking for an assistant coordinator. Some of the duties would be opening the food shelf on Thursdays, doing some computer work and helping to buy groceries when lead coordinator is unable to, which happens about three times a year. Takes on average about five hours a week at most. If interested, please call Ann Scherer at 320-363-4179.
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Adopt a family for Christmas
Catholic Charities’ Share the Spirit program matches families who are experiencing hardship with groups of people who want to adopt such a family for Christmas. The organization is accepting donors to adopt families now. Visit www.ccstcloud.org for details and to fill out an online donor form by midnight on Oct. 31. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 27 Criers.
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Teen scores major role in Drinking Habits 2 by Vicki Ikeogu news@thenewsleaders.com
If all the world’s a stage, St. Joseph native Mitchell Brown certainly wants a part. At 17, the St. John’s Preparatory School junior has been bitten hard by the acting bug. “I didn’t get my first major role until last year,” Brown said. “But I’ve been doing theater since I was seven.” During the past 10 years, Brown has perfected his skills from his first play, in GREAT Theatre’s production of Aladdin – he was a mini genie – to this fall’s Great Northern Theater Company’s production of Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act where Brown plays the lovable but clueless groundskeeper George. “I decided against doing the fall play at my school because I was doing soccer and I didn’t want to have to do the play and soccer,” Brown said. “But then Amy (Hunter, the director of ‘Drinking Habits 2’) said ‘Hey, we’re doing Drinking Habits 2, we’d love you to try out for George.’ And I said sure, I’d give it a shot and lo and behold, here we are.” Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act takes place eight months after the conclusion of Brown • back page
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Mitchell Brown (center) practices his lines with fellow castmates Linda Gustafson (left) of St. Cloud, and Jennifer Wirz, of Richmond. Brown will play the role of George the groundskeeper in the upcoming GNTC production of Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act.
BAC has a long (and spooky) history at CSB by Vicki Ikeogu news@thenewsleaders.com
It was an ambitious dream to have in this part of the county – even by today’s standards. But that did not deter the sisters of St. Benedict’s Monastery from pursuing their goal of creating a destination arts and cultural center in St. Joseph during the late 1950s.
Fast-forward just more than 50 years and the Benedicta Arts Center, 37 College Ave. S, remains one of the College of St. Benedict’s – and the area’s – premiere cultural centers for music, theater and dance. “The sisters of the monastery were really very concerned with making sure this part of Minnesota had the best resources to attract artists from all over
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Aspen, a purebred bloodhound, and her Stearns County Sheriff’s department deputy K-9 partner, Eric Schultz, recently trained with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Fredericksburg, Virginia. See full story on page 7.
mored to be haunted by the spirit of a man named Steve, who died during construction of the building. Legend has it Steve is known to shatter lights during performances, and some people have even claimed to have run into him – in a solid, but invisible form. Rumors of apparent haunted status have surfaced throughout BAC • page 3
Somalis hold prayer vigil, share concerns by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Teal Pumpkin Project supports kids with allergies, special diets
Houses in the neighborhoods of Iris Lane NE, Hickory Drive and Jasmine Lane in St. Joseph will have teal pumpkins in their driveways on Oct 31. These pumpkins symbolize that kids with food allergies or special diets can still participate in trick-ortreating at that location. Non-edible items such as pencils, books, toys, coloring books and crayons, tooth paste, bubbles and more will be handed out at these locations. Approximately 30 houses will be participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project.
the country,” said Kevin Knodl, CSB/SJU fine arts programming director of operations. “They made the conscious decision of creating the best possible building.” But along with developing a state-of-the-art performance center, the BAC is rumored to be home to more than just artists. According to website hauntedplaces.org, the BAC is ru-
Dozens of St. Cloud Somali residents gathered on the afternoon of Oct. 21 at Lake George in St. Cloud for a prayer Eyow vigil and a show of solidarity after a terrorist bombing in their home country sent shock waves far and wide. The vigil at Lake George also followed other developments that brought concern to the Somalis who live in the cities of the greater St. Cloud area. Those developments include more van-
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dalism to an Islamic center in Bloomington and the death in the terrorist bombing of a Somali man from Bloomington. In a more local development, a St. Cloud City Council member has made a proposal to place a temporary moratorium on any and all refugees to the St. Cloud area. At the Lake George vigil, there were prayers recited from several faiths. All who participated, including many non-Somalis, prayed for peace, unity and a condemnation of violence wherever it happens. The vigil was organized by Zamzam Mohamud, a young woman; and Ahmed Ali. Both live in the St. Cloud area. Among the non-Somalis who attended the vigil were St. Vigil • page 5
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Joetown Christmas Treasure Sale Nov. 3-5 by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Congratulations to the CMYSA Fall U12 Girls C3 Hurricanes Travel Soccer Team as they placed first in the 2017 Fall MYSA State Tournament held Oct. 13-15 in Rochester. This was the proverbial “icing on the cake,” as they finished their season undefeated in both MYSA fall league and MYSA state tournament. They played four games over two days defeating Crow River (4-1), Lake View (5-1), Mankato (1-0) and the final championship game against Crow River (3-1). The Hurricanes are coached by Sartell residents James Simmons, head coach, and Glen Tautges and Sue Kloetzer, assistant coaches. The Hurricanes are made up of girls from all around Central Minnesota, and will continue to be great assets to their middle school and high school programs. Team members include the following: (front row, left to right) Clara
Schad – St Katharine Drexel, St Cloud; Annabelle Tautges – Sartell Middle School; Kenndi Gack – Prince of Peace Lutheran, St Cloud; Madden Quinn – South Junior High, St. Cloud; and Alexis Polinder – Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic, St. Augusta; (middle row) Olivia Beniek – Kennedy Community School, St. Joseph; Allie Hoffman – Avon Elementary; Courtney Brambrink – St. John’s Area, Foley; and Molly Simmons – Sartell Middle School; and (back row) Assistant Coach Glen Tauges; Riley Kloetzer – Sartell Middle School; Jayna Benson - South Junior High; Avalon Heckman – Sartell Middle School; and Head Coach James Simmons. Not pictured: Assisant Coach Sue Kloetzer; Addie Mondloch – St. Cloud, Lillie Poetz - South Junior High; and Sophie Wieland – Sartell Middle School.
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Purchased treasures don’t always need to be new items but can be items someone else might no longer be using. Shoppers will have a chance to find some “Christmas treasures” while helping fund restoration of the Church of St. Joseph Catholic Church organ at the second annual Joetown Christmas Treasures sale. The sale will be held from noon-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4; and 9 a.m.-noon Sunday, Nov. 5 in the church’s Heritage Hall Parish Center. Church members have donated many items for the sale, and shoppers will find an array of slightly-used Christmas treasures of all kinds. Marjorie Henkemeyer, parish nurse, said there is something for everyone, including ornaments, trees, figurines, wreaths, outdoor Christmas display items and so much
more. “We are so fortunate to have generous church and community members who have donated beautiful items for the sale and volunteer to help set up and work at the sale,” Henkemeyer said. “This year’s Christmas raffle will include a set of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls and other special items.” The proceeds of the sale will be used to help pay for cleaning, electrical repair and tonal enhancements of the church’s pipe organ. Henkemeyer said last year’s sale raised $5,000. “We were so excited to raise $5,000,” she said. “The organ restoration project will cost around $160,000. The Willing Hands Christmas Sale is one more way to assist in raising the money.” The church organ was installed in 1973 by pipe-organ consultant Arthur Kurtzman Jr. and assistant K.C. Marrin. The sale is being hosted by the church’s Willing Hands
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Church of St. Joseph music director David Orzechowski jokes around with parish staff last year as he examines the church pipe organ with a stethoscope. Proceeds from the second annual Joetown Christmas Treasures sale will go toward helping pay for cleaning and restoration of the organ. group, along with many other area volunteers. To volunteer at the sale or for more information, contact Henkemeyer at 320-363-4588 or mhenk2929@aol.com.
St. John’s Abbey and University announce completion of the largest capital campaign in their history Forward Ever Forward: The campaign for St. John’s raised nearly $190 million St. John’s Abbey and University have announced the conclusion of the largest, most ambitious capital campaign in their history. Forward Ever Forward: The Campaign for St. John’s, which launched in 2013, exceeded its goal of $160 million by raising $188 million to support the future of St. John’s. The campaign theme – Forward Ever Forward – originates from the inspiring words of Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, OSB, founder of the first Benedictine monastery in the United States: “Forward, always
forward, everywhere forward.” “The generosity displayed by so many people advances St. John’s pioneering spirit and our mission of renewing the fabric of community, a mission that is even more vital today than when we launched the campaign four years ago,” said Abbot John Klassen, OSB, leader of St. John’s Abbey, one of the world’s largest Benedictine monasteries. “The initiatives made possible through the support of our generous donors builds upon St. John’s tradition of educational excellence for an even greater future,” said Michael Hemesath, president of
SJU. “This Catholic, Benedictine, liberal-arts education – rooted in community – prepares students for a lifetime of learning, character development, service and leadership that are greatly needed in today’s world.” St. John’s is characterized by a long tradition of faith, innovation and excellence that began in 1856 with the establishment of a Benedictine monastery and the founding of SJU in 1857. To read this story in its entirety including major initiatives funded by this campaign, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 27 St. Joseph people.
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BAC from front page the years with the most recent publication of paranormal activity being documented in the Oct. 28, 1999 issue of The Record from St. John’s University. The 1999 report states a campus security officer was in the process of locking up the BAC when he heard footsteps in the building. After calling the Waite Park Police Department, the canine unit showed up. The dogs had been reportedly excited and began barking loudly and chasing unseen objects into rooms only to have doors slammed in their faces. No person was ever found in the building. Heidi Steffens, a paranormal energy consultant with the Minnesota Paranormal Research Society, doesn’t believe the sometimes-odd occurrences in the BAC are attributed to Steve. On Oct. 20, Steffens and one of her colleagues went in energetically to the BAC to investigate. “We saw this guy named Steve,” Steffens said. “He’s in the background watching. But he isn’t causing the problems. He’s just watching it happen. He looks kind of helpless.” Steffens, who has been working in the paranormal field for about 20 years, believes the cause for the odd occurrences in the building is more related to conflicting energy forces. “There are arrows of energy
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com coming from outside the building,” she said. “They could be activity coming from the land or what the land is made up of. They are running like straightline winds into the building and going back stage. But the problem is that energy is hitting an actual person (or persons). Someone who is alive and has very strong, very angry energy.” Steffens said the collision of the natural energy and the angry energy is the reason for a lot of the paranormal activity present in the BAC. “And Steve is caught (in the middle) because people keep thinking it’s him,” Steffens said. “And that is what’s keeping him here. It’s a really bad situation for him. He didn’t want to die there, but now he’s stuck.” Steffens said Steve’s only chance of escape would be if someone helped him pass on to the other side. Steffens believes it’s not uncommon for schools and very popular institutions like the BAC to have an influx of paranormal activity. “Schools are pretty active with so much energy, focus and emotion (being felt there),” she said. “And the fact everything is always changing means a constant stream of new energy.”
About the BAC
Named after Mother Benedicta Riepp, the founder of the Benedictine women of the United States, the Benedicta Arts Center was planned and designed from 1959 through 1962.
“The sisters got the architects (Hammel Green & Abrahamson Inc.) to drive them around to see other performing arts centers in the area,” Knodl said. “They had a vision.” According to CSB archives, the original outline for the BAC was only supposed to contain an auditorium and an additional small theater. But HGA architects persuaded the sisters to look to the future and design a multi-use arts center. Those plans included, among others, a music hall with multiple classrooms, a music library, six art studios and an eight-rank pipe organ. “The biggest thing the sisters intended was to have the capability to house a full orchestra on stage,” Knodl said. Groundbreaking for the BAC took place in November 1962 with the project being completed in two years. In total, the project cost about $3 million. The first year after the BAC was completed, there were nine CSB/SJU students majoring in the fine arts. Ten years later, that number jumped to 200. During the course of its 53year history on the CSB campus, the BAC has undergone several renovations. The most prominent was the 2003 comprehensive campaign that raised $10 million for the building to add on a new portion and build an endowment to subsidize finearts programming. That project started in May 2005 and was completed by September 2006. Today, Knodl said about one-fourth of current students have frequented the BAC. It’s comprised of the Escher Au-
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Top: The Benedicta Arts Center. This photo was taken in 1965. At right: An auditorium inside the Benedicta Arts Center. The date this photo was taken is unknown. ditorium; the Gorecki Family Theater; the blackbox Colman Theater; the outdoor Darnall Amphitheater; the Helgeson Dance Studio; the Recital Hall; the Music Rehearsal Hall; the Small Ensemble Rehearsal Hall; the Studio Theater; the Music Library; the Organ Studio; the Percussion Studios; various art galleries; and classrooms. Acts such as the U.S. Navy Band, This American Life radio program host Ira Glass and dancer Jessica Lang have all performed in the BAC in recent years. “That’s the way the sisters’ intended it,” Knodl said. “The
sisters at the time – and now – both appreciate and honor the arts. They wanted the arts to be an important part of campus. It’s part of the Benedictine tradition.” As for the rumored haunting, Knodl, a 10-year employee with CSB/SJU, doesn’t buy it. “For the record, I don’t think it’s haunted,” Knodl said. “I’ve been in this building enough times. It’s just a rumor.” But whether for its tradition of providing quality performances or the history in local folklore, the Benedicta Arts Center will continue to remain a staple for CSB and St. Joseph.
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At left: Stearns History Museum archivist Jessie Storlien (right) works with ASA sixth-graders Rhianna Sieben (back) and Olivia Kremer (front) at the research center to gather information. Above: ASA parent volunteer Ann Sieben (upper center) and sixth-grade teacher Susan Huls (in pink) work with sixth-graders (clockwise from left) Mary Clare Colberg, Rhianna Sieben, Olivia Kremer, Spencer Scholz and Tyler Smith at the research center.
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All Saints Academy-St. Joseph sixth-graders recently discovered the excitement of primary sources as keys to unlock the past at the Stearns County History Museum. Students learned about the museum while spending some time there researching various primary sources. Teacher Susan Huls said students are so used to looking for information online that she wanted to show them primary sources that can help them tell interesting factual stories about the county’s past. One student, for instance, is interested in the 1918 flu epidemic and found a folder full of newspaper articles describing what happened to families in the country when the flu struck. Another student, whose father works at the St. Cloud Hospital, found a folder with information about what has changed throughout the years at the hospital. Another student researched
interesting features of the Pan automobile, and yet another student researched famed Sauk Centre author Sinclair Lewis and his Nobel and Pulitzer prizes. Students commented about their experiences with the research. “I liked learning about the people in Stearns County who fought in the wars,” said Mary Clare Colberg. “I really enjoyed learning about Sam Pandolfo’s (car-manufacturing) business and his personal story,” Spencer Scholz said. “I loved going in the back and seeing all their other stuff that wasn’t out on display yet,” said Olivia Kremer. “I liked choosing a topic and doing more research on it,” Sophia Botz said. “I learned the OK Cafe (in downtown St. Cloud) was open 24 hours.” “I thought it was cool the research center had articles about events and people back from the early 1900s,” said Emma Zaun. “I liked watching the other people doing research and
watching the helpers help them,” Tyler Smith said. “I liked seeing all of the documents they had in the folders,” said Ella Morris. Huls and the students worked with Julianne O’Connell, the museum’s program curator; Steve Penick, director of archives; and Jessie Storlien, archivist. O’Connell visited the students’ classroom Sept. 21 to discuss museums and what primary sources are. The students and Huls then toured the museum exhibits and archive rooms and went to the research center to begin looking into their topics on Sept. 22. Penick and Storlien pulled the information from the library and archives for the students, who began their research that day. “I’m working with All Saints Academy sixth-graders on establishing a relationship between the school and the museum to help students begin to understand what primary resources are and why they are so important,” O’Connell ASA • back page Country Manor
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Vigil from front page Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis and Catholic Bishop Donald Kettler, who both offered their condolences, their support Kleis and prayers for solidarity, peace, unity and a condemnation of violence. The following are summaries of recent developments that have caused such deep concern among Somalis and of people of good will everywhere:
Bombing
On Oct. 14, a truck bomb exploded at a busy intersection in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia in East Africa. The bomb, believed to have been detonated by the extremist group that calls itself al-Shabaab, killed more than 350 people and injured hundreds. Since there is only one hospital in Mogadishu, surviving victims had to be airlifted to
facilities in Turkey and nearby East African countries, Kenya and Sudan. Among those killed was Ahmed AbdiKarin Eyow of Bloomington, the father of three young children. Eyow had returned to Somalia to visit relatives and to apply for a job with the United Nations. He had just checked into the Safari Hotel and was resting when the shattering bomb exploded, killing him instantly. He had planned the next day to apply for the United Nations job in hopes he could help his home country and its long-suffering people who have been decimated by three decades of strife, warfare and starvation. Eyow was a member of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, which was bombed on the morning of Aug. 4 while about a dozen people were at the center for a morning prayer gathering. No one was injured. The perpetrators of the bombing have not yet been arrested. On Oct. 8, that same Bloomington Islamic Center was broken into and vandalized. That crime also has not yet been solved. Throughout recent years, the same kinds of vandalism have plagued Islamic facilities in the
Call for moratorium
Two weeks ago, St. Cloud City Council member Jeff Johnson, who represents the city’s Fourth Ward, has requested a temporary moratorium on any refugee resettlement in St. Cloud.
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St. Cloud area. According to news reports, Eyow, who was born in Somalia in 1967, had to flee when the government disintegrated in 1991, causing outbreaks of chaos and violence. Like millions of other Somalis, he became a refugee in refugee camps as a civil war and other forms of strife and suffering tore the country apart. After a long time of being vetted, Eyow was allowed to come to the United States in 1998, and he soon settled in Minnesota, where he married and raised his three children. Working as a welder, he missed his home country and longed to return. Like many Minnesota Somalis, he searched for ways he could help his country and its people – directly or indirectly. His dream was to bring stability to Somalia so the processes of peace and democracy could take root. Eyow earned a bachelor’s degree in human services just last year.
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Johnson said before any more refugees are allowed, there should be a full accounting of how city residents’ tax money is being spent on refugee support. Johnson said he would also like Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, which is one organization that helps refugees, to prove it’s in full compliance with federal requirements. Johnson’s temporary moratorium would apply only to “primary” refugees, which are people who come from other countries and then move right away to St. Cloud. Groups and individuals, statewide and locally, have strongly denounced Johnson’s proposal, using adjectives such as “embarrassing” and “despicable.” St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis has noted many times St. Cloud does not pay any funds for refugee resettlement. Those kinds of funds come through the counties via the federal government, he has stated. Kleis said the city council should focus not on moratoriums but rather how to make the city a welcoming and prosperous place for all of its residents. At its last meeting, the council voted 5-1 (Johnson voting no) to approve a resolution calling St. Cloud a “just and welcoming commu-
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nity.” Council member George Hontos was not at the council meeting when the vote was taken. Johnson’s moratorium proposal will be discussed at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 at the St. Cloud City Council meeting, St. Cloud City Hall at 400 Second St. S. Another opponent of the moratorium proposal is UniteCloud, a group of people of all faiths and cultures who promote crosscultural understanding, communication, education and kindness among all residents in the St. Cloud area. The group and its website were founded by Natalie Ringsmuth of Waite Park and Hassan Yussuf of St. Cloud. For more about UniteCloud, see its website at www.unitecloud.org.
Fundraiser
Somalis in Minnesota have started a fundraising effort to help in the aftermath of the bombing in Mogadishu. They hope to raise $100,000 to help the victims, many of whom were severely burned and lacerated. For more information or to contribute, go to: gofundme. com/resilience-and-recoveryfor-victims.
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Most of us, at one time or another, feel as if we’re in a rut. Some turn to self-help books and/or motivational speakers. Trouble is, motivational speakers are a dime a dozen these days. Yes, some of them are excellent and truly inspiring, but most of them deliver the same old trite, feel-goodwarm-fuzzy clichés gussied up in new costumes, bromides such as “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Shawn Anderson, a motivational speaker, seems to be one of the excellent ones, a real mover-and-shaker in effecting good changes in people’s lives and in society in general. Anderson is the founder of the “Extra Mile America” movement of more than 500 American cities are members. Only one Minnesota city, Blaine, was on the roster in 2016; seven others – Duluth, Edina, Mankato, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Rochester and St. Paul – have joined since last year. Back in 2009, Anderson decided to bicycle across the United States, from San Francisco to Boston, even though he had never been much of a biker before. During that trip, he stopped at many places to talk to people and discovered many people with stories of personal tragedies and failures had overcome them by bucking up, changing their attitudes and “going the extra mile.” Anderson learned many insights on his bike trip and subsequent travels and founded the “Extra Mile America” movement. Its purpose is to recognize and create “the capacity we have for positive change in our families, our organization, our communities and ourselves when we go the extra mile.” Nov. 1 is “Extra Mile Day” in the nearly 6,000 cities. On that day, leaders in those cities honor those who have gone the “extra mile” to improve their lives, other people’s lives and the quality of life in their cities. Many thousands of people have been recognized in cities in previous years and even more will be honored this Nov. 1. All of the honorees have gone “the extra mile” in one way or another, refusing to sit still and complain or whine about life’s bad knocks or their personal disappointments and failures. Instead they decided to bounce back, to connect, to volunteer, to reach out, to do something. Their actions ricocheted positively all through the lives of those they touched. Anderson, the author of six inspirational books, has a knack of recycling old wisdoms into new words. Here are just three of his tips for rut-wallowers: • “If you’re unhappy with your life, look in the mirror. You created your life dis-satisfaction, and you can un-create it too. Want out of the rut? Quit making excuses, pointing fingers and waiting for a hero to rescue you out of your funk. Be your own hero.” • “Don’t expect overnight miracles. It’s impossible to reinvent yourself overnight. Massive change just doesn’t happen that way. But transformation does happen when we take small steps toward change daily. Single-change steps daily add up to big changes eventually.” • “Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Waiting for the perfect scenario to unfold before we make changes only prolongs our existence in the rut. Don’t wait for the stars to fall into perfect alignment. Live and live now because tomorrow may never happen.” Yes, we’ve heard variations of those tips before, but – somewhat clichéd or not – they are truisms we should all take to heart. It would be nice if all cities in central Minnesota would join the “Extra Mile America” movement. Churches, schools and individuals can join, too. To find out how, visit the movement’s website at www.ExtraMileAmerica.org. Let’s all help one another get out of our ruts – individual or collective ones.
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Opinion Don’t fuss; have fun making pizzas Last week in this column I shared a new discovery – Roberta’s Pizza Dough, a recipe I happened to see in The New York Times from a pizza joint in Brooklyn, N.Y. This week I’d like to offer a couple of my favorite recipes, along with some tips. Pizza stone For a really scrumptious, crispy, well-risen crust a pizza stone is vital. They can be found at most hardware stores. Please get one that is at least 15 inches in diameter if it’s round. That’s because it’s easier to slide a 12-inch round pizza onto them if they are at least a couple inches bigger than the size of the pizza. I have a rectangular one, 14 x 20. Works great. Sorry, can’t remember where I bought it. Pizza peel They’re shaped like a big flat paddle with a handle. If you don’t want to buy one, you can make do by using a heavy piece of cardboard from which to slide your dough onto the hot stone. Mushroom pizza Place pizza stone on very bottom shelf of the oven. Then turn the oven to 500 degrees and pre-heat it for 30 minutes, at least. While oven is heating, prepare the mushrooms: Use about one-half of a package of fresh button mushrooms or Portobello mushrooms, cut into 1/8th-inch slices. 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 Tbsp. butter A couple wee pinches of dried thyme ¼ tsp. kosher salt A few grinds of fresh pepper In a large skillet, sauté mushrooms in oil and butter on medium-high heat. Add thyme, salt, pepper and sauté while stirring, 5 minutes max. You want them to be somewhat chewy, not mushy.
Dennis Dalman Editor Turn off burner, leave mushrooms in skillet. Now, sprinkle a layer of corn meal on your pizza peel and rub it all over, making sure there are corn-meal grains, like tiny ball bearings, all over the “paddle” part. Roll out a 12-inch round of pizza dough. Using fingertips, dimple the surface of the dough all over. Place rolled-out dough onto the corn-mealed pizza peel. Use a regular spoon to spread pizza sauce over the dough (I like the Contadinabrand pizza sauce that comes in a squeeze bottle.) Cover the sauce with a nice thick layer of shredded (or fresh) mozzarella. Sprinkle a bit of salt over the cheese and six or seven grindings of black pepper. Then pat the cheese down gently so it stays put. Sprinkle red-pepper flakes over top. Use a slotted spoon to remove mushrooms from skillet and place them on top of the cheese layer. After the oven has pre-heated for at least 30 minutes, turn the heat down to 450 degrees. Place the pizza peel right above the hot stone at a slight downward angle, then gently jerk the peel toward you, allowing the pizza to slide off nicely onto the stone. Bake 10 minutes. Remove pizza from stone by using a large spatula to separate it from the stone, then coax and slide pizza onto a cookie sheet. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting. When serving, I sprinkle some Kraft-
brand canister parmesan cheese on the top. White-sauce pizza Prepare dough as noted above. Spread 4 Tbsp. of heavy cream over the top (or you can use 2 Tbsp. milk mixed with 2 Tbsp. sour cream.). Add mozzarella, salt, pepper. Sprinkle red-pepper flakes on top. Then add one or two other kinds of meltable cheeses on top. I use four of those deli slices of provolone cheese, torn in pieces, as well as some fresh parmesan cheese. Add your toppings of choice, although this white-sauce one is plenty tasty as just a cheese pizza. Bake as in recipe above. Clean-up Be sure to remove the pizza stone and clean it after it cools. Also wipe out the very bottom of the oven with damp paper towels to clean it of any burned corn-meal grains. Guests A 12-inch pizza is fine for one or two people. But if you have more guests, it’s not difficult to just keep rolling out more dough and baking more pizzas one after another. In fact, you can make a “party” of the process, with everyone helping. Don’t overload I like plain-Jane pizzas that aren’t too gussied up. If you add too many toppings, the dough can get soggy; you might as well make a casserole. Less is more. Some of my other favorite toppings are pepperoni, Canadian bacon and pineapple, and spinach and crisp bacon pieces (on the white-sauce version). I sometimes add fresh herbs, especially basil leaves. And quite often I grind up fennel seeds with mortar-and-pestle and sprinkle pinches of it over the layer of sauce. Pizza-making should be fun. Don’t fuss. Suit yourself. Try any toppings you think you’ll like. And then – delizioso! – enjoy.
Civil discourse crucial to democracy If you don’t believe in civil discourse, you don’t believe in democracy. Several weeks ago, I attended the 2017 Eugene J. McCarthy lecture featuring former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at St. John’s University. The theme for the evening’s conversation was “Conscience and Courage in Public Life,” rare qualities in today’s political culture. While Bush spoke on many topics, including Donald Trump, North Korea, education and infrastructure reform, one underlying theme found its way into every discussion – civil discourse. When done correctly, civil discourse is the ability to constructively communicate your ideas using integrity, compromise and humility. It does not will the destruction of the opponent but seeks the closest version of the truth through facts, analysis, reasoning and listening to solve the nation’s problems and accomplish its goals. What many seem to forget is that this country was built upon division. The Founders purposefully designed natural friction between the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of government so no one branch of government would become too powerful. Instead, they created a Constitution that warranted dialogue and compromise by all parties to put forth the best strategy that would benefit all people. Thus, the American democratic system was conceived. This is not to say it was easy. Much was at stake for those who were creating
Rachel Mohs Guest Writer the new government, and it took great courage and patience to accomplish what I’m sure at times seemed overwhelming and impossible. However, the American culture was different back then; it was much more different 50 years ago than now with the advancement of the Internet age and social media drastically changing the way we communicate with one another. Through social media, we allow ourselves to be brainwashed by the news we read, the news we agree with. Thus, we’ve created a society of self-righteous, intolerant people who hold their own beliefs to the highest standards while disrespecting and disregarding those who strongly believe something different from our own. Both sides preach tolerance and equality but only impart equality and tolerance on those people who believe the same as they do. Those who disagree are often met with lawsuits, hatred, condemnation and violence. We criticize politicians and leaders who, after gathering all the facts on a given issue, change their positions. We call politicians liars and traitors for admitting they were wrong, believing humility to be a sign of weakness. We value
our political affiliation and personal fame ahead of the individuals who make up this great, diverse nation. We act as if the words “compromise” and “bipartisanship” mean to give up on your own party, those who have gotten you there and those on whom you depend for their support. James Gottry, director of marketing and legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, hit the nail on the head when he wrote “forcing conformity in a diverse society doesn’t unite, it divides. And believing you must separate yourself from – or punish – those who hold views different than your own only exacerbates the problem. You begin to see those ‘others’ not as friends, neighbors and colleagues who add something unique to the diverse fabric of our nation, but as faceless impediments to a never-never land where ‘everyone thinks like me (or they will when they grow up).’” We must not underestimate the power of bipartisanship and compromise to make our society and government stronger. We must set aside our pride and judgment of others so we may have the courage to discuss the hard but crucial issues dividing our nation. Civil discourse is the backbone of a functioning democratic society. Without it, no democratic state will survive. Rachel Mohs is a recent graduate of St. Mary’s University of Minnesota where she majored in political science with a double minor in sociology and theology.
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Friday, Oct. 27 Park Escape: Into the Woods, sponsored by HIKEhoppers, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. starting every hour, Kraemer Lake-Wildwood, 29700-29832 Kipper Road, St. Joseph. St. Cloud Stand Down, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., St. Cloud National Guard Armory, 1710 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. stcloudstanddown@outlook.com. Princess Who?, a play performed by Sartell Middle School sixth-graders about a girl who wakes up in a forest with no memory, 7 p.m., Sartell High School Auditorium. Nominal fee. Saturday, Oct. 28 Park Escape: Into the Woods, sponsored by HIKEhoppers, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. starting every hour, Kraemer Lake-Wildwood, 29700-29832 Kipper Road, St. Joseph. Sartell Area Churches Craft & Bake Sale, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier School, 308 Second St. N., Sartell. Halloween Historia, a peanutfree, family-friendly, non-scary event, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. Princess Who?, a play performed by Sartell Middle School sixth-graders about a girl who wakes up in a forest with no memory, 1 p.m., Sartell High School Auditorium. Nominal fee. Park
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Stearns County K-9 trains with FBI by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Bloodhound dogs, such as one named Aspen, are known for their reputation of tracking scents to assist in locating people. Aspen, a Stearns County Sheriff’s Department purebred bloodhound, recently received training with the Federal Bureau of Investigation at one of its facilities located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She is Eric Schultz’s first K-9 partner. Schultz, who is a senior sheriff’s deputy, has worked with the Stearns County department for 10 years. Aspen and Schultz attended a week of training that included classroom and field work. During that training, both were assessed on their working abilities and running training scenarios. Bloodhounds work off human scent, and each person’s scent is different. They are a scent-discriminating K-9 and are usually used with criminal cases. Bloodhounds have been known to track scent that can be several days old.
“A bloodhound program is a huge asset to the citizens of Stearns County and has endless possibilities,” Schultz said. “(Bloodhounds) can help locate missing children/adults, along with assisting with criminal investigations by linking a suspect to the scene of a crime or linking multiple crimes together.” Schultz said because Stearns County has the only two law-enforcement canines in Minnesota, they have been called on to assist several agencies throughout the state. Aspen has already assisted with several criminal and missing-persons cases. Her oldest track was a four-day-old case of a missing person in Minneapolis, where she assisted with locating a direction of travel and the location of the missing person. Aspen came from the Kody Snodgrass Memorial Foundation, doing business as 832 K-9’s Deputy Dogs, and was trained in Florida. Snodgrass was a deputy sheriff in Florida before he died after an off-duty motorcycle accident. Aspen • back page
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even if audience members did not catch the original – which debuted last fall – the actors will bring everyone up to speed rather quickly. “In the original story, two of the nuns are making wine un-
dercover to raise money for the convent,” Hunter said. “Mother Superior is dead set against any alcohol so they have to do it in the middle of the night and sift it off to the townspeople.” Hunter said the wine made by these two nuns ended up winning a prize. Two reporters, coming to investigate who made the wine, sneak into the convent dressed as a priest and a nun. “So there’s all these mistaken identities and it just gets crazier,” Hunter said. Fast forward and one of the two nuns – now known as Kate – has left the convent, has quickly married George and is pregnant with twins. Even though the babies are expected any day, Kate and George, along with the rest of the cast band together to help save a local orphanage through some “zany” tactics. The whole production is put
“Some parents might get challenged by their children for proof of all parental advice after this lesson, but they’ll be pleased to know their child won’t be sold the Brooklyn Bridge in the future,” she said. Some students brought copies of the materials back to their classroom to continue their writing. “The museum is quite a little gem,” Huls said. “I need to spend more time there.” She said their goal is to develop a display at school called “Stearns County Stories,” with student contributions of two to three paragraphs each, telling the stories of the topics students researched. The research will help the
students prepare for doing their own research for a “Minnesota Counties Fair” exhibit they will be reporting for in May. The sixth-graders chose counties they would like to learn about at the end of last year. Most chose counties to which they have a connection. Some visited the counties during the summer and picked up materials. All students wrote letters to the historical museums requesting information, and they have begun receiving materials from those counties. ASA school students, faculty, staff, parents and friends will be invited to the Minnesota Counties Fair exhibit this spring.
The FBI is seeking bloodhound teams around the country who can partner with them when needed to help in criminal cases. The FBI has used bloodhounds from the Kody Snodgrass Memorial Foundation 832 K-9’s Deputy Dogs to assist with solving high-profile crimes. “Without foundations like 832 K-9’s Deputy Dogs (Kody Snodgrass Memorial Foundation), we wouldn’t have these important and critical tools in the hands of law enforcement,” Schultz said. “The
foundation has been committed since the day our office received our bloodhounds to ensure a successful bloodhound program.” The organization has placed more than 210 bloodhounds across the United States and Australia. Deputy Snodgrass’s badge number was 0832, which is now incorporated with each bloodhound and the foundations name (832 K-9’s Deputy Dogs, and Aspen’s full name is 832 Aspen Colorado). See related photo on front page.
photo by Vicki Ikeogu
Mitchell Brown, 17, is playing the role of George the groundskeeper in the upcoming GNTC production of Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act. Brown, a junior at St. John’s Preparatory School, has been in nine productions since he started acting at the age of 7.
Brown from front page Drinking Habits, the original story. Director Amy Hunter said
ASA from page 4 said. “In the age of instant information, students need to know the difference between a primary source and a secondary source in order to sift out misinformation. Finding out the primary source and wanting to find that source of information is (a) solid skill that leads students to hone their critical-thinking skills.” O’Connell said they want students to question “How do you know that?” “Where does your information come from?” “What proof do you have?” when they are given any information.
Aspen from page 7 Snodgrass was a K-9 handler who worked with bloodhounds. His parents started the nonprofit organization to honor their son and to breed, raise and train bloodhounds for law-enforcement agencies. They also provide training for the new handlers to create an effective team who can help locate missing persons, suspects and more.
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on with a cast of eight people, the same as last year. However, Hunter said, three of the actors – including Brown – are new to the Drinking Habits 2 production. “(I decided to cast Mitchell as George) because he is so animated,” Hunter said. “He just plays this innocent, kind of absent-minded kind of guy so well.” This is Brown’s first non-musical performance and largest role he has had to date. In addition to his work with GNTC and some of his earlier work with GREAT, Brown has been in several productions at St. John’s Prep. One of his more recent roles in the St. John’s Prep production of Godspell even earned him a trip to the Twin Cities to showcase his dancing as part of the Spotlight Education awards
distributed by the Hennepin Theatre Trust. Brown said it’s been a bit of a struggle juggling soccer – which has temporarily ended – school, and the production. He said he’s often caught studying biology in between scenes or running a little late to practice because he was working on a paper. But for Brown, the added stress is worth it to further develop his passion for theater. “I don’t see me stopping any time soon,” he said. Brown and the rest of the Drinking Habits 2 cast will hold seven dinner-theater performances including one Sunday matinee at The Great Blue Heron in Cold Spring. The show runs Nov. 9-12 and Nov. 16-18. Tickets are available at gntc1.com or by calling 320-241-GNTC.
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