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Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 Volume 29, Issue 43 Est. 1989

Town Crier Winter market to be held Nov. 4

Sartell Winter Market will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday Nov. 4 at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road. N. Some of the many items available include the following: meat, eggs, vegetables from storage, micro greens, canned goods, baked treats, breads and many craft items. Come start your holiday shopping early. All items are grown, produced or crafted locally.

YCCM performs Sing On Nov. 5 at Paramount

The Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota with special guests Jearlyn Steele and Andrew Walesch will perform Sing On, an evening of unforgettable jazz, gospel and choral music featuring YCCM Cantanti and Con Brio choirs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St Cloud. For ticket information, call 320-2595463 or visit paramountarts.org.

Daylight saving time ends

Daylight saving time, which started in March, ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. Cable boxes, computers, cell phones and other high-tech devices will likely fall back without you having to do a thing. Residents should turn manual clocks back one hour before retiring Saturday evening, Nov. 4.

St. Joseph snow-season parking begins

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Renewed interest sparked in possible central Minnesota saint by Vicki Ikeogu news@thenewsleaders.com

Sister Annella Zervas may have physically left this earth almost a century ago, but people like St. Cloud’s Bren- Zervas dan King and Avon’s Patrick Norton believe she is still working miracles. Zervas died in 1926 in a painful and drawn-out suffering caused by Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris, which is a rare skin disorder that causes inflammation of the skin, thickening of the nails and hair loss. Since her death, Zervas had been the topic of devotion in circles around the world. According to a 1989 article in the Saint Cloud Visitor, a few

people had made reports of being cured of illnesses by praying to her in the year following her death. By 1932, a woman had claimed “she had taken a vine from her grave, put it in water, used the water in a bath and was relieved of a painful backache.” During the 1940s, Zervas’ grave site, in the grotto at St. Benedict’s Monestery in St. Joseph, was rumored to remain green year-round. Devotion and pilgrimages spread as pamphlets were printed proclaiming her holiness in French, German and even several Southeast Asian languages. Even though she was not officially canonized a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, she was unofficially venerated as one up until the 1960s. But then, silence. That was until King stumbled Saint • page 2

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A row of flags along CR 75 in St. Joseph blows fiercely in the wind Oct. 27 during the first snowfall of the season, just prior to Halloween.

Utility-communications upgrades approved by council by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com

At its Oct. 2 meeting, the St. Joseph City Council took major steps in approving upgrades that would improve the operational efficiency of the water-utilities communications system in the city. With city utilities such as water plants, lift stations and

other related utilities scattered at various sites throughout the city, the monitoring of the performance of the equipment becomes a difficult thing to do. In the past, the council has discussed a utility communications system referred to as SCADA. Essentially it’s a monitoring system that connects the various water utilities into one system to make them a more

St. Joseph city residents are reminded snow-season parking has begun. No parking is allowed on any city street between 2-7 a.m., now until April 1.

St. Francix Xavier to host blood drive

St. Francis Xavier will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 1-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6 at 308 Second St. N, Sartell. For more information, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

34th ‘Red Bull’ Infantry Division

The popular “World War 1 America” exhibit and the Minnesota History Center has been extended until Veteran’s Day on Nov. 11. On its final day, National Guard Officers and experts will speak on the 34th “Red Bull” Infantry Division’s 100 years of service as well as share it’s World War 1 stories. http://www.mnhs.org/calendar.

Flags, flurries and phantom nights

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Kennedy Community School eighth-grader Justin Funk shows the 17 boxes of books his grandmother, Alice Klasen of Melrose, donated for the school book drive for students in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey. Funk’s mother, Pam Funk, is a paraprofessional at Kennedy.

efficient operational system. “As far as lift stations go, right now we have to visit those every day,” said St. Joseph Public Works Director Terry Thene. “We do not have the data to trouble-shoot that. We have to physically go there.” Thene explained with the SCADA system, that data could be collected and transmitted to one central site. If there were

problems at a well site or lift station, that information would become available almost immediately, and personnel could be dispatched to address the problem. This would provide savings in man hours that could be put toward other needed maintenance of the system. In addition, the system would not only give details of Council • page 5

by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders

Elementary in Houston. The school is open, but many families were impacted by the flooding and children lost books at home. Palacios will organize the distribution of the books from St. Joseph to the children in Texas who need reading materials at home. A few of the books that have been collected for older readers will go to a local high school that was so badly damaged it won’t reopen until next year. Since Larson has a daughter, Piper, who attends seventh grade at Kennedy Community School, he reached out to Kennedy school principal, Laurie Putnam, because he thought students might have unwanted

Kennedy book drive for Texas exceeds hopes

When Derek Larson heard from his friends in the Houston, Texas area how many children were displaced and how schools were impacted after Hurricane Harvey went through the area, he knew he wanted to do something to help. Larson is a history and environmental-studies professor at the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University. He thought it would be a good idea to share some books he and his family had collected at home with children and schools that had lost books. His Houston teacher friend, Carola Lowe, connected him with Lupe Palacios at Frazier

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In Business

Holtz honored for 3 million accident-free miles

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On Oct. 21, Walmart presented the keys to a beautiful blue Peterbilt to Walmart driver Dean Holtz, who started his career with Walmart on May 10, 1995 and achieved this amazing milestone on April 7, 2017. He has spent his entire career with Walmart at DC 6825 in Menomonie, Wis. Holtz had previously spent 10 years driving for Bob Dietrich out of New Ulm and seven years with Fingerhut. He has acquired approximately 6 million miles overall in his driving career. Holtz and his wife Joan were accompanied by many family mem-

bers, including his mother who is 88-years-young and his dad, who was looking down from heaven. Also attending were six previously awarded 3 Million Milers and their spouses, several retired Walmart drivers, managers, current drivers, and shop and office associates. Holtz and his family enjoyed taking turns getting up into the cab and checking out the inside, including two nephews who work on trucks for a living. The entire team of Menomonie associates wish Holtz several more years of enjoyment working for Walmart in his new tractor.

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upon her information while volunteering at the Stearns History Museum nearly a decade ago. “For a lot of years I would spend time volunteering in the archives at the Stearns History Museum,” King said, “translating and transcribing oral history from German to English.” It was in 2008 when King began exploring the history of Sister Annella Zervas. Combing through archives within the monastery, King would uncover what he described as a compelling story on suffering and devotion to God. It was a story he published in December 2008 in the Catholic Family News.

Who was she?

Anna Cordelia Zervas was born in 1900 in Moorhead, Minnestoa. Zervas’ father, Hubert, wrote that at the early age of 15, Zervas had expressed a desire to enter into a spiritual life. According to the Rev. Joseph Kreuter’s 1931 account, Zervas

entered the convent of the Benedictine Sisters in St. Joseph in August 1915. By 1918, she became a novice of the Benedictine Order where she received the name Sister Mary Annella. She was more commonly known as Sister Annella. Sister Annella spent several years working as a music teacher at St. Mary’s Convent in Bismarck, N.D. In the 1957 book Ticket for Eternity: A Life of Sister Annella Zervas, OSB author James Kritzeck noted Sister Annella described her early days as a sister as those filled with pure joy. “Words cannot come near expressing the happiness of belonging to Jesus,” Zervas wrote. “But still a greater feast awaits me, if God wills, when I can say, ‘I am thine, my Jesus, forever.’” In 1922, Sister Annella Zervas made her final vows at St. Benedict’s and returned to her work in Bismarck. However, within about a year of those vows, Zervas began experiencing a persistent itch on her skin. That itch soon escalated. Zervas would spend several years meeting with doctors at St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, specialty clinics in Minneapo-

Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 lis and even the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Aside from a diagnosis of PRP, doctors and nurses were able to do very little to stop the itchy rash from spreading. By 1924, Sister Annella had become unrecognizable to her parents. It is written in an account by her father, Hubert, that: “The figure was bent; there was swelling around the eyes, one of which was practically closed; the sick person walked with great difficulty. There were no eyelashes, no eyebrows on that disfigured face.” Sister Annella’s sickness grew worse. In 1925, a stomach ailment made eating and drinking almost impossible. She was unable to participate in her daily duties and was confined to an upstairs room in her parents’ home. Sister Annella’s father chronicled with great detail the suffering of his third child. Details of her suffering included the graying of her skin, her flesh coming off in sheets and uncontrollable bouts of pain. It is noted through all of the suffering and pain, Sister Annella never lost her faith in God. Sister Annella is quoted as saying, “O Jesus, send me more pain, but give me strength to bear it.”

In Business

ReConvenings event continues the conversation about living and dying well Cathy Wurzer is back in town for a reConvening following this past spring’s engaging event, The Convenings, in Central Minnesota to inspire and motivate individuals and families to continue the conversations about living and dying well. Join Wurzer and special guests for an evening of music, storytelling and discussion from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Paramount Arts Center, St. Cloud. You will be invited into the home of Agnes Rogers, where her four adult-children and son-in-law gather following a visit to Agnes in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital in the play, “An Almost

Murder Mystery,” written and produced by Light the Legacy executive director, Lynn MacKenzie. Actors from Great Theatre will bring the play to life, joined by Merryn Jolkovsky, a palliative care doctor at St. Cloud Hospital, who makes her acting debut as the “doctor.” You won’t want to miss author, illustrator and musician, Doug Wood, a national bestseller who communicates through words and music inspired by nature. The reConvenings is the follow-up conversation to The Convenings based on a series of remarkable broadcast conversations between Bruce Kramer and

Minnesota Public Radio’s Cathy Wurzer, which inspired their book, We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying. Kramer was diagnosed with a life-ending diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS in 2010. Instead of viewing it as a “death sentence” he embraced it as a “life sentence.” Kramer recognized to have a meaningful life, then embracing death was his only viable option. Kramer died in 2015. To register or for more information, call 612-362-3724, email info@theconvenings.org or visit theconvenings.org/events. Seating is limited. The event is sponsored in part by CentraCare Health.

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Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 On Aug. 5, 1926, a public novena for Sister Annella began at the Shrine of Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, N.Y. At the end of the novena, in the early hours of Aug. 14, Sister Annella died. She was estimated to have weighed 40 pounds at the time of her death.

Toward canonization

King believes the 50-year silence on the matter was in part due to the changes surrounding Vatican II. “I think especially the fact Sister Annella’s viewpoint on spirituality, the fact that suffering was not a curse, I think may have made a lot of people see her as strange,” he said. “But I think God raises up saints for a reason and he also makes them known to us for a reason.” That reason may not be clearly defined for Norton. But it has not deterred his mission to spread the story of Sister Annella throughout Minnesota. Norton said his first encounter with Sister Annella was in 2010 while he was doing some painting around the statute of the Virgin Mary. “And suddenly this nun appeared to me right there,” Norton said. “After she appeared to me, the first thing she said to me was, ‘You’re doing a wonderful job.’ It was like the Blessed Mother sent her to tell me that.” Norton said he had come to know the nuns at the monastery since he moved to Minnesota in the early 1990s. He said he didn’t recognize the nun who had suddenly appeared. He said her garments appeared out of date, making this random appearance stick out even more. And after a brief conversation, the nun disappeared. At the time Norton did not know the name of the nun he encountered. He decided to keep that to himself. But odd things kept happening to Norton. “About a year later I got a call again to help at the college,” Norton said. At the college in 2011, Norton and a friend of his went down to the cemetery to talk.

St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com “I said (to my friend), ‘They’re all dead, what are you talking about?’ ” Norton recalled. “He said, ‘But phenomenal things have been happening.’ This man had been working there for 28 years. He knew about stuff that was happening there.” During that visit, Norton said both he and his friend experienced what Norton described as an “electric tap on the shoulder.” An odd happening. One that both Norton and his friend kept to themselves. It wasn’t until 2012 that Norton learned of Sister Annella Zervas and her gravesite at the monastery. Attending adoration and confession at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in St. Cloud, Norton happened to run into a young man sitting in a pew. That man was Brendan King. “He started talking to me about everything,” Norton said. “And then he said, ‘Pat, where do you work?’ And I said I help out at St. Ben’s College. And as soon as I said that he said, ‘Hey, there’s a holy nun buried in that cemetery.’ And I said, ‘What’s her name?’ And he said, ‘Sister Annella Zervas.’” Soon afterward, Norton began searching for the spot where Sister Annella’s remains were buried. It just happened to be near the site where he had seen that nun in older garments appear in 2010. It was about the same area where he and his friend felt an electric tap on the shoulder in 2011. Norton knew it had to be her. Months of research in the archives led Norton to discover her story and the miracles surrounding Sister Annella. His quest for knowledge led him to meet some of the last living relatives of Sister Annella’s who have entrusted Norton with relics, including the two rosaries and a cross the 26-year-old nun was holding when she passed away nearly 100 years ago. Norton said he believes Sister Annella’s journey to sainthood should be reopened. It’s a mission he has been pursuing since 2013 with both the Diocese of St. Cloud and the Order of St. Benedict’s. “(Bishop Donald Kettler) said

photo by Vicki Ikeogu

Above: Relics of Sister Annella Zervas, including several rosaries and a cross, are on display at the home of Patrick Norton’s home in Avon. Norton is trying to reopen the canonization process to have Sister Annella be considered a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. photo courtesy of Stearns History Museum Brendan King Collection

At left: Sister Annella Zervas, 26, died in 1926. After her death, an effort was put forth to have her canonized as a saint. That effort is now being renewed nearly a century later by two people from central Minnesota. he wanted me to continue to share my experience,” Norton said. “Then I knew the Lord is working through this bishop saying now I have to be obedient. To go out and share my experience.” Norton has worked tirelessly to leave free stories and documentation of Sister Annella around churches throughout Central Minnesota. He has had requests for copies of Sister Annella’s story from people throughout the state. It is a mission Norton hopes will inspire those, especially the sisters at the monastery, to reconsider Sister Annella for the canonization process. According to the 1989 Saint Cloud Visitor story, it’s policy of the St. Benedict’s Convent not to promote canonization procedures for one of their own members. Attempts to reach the monastery for comment were unsuccessful. “If I want this to happen I have to do my part,” Norton said. “And at the same time, I’m asking for help from the people of Minnesota. I can’t do this alone.” Norton hopes this renewed interest will one day lead to the canonization of Minnesota’s first saint. “I know Minnesota needs a saint,” Norton said. “And Sister Annella is one of the closest we have.”

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Kennedy students (left to right) Allie Hilsgen, Emma Bergwall, Hailey Mueller, Brice Simpson, Ashley Kockler, Jacob Lopau, Amber Hilsgen and Yoseb Brewer help organizer Derek Larson load books for students in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey. Please join us for...

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books at home. Putnam put him in touch with Melissa Bach, seventhand eighth-grade science teacher, and Amy O’Hare, school counselor, who are cofacilitators of the school’s student council. The student council organized a book drive for the Houston school, hoping to supply the school and its families with new and/or gently used books. The book drive ran from Oct. 3-13, but additional books also arrived when the drive ended. Organizers received far more books than the original goal of 500 books. Bach said family members of students, former teachers, grandparents and more donated their entire collections. Kennedy seventh/eighthgrade language arts teacher Kelli Maurer offered the seventh-graders in her advisory a trade. If they brought in books, she would bring them breakfast one day. “We set a goal, which they easily surpassed and I ended up setting another goal, which they also met,” Maurer said. “In total, they ended up bringing in 229 books.” Kennedy parent and paraprofessional Pam Funk elicited

some help from her mom, Alice Klasen of Melrose, who has a great love of books and a large supply of them. Funk said her mother dropped off 17 boxes of books ready to go to those in need. Funk also contacted “Friends of the St. Cloud Library” about a sale they were hosting, inquiring what they do with leftover books after the sale. After she told them about the Kennedy book drive, she said they were very willing to donate to a great cause. This group donated about 18 boxes filled with books. “I enjoy having my kids participate in collecting and delivering the donated items so they can see the importance of being involved in the community and give back whenever they can,” Funk said. “I am so proud of our student council for their leadership efforts in our school,” Kennedy principal Putnam said. “Not only are they learning how to organize and promote an event such as this, they are modeling kindness and generosity for our entire learning community.” St. John’s Prep School also became involved with the project through Larson’s other daughter, Hazel, who is a junior at the school. She organized a donation campaign to accept donations for the shipping costs, which were more than $500. Larson’s family donated the other funds needed to trans-

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Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 port the books. Other students from St. John’s Prep also helped sort and pack books before they were shipped. Most of the books were collected at Kennedy. Some were also collected at St. John’s Prep. Larson picked up the books from Kennedy, and he and Piper removed damaged and other books that couldn’t be shipped. They then took the books to St. John’s University where they were sorted and packed. About 10 volunteers from St. John’s Prep and the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University environmental-studies department packed 39 boxes of more than 3,250 books Oct. 24. The St. Cloud Library provided packing boxes for the books. Larson then took the 39 boxes of books to North Central Truck Accessories in St. Joseph and they provided the pallet, wrapping and expertise for shipping the books. The 39 boxes totaled more than 1,300 pounds. The books, ranging from pre-school to young-adult titles, were shipped to Frazier Elementary. The school plans to hold a book fair to distribute them to families. Larson said he has studied the impacts of other disasters like Hurricane Katrina that hit the United States Gulf Coast in 2005 and left many people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Books • back page

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Friday, Nov. 3, 2017

Council from front page the problem but would provide details as to what needed repairs and which fixes were needed. The money for the system has already been appropriated in a previous bond issue for upgrades. Total cost of the SCADA system is estimated to be about $65,000. The system would be a hybrid fiber-optic and radio-transmission system with the water tower serving as the radio-communications center for the system.

Project updates

The council also received a short update from St. Joseph City Engineer Randy Sabart on the various city construction projects. Sabart explained most of the work left was “punchlist” work needed to be completed so final payments could be made to contractors. Terry Thene summarized the work being done on the Millstream shelter project. Tongue-and-groove siding on the exterior has been installed and dry wall and painting are now being done on the interior. The driveway should be paved in the next week and exterior lighting is being put in place. Water connections are scheduled to be made within the next week. It’s hoped the project will be completed by Oct. 15. “The building is looking very good,” Thene said.

Pavement Management and Improvement Schedule by Sabart. The purpose of the schedule is to allow for better coordination of funding for pavementimprovement projects and to ensure the projects are planned for and completed. Often, pavement projects suddenly appear so the council has to scramble to find funding to complete the projects. The Management and Improvement schedule should help alleviate some of that problem by providing for better planning on upkeep and funding. Sabart noted an average street lasts 30–35 years with proper maintenance. During that time, crack sealing, surface treatment, edge milling and additional overlays should be done at scheduled times. At the end of 35 years, a complete tear-out and replacement of the street would be done. Of course, the traffic flow and types of traffic, as well as weather, would affect the length of time a street might last. But the schedule would give the council some kind of tool for planning for street upkeep. With little discussion, the council moved to approved resolution 2017-050 for plans and specifications and advertising for bids in the rehabilitation of water-treatment plant number one. The bid date was set for Oct. 31. Probable construction costs are estimated at $355,840, which includes soft costs such as engineering and planning.

Pavement management Dog Park The council was also given a

Council member Matt Killam informed the council the dog

park opened Sep. 25, and about 50 people and 20 dogs showed up to enjoy the new park.

Vehicle maintenance

In order to better manage the budget, St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens presented a vehicle-management plan that detailed maintenance and repair costs as well as expected life of the vehicle. The purpose is to manage vehiclemaintenance costs. Weyrens also presented a request to open labor negotiations with city workers. Because of the need for a public hearing dealing with the final assessment on Field Street, the council moved the normal council meeting to Tuesday, Oct. 24 rather than Oct. 16 to facilitate better public participation.

Jaycees’ raffle

The council also approved a Jaycees’ raffle request. Mayor Rick Schultz acknowledged Rep. Jeff Howe in the audience. Howe is the Minnesota House Representative for the City of St. Joseph and surrounding area. Howe spoke briefly to the council, telling its members he had just come to see what the council was doing and how he might be of service to them in their role as council members.

Consent agenda

Council approved the consent agenda which included the following: • Approved payment to contractors for the Millstream Council • page 7

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State Rep. Jeff Howe attends the Oct. 2 St. Joseph city council meeting. Howe, whose territory includes St. Joseph, said he just stopped by to observe the council and answer any questions they might have for him.

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Tax-reform plan should focus on small businesses

A ruse dubbed “Tax Reform” is afoot in the U.S. Congress. Here’s the plan: There will be tax cuts across the board, with the top corporate tax rate going from 35 percent to 20 percent. That, despite the fact more than half of corporations pay no income tax at all, thanks to a tangled forest of tax loopholes and an army of tax specialists. The rates for other income levels would fall from 15 percent to 12 percent and from 28 percent to 25 percent respectively. We are told if corporations get a tax boon, they will share their new largesse with others in new jobs, higher wages and better benefits – the old “Trickle Down” theory of economics, which has long been discredited. In fact, it tends to “gush up,” not “trickle down.” The massive cuts will cause at least a $1.5-trillion loss of revenue during a 10-year period in the form of deficits and will add even more to the national debt ($7 trillion more to the current $20 trillion debt, according to the Tax Policy Center). To make up for those staggering losses, the plan’s Pollyanna optimism assumes a huge increase in economic activity that will fill the tax coffers. Like circling buzzards, its planners are also aiming to slash tax deductions so important to lesser-income folks, such as tax breaks for retirement savings and elimination of deductions for state and local taxes. There are many others proposed in this shell game, and none of them is pretty. To be sure, tax reform is overdue. We need some readjustments, including at some of the upper-income levels. But true reform must include all-around fairness combined with elimination of loopholes constantly cooked up by special-interest tax attorneys and legislators. Most of all, it’s the middle class and small businesses that truly need a tax break – not the gargantuan corporate honchos – millionaires and billionaires. That is what was promised, and the promise should be restored. Standards of living, by and large, have declined steadily for nearly four decades for millions of people, making the American Dream a receding mirage for so many families. Tax cuts for the middle class and poor are what’s needed because those people and smaller companies would be able to buy more goods and services, increasing demand and thus spurring job activity – and tax revenue – in just about every sector. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, since the last recession smaller businesses (20-499 employees) created an astounding 67 percent of net new jobs. True tax reform ought to be a no-brainer: give smaller businesses a substantial tax break and spur the forces that would give middle-class and lower-wage Americans a boost. Nothing at this point is set in stone. Perhaps legislators will come to their senses and jigger into being a reform plan that genuinely benefits one and all, especially the middle class and the working poor. One thing’s for sure: Now is not the time to use “Tax Reform” as an excuse to toss sops to most Americans while aggrandizing the already super-rich. It’s time to initiate true reform by changing the tax system to make it as fair as possible and to stimulate the economy from the bottom up, not the top down.

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What’s better: driverless cars or brainless drivers? They say driverless cars are the wave of the future. Future? They’re already here. Everywhere. Just the other day I saw one. I was driving south on Hwy. 10 when a pickup truck passed me. I glanced over, then glanced again, my jaw dropping open. There was no driver! What the heck? A ghost? Within a couple seconds, the driver popped back up in the driver’s seat like one of those bouncing clowns. He had obviously been leaning over, out of view, maybe fidgeting for something in the glove box? That was – at least for a few scary seconds – a “driverless vehicle.” I have seen many more. Hwy. 10, near where I live, is so riddled with driverless vehicles I dread driving on it. I often take side roads, longer but safer. It’s the driverless cars on that highway/speedway (I call it the Indy 500) that make it so hazardous. Speed demons, going 80, will whiz past you, slamming their horns and flipping you the “bird” just because you’re obeying the law, doing 60. Here are just a couple of the most egregious examples I’ve witnessed in the past year, both on Hwy. 10: A massive truck that was weaving all over the southbound lane, including many times right onto the shoulder and at the very edge of the ditch. All the way from Rice to Sartell

Dennis Dalman Editor I gripped my steering wheel, whiteknuckled worried, dreading the sight of that truck careening off the road. Or worse – into another vehicle. Was the driver drunk? Was the driver falling asleep? Was it some medical emergency happening? Whatever the cause, it scared me. I couldn’t call 911, though I wanted to so badly, because my cell phone’s battery was kaput. Finally, about a mile before the Sartell exit, the truck seemed to “recover” its equilibrium and was being driven just fine. I concluded the driver must have been nodding off, then jerking awake suddenly. Whatever. But I do know that for seven miles, at least, that truck was driverless – or might as well have been. A young-woman driver in the next lane over from me was talking on her cell phone while eating a hamburger with the other hand and steering her car with the wrist of her right hand that held the food. When she’d take a bite of the hamburger, she must have used one of her knees to steer the car because at those times neither of her hands was on the steering wheel. Finally, after sideways

glimpsing her inattentive behavior for awhile, I decided to slow down and let her car gain distance on me as I didn’t want to be anywhere near that driverless car. About 27,000 people are killed every year in vehicle accidents in the United States. Most of those deaths are caused by drunken driving, reckless driving, careless driving or – increasingly so – inattentive driving, with the worst culprits being those who text while driving. Every time I’d hear about the coming wave of driver-less cars, I’d scoff or laugh, thinking, “What birdbrain thought that one up? Computers driving cars?! Crazy drivers are bad enough. Computers can and do go haywire at any time.” If they’re going to make transportation so high-tech, why don’t they just go all the way and invent travel arrangements, like in Star Trek, where we can just enter a booth and get “beamed” to any place we want to go – and back again, in one piece. Molecular travel, or whatever it’s called. And so, yes, I’ve always balked at a brave new world of driverless cars. And yet . . . and yet, now I’m not so sure. Lately, I’ve got to thinking maybe it’s not such a bad idea, after all. It might be better for one and all if Hwy. 10 is filled with computerdriven cars rather than distracted, reckless, brainless drivers?

Be proud but responsible Throughout the last year, we’ve seen numerous protests against symbols of the United States. There have been criticisms of the flag, the national anthem and against some of the Founding Fathers. Some of these concerns do have merit, but if we’re not careful, even more topics will come under attack. The question that’s even now being proposed is, is it OK to be proud to be an American? And to that question, my answer is a resounding yes. The United States of America truly is a special place. Our history, which is unique, has inspired the rest of the world. Dozens of countries modeled their revolutions and constitutions after us. People across the globe want to come to America whether to work or to study. There is undeniably something different, otherwise why would there be so much talk about the USA? We’re interesting because we were the pioneering force in the world’s change from monarchy and oppression to democracy and liberty. The American Revolution spawned further upheavals in France and in Latin America, marking major changes in the global geopolitical arena. Here was a country that said “all men are created equal” and talked about “unalienable rights” that people were born with, not given on the whim of a tyrannical king. These very ideas scared, and continue to scare, despots the world over.

Connor Kockler Guest Writer Of course, this is the idealistic version of the story, and many people will point out when we said “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence, we did not mean it in fact. One could say maybe the Founding Fathers were just rich people wanting the British off their backs, but would this be 100-percent factual either? It absolutely would not be. We as human beings are not perfect. Everyone has flaws, things they’ve done wrong they wish they could take back. All humans are the same way. Show me a perfect person and I’ll sell you a cheap New York City apartment. The United States is the same way. Every country in this world has flaws and has had some terrible moments in its history. We are lucky enough, though, to live in a country where people are free to recognize the mistakes we have made and attempt to remedy them. We’ve had terrible people in our history, but we’ve also had a lot of good ones too. Gandhi said you shouldn’t lose faith in humanity just because some people are bad, that a few dirty drops in the ocean doesn’t

contaminate all of the water. I recognize we as a country are not done with our story. There will continue to be battles fought over rights and justice. But I won’t say the whole system is rotten just because of a few bad apples. I’m not going to give up just because we may have gone down the wrong path before. The most important thing is we are making steps in a positive direction. That’s more than many oppressive nations can say. So I am proud to be an American. With that, though, I am committed to being an engaged and active citizen. I will know my rights and call out things that are wrong or out of step. Additionally, I will seek out solutions to our problems rather than just criticizing. We all have a part we can do to make the America that we want to see a reality. Most of us didn’t choose to be Americans, we were born here or came here at an early age, and we can’t change the past. What we can change, though, is the future. If you feel America’s got some big problems and we can’t be proud of it until we change, then work on those changes. We all share this country after all. I’d want us all to be a little bit happier here. Connor Kockler is a Sauk RapidsRice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.

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Community Calendar

Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, Nov. 3 St. Joseph Area Historical Society, open 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. Tae Guk Kwon Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. Art Crawl, 5-9 p.m., downtown St. Cloud. Saturday, Nov. 4 Holiday Opening, sponsored by the Whitby Gift Shop and Gallery, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at St. Benedict’s Monastery, 104 Chapel Lane, St. Joseph. 320-363-7100. sbm.osn.org. Craft-Vendor Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Craft-Vendor Sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., VFW, 4289 18th Ave., N., St. Cloud. Holiday Craft and Bake Sale, sponsored by the St. John’s Boys Choir, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Great Hall, St. John’s University, Collegeville. Soup Luncheon, Bake Sale and Open House, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Church, 601 Seventh Ave. S. St. Cloud. “Angels and Demons” lecture at 1 p.m. with Fr. Nathan. 320-656-1200. holymyrrhbearers.org. Bat out of Hell: The Music of Meat Loaf by Grant Haake and the Fifth Avenue Revue, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-259-5463. paramountarts.org. Fee. Sunday, Nov. 5 Sing On, featuring Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota with special guests Jearlyn Steele and Andrew Walesch, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-259-5463. paramountarts.org. Fee.

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Rusty Nail, 4 CR 2 S., St. Stephen. Blood Drive, 1-7 p.m., St. Francis Xavier School gym, 308 Second St. N. 1-800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. St. Joseph City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, St. Joseph City Hall, 75 Callaway St. E. 320-363-7201. cityofstjoseph.com. Scam and Security Seminar, hosted by the Community Technology Center along with the St. Joseph Police Department and Central Minnesota Credit Union. RSVP to amy@mnctc. com. 320-557-0555.

Tuesday, Nov. 7 Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Cloud State University, 720 Fourth Ave. S. 1-800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org. Blood Drive, 1-7 p.m., Atonement Lutheran Church, 1144 29th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 1-800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org. Wednesday, Nov. 8 Without the Hull, There would be No Hills, a talk focusing on area photographers throughout history told by St. Cloud State University professor, scientist and local historian Stan Lewis, 9 a.m. Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave., St. Cloud. Fee. St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. stjosephchamber.com. Loin des hommes, part of a French film festival sponsored by the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University language and cultures department, 7 p.m., CSB Gorecki 120, St. Joseph. 320-363-5754. Thursday, Nov. 9 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group featuring registered Coborn’s dietician Ashley Kibutha, 9 a.m., Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S., Sartell. ACT on Alzheimer’s, a free dementia education event featuring Erin Bonitto, a nationally-known educator and dementia community coach, 1-800-203-4378 (MCN) SWITCH TO DIRECTV. From $50/Month, includes FREE Genie HD/DVR # 3 months HBO, SHOWTIME, CINEMAX, STARZ. Get a $50 Gift Card. Call 877-894-5275 (MCN) Change the way you watch TV- Get rid of cable and get DIRECTV! You may also qualify to receive $100 VISA gift card when you sign up today - Limited time Only. CALL NOW! 844-359-1203 (MCN) Stop paying too much for cable, and get DISH today. Call 855-589-1962 to learn more about our special offers! (MCN) SAVE on internet and TV bundles!Order the best exclusive cable and satellite deals in your area! If eligible, get up to $300 in Visa Gift Cards. CALL NOW! 1-800-925-0146 (MCN)

9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sartell Community Center, 850 19th St. S. St. Joseph Food Shelf, open 1-3 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. St. Joseph Senior Citizens, 1:30 p.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. Scam and Security Seminar, hosted by the Community Technology Center along with the St. Joseph Police Department and Central Minnesota Credit Union. RSVP to amy@mnctc. com. 320-557-0555. Intro to Square Dancing, 7 p.m., Whitney Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud, ComeSquareDance.com, 320-252-4230. Nominal fee. St. Cloud Area Mothers of Multiples, 7 p.m., VFW Granite Post 428, 9 18th Ave. N., St. Cloud. Friday, Nov. 10 Tae Guk Kwon Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. Saturday, Nov. 11 Holiday Bazaar, sponsored by St. Paul’s Christian Women, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Paul’s Parish Center 1125 11th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 320-251-4831. Craft and Vendor Sale, sponsored by Mothers of Preschoolers, 9 am.-2 p.m., Celebration Lutheran, 1500 Pinecone Road N., Sartell. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Free Admission for veterans/active military service members at all Minnesota Historic Sites and Museums, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 Breakfast, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., St. Boniface Church, 501 Main St., Cold Spring. Proceeds to benefit “Coats for Kids.” Free Thanksgiving Dinner, after the 10:30 a.m worship service, Northland Bible Baptist Church, 3686 CR 8 SE, St. Cloud. This event will also honor our nation’s veterans. 320-2525677. FOR SALE Trailer Sale: Lamar 990 gallon FUEL trailer with 45 GPM Honda pump, 35’ hose, filter kit, Def tank, Auto shut off nozzles, Solar charge WAS $10,299 NOW $8,799.00; Lamar 500 gallon FUEL trailer, 20 GPM, Def tak, Auot Nozzle, Solar charger, WAS $6999.00 NOW $6,199.00; 2018 6’X12’ V-nose ramp door cargo $2,780.00; Triton 2-place enclosed snowmobile trailers; CM Horse & livestock trailers. 515-972-4554 prices & info: www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld.com (MCN) HEALTH & MEDICAL LIVING WITH KNEE OR BACK PAIN? Medicare recipients may qualify to receive a pain relieving brace at little or no cost. Call now! 844-668-4578 (MCN)

Council from page 5 Park Shelter in the amount of $55,490. In the attached memo, it noted this is the first draw on approved funds and is about half of what has been approved. • Approved resolution 2017049 amending the terms of a Tax-Increment Financing Interfund Loan to Central Minnesota Credit Union. Terms of the original loan were to loan $12,000 at 4.5-percent inter-

est. State law allows for only a 4-percent interest charge, so the terms had to be amended. • Following the recommendation of the St. Joseph Planning Commission, the council approved amending a conditional-use permit for the bedand-breakfast being renovated at 29 Minnesota St. E.. Original plans called for a hardie-board panel siding with brick accents. The change will allow for use of the original wood siding along with brick accents. Original siding is in good repair.

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CITY OF ST. JOSEPH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL-USE PERMIT The St. Joseph Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 at the St. Joseph City Hall, 75 Callaway St. E. The purpose of the hearing is to consider a Conditional-Use Permit to allow a non-owner-occupied rental at 1016 13th Ave. NE, St. Joseph, Minnesota and legally described as Lot 7, Block 3, Northland Heights

Stearns County, Minnesota as submitted by, Lauren Manelli, owner.

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St. Joseph Code of Ordinances 520.34 subd. 3 allows for a Conditional-Use Permit for a non-owner-occupied rental to a family. Judy Weyrens Administrator Publish: Nov. 3, 2017

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Books Alabama devastated and displaced from their homes. He said while organizations are prepared to help with food, shelter and other immediate needs, there isn’t a system to get books into the hands of young readers. Especially children who have been displaced or whose schools have been impacted. Besides being an important educational activity, Larson said reading is a valuable respite from the stress of recovery. “Since we’ve been fortunate here in Minnesota to escape the recent spate of disasters, and many families have piles of kids’ books their children have outgrown, it seemed like a good way we could help out,” Larson said. contributed photo

Thirty-nine boxes of more than 3,250 books were collected, sorted and packed for students affected by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston, Texas area through a Kennedy Community School book drive.

JA seeks volunteers for financial literacy education today’s youth to both engage in their own economic development and contribute to the strength of their families, communities and economies. JA programs are delivered by volunteers from the business community who make learning come to life while serving as role models for local students. The demand for these programs has grown dramatically throughout the St. Cloud area. Dur-

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Preparing today’s youth for future success, Junior Achievement is one of the world’s largest organizations dedicated to educating and empowering young people to transform their future and own their economic success. Through the delivery of cutting-edge, experiential education in financial literacy, career and college readiness, and entrepreneurship, JA enriches the ability of

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ing the 2016-17 school year, more than 8,500 students participated in Junior Achievement. Volunteer opportunities are available at the following levels: Elementary classrooms: five one-hour sessions, Middle school: six one-hour sessions, High school: five, seven or 13 onehour sessions. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 3 Criers.

Pone tu fe en acción y Se un líder en la creación de un cambio social mediante el trabajo en áreas rurales económicamente desfavorecidas y comunidades de inmigrantes y refugiados. Tenemos una posición inmediata de medio tiempo como Organizador de la Comunidad, para organizar y apoyar a las comunidades y así lograr un cambio social y económico. Esta posición trabajaraprincipalmente con comunidades que hablan español en la Diócesis de St. Cloud y requiere la habilidad de hablar con fluidez en español e inglés. Esta es una posición de medio tiempo con horarios flexibles, hasta 18 horas a la semana. Aplicar en línea en www.ccstcloud.org o enviar un curriculum vitae a marnold@ccstcloud.org. Igualdad de empleo: EOE/AA/Minorías/Mujeres/ Veteranos/descapacitados

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Award-winning Sci-Fi writer and author of NYT best-seller Red Shirts, Scalzi is the former president of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and served as a creative consultant for the television series Stargate Universe. Free and open to the public Book signing to follow For more information, see http://csbsju.libcal.com/event/3692465