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Council rejects location of dog park by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
Loso asked. Anderson said the park board had rated the various sites around town based on their suitability for a general dog park. The drainage-easement location received the most points in the park board rating system at 209. Centennial Park was the next highest with 181, with Klinefelter Park at 179 and Millstream Park at 169. Other parks rated for a possible dog park included Memorial, Northland, Monument, Hollow and Cloverdale. “If you pick a site, shouldn’t it be one suitable for dog-park features?” council member Dale Wick asked. “The grass is so long [at the drainage easement] you wouldn’t be able to see small dogs.” “I don’t like the site,” he Council • page 3
Meet your neighbors and enjoy great food at two upcoming free holiday community meals. A Thanksgiving meal will be held from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Church of St. Joseph’s Heritage Hall, 12 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. A Christmas meal will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 N. CR 2, St. Joseph. All are welcome. Deliveries are available for the Christmas meal; call 320363-4232 for more information regarding deliveries. Sponsored by Church of St. Joseph, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Gateway Church, St. Benedict’s Monastery, College of St. Benedict Community Kitchen and Central Minnesota Catholic Worker. For more information call 320-316-3290 or email centralmncw@gmail.com.
While a 4-2 vote by the park board in favor of placing a dog park in the drainage easement between Fir Street and the Wobegon Trail brought the matter before the St. Joseph City Council, a 2-3 vote of the council sent the dog park matter back to the park board to find a different location. A spirited discussion took place at the Nov. 16 meeting while Park Board Chair John Anderson presented the board’s recommendation. The drainage easement site is about five acres, but the dog park itself was recommended to be about one acre. “What criteria did you use to rate the locations for the dog park?” council member Bob
Local wood craftsmen gives demo at Winter Market
Ulik sentenced for April hit-and-run
Local wood craftsmen, Ken Ramler, will give demonstrations and information on how to get started in woodcarving at the Winter Market from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. The market is also expanding the board of directors. Applications will be available at the market or by email request info@marketmonday.org. Board term begins Jan. 1.
Barn dance slated Nov. 21 at Heritage Hall
A barn dance will be hosted from 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at Heritage Hall in the Church of St. Joseph, 12 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Fiddler/dance caller Cristina Seaborn will be on hand, as will the band Random Road. Dance instruction will be provided for those interested.
Choral concert set Nov. 21
The second annual Thanksgiving Benefit Choral Concert, featuring multiple area choirs will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 25 Eighth Ave. S., St. Cloud. All guests are invited to bring food-shelf items that will be donated to Catholic Charities. Cash donations will also be accepted.
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Jeremy Ulik of St. Joseph was sentenced to 60 days in jail Nov. 12 for the hit-and-run crash that killed 5-year-old Cody Nuckolls April 13. Cody was struck by Ulik’s vehicle while Cody’s mother, Lor-
raine Hipp, waited across the street for Cody’s sister to get off a school bus. Cody was declared dead at the hospi- Ulik tal. Police used video from the
photo by Logan Gruber
Park Board Chair John Anderson presented the park board's recommendation to the city council that a dog park be authorized at the drainage-easement location between Fir Street and the Wobegon Trail.
school bus to identify the vehicle. Ulik told police he knew he had hit Cody but believed he was OK because he saw him standing as he drove away. Ulik was originally charged with two counts of failing to stop at a collision causing injury or death. He pleaded guilty Sept. 18 to one of the two counts in
exchange for receiving no more than 75 days in jail and the dropping of the other charge. Ulik’s 60 days in jail will begin no later than Nov. 20 so he has time to arrange for care of his children. Besides the jail time, Ulik was also sentenced to perform 120 hours of community Ulik • back page
Gilbride discusses Showers lead to dementia-friendly areas rainbows at daybreak by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Central Minnesota Council on Aging community services developer Kathy Gilbride recently discussed the costs of the top three illnesses in our country which include heart disease, cancer and dementia. She said people with dementia end up paying 80 percent more out-of-pocket costs, due to patients needing more personal care. Based on an October 2015 New York Times article about a study following five years of treatment of Medicare patients with these illnesses, the costs of care were compared at $175,000 for heart disease, $173,000 for cancer and $287,000 for dementia. Dementia will usually drain a couple’s income, leaving the sur-
viving widow living in poverty. In many situations the male is usually the first to die. Gilbride discussed dementia and creating dementia-friendly areas to a crowd of about 30 people Nov. 9 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church Heritage Hall. She and parish nurse Marjorie Henkemeyer held up an umbrella mobile and gave examples of how dementia is like an umbrella with different types of the illness hanging below it. Types of dementia included were Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, Lewy Body dementia, frontal temporal dementia, disease-related dementia caused by illnesses such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases and reversible dementia caused by lack of vitamins. Gilbride said dementia is a Gilbride • back page
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Double rainbows appeared around the area as showers broke the morning of Nov. 18. It was a beautiful way to break up two days of rain. This photo was taken north of St. Joseph.
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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes. Oct. 31 11:38 p.m. Citation. Minnesota Street W. While on routine patrol, authorities noticed a male being held up by two persons. They were identified as friends who were supporting their intoxicated counterpart. The intoxicated male was identified as a minor. He was issued a citation and left to the care of his friends. Nov. 1 12:22 a.m. Citation. Minnesota Street W. Officers walked through a local bar, checking for minors. A young male was identified as being underage. He admitted to sneaking into the bar. He was issued a citation and released. 12:41 a.m. Assist. College Avenue S. Security called police stating they had an intoxicated male who needed to be transported to his residence. Authorities drove the male to his destination and made sure he
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Nov. 3 3:57 p.m. Assist. Fourth Avenue N.E. Police noticed a little girl standing by the road near a local gas station. Authorities spoke with the girl who stated she was waiting for her grandmother to come pick her up from the bus stop. She was transported to her home. Nov. 4 11:34 a.m. Funeral escort. College Avenue/Minnesota Street. Police assisted with traffic during a funeral procession. 4:08 p.m. Alarm. Gumtree Street E. Police were dispatched after receiving a report of an alarm going off at a local residence. Upon arrival, the house was locked. No alarm was detected. The area was cleared. Nov. 5 8:36 a.m. Found property. Iverson Street W. A male contacted police after finding someone else’s mail from the Waite Park area. He delivered the mail back to the post office. 2:32 p.m. Medical. Ash Street E. Police stood by with a man who was feeling dizzy and throwing up. Gold Cross arrived and transported him to the St. Cloud Hospital for further treatment.
Nov. 6 7:30 p.m. Suspicious activity. Fourth Avenue S.E. An anonymous complainant called police after reporting a suspicious person who was shining a bright light into the street. The area was checked, but nothing was found. 11:21 p.m. Medical. Eagle Ridge Drive. Police were dispatched to assist a woman having stomach pains. She was provided with oxygen and transported to the St. Cloud Hospital by Gold Cross. Nov. 7 7:57 p.m. Animal complaint. Baker Street E. Police responded to a report of a stray dog which had no tags. The animal was located and transported to Sauk Rapids.
Correction
A correction is needed for a story published in the Nov. 6 Newsleaders. The story, headlined “Eerie similarities persist in Wetterling case” detailed incidents of molestation in the Cold Spring area in 1989, months before Jacob Wetterling was abducted. Only one of the molestation incidents occurred in Cold Spring, the one where a boy was taken into the perpetrator’s vehicle, sexually molested, then let go. The other four incidents mentioned all took place in Paynesville, not Cold Spring.
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The drainage easement is contained within the yellow line. Somewhere on the plot would have been the location of a dog park, had the council not rejected the park board's recommendation. The park board was instructed to come back with an alternate location for the feature.
Council from front page continued later. “Not just because of the neighbors objections, but with the Wobegon Trail, dogs might be going up against the fence . . . I haven’t seen costs for anything, like fencing. I bet I asked for that two months ago.” Public Works Director Terry Thene said the cost to bring water to the drainage easement would probably be about $2,500. He also said staff time to maintain the park would be about one hour per week. Anderson noted dog park organizer Mary Munden had
been contacted by a local Boy Scout who is interested in clearing brush and long grass from the area, should the park be approved. “Have you looked at any other sites besides parks,” council member Bob Loso asked, “like out by the water treatment plant, like the archery space. It’d be a destination.” Anderson said right now they had kept the search to parks and the drainage easement. “We need schematics,” Wick said. “They should have been here tonight, including the fence location, mowed and not-mowed areas and where the plastic-bag dispenser would be.”
“I don’t think we want to go into the design business until we have a site,” Anderson countered. “I’d like to amend the motion to approve the dog park to allow us to move forward only after we get some details on things, like cost of water, cost and size of fence, and noise or conflict with walking and biking,” said Mayor Rick Schultz. After the amendment was added, the motion still failed 2-3, with Wick, Loso and Renee Symanietz voting against the drainage easement and Schultz and Matt Killam voting in favor. The park board was directed to look at different sites and come back again.
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Strengthen security policies at hospitals, elsewhere The terrible tragedy that happened at the St. Cloud Hospital recently has caused a spotlight of glaring scrutiny to shine on that facility – and rightfully so. On Oct. 18, a psychotic patient wrested a gun away from an Aitkin County sheriff’s deputy guarding the patient, turned the gun on the deputy and shot him dead. Security personnel then burst into the room and tased and subdued the man, who died not long afterward. The patient had been admitted to the hospital several days before after he allegedly brutalized and mentally terrorized his wife, who had a restraining order against him. The man then attempted to kill himself with some kind of pills. Deputies found the man in bad condition at his Aitken County home and had him transported to the hospital. In his hospital room (in a non-secured area), the patient, once he emerged from death’s shadow, was physically restless, erratic, suicidal, threatening – clearly dangerous. By all accounts, he should have been kept in a mental ward under lock and key and perhaps even physical restraints. But the man wasn’t even evaluated by a psychiatrist. He was obviously a ticking human time bomb about to explode. Under official reviews, the hospital was severely criticized for its lax security policy and for not initiating requirements of the policy it does have. The hospital was ordered to correct such dangerous lapses immediately. This horrible incident recalls another tragedy about 10 years ago at the Sherburne County Jail. A young man named Carl Moyle, Elk River, was arrested for not having proof of vehicle insurance. He was placed in jail and was told he would have to spend the night until the matter could be resolved. Meantime, a convicted felon from a prison near Duluth was transferred to the Sherburne County Jail so he could attend an upcoming court hearing in the area. During the night, the convict ripped a handicapped rail off of his cell wall, walked into the adjoining cell and proceeded to beat to death Moyle, who was sleeping at the time of the attack. An investigation later showed an extremely poor lack of communication among those who transferred the felon and the jail that accepted him, placing him in the general jail population instead of being locked up in a cell by himself. Like the St. Cloud Hospital incident, both murders could have been prevented were it not for sloppy, lax or nonexistent policies, which put – in these two cases – extremely dangerous, psychopathic perpetrators in close proximity to those who became their victims. We are assured by the St. Cloud Hospital management the facility has hurried to make major changes in its security policies regarding the admission and care of mentally unstable patients. The changes sound like good, solid ones. We can only hope and trust the policies are adhered to in the most iron-clad protocol. Think what could have happened if that man, after shooting the deputy dead, had run amok down the hallways shooting anybody else he felt like shooting? In this sometimes all-too dangerous world, there seems to be an increase of incidents of mentally unstable people coming completely unglued and exploding with rage in public places. The awardwinning St. Cloud Hospital, so excellent in so many ways and such a life-saver, in fact, has had to deal every now and then with out-of-control people who have threatened or assaulted staff and patients. All public places – including schools, courthouses, hospitals and other venues – must make sure to review their security policies on a regular basis to ensure the public can be safe. That’s also a good policy for private places where people gather. In this dangerous world (witness what happened Nov. 13 in Paris), those kinds of public-security safeguards must be placed among the very top priorities.
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Opinion Is Paris butchery the wake-up call? Maybe this time it’s the final straw, the five-alarm wake-up call to the world that ISIS must be defeated once and for all. The butchery in Paris a week ago is, once again, an atrocity so unthinkable it makes the human mind reel in horror. It’s the latest in the constant series of barbarous outrages perpetrated by ISIS, including, according to Russian investigators, the mid-air explosion of a Russian passenger jet and suicide bombings in Beirut that killed scores of civilians. Those kinds of crimes should have rallied the world instantly, but once again they didn’t. What makes the Paris attack the long-overdue wake-up call is that it’s the nightmare ISIS has long “promised” the Western World: a devastating murderous rampage against ordinary people in the midst of ordinary daily activities: attending a soccer game, enjoying drinks at an outdoor café, listening to music in a nightclub. Anybody who watched those scenes of pain and carnage had to have thought instantly: That could be me, that could be you, it could be us, anybody or everybody. ISIS gleefully crows about their cruelties. They bragged about the beheadings, they cheered about exploding the Russian jet. They amped up their propaganda videos to thump their chests with pride about the killings in Paris. Such behavior more than justifies the definition of “psychopathic monsters,” as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dubbed them the other day. President Obama, with limited success, has called repeatedly for all countries to join the fight against ISIS. These Paris massacres, finally, just might open everybody’s ears and prompt all countries
Dennis Dalman Editor to join and take decisive, no-holds-barred action against these rampant butchers who dare to claim “religion” as their rationale for their string of atrocities. The Paris massacres appear to be a “game-changer” for a number of reasons: • It’s the first time in France that ISIS killers used suicide belts in a killing spree. Anybody can understand why suicide belts are so frightful. It’s because attackers who literally explode can cause so many deaths and hideous injuries, and really nothing can stop them as the killers obviously do not care if they are killed or not. • Some European cities are breeding grounds for jihadist murderers, more so than even security forces had once thought. Typically, such converts tend to be street thugs willingly indoctrinated via Internet initially to become ISIS jihadists, with the hope of attaining pathetic “hero” status for their evil deeds and getting a one-way ticket to the after-life where virgins await them. • Some of the Paris killers apparently slipped through security dragnets, perhaps because they are using electronic communications devices that cannot be monitored. That fact is a disturbing one, which brings home the stark realization that security forces in all countries cannot just keep “swatting at flies” again and again as mayhem continues unchecked. The source itself – ISIS – must be dealt with.
• One of the Paris killers appears to have entered Europe by posing as one of the millions of refugees fleeing the killing grounds in Syria. That is another reason the source must be dealt with. ISIS is a major reason for the exodus from misery, pain and death. ISIS knows exactly what it’s doing: causing waves of refugees to destabilize other countries, possibly using that outflux to smuggle in killers and all the while hoping to recruit youth to their “Caliphate” from among disaffected refugees in the future. A tangle of pent-up divisions and hostilities complicate the fight against ISIS. Syrian dictator Bashir Assad and ISIS are enemies of each other. Rebels in Syria are fighting Assad’s forces, who are using vicious means, including barrel bombs, that kill and terrify civilian populations. The Kurds to the north have been fighting ISIS, but Turkey, leery of the Kurds’ intentions, is reluctant to assist in the fight. All the while, ISIS is happy about these divisions that help them thrive, that make it so difficult to root them out and defeat them. Russia, long an Assad supporter, recently entered the conflict in Syria. Now, after ISIS has bragged about downing the Russian jet, it looks as if Vladimir Putin is serious about tracking down the killers “anywhere on the planet.“ Is it possible there will soon be an alliance of necessity among European countries, the United States, Russia and even possibly other erstwhile enemies like Iran to degrade and defeat ISIS? That’s the way the cards seem to be stacking up. Anything less than such a massive alliance will probably prove futile, and we and the rest of the civilized world will go on living with fear, cleaning up carnage and swatting at flies.
This world has a cancer: radical Islamists This world has a cancer. It is metastasizing and growing. That cancer is radical Islam. If you had a cancer in your body, you would have a few choices. One is to do nothing, which would almost certainly result in your death. A second choice might be surgery to remove the cancer. Still a third choice may be to treat the cancer with radiation, thereby burning out the cancer cells and destroying them. Neither surgery nor radiation is a guarantee of a cure but the success rate is excellent. For a certainty, doing nothing almost guarantees failure. And so the world looks at Paris and Lebanon and the desert in Sinai. This cancer has struck the body of the free world. Hundreds of innocent people doing nothing more than traveling or going to a concert or just sitting in a restaurant having a meal are butchered because of an idiotic arrogance that is being perpetuated on the world by a few powerhungry, greedy individuals. These master manipulators seduce young, gullible, impressionable people into a life of murder and mayhem by promising a life in the hereafter filled with virgins and joys. What they are really doing is preparing stupid youngsters for a horrible death as cannon fodder. They don’t seem to mind if their soldiers get killed by the dozens as long as they kill by the hundreds. These are vile, evil
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer men whose greed and arrogance know no boundary. The president has miscalculated the threat of this cancer. Initially he referred to them as the “JV” squad. Then on just the day before the attacks in Paris, he told us the extremists were well on their way to being contained and we were reducing their influence in the region. I understand why he has offered that assessment. This is politics. He wants to be thought of as in charge and successful. Who wouldn’t want that? The problem is he’s wrong. We have a serious problem on our doorstep and it’s not going away by itself. Since the Paris attack I have heard many experts offering suggestions as to what our response should be. First, we are told, we must identify our enemy by name. Forget political correctness and call a spade a spade. These are radical Islamists using an ancient religion to further their arrogant greed and lust for power. Secondly, they count on a ready supply of “useful idiots” to serve as cannon fodder. And thirdly, they depend on the evidence of our lack of will to defeat
them. We won’t even identify them publicly. This then should be our response. We found and disposed of Saddam Hussein. We found and rid the world of Osama bin Laden. We now must find and demolish the leaders of this cult of blood-thirsty killers known as ISIS. If necessary, we must do what radiation does to cancer cells. It often is indiscriminate. We may well have to blow up a few towns and villages. We are probably going to have to kill a lot of people. If you find this objectionable, remember this is the war that was brought to us by these radicals. The longer they go unchecked, the more likely we will have to kill them on our own soil. One thing is certain – it will only end when we end it. All of free Europe will join us along with Russia now. We must unite and tighten the noose around this ragtag bunch of goat herders and send them off to their version of Paradise. I am certain as I sit here, it won’t be what they expect. The longer we wait to get the job done, the more of them we will have to kill. Our window is closing. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga.. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.
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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. 20 Craft and Bake Sale, sponsored by Foley Area Community Action Respecting Elders, 9 a.m., Frandsen Bank, 341 Fourth Ave. N., Foley. 320968-7848. Metro Bus Open House and Feedback Session, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Waite Park City Hall, 19 13th Ave. N. Tae Guk Kwan Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Minnesota Street Market, 27 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 4-7 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn. org. St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 17 Second Ave. S., Waite Park. 320-3394533. stcloudsingles.net. Saturday, Nov. 21 St. Augustine’s Parish Boutique and Craft Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 421 Second St. S.E., St. Cloud. Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N., Sartell. www.marketmonday.org. Metro Bus Open House and Feedback Session, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. Eating Local – the 100-Day Challenge, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Minnesota Street Co-op, 27 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Fall Sip and Shop, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., O’Brien’s Pub, 10 E. Main St., Rice. Community Fellowship Meal, AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1980. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) ADOPTION A childless married couple (ages 34 & 35) seek to adopt. Will be full-time mom & devoted dad. Financial security. Expenses PAID. Call/Text: Katie & Adam 1-800-7905260 (MCN)
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LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Council will meet at 6:15 p.m. or shortly thereafter on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 in the City Hall Council Chambers to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed 2016 Fee Schedule. The proposed 2016 Fee Schedule is on file for public inspection at the City Offices, 25 College Ave. N and on the city website: mn-stjoseph.civicplus.com. All persons wishing to speak will be heard and oral testimony will be limited to five minutes. Written testimony should be mailed to City Administrator, P.O. Box 668, St. Joseph, Minn. 56374.
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Ulik from front page service and to pay restitution to Cody’s family of $19,875.24, along with a fine of $50. Ulik received credit for one day served in jail already but will have to undergo a chemical-dependency assessment.
Gilbride from front page physical condition of the brain which affects thinking and memory loss and daily tasks that people do. Sixty to eighty percent of people who have dementia have Alzheimer’s disease. She gave an example of the steps involved in making a peanut butter sandwich and how a person with dementia would struggle to follow those steps. In Minnesota, one of nine people age 65 and older will die of Alzheimer’s disease and 12 percent of seniors are now living with the disease. By 2020, that number will increase to 13 percent and in 2025 it will increase to 36 percent. One out of three people, 85 years or better, will die of Alzheimer’s disease. In 2008, the Minnesota legislature recognized the percentage of people who will be aging with dementia illnesses. A task force was created and presented ideas to help prepare Minnesota for this. Concerns included the stigma of Alzheimer’s disease, awareness of recognizing the illness, educating health-care providers to recognize dementia earlier, caregivers concerns and what relief they can get – many caregivers need to quit their job to care for loved ones who have the disease – and equipping cities and towns to become more dementia-friendly.
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Cody’s parents, Lorraine and William “Ryan” Nuckolls, were at the sentencing. Ulik’s lawyer said Ulik has nightmares and said he regrets every second of the incident. Ryan haltingly read a statement during the sentencing. Lorraine joined Ryan at his side. The statement read, in part, as follows: “April 13, 2015. A day that
changed all of our lives forever. This will be the most difficult thing most of us could ever face. Every day we think of Cody, of what he was like, what he might be like. If you had stopped, who knows what would have happened. Cody’s fate may have been the same, but we might view you differently . . . My main obstacle will be how and when to describe this event to our daughter.”
Creating dementia-friendly cities and towns includes raising awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, transforming attitudes and moving people to action; having supportive options that offer quality of life for people affected by the disease and their caregivers and families; and engaging and including people from diverse areas. This includes early diagnosis, quality care, patient and caregiver support; specialized memory-loss services and supports; dementia-aware and responsive services; welcoming and supportive spiritual environments; independent living and meaningful engagement; emergency preparedness and response; accessible user-friendly transportation and environments; and dementiafriendly businesses, customer and employee support. Henkemeyer discussed ways churches could become dementia-friendly. She said dementiafriendly churches welcome people with dementia by offering the following: respect and dignity; encouraging parishioners to gain knowledge about dementia; knowing people with dementia have diminished abilities, but they are still people; people with dementia are loved by God; and helping promote dementiafriendly cities and towns. She handed out several tips for creating a dementia-friendly church including listening to what people with dementia are saying, watching what they are saying with their bodies, avoiding
correcting what they say, showing them signs of love such as through touch, helping them keep their physical appearances up, encouraging them to be creative with things such as adult coloring, welcoming all people with the illness and more. Henkemeyer and pastoral minister Sister Betty Larson did some role playing showing ways to respond to people with dementia, including recognizing what they are saying and being respectful about it, listening to concerns and not asking the person if they remember you or know who you are. In dementia-educated cities and towns, people are able to respond and defuse situations, which could otherwise escalate and cause more confusion for all. There are currently 34 areas in Central Minnesota that are dementia-friendly and are areas that are striving to be safe, respectful and healthy for all. Gilbride gave examples of Paynesville, which has been featured in several journals, and Brainerd/Baxter, Cambridge and Walker. The dementia-friendly program was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus of St. Joseph. The Central Minnesota Council on Aging is one of seven such agencies in Minnesota. For more information visit cmcoa.org or call 320-253-9349. For more information about Alzheimer’s disease and warning signs, visit alz.org. To contact the Senior LinkAge line call 1-800-333-2433.
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