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As packages arrive, police ask residents to use care
Police have reported at least one theft from a Sartell residence of a package delivered and left outside. The package was delivered by the post office and taken from the steps of that home. Please keep this in mind as you are having packages delivered to your home address. It might be worthwhile to ask neighbors who are home during the day to keep an eye out for you.
Anna Marie’s Alliance seeks holiday donations
The mission at Anna Marie’s Alliance is to provide a safe place for victims of domestic abuse and to achieve systems change that reduces violence. Anna Marie’s is in special need of the following donations: store certificates, hair products, body wash/lotions, diapers size 3, 4 and 5, towels and washcloths, coats (especially sizes 2X and 3X) hats/mittens/ gloves for women and children, and all sizes of new underwear and socks. For more information on this and other United Way opportunities, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Dec. 12 Criers.
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Residents can attend ‘God’s candle’ holiday meal at Resurrection by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
If you want to visit with other St. Joseph residents over a holiday meal, plan to attend the December community meal slated from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at Resurrection Lutheran Church. Pastor Linda Lagergren, who has been at RLC for eight years, said they are still determining the menu, but it will be a holidaythemed meal. This is the third year they have hosted the meal, which usually serves anywhere from 75100 people. “It’s open to everyone and there is no cost,” Lagergren said. “We just want everyone to come.” Lagergren said volunteers will also be delivering meals to people who are unable to leave their homes. She said last year they delivered about 125 meals. Volunteer drivers from RLC and the SonRise Lutheran Church in Avon will do
the deliveries. St. Joseph Catholic Church volunteer Mary Plafcan said they need more volunteer drivers so the meals can be delivered during the noon hour, and also so volunteers are able to stay and visit a short while with the residents. They would like to have enough volunteers so each driver can deliver just two or three meals. “The reason we are hosting the community meal is to serve the needs of the community, especially the shut-ins, and also to be in fellowship with our neighbors,” Lagergren said. All area residents are welcome to attend the meals, which are each a social gathering for the city and surrounding area. The events offer attendees a chance to mingle and get better acquainted with other residents and to catch up on local news. The November Thanksgiving Meal • page 5
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Klinefelter Park in St. Joseph was witness to a beautiful sunset early in December, resembling what the photographer said looked like “God’s candle.”
Former resident brings laughs through new book by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
“I want to bring more laughter and play to families,” Linda Hutchinson said last Friday afternoon at the Newsleader office in St. Joseph. Hutchinson, who lived in St. Joseph from 2002-12, and previously attended the College of St. Benedict, penned Laugh Yourself
Happy: Kids Say Delightful Things, which was released on Dec. 4. L a u g h Yourself Happy is a collection of one- Hutchinson liners, short stories and fun quotes. Hutchinson says she gathered some of the mate-
rial, but some of it also comes from her own ‘humor heritage.’ She is passionate about people identifying their own humor heritage, described as: the myths and messages in a life which encourage or discourage humor development. “Remember the stories from when you were young,” Hutchinson said, encouraging others to discover their humor
heritage. In her new book, Hutchinson says she got into the humor business way back in the fourth grade. “As I recall,” Hutchinson wrote, “during the fourth grade, the sharing and telling time was particularly good. It was so good, I took the stories home and shared them with my family Book • page 4
Local colleges win national outdoor challenge contest by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Miss Teen Stearns County search announced
Applications for the title of 2015 Miss Teen Stearns County are due by Wednesday, Dec. 31. Women ages 13-18 years, who have never been and aren’t currently married, are eligible. Miss Teen Stearns County will represent her county at the Miss Teen Minnesota pageant, which will be held March 14 in St. Cloud. Participants will compete in personal interview, fitness wear, fun fashion wear and evening-gown competitions. Talent and swimsuit competition are not part of this contest. Those interested in applying can find more information at www.missteenminnesota.com.
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CSB student AnnMarie Backstrom competed in the Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge and finished in the top 10 nationally. She is shown here after a hike from the Tettegouche State Park office to Shovel Point. The park is located on the north shore of Lake Superior.
The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University recently won the first Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge contest Sept. 27-Nov. 22. The schools won by involving many area people, not just students, in doing and reporting a variety of healthy physical activities. The contest’s goal was to reverse young peoples’ participation levels in outdoor activities and allow participants to report their outdoor activities online. It was sponsored by “Outdoor Nation” and “The North Face.”
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Outdoor University department coordinator Jenny Kutter, who participated in the contest, said Outdoor Nation is an Outdoor Foundation national initiative that began in 2010. In the spring of 2014, Outdoor Nation put out a request for colleges and universities to submit applications to be chosen to compete in the challenge. SJU student and Outdoor University office assistant Tanner Rayman drafted an application explaining why CSB/ SJU had the community, resources and passion for the outdoors to make them eligible to compete for the National Outdoor Champion title. They
were notified in May CSB and SJU had been selected to compete and spent the summer preparing. According to Ashlie Gerdes, CSB media relations specialist, 10 schools competed in the eight-week challenge. Other schools included Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.; California State University-Long Beach; George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.; James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.; Michigan Technological University in Houghton; Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.; University of Central Florida in Orlando; University of Iowa in Iowa Outdoor • page 3
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The man was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital. 10:50 p.m. Suspicious activity. Iverson Street W. A resident called police after returning home and finding the back door open. The resident said the door had been locked when they left. Police checked the yard and residence, and didn’t find anything. The resident said nothing was missing.
Nov. 22 5:12 p.m. Stalled vehicle. CR 75/Old Hwy 52. A car was spotted on the side of CR 75 with hazard lights on. No one was around the vehicle. 10:48 p.m. Loud party. Old Hwy 52. As police approached the address, a group of young people who were outside yelling dispersed. There was a party at the residence, and police spoke with the 21-yearold male resident, warning him to keep it under control.
Nov. 25 7:11 a.m. Alarm. Minnesota Street E. An alarm was triggered at a local business. An employee was found on scene, and said he/ she entered the alarm code in late. 4:52 p.m. Suspicious person. Cedar Street E. A local business’ parking lot had a theft a few months ago, and the business called police after seeing the man who did it was in the parking lot again, looking through car windows. The man left heading east. Police were unable to locate him. 10:22 p.m. Traffic stop. College Avenue N/CR 75. While stopped at the stoplight, an officer observed a 33-year-old female looking down at her smartphone with the texting screen displayed.
Nov. 23 10:21 p.m. Medical. 1st Avenue NW. A 58-year-old man activated his medical pendant. Police arrived on scene and assisted until rescue and Gold Cross arrived.
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SJU student Pearce Jensen is shown Nordic skiing with others. He tied with three other people individually in the Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge. “We were fired up from the very beginning,” Kutter said. “We were able to get 1,000 people signed up to participate before the competition began on Sept. 27, so we had a big advantage to start out and by the end of the competition about 25 percent of the total participants in the nation were from CSB/SJU. About 25 percent of our student body signed up to participate.” She said being selected for the competition offered a chance to prove something that many connected to the colleges and area already knew. “The outdoors, our recreation for learning, for stewardship, for spirituality, is an integral part of the lives of the people in this community,” Kutter said. “People submitted activities mostly from
their daily lives, doing the outdoor activities they love to do every day. The outdoors is very much a part of who we are. Add that to a very connected community that is always eager to rally behind some friendly competition and you produce a win like we just had this fall.” She said the top activities entered in the contest were walking, running, hiking, biking and gardening. For their efforts the colleges won a gear package valued at $10,000 which includes sleeping bags, tents, backpacks and other outdoor gear. They also won a school-wide celebration activity valued at $2,500, although the details of the event have not yet been finalized.
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Writing process Hutchinson said she received a lot of inspiration while at CSB. A program called ‘Studium,’ which began in 1992, provides a space for those who apply to live and work in a relatively distraction-free environment, for anywhere from one week to as long as four months. Hutchinson took advantage of this program with another project she was working on, and the influence of some of the nuns carried through into her future works.
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St. John’s University senior Ben Hutterer, and College of St. Benedict senior Katie Tillman, paged through the new book, Laugh Yourself Happy: Kids Say Delightful Things, written by Linda Hutchinson, right, on Dec. 6 during her book-signing at the Local Blend. Mark and Sherry each received “I want to believe if people see communion. While walking [the book], they’ll want to give it back, their son asked, ‘Where as a gift,” Hutchinson said. is my snack?’” – Kathy Welle Happy Endings – “At my grandmother’s funeral, my antsy 3-year-old niece was sitting on my lap. At a quiet time during the services, she loudly whispered, ‘When is she gonna get out of the box?’” – Denise Gagner
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Our View Violent protests undermine efforts at social changes It’s good to see people of so many ages and races in so many cities expressing their outrage about the grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of a man in Staten Island. What is not good to see – what is reprehensible and disgusting – are vandals, smashers, plunderers, looters and all-purpose wreckers hell-bent on a spree of urban destruction, using demonstrations as excuses for lawless free-for-alls. Don’t these destroyers understand their lunatic destruction has nothing to do with improving the justice system? It has nothing to do with standing up for human rights. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything – except destruction for destruction’s sake. Demonstrations – peaceful ones – can help change society for the better, such as the many demonstrations, sit-ins, marches and boycotts of the Civil Rights era. The great Martin Luther King Jr. took his cues from two other morally inspiring giants: Mahatma Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau is most famous as the Massachusetts author of his famous book of selfsufficiency and resourcefulness, Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854). But he is possibly even more influential for his essay, Civil Disobedience, a passionate defense of the moral duty to actively oppose and disobey unjust systems. Later, Mahatma Gandhi, inspired by Thoreau’s books, adapted Thoreau’s moral imperative for civil disobedience as a tactic to help drive the British out of India. King Jr., inspired by Ghandi, Thoreau and the Bible, also used non-violent protests in the fight against institutionalized racism in America. Still later, the courageous Nelson Mandela helped South Africa transition from vile Apartheid to a relatively peaceful integration, based on non-violent tactics and policies. What those four giants all had in common is they realized, if one is to take the moral high ground in any social or political struggle, it must be done without the use of violence. Any victory won is more tenable and stronger if it is achieved without resorting to violent force and indiscriminate killing. People who resort to violence undermine the force of their arguments and ultimately sabotage their own so-called causes. That is what will happen to worldwide terrorists; in the end they will win nothing. It’s a lesson urban rioters should learn, but they probably won’t, because those who burn and loot have no principles to begin with. They are wreckers who have no point to make and no cause to achieve. They are, in a word, losers.
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Opinion Label photos for future generations Who’s that woman spanking mom with what looks like a bottle of hair dye? There she is in that old black-andwhite Kodak photo: mom, grinning with glee but trying to look boo-hoo cry-baby. She’s leaning across the lap of a friend, who is mugging meanly at the camera, holding that bottle high in the air, ready to bring it down over mom’s butt. Who is she? I look on the back of the photo. No names, no dates. Wasn’t her first name Adeline? Schnettler was it? Schneider? Yeah, that sounds right. No, no, no . . . it wasn’t that, either. Close, though. Dang, it’s on the tip of my tongue. Ummm . . . Schneiderhan? Naw. When looking at that photo and many other old ones the other day, I was stumped time and again by the “where, who, what, when, why” in each snapshot. I used to know all that, when mom and dad were there to tell me. On lazy rainy days, so long ago, we kids would dip into the Dalman Memory Trunk, as we called it. Inside the big steel box were hundreds of snapshots taken in the olden days, long before we kids were born. Perusing those photos was like seeing glimpses of alien invaders, a couple of whom later turned into our parents. “Mom, is that really you in this picture?” we’d say, laughing. “Look at those gooney curls on your head, and get a load of those glasses with no frames on ‘em. And that dress! It’s practically down to your ankles. Looks like you were some kind of old-maid hillbilly.” Mom or dad would laugh, enjoying the memories captured in the photos.
Dennis Dalman Editor Then they would tell us who else is in the photo, how they got to know them, when and where the photo was taken, and so forth. Trips down Memory Lane. I do remember some things about the one of mom being spanked with the bottle. I recall her telling us kids it was taken in her rooming house in the early 1940s when she was a student at St. Cloud Teachers’ College (now St. Cloud State University). She and other students who roomed there were goofing off one day when what’s-her-name grabbed a bottle and pretended to spank mom. Come to think of it, the bottle was hair dye, and it belonged to an old woman who lived in part of the house. Located near the college, the same house was bought later by mom and dad a few years after they got married, and I was born and raised in it. The little old lady, Mrs. Laughton, continued to live in part of the house as a renter, and we kids would have to wait on her when she needed something. She’d ring a loud hand bell, and we’d go slouching to her side of the house: “Yeah, Mrs. Laughton, what now?” we’d ask in a glum, hang-dog way. Funny how an old photo – a splitsecond of captured time – can unlock so many memories. I wonder if kids today dip into their parents’ photo stashes. Do they know who is in the photos, when they were
taken, why they were taken? Probably not. That’s because so many people do not label them. We think we’ll remember all about the snapshots years from now, but of course we won’t; we don’t. Memories, sad to say, fade quicker than an old picture. And will future kids even have photographs to dip into? We kids used to love to pass those pictures around like playing cards as we hooted and giggled, pondering about them. Nowadays, in this Digital Age, it’s more likely you’ll see people squinting at pictures on iPhones. What’s even more likely is many of those photos will end up deleted – dead in cyberspace –, never to be printed out as actual pictures to hold, never to be enjoyed again by anybody. The coming generations will probably lack a snapshot legacy unless people start downloading pictures, printing them or saving them to discs instead of deleting them. That has long been one of my pet peeves: people who don’t label and date photographs. In defense of my parents, most of those old pictures were labeled with dates and other information, but it was written right under the photos that had been pasted in black-paged photo books, long before the pictures were rather rudely ripped from the books, becoming stray orphans in stacks within the memory trunk. I always tell people this: Do your kids, grandkids and great-grandkids a favor; label all your snapshots with the five “W’s” – When, Who, What, Where, Why. Doing so will help them, on some future rainy day, connect with their heritage, allowing them to unlock and to enjoy the marvelous, mysterious past.
Random ramblings on current events If you’re like me, you’re probably tired of hearing about Ferguson, Mo. The incident there has spawned another conversation, however. In New York City an individual who was breaking the law, as he had some 30 times before resulting in arrest, decided to resist this arrest, was placed in a “chokehold” by a police officer and later died. He happened to be extremely obese and suffered from many health issues. A grand jury heard evidence of any wrongdoing by police and decided not to indict the officer for the death of the perpetrator. Protests and marches followed, led by the usual suspects. Many people have been arrested. So what has been the response by New York’s mayor, the president and the U.S. attorney general? They say the police need to be retrained. I suspect what they are really calling for is the police to be restrained, not retrained. Their irresponsibility will hurt police officers. If just one officer hesitates in the line of duty and either dies or allows someone else to die because of hesitation, it will be the fault of these politicians. In my experience people who dislike cops have evidently had bad dealings with them in their past. Personally, I have never had any bad dealings with police officers. I have been stopped, cited and cautioned, but never have I been disrespected nor have I have ever tried to resist lawful action by the police. Maybe
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer there’s a message here. Hillary Clinton has evidently put her foot in her mouth again. In a speech this last week, she said we must have empathy for our enemies. We must attempt to understand their point of view. Sorry, Hillary. Any individual or group of individuals whose sole purpose for living is to kill me or my family, behead anyone not of their religion, or whose goal it is to install their radical nonsense around the world does not deserve nor earn my empathy, sympathy or any part of my understanding. They deserve and will receive my complete attention and if necessary my all-out assault. Any serious candidate for the presidency of this country must feel the same way. Otherwise they should just write books nobody buys or reads and make speeches nobody shows up for or listens to. In the face of overwhelming opposition, President Obama has issued an “Executive Edict” granting amnesty for millions of lawbreaking illegals in this country. Best estimates are, this bit of nonsense will wind up costing this
country trillions. His contention is he had to act because Congress wouldn’t. What he meant was he had to act because Congress wouldn’t give him what he wanted. I remember the last “Imperial President” we had, Richard Nixon, who said if a president does something, it can’t be illegal because he’s the president. Well it wasn’t true then and it’s not true now. Maybe, just maybe, the Congress didn’t give Obama what he wanted because they knew the overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove. Maybe Congress acted on what was best for the country. Clearly the midterm elections reflected the will of the American people and they are not pleased with the direction the country has been headed. The denizens of Washington D.C. had best be aware of this. Regardless of party, only those politicians who get the message will have a future in government. And to any police officer who might read this: Thank you for your service. Only you and God know what you have to deal with. Remember, the vast majority of America is on your side. 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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St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Friday, Dec. 12 Holiday open house, cookies, hot chocolate, cider being served all day, Central Minnesota Credit Union, 1300 Elm St. E., St. Joseph. 1-888-3308482. mycmcu.org Learn more about depression and seasonal affective disorder, 1011 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2557245. Downtown St. Joseph Winterwalk, 5-8 p.m., shops open late, 6 p.m. tree lighting at Bello Cucina, 6:30 p.m. craft making and treats in Heritage Hall at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Town hall meeting, city issues, planning, concerns, 5-6 p.m., St. Jo-
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seph Fire Hall, 323 4th Ave. NE, St. Joseph. Member and volunteer open house sponsored by St. John’s Outdoor University, enjoy food, entertainment, conversation and a silent auction, 5:30-8 p.m., Great Hall, SJU. csbsju.edu/outdooru.
Saturday, Dec. 13 Craft-vendor show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., VFW 4847, 104 Franklin Ave. NE, St. Cloud. Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org. Kwanzaa, an international celebration honoring the culture and heritage
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of people of African descent, 6-9 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-255-7245. Christmas with the Steeles, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 913 W. St. Germain Street, St. Cloud. 320-2595463. paramountarts.org.
gram (four-hour refresher course), noon-4 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 90 Riverside Drive SE, St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. St. Joseph City Council, tentative date, 6 p.m., City Hall, 25 College Ave N. 320-363-7201.
Monday, Dec. 15 St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club meeting, 7 p.m., American Legion, 101 W Minnesota St., St. Joseph.
Friday, Dec. 19 St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 610 CR 2.
Thursday, Dec. 18 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. 55+ Driver Improvement pro-
Saturday, Dec. 20 Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org.
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