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Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 Volume 2, Issue 1 Est. 2015

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Family Fun Night set Jan. 29 at Pleasantview

A Family Fun Night, sponsored by the Pleasantview Elementary Parent-Teacher Advisory Council, will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 at Pleasantview Elementary School, 1009 Sixth Ave. N., Sauk Rapids.

Moonlight Ski scheduled Jan. 8

The annual Moonlight Ski event, along with a giant toasty bonfire, is set from 6-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8 at Stearns County Quarry Park, located at 1802 CR 137, Waite Park. Everyone is welcome, and there are no fees. The ski run will become a hiking trek if snow is inadequate. Moonlight Ski is sponsored by Stearns County Parks and the Nordic Ski Club of Central Minnesota.

CentraCare offers stress-reduction course

An eight-week mindfulness-based stress-reduction course, to help participants learn ways to manage the demands and stresses in life and how to live life with increased contentment, will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 26-March 15 in the Meditation Prayer Room at CentraCare Health Plaza. There will also be an all-day retreat from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 5. This clinically proven program is designed for those who experience the following: anxiety and depression, attention deficits, chronic pain and illness, cardiac disease, the demands of care-giving, grief, life transitions, spiritual emptiness and all who find it difficult to establish balance in their everyday lifestyles. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 8 Criers.

Northstar talks to be held Jan. 13, 16

The League of Women Voters St. Cloud Area will conduct its next unit meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 13 in the Bremer Room of the St. Cloud Regional Library. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and the topic is the Northstar Commuter Rail Extension. An alternate meeting on the same topic will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 at Dunn Brothers Coffee, St. Cloud. The League welcomes anyone who is interested in engaging in discussion of this important regional topic.

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Jim Hixson (left) of Sauk Rapids searches the Wall that Heals for the name of a childhood friend who died in 1967. Hixson served as an intelligence analyst in Germany. Bruce Olson (kneeling) of Rice searches the Wall that Heals for the names of friends who died in Vietnam.

Happy New Year! It’s been an exciting year for Sauk Rapids-Rice. With two weekly newspapers, good – and not so good – news travels fast. Many residents have expressed delight at having two papers covering varied stories of people and events from around the western end of Benton County. Uplifting stories, like those of: Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year Robyn Paul; new and recently opened business owners sharing their passions; new, highly-skilled police officers joining the Sauk Rapids department; the retirement of Colleen Christensen after 44 years in the school district; The Wall That Heals coming to the Benton County Fair; the blossoming of the ACT on

Alzheimer’s group; Minnesota Army National Guard veteran Shelby Hadley receiving the Veteran’s Voice Award; Sauk Rapids-Rice Superintendent Daniel Bittman being named Minnesota Superintendent of the Year, and many more. Relive those stories, in abbreviated form, below.

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Rollie Doroff, owner and publisher of the Sauk Rapids Herald for 45 years, died April 5, Easter Sunday, at the age of 81. Robyn Paul was selected as the Citizen of the Year for the city of Sauk Rapids. Well-wishers, colleagues, city officials and family gathered at the government center for a reception and ceremony in honor of Paul, along with the Review • page 3

Devastated family still seeks lost Maggie by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Angie Smith of Sauk Rapids is still hoping, no matter what, that Maggie comes home. She’s been missing since Nov. 15 and all attempts to find her have been, so far, in vain.

Maggie is an 11-yearold chocolate lab retriever dog. She is one of three beloved dogs Maggie the Kevin and Angie Smith family own, all of them hunting

dogs. There is also Abby, an 11-year-old yellow lab and Beau, a 2-year-old English springer spaniel. On the afternoon of Nov. 15, both Abby and Maggie escaped under the Smiths’ garage door and ran off. The Smiths have a fencedin yard, connected to the garage so the dogs can go into

the garage for shelter and warmth whenever they like. On the day they went missing, Angie got into the car in the garage and left, closing the garage door after her. But what Angie didn’t know, what she surmised later, is one of the dogs probably got in the way of the closing Maggie • page 4

Sauk Rapids resident displays 28 snowmen on lawn by Frank Lee news@thenewsleaders.com

Motorists driving by Vern and Betty Barthel’s front lawn in Sauk Rapids may see something that looks like a snowman convention.

The couple has 28 (and growing) artificial snowmen lit up and lined up from small to tall as part of their seasonal décor for all to enjoy through the first part of January. “Each one is different in some shape or form,” Vern

Barthel said of his yard at 4745 Fifth Ave. NE. “There are some that are the same blow mold but are painted different(ly).” The 60-year-old driver for Country Manor set up the snowmen on his property the weekend after Thanksgiving.

“It started with our Santa on the doorstep and one snowman. Those were the original purchases … and it kind of ‘snowballed’ from there,” he quipped. The snowmen are lit from Snowmen • page 3

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The snowmen are lit from the inside by 15-watt bulbs and fascinate Vern Barthel ’s grandchildren, who like to run and play with the snowmen.

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The Great Northern Theatre Company is once again producing a “cabin fever reliever” with their winter dinner theater “The Whole Ninth Floor” by Jim Sell. Local actors involved in the production include Aaron Trompeter, Rice, and Matthew Toumi, Sauk Rapids. A retro comedy set in the 1960s, it highlights a talent agency which is competing with the high rollers on Madison Avenue in New York City. Four talent agents try to find “the next big star” to get their 10 percent cut of the clients’ earnings. Shows will be held Feb. 12, 13, 14 (with two shows on Valentine’s Day), 18, 19 and 20 at the Blue Heron, 305 5th Ave. S., Cold Spring. Head to www.gntc1.com for more information. Amanda Neubauer, Sauk Rapids, has been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence during the fall 2015 semester at South Dakota State University’s College of Arts and Sciences in Brookings. To earn this distinction, students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average. Crystal Winkelman, Sauk

Rapids, a senior at St. Cloud State University, has been awarded the Center for Global Education and Experience’s Diversity Scholarship for her participation in its 2016 spring semester program in Mexico. Winkelman, a social-work major, was awarded the $500 scholarship which focuses on social work. The mission of the program is to develop cross-culturally competent, ethical social-work professionals with a global perspective by providing a semester of transformative, experiential learning focused on social and economic justice. St. Cloud State partners with the CGEE at Augsburg College in Minneapolis for this program. Students live in the Center for Global Education study center for several weeks of the program and also participate in a local homestay for several weeks.

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Review from front page four other nominees, including: Sandy Grosland, Chris Gully, Bonnie Skillrud and Arvis Stubbs. Rollie Doroff was the sixth nominee, and his wife, Winnie, attended in his place. The Newsleader expands into Sauk Rapids. Von Meyer Publishing, based in St. Joseph, has operated the St. Joseph Newsleader since 1989, the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader since 1995, and now operates the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader beginning in May. Funding for all three papers has always come completely from advertising and not from a subscription base. Each Newsleader is delivered through the U.S. Postal Service weekly to all residents in each respective zip-code area. Tower Park was closed as work began on the water tower. Repainting would be done, with very slight changes to typography and color. A

Snowmen from front page the inside by 15-watt bulbs and “fascinate” the couple’s grandchildren, who like to run and play with the snowmen. “It’s always good to make somebody else’s day,” he said. “I’d rather do that than make them sad – that’s for sure.” While his grandchildren and neighbors enjoy the snowmen, the public display of the husband and wife’s Christmas spirit can be enjoyed by anyone driving by. “We had the FedEx guy, for example, stop one time and say, ‘Man, this is awesome. Can I bring my family back here to look at them?’” he asked. “I said, ‘Sure. Don’t hesitate to drive by and if you want to take pictures, you’re more than welcome to.’” Vern was a pipe fitter at the Verso paper mill in Sartell, which closed in 2012 after an explosion and fire that made it cost-prohibitive to reopen

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The water tower in Sauk Rapids is receiving a bit of a facelift! Sandblasting and painting is being performed by Osseo Construction Co. LLC out of Wisconsin. The employee pictured is Eric Young. mixer was also added, to pre- High School Prom’s Grand vent ice from forming inside March, where 150 couples the tower. delighted the audience with A Sauk Rapids man, Jesse runway pantomimes. Tiara Knettel, 31, was arrested in Brown and Spencer Petrek connection to several garage were crowned Homecoming break-ins in St. Cloud. Queen and King. Trisha Bemboom was honDonald Jones opened his ored as the Student Council Smoke-In-D’s BBQ restaurant Advisor of the Year for Min- in Sauk Rapids. Jones said nesota, as well as for Region Sauk Rapids’ small-town feel 4 which includes Minnesota, is just right for his restaurant, Wisconsin, Michigan, North and he loves having a park and South Dakota and Wyo- right outside his back door. ming. Jean Peterson, Sauk Rapids, A “Peter Pan” theme un- celebrated her 100th birthday. Review • page 5 derlined the Sauk Rapids-Rice the century-old mill. “That first year after the mill closed there was very little to celebrate,” he said. “But it’s nice to have them (the snowmen) back up. I’m really glad I could get to the point where I could put them back up again. ” He is still looking to add to his collection of blow-mold snowmen and welcomes donations or will consider purchasing them from those who learn of his collection. “Most of them come from Menard’s, or they come from Mills Fleet. Whenever I find a unique one or a different one, I pick it up,” he said of his collection.

“If anyone reads this story and anybody wants to sell or donate to my collection, I’d be more than happy to talk to them. Otherwise, I try to buy them on sale.” He has as much fun sharing the joy of Christmas with his holiday display as he hopes his collection gives others who see it. “My sister gave me a plaque that says, ‘People who collect snowmen are a little flakey,’” he said with a laugh. “It’s fun for me – it really is,” he said. “Whenever I can find and put my hands on something I don’t already have in my snowman collection, I’m going to try to add it.”

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Maggie from front page garage door, which stalled because of its safety mechanism, giving enough room for Maggie and Abby to dash off. Later, when Angie returned home, she noticed the dogs were gone, and her heart sank. Her husband, at the time, was hunting with the third dog, Beau, in South Dakota. Angie immediately got back into the car and drove around, desperately hoping to find both dogs. No luck. Back home she called the St. Cloud-based Tri-

County Humane Society and Animal Control, based in Sauk Rapids. As it began to get darker and darker, four hours later, Angie was hugely relieved to see Abby returning home. She was sure Maggie would trot up any minute. It was not to be. Later, Kevin and Beau returned from their hunting trip. Kevin was devastated to learn of Maggie’s disappearance. The next day, she put “missing dog” notices in three local papers: the St. Cloud Times, the Sauk Rapids-Rice Herald and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader. With help from friends, the Smiths also posted

at least 50 flyers in their rural neighborhood north of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and asked neighbors door to door if they’d seen a chocolate lab. They heard there were some sightings of a dog matching Maggie’s description – a chocolate lab with red collar – in that area. And then the agonizing waiting game began, day after day, night after night. Three weeks later, Angie’s son, Spencer, called home from his college. “Mom, do you think we’re ever going to see her again?” At that, Angie’s heart began to break all over again. “I can only imagine how parents must feel when they are missing a child,” Angie said. “It must be thousands of times worse than this.” Eventually, Angie heard of a woman named Karen who lost a dog 12 years ago and who was so devastated she started an organization on using dogs to find dogs. Angie made some Internet and phone connections. She found out Karen had a colleague in Arkansas willing to come to Sauk Rapids in an effort to find Maggie. She brought with her five tracking dogs, plus her pet poodle. Using the scent of Maggie

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Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 some kind of food if possible. Then they should try to lure Maggie into a garage, home or other enclosure, then call the Smiths and/or the TriCounty Humane Society. The Smiths’ two numbers are 320-493-7359 and (cell) 320309-4558. Their email is: Kevin.smith.1964@gmail.com The Smiths have purchased a GPS tracking device for the collars of Abby and Beau so if they should ever leave home, they can be tracked via cell phones. The best thing to do if someone finds any cat, dog or other lost, abandoned or runaway animal, Angie said, is to call the Tri-County Humane Society immediately, as well as Animal Control. Chances are, the owners of the lost pet have already contacted those agencies and will know how to contact those owners. “Some people don’t want to bring found animals to the humane society for fear they’ll be euthanized, but the humane society has an excellent record of finding animals homes,” Angie said. To check into getting a GPS tracking system for pets, go to www.thetrackr.com.

We’re Back! Did you miss us? We haven’t forgotten about you! After a two-week long hiatus, the Newsleaders resumed regular hours on Jan. 4. Weekly publications will begin on Friday, Jan. 8 and continue throughout the year. We thank you for your loyal patronage and wish you a happy New Year!

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Review from page 3 Born in Royalton, Peterson makes her home at Good Shepherd now. A $3 million expansion was planned for Sacred Heart Catholic Church, providing meeting rooms, office space and a fellowship hall. The project should be finished by spring 2016. Sacred Heart Cemetery was host to members of the Sauk Rapids Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion for Memorial Day ceremonies. An ordinance regarding residential property maintenance was approved by the Sauk Rapids City Council. Sauk Rapids Police Department announces its intention to hire three officers before the end of the year. The department is currently short one officer, but another is being assigned to the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force while another will retire in the fall. The graduation ceremony for the class of 2015 was held on May 26 at Halenbeck Hall on the campus of St. Cloud State University.

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Connie Leitheiser, Sauk Rapids, retired after 48 years of teaching across multiple area school districts. Leitheiser plans to continue being an educator in retirement, through tutoring and substi-

Katie Cruikshank receives her diploma from Jan Solarz, a school board member. tute teaching. Colleen Christensen retired after 44 years of teaching with the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district. She hopes to stay involved with young people through teaching piano lessons and volunteering. Two high school seniors, Amber Kulow and Colleen Schimnich, were awarded Citizen of the Year scholarships by the Sauk Rapids City Council. Levi Popp, 2, the son of Ashley and Lee Popp of Rice, tragically drowned June 8 in a backyard pool in Sartell. Sauk Rapids’ ACT on Alzheimer’s group was awarded a $10,000 grant to help improve education, awareness and caregiver resources. The first of four ‘community crawls’ was held June 18 in downtown Sauk Rapids. Good Shepherd hosted a bridal fashion show, featuring dresses from every decade from the 1930s to today. The 12th annual Sauk Rapids River Days were held June 25-27, starting with the Am-

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Our View Long-overdue FAST Act will boost transportation It’s just the shot in the arm Minnesota and 49 other states needed. Long overdue, this welcome boost is known as the FAST Act, which stands for “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act.” Up until now, the U.S. Congress would approve funding for transportation infrastructure projects and improvements in a stop-and-start herky-jerky fashion, bits of bills here and there, a series of short extensions to what was a previous comprehensive long-term transportation bill. That iffy, piecemeal approach, because of its ongoing uncertainty, was during the past decade an impediment to long-term planning in every state in the nation. Thanks to the FAST Act, Minnesota will receive a whopping $4 billion in federal transportation funding during a five-year period, from 2016 to 2020. What that means is that, in addition to funds already earmarked, there will be an additional $36 million to Minnesota this year, and increasingly higher amounts each year, with an extra $107 million in 2020. The money will be used for a wide variety of projects, including bridge-and-road repairs and improvements to make roads safer, with higher capacity, and also in some cases public-transit lines. Most of the projects will be local ones with local needs tying into the larger transportation process. The money, in addition, will provide for many other things, including improving railroad safety at highway-rail crossings and safety programs for drivers such as enhancing teen-driving skills and helping to combat distracted driving. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was instrumental in getting those safety provisions into the FAST bill, as well as being a force in getting FAST itself passed. FAST could not have been more timely. Anybody who travels roads in Minnesota and elsewhere these days has noticed cases of sad deterioration all along our transportation systems. Some of the deterioration is not visible to the eye. That is why, without any warning, the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 and injuring many more. That should have been an immediate nationwide wake-up call, and in some ways it was in that many long-neglected bridges were inspected. There are about 600,000 bridges in this nation, and 24 percent of those are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to the Federal Highway Administration. For so many decades, the United States led the world in superb state-of-the-art transportation systems. Sadly, we have fallen behind, and the slow but sure decay has affected our economy negatively. Thanks to FAST, transportation renewal will not only create hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs, it will also in the long run increase safety, efficiency and facilitate the flow of goods and services. The FAST Act is only a beginning. Some have called it a “down payment” on a 21st Century state-of-the-art transportation system. First step or not, FAST is a welcome boost in more ways than one. Those who worked so hard to pass the bill, Democrats and Republicans alike, deserve our thanks.

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Opinion A new year – time to shed the lard For most of my life, I was a skinflint string-bean who could never gain weight, hard as I tried, much as I ate. I used to complain about it, and some of the pudgling diet-conscious women at work decades ago would give me killer looks that said, “Oh, you poor thing, you!” Well, that was then, when I weighed 145 pounds, max. This, sad to say, is now. My big fat wish to gain weight has come true, bloatedly true, at 213 pounds, 33 pounds above my ideal weight. Just last week, my doctor suggested exercise, but I don’t think he meant the 50 steps from my home office to the refrigerator and back again. That’s one of the hazards of working mainly from home – a nearby refrigerator, food pantry just around the corner. What makes it worse is one of my hobbies is cooking. Thus, I am surrounded, under siege constantly by high-caloric little devils. My weight gain started eight years ago, after I quit smoking cold turkey. Suddenly, I had fierce cravings for sweets, especially jelly beans and Dots. From there, it spiraled downward to homemade breads, my own homebaked pizzas, chocolate-chip cookies, caramel rolls, apple pie, lemon pie, lemon cake, lemon bars (I can’t say no to anything lemon). I won’t even list all the gourmet meals I’ve enjoyed. I have vowed time and again to cut down on all of those sweets and heaping helpings, but – alas – the road to the Land of Lard is filled with big intentions. They claim as people age, they tend

Dennis Dalman Editor to put on weight, but I don’t think it’s age as much as it is the mouth-watering foods that beckon at every turn. Every time I vow to diet, brother-inlaw Kurt laughs uproariously. Others do too. Someone suggested the DuckTape Diet. “What in the heck is that?” I asked. “You slap a piece of duck tape across your mouth and keep it there.” Good neighbor Richard Dubbin relishes a constant parade of sweet snacks and candies all day long. For Christmas I bought him many pounds of various candies, mostly jelly beans and gum drops. And guess who ate darned near half of them before the package was even wrapped a week later? You got it – yours truly, El Lardo. Old Sweet-Tooth Richard is so lucky; I envy him. He’s my age, but he’s so hyperactive, just like the Energizer Bunny, that he can eat like a hog in a trough and never gain weight. I keep remembering how many times I vowed to quit smoking before I finally had sense enough and willpower to do it, at long last. The past two weeks, after all that Christmas food, determination and willpower (I think) are finally kicking in as they did when I quit the evil weed. What spurred me on is I’ve been having trouble putting on socks and tying my shoes, to the

point where I feel virtually crippled, all but helpless, like one of those bugs stuck on its back, its legs wobbling frantically to get right side up again. A week ago, I started my sad-sack diet. The first day it was buttered toast and orange juice in the morning, an apple at noon, an orange at 2 p.m., two ham sandwiches for supper. The following days were pretty much the same, though one afternoon I splurged on bacon and eggs (but only two strips of bacon instead of five and two eggs instead of three). I have banished candies, sweets, desserts from my life. I just won’t make them anymore. That in itself should be a big help. I lost one pound since getting weighed at the doctor’s office 10 days ago. That’s one down, 32 to go. I read an article the other day that advised people struggling with weight to weigh themselves every day without fail – the very thing I had been avoiding, just as I avoided mirrors. But from now on I’m going to step onto that scale every morning. It really was an encouragement to see the scale read 213 yesterday rather than the 214 of the week before. Yes, a snail’s progress, but at least it’s heading in the right direction – south. I hope by early summer I am down to 180 pounds, my old self, once again vigorous and good-looking. Well . . . somewhat vigorous, anyway. If anybody has any diet plans or diet tips, please let me know, and I will share them with readers. It’s a new year. C’mon everybody, let’s all get nice ‘n’ thin.

Freedom of speech, our most important right I watched on TV as a young black girl, probably a student, exploded in a profanity-laced tirade against a professor at Yale University. Her mother must be very proud. The issue was a letter which the professor’s wife apparently had written stating people should be a bit more tolerant of others’ choices of Halloween costumes and not be so offended. Seems innocent enough to me, but no. According to this young lady, along with others in the perpetually offended community, it was not innocent. This young lady apparently believes she should not have to face any expression that displeases her. The new thinking seems to be no one should ever have to experience offense, period, and that no one is allowed freedom of speech or expression that is offensive to her. Well I’ve got some bad news for this young girl. In this free country we do have that freedom and if she is offended by anything someone says, tough. She, nor anyone, is guaranteed a life free of offense. There is a serious movement on some campuses today to repeal the First Amendment. In other words, some want the right of free speech to be curtailed so as not to be offensive to anyone. Certain words cannot be used. Historical flags must be destroyed. History must be rewritten to keep anyone from being offended. As a test of this new thinking, in-

Ron Scarbro Guest Writer dependent filmmaker Ami Horowitz recently visited Yale University attempting to get signatures on a petition to repeal the First Amendment. In less than an hour he had 50 signatures. These obviously spoiled youngsters have no knowledge of what this country is all about. Today I offer you this lesson. Some say certain lives matter. Really? Do you want your life to matter? Then do something that matters. Create, build, discover, do anything that makes your life and others better. Get an education, get a job, respect law, be a good citizen. That’s how you make your life matter. One matters because of who they are and ultimately what they do, not what they are. No group in this country should be separated out for any special reward or punishment simply because of their race. We are rapidly approaching a point in this country when the majority will no longer tolerate the whining and complaining of any minority group. If you are a citizen of America, you already are ahead of most of the world. How many people

throughout this world do you think would trade places with the poorest American living in the worst ghetto? I would guess millions. So then part two of the lesson today is to look around you. See what you are blessed to have. To the young lady screaming profanities at the Yale professor, how many people do you suppose would love to be a student at one of the most prestigious universities in the world? You are fortunate beyond your wildest dreams. If you don’t mess it up by your terrible attitude and your foul mouth, you will probably graduate with the prospect of a great career and fantastic earning potential. All of us have the choice of being a force for good or being a part of the problem. As Americans we are all guaranteed opportunity but there is no guarantee for success. That is determined by our talent, our intelligence and our hard work. This world is going to continue to need intelligent movers and shakers. The society of the perpetually offended will rightfully fall by the wayside. 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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Sauk Rapids. saukrapidswt@mnwt. org. Holistic Moms Network, 7-8:30 p.m., Good Earth Co-op, 2010 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-252-2489.

Friday, Jan. 8 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org.

Wednesday, Jan. 13 St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. stjosephchamber.com. Northstar Commuter Rail Extension, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, 1 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. Sauk Rapids Recreation Board, 6 p.m., Public Works Building, 360 Summit Ave. N. 320-258-5300. ci. sauk-rapids.mn.us.

Saturday, Jan. 9 Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. www.marketmonday.org. Trivia Party, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 N. Fifth St. 320-253-9359. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Monday, Jan. 11 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Sauk Rapids City Council, 6 p.m., council chambers, Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N. 320-258-5300. ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us. Rice City Council, 7 p.m., council chambers, Rice City Hall, 205 Main St. E. 320-393-2280. Sauk Rapids Sportsmen’s Club, 8 p.m., Molitor’s Quarry Grill and Bar, 425 35th St. N.E., Sauk Rapids. Tuesday, Jan. 12 Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@sartellchamber.com. ICAN Prevent Diabetes, 3:154:15 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 2875 10th Ave. N.E., Sauk Rapids. 320650-3082. Sauk Rapids Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. e-clubhouse.org/sites/ saukrapidslionsmn. Sauk Rapids Women of Today, 7 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, AU T O M O B I L E S / M O T O R C Y C L E S WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1980. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) FOR SALE Farmi 3pt. Logging Winch’s Valby 3pt. PTO Chippers, New 3pt., Log loader trailers, 3pt. attachments, grapples, rotators, Tractor/ skid steers, wood splitters. 866638-7885.threeriversforestry.com (MCN) RECREATIONAL VEHICLES SNOWBIRDS/CAMPERS! Showroom-condition 2015 43’ Forest River Sierra 5th wheel. Model #370RDOK. Four slides, outdoor kitchen w/grill, King-size bed, rear living room w/sliding doors. Self-leveling system, $74,000. 952-2900755 (can email pictures) (MCN) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED CDL Drivers needed to haul livestock, home on weekends. Great Benefit Package for Full-Time Drivers! www.lynchlivestock.com or call Angie @ 563-7763051 for more information. EOE (MCN) MAKE $1000 Weekly!! Mailing Brochures From Home. Helping home workers since 2001. No Experience Required. Start Immediately! www.centralmailing. net (VOID IN SD, WI) (MCN) OWNER OPERATORS wanted. Paid all miles. No touch freight. Many operating discounts. Family run business for 75 years. Many bonuses and good home time. Direct deposit paid weekly. Call 800-533-0564 ext.205. (MCN) CLASS A CDL Driver. Good home time. Stay in the Midwest. Great pay and

Thursday Jan. 14 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Sartell-Sauk Rapids Mom’s Club, 9-10:30 a.m., Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road N., Sartell. Friday, Jan. 15 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2, 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. 320339-4533. stcloudsingles.net. Saturday, Jan. 16 Northstar Commuter Rail Extension, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, 9:30 a.m., Dunn Brothers Coffee, 900 Cooper Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-251-0484. 55+ Driver Improvement program (four-hour refresher course), benefits. Matching 401k. Bonuses and tax free money. Experience needed. Call Scott 507-437-9905. Apply on-line http:// www.mcfgtl.com (MCN) MAKE $1,000 WEEKLY! Paid in advance! Mailing Brochures at Home! Easy pleasant work. Begin Immediately! Age unimportant! www.MyHomeIncomeNow55.com (MCN) FARM RELATED Our Hunters will Pay Top $$$ to hunt your land. Call for a Free Base Camp Leasing info packet & Quote. 1-866309-1507 www.BaseCampLeasing.com (MCN) VACATION/TRAVEL Tired of the snow? Become a Winter Texan where the sun meets the gulf. Over 100 RV resorts and retirement communities for you to choose from. RV sites, fully furnished rentals and more. For more information visit www.rgvparks. org (MCN) ADOPTION A UNIQUE ADOPTIONS, LET US HELP! Personalized Adoption Plans. Financial Assistance, Housing, Relocation and More. Giving the Gift of Life? You Deserve the Best. 1-888-637-8200. 24HR Hotline. (VOID IN IL) (MCN) MISCELLANEOUS DISH NETWORK - $19 Special, includes FREE Premium Movie Channels (HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and Starz) and Blockbuster at home for 3 months. Free installation and equipment. Call NOW! 1-866-820-4030 (MCN) $14.99 SATELLITE TV.

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Elsa and Anna are a mother-and-daughter pair of Chihuahua mixes that made the long trek to TCHS all the way from Texas. They were adopted together but were returned because they played too rambunctiously with the cats in the home. The mom, Elsa, is 8 years old and Anna is 4 years old. Both are spayed. Elsa and Anna have never been apart and do best when they are together. They’ve been around children and did great with them. Elsa and Anna are both very affectionate. When they’re not looking to be petted, you’re likely to find them playing and chasing each other. “Helping one animal won’t change the world … but it will change the world for that one animal!” Dogs - 15 Kittens - 12

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The 10th Street North neighborhood in Sauk Rapids gathered together for food and friendship and also enjoyed a visit from Benton County law enforcement during National Night Out. Pictured from left to right are: Jenny Newbanks, Carl Newbanks, Bob Zawacki, Nancy Zawacki, Milan Cronquist, Dylan Roth, Sheriff Troy Heck, Adam Tagarro, Sara Kitzmann, and Staci Roth. Perfect summer weather Tim Sigler and Jeremy Welsh blessed the Immaculate Con- were honored for 15 years of ception Summerfest July 19 in dedicated service, while OffiRice. The day started with an cer Matt Bosma was honored from page 5 outdoor Mass, followed by ac- for 10 years of service. tivities and food on the church Officer Katy Davis, formerly St. Cloud among the top 10 is grounds and live music in the of the Rochester area, was Lydia Glen, daughter of Da- evening. sworn into service with the nielle and Mark Glen. Extra red paint needed to be Sauk Rapids Police Departordered, but by the end of July ment at the July 27 city counJuly the water tower refurbishment cil meeting. A Sauk Rapids man, Randal was nearly complete. Donn Ramler, 37, was charged Three police officers were For more Year in Review, July 6 with fleeing officers on honored for their service at a please see next week’s issue. foot as well as first-degree city council meeting. Officers drug possession for having more than 47 grams of methamphetamine. Nineteen homes were purchased along CR 3 in Sauk Sartell - St. Stephen Schools Rapids to be moved in anticIndependent School District 748 ipation of reconstruction of the road. The project is set to Numerous regular and substitute food-service break ground in spring 2016, positions available following school calendar. with a price tag of $12 million.

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