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Town Crier CSB hosts Girls, Women in Sports Day on Feb. 6
The College of St. Benedict will host a celebration for National Girls and Women in Sports Day at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Haehn Campus Center on campus. This year, CSB will honor 2016 Breaking Barriers Award honoree Shelly BoyumBreen. She is the author of Shelly Bean the Sports Queen series of books. Children in grades K-6 are invited to join Boyum-Breen for a book reading, mini basketball clinic and a college basketball game. This event is free, and children will also receive a free T-shirt and free admission to the game. For more information visit csbblazers.com.
Local K of C to sponsor youth free-throw championship
All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 2016 Knights of Columbus FreeThrow championship. The local competition will be held Sunday Jan. 31 at the All Saints Academy gym in St. Joseph. Registration and practice is at 12:30 p.m., and the contest begins at 1 p.m. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and written parental consent. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 29 Criers.
Free bus passes for job seekers
Free bus passes are available to low-income individuals who are actively job-seeking or who have started a new job. The passes are part of a new program offered by Metro Bus and funded by a Morgan Family Foundation grant. As applicable, a sevenday, 31-day or 10-ride Metro Bus pass or Northstar Link Commuter Bus or Northstar Line Commuter Rail pass will be provided to individuals who can demonstrate need. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 29 Criers.
Free lecture to address sex trafficking
Sex Trafficking 201: Dynamics of Prostitution and Sex Trafficking will be held at noon Wednesday, Feb. 3 in the Atwood Theatre at St. Cloud State University as part of the SCSU Women’s Center lecture series, which brings diverse women and programming to SCSU to cover political, social, legal and economic issues affecting women’s lives. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Jan. 29 Criers.
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Should Little Rock Lake be lowered three feet?
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Should Little Rock Lake be lowered by three feet for six weeks? That question will be the topic of a public meeting from 7-9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29 at the Old Village Hall in Rice. The meeting will be conducted by the Area Fisheries Office of the Department of Natural Resources in Little Falls, with keynote speaker Eric Altena, DNR Area Fisheries supervisor. Invitations to the meeting will soon be sent to members of the Little Rock Lake Association and people who live on the Mississippi River between Rice and Sartell. However, anyone is welcome to attend, invitation or not. The purpose of the meeting
is to get information, both pro and con, about a plan to revive the vitality of Little Rock Lake, partly by lowering its level for a six-week period. Recently, Altena presented the plan to the LRLA during a meeting attended by about 65 people at Watab Township Hall. According to Maureen Graber, president of the LRLA, most people at the meeting seemed to be in favor of the plan or at least somewhat open-minded about it. Graber said although the DNR, in conjunction with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, does not need any kind of vote to implement the plan, it does seek a consensus of residents before it would proceed with it. In an interview with the Little Rock • page 3
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Gussied up in patriotic colors, a pontoon of people enjoy the day during the annual Fourth of July boat-pontoon parade on Little Rock Lake near Rice.
New book evokes fears, strengths of Somali girl by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
After so much day-today contact with Somali students, hearing and seeing their difficulties in adjusting to Wilson a new society, Tammy Wilson decided to write a book so others could open their eyes and
hearts to these new immigrants to America. Wilson, a Sauk Rapids resident, is the principal of Discovery School in Waite Park. Her just-published novel, entitled Through My Eyes, is the story of an 11-year-old Somali girl named Zamzam, a refugee with her mother and brothers from the horrors of a civil war. In America, Zamzam faces culture shock, stereotyping by others, prejudices, to the point that she is compelled to keep asking
herself the question: “Just who am I?” Through many sorrows, trials and tribulations, Zamzam slowly becomes stronger and more secure in her own identity by the time the book ends. The 117-page book is colorfully illustrated by St. Joseph resident and esteemed local artist Jill Dubbeldee-Kuhn. Zamzam is by no means unique, Wilson said. Many other refugees endure the same trials as Zamzam – from cultural misunderstandings to
outright prejudices. The book, Wilson noted, is actually about anybody who feels “less than,” as Zamzam does. Through My Eyes touches on the themes of prejudice, poverty, diversity, hope, determination, resilience, and gender issues and biases. Some adults who have read the book before it was published said they were impressed by how much it broadened their views and made them sensitive and compassionate toward refSomali • page 2
Johnson’s motto: ‘In doubt? Dig it out!’ by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
If rocks could swim, Lyndon Johnson’s Sauk Rapids house would be one big aquarium. Everywhere in his home there are rocks, rocks and more rocks – mainly agates – including big piles of them in several waterless aquariums, not to mention in umpteen glass display cases. Some of the agates and other rocks are so colorful and sparkling they shimmer in the light like dazzling tropical fish. Johnson is a hobbyist known as a rock hound. He doesn’t sniff out rocks, but he is so trained through experience, so expert, he can spot a special rock in the blink of an eye. photo by Dennis Dalman One day two years ago, while snorAt his kitchen table, Lyndon Johnson sorts some of the keling in the Platte River, Johnson specimens in his vast rock collection. saw a sudden, brief flash of blue in
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the glimmering underwater light, like a mini flash of watery lightning. He noticed a large rock on the bottom of the water and picked it up. It was mostly covered with slimy algae, but he had an instinctive feeling it was a rock worth saving. Back on land, Johnson cleared away the algae, then he wavered and wiggled the rock, and iridescent glints of sapphire-blue sparkled off of the crystals embedded in the rock. Lo and behold, to Johnson’s amazement, what he was holding in his hand was a three-pound chunk of Labradorite, apparently the first and only one ever found in Minnesota. The rock is named for Labrador, part of Newfoundland, a Canadian maritime province where that kind of rock has often been found. Though Labradorite is not an agate, Johnson • page 5
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At its January meeting, the Rice Area Sportsmen’s Club announced its 2015 Member of the Year, Jeff Popp (left). He is a longtime member of the club and has served on the board of directors and is currently the organizations vice president. Popp played a key role in the parking improvements last summer at the club’s properties in Benton and Morrison counties. Popp is pictured receiving the plaque from past club president Mitch Fiedler.
Rice City Hall has new hours Rice City Hall’s new winter hours were listed incorrectly in the Jan. 22 Newsleader. The correct hours are: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays; 8 a.m.-
4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; and 8 a.m.-noon Fridays. City hall will be closed for Presidents’ Day, Feb. 15.
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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sauk Rapids Police Department at 320-251-9451 or TriCounty Crime Stoppers at 320-2551301 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. Jan. 10 9:52 a.m. Welfare check. Second Avenue N. Police responded to a report of a loud argument coming from inside the residence at the aforementioned address. Upon arrival, there appeared to be no one at the residence, and no one answered the door. 2:49 p.m. Damaged property. West Highview Drive. A complainant called authorities after she observed a large dent on the driver’s side of her vehicle. The side mirror had also been knocked off the door. She was not sure who could’ve caused the damage but simply wanted the incident documented. Jan. 11 6:31 p.m. Drugs. 13th Street Circle. An anonymous complainant called police after detecting the smell of marijuana in their apartment
building. Upon arrival, authorities also detected the scent and believed it was coming primarily from the stairwell. No suspects have been determined at this time. Jan. 13 1:20 p.m. Animal complaint. Second Avenue N. Authorities were asked to check the aforementioned address for a black lab that was running around the neighborhood unattended. Upon arrival, the dog was unable to be located. 3:04 p.m. Medical. Police responded to a female with chest pains. She stated the pain had been ongoing but got progressively worse that day. She was assisted by Gold Cross. Jan. 15 9:45 a.m. Theft. 10th Street N. Police were reviewing footage from a previous burglary. It appeared the latch of a trailer had been cut off, although no items were reported missing. Jan. 16 7:55 a.m. Fire. Division Street. Police responded to a fire alarm. Upon arrival, they found the smoke was coming from a faulty vacuum cleaner. No further action was taken.
ugees who have to cope with so many pressures, not the least of which is learning a new language. At Discovery School, there are 470 students, pre-K through grade 5, and almost 50 percent of them are non-Caucasian – immigrants at one time or another from countries such as Vietnam, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Some of the students are currently homeless and live with their families in temporary places, like hotels and shelters, often on the move from one place to another. “There is a strong sense of community at Discovery, and our teachers are very loving toward the students,” Wilson said. That sense of warmth, kindness and family has informed her novel, almost unconsciously as she wrote it since her students and Discovery staff are very much part and parcel of Wilson’s daily life. Many of the stories in the book are based on actual stories she invited her students to share with her in listening sessions, and many of those stories, Wilson noted, are heart-breaking because of the suffering and death that happened in Somalia before the refugee families found safety and new homes in America. Some of the stories in the novel are invented by Wilson to fit the plot of the novel, but everything in the book is based directly or indirectly on the realities refugees experience. Wilson also talked with many parents of Somali students, and they have expressed gratitude someone was willing to tell their stories in the form of a book. Although Through My Eyes was written basically for a middle-school readership, Wilson said anybody of any age could
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An illustration in the novel Through My Eyes depicts three friends, including Zamzam, as they give one another penciled tattooes.
Wilson often feels as if Through My Eyes was just meant to be. “I never intended to be an author,” she said. “But last year I decided I wanted to tell their story because I want them to be seen as people of value.” She started the book last spring, then worked intensely on it through the summer. One lucky break occurred when, through a friend of a friend, she was made aware of an editor who works for the Huffington Post. That editor, a white American who had lived in Ethiopia for a time and had experienced culture shock herself, fully understood the nature and purpose of Wilson’s book, and she
was more than happy to give her tips on how to revise it and make the writing tighter. “The entire process just seemed to fall into place,” she said. “Everything just flowed.” The manuscript was accepted for publication by Beaver Pond Press in Edina. Some pre-publication proof copies have been published, but the actual books are now rolling off the printing presses and will be available widely by the end of February. A book launch and autograph session is set from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 at the St. Cloud Public Library, and anyone is welcome to attend it. At that event, Wilson will introduce some of the Somali students and parents who inspired her novel. Through My Eyes will be sold via Amazon.com and at several local book stores, to be announced later. Born in Minot, N.D., Wilson has long been in the education profession. She was offered the job as principal at Discovery School 18 months ago and moved to this area from White Bear Lake. She has three grown children: Mike of St. Augusta; Nick of Hibbing; and Ashley Wolner of Cottage Grove.
Arts Center at the high school, 1835 Osauka Road N.E. Emily Campbell, daughter of Deb and Scott Campbell of Sauk Rapids, is a senior at Concordia and is a trombone player with the band that is touring Feb. 1-7. Admission is open to the public; freewill donations will be accepted. The concert is
sponsored by the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Instrumental Music Department. Each winter the Concordia Band tours regionally in the United States and internationally every four years. The 2016 Band Tour also includes performances in Rochester, Shakopee and Worthington, Minn., and Sioux Falls, S.D.
enjoy – and learn from – the novel, including Caucasian children who might have the same fears and rejections in trying “to fit in.” Wilson said she hopes to have copies of the books in all the libraries in all area schools, and some teachers have already expressed an interest in making Through My Eyes part of their classes. The book contains an introduction explaining the background of the refugee crisis in Somalia, a glossary of terms and a study guide at the end of the novel.
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Local student to perform with Concordia band
by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
The nationally recognized Concordia Band from Concordia College in Moorhead will perform a joint concert with the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Concert Band, conducted by Scott Campbell, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 in the Performing
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Two Canada Geese “parents” keep a watchful eye out as they take their goslings on a single-file swim on Little Rock Lake.
In 1911, a dam created Little Rock Lake by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
What was once a low-lying swamp area more than 100 years ago rapidly became a “lake” when construction of a dam by Sartell caused water to back up, filling that swamp area and creating what is now Little Rock Lake. The body of water, two miles southeast of Rice, is fed by a 60,000-acre watershed north of the lake, with inflowing creeks – Little Rock, Sucker and Zelander – and an outlet from the lake into the Mississippi River to the west. The Sartell dam was built in 1911 by the Watab Pulp and Paper Mill in Sartell. The surface of Little Rock Lake is 1,450 acres with 16 miles of shoreline. It’s a shallow lake with a maximum depth of 24 feet with most of it 15-feet deep or less. In the 1940s,
the lake was a thriving habitat for lake vegetation, fish and waterfowl. Gradually, however, nutrient algal blooms in the lake caused a slow but sure decline in the health of the lake. Starting in the 1970s, the lake rapidly declined due mainly to nutrients such as phosphorus running into the lake. As a result, the clarity of the water is very poor; many non -native vegetation has taken over; and the number of rough fish has increased dramatically. There are slightly more than 300 people who own 381 parcels of land around Little Rock Lake. Throughout the years, the Little Rock Lake Association has partnered with many agencies to try to improve the health of the lake with such projects as residential-property shoreline vegetation planting with deep-rooted native plants, erosion-control projects and vari-
ous buffer zones. Such methods can help keep pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers from running into the lake, which can wreak havoc by causing algal blooms that rob the lake of oxygen and decrease clarity and sunlight penetration. There are 21 kinds of aquatic plants in Little Rock Lake, many non-native and non-beneficial. There are at least 15 kinds of fish, ranging from rough fish to bass, sunfish, northern pike and walleye. The lake was the subject of an extensive scientific survey in 2005, which revealed many symptoms of declining health. In 2008, Little Rock Lake was placed on the Impaired Waters list. That is why efforts have intensified to restore the lake’s vitality in recent years, making what is Benton County’s largest lake once again a recreational and nature-nourishing asset for the area.
Baptist church to host meeting in Rice by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Anyone living in the Rice area and beyond is invited to attend a “church planting” meeting at 6 Laidlaw p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 in the Old Village Hall on downtown main street in Rice. The informational meeting is about how organizers have begun Two Rivers Baptist Church in Rice at the rented Village Hall building. Led by Pastor Jesse Laidlaw, the church is Christ-centered, with a family-integrated style of worship, featuring Bible preaching and community serving.
Church “planting” is a term used to describe an effort to create a church where one is needed. Laidlaw notes in the greater St. Cloud area, there are 175 churches and only seven of them are Baptist in doctrine. Rice, he said, has a population of 1,337 and is growing fast. Almost half of the people, he said, are “unchurched,” meaning they do not have a regular church to go to or do not attend church at all. According to the Two Rivers Baptist website, 10 churches die every day in the nation, and 3,700 die every year – thus the need to “plant” more churches. The Two Rivers website states: “The Truth needs to be told; Hell is real. Jesus is the only hope.” Led by pastors and deacons, the Two Rivers church will also offer a visitation ministry, Bible
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studies, Christian counseling and fun events. Laidlaw was involved with art education at St. Cloud State University before earning his master of divinity degree from the Andersonville Theological Seminary in Camilla, Ga. He did an internship at Grace Baptist Fellowship Church in Sartell at which time he decided to dedicate himself to being a church “planter.”
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Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader Jan. 26, Altena said there are three goals of the lake “drawdown,” as it’s dubbed: 1. Improve water quality of Little Rock Lake. 2. Stabilize shoreline erosion. 3. Improve fish habitat. Here is what the three-year lake-restoration plan would involve, as explained by Altena: During the first year, 2016, data would be gathered about Little Rock Lake and its 60,000acre watershed. In the second year, the warm months of September to midJuly, the lake level would be lowered gradually over a threeday period by three feet. To do that, the dam at Sartell would have to be opened to allow the river’s water level to drop onetenth of one foot per hour over the three days. That, in turn, would cause the level of Little Rock Lake to lower by three feet. During the third year, the shoreline areas would be documented via videotape, the fish habitat would be studied and then a schedule of periodic drawdowns might be initiated to further the growth of healthy vegetation. Altena said the benefits of the drawdown plan would likely include compaction of sediment along the shoreland area, causing more positive plant growth there; improving water clarity and helping with nutrient uptake by strong beneficial deep-rooted vegetation. Possible drawbacks to a drawdown could include possible navigational hazards of a lowered lake, reduced landowner access to the lake or the Mississippi River, a noxious smell for some weeks and some reduction of hydro-electric production at the Sartell dam. Graber, as president of the LRLA, is enthusiastic about the plan. “I’ve attended lots of semi-
3 nars and workshops on water quality and native vegetation,” she said. “I’ve assisted and worked with native shoreline buffers for six years now. I believe the drawdown would have an immediate and positive impact on shorelines, the vegetation, the water quality and, therefore, the fish and wildlife.” Both Altena and Graber are encouraging people in the Rice area and on the river to become knowledgeable about lake and river issues. There are many ways to accomplish that. People can go to the DNR fisheries website at littlefalls.fisheries@ state.mn.us. They can also become a member or attend meetings of the LRLA, which meets the second Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Watab Township Hall. The next meeting is set for Feb. 13 when guest speaker Gerry Maciej will lead a discussion about vegetation buffer methods and other ways to improve water quality at the Little Rock Lake area. Maciej is manager of the Benton Soil and Water Conservation Service. Those who cannot attend the Feb. 29 public meeting in downtown Rice but who would like to give input, either pro or con, can do so by sending comments to Eric Altena, Little Falls Area Fisheries Office, 16543 Haven Road, Little Falls, Minn. 56345. Or he can be emailed at eric.altena@state.mn.us
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The Little Rock Lake Association was founded in 1961 by residents who lived at the edge of the lake. Annual dues to join are $25. The group sponsors an annual coloring contest for students at Rice Elementary School to promote an awareness of good water-quality stewardship; they host an annual picnic at Rumors Bar and Grill; and they also sponsor the annual boat-pontoon Fourth of July parade on Little Rock Lake. Throughout the year, members do research and network with water-quality agencies to keep up with latest research and restoration methods.
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Night of remembrance set Jan. 29 for Klinefelter by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
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Officer Brian Klinefelter snuggles his daughter Katelyn while in uniform. Katelyn was only 2 months old when her father was killed in the line of duty.
Night volleyball in Rice by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
People are welcome to show up on one or both of those nights and to bring a pair of tennis shoes, which are required. There is no child-care available and so parents are requested not to bring any children. The cost is $2 per night.
An adult open night for recreational volleyball takes place from 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday night at Rice Elementary School.
A night of remembrance will be held to honor a St. Joseph police officer who was killed in the line of duty 20 years Klinefelter ago today. Brian Klinefelter, 25, was killed Jan. 29, 1996 after stopping a suspected getaway vehicle from an armed robbery in Albany containing three individuals. Authorities say the driver of the pickup, Thomas Kantor, shot and killed Klinefelter at CR 133 and 75. Officers caught up to Kantor later that night in Sauk Rapids, where he was killed by a Benton County Sheriff’s Deputy. Kantor’s two accomplices led officers on a chase through part of St. Cloud before they were arrested. The night of remembrance will be held at 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 at La Playette Bar, 19 College Ave. N., St. Joseph, and is hosted by the Brian Klinefelter Foundation. The event is also a fundraiser for the foundation, and there will be live music from DiamondBack. Wendy Klinefelter Tragiai, Klinefelter’s widow who has remarried, said many family members of Klinefelter’s will be in attendance, including: Wendy, her husband John Tragiai, Wendy and Brian’s daugh-
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Wendy remarried in July of 2000 to John Tragiai. John adopted Katelyn in the same year and they now live in Sartell. “Katelyn grew up knowing all bout Brian. We are very close to Brian’s family, taking yearly vacations with them and getting together at least once per month,” Wendy said in a Newsleader interview. “She feels blessed to have two dads . . . one here, and one in heaven!” Wendy feels like Klinefelter is still a part of their lives, and that his memory has not faded. “Brian is present in so many ways . . . I love that Klinefelter Park is such a vibrant part of the St. Joseph community. I love that even 20 years later, we continue to support area youth and law enforcement through the foundation. I love walking through the front door of our store in St. Cloud (KEEPRS), seeing his face, and knowing others see it too. Wendy said Katelyn has considered pursuing law enforcement, she is currently planning a career working with children. She is a sophomore at Minnesota State University-Mankato, where she is majoring in childhood development and family studies.
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A new book delving into the details of the night Klinefelter was killed, as well as what his family has been doing during the past 20 years is now out. It is written by Andy Marso and is titled The Klinefelter Legacy. “Andy approached us about a year ago looking to do this project,” Wendy said. “He was going to use public records for most of it, but asked if we would like to be involved. Our involvement has been personal interviews, as well as reviewing the book before publication.” Wendy said Marso was a stranger to them before he reached out in 2015.
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The Brian Klinefelter Foundation was formed about a decade after Klinefelter’s death. “The original seed money came from community donations, as well as from Ted Deikel of Fingerhut,” Wendy said.
“Since then, we have done various fundraisers. We currently have one fundraiser per year in the form of a golf tournament.” This year will be the 13th annual golf tournament, which is held in July in Sartell. Money raised from the golf tournament and other fundraisers goes toward scholarships and grants. The Brian Klinefelter Memorial Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship awarded to a student pursuing law enforcement at Alexandria Technical and Community College, where Klinefelter graduated from. The Brian Klinefelter Family Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship which goes to a child of a local public safety official who will go on to college. Three grants per year are also handed out. Last year, the grants totaled more than $5,000 all together. “The grants are geared toward groups who fit our mission of connecting youth with adults. We have sponsored police departments, church groups, educational programming and most recently a grant for the new YMCA being built in St. Cloud,” Wendy said. Information on the foundation and how to apply for scholarships or grants can be found online at growgreat.s424.sureserver.com.
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In 1999, Wendy, along with Klinefelter’s two brothers Jason and Greg opened a law enforcement supply store in St. Cloud which they named after him: KEEPRS Inc. (Klinfelter’s Enforcement and Emergency Product, Resource and Supply Inc.) “One of the greatest blessings in the past 20 years has been the ways Brian’s family ‘adopted’ me into their fold. I am so grateful to be a part of this incredible family,” Wendy said. “Being in business together has brought its own challenges, no doubt. But I wouldn’t want to share this journey with anybody else!” They wanted to serve all law-enforcement officers and stay connected to those officers who provided needed support to the family after Klinefelter’s death. His duty belt and badge are kept in a display in the store. Wendy graduated with a degree in criminal justice, has numerous years of experience in retail sales, and now is the president of KEEPRS. Both Jason and Greg were reserve officers with the St. Cloud Police Department. Jason has become the director of sales and marketing for KEEPRS. The store, as well as one in St. Paul and another in Athens, Georgia, sells police uniforms, body armor, firearms, ammunition and other equipment.
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Johnson from front page it remains one of Johnson’s most-precious finds. His extraordinarily lucky find of that rock he attributes to his rock-hound motto: “When in doubt, dig it out.” In 20 years, Johnson has walked an estimated 6,000 miles in his never-ending search for agates, treks that took place right here in the three-county area of central Minnesota. When not finding agates, he often spots other rare rocks or artifacts, including an agate arrowhead in mint condition expertly made by a Native American probably sometime around 200 A.D. Johnson found that artifact, one of his prized possessions, in Sauk Rapids in 2005.
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Johnson grew up in Sauk Rapids and graduated from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School where he was a superb trackand-field athlete and marathon runner, a sport he continued through the years. A machinist for Luther Vector Co. in Monticello, he is the father of two adult daughters – Patience, 26; and Chrystal, 23. He is also a grandfather of 11-month-old Ezra. Johnson’s rock-hounding started 20 years ago when he took his daughters for a walk in a gravel pit near Sauk Rapids, when they began to find some agates. They had such a good time they decided to go agate-hunting again. And again. They were hooked. The daughters are still avid agate-hunters. Johnson’s rock-hound pet, a black lab named Buddy, loved to accompany Johnson and his daughters on their jaunts. They covered mile after mile among this area’s gravel pits, farm fields, road-construction areas and neighborhood-development sites, most of them in Sauk Rapids, Sartell and St. Cloud. Johnson owns some very rare agates, the envy of agate collectors worldwide. Some, he
estimates, are worth thousands of dollars, and he’s been offered big money for his collection, but he won’t sell. His finds have become too precious to him, like children or pets. The rarest colors in agates, Johnson noted, are blues and greens, making it a special thrill to find one of them. And Johnson, luckily, has quite a few of them among his nearly 1,200-pound agate collection.
Superior agates
What Johnson mainly looks for during his rock-sleuthing walks are Lake Superior agates, for which Minnesota is famous, so much so it’s the State Gemstone. There are other types of agates in Minnesota, but Johnson and other collectors most prize Lake Superior agates. The semi-precious beauties were a long time in the making – at least one billion years. In the case of Lake Superior agates, the following is how they came to be: A billion years ago, magma (molten rock) was rising up to the surface in northern Minnesota, mainly in the area where Lake Superior is now. The lava would flow in vast streams, forming rock as it slowly cooled. Gas bubbles would form inside the lava, leaving voids. Minnesota, always rich in minerals, had a very wet climate at that time and so hot silica-rich water would bubble up and gradually fill the bubble voids layer by layer, causing the bands and other colored features in the rock. Then, about two million years ago, the climate changed from warm to wet to cold, so cold that the first of four Ice Ages began. Mile-high glaciers moved, infinitesimally slow, south across Minnesota, helping form Lake Superior and most of the state’s lakes. In the grit and rocky rubble carried in those glaciers as they scraped and scoured the earth were the agate rocks, left behind as the glaciers slowly, slowly melted and “retreated” northward. It’s the minerals that caused the colorful striations and other patterns in agates, minerals such as silica (quartz), iron, calcite and many others.
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Finding, naming
Johnson can tell a person exactly when and where he found his agates – that is, the most outstanding ones among the thousands he owns. He often names an agate based on the situations surrounding its find. For example, one day in May 2008, Johnson’s cousin, who caught the agate bug from Johnson, was riding with him when he convinced Johnson to stop his truck near a small field, just to check it out briefly. Who knows? There might be an agate or two in that field, he suggested. Johnson stopped the truck; they got out. Johnson took two steps into that field and – presto! – spotted a magnificent agate, a 2-pound wonder called a “fortified tube agate.” His cousin’s jaw dropped. “Needless to say, my cousin was mad with envy,” Johnson recalled. “I won’t repeat what he said.” Johnson named his find the “Envy Agate.” Other favorite Johnson finds include the following:
Peeled Heart Agate
Johnson found what he calls his “Peeled Heart Agate” at a construction site in Sauk Rapids in 1999. When he spotted it, his heart started pounding with instant excitement because he knew how far a rock-hound has to walk (thousands of miles) with even the hope of finding an agate so rare and beautiful. The beauty is a red-andwhite candy striped agate on its inside and weighs nearly two pounds. It is known as a “peeled agate” because its surface looks like someone had been chipping and peeling off layers, similar to a partially peeled onion, the result of frost, pressure and other factors. The stone is shaped almost exactly like a human heart – thus Johnson’s name for it: “Peeled Heart Agate.” “It’s one of my greatest finds,” Johnson said. “It’s a rare, priceless agate.”
Eye Agate
In 2010, Johnson was aston-
photos by Dennis Dalman
Above: Lyndon Johnson shines a flashlight on a 103 agatized brain coral found near Brainerd. This conglomerate rock was probably washed out of limestone during a flood, Johnson surmises. At right: Some of Lyndon Johnson’s favorite rock finds are (clockwise from upper right) an eight-pound agate, Johnson’s “Peeled Heart” agate, a tourmaline crystal matrix from the Black Hills, another large eye agate, a water-washed agate with its two large “eyes,” a small wonderful example of an eye agate, a chunk of Labradorite and (upper left) a 31-pound moss agate.
ished when he found a beauty that is the dream of every agate-hunter: a 2-1/4-pound eye agate, which is one of the largest ever found in the world. He found the wonder in a farm field between St. Stephen and Avon. Large eye agates are very uncommon. Most eye agates are very small, weighing only an ounce or two. They are sonamed because on their surfaces can be seen perfectly round “eyes” of rich color. Of the 1,200 pounds of agates found in 20 years by Johnson, only about four pounds are eye agates.
Water-washed agate
Johnson still has a sense of awe when he ponders one of his all-time favorite finds – a seven-ounce “water-washed” agate he picked from a Benton County field in 2010. The beautiful ovoid-shaped rock is filled with striations: rust-orange, red, white, blue, with two large eye shapes. Just the sight of that agate sets Johnson’s mind wander-
ing through the millions of years of geologic time. “Just imagine the journey this agate took to look like this,” he said. “It has to have been tossed around in an old ancient sea shore or river edge at one time in its life, before the glacier dropped it in the present-day field in which it was found.”
Sharing
Johnson enjoys sharing his rock-hound hobby with others. Now and then, he gives talks, showing specimens from his collection, to school students and organizations. Usually once a year, he sets up an exhibit of his agates at the Benton County Historical Society in Sauk Rapids. He has also written a book especially for beginning rock hounds entitled Lake Superior Agates: What to Look For. His Facebook page is Lyndond-agatejohnson. For more information, call Johnson at 320-761-5482.
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Our View Minnesotans can easily forget dangers of the cold Once again, states out East have been hammered with severe blizzards – the kind more commonly experienced right here in Minnesota. We have been fortunate so far this winter, with very little snow and only five or six nights of below-zero temperatures. But let’s remind ourselves that winter is far from over and we could get hit with nasty weather, the kind that puts lives in jeopardy. As Minnesotans, it’s too easy to let our guard down when a less-than-severe winter causes a mild January. A tragic story that happened out East in New Jersey Jan. 3 should remind us never to let our guard down when it comes to winter. A 23-yearold New Jersey mother and her 1-year-old son died of carbon-monoxide poisoning in Passaic. A 3-year-old daughter is in critical condition. All three were sitting in their vehicle while the father was outside shoveling around the vehicle to get it unstuck from snow. While doing so, he covered the tailpipe, causing carbon monoxide to back up into the vehicle. Another man in Pennsylvania died in similar circumstances. Many people out East, unused to such snowstorms, are unaware of all the dangers that can lurk when snow creates treacherous conditions. We who know of such things can easily forget them when a mild winter comes our way. Besides keeping a winter-survival kit and plenty of heavy blankets in a vehicle, people should be sure to use precautions to guard against carbon-monoxide poisoning, which can happen so quickly inside a car because the poison can creep up so quickly, making one drowsy and then causing death as a person drifts into a sleepy unconsciousness. The following are tips to remember: • Always be sure the tailpipe of a vehicle is cleared of ice, snow or other debris and keep a window cracked at all times. • Do not put children or others inside a vehicle while clearing snow or ice outside the vehicle. • Never leave a child alone inside a vehicle, under any conditions. • At home, make sure carbon-monoxide detectors are in good working order. Check batteries once a year and test the detectors. • Never allow children to play in or near vehicles that are running, and be sure to hide all ignition keys from children. • Never warm up a vehicle for any length of time in an enclosed space, such as in a garage. Carbon-monoxide death can occur very quickly in those conditions. Never leave a vehicle idling in a garage, even if the garage door is open. • If you have keyless ignitions, be very careful that a car is turned off, especially if it is a garage where children could get into it. On average, about 150 people, including about 40 children, die each year nationwide of carbonmonoxide poisoning, according to KidsandCars. org. Those deaths most often happen in winter – usually in vehicles or in homes. And that is why, in milder winters, we Minnesotans tend to forget the dangers. Let’s do our best to remember them and to remind one another of them.
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Opinion Beware of foreign-born pretenders At least Sen. Ted Cruz admits he wasn’t born in America – unlike our president. President Barack Obama, as everyone knows, was born in Kenya, a savage child with a bone in his nose who grew up as a hard-core subversive Muslim socialist-communist Americahater. And then he had the gall to move to America and get himself elected – heaven forbid – as our president. Not once, mind you, but twice. He’s an incendiary pretender, born on that Dark Continent, dangerously stupid, unfit to be president. Oh sure, he claims he was born in Hawaii, but we all know his American mother from Kansas cooked the books. She knew at his birth in the Kenya jungle that the babe was presidential material, and so she had a fake birth announcement planted in the Honolulu newspaper, which would become the “proof” needed when someday he would run for president. Mighty sneaky, if you ask me. We know this is true because Donald Trump told us so many years ago. Trump hired detectives to go to Hawaii and elsewhere to do some snooping around about Obama’s real roots, and Trump said we’d be shocked what they discovered. We’re still waiting to hear what the detectives had to say. But Trump is a busy man, running for president and talking all the time. He’s so busy maybe he just plum forgot to tell us the detectives’ revelations. Now that Obama is soon to be a bad memory, it’s not as much fun to ridicule or hate him anymore or to remind folks he was born in Kenya (or maybe Malaysia). But, thankfully,
Dennis Dalman Editor Sarah Palin won’t let us forget his sins. That feisty squawking rabblerouser flew down from her Alaskan perch the other day to endorse Trump for president, peppering her screechy sing-song speech of one-liners with anti-Obama jibes. Next day, she lay part of the blame for her veteran son’s domestic-assault arrest at Obama’s doorstep, he who does not respect our troops. At least Mama Grizzly still has some spunk left, enough guts to tell Obama to get lost or go back where he came from. The “Thrilla from Wasilla” sounds like she’s ready to go to Syria and “kick ISIS a . . ” If only our president had her kind of guts. But, other than Palin, for the most part these days Republicans are spending so much time attacking one another they don’t have time to nip at the president’s heels. It’s become a merry-go-round of name-calling. Trump, the loudest of all, flings insults at the other contenders after assuring us they are all “nice guys, nice guys, really nice guys,” just too lowenergy or too sweaty or too all-around nasty. And Carly Fiorina, says Trump, is a nice gal, a really nice gal – too bad about that face. Trump now has a brand-new “birther” mission. He loves to remind everybody (including Cruz himself) that Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada. Thus, he’s as bad, as unfit, as
Obama to become president, besides being so nasty that everybody hates him. How dare flunky Cruz even think of competing for the highest office in the land, especially against such a New York City-born titan like Trump? Cruz is yet another foreign-born upstart. What’s this world coming to? And of course Trump is right; he’s always right; he’s never wrong. He is right to worry about shifty Cruz. After all, the father of Cruz was born in – of all countries – Cuba. Lest we forget, that’s the communist-socialist island Obama has been chumming up to lately, rubbing shoulders with his fellow commies. Just you watch! One of these days, he’ll be smoking a cigar with buddy-buddy Fidel, hatching plans to weaken America. What we should worry about is not so much that Cruz was born in Canada but that his father was born in Cuba. Oh sure, Cruz puts on a good act as a Tea Party conservative, but what if – just what if – that Cuban blood coursing through his veins causes him to change his spots if he’s elected president, and then what if he launches a communist crusade, Cuban-style? In this world nothing’s for sure. For all we know, he and Obama, both foreign-born sneaks, might be in cahoots to destroy this nation with waves of illegal communist immigrants. And, come to think of it, what about The Donald?. Wasn’t he always one of those slick New York-style liberals? What if he turns out to be a turncoat? Horrors! Another liberal in the White House? That’s worse than a communist. God help us.
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Organizers hope to see others get on board with train GRIP Leaders Molly Weyrens, St. Cloud Amy Leither, St. Cloud Because of some great organizing by people in the St. Cloud region, there is an increased possibility Northstar might get to St. Cloud, which would be an economic boom for all cities connected to St. Cloud. At a public meeting Nov. 12 there were close to 300 people at the River’s Edge Convention Center who showed up to learn and lend their support to getting Northstar to St. Cloud. There was a mix of racial and economic sectors present and the talk that night was a clear indication the momentum to stay on track and
move this project forward was clear and focused. GRIP/ISAIAH is an organization of faith leaders working together across race, faith and region in the St. Cloud area to empower equity and opportunity for all. It has involved all four of our elected representatives and has received the most attention from Rep. Jim Knoblach. With the research he has been doing, it seems the cost is actually not the $150 million the Minnesota Department of Transportation has shared or the $200-400 million the Governor’s office has forecasted, but that the cost will be minimal, if anything, given the structures already in place. While Reps. Howe and Knoblach
have responded, we have yet to hear from O’Driscoll and Theis. We hope as the session nears, we will see they too will want to be part of a team which leaves a legacy of economic gain and further promotes greater Minnesota at the state capitol. If we can do this with Northstar, imagine what other issues we can work on to create broader changes that benefit the common good? Join us for a meeting from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 at St. Mary’s Cathedral’s lower church, 25 Eighth Ave. S. (note venue change). Hear updates and what you can do to help us get the train. For more information, contact abuckvold@isaiahmn. org or 320-339-1941.
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Fare for All begins new year of distributions by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
The St. Joseph Fare for All distribution continued to set records in December, selling 1,066 packs and serving 223 households in two hours, but the January distribution was slower, selling 292 packs and serving 162 households. Roles pointed out some impressive numbers for the months
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, Jan. 29 Blood drive, 8 a.m.-2 p.m, St. Cloud Veterans Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Family Fun Night, 6-8 p.m., Pleasantview Elementary School, 1009 Sixth Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. A Night of Rememberance, fundraiser for Brian Klinefelter Foundation, 9 p.m., La Playette, 19 College Ave. N., St. Joseph. Saturday, Jan. 30 Living in the Avon Hills, 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m., St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-3163. Open House, 6-7 p.m., after 5 p.m. Mass, Sacred Heart Church, 2875 10th Ave. N.E., Sauk Rapids. 320-251-8115. Sunday, Jan. 31 Open House, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., after 8 and 10 a.m. Mass, Sacred Heart Church,
of July-December 2015, including serving 2,260 households and 7,910 individuals. She said 50,065 pounds of food were sold as 23,664 produce packs, 5,215 mini packs, 15,252 mega packs, 18,160 holiday packs and 3,528 a la carte packs. Roles said there will be a new Fare for All site opening in February at the Salem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud. The Salem site will give customers the option of be-
ing able to use public transportation, something the St. Joseph site does not offer. Roles said although the Salem site might be competition for the St. Joseph site to remain the largest site, it will be good to have some friendly competition. Fare for All staff continues to complement St. Joseph volunteers on their efficiency and customer service for seamless
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Sartell family builds backyard ice rink photo by Carolyn Bertsch
On the evening of Jan. 25, members of the Sartell/Sauk Rapids Stormin’ Sabres U12A girls hockey team rally together to play hockey in the backyard of the home of Jay and Bekki Downward of Sartell. The Downwards converted a portion of their yard, located on the corner of Sixth Avenue S and Second Street S, into an ice rink this winter in hopes of acclimating their 4-year-old son Kale to the ice. The ice rink is equipped with boards, a net, bright lighting and even a nearby fire pit that serves as a warming area. It has become a popular destination for both kids and adults this winter. The Downwards’ 12-year-old daughter, Kelly Jo, plays hockey on the Stormin’ Sabres team.
Ice skating rinks open in SR by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
The City of Sauk Rapids has two ice skating rinks with warming houses now open at Oakridge and Pleasantview Parks. The recreation board does remind all users of the rinks, including hockey players, to use proper safety gear which in-
cludes a helmet while on the ice. Warming house hours for Pleasantview Park, 551 11th St. N., and for Oakridge Park, 2008 Highview Drive, are the following: 4-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and noon9 p.m. Sunday. If the temperature falls more than 10 degrees below zero, including windchill, the warming houses and skating
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rinks will be closed. City skating rinks available without a warming house include: Third Avenue S. and Ninth Street S. and another at Second Avenue N., down the road from the Holiday Gas Station. These rinks follow general park rules, meaning they will open no earlier than 6 a.m. and close no later than 10 p.m.
SR city council now has official emails by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
While city employees, like the city administrator and other department positions, have had city-provided email addresses for some time, city council members have only recently been provided with their own email addresses. At a Sauk Rapids City Council meeting at the end of 2015, Community Development Director Todd Schultz and City Administrator Ross Olson noted the mayor used to have an email address provided by the city a number of years ago, but at the time the technology wasn’t available to make it easily accessible from the mayor’s home so they had to come to city hall to check
any emails. Until now, city council members used their own private emails, hosted by Yahoo, Google, Hotmail or other sources to handle both personal and city business. With improvements in technology, as well as concerns about security and transparency, Schultz was directed by the council to create email addresses for the mayor and council members to use. The addresses would be turned back over to the city when
a council member leaves office, allowing for the emails to be archived and any future messages that might be sent to the address in error dealt with in a timely manner. The addresses are formed using the first letter of the first name, followed by the full last name of the person. All of the email addresses are available on the city website at ci.sauk-rapids. mn.us, and they are listed here as well:
Mayor
Brad Gunderson - bgunderson@ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us
Council members
Steve Heinen - sheinen@ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us Kurt Hunstiger - khunstiger@ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us Nick Sauer - nsauer@ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us Ellen Thronson - ethronson@ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us
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