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Town Crier Taste of St. Cloud slated for May 2
The sixth annual Taste of St. Cloud, sponsored by the Franciscan Community Volunteers, a growing ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, May 2 at the Territory Golf Course/Coyote Moon Grille in St. Cloud. The event features an array of cuisines from 16 local restaurants as well as live entertainment and a silent auction. Come meet the Franciscan Community Volunteers and see the ways they have enriched the people of the St. Cloud area. You’ll also have an opportunity to visit many Franciscan Sisters and friends.
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Parents of seniors please take note. Keep an eye out for an email from the Newsleaders requesting your response about your senior for our upcoming senior graduation booklet.
Outdoor yoga class set April 24
An outdoor yoga class, celebrating the Earth Day weekend, will be held from 11 a.m.-noon Sunday, April 24 at Baker’s Acres, 36861 CR 9, Avon. It’s recommended each participant bring a mat and water bottle. Participants of all skill levels are invited and encouraged to wear comfortable layers that allow for a wide range of movement. Participants may drive to the farm, and there will also be free busing for students to and from the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on April 22 Criers.
Planned Parenthood to offer free STD testing
Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota will offer free STD testing at the St. Cloud Planned Parenthood clinic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays until the end of April. Getting regular STD tests is an easy and responsible way to take charge of your own health. Planned Parenthood clinicians are experts at STD prevention, testing and treatment.
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Along with spring comes cleanup SR Business Council hosts first business expo by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
Berni Halaas is not a Bears fan though her name is pronounced like the legendary coach of the Chicago Bears and she is a distant relative, but she certainly is an enthusiastic booster of the Sauk Rapids Business Council and the businesses that make up the city. Halaas serves as membership director of the council, and owns and operates two businesses, New Century Real Estate and Interiors by Berni. She sat down April 13 with the Sauk Rapids Newsleader for a short chat about the first Sauk Rapids Business Expo and what the business council would like to accomplish in Sauk Rapids. It’s important to make a distinction between the chamber
of commerce and the business council, she explained. The business council, which has existed for about two years, bridges a gap between the businesses in Sauk Rapids and city members. The chamber seems to focus on connecting business to business, according to Halaas. In addition to sponsoring the Sauk Rapids Business Expo, the business council is sponsoring the Sauk Rapids Farmers’ Market which will open May 14. The market has been moved to a new location in downtown Sauk Rapids in the parking lot behind Flying Pig Pizza and Refresh Nutrition. “We are hoping for a much bigger presence than where it was,” Halaas said. Getting the business council Business • page 3
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Blake Schwegel, Sauk Rapids resident and business owner of Schwegel’s LLC removes a split tree from the backyard of a Newsleader employee Tara Wiese on Tuesday, April 19. Wiese said she took numerous photos of her youngest daughter by the tree. She said she was sad to see it go. For additional photos, see back page.
Clean Sweep Week arrives with spring by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
The city of Sauk Rapids is holding its annual Clean Sweep Week April 27–29. It’s simple to be a part of Clean Sweep, and the city is willing to help. To assist with dealing with the accumulated mess the winter months left in your yard, along the fence lines and in the roadways, simply gather it all to-
gether and cart it off to the compost site located 1.25 miles north of Golden Spike Road on CR 57. And while you are there, you can purchase a compost sticker and haul your old grass clippings, sawdust, unwanted mulch and tree trimmings there all summer and fall. What if you don’t have any leaves or twigs or clippings? How about some of the things you’ve been meaning to throw
out for the past three years? That old table you were always going to fix? The left-over fencing and that broken window pane? And that humidifier that went on the fritz? No – it’s not completely free. It costs to get rid of some stuff. Yep! It’s all grist for the mill. A more complete list along with disposal prices can be found on the city website. Just go to http://www.ci.sauk-rapids.
mn.us Look on the right side of your screen and locate 2016 Compost site hours to find out when the compost site will be open during the year. Click on “Clean Sweep Week” just below the compost site hours and there you can find out all about how you can dispose of just about any unwanted “stuff” you’ve been accumulating for these past many years. It could hardly be simpler.
Pirate’s Cove – a phoenix rising from the recession by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
Sit down and talk with Jim Brownson about Pirate’s Cove, and it becomes apparent the man has a love affair with the place. “I spent a lot of time here,” Brownson said. “We came up here a lot because there seemed to be so much to do up here.” That was in his college days at Hamline University. After Brownson finished college, he became a property developer, joining with other partners to build several developments in and around the Twin Cities. photo by Dave DeMars
Jim Brownson, president of the Cove Development Group, stands next to “Jolly Roger,” the pirate statue that welcomed many past visitors to Pirate’s Cove.
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Recent history
The original Pirate’s Cove restaurant, owned by Roger Kirmeier for nearly 30 years, was purchased by Rick Schafer and his wife in 1997. An errant spark from an incinerator burning cardboard reached the kitchen area and developed into a roaring inferno Oct. 24, 1998. Firefighters from Rice, Sauk Rapids and Sartell fought the blaze for most of that night. By morning, what had been a thriving business was a pile of rubble and ash. Schafer continued to try to develop the property despite the loss of the anchor restaurant, but development struggled. So Schafer decided to call Brownson in 2004 and invite him to come up and take a look at the property. He was more than happy to revisit a place of so many happy memories. Cove • page 4
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Myers named SR Citizen of the Year by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
April Myers will be honored as Sauk Rapids “Citizen of the Year” at a ceremony from 4:206 p.m. Monday, April 25 at the Sauk Rapids Government Center. The public is invited to
meet Myers, hear tributes to her and share in light refreshments. Myers is the housing director for Myers Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rap-
ids and is also a tireless volunteer in civic, church and school activities. The “Citizen of the Year” honor began almost 30 years ago in Sauk Rapids. Its purpose is to honor a person whose contributions have enhanced the quality of life in Sauk Rapids.
Rice Clean-Up Day set for April 30 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The annual Rice Citywide Clean-Up Day is set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 30. People who live in Rice or the townships of Graham, Langola or Watab can drop off items at the lot behind Rice City Hall during those hours on that day. Items that can be dropped off free include batteries, couches,
chairs, mattresses and box springs. Most appliances and electronic items, however, will require a $5 fee. They include air conditioners, de-humidifiers, dishwashers, dryers, commercial and residential electronics items, microwaves, ranges/ stoves, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashing machines, water heaters and furnaces. Tires will also be accepted for a charge – $2 for tires from
passenger vehicles, $5 for larger tires, such as those for trucks or tractors. People who bring smaller items are requested to put them in sturdy bags or boxes before dropping them off at the site. The following items cannot be accepted for disposal: RV refrigerators, chemicals, paints, pesticides, stains, poisons, hazardous wastes, fluorescent bulbs or broken or exposed TV picture tubes.
Friday, April 22, 2016
People Arise Home Health Care will expand its service line to include a Senior Day Program. Opening May 2, this program will be located at 1908 Kruchten Court S., Sartell. This is the first stand-alone senior-adult day program in the area and is at the crossroads of
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March 24 3:18 p.m. Medical. Police assisted a man who was experiencing chest pains. Upon arrival, authorities spoke with the man who stated he got sick suddenly with cold sweats and chest pains. Officers stayed with him until Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and transported by Frank Lee were told two masked men handgun and had ordered an operations@thenewsleaders.com robbed the business of an un- employee to lie down on the him for further care. disclosed amount of cash at floor before the men made their March 25 Bubba’s Bar & Grill at 736 about 1:20 a.m. before leaving escape. 4:50 p.m. Criminal damage S. Benton Drive was robbed at the scene. The case remains under into property. Circle Drive NW. gunpoint in the early morning No one was hurt in the vestigation. No other details Police were informed of a damof April 19. robbery, even though one of were available at the time of aged mailbox. Criminal intent Sauk Rapids police officers the robbers reportedly had a this publication. was suspected. No suspects have been determined at this time. 6:32 p.m. Driving complaint. Benton Drive S. Authorities were alerted to a recklessly PUBLISHING TRUCKING AUTO BODY REPAIR driven vehicle and a near colliVon Meyer Publishing Brenny Transportation, Inc. Auto Body 2000 sion. An officer was able to lo32 1st Ave. NW Global Transportation Service (behind Coborn’s in the Industrial Park) cate the vehicle and determined St. Joseph • 320-363-7741 St. Joseph • 320-363-6999 St. Joseph • 320-363-1116 www.thenewsleaders.com www.brennytransportation.com the driver was intoxicated. Another officer safely escorted the driver home. Call the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader at 320-363-7741
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10:52 p.m. Medical. Officer responded to an alert of a man with stomach pain. The officer assisted Gold Cross Ambulance in helping the man. March 30 8:52 p.m. Officer assault. 14th Avenue NE. A man was arrested after officers investigated a report of shoplifting. As the police attempted to take the man into custody, he struck out at an officer and ran. He was captured and taken into custody to be held on charges of theft, fleeing the police, obstructing the legal process and fourth-degree assault of a law enforcement officer. The officer did not need medical assistance.
April 1 4:55 p.m. Traffic accident. Mayhew Lake NE/15th Street NE. A vehicle did not stop at an intersection and struck another vehicle. The driver fled on foot. The passenger of the vehicle was removed by the fire department and was brought to the St. Cloud Hospital. The passenger of the struck vehicle was also transported to the St. Cloud Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The offending driver was located and found to be intoxicated. He was taken into custody for DUI, criminal vehicular operation and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Board members of the Sauk Rapids Business Council are hoping to spur a closer bond between Sauk Rapids’ citizens and the business community. Business council members are (left to right) Betsey Lund-Ross, president; Berni Halaas, membership and board member; Toni Kasella, board member; and Jessi Brinkman, board member.
up and running is a work in progress so she and the directors of the council are learning “a lot” in these opening months. “We are getting there, but it is definitely going to take a while,” she said. “We really want to be of some help and see more businesses attracted to Sauk Rapids. That is one of our long-term goals.” Council membership has just opened up in the last couple of months. Membership costs $50 per year. Halaas said the goal is to grow the Sauk Rapids Business Council, and that is why keeping costs low and trying to get businesses involved is a priority.
Every third Thursday of the month, the council hosts a meeting and luncheon at the VFW with a guest speaker. The council tries to alternate the speaker between something that might relate to the financial part of owning a business, social networking or marketing strategies. On April 21, the council hosted Cliff Robbins of Cohlab in St. Cloud The goal in planning the SR Business Expo was basically to get initiated in the community. They didn’t know exactly what to expect and exposure to the community was largely through social media and some signage around town. Asked about the state of the business climate in Sauk Rapids, Halaas waxed enthusiastic. “I think it is really good,” she said. “If you are talking real estate it is awesome. It’s a seller’s market. We need
3 more homes on the market and now is a great time to sell. There’s not a lot of homes to show buyers right now in Sauk Rapids.” Halaas said it would be nice to attract more business, but she added it is equally important to keep and maintain the businesses already in Sauk Rapids. “We really need to help any business to get placed in Sauk Rapids instead of going across the river,” she said. And it’s not a matter of not having space, she added. There are lots available in the industrial park and select spots available downtown, too. She mentioned in particular the building on the corner of Benton Drive and Second Street that has been vacant for an extended period of time. “We just want to grow Sauk Rapids and help business grow as well,” she said.
Rice city council tackles non-stop traffic problem by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
The Rice City Council dealt with four important issues at the April 18 meeting that lasted well past 9 p.m. The first issue occurred in the public input portion of Monday’s meeting, when members of the audience informed the council of the dangers at the corner near Rice Elementary School. Audience members told of buses driving on the grass and nearly hitting children. Apparently, there are other careless drivers as well, including parents. Council members raised questions about what kind of sight lines were in the area, perhaps thinking it was a problem of not being able to see clearly. Council members noted a yield sign was recently installed in the area and so drivers should be slowing and paying attention to their surroundings. Audience members said on several occasions they tried calling the bus company to complain about the drivers but received no response. Council asked Police Chief Ross Hamann to weigh in on the situation. Hamann said he was aware of it, and his office had received other complaints, but it was difficult to police the area effectively since the area was wide open and a squad car could easily be seen. With the high vantage point of the bus drivers, any squad would be easily detected. “If it is going on, I think it would be very difficult to enforce without a stop sign,” Hamann said. “It would be pretty easy to add a couple of stop signs in that spot since it wouldn’t affect any houses (except) a couple that are next to (the intersection).” Audience members won-
dered whether it might be possible to add some crosswalks to go with the stop signs since people don’t always give the right-of-way to pedestrians if there are no crosswalks. “If that’s truly what’s happening, I think a stop sign would be the answer,” Hamann said. The motion was made and carried to install stop signs and to leave the yield signs to encourage drivers to drive more carefully in the area. photos by Dave DeMars
Financial update
Jennifer Schwieters from Bremer Bank made a short presentation about the state of the city’s investments. The city has nearly $2 million invested entirely in fixed-income investments such as bonds and CDs. Schwieters broke out the investments into the various types with the amount invested in each and the returns they were producing. She said the city portfolio was fairly diversified and while not producing huge income dollars, it was stable and steady. Should the city need additional funds for the short term, Schwieters laid out a possible solution to deal with the problem. The city could cash out
Above: Ken Nodo, a volunteer for the park-maintenance program, addresses the council about problems with supervision. He said he will continue to work on getting the park areas in shape but would like a little more respect. Above right: Peter Kedrowski (left), a longtime firefighter who is now retiring, is honored by the city council and his fellow firefighters (from left to right) Scott Janski, fire chief; Brad Vaillancourt, assistant fire chief; and Dale Hiscock, deputy fire chief. Kedrowski manned the fire trucks for 18 years. one or more of the bonds and use the distribution of funds to satisfy that need. A second approach is to wait for the various accounts to mature and come due for renewal. At that time, the city could take the distribution without any penalty and use it to pay bills or for other needs. Non-renewal of a bond carries no penalty for early withdrawal. Schwieters was asked to
communicate with the council on at least a quarterly basis with presentations on an annual basis so the council has some idea as to how its investments are progressing.
Retiree honored
The Rice Fire Department and the city council took a moment to honor retiring firefighter Peter Kedrowski, who served for 18 years and retired
as a captain in the department.
Personnel issues
Several items of business were routinely approved then the selection and contract with the building inspector, Nancy Scott of All Spec Services, drew some lengthy debate over the time needed to give notice to either terminate, change or continue the contract. Scott atCouncil • page 4
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Left: Newly built model homes range in price from around $300k upward. Every home looks out onto common natural areas at the back. Middle: Much of the 365-acre development is reserved for common space. Pirate’s Cove development features five miles of groomed trails and wooded area. Right: The restaurant site allows a relaxing view of the river.
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What’s ahead?
from front page Schafer had acquired about 11 parcels of land totaling 365 acres. His original plan called for development of the area including housing, a golf course and some commercial development on about 100 acres with frontage on Highway 10. “When I came up, I didn’t remember quite how beautiful it was,” Brownson said. “That day we spent six or seven hours just walking the land and talking about what we wanted to do.” But once Brownson became
Because of the beauty of the land, the true objective was to develop it in such a way that the housing worked with the land rather than the other way around. They aimed at serving most of the segments of the upscale housing market but without being too high end. “Building a golf course just didn’t seem like it was going to be real feasible at that point in time,” Brownson said. “Back then, it seemed like everyone was building golf courses, so we redeveloped the whole area into mixed-use
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housing and put together a PUD on the whole area.” Brownson explained most developers try to get as many houses as they can onto a piece of land to maximize the profit, but that was never the intent in developing the Cove. “We tried to create a plan that basically allowed for people to enjoy what was here,” he said. “Fifty-three percent of the entire area is being left as open space right now.” A person purchasing their “piece of heaven” would get more than the lot their home was on. They would actually have access to about 100 acres they could use and enjoy, Brownson explained. With
five miles of privately developed trails and a landing on the river for residents, every homeowner in the development would have access to the 14 miles of river stretching from beyond Rice down to Sartell. While the concept was a good one, difficulties developed again. Around 2007, a recession hit. The Cove entered a phase of arrested development. Home buyers hunkered down and for more than eight years, development has been slow. Only 14 homeowners occupy space developed for 83. The lonely restaurant site, occupied only by an excava-
tor and front-end loader, sits empty. “That is the only commercial land on the river,” Brownson said. “We’ve had a lot of people look at it and wanted to recreate that (the original Pirate’s Cove), but it was very difficult to get financing.” Banks for a number of years were not open to financing a restaurant, but it appears the financial freeze is beginning to thaw, Brownson said. “We are optimistic there are going to be a lot of people enjoying this in the next 10 years,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity for people to live here, to use the river that they didn’t have before.”
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was moot. Then the council established a specific end date three years out in the new contract. Both sides agreed and the issue was settled. A second item that caused some amount of discussion was the agreement with park volunteer Ken Nodo. Nodo stood at the lectern to declare he was not particularly happy with the way things went last year. Nodo said a new park area that has been in the works needs to be seeded and it has been planned for in the past. He also said the seeding needs to be done in the next couple of weeks. “Last year, because of the way your volunteer things were being handled, it wasn’t very nice to me, I don’t think, because nobody talked to me about why it was necessary,” Nodo said. “I just got complaints about anything I did to help with improvements over there so I decided I’m not going to volunteer anymore.” But Nodo said he had a change of heart during the winter and wanted to see the new piece finished. If the city was
not going to have time for it, then Nodo said he would do it himself using his own tools and gas. The issue was whether Nodo would sign the volunteer agreement. Nodo said yes, he would sign but it was his understanding if he were to do any work, the city had to have someone there to watch him. If that was the way it had to be, then Nodo said he would not do it. “I wasn’t treated very nice(ly) when this all took place last year,” Nodo said. “Nobody came and talked to me. I did a couple of things out there and every time I did something, I got criticized and told not to do anymore. I didn’t do anything without approval from somebody.” Sometimes he said he did things with approval and still got criticized, and if that is how the city treats its volunteers, he won’t do it anymore. It’s a matter of respect, he said. But he added that he wanted to see it get done, so in the end, he said he would do the job.
from page 3 tended the meeting. In the past, the contract was infinite, meaning there was no set time for the contract to expire. The city, in reviewing its contracts, wants to limit the contracts to three years. The issue is how to do that. The present contract calls for a six-month notice on the part of either party to terminate the contract. It was set up that way so there would be adequate time for either side to react and plan and the city would be guaranteed service until a new inspector was in place. If there are any changes to be proposed to the present contract, a six-month notice must be given so negotiations can ensue. The council finally accepted a proposal by Scott for the establishment of a new three-year contract to take the place of the present contract. There would be no break in service so the six-month issue
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Right: Three World War II veterans, each of whom had previously been awarded the Purple Heart, were honored with the presentation of handcarved “Honor Canes” carved by Curt Hutchens during the Wood Expo held April 16. From left to right: Edwin R. Albrecht of Wabasha, Minn., was wounded in 1945 during action in the Rhineland France Campaign; Maurice “Max” Wenker of Melrose, Minn., was wounded in the “Big Apple” battle on June 10, 1945 in Okinawa, Japan; woodcarver Hutchens; Earl W. Hoppenrath was wounded at Dessau, Germany, in 1945. Far right: Al Gerads of Rice is the treasurer of the Central Minnesota Woodcarvers Association and stands surrounded by some of his many carvings at the Wood Expo April 16 in Sauk Rapids.
Woodworkers display art at local expo by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
Shooting the breeze at a Wood Expo in Sauk Rapids, woodworkers Al Gerads of Rice and Pam Witte of Milaca shared ideas of what goes into the making of a good woodcarver: one idea has to do with potatoes, the other with ducks. “Well, the guys I started carving with told me that if I could peel potatoes, I could be a carver,” Witte told Gerads with a chuckle. “And I said, ‘You ain’t seen me peel potatoes, have you?’ ” Gerads sticks by his duck theory. “If you are going to carve a duck, you carve away all the wood that don’t look like a duck,” he told Witte. Witte and Gerads were just two of the many woodworkers at the 11th annual Wood Expo last weekend at the Benton County Fairgrounds. Most of those were from three area organizations: Central Minnesota Woodworkers Association, Central Minnesota Woodcarvers Association and the Central Minnesota Woodturners Association. This year’s expo was a little different because the wood workers invited area quilters from around the area to join in the expo. Brenda Lodermeier, a retired firefighter-turned-pyrographer, was co-chair of the wood expo and talked about the challenges in holding the expo. It’s more
than just a wood show, she explained. “A lot of times guys say, ‘I want to go to the wood show,’ and they want to drag their wives along, and they (the wives) go kicking and screaming, but if there are quilters there, (the wives) might be more interested,” Lodermeier said. For Charlie Gunderson, president of the Central Minnesota Woodworkers Association, wood has provided a way to make a living. After graduating with an associate’s degree in carpentry from St. Cloud Vo-Tech in the mid-1970s, he worked in the cabinet industry. “When I was a kid growing up, I was always making things out of peach crates in the basement,” he said. “So that is what drew me to woodworking.” Gunderson has seen a lot of changes during his four decades of woodworking. For one, there was none of the computer-controlled equipment now common in many shops. “Basically everything was done by hand,” he said. “If you wanted curves cut, we had band saws and that kind of thing, but nowadays we have computerized machinery where you can draw it (a project), put it in a CNC router and cut it.” It’s that kind of thing that makes it possible to mass produce a piece of furniture or a plaque over and over again, but Gunderson still cuts his parts out using table saws and band saws, unless he is doing production
work on a larger scale, because he said he enjoys the challenge. “A lot of people would disagree with me on that, but woodworking is an art,” he said. “There’s a lot of things I can do with wood that people don’t know how I do them.”
Wood carving
Witte, chair of the Central Minnesota Woodcarvers Association, showed many of the pieces she created during her 30 years of carving. “I see things that I like, and I want to see if I can make it for myself,” she said. One carver said he was offered $700 for a carving because the collector figured to make $1,400 selling it elsewhere. In the end, he decided to make a present of it to his granddaughter. Gerads, treasurer for the Woodcarvers Association, said he has been carving for more than 25 years. The reason he keeps at it, he said, is it’s a stress reliever and helps him focus. “A sharp knife and a block of wood – if you don’t keep your wits about you, you’re going to ruin your carving or cut yourself,” Gerads said with a chuckle. Curt Hutchens, long-time woodcarver, showed one piece made in Asia of a moose with its baby and asked what was wrong with the depiction. The problem, he explained, is the moose is a bull. “You would never see a bull tending to a calf in real nature,”
Hutchens said. “You’ll never see that in any of my pieces.”
The closing ceremony
The patience of woodworkers is immense. Not only because they patiently work on a piece until it is just the way they want it, but because, at expos like this one, they patiently answer the same questions again and again. At the end of the day, the woodworkers presented special “honor canes” to three World War II veterans, each of whom
had been awarded a Purple Heart for wounds suffered in combat. Each cane was hand-carved by Hutchens, a former teacher and woodcarver. The Purple Heart, the nation’s oldest military decoration, was originally established by Gen. George Washington on Aug. 7, 1782 at Newburgh and was called the “Badge of Military Merit.” The medal has a storied history and underwent a name change and redesign at various times.
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Our View Nominate veterans for Veterans’ Voices Award In the greater St. Cloud area, there are so many veterans worthy of the 2016 Veterans’ Voices Award, but it’s up to people who know them to nominate them. The award is given by the Minnesota Humanities Center, St. Paul, to recognize military veterans who have not only served their country but who went above and beyond the call of duty to enhance their cities, whether through their professions or their volunteerism. Veterans Voices is a statewide program of the Humanities Center that draws on the power of the humanities to call attention to the stories and contributions of veterans, giving an authentic voice to the veteran experience through play, art discussion groups and the Veterans’ Voices Award. The Humanities Center invites nominations of candidates who fall into one of two categories: On the Rise (age 40 and under) or Legacy (over age 40). The Veterans’ Voices Award honors actively engaged former and current military service members who are making contributions that improve the lives of people in their own cities and/or across Minnesota. Award nominations will be accepted until June 3. These awards, now in their fourth year, will be presented at the Veterans’ Voices Award Ceremony to be held Sept. 11 at the Anderson Student Center on the campus of St. Thomas University in St. Paul. Since Sept. 11, 2001 more than 88,000 men and women from Minnesota have been deployed and many have returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nominations must include answers to questions detailing a candidate’s contributions and reasons that candidate exemplifies the mission and values of the Humanities Center. Nominations may be submitted online or by mail to: Minnesota Humanities Center, 2015 Veterans’ Voices Award, 987 Ivy Ave. E., St. Paul, Minn. 55106 All nominations must be received by 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 3. Nominees selected to receive an award will be notified by Friday, July 8. Details about the nomination and past Veterans’ Voices awardees are available at mnhum.org/vets. We suggest people in our area who are aware of outstanding contributions by veterans check into the nomination criteria and then nominate the special veteran for the recognition he or she so well deserves.
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Friday, April 22, 2016
Opinion Why not ordain women as priests? In the Holy Bible, there is no thundering commandment proclaiming: “Thou shalt not ordain women as priests.” True, Jesus Christ’s disciples were all men, but there are no directly quoted statements from Christ in the Gospels – as far as I know – that women cannot serve as priests. I grew up Catholic. I remember asking a nun in catechism class how come all priests are men. She gave me one of her many versions of “because the Bible tells me so” after mentioning all of Christ’s disciples were men. I didn’t quite buy her explanation, though. She is the nun who said she had a piece of His cross in a tiny little box she kept in her black robe. We, kids, all asked to see it; she never did show us. To that nun, our every question was answered with, “It’s a mystery.” And it remains a mystery to me why women cannot be priests. The Holy Roman Catholic Church is bound up in 2,000 years of tradition. That’s a good thing and a bad thing. Good because the eternal verities, such as “Thou shalt not kill,” should of course be honored and respected. Bad because after so many hundreds of years, reasons for this or that rule or restriction – often baseless ones – get blurred in the mists of time. Barring women as priests seems to be one of those seemingly baseless restrictions. There have been many changes in Catholic doctrine, so why not change the one against women priests? For example, I remember the Mass was conducted only in Latin, then later
Dennis Dalman Editor it could suddenly be recited in English. I remember Catholics were not supposed to eat meat on Fridays. It was a sin. Later, the pope or somebody decreed it wasn’t a sin anymore. But many still honored meatless Fridays. I remember St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, was suddenly booted from the Catholic pantheon of saints. Back then, a magnetic, white, plastic St. Christopher knick-knack on your dashboard (if you were Catholic) protected you from accidents. I told the neighbors the St. Christopher inside their beat-up baby blue Cadillac wouldn’t protect them anymore since he’s not a saint, after all. I remember dad said, “Oh, well, might as well leave him in there. Can’t do any harm.” Traditions really do die hard, especially after 2,000 years-worth of them. In the early days of Christianity, Christian sects in the Roman world would meet in secret with the rites sometimes led by women. Throughout the years, the official Catholic Church became dominated by men, as everything else was in those ancient days. The men took over; they made the rules based on their own male prerogatives and often myopic world views. That patriarchal structure (a form of sexism, let’s face it) persisted and became sclerotic, often shored up by self-serving misinterpretations of what
the Bible says. Even though I’m not a practicing Catholic anymore, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Catholicism. I have some good memories of the ritual of the Mass, the magisterial sounds of the priest intoning Latin phrases in a kind of sing-song chant (“Dominus vobiscum et spiritus saaaanctuuus”). There was something other-wordly and transporting about the stained-glass windows, the incense, the Holy Sacrament of host and wine, and there was even an impressive hushed awe about that dark confessional box so heavy with whispered sins. I also admire to no end those Catholics (nuns, priests, laypeople) who work so hard, often in dangerous regions of the world, doing good deeds of social justice. Right here in the greater St. Cloud area, nuns have done the lion’s share of work founding our great educational and health-care institutions. So doesn’t it make sense to allow women to be priests? I can think of so many good reasons for it. At the top of those reasons, it could revitalize the priesthood, as well as the Catholic Church in general, by breaking from the rigidness of a paternalistic tradition and the heavy weight of all those centuries. I predict allowing women to become priests will happen in the next 10 to 20 years. Bernadyne Sykora and Ruth Lindstedt – the two Sartell women who became women priests and were promptly excommunicated – should be proud. They are determined women, courageous priests and spiritual visionaries pointing the way to the future.
What does freedom of speech mean? Here’s a quiz: What does the term “freedom of speech” mean? Can it be referring to anything other than just verbal expression? For example, is art freedom of speech? Is giving money to a political candidate freedom of speech? How about public demonstrations? Are they freedom of speech and are there limits on speech? It has been said one has the freedom to swing one’s fist through the air but that freedom stops just short of my nose, so there are definitely some limits, but what should they be? Emory University comes to mind. Someone drew in chalk on the sidewalks the phrase “Trump in 2016,” which offended some of the students. In fact, they were so offended they had to have counseling to soothe their shattered nerves. They then demanded a “safe space” so they wouldn’t have to be exposed to such harmful words. The school is actually considering their grievance. Yale has had its problems, too. It seems the journalism department is closed to any ideas other than the most liberal. In fact, most of these expensive universities seem closed to any ideas which they deem non-progressive. That, it seems, would include the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I have some news for these schools and their students. Outside of the hallowed walls of these closed-minded
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer schools is the real world with real people. They work and play as free Americans. They speak their minds and sometimes their speech might appear hateful to one group or another. Too bad. Freedom of speech gives us all the right to express ourselves even if our expression might be hurtful to someone else. No one is guaranteed the right to never be offended. The op-ed page of newspapers is a bastion of freedom of expression. What you are now reading is my expression of free speech and you have that same right. Rarely do I agree with most newspapers’ editorials, but I defend their right to express themselves just as I have the right to express mine. Some universities have cancelled certain commencement speakers because of their politics. That’s “mind control” or “brainwashing” in my opinion. In other words, if you do not keep in step with the university’s belief system of progressive liberal politics, you cannot express yours. If you are a parent of a student who is being brainwashed, how does that make you feel? How do you like the
fact your child is not allowed to hear any dissenting views? How do you think they will react when they surely hear such dissension after they leave school? Were it not for our strong capitalist economy, a strong military, a government based on freedom guaranteed by our Bill of Rights and our Constitution, there wouldn’t even be schools of higher learning. These liberal professors who have never had to actually work and make a profit but feel compelled to spew their nonsense would be better served by taking a sabbatical and getting a real job for awhile. They need to see how it is in the real world. I once heard the quickest way to become a Republican is to get a job and a mortgage. That usually cures liberalism. We absolutely cannot take our freedoms for granted. To ask which of our freedoms is most important would be like choosing your favorite child. Picking one’s favorite freedom is difficult, but freedom of speech would have to rank very high. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.
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Community Calendar Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, April 22 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory. org. Hair, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center, 720 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-308-2104. Dave Lumley at Pioneer Place, 11:30 p.m., Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave. S., St. Cloud. Saturday, April 23 “Move the Mall” walk for volunteerism, 8-10 a.m., Crossroads Center, 4101 Division St., St. Cloud. ci.stcloud.mn.us/RSVP. 4-H Fashion 101 Workshop, 8:45 a.m.-3 p.m., Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School, 901 First Street S. Gardening and Go-To Veggies seminar, 9-11 a.m., 2251 Connecticut Ave. S., Sartell. 320-2535220. hpcmc.com/garden. Career Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Cloud VA Medical Center (Bldg. 8), 4801 Veterans Drive. 320-2521670 exts. 6571 or 7276. Read to Buster, a specially trained reading therapy dog, 11 a.m.-noon, Al Ringsmuth Public Library, 253 Fifth Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359. Hair, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center, 720 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-308-2104. Sunday, April 24 Yoga on the Farm, 11 a.m.AU TO M O B I L E S / M OTO RC Y C L E S WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1980. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) FOR SALE TRAILER SALE: 2017 H&H 7’x16’ V-nose ramp door, side door $4,156.00; 6’x12’ v-nose ramp door side door $2,799.00; NEW 7’x18’ enclosed $4,550.00; NEW Skidloader trailers with 4 ft. dovetail & flip over ramps $4,077.00; 82”x20’+2’ 14,000# skidloader trailers Now $3,699.00. 150 trailers in-stock 515-972-4554 www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld.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) 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) PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. 855-390-6047 (MCN) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED 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
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dle School, 212 Third Ave. N. sartell.k12.mn.us/bond-2016. Family-to-family, 6:30-9 p.m., Unity Spiritual Center, 931 Fifth Ave. N., Sartell. 320-290-7713. 320-249-2560. Thursday, April 28 Rummage Sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., St. John the Baptist Parish, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, St. Joseph. 320363-2569. wwww.stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Sauk Rapids Chamber Meeting, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N. 320-251-2940. Gluten digestive issues? Learn about organic Red Fife Heritage flour, 3-5 p.m., Minnesota Street Market, 27 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Llama Llama Read-a-Rama Pajama Party, 5-7:30 p.m., Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Ladies’ Night Out Home Party Show, 5-8 p.m., VFW Post 4847, 104 Franklin Ave. N.E., St. Cloud. Multi-state Permit-to-Carry Class in Sauk Rapids Saturday, April 30 • 10 a.m.
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Friday, April 29 Rummage Sale, 7-11 a.m., St. John the Baptist Church, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, St. Joseph. 320363-2569. www.stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions,, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. N.W. Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory. org. Sacred Heart Men’s Club Steak Fry, 5-8 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320249-4413. Free Dyslexia Seminar, 6-9 p.m., Discovery Church, 700 18th St. N.W., Sauk Rapids. 320-2918411. discoverychurch.eventbrite. com. Friends, Fun and Food, sponsored by the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1111 Cooper Ave. S.,
St. Cloud. 320-251-7272. Saturday, April 30 5K Individual and Team Run/ Walk, Bend in the River Park, N.E. River Road, Rice. 320-3333326. annamaries5k.com. ricewomenoftoday.com. Rose Education Day, 8-11:30 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320255-7245. z.umn.edu/RoseEd2016. Brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions,, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. N.W SR Green River Parks Cleanup, 10 a.m.-noon, Lions/ Southside Parks promenade to River Avenue, Sauk Rapids. Sunday, May 1 Bike blessing and barbecue, benefiting Catholic Charities’ St. Cloud Children’s Home and the VA Hospital, following the 10:45 a.m. service, Joy Christian Center, 770 21st Ave. NE, St. Cloud. 320253-7819.
Candy is a spayed, 3-1/2-yearold cat who has been around older children and also other cat friends. A home without dogs would be best because she is very scared of them. Candy likes to have a small spoon of wet cat food every morning for a treat. She’s described as having a calm yet independent personality. Candy knows her name quite well and will usually come when you call her. Candy’s adoption fee would be waived for a senior citizen or veteran. “Helping one animal won’t change the world … but it will change the world for that one animal!” Dogs - 15 Puppies - 8
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earth day This Earth Day, let’s get really big stuff done for our planet. What are we waiting for? The time is now. We are now entering the 46th year of a movement that continues to inspire, challenge ideas, ignite passion and motivate people to action. In 1970, the year of our first Earth Day, the movement gave voice to an emerging consciousness, channeling human energy toward environmental issues. Forty-six years later, we continue to lead with groundbreaking ideas and by the power of our example.
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Above: Schwegel hard at work sawing the remnants of the tree.
And so it begins. Today. Right here and right now. Earth Day is more than just a single day — April 22, 2016. It’s bigger than attending a rally and taking a stand.
At right: The tree was split right to the ground and needed to be removed for safety as soon as possible. Schwegel’s gave a reasonable quote, scheduled an appointment, worked with the electric company because of a power line and removed the tree in less than a week from the original inquiry.
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“Green”-ness of Minnesota (1=Most, 25=Avg.): 17th – Air Quality 1st – Soil Quality 3rd – Water Quality 2nd – % of Recycled Municipal Solid Waste 25th – Number of LEED-Certified Buildings per Capita 13th – % of Energy Consumption from Renewable Sources 10th – Energy-Efficiency Score 27th – Gasoline Consumption per Capita 19th – % of the Population Not Driving to Work 26th –Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Capita statistics courtesy of https://wallethub.com/edu/greenest-states/11987/
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