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Free Metro Bus passes for kids; free bus riding class for kids
Metro Bus is once again offering unlimited free ride bus passes for kids for the summer. Parents/ guardians can register their child ages 17 and younger for the U-Go Free Summer Youth Pass at the Metro Bus Transit Center, located in downtown St. Cloud at 510 1st St. S. The pass is valid for unlimited rides between June 1 and Aug. 31. A registration form is also available on ridemetrobus.com if parents want to complete it prior to going to the Transit Center. Metro Bus is also offering a free bus-riding-skills class for kids and their families at the Metro Bus Mobility Training Center. Participants will learn how to read bus schedules and maps; plan trips around town; and review bus safety rules. Registration is required. The registration deadline has been extended until today, June 5. Register by calling the Metro Bus Mobility Training Center at 320529-4497 or email info@stcloudmtc.com. Families have three sessions to pick from: from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, June 8; 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9; and 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11.
Celebration of Fatherhood set June 20
Celebration of Fatherhood is an annual event scheduled for Saturday, June 20 at Lake George for a fun day of families spending quality time together. Volunteers are needed to help with various kid-friendly crafts, and also with preparing food for the attendees. Volunteers are needed for a twohour shift from 9-11 a.m. or 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Contact Tom Schnabel at Thomas.schnabel@isd742. org or 320-253-5828 ext. 5800.
After 48 years of teaching, Leitheiser gives advice by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Teacher Connie Leitheiser, who began her teaching career at St. Francis Xavier School in Sartell in 1967, would always tell her students, as she pointed to their heads and her own, “Program this computer well because it’s the best ever created and is responsible for all those (electronic) devices you have.” Leitheiser, of Sauk Rapids, is not averse to computerized teaching devices, but she thinks they are used far too much – and too early in a child’s learning development. After 48 years of teaching, recently retired, Leitheiser would be considered by some to be old-fashioned or trapped in the past. Some, however, would consider her just what the doctor ordered: a return to the Three R’s (reading, writ-
ing, arithmetic) as the solid foundation for advanced learning. Leitheiser has taught in
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Katie Cruikshank receives her diploma from Jan Solarz, a school board member. For additional photos, see back page.
Senior Games bring talent, athletes to town by Steven Wright news@thenewsleaders.com
The Senior Games made its first ever appearance in Sauk Rapids on Saturday, bringing in athletes from throughout the state to compete in track-andfield events at Sauk Rapids Middle School. Participants ages 50 and up showcased their talents in various events, including discus, pole-vaulting, javelin and track races. The events were part of an
entire weekend of competition that took place at various venues throughout the St. Cloud area. Steve Briggs made the trip from Eagan to compete in several track races, as well as long jump, while keeping his strategy very simple. “I’m doing dashes, so when that gun goes I’m running as fast as I can,” Briggs said. In his second year competing, Briggs was introduced to the Senior Games by his friend
Jon Lund, who had a very convincing showing on Saturday. At the age of 62, Lund pole-vaulted his way into the Minnesota state record books for his age group, with a jump just shy of 11 feet. Lund is a seasoned veteran of the pole vault and has his sights set on the national competition. The Senior Games will return to Sauk Rapids next year, with a little more on the line for participants because the athletes will be competing to play in the National Senior Games.
Some competitors have a strict regimen and a drive for success, but most will agree the camaraderie and friendships are the most important part of the games. Briggs prepared for the event by doing sprints near his middle school in Eagan and introduced himself to yoga, which he found to be very beneficial. “It’s really good to prevent injuries,” Briggs said. “Your muscles need to be stretched out and the yoga really helps Games • page 4
Golombecki takes pride in singing national anthem by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
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Ryan Golombecki and his “better half,” Caitlin Riordan, often attend Twins games together. Golombecki loves baseball, and he and his family go to Rox and Twins games as often as they can.
“I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing this for my country,” Ryan Golombecki said during a Newsleader interview on June 2. Golombecki was offered the opportunity to sing The Star-Spangled Banner at the St. Cloud Rox baseball game against the Rochester Honkers, with the game starting at 6:05 p.m. Saturday, June 6 at Joe Faber Field in the St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex, 5001 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. Golombecki and his son were at a Rox game when the idea first occurred to him he might be able to sing the anthem. He and his 13-year-old son were
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called down to race shopping carts around the field during a game. Afterward he asked a Rox staff member if they have the anthem singers lined up for the entire year already. The staff member told Golombecki they have most of the slots filled but can always use a fill-in for an emergency situation. He told them he’d be very interested in filling in. Golombecki received a call earlier this week. “The guy said, ‘I know this is short notice, but could you [sing the anthem] this Saturday night?’ And I said, ‘Of course!’,” Golombecki exclaimed. “It’s my honor to sing it.” Anthem • page 3
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High school drama receives awards from theater trust The Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Drama Program was invited to participate in the Hennepin Theatre Trust “SpotLight Musical Theatre” Program for the 2014-15 school year. This year, SRRHS Drama was accepted as one of 77 high schools in Minnesota to participate in the program. The fall musical Oklahoma! and the spring musical Pirates of Penzance were evaluated by the SpotLight Theatre Program, with three individual judges attending three different show dates of each musical. These awards qualify the SRRHS Drama Department to perform at the SpotLight Showcase on June 15 at the State Theatre in the Twin Cities. The entire cast of Pirates of Penzance received an award for “Outstanding Overall Production” and for “Outstanding Overall Performance.” These awards qualify the cast to perform a 4-1/2-minute medley from the spring musical at the SpotLight Showcase. The pit orchestra also received an “Outstanding” award for the spring musical and those students will per-
form as a part of a student orchestra during the showcase. Any seniors in the orchestra will participate in a special “seniors” number. Students receiving Outstanding and Honorable Mention will perform as well at the SpotLight Showcase. The three “Outstanding” students Bailey Hennes, Philip Shefveland and Anna Zeleny are eligible for the Triple Threat Award. Shefveland will also participate in the special “seniors” number. With the SRRHS Drama receiving an “Outstanding” award for the spring musical, the two dance captains Alyssa Brennhofer and Maria Frerich, will have the opportunity to attend a Master Dance Class and work with an award-winning choreographer. They will be participating in a Featured Dancers number at the Showcase Show. SpotLight honors high school musicals and students by formally recognizing the extraordinary achievements and process of developing the young artists, onstage and offstage, in our state’s high school musical theater programs.
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High school cast members from the spring musical Pirates of Penzance, directed by Julie Christenson include the following: (seated, left to right) Lydia Glen, Rayne Rivas, Hannah Weber, Rachel Hannahs, Morgan Zeleny, Emily Schrader and Ashlie Walz; (second row) Maria Frerich, Sydney Hennes, Colton Schultz, Anna Zeleny, Alex Martins, Bret Burggraff, Philip Shefveland, Matthew Murphy, Brianna Rathbun and Julie Christenson, director; (third row, left side) Madeline Conklin and Christine Crider; (third row, right side) Pirate Ryan Spies, Police Flora Douglass and Luke Anderson, choreographer; Kevin Whitby, assistant director; and Abbey Gooch, director’s assistant; (fourth row) Justin Glen, Cullen Donahue, Max Finlayson, Tiara Brown, Bailey Hennes, Tim Thole, Jim Christenson, technical director; and Steven Mick, vocal director; (fifth row) Stephanie Wright, Alyssa Luukkonnen, Alyssa Brennhofer, Jennifer Nguyen and Sean Donahue; and (sixth row) Kimberly Thielen, Samantha Potts, Hunter Schueller, Jennifer Lage, Cidavia Marchand, Brooke Burgardt and Krista Novak; director’s assistant.
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High School cast members from the fall musical, Oklahoma!, directed by Julie Christenson, include the following: (front row, left to right, seated): Michael Cariveau, Sean Donahue, Roger Rubenstein, Sean Stidmon, Brooke Burgardt, Kimberly Thielen, Jennifer Lage, Madeline Conklin, Abigail Winzenburg, Cidavia Marchand, Samantha Potts, Rebekah Asp and Steven Mick, vocal director; (second row, kneeling): Joseph Thomes, Aimee Asp, Quinlen Marshall, Abby Moeller, Maria Frerich, Emma Fedor, Bailey Bauer, Aneleise Martinson, Alexa Noyes, Lydia Dahlager, Maya Miller, Morgan Fiereck, Jennifer Nguyen, Anna Zeleny, Rachel Taszarek, Shay Pecina, Cassandra Leen, Kristina Woischke and Hannah Voigt; and (third row, the five little kids): Onloee March-Giefer, Madison Maanun, Esther Parks, Evan Bryce Paulson, Evan Rosenberger--also
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Personal life
Golombecki grew up in St. Cloud and now lives in Sartell and works for Hoff’s Insurance Specialists in Sauk Rapids as an insurance agent. He is 36 and has a 14-yearold daughter, a 13-year-old son, and his girlfriend has a 5-year-old son as well. Golombecki believes baseball is still a romantic sport and “Americana at it’s best.” “It’s cheap entertainment . . . I can take the whole family to a Rox game and with tickets and concessions it only costs about $60-70. That is a great deal,” he said. “It’s great family fun!” Golombecki has been a Rox fan since before they were the Rox. He followed the River Bats since the team’s inception, around 1997.
Musical life
“I was never good at sports; I was musical,” Golombecki said. He played tuba, among other instruments, in the highschool band, but he switched to guitar after graduating. “I’ve been singing and playing guitar for 20 years,” he said. “I don’t make any money, but I don’t mind. I just play music and enjoy myself.” He said he plays mostly weddings and at open-mic events. Typically, Golombecki prefers to play classic rock, oldies and some country. “I love the Monkees, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard,” Golombecki said, listing off his favorites. As far as the national anthem goes, Golombecki plans to sing it the way it’s meant to be sung. “I’m going to stick true to what it is,” he said. Golombecki said some signers tend to overdo it, making
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Five Sauk Rapids-Rice High School students were recently recognized and awarded certificates for achieving four years perfect attendance at the senior high school. Those students are: Lydia Glen (St. Cloud), Ashlee Loehrer (Rice), Cody Patrias (Sauk Rapids), Todd Sweeney (Sauk Rapids), and Hannah Voigt (Rice).
Eighty other high school students were also recognized and awarded certificates for perfect attendance during the 201415 school year. Seniors with perfect attendance include the following: Bradi Busse (Sauk Rapids), Dustin Christensen (Sauk Rapids), Glen (St. Cloud), Amber Gruba (Sauk Rapids), Kayla Haack (Sauk Rapids), Rachel Hannahs (Sauk Rapids), Amanda Iburg (Sauk Rapids), Loehrer (Rice), Alannah Menk (St. Cloud), Patrias (Sauk Rapids), Mason Rademacher (Sauk Rapids), Ahna Richardson (Sauk Rapids), Philip Shefveland (Rice), Sweeney (Sauk Rapids), Voigt (Rice) and Andrea Walter (St. Cloud). Juniors with perfect attendance include the following: Brooke Butkowski (Sauk Rapids), Dakotah Dorholt (St. Joseph), Ethan Eken (Sauk Rapids), Stephen Erickson (St. Cloud), Cassandra Evans (Sauk Rapids), Ian Galligan (Sauk Rapids), Kaley Gertken (Sauk Rapids), Kelsey Gertken (Sauk Rapids), Nicholas Guzek (Sauk Rapids), Tyra Haffner (Sauk Rapids), Nicole Klein (Holdingford), Jared Kost (St. Cloud), Ian Linn (St. Cloud), Quinlen Marshall (St. Cloud), Marcus Moldaschel (Sartell), Cory Montag (Sauk Rapids), Mason Nash (Sauk Rapids), Patrick O’Brien (Rice), Margaret Payne (St. Cloud);
Kristen Petron (Rice), Magdalene Stamm (Sauk Rapids), Nathaniel Stidmon (Sartell), Mitchell Trnka (Sauk Rapids), Parker Walder (Sauk Rapids) and Alex Zika (Sauk Rapids). Sophomores with perfect attendance include the following: Summer Borgert (St. Cloud), Casey Christopherson (Rice), Hunter Froelich (Sauk Rapids), Justin Glen (St. Cloud), Tanner Hackett (Rice), Victoria Heinen (St. Cloud), Ashlyn Kotcho (Sauk Rapids), Cassandra Leen (Sauk Rapids), Morgan Liebl (Clear Lake), Mitchell Patton (Sauk Rapids), Kristen Ploeger (St. Cloud), Jacob Schmit (Sauk Rapids), Nathan Schreiner (Rice), Tyler Speicher (Sauk Rapids), Colin Stellmach (Rice), Chase Thompson (Sartell), Brooke Torvik (Rice), Nnediri Ugochukwu (St. Cloud), Saige Vandenbroeke (Sauk Rapids) and Peter Zuurbier (Sauk Rapids). Freshman with perfect attendance include the following: Zachary Athmann (Sauk Rapids), Bailey Becker (Sauk Rapids); Justin Brenny (Rice), Benjamin Brinkman (Sauk Rapids), Jessica Denton (Sartell), Flora Douglass (Sauk Rapids), Katherine Dusek (Sauk Rapids), Sean Hardt (St. Cloud), Justin Hoff (Sauk Rapids), Connor Kockler (Sauk Rapids), Ethan Lanars (Rice), Dylan Maanum (Sauk Rapids), Joshua Meyer (Sauk Rapids), Cole Roach (Sauk Rapids), Amy Roettger (Rice), Zachary Sawicki (Sauk Rapids), Brittney Schlichting (Rice), Shawn Schoen Jr. (Sauk Rapids), Samantha Sepulvado (Sauk Rapids), Andrew Syvertson (Sauk Rapids), Rachel Taszarek (Sartell), Jada Turner (St. Cloud), Kianah Watson (Sauk Rapids) and Jacqueline Yanez Nunez (Sartell).
themselves the focus instead of the meaning behind the song. “This is about our country,” he said. “This is about baseball.”
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“It’s important to give back to your community,” Golombecki said.
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He feels singing the anthem is one way he can give back. Another is by volunteering with Honor Flight, which is a program that escorts World War II veterans from Central Minnesota on one-day trips to Washington, D.C. to visit war memorials and historic sites. The program allows Korean and
Vietnam veterans to come, too.
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Golombecki will sing the national anthem at the St. Cloud Rox baseball game, which starts at 6:05 p.m. Saturday, June 6 at Joe Faber Field in the St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex, 5001 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud.
People Two Sauk Rapids students recently graduated from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. They are the following: Derrick Deering, who graduated with a master’s degree in engineering, and Morgan Muehlbauer, who graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. Colby Kaschmitter, Sauk Rapids, was recently named to the spring dean’s list at Ridgewater College in Willmar. Students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 to qualify. Katelyn Watkin, Sauk Rapids, has been named to the spring dean’s list at Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y. She is majoring in music performance. Students must attain a minimum 3.5 gradepoint average to qualify.
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Cub Scout graduates include the following (front row, left to right) : Roland Johnson, Tyson Newville-Larson, Kaleb Wolbeck, Isaak Wiser, Gavin Mills and Luke Dilley; and (back row) Ian Eichers, Thomas Frank, Chase Schauer, Logan Winker, Christopher Nelson, Alexander Nelson and Austin Winkelman. Not pictured are Coltin Eich, Joshua Torma, Josh Dibblee, Callen Kieke, Wes Dockendorf and Andrew Heerts. Graduation was held May 21 at the Sauk Rapids Municipal Park.
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Cancer survivor to emcee Relay for Life this evening by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Pete Hanson, who battled cancer and won not once but twice, will emcee the all-night Relay for Life Hanson event that starts at Sartell Middle School at 5 p.m. Friday, June 5 and runs until 6 a.m. Saturday morning. If the weather is inclement the event will be moved inside the school. Hanson is brand manager for 98.1 Radio Minnesota’s New Country and for 103.7 Radio (The Loon). Hanson hopes lots of people show up for the all-night fundraising rally to fight cancer. “Those who come will see people celebrating life,” Hanson said. “And it’s a great opportunity for people to see what the American Cancer Society is doing, to see it in ac-
tion.” At the Relay for Life, cancer survivors, caregivers, family, friends and supporters will camp out and take part in walking relays throughout the night. There will also be music and special activities, including the lighting of luminaries starting at 10 p.m. along the walking path. The event raises funds so the ACS can fight cancer through ongoing research, education outreach, comfort programs for cancer victims and their families, and other efforts. Hanson, who is on the Relay for Life planning committee, found out he had Stage 3 colon cancer when he was only 36. He had to undergo surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and then more surgeries. That was almost 15 years ago. As if that wasn’t ordeal enough, Hanson discovered about a year ago he had kidney cancer, possibly as a result of the radiation he had received to treat the colon cancer years ago. Fortunately, the kidney cancer was found by diagnostics early enough.
It has been dealt with, apparently with success. “Having had cancer makes you appreciate the average day,” Hanson said. “You’ll never hear me complain about a dull day.” One of Hanson’s tools for fighting cancer is a sense of humor and a quick wit. Referring to all the radiation he received, he said this: “(When you) Turn the lights off, I might glow a little.” Hanson said he often gets up on his soapbox to give the “early-detection” advice. “I’m living proof of what happens if you don’t catch cancer early,” he noted. “I was 36 and hadn’t had a colonoscopy. My cancer wasn’t noticed until later, when symptoms appeared.” Nobody – but nobody – ever benefits by not going to the doctor, Hanson said, adding men in their stoic but foolish ways often scoff at the idea of going in for medical check-ups. “If there is the slightest question about anything, go to
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I think no matter what I do, it will be shorter than what I wanted it to be,” he said. “So I learn to take the days as they come. You can’t control, usually, when you’re going to die. It’s what you do with your days that counts. So quit counting days.”
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Jon Lund of Stillwater made history at the Senior Games, achieving the highest jump in Minnesota state history at the age of 62.
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joked. “I’m 60 . . . and in the right environment I’m young and in other environments I’m old, but there are guys out here who are 85.” The Senior Games have no age limit. They hope to continue to promote fitness, exercise and well-being for anybody over the age of 50. More information on next year’s Senior Games can be found at mnseniorgames.com.
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Advice from front page “I’m not anti-technology,” she said. “But I want kids to be well-grounded before we put them in front of that technology.” After nearly five decades of teaching, she is quick to list the deleterious changes she has seen: • Expectations and standards aren’t as high (as in the past). In Leitheiser’s opinion, there is a new disregard for language, spelling and history in today’s classrooms. “When students lack basic skills, they could never understand why I would put red marks on their pages when they would use a lower-case i instead of a capital I. That was a carry-over from their texting.” Adults, she said, are carrying that same disregard for good language into their lives, with many not knowing the difference between two, too or to. “I often say to teachers, ‘If I pull the plug in your classroom, can you still teach? If the power is out and you don’t have a textbook and then a substitute teacher comes into the room, what is that sub supposed to do?’” Leitheiser takes issue with the claim children prefer electronic learning tools over books. “Children want real books, not e-books,” she said. “In a Sauk Rapids middle-school newsletter a few years ago, there was a poll about real books and e-books. Most students said they liked real books better. One boy said, ‘We want real books. New books smell so good!’” • We teach to tests rather than providing a well-rounded liberal-arts education. Leitheiser said a reverence for topics like history, Eng-
lish and other topics is being eroded because of a high-tech emphasis. Another danger, she said, is many teachers now specialize so only certain aspects of subjects are being taught rather than the broader view. • More and more is expected of teachers without removing anything, thus leaving them with less time to deal with direct-instruction issues. A constant barrage of required meetings, meetings, meetings also keeps teachers away from what they should be doing – preparing lessons and teaching. “It used to be teachers would be required to spend an hour before the school day preparing lessons plans,” Leitheiser said. “Now teachers are asked to do so many other things, they don’t have time to concentrate on teaching.”
Discipline
Throughout all her years of teaching, Leitheiser imposed a strict – but fair – system of discipline. There was no calling her by her first name by students. She would not drink coffee or eat food in front of the students, even when students brought her treats. She would explain why: “The rules are the same for you as for me.” Discipline, she said, is slipping through the grasp of many teachers. “It’s getting to be difficult,” she said. “If a younger teacher goes with the flow and there are four or five students who are trouble, soon they’re the ones who are in control, not the teacher. I set high expectations academically and behavior-wise. I had the same expectations for everyone and no favorites.” Many times students would tell her, “We know where we stand with you, Mrs. Leitheiser.” One day a boy asked her, “Why do you call us ladies and gentlemen?”
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“Because,” Mrs. Leitheiser replied, “that is how I expect all of you to behave.”
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Born in Fargo and countryschooled in Moorhead, Leitheiser and her family moved to California because her stepfather was in the U.S. Navy. She attended elementary school in San Francisco. Later, the family returned to Minnesota to live in Detroit Lakes. She earned degrees in elementary education and Spanish at Concordia College, Moorhead, then moved with her husband, Merlin, to St. Cloud in 1967, where he had landed a job with AT&T. She taught 42 fifth-graders at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Sartell until 1969. At that time, she gave birth to a daughter who had spina bifida, a birth defect in which a baby’s spinal cord does not develop properly. To help her daughter, Leitheiser dropped her full-time teaching, doing some substitute-teaching work instead. Later, she taught again full-time at SFX from 1979-82. Her other teaching assignments have included pre-school and Head Start (1983-85), St. Michael’s in Buckman (198791), and she also served countless hours as a part-time or fulltime substitute in the school districts of cities in the greater St. Cloud area and beyond. In Sauk Rapids, Leitheiser taught for 20 years at the elementary and middle-school levels, sometimes full-time, sometimes part-time. During some of those years she did substitute teaching, especially in Spanish. She has served on the Sauk Rapids/Rice Curriculum Committee and on the Principal’s Cabinet; as the religious coordinator at St. Patrick’s Parish in Sauk Rapids, as well as teaching classes there; and as a Girl Scouts assistant leader in Sauk
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After 48 years of teaching, a profession she still loves, Connie Leitheiser of Sauk Rapids said she believes high-tech learning devices are an example of putting the cart before the horse. In her opinion, children should master basic skills before such high-tech devices are introduced into the classroom. Rapids. “My range runs from 3-yearolds in Head Start to adults in the St. Cloud Reformatory.” The reformatory is now known as the St. Cloud Correctional Facility (prison). When Leitheiser tells people that, they do a quick double-take. “Prison?!” Yes, for a year in the mid1980s, she served as a tutor, mainly in math, for reformatory prisoners. While taking a human-relations course at St. Cloud State University, she heard in class that tutors were needed at the reformatory. She decided to volunteer. “No, I wasn’t afraid,” she always tells people. “When the doors clanged shut, I knew I was walking out of there.” There was a time, however, that Leitheiser was a bit nervous, the time a Native American inmate told her “the only good white person is a dead one.” There was a guard on duty
during her tutoring sessions, but Leitheiser decided to sit with her back against the wall.
Retirement plans
Leitheisers’ retiremenet years will not be idle ones. She plans to do some tutoring, substitute teaching, gardening, reading, baking, crocheting, traveling, playing with her new dulcimer she acquired in Tennessee and even trying to play the bagpipe. Why the bagpipe? Because Leitheiser has fallen in love with Scotland, the land of her ancestors, where she has visited many times and plans even more visits. She also plans her annual summer trip to Detroit Lakes to enjoy the We Fest countrymusic festival, which she has gone to for the past 31 years. Leitheiser also hopes to talk her husband into a trip to Alaska, one of her long-deferred dreams. She and her husband have
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Our View Sartell Relay for Life invites public to attend Cancer, like lightning, can strike anybody, anywhere. That fact was made tragically clear when Beau Biden, 46, died of brain cancer last week. (See related column on this page.) The good news is treatments, especially after early detection, can keep the voracious cancer monster at bay. The medical refinements in the treatment of cancer have vastly improved in the past decade or so, and countless people are alive now because of such fine-tuned improvements in both diagnosis and treatment. Those innovative technologies are still being developed, faster than ever though there is still a long way to go. And that is why it’s so important to donate generously to cancer research. On Friday, June 5, a Relay for Life event will take place at the Sartell Middle School. Cancer survivors and their families, friends, caregivers and supporters from all over the greater St. Cloud area – and beyond – will take part in the all-night rally. Everyone is encouraged to visit the rally, whether they’ve been touched by cancer or not, and who has not known someone with cancer? The Relay for Life starts at 5 p.m. outside the middle school (inside if the weather is cold or rainy). It will go on until 6 a.m. the next day, Saturday, June 6. At 10 p.m., the pathway luminaries will be lit during a special ceremony. Relay for Life, which is a program of the American Cancer Society, is a way to honor those who have cancer or who have survived (or not survived) the dreaded disease. It’s also a way to raise awareness about cancer and to raise funds to help fight it. Annually, about four million people in 20 countries participate in the relay. The event includes a relay walk, with teams of people camped out around the walking track. Members, all night, take turns walking around the track. Food, games and other activities help bring teams and visitors together and establish camaraderie. So far, more than $5 billion worldwide has been raised in the fight against cancer, thanks to the Relay for Life events. The first such event took place in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt in Tacoma, Wash. walked and ran for 24 hours around a track. The next year, 340 people decided to do a similar fundraiser, and the annual Relay for Life began. Money raised via Relay for Life goes to a number of cancer-fighting efforts: further research, rides for cancer patients to and from their treatments, free places where cancer patients can stay when getting treatment away from home, wigs and other beauty enhancements for people undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, and a support program so cancer patients can connect with people who have survived the disease. Those who cannot attend the Relay for Life event in Sartell can donate online. Go to relay.acsevents. org, then click on “Get Involved.” In the pull-down menu, click on “Donate,” then type in the zip code 56377 under “Find an Event.” What will pop up is “Relay for Life of Greater St. Cloud – Sartell, MN.” Then under that title, click on “Donate.” There is also a list on that page of other upcoming Relay for Life events coming up in central Minnesota. We do hope lots of people show up in person for Relay for Life in Sartell. Meeting cancer patients, survivors and their supporters is a good in-person way to learn about the disease and ways to fight it. As the old saying says, “There but for fortune go you and I.”
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Opinion Biden talks of grief; we should listen It was a terrible stunner Sunday morning to learn of the death of Beau Biden – stunning because I’d understood a brain lesion had been removed and he was doing fine. At age 46, brain cancer took the life of Biden. It is yet another sad reminder that the “good die young.” He is survived by wife Hallie and children Natalie, 11, and Hunter, 9. Other survivors are brother Hunter, sister Ashley, stepmother Jill and father Joe Biden, U.S. vice president. And what a bleak blow Beau’s death must be for his father. Like the Kennedys, the Biden family has suffered cruel deaths. In 1972, Joe Biden, who had just been elected as U.S. senator from Delaware, was in Washington, D.C., forming his senatorial staff. One day in December, he got a phone call that instantly shattered his world into pieces. While doing Christmas shopping back home in Delaware, his wife and three children were in a station wagon when it was broadsided by a truck. Wife Neilia and daughter Naomi, 13-months old, were killed. The two young sons, Beau and Hunter, were severely injured. At age 29, Biden’s elation about his senatorial success evaporated. He knew then – and now – that family is more important than anything. In emotional agony, Biden spent weeks at the bedside of his recuperating
Dennis Dalman Editor sons, torn between love for them and agony for the loss of his wife and daughter. His love for the sons gave him his reason to live, even though he seriously considered declining the senate job. Friends and colleagues convinced him otherwise. He took the oath of office at the hospital bedside of 4-year-old son Beau. What a heartrending irony that the son who survived that horrible accident died 42 years later, and the father who loved him so much had to watch him die. We who have not endured grief that badly have nothing to complain about. By all accounts, Beau Biden was an outstanding man. He was elected twice as the attorney general for Delaware where he worked hard and fairly on issues that would benefit all. Like his father, he was a champion of “ordinary” working people, with an easy down-to-earth camaraderie among his constituents. Beau was the perfect example of “like father, like son.” Like his father, he championed progressive Democratic causes to help the middle class, the working class
and the struggling, disenfranchised poor. In 2003, Biden joined the National Guard and served for a year in Iraq in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star. Before the brain cancer spread so rapidly, Beau had planned to run for governor of Delaware next year. What a shame that will not be. It’s very possible after his experiences as governor, Biden could have been a contender for the nation’s presidency. What a loss. Yet another hope dashed. It often happens that family deaths can bring survivors closer together, and bonds among them become ever stronger. That is what happened for Biden and his remaining children. Now, the process of grieving and of bonding will begin again for Biden, his wife and two surviving children. When Biden talks about grief, we should all listen and heed his words because he knows what he’s talking about. A few years ago, in a speech, he said this: “There will come a day when the thought of your son or daughter or your husband or wife brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen. My prayer for you is that day will come sooner or later. But the only thing I have more experience than you in is this: I’m telling you it will come.”
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Do a pre-trip vehicle check for safety
Rich White, executive director, Car Care Council
If you are hitting the road this summer, you will have lots of company. With millions of Americans taking road trips, the last thing you need is car trouble. A simple pre-trip driveway vehicle inspection helps ensure a safe and stress-free journey. • Check all fluids, including engine oil, power steering, and brake and transmission, as well as windshield washer solvent and antifreeze/
coolant. • Check the hoses and belts that can become cracked, brittle, frayed, loose or show signs of excessive wear. These are critical to the proper functioning of the electrical system, air conditioning, power steering and the cooling system. • Check the tires, including tire pressure and tread. Uneven wear indicates a need for wheel alignment. Tires should also be checked for bulges and bald spots. • Check the wipers and lighting so you can see and be seen. Check all
interior and exterior lighting is working properly, and inspect and replace worn wiper blades so you can see clearly when driving during precipitation. Keep the reservoir filled with solvent. If you find your vehicle needs service, repairs can be performed before your drive begins. The non-profit Car Care Council offers many free tools on its website to help you drive smart, save money and be car-care aware, including the popular 80-page Car Care Guide and a custom-service schedule and email reminder service.
Do we care? Is it any of our business? The barbaric savages known as ISIS are killing, beheading and brutalizing people all across the Middle East. They seem to especially favor the killing of women and babies. Maybe it’s because they don’t fight back as hard. They have retaken much of the territory we gave blood and treasure for. We have spent literally billions in dollars and thousands in lives for this miserable plot of land known as Iraq. This “JV” group has driven the Iraqi army away with their tails tucked between their legs. The army that we spent billions training. ISIS has stolen our weapons the Iraqi army abandoned. They seem, at this point, to be unstoppable. The question is, does the civilized world care? Does America care? Do you care? It would appear by our
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer actions that we don’t. We drop a few bombs but ISIS rapidly recovers. We send in an elite unit of “Special Forces” and take out one of their top leaders, but the JVs seem to let it go with no concern. Some will say this war between Shiites and Sunnis has been going on for centuries and it isn’t going to stop anytime soon. So is it any of our business? Should we have been there in the first place? A quick look at history might be helpful. The vast majority of Ameri-
cans know of Hitler and Stalin only through history books. And what they know may well be clouded by the authors of those books. The fact is both of these men were brutal killers who believed they were supposed to be rulers of the world. Hitler and his henchmen moved across Europe with little or no resistance. Neville Chamberlain seemed to believe he could appease Hitler and keep him at bay. That turned out to be a farce. Had it not been for our intervention, England and all of Europe would be Germany. Stalin killed millions in his effort to turn all of Eastern Europe into a Soviet Empire. There was Pol Pot in Cambodia, another brutal indiscriminate killer. Had we not stopped these tyrants, would we be here today? Business • page 8
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Business from page 6 Would we still be a free nation? And so the question: Is ISIS and their brutal takeover of the Middle East any of our business? And do we care? Should we care? Is it possible when they do get all of the
Advice from page 5 three children: Colleen (St. Cloud), Jean (Iowa) and Mark (North Carolina). Colleen is the one who was born with spina bifida. She works at CentraCare.
Friday, June 5, 2015
photos by Andrea Skillingstad
Left: The high school choir performed one last time with the seniors during graduation on May 26. Right: Tanner Clasen receives his diploma from Phil Rogholt, school board member, during the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School graduation ceremony May 26 in Halenbeck Hall at St. Cloud State University. Middle East they will then take over Europe? To my mind the big question is who, if not us, is going to stop them? Some have suggested that this, being a war between Shiites and Sunnis, will only be won if we arm Shiites and have them deal with the Sunnis. I submit this is a war between savages who are brutal killers on both sides and neither side seems capable of living in a civilized
world. Here are some facts that should be helpful to all. America is the only world power in existence today. America has the ability and the armaments to destroy ISIS in a matter of seconds if we chose to do so. The problem is clear. We apparently don’t have the will to use our power to stop ISIS or any other tyrants. We seem to be taking a “wait and see” attitude. Neville Chamberlain
“We were told she wouldn’t live even four days,” Leitheiser said. “She had a lot of surgeries, but she’s here and she’s doing fine.” The Leitheisers have three granddaughters: Severina (Jean’s daughter), Lillian, 5, and Hannah, 2 (both Mark’s daughters). Leitheiser’s advice for suc-
cessful education she sums up this way: “Have great expectations both in character development and academics. Set the bar high and nine of 10 will reach for their best level of achievement. Set it low and they will not achieve much of what they could have achieved. Knowledge is power.”
took the same attitude and you can see where it got him. We, the United States, had to bail Great Britain out. So do we care? Do we really care? Is it any of our business? My position is clear. If we care, let’s finish it. If we don’t, let’s bring everybody home and turn our weapons into plows. Who knows, maybe when they get all of Europe, killing and beheading any resistance, they will just leave
us alone. But, I wouldn’t want to bet our future on that, would you? 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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