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Carmel Roll/Lady Slipper rides set
On June 13, riders can hit the Wobegon Trail for the Carmel Roll, and on June 20, they can partake in the Lady Slipper Ride. The Carmel Roll Ride has stops along the way with refreshments, including carmel rolls. The Lady Slipper Ride takes cyclists along a path known for stands of the state flower, the lady slipper. Both rides benefit the future connection between the Lake Wobegon Trail into St. Cloud. For more information, head to carmelrollride.com or ladyslipperride.com.
Dam 2 Dam Ride set on Mississippi bikeway
A free scenic cycling ride along the Mississippi River will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 20 starting at Le Bourget Park in Little Falls. Cyclists can choose a 20- or 40-mile scenic loop with two rest stops for refreshments and restroom facilities. The route follows the Great River Road to Blanchard Dam through Lindbergh State Park and returns to Little Falls on Hillton Road for a 20-mile ride. The 40-mile loop continues down the Great River Road and crosses the Mississippi River near Rice. Sign up for this free ride on the day of the event. It will be held rain or shine. For more information on this and other bike rides, visit the Little Falls Convention and Visitor Bureau website at littlefallsmn.com or the Central Minnesota Bicycle Club website at cmnbikeclub.com.
Free Trolley rides available for Summertime by George!
The Metro Bus trolley will run every Wednesday night from 5-9:25 p.m. for the Summertime by George! event June 10-Aug. 26. The trolley is free to ride. It will make a loop between downtown and Lake George every 10 minutes, starting at 5 p.m. from the Metro Bus Transit Center, located at 510 First St. S., St. Cloud. The last departure will leave at 9:25 p.m. from Lake George. In addition to the Transit Center and Lake George, trolley stops are located near most downtown parking lots, River’s Edge Convention Center and the Paramount Theater. Trolley stops are identified with a special “Summertime by George! Free Trolley” sign. The route map is available at ridemetrobus.com and summertimebygeorge.com.
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The first shock that entered Deb Bollig’s mind after she found out she had cancer is that she Bollig would not be able to see her new grandson, 2-year-old Owen, grow up. That was just one of the many sorrowful, unthinkable thoughts that went through Bollig’s mind. Even though cancer is not necessarily a death sentence, everyone after the initial diagnosis has a barrage of thoughts about mortality, about extinction. Bollig gave time for an in-
terview with the Sauk Rapids Newsleader while she was attending the Relay for Life fundraising event last Friday (see related stories on pages 4 and 5). Bollig was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma on June 16, 2006. Fortunately, since then, she has experienced the many joys of watching Owen – now 11 – grow up, and she’s hoping to see him graduate some day, among the many other pleasures of life she is now enjoying. Almost 10 years ago, Bollig was getting prepared to have cataract surgery, and presurgical tests had to be done, including a blood test. That test showed certain blood levels were way down. At first, doctors gave her infusions of Bollig • page 4
Are you ready for some Monday night ‘bennis?’
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Brian and Sue St. Onge of Sauk Rapids must have been pretty proud of their children when they invented a new sport. ‘Bennis’ is a combination of baseball and tennis. Julia, seen here hitting a tennis ball with a racket, is the batter.
Her older brother Josh is the pitcher/infielder, while middle child Tyler played outfield, behind the net. Julia attends Mississippi Heights, Tyler is at the middle school and Josh is at the high school.
River Days promises music, food, family fun by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Sauk Rapids Community Ambassadors’ Pageant will kick off the start of the 12th annual three-day Sauk Rapids River Fest. The festival, which runs June 25-27, features lots of family fun: a parade, music, competitive running competition and food, food, food galore at the River Days event.
The Ambassadors’ Pageant will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25 at Sauk RapidsRice High School. Hosted by the Sauk Rapids Community Ambassadors Organization, the pageant chooses young women to represent Sauk Rapids at various civic and public events throughout the year. In doing so, the women can learn new skills, make new friends and represent the city with charm. The pageant
promises “glamour, entertainment, excitement.” This year’s ambassadors are Chelsey Haffner, Kaitlin Janson and Kayla Keller. There is a nominal admission fee to attend this event.
school marching bands that will face competition from judges along the parade route. The parade will start along 6th Avenue near Pleasantview Elementary School and end near the Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School.
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Tanner’s Walk/Run
The Rapids River Days Parade is set to begin at 6 p.m. Friday, June 26. It boasts more than 85 units this year, including more than a dozen high-
Once again, the Tanner’s Team Foundation will sponsor a fundraising walk/run in honor of a Sauk Rapids boy, Tanner Fun • page 8
Christenson retires after 44 years in district by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Colleen Christenson recently retired from teaching with the Sauk RapidsRice School District after 44 years. Christenson began teaching in Sauk Rapids in 1971. She has taught in the Pleasantview, Hillside and Mississippi Heights buildings, teaching grades four and five during the school year and all grades during summer school. Christenson taught all subjects, including language arts, math, science, social, health, art, music and physical education. Most recently, she taught math to all fifth-grade students at the Mississippi Heights Elementary School. “I love teaching math,” Christenson said. She said some of her favorite teaching moments in her career were the “aha” moments when students realized they were learning. Christenson also enjoys the natural reaction of students expressing appreciation. She gave an
example of how students have said to her throughout the years: “Last year I didn’t like math, but this year I do.” Or: “Last year I wasn’t good at math, but this year I am.” “The rewarding part of teaching is when students experience the excitement of learning and understand that they get it,” she said. As she retires, Christenson said she doesn’t feel she needs to offer beginning teachers any advice because those whom she has worked with in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school system are very capable and passionate about teaching. She herself was also passionate about teaching and believes if you love what you do, it won’t seem like work. Christenson said teaching styles have evolved to more of a team approach than when she first began. “When I began my education career, teachers taught their classes by themselves without having a planned time to work together,” Christenson said. “Over Christenson • page 3
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Colleen Christenson is retiring from the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District, a district in which she said it has been a privilege to work in for 44 years. She is shown standing by an education poster that says TEAM, which means Together Everyone Achieves More. Christenson says students benefit from TEAM and Sauk Rapids is an excellent TEAM school system.
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Area Rotary clubs to merge by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Sometimes two Rotary clubs, like two heads, are better than one. That’s the case with the newly merged Rotary clubs of DoyscherReisinger Sauk Rapids and Sartell. As Domres of July 1, the two combined groups will officially become bers on the rosters, but many known as Great River Rotary of had become inactive or had moved. The struggle to mainSauk Rapids and Sartell.” Its recently elected president tain memberships is common is Ann Doyscher-Domres, who among Rotary clubs (and othis program coordinator for the er service clubs) internationSartell-St. Stephen Community ally. There are currently about Education program. She has 1.2-million Rotary members been a long-time member of worldwide, and that number Sartell Rotary. The new club’s has not changed appreciably president-elect (vice president) in the past 10 years, Doyscheris Eric Reisinger, vice president Domres noted. The Sauk Rapids Rotary was of commercial banking for US formed in the late 1970s, the Bank and a member of the Sartell club in 2005. Sauk Rapids Rotary. The merger idea came up Dwindling memberships in during a chat between two both clubs is what spurred the past presidents: Anita Smolmerger, said Doyscher-Domres. ey of St. Stephen, a member As happens in many service of the Sartell club; and Dan organizations, members move Iburg, a member of the Sauk on to other cities; some retire; Rapids club. some die; new members come, One day they got to talkothers go for one reason or ing about the clubs’ shrinking another. membership. The Sartell club was down “What if we merged?” one to 14 members, the Sauk Rapof them asked. ids club down to 18. TechniThey shared that possibility cally, there were more mem-
with other club members and a consensus was reached: a good idea! One of their first joint ventures was when the Sauk Rapids club needed help with the sale of roast turkey legs at the Benton County Fair. Eight Sartell club volunteers rolled up their sleeves, stepped up and helped out. “We had a ball,” DoyscherDomres recalled. That success was proof positive that a joint club would work well. Now there are 30 members. Certain accommodations for differences had to be made. For example, the Sauk Rapids club always met during noon luncheons; the Sartell club was always a breakfast-meeting group. Now the merged club meets once a week: the first and third Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. breakfasts at Jimmy’ Pour House in Sauk Rapids; the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 12:15 p.m., also at Jimmy’s Pour House. They will also schedule nightly meetings, as both clubs have done before the merger – meetings known as “Rotary After Hours.” Unlike the Sartell club’s traRotary • page 5
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Autumn Ridge Park’s splash pad, here shown with water running through it, opened on May 28. The pad can be enjoyed from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. every day of the week.
Splash pad open for season The splash pad at Autumn Ridge Park, 2270 Parkview Lane NE, near the intersection of Mayhew Lake Road NE and Golden Spike Road NE, opened for the year on May 28. It’s open daily from 10 a.m.8 p.m. every day of the week. The park also has playground equipment, swings and a shel-
tered area with picnic tables and restrooms. The shelter and splash pad are typically open from now through mid-September, depending on the weather. The park also has wetlands, woodlands and grasslands, and the city hopes to construct walking trails through the park in the future.
Wading pool closed for repairs The wading pool at Bob Cross Park, 40 10th Ave S., between the middle school and Hwy 10, remains closed currently for needed repairs. The pool was originally closed in August of 2014 when the repairs began. When the pool is open, hours run from 1-8 p.m., every
day of the week. Other amenities in the park include the softball/baseball/ little league fields, tennis courts, restrooms, playground equipment, swings, shelters, picnic tables and trails, as well as trails in the Bob Cross Nature Preserve.
People Lydia Bruns, a Sauk Rapids-Rich High School graduate, was recently named to the spring dean’s list at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D. Students must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Two Sauk Rapids-Rice students were recently named to the spring dean’s honors list at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. They are the following: Adriana Harris and Elizaphan Mochama. Students must achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify. Kelsey Boeckman, a 2006 graduate of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Air Force Airman 1st Class Boeckman completed an intensive, eight-week program that in-
cluded training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate’s degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Boeckman is the daughter of Kenneth Boeckman and stepdaughter of Kathleen Boeckman of Long Prairie, Minn. She is also the sister of Jessica Hengel of Sartell, and Chris Boeckman of Foley, and granddaughter of Arleen Boeckman of Sartell, and Ed Norby of Brooten, Minn. The airman also earned a bachelor’s degree in 2012 from Rasmussen College, St. Cloud. Rachel Frerich, Rice, was recently named to the spring dean’s high honors list at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. Students must achieve a minimum 4.0 grade-point average to qualify.
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Possible record set by city council by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
Don Posch has volunteered to record and broadcast the city council meetings for a long time, and even he seemed surprised when the city council meeting ended early on June 8 – really early. “That was the shortest meeting I’ve ever seen,” Posch said afterwards. The council meeting lasted from 6-6:05 p.m. The mayor and council powered through the meeting quickly due to the lack of items on the agenda, and the ease of dealing with those items which were on the agenda. The only action taken by
Christenson from front page time, teaching has changed to a collaborative model wherein teachers work together to help students learn. She said Sauk Rapids-Rice is an excellent TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) school system and that it’s been a privilege to work in the district for 44 years. She has also appreciated the community pride, which she said is very evident. “Students benefit from TEAM,” she said. Something Christenson said has been hard during her career is knowing and watching when students experience great difficulties. “It is heart-wrenching for me to see students struggle with homelessness or with difficult situations in their homes,” she said. “The school
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the council was to approve the previous meeting minutes, a list of bills and claims, and two items on the consent agenda: an agreement to seek bids for 2015 seal coating in cooperation with the cities of St. Augusta and Waite Park, as the city did last year; and, a conditional hire of a police officer, pending the passing of psychological and physical tests. All were passed easily and quickly, without much, if any, discussion. The only resident in attendance, Henry Oerhlein, thought the meeting was pretty humorous. Regular city council meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the
The city council chambers on June 8 were pretty empty, with only one resident in attendance. Most staff members were also not present as they were not needed, with only the city council and police chief Perry Beise in the chamber. month in the council chambers a citizen might want to speak access channel, Charter chanat the Government Center, 250 about before the council is held nel 181. Agendas and meeting Summit Ave. N. These meet- near the beginning of every minutes may be viewed at the ings are open to the public, and meeting. The meetings are also Government Center, or online at a public hearing for any topic broadcast live on the city’s cable ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us.
does its best in offering personnel and programs to help.” Christenson grew up in Crosby, N.D. and attended Concordia College in Moorhead. She said she loved going to school and knew from early on that she wanted to be a teacher. She gave examples of how her family strongly valued education. When her grandmother was 5, she walked by herself from her family farm across the prairies of North Dakota to a one-room schoolhouse. Her grandmother also voted for the first time in the 1920 elections, which was the year women were granted the right to vote, and she continued to vote in every election after that. When Christenson would ask her father what a new word meant, he would help her look it up in a dictionary that sat on a coffee table in
their family living room. “My mother wanted to be sure that not only did her son go to college, but also that her three daughters went to college,” Christenson said. In retirement, Christenson plans to spend more time with her family and friends. Her family includes her mother, three siblings, two nieces and a niece’s cat. Her mother still lives in Crosby; her sister, Betty, teaches elementary school in Washington state; her sister, Cheryl, works in computer software; her brother, Barry, works in business; and his wife, Kay, works in an elementary school. Her niece, Anne, is doing graduate work in nursing; her niece, Sophie, will begin seventh grade in the fall; and Sophie’s cat named Lonesome Louie enjoys being held, but Christenson says he is fearless in defending his yard against a fox that wanders
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through it. She also looks forward to exploring new things, doing more hiking, resuming ballroom dance lessons and more. She said she tried snor-
keling for the first time this year. Christenson hopes to stay involved with young people, possibly through teaching piano lessons and volunteering.
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‘Relay’ raises $106,077 Bollig for cancer society
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Above: Some of the fundraising walkers began early at the Relay for Life rally held in Sartell June 5-6. Walkers did relays all night long to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Below: At the Relay for Life rally June 5, a walking team named “Fightin’ Chicks” relaxes before beginning their relay walk. The team raised the third-highest amount of money of the 27 teams – $4,004 – at the event. It’s comprised of (left to right) Judy Braegelmann of Waite Park, Jareet Kaproth of St. Cloud, Lori Zipp and Sharon Skuza, both of Sauk Rapids, Doreen Unterberger of St. Cloud and Tom Skuza of Sauk Rapids.
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Twenty-seven walking teams comprised of 302 participants raised a grand total of $106,077 for the American Cancer Society at the annual Relay for Life rally, which took place all night at Sartell Middle School June 5-6. The weather was very pleasant for the long event with a warm slightly breezy evening followed by a cool but comfortable night. It’s one of many Relay for Life rallies held throughout the United States. (For more about the Sartell event and some of its participants, see related stories in this paper.) The top fundraising teams were the Marrow Maniacs ($10,819), the Majestic Wings ($7,503) and the Fightin’ Chicks ($4,004). Teams consisted of cancer survivors, their families, loved ones, supporters and care-givers. Money was also raised via concession-stand sales and raffle sales sponsored by the teams and set up around the walking track at the middle school. Emceed by cancer survivor and local radio personality Pete Hanson, the event began at 5 p.m. and lasted until 6 a.m. Sunday morning. Some participants brought RV campers, others pitched tents and some had to leave early as they could
not spend the entire night. All of the participants were welcomed by Sartell acting mayor David Peterson. The all-night Relay for Life, emcee Hanson explained, symbolizes the fear of cancer as the sun sets and day becomes dark. But, as the sun rises, that bright dawning symbolizes hope, the defeat of cancer and the restoration of health and life. Throughout the night, team members walked, shared stories, laughed and joked, and some took snoozes. At 10 p.m., all the luminaries around the walking track were lit, casting a golden glow along the ground. There were other activities throughout the night that involved team spirit, such as a Spirit Ceremony, a community campfire, a raffle drawing, a fitness challenge, a Super Hero lap and a Birthday lap. Funds raised via Relay for Life rallies are used by the American Cancer Society for the following programs, free to all cancer patients: research into cancer and a wide variety of assistance programs for patients, such as a 24-hour helpline (via phone and online); free wigs and makeup techniques to counter the effects of chemo and radiation; and Road to Recovery, which offers free rides to and from treatment.
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lice and other emergency responders rushed to the scene after hearing of the tragedy via a 911 call. Someone at the scene administered CPR to the boy before help arrived, but the child died at the St. Cloud Hospital after being rushed there in an ambulance. An autopsy will be performed by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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vitamin K, but they had no effect. Then they had to do a bone-marrow biopsy, and that is when the lymphoma was discovered. The news was doubly devastating because it was a Stage 4 cancer, meaning it was advanced so far it had invaded her spleen. A series of chemotherapy treatments began. To the joy of Bollig and all of her loved ones, the chemo treatments brought about a remission from the awful disease. Now she has to do chemo infusions once a month, as a safeguard against the cancer returning. Bollig said she is fortunate to be able to get her infusions and follow-up treatments so close by – at the CentraCare Coborn Cancer Center in St. Cloud. “I’ve been cancer-free since 2010,” Bollig said, “and I feel so good about that.” As good as she feels, however, cancer still has the gloomy power to scare her. There are two close and personal reasons why. Her sister, Sandy Smunk, 49, of Sauk Rapids, did not survive a fierce battle with uterine cancer. She died three years ago. Bollig’s brother, David Smunk, 57, of St. Cloud, is now fighting brain cancer. He, too, was at the Relay for Life event, walking with his sister and other loved ones to raise money for the American Cancer Society. “He’s doing well,” said Bollig, with a smile blooming on her face. “He can even still go to work. There’s no sure cure for cancer, but it’s highly treatable nowadays.” Bollig and her husband, Jed, have two children: daughter Nicole Sandlund (husband Clint) of Robbinsdale and their son, Owen; and Jeffrey Bollig of Sheridan, Wyoming. Bollig doesn’t waste time or words in giving her advice to anyone diagnosed with cancer: “Talk about it,” she said. “That really helps. Also rely on prayers. Develop a network of support and share your thoughts and fears.” Bollig knows she is living proof that someone should never sink into despair after a cancer diagnosis, no matter how bleak it may seem at first.
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Ride program for cancer patients seeks volunteers by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
“I need a ride to cancer treatment. How am I going to get there?” That question is heard quite often by people who deal in the treatments for cancer – most often treatments with radiation or chemotherapy. In some cases, the patients are too weak to drive, or they don’t have a car, or they don’t have friends or relatives in the immediate area. That’s where Road to Recovery comes in. It’s a free program of the American Cancer Society that offers rides to and from treatments for cancer patients. The program is dependent on volunteer drivers. Claudia Germann, the Stearns County coordinator for Road to Recovery, is desperately looking to find more drivers willing to volunteer. At the June 5-6 Relay for Life rally in Sartell, Germann spent a good amount of time telling people about the program, hoping it would pique someone’s interest. Currently there are only five volunteer Road to Recovery drivers in the county – four in
Rotary from page 2 dition, the new club doesn’t have any group singing at its meetings. “We don’t sing – that’s a benefit,” said Doyscher-Domres, laughing, noting she and some
St. Cloud, one in Cold Spring. Typically, cancer patients have to go daily for radiation treatments. In many cases, those people live many miles from the nearest cancer clinic, such as the CentraCare Coborn Cancer Center in St. Cloud. Germann said recently someone in Melrose needed rides to and from cancer treatments, a total travel time of about four hours. Too many volunteer drivers, she said, do not have the time commitment for so many long trips. That is why more volunteers are needed, she said, so they can take turns and get some breaks from so much driving. Germann has deep sympathy for cancer patients, having been one herself not once but twice, first with breast cancer, later with lymphoma. She is happy to report her breast cancer has been in remission for 16 years, her lymphoma in remission for one year. To find out more about Road to Recovery and how it works, call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or call Germann on her cell phone at 320-293-2920. other Rotarians just cannot carry a tune, even though she is an excellent musician. At their meetings, Rotarians develop project strategies and hear a wide variety of guest speakers while developing and strengthening official fellowship and informal camaraderie. In their many years of civic-
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Claudia Germann of St. Cloud leans against an antique car as she greets visitors to Relay for Life June 5 on the grounds of Sartell Middle School. Germann was trying to interest all comers to consider volunteering as drivers to take cancer patients to and from their treatments. Germann, a two-time cancer survivor, is coordinator of the Road to Recovery volunteer drivers’ program. minded activism, both clubs have done scores of good works for a wide variety of causes: donations to groups, supporting medical missions to other countries, local park developments, improvements to city facilities, ditch cleaning, caroling at nursing homes, fundraising to buy school supplies for children, the county-fair
turkey-leg sales to raise money to give turkey dinners for senior citizens at high schools, scholarships for high-school students and much more. Some of the projects now under consideration as a merged club are the following: A food booth, joint effort with the St. Cloud Granite Rotary Club, at the Summertime
By George concerts at Eastman Park (by Lake George) in St. Cloud. Upgrades and bike fix-it stations at Bob Cross Park in Sauk Rapids. Anyone interested in joining the Great River Rotary Club of Sauk Rapids and Sartell should just show up at one of its four monthly meetings.
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Our View Guard against horror of kids dying in hot cars The statistic is enough to break one’s heart: On average, 38 children die in hot cars every year from heat-related deaths after being trapped inside motor vehicles. As the weather heats up this summer, it’s important to remember the following safety tips so, hopefully, no child ever has to die a horrible, painful, agonizing death after being left alone in a car. These tips are provided by a website called Kids and Cars. • Never leave a child alone in or around cars, not even for a minute. That is good advice in any weather or under any conditions. • Put something you will need, such as your cell phone, handbag, employee I.D. badge or briefcase, on the floor board of the back seat. That way, you will remember to look in the back when exiting your car, seeing a belted-in child that might otherwise be forgotten in a hurried rush. • Get in the habit of always opening the back door of your vehicle every time you reach your destination to be sure no child is left behind. Do that until it becomes an ingrained habit, one dubbed “Look Before Lock.” • Keep a large stuffed animal in the child’s car seat when it’s not occupied. When the child is secured in the seat, transfer the stuffed animal to the front so it will be a front-seat reminder there’s the child in the back. • Make an agreement with the babysitter or daycare operator that you will always call if the child won’t be coming on a given day. Also, have the child-care person call you if the child does not show up. This is very important because so many children have died when their parents left them in the car, forgetting to drop them off at daycare. • If a child is missing, the first thing to check is inside a car and in trunks. Always lock car doors to prevent children from getting into the car and then not being able to get out. • Never leave children in cars to go into a store. Cars can heat up extremely fast, quickly enough to cause heat stroke to a young child, toddler or baby. Many of those safety tips can also be applied to pets. Pets should never, ever be left in vehicles for any length of time, even if the windows are rolled partially down. On summer days, it’s best to leave pets at home, period. For more tips about children and vehicles, visit the Kids and Cars website at www.KidsAndCars.org, then share all you’ve learned with family, friends and neighbors. If we all pay close attention to the safety tips, we can greatly diminish the horrific possibility of any child having to die in misery in a closed vehicle.
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Opinion Candidates amp up war-hawk talk During the Vietnam War, it was common to hear some Americans make statements of rage and frustration like the following: “Just nuke ‘em!” “Turn that #%%!@ country into a parking lot!” “A couple H bombs would end that war in a heckuva hurry.” That vicious war, like a nightmare that just wouldn’t end, resulted in the deaths of 55,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, many of them women and children. Sadly, we all know how it ended: futility and waste. It’s no wonder such a divisive war caused such rage and frustration. The world’s biggest superpower could not defeat poor but determined fighters, despite constant bombing, dropping napalm, the use of Agent Orange and other acts of destruction using high-tech means. It was like the fable of the elephant being driven mad and helpless, defeated by a million biting ants. That same rage and frustration has been resurfacing again and again from presidential candidates, most recently by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who declared his candidacy last week. In his announcement speech, Graham vowed to put American troops back into Iraq and to Syria to eradicate ISIS, with help from regional forces. “I’m trying to tell the American people, the Republican primary voter: The only way I know to defend this country is to send some of us back to Iraq and eventually to Syria to dig these guys out of the ground, destroy the caliphate, kill as many of them as you can, hold territory and help people over there help themselves.” Graham’s rage and frustration are understandable. Who wouldn’t want to see ISIS destroyed utterly once and for all?
Dennis Dalman Editor “Nuke ‘em!” is a way of waving a wand, wishing ISIS would just vanish. The trouble is, it’s easier said than done. All of these politicians, including Graham, have been second-guessing or poo-poohing anything and everything President Obama has done in regard to the ISIS threat. They are armchair warriors entertaining daydreams of tidy victories, and they sound so much like the actual generals, wannabe generals and politicians during the Vietnam War. “We have to destroy a village to save it.” “There is a light at the end of the tunnel.” “Just a few more thousand troops ought to turn the tide of war in our favor.” “We’ll teach the South Vietnamese how to defend themselves, and we’ll call it Vietnamization.” “We’ll bomb the jungle trails, we’ll strip off the enemy’s jungle cover, we’ll invade Cambodia, we’ll bomb Hanoi back into the Stone Age.” “Just nuke ‘em! Nuke ‘em all!” The wars are different, but the rage and frustration are the same. Like the Viet Cong (South Vietnamese communist fighters), ISIS is an elusive enemy that blends in with civilian populations, then strikes, then hides in a constant deadly game of now you see me, now you don’t. That inability to pin down enemies and destroy them is what gave rise to the rage and frustration in that country and among the war hawks on the home front. Don’t think for a minute ISIS has not
adapted guerilla-war tactics they learned from ragtag warriors who fought Americans in Vietnam and Soviets in Afghanistan, and – not to forget – Osama bin Laden was one of those guerilla warriors. What makes ISIS doubly dangerous is they learned those tactics, then added to their deadly stew use of social media, sophisticated funding sources, bloodcurdling acts of torture and murder, suicide bombings and recruitment of malcontents throughout the world to try to achieve their medieval-minded scheme of a new caliphate. Such an enemy will be difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate totally, no matter what kind of vows and promises are made by Lindsey Graham and other political candidates. The only way ISIS will be weakened and ultimately defeated is when the countries in that region finally wake up to the fact ISIS is an imminent threat to their own survival. So far, those countries have been infuriatingly non-committal on that score, either through fear or because of sympathy – even collusion – in the dream for the caliphate. Until those countries feel rage and frustration and then do something about it, ISIS will unfortunately continue its murderous rampage. The days of the United States policing the world and trying to solve problems with boots-on-the-ground are over, and these know-it-all presidential candidates better understand that or they’re likely to lose votes in droves. It would be dangerous for the United States to turn isolationist. Yes, the United States can and should help facilitate the demise of Isis and other regional and world terrorists, but expecting more Americans to die in wars that foreigners should be fighting for themselves should not be tolerated. That should be the lesson we should have learned way back when in a quagmire called Vietnam.
A bad haircut is a two-week problem Have you ever gone to the barber shop or the beauty salon and gotten a bad haircut? It just doesn’t look right and no way of brushing, combing or fixing it up corrects the problem. To some this is a tragic event. To me, it is a two-week problem because that is about how long it takes to grow back. So, how is this relevant to today’s discussion? All through our lives we face good times and bad. We build bridges that, in most cases, we never have to cross. We face challenges that can be real tragedies. By the same token we accept good fortune and good news gladly. It has been my experience, however, that most of the problems I have had to face in my lifetime were not nearly as bad as I had thought they would be, and some of the good fortune I experienced wasn’t as good as I had hoped either. Another little tidbit I have heard is what doesn’t kill you makes you better. It would seem during our lifetimes we deal with challenges that somehow are designed to teach us. I know I have always learned more from a defeat than from a victory. It wasn’t always pleasant, but it was a learning experience. I know of people, as do you, who have had a clear life plan laid out. They have prepared themselves for a certain destiny when all of a sudden some-
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer thing changes and their plans go up in smoke. Maybe they suffered a medical setback, or lost a job or had financial reversals. Whatever, something happened and their lives were upended. Some have allowed these reversals to destroy their lives. Some, though, have landed on their feet and gone on to succeed in other ways or other fields, and many beyond their wildest imaginations. This I know: Everything you have ever done in your lifetime has brought you to this point in your life. Somewhere along the way you turned right when you meant to turn left and you wound up here. If you are a senior citizen like me, you have dodged many arrows in your journey that has brought you to today. If you are a young person, perhaps your journey is just beginning. Remember Forrest Gump who famously said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” You may well have some changes in your master plan. Let those changes be like a
bad haircut. They usually fix themselves in a short time. Many years ago I read a book by Dale Carnegie called How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. I recommend the book. One of his lessons was when something is worrying you, figure that it has already happened, deal with it and go on about your life. Simple but effective. I don’t mean to make light of or belittle events we face. I have friends who have had to deal with serious medical diagnoses. I have had friends who died much too young. The fact is there are no guarantees. Life, while a beautiful thing, is fragile. Life can be fleeting. I know there are some people who envy someone else’s life or their wealth. What they don’t know is that the very person they envy might well be willing to trade places with them. None of us knows what someone else’s journey is. So have a blessed day and enjoy your life. Don’t let a bad haircut get you down. 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.
Friday, June 12, 2015 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, June 12 Sartell SummerFest 5K, 6 p.m., Sartell Middle School, 212 3rd Ave. N, Sartell. sartellsummerfest.com. Sartell SummerFest Kids 1K walk/run, 7 p.m., Sartell Middle School, 212 3rd Ave. N, Sartell. sartellsummerfest.com. Brat and hot dog sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Brat and hot dog sale, sponsored by Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Centennial Plaza Coborn’s, 2118 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Art Crawl, 5-9 p.m., downtown, St. Cloud. Saturday, June 13 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Brat and hot dog sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Sartell SummerFest parade, 10
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a.m., Riverside Avenue, Sartell. sartellsummerfest.com. 55+ Driver Improvement program (four-hour refresher course), 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Miller Auto Plaza community room, 2930 2nd St. S., St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. Optional online courses: mnsafetycenter.org. Craft-Vendor Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Winner’s Sports Bar and Grill, 311 2nd St. S., Sartell. St. John’s Bible pages on display, now through mid-December, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hill Museum and Monastic Library, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-3351. 320-3633514. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park. Sartell SummerFest street dance, 5 p.m., Great River Bowl, 208 2nd St. S, Sartell. sartellsummerfest.com. Sartell SummerFest fireworks, 10 p.m., Great River Bowl, 208 2nd St. S, Sartell. sartellsummerfest.com.
St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club, 7 p.m., American Legion, 101 W Minnesota St., St. Joseph.
Monday, June 15 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 1st St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org.
Friday, June 19 Burger and brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Brat and hot dog sale, sponsored by Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Coborn’s,
Tuesday, June 16 Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-2512498. St. Cloud Area Genealogists meeting, 7 p.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. stearns-museum.org. Wednesday, June 17 Summertime by George! featuring Arch Allies, 5-9 p.m., Lake George, 1101 7th St. S., St. Cloud. summertimebygeorge.com. Thursday, June 18 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. 55+ Driver Improvement program (four-hour refresher course), noon-4 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, 90 Riverside Drive SE, St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. Optional online courses: mnsafetycenter.org.
Marley is a neutered and declawed 11-year-old tabby cat who came to the shelter due to allergies in the home. Marley was around other cats and dogs in his previous home. He got along with everyone just fine. Have some tasks to do around the house? While Marley probably won’t be able to lend a hand, he’s definitely a good supervisor and loves to watch whatever you’re doing. He also enjoys some supervised time outside to roll around in the grass and sniff the flowers. Marley qualifies for the “Name-Your-Own-Price” promotion. For veterans or seniors, his adoption fee would be waived. “Helping one animal won’t change the world … but it will change the world for that one animal!” Dogs - 21 Puppies - 2 Dove - 1
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1725 Pinecone Road S., Sartell. Brat and hot dog sale, sponsored by Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Cash Wise, 113 Waite Ave. N., Waite Park. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 4-7 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 1st Ave NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. S., Waite Park. 320339-4533. stcloudsingles.net. Saturday, June 20 Dam 2 Dam Ridge, free 20-mile or 40-mile scenic ride along the Mississippi River for cyclists, Little
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Falls. littlefallsmn.com or cmnbikeclub.com. Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Burger and brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Living History: Meet the Lindberghs, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls. St. John’s Bible pages on display, now through mid-December, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hill Museum and Monastic Library, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-3351. 320-3633514.
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photos from River Days website
Left: This year’s Ambassadors are (left to right) Chelsey Haffner, Kaitlin Janson and Kayla Keller. New ambassadors will be selected during a pageant June 25 at the high school, an event that kicks off the Sauk Rapids River Days festivities. Above: Tanner Fuls, seen here in a photo taken five years ago, passed away from cancer when he was only 11 years old. His memory will be honored once again during the Tanner Run/Walk June 26 at Bob Cross Park, one of the events of River Days. Right: Sauk Rapids boys, dressed up in their Storm jerseys, walk in last year’s River Days Parade. There will be at least 85 units in this year’s parade, June 26. It will start at 6 p.m.
Fun from front page Fuls, who lost his battle with cancer almost five years ago when he was only 11 years old. Registration for the event will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Bob Cross Park near the Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School. The 1k race, for children 10 years old and under, will start at 8:20 a.m. The 5k race, for people 10 and older will start at 9 a.m. There is a fee for adults and a separate smaller fee for kids 10 and under. Tanner Fuls, the son of John and Cindy Fuls, was diagnosed with myelodysplactic syndrome when he was only 10 years old. After a grueling regimen of treatments, including a bone transplant, radiation and chemotherapy, an infection developed and he was placed on a ventilator. Later that night, his blood pressure dropped and he died. Tanner is described as a “vibrant, positive, kind-hearted” boy who never complained, despite all the pain and setbacks he had to endure during his treatments. May all you wonderful dads enjoy a
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Tanner loved sports, especially hockey, which he played on the Sauk Rapids Storm team. When he was ill, he was thrilled to meet football player Brett Favre and even had a chance to plant a flag on center ice at the start of a Minnesota Wild game. As of April 2015, the Tanner’s Team Foundation has helped 79 families by granting them a total of $52,000.
Food Fest
The culmination of Sauk Rapids River Days is its sprawling, fun-filled music-and-food fest from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, June 27 at Municipal Park along the Mississippi River. Dozens of food vendors offer everything from burgers and brats to shish-kabobs and gyros, from kettle corn and mini donuts to sweetpotato fries and wontons, from meatball sandwiches and milkshakes to quesadillas and pork-chop-on-a-stick. A long list of available foods is enough to make anyone’s mouth water – or cause instant indigestion. Aside from the staggering variety of foods, the festival will also feature music. From 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Kevin Lange
and the Mississippi Drivers will perform. The Receders will take the stage from 1:30-4 p.m. followed by the Honey Badgers from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Another popular attraction at the River Days Food Fest is the Minnesota Strongman Man/Woman Competition. As the music plays and people enjoy the foods, other events will go on all day, including pony rides, camel rides, face painting, caricature drawings, Party Time bouncing toys and an obstacle course. One of the most popular attractions annually at the festival is the Strongman Man/ Woman Championship Contest from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Muscle-bound contenders will wow the crowds with Pony Keg Toss, Stone Load Race, Axle Clean and Press and other feats of strength, all of the categories qualifying the contenders for state championships.
Shuttle
A free shuttle service to and from the festival will be operated all day from the Pleasantview school parking lot, the Mississippi Heights School parking lot and the parking lot under the Sauk Rapids bridge.
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