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by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Market Monday moves to Riverside Plaza
Due to construction Market Monday, Sartell’s Farmers’ Market, is relocating to Riverside Plaza, 101 7th St. N., in front of Hardware Hank. Open from 3-6:30 p.m. every Monday, starting July 13; same great vendors, near trail system, MetroBus route 32 stop 6, easy auto access, available restrooms, and as always, the best water stop in town.
No Newsleader published July 17
The Newsleader office will be closed July 13-17. A July 17 edition will not be published. The office will reopen on Monday, July 20 and will resume weekly publications beginning July 24, with news and contributed photo advertising deadline at noon Tues- Naval combat veteran Chris Ring smiles with confidence as well-wishers watch day, July 21. from the very start of the Mississippi headwaters at Lake Itasca. Ring intends to
Singing Slovenes serenade St. Stephen
The St. Stephen Catholic Church, 103 Central Ave. S., will host a polka Mass at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. Music will be provided by the Singing Slovenes, an ethnic non-profit singing group from Duluth who promotes the Slovenian heritage through native costume, language and music. Refreshments will be available after the Mass, and the Singing Slovenes will be available for a meet-and-greet.
Newsleader website under construction
The Newsleader website, thenewsleaders.com, will be under construction on and off during the month of July. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Pet lovers sought to visit senior centers
Tri-County Humane Society is looking for people to bring a shelter animal or one of your own that is approved, to visit residents of various senior care centers. This is generally a once-a-month commitment and hours are variable depending on the facility. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on July 10 Criers.
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swim the entire length of the Mississippi River to raise awareness for Gold Star families, the survivors of veterans killed in wars. The program is under the aegis of the Legacies Alive organization. Ring began his swim in early June.
Chris Ring is swim, swim, swimming his way all the way down the Mississippi River, and he’ll keep swimming past Sartell, Sauk Rapids, St. Cloud until he arrives at the end of his long journey – the Gulf of Mexico. As of press time Wednesday, July 8, Ring was swimming south of Brainerd, toward the St. Cloud area. Ring is doing his record-breaking marathon swim to meet Gold Star families along the way and to bring awareness both to the soldiers who died overseas and to the needs of their survivors back home – the Gold Star families. A U.S. Navy combat veteran of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ring is a member of Legacies Alive, which is sponsoring the swimming effort, which is called “2015 Legacy Challenge: Swim For Their Sacrifice.” The mission of Legacies Alive is “to strengthen and support every family of the fallen and bring national awareness to the life and character of each service member who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country, as well as to provide unwavering support to famiSwimmer • page 3
Top-10 SRR High School seniors honored
Five of the top-10 graduating students from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School are Rice residents, four live in Sauk Rapids and one is from St. Cloud. The Rice students are as follows: Tyler Hackett, son of Judy and Shawn Hackett, who will
attend the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where he will study mechanical engineering; Erika Hanson, daughter of Corbi and Jeff Hanson, who plans to major in medicine and biological science at the University of Minnesota, Morris; Kayla
Kahl, daughter of Margie and Mike Kahl, who will attend the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she will major in marketing and business operations; Hannah Voigt, daughter of Linda and Scott
The Lord provides for ‘The Quilters’ by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Good Lord provides . . . That’s practically the motto of “The Quilters,” a group of mainly women from Rice, Sauk Rapids and Sartell who have been quilting for years and years. Just about every time the women are short of something – materials, thread, yarn, whatever – they pray and not long after, voila!, what they need suddenly appears from somewhere, as if by magic. One day, years ago, quilter Ardelle Amundson of Sartell wanted a sewing machine so badly she and a group of women prayed for one. Strangely enough, she went home that day and found a sewing machine on her lawn. A neighbor, who knew nothing about the
prayer, figured she’d want it as she knew Amundson liked sewing. The machine was older but in mint condition; it had never been used. Needless to say, Amundson was happily stunned by the gift from out of the blue. The same thing happens when they pray for quilting supplies. All of a sudden, again from out of the blue, a big pile of material or scraps will materialize as if by magic from this person or that group or some company. The Quilters (there are about 40 all together) meet at three places: a room in Good Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church in Rice; at the community room in GrandView Estates in Sartell; and at Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rapids. In addition, many quilting members work from
Voigt, who will major in education at Concordia College and participate in band; and Morgan Zeleny, daughter of Renee and Michael Zeleny, who will attend the College of St. Benedict to pursue pre-medicine with hopes Top 10 • page 8
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Nancy Anderson holds up one of the colorful quilts her group makes for good causes. Anderson is a former mayor of Rice. their homes. The quilters never sell their quilts. They say since they are doing God’s work, selling is absolutely out of the question. Instead, they give the quilts (as well as hot-pad holders, blankets, sheets, pillowcases and washcloths) to places where human need is paramount,
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2 If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sauk Rapids Police Department at 320-251-9451 or TriCounty Crime Stoppers at 320255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers. org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes. June 21 12:03 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. River Avenue N. Police spotted a vehicle parked at a park after closing hours. Plates and tabs for the vehicle were not correct. Police issued driver a warning to correct the issue immediately with the DMV. 3 a.m. Fireworks complaint. River Avenue N. Police observed a large cloud of smoke coming from a parking lot. Went to investigate and found two males and two females standing in the lot. Suspects were clearly intoxicated. Males said they had set off legal fireworks to impress females. Police advised them they were violating several city violations and on the dangers of being intoxicated. June 22 10 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. Lincoln Avenue. Complainant called police due to a vehicle that had been in his parking lot for several days. Police discovered the vehicle belonged to a customer’s relative who had forgotten the car was there. 10:20 a.m. Property damage. 1st Street S. School reported a vehicle had driven across the football field during the weekend, leaving large ruts in the grass. The suspect vehicle had
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left three-inch-deep ruts. Unknown dollar amount of damage at this time. June 23 7:58 a.m. Theft. Summit Avenue S. Male complainant told police someone had unlawfully entered his car the previous night, stealing his silver money clip which included his driver’s license and credit card. No damage was done to the car. No evidence found. 10:42 a.m. Medical. 9-1/2 Street N. Police were dispatched after receiving a call from a male complainant relating to chest pain. Police arrived at the male’s home to find the male had been taken to the hospital for further treatment. 11:56 p.m. Intoxicated suspect. N. Benton Drive. Suspect approached a police officer in a parking lot, requesting a ride to a detox center. Subject was cooperative, transported to detox and turned over to the proper caretakers. June 24 7:48 p.m. Arrest. River Avenue S. Police caught sight of a suspect with a warrant arrest. Police arrested suspect, taking him to the county jail. Detention forms were completed. June 25 12:25 a.m. Unattended doors. Benton Drive N. While on patrol, police found the car wash doors of a gas station open. A single door leading to the business was found to be unlocked while all other doors were securely locked. No forced entry noted. Keyholder to business was advised to secure business more appropriately.
June 26 1:49 a.m. Police assist. 5th Avenue S./6th Street S. Police were deployed to help assist the St. Cloud Police Department in tracking a fleeing suspect. Suspect was never recovered. 7:48 a.m. Damaged property. 13th Avenue NE/15th Street NE. Police discovered a cell phone at the intersection of 13th and 15th. Screen on the phone was severely damaged. Phone was believed to be run over and was unable to be restored. 5:38 p.m. Animal complaint. 6th Street N./5th Avenue N. Complainant reported two dogs left inside a black car at the intersection of 5th and 6th. Complainant believed the windows of the car were not rolled down enough and dogs could potentially be suffocating. When police arrived at the scene, the car was gone. June 27 1:28 a.m. Vehicle complaint. 6th Avenue S. Complainant reported vehicle did not have headlights turned on. Complainant believed the suspect was a male who was drinking hard liquor and driving to a local convenience store. Police arrived at location, finding the vehicle to be empty. Police waited more than an hour for suspect to return to his vehicle, which he did not. The scene was cleared. 3:42 a.m. DWI. 6th Avenue S. Complainant called police in regards to a heavily intoxicated male suspect. Suspect was found, arrested and charged with a second-degree DWI and transported to the county jail. Paperwork completed for arrest.
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Lucy Jane Gruber, daughter of Jeni and Logan Gruber, Sartell, was born Monday, July 6 in St. Cloud Hospital. Logan is the operations manager at the Newsleaders. She weighed 5 pounds 7 ounces and measured 17.5 inches. Grandparents are Mona and Albert Gruber of Meire Grove and Jan and Bob Leukam of Melrose.
People Sam Spiczka, Sauk Rapids, was recently awarded $3,000 to purchase a used forklift to maneuver large sculptures, and aid in fabrication, loading and delivery from the Central Minnesota Arts Board Artist Career Development program, which provides funds of up to $3,000 in support of projects, training opportunities and purchases that assist artists in making the next step in their artistic careers. Funding for this program is provided through the McKnight Foundation. Three criteria are used to evaluate applications: artistic quality and merit, professional need and ability. An applicant must receive an average score of 3.0 or higher to be considered for funding. The CMAB supports collaborative and innovative arts opportunities through partnerships and financial investments in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties as one of 11 Regional Arts Councils designated by the Minnesota State Arts Board. The CMAB works with community partners to increase access to the unique cultural assets of Minnesota. Anna Watkins, daughter of Kari and Jon Watkins of St. Cloud, was named with highest honors to the spring dean’s list at University of Northwestern, St. Paul. Students must earn a minimum 3.9 grade-point average to qualify for the honor. Watkins is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School graduate and is pursuing a degree in visual arts education at Northwestern. The Central Minnesota Arts Board awarded $9,735 in Small
Capital Arts Grants to four area nonprofit arts organizations. The CMAB Small Capital Arts Grant to Nonprofits program provides funds of up to $3,500 with a 15-percent match requirement to purchase equipment and related non-consumable supplies and services to make capital improvements. Such activities must advance the mission of the organization and have the potential for significant or long-term impact. Organizations receiving grants included the following: Minnesota Center Chorale, $1,891, portable sound system to improve the quality of performances at outdoor concerts and other venues; Minnesota Dance Ensemble, $1,503, two laptop computers to create, organize and advance programming and communications, replicate CDs and DVDs for rehearsals, and for use at meetings and other events; Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center, $3,500, to replace 13 theater seats; and SOAR Regional Arts, $2,841, Ipads for ticket scanning and survey processes, a Bose L1 Compact Portable sound system to use at rehearsals, a wireless microphone for performances, a laptop and printer for efficient administration and communication. Funding for the CMAB Capital Arts Grant is provided through the Arts and Cultural Legacy Amendment as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008. Capital Arts Grant funds must be used for arts and arts access, arts education, and arts and cultural heritage as required by law.
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Friday, July 10 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. Parkinson’s Tae Guk Kwan Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, Inc., 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Conversation Circles, for all non-native English speakers, 10-11 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-6502500. Saturday, July 11 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. 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. Benton County Historical Society, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 1st St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. 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. 320-363-3514. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park. YA Revolution, for all young adults, 12:30-1:30 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-250-6500. Teen Advisory Board, for all motivated teens, 1:30-2:30, St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. Sunday, July 12 National Lutheran Bishop the Rev. John Bradosky, guest preacher, 9:30 a.m. service, Abounding Joy Lutheran Church, 6000 C.R. 120, (1.5 miles west of CentraCare Plaza). St. Benedict’s Parish Festival, 9:30 a.m., 212 1st St. SW, Avon. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Monday, July 13 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 1st St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-2539614. mnbentonhistory.org. JoeTown Summer Lunch and Learn, for ages 17 and younger, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Centennial Park, 205 Birch St. W., St. Joseph. 320-363-7505 ext. 350. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, 7th St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. Sauk Rapids City Council, 6 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center council chambers, 250 Summit Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. ci.sauk-rapids. mn.us. Library Game Nights, for ages 13 and up, 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. Writers Group, for all adults, 6:30-8 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359.
Tuesday, July 14 Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@ sartellchamber.com. JoeTown Summer Lunch and Learn, for ages 17 and younger, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Centennial Park, 205 Birch St. W., St. Joseph. 320-363-7505 ext. 350. Blood drive, noon-6 p.m., Moose Lodge, 1300 3rd Ave. N., Waite Park. Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-251-2498. Sauk Rapids Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Dr., Sauk Rapids. e-clubhouse.org/sites/saukrapidslionsmn. Sauk Rapids Women of Today, 7 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. saukrapidswt@mnwt. org. Holistic Moms Network, 7-8:30 p.m., Good Earth Co-op, 2010 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-252-2489. Now Showing, enjoying a fun family movie for all ages, 6:30-8:00 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-6502500. Rainbow Connection Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration beginning 30 minutes before program, 10:15-10:45 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-250-6500. Basic Computer and Internet Help, for all interested in learning more about computers and the Internet, 11 a.m.-noon, Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359. Wednesday, July 15 55+ Driver Improvement Program (four-hour refresher course), 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 320-255-3123. mnsafetycenter.org. JoeTown Summer Lunch and Learn, for ages 17 and younger, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Klinefelter Park, 405 10th Ave. SE, St. Joseph. 320-363-7505 ext. 350. Summertime by George! featuring Lamont Cranston, 5-9 p.m., Lake George, 1101 7th St. S., St. Cloud. summertimebygeorge.com. Summer Movies in the Park, showing: The Lego Movie, 9:30 p.m., Millstream Park, 101 5th Ave. NW, St. Joseph. cityofstjoseph.com. The Everett Smithson Band and Blues for Kids, for ages 8 to 18 and registration required, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359. Basic Computer and Internet Help, for all interested in learning more about computers and the Internet, 7-8 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. Thursday, July 16 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. JoeTown Summer Lunch and Learn, for ages 17 and younger, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Klinefelter Park, 405 10th Ave. SE, St. Joseph. 320-363-7505 ext. 350. Sunset Stages, featuring Dueces Wild, 7:30 p.m., Darnall Amphitheater on north side of Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. Rice Lions Club, 8 p.m., Lions Building, Westside Park, 101 4th St. NW, Rice. Family Movie Night under the Stars, rain date scheduled for July
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Local man arrested for meth possession by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
A Sauk Rapids man was charged July 6 in Benton County District Court with firstdegree drug p o s s e s s i o n . Ramler He had been arrested with more than 47 grams of methamphetamine last week, according to the complaint. Randal Donn Ramler, 37, was also charged with fleeing police on foot.
Swimmer from front page lies of the fallen by ensuring the legacies of our fallen heroes are forever alive.” The first “awareness” project of Legacies Alive was done by a veteran named Mike Viti, who walked 4,400 miles throughout the United States to honor the 6,843 Americans killed since the war against ter-
A July 3 story in the Sauk Rapids Newsleader about Samuel Traut of Sartell, who was murdered in Fargo June 23, contained several inaccuracies, according to his mother, MaryAnn Traut. In a telephone call to the Newsleader, she informed someone in the office that her
According to court documents, Sauk Rapids police received information in the early morning on July 3 that Nathaniel Backes, who has an active felony warrant from the Department of Corrections, would be leaving with another person from Huisken Meat Co. at 245 Industrial Boulevard. Officers observed a green pickup registered to Backes leave the business, and then pull into the driveway of C4 Welding. The driver, who officers later identified as Ramler, immediately ran away as officers approached. Officers deployed a stun gun and released
a K-9, which grabbed Ramler. Police had seen Ramler stick his hands in his pockets, which were inside out when he was apprehended. Officers found two separate bags of methamphetamine, weighing 18.4 grams and 23.3 grams, nearby. Also, more than 5 grams of methamphetamine were found inside the pickup. Ramler admitted he saw police nearby after leaving Huisken Meat Co. and threw the drugs from his pocket as he ran out of fear of going to jail. Ramler had been sentenced in March 2007 for a previous drug-related crime.
ror began. All along his walk, he met with Gold Star families, something Ring is also doing at his riverbank stops. The families are notified ahead of time concerning Ring’s schedule of stops. Ring was born and raised in Tennessee and now lives with his wife, Becka, in San Diego. After practicing for months and doing research about the Mighty River, he began his long swim June 6 (the 71st anniversary of D-Day) at Lake Itasca and hopes to reach the Gulf
on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Ring swims about 16 miles each day. His biggest challenges, he said, will be boats, ship traffic, wildlife and perhaps (but hopefully not) a bout or two of illness. The Newsleader hopes to do an update on Ring’s long swim – and perhaps an interview with him and photos – when he reaches the St. Cloud area. For more about Legacies Alive, see its website at www. legaciesalive.com.
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son’s name is Samuel, not Sam; that the eulogy read by an aunt at the funeral was written not solely by MaryAnn but with input from Traut’s father and sister; that the comical and cute incident of Samuel as a toddler in the kitchen (mentioned in the eulogy) happened only once,
not more than once, as suggested in the story; that Traut was living at the house in Fargo, not just staying there; and that Traut worked full-time as an engineer, as well as full-time in his seminary pursuits. Mrs. Traut declined to talk with the reporter who wrote the story.
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Immaculate Conception Summerfest slated July 19 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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Gone Fishin’, a local gospel-music group, will perform July 19 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rice. Members of the group are the following: (left to right) Barbie Schoenleben of St. Cloud, Marc Kelasch of Rice, and Dale and Nancy Zenner of Sartell.
The Gone Fishin’ Southern Gospel Group will perform at a musical Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 19 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rice. The Mass and concert will take place just before the church’s annual Summerfest celebration, which will last throughout the day until 5:30 p.m. Gone Fishin’ is a four-member group comprised of Dale and Nancy Zenner of Sartell, Nancy’s sister Barbie Schoenleben of St. Cloud and Marc Kelasch of Rice, who is a member of Immaculate Conception Church.
In 2005, the Zimmers began to discuss forming a gospel music group because they both love to sing and wanted, through song, to inspire others in the gospel messages of Jesus Christ. A year later, the four-member group was formed, and they began performing to warmly appreciative audiences far and wide. They named the group Gone Fishin’ based on Matthew 4:19 in the Bible when Jesus Christ said, “Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” In its press releases, Dale Zimmer stated Gone Fishin’ members “bait the hook with the Love of the Kingdom.” Gone Fishin’ performs songs in the rousing, happy, life-affirming music of the Southern gospel tradi-
tion that makes a congregation want to clap hands, move their feet and get up and dance. The Summerfest Mass is from 1011 a.m. After the Mass, there will be a hog roast with all the fixin’s and homemade pies from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. At 12:30 p.m., a pedal tractor pull will begin. The River Breeze Band will perform from noon-2 p.m. The grand raffle will start at 5 p.m. and wrap up the day at about 5:30 p.m. Throughout the day, there will be cash bingo, a beer stand, food stands, paddlewheel prizes, a cake walk, Grandma’s Attic Country Store, a quilt raffle, basket raffle, silent action, nail lumberjack contest, a ring toss and kids’ barrel-rain rides.
Afternoon ‘siesta’ in Rice
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On June 19, the Good Shepherd Community hosted a bridal fashion show featuring dresses from every decade from the 1930s to the present. The program was emceed by Wendy Pikus, life enrichment coordinator at Good Shepherd, and included information about fashion trends, fabric selections, decorations and accessories from each decade. Good Shepherd tenant, Norine Halaas, seen here, stole the show by modeling her own wedding gown, veil and shoes from her wedding held in 1952. The Sauk Rapids Ambassadors and Candidates, with Halaas, were on hand to model some of the dresses and serve at the reception. The VFW Ladies Auxiliary helped decorate and serve at the reception.
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Martha Dubbin of Rice pets her dogs Skippy and Daisy while all three take a long afternoon siesta on a warm and breezy late-June day. Dubbin, who has lived in Rice for more than 40 years, is retired from her cleaning job at Country Manor in Sartell. She enjoys spending time with pets, gardening, barbecuing, embroidering, doing puzzles and cooking for husband Richard.
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Quilters from front many other venues. By July 1 of this year, the women have created more than 1,000 quilts. They expect to finish 2,000 by the time the year ends. Last year, they made 1,900. The quilters also make little dresses for children in an orphanage in Haiti and, also for Haiti, shopping handbags with handles people, mainly women, can use to carry supplies when they go to distribution centers to pick up minimalsurvival items like rice.
Left: Evelyn Kirchner has sewn so many quilts the thread would fit around the Earth many times over, most likely. She worked as a seamstress for many years at Stearns Manufacturing, and now she sews as many as seven hours some days sewing for “The Quilters,” a group of quilters from Rice, Sauk Rapids and Sartell. Above: The hands of Nancy Anderson and the other quilters are nimble and adept at tying knots lickety-split. The Quilters group began 13 years ago. One Sunday morning, during a church discussion session, Ardelle Amundson asked, “Why does God have you doing what you do?” One woman in her 80s replied, “There is nothing I can do.” On the way home, Ardelle said to her husband, Jim, she’d like to pursue that noting some people think they cannot do anything. She remembered Jim used to teach in Ogilvie, and she went there to have people show her the many things they could do. She met quilters and realized so many people – even the little old lady – could probably
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do quilting. And, sure enough, later when she suggested it the “lady who could do nothing” quickly morphed into a good quilter. Among the people who meet most regularly for quilting sessions in Rice are the Amundsons (Jim is an expert cutter who cuts most of the quilting blocks and other materials); Nancy Anderson, a former Rice mayor; Evelyn Kirchner of Rice, who is an expert long-time machine sewer; and Cherie Ablen of Rice, who loves nothing more than scavenging for quilting materials at garage sales and elsewhere. What all quilting members do are three things: cut material,
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Our View Rapids River Days festival was a blast for one and all If it takes a village to raise a good child, it takes a city to put on a good festival. And that is exactly what Sauk Rapids did June 25-27 for its annual Sauk Rapids River Days. The three-day festival was an unqualified success because elements of the entire city were involved in one way or another: organizers, volunteers, sponsors, contributors, contestants, participants and spectators. Some anthropologists study city festivals, and the conclusions of the studies are the most successful festivals reflect the spirit of the city where it takes place. If judging by that criterion, Sauk Rapids earned an A-plus on its chart for Rapids River Days. The festival involved all levels of society, all walks of life, with something for everyone to do and enjoy – residents and out-of-town visitors alike. There was the ambassador pageant at which all six contestants shone with poise, intelligence and talent. There was the Tanner 5k and 1k Walk/Run in memory of a young Sartell boy who died tragically of cancer. There was the fun-filled, stirring parade with so many colorful units and dazzling marching bands. And last but not least there was the Rapids River Food Fest, a smashing success that combined delicious foods from 25 vendors, kiddie playgrounds and inflatables, lots of socializing and live music from three bands. The weather for all four events was “made to order,” perfectly pleasant summer days, warm but not too hot, gentle breezes, plenty of shade – especially at the Food Fest where people clearly enjoyed themselves snacking, sauntering around in beautiful Municipal Park, chatting with one another and with total strangers, enjoying the music that wafted through the park, along with the aroma of so many kinds of foods being cooked. Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader staff members attended one or more of the River Days events and reported the events were a lot of fun and all involved seemed to be having the grandest time. The City of Sauk Rapids deserves kudos for putting on such a great festival. Those who come to enjoy those events have no idea how much time, effort and unpaid hard work goes into making them so special. Deserving credit are the city itself and its workers, the hard-working organizers and coordinators, the police, traffic guards, organizations like the Lions, generous sponsors, food vendors, event participants, the marching bands, the ingenious and fun creators of the parade units and scores of volunteers. Last but not least, those who attended and enjoyed the festival events helped make them the big successes they were. Our hats off to Sauk Rapids River Days; we are eagerly anticipating another familyfun blast next June.
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Opinion Eleanor Roosevelt should grace $10 bill Which woman would you like to see on the $10 bill? The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking nominations for that honor. I didn’t have to think about it twice: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). Besides being an extremely energetic activist First Lady, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during their White House years (1933-1945), this courageous, outspoken woman was a “First” in many other ways. Eleanor Roosevelt was so far ahead of her time, so much so that the causes she championed became later the landmark, defining causes of the latter half of the 20th Century, and they remain so. Her critics derided her as a busybody, a meddler, a prissy do-gooder, an anti-American, a communist. She ignored their slander and persisted in her struggles on behalf of human rights far and wide, the rights of women in the workplace and elsewhere, civil rights for African-Americans and Asian-Americans and recognition for their myriad contributions to this country, help for unemployed people in the Great Depression, support for labor unions, the fight against cruel child-labor practices, assistance for refugees shattered by war, the need for livable working wages, the importance of constant diplomatic work to maintain world peace. Eleanor did more – far more – than give lip service to those and other causes. She donned her duds, rolled up her sleeves and left the comforts of the White House frequently to mingle with “ordinary” Americans: miners, blacks, the hungry, the homeless, working women, the ailing, the crippled and the dispossessed. During her tireless work in prodding the powers that be to bring kindness and justice to others, she eventually became a kind of national conscience and to some of her detractors a burr under their saddles. She was, in some sense, a secular “saint.” After the death of her husband in his fourth and last presidential term, she continued her work, becoming one of the first United Nations delegates, the
Dennis Dalman Editor first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights, a key player in drafting a Universal Declaration of Human Rights and chair of John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. Eleanor was also the first First Lady to write a syndicated newspaper column, the first to speak at a national political convention and the first to host press conferences as a savvy communicator with print and electronic media (radio in those days). What is most astonishing about this magnificent woman is she grew up in a terrible web of verbal and emotional abuse, enduring constant slights and humiliations even from her own relatives, being called an “ugly duckling” and becoming painfully shy in the process. Later, she learned that her husband, the president, had been cheating on her. Eleanor’s transcendent triumph over her emotionally crippling background is one of the grand success stories in American history. The humiliations she endured no doubt ironically made her stronger, as some wounds do, and caused the deep, inexhaustible compassion she had for others in her many fights for justice. When I was a student in St. Cloud’s Washington Elementary School, Mrs. Roosevelt paid a visit to the school, as she did to countless schools across the nation. I vaguely remember her popping into my first-grade classroom to say a few kind, encouraging words to us, and, if I recall correctly, she was wearing what looked to me like a dowdy old-lady purple dress and had some creepy fox stole around her shoulders. But I remember most of all that she had a very bright shining smile on her kind of smear of a mouth showing crooked
teeth. She looked, in fact, almost just like our sourpuss school nurse who was, unfortunately, not blessed with a radiant smile. I hope the Treasury Department sees fit to honor Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the greatest women in history. I also hope that department sees fit someday to honor this nation’s worldclass creative giants, as France does on so many of its paper-money notes. The women writers I would nominate are, first and foremost, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who ranks right up there in the pantheon of greatest poets of all time. Another obvious candidate is Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the powerful anti-slavery novel that changed many people’s stony hearts and minds. Yet another is Willa Cather (1873-1947), who wrote masterful novels of life on the Nebraska prairie, such as My Antonia. Painters I would nominate are Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), who held her own among the great French Impressionist artists; Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986), who found such wonder and beauty in austere Southwest landscapes; and Louise Nevelson (1899-1988), known for her monumental wooden wall sculptures. If singers are ever honored on American bills, my choices would be Billie Holiday, the bittersweet jazz-blues singer; Bessie Smith, quintessential blues master; Ella Fitzgerald, another innovative jazz singer; Minnesota’s “own” Judy Garland (1922-1969), that pintsized powerhouse diva; and Joni Mitchell (1943 and still living), a pioneering Canadian-born singer-songwriter and American citizen whose songs, like fine wine, get better and better with time. Sad to say, Mitchell suffered a stroke four months ago and is trying valiantly to learn again how to talk (and hopefully) to sing again. Do you have favorites? Send your nominations to Department of the Treasury; 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; Washington, D.C. 20220.
Money is created by producers not takers Some people say there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats. For a certainty, the lines have blurred during recent years. For example, I don’t believe Harry Truman could be a Democrat today. It’s possible even John Kennedy might be a Republican, according to today’s standards. As for me, I vote Republican most of the time. I don’t always go along with the “company line,” but the Republicans seem to come closer to my way of thinking than anyone else. I see myself more as a traditional American than a member of a particular party. To me, the opposite of my traditional thinking is the liberal view. I believe, as do most when polled on the subject, that America is headed down the wrong path and that path is being led by liberal thinking. All across the world we can see the problems associated with liberalism and socialism. Just look at Greece. They are out of money and have no way of obtaining any unless they borrow it. In order to borrow money they must adhere to new and stringent austerity rules imposed upon them by their creditors. That would be a major change for the Greek people who have been cared for in a birth-to-death socialistic society – a situation which can no longer be provided. Their economy, and therefore their lifestyle, is unsustainable. period. And Greece isn’t alone. Many of the little countries which have been supported by the Eurozone are facing the reality
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer money doesn’t grow on trees and their free lunch is disappearing. Are we far behind? Let’s face it, we have been living on borrowed money for several years. We have unfunded liabilities up the wazoo. Social Security and Medicare are going to run out of money. I was just told by a VA employee the VA is out of money and cannot fulfill its promises to our veterans. I am one who has been told they cannot afford to pay for my complete procedure coming up very soon. It’s funny, though, the food stamp program hasn’t run out of money or the free cell-phone program. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Some say we should just start up the printing presses and print more money. I think that is what they have been doing, and that has certainly contributed to our problem. So, what should we do? What would we say if our creditors suddenly required us to adhere to more stringent austerity rules in order to continue to get credit? The reality is there are a huge number of people in this country who contribute nothing to the bottom line. They are essentially wards of the govern-
ment. Between subsidized housing, cell phones, school lunches, food stamps, subsidized health care and welfare checks on top of it all, they are takers, not contributors. How would they survive if the money spigot was suddenly turned off? Traditional thinking favors self-reliance and self-responsibility. Traditional Americans don’t want to see anyone starve but by the same token they don’t want to see them without any self-respect. This lack of self-respect is what leads to a house full of children born without a father present. These children then go out to face a world without knowing responsibility. They have never known anybody with a job. They think the gravy train will never run out. The sad truth is the train will come to an end. Money is created by producers, not takers. Regardless of what the liberals would have you believe, ours is a topdown economy. Takers produce nothing but more debt. For us to regain our status in the world, we must return to more traditional thinking and practice. Wow, I think I just heard a train whistle. 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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Friday, July 10, 2015
Career Fair
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Tuesday, July 14 3-6 p.m.
On-site interviews and tours Custodial Maintenance (FT) Bus Drivers (PT) Sous Chef (FT) Lead (FT) Custodian (PT)
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Station Chef II (FT and PT) Culinary Service Associates (Temporary)
For more information and to apply online, visit http://employment.csbsju.edu Women, individuals of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University are Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employers.
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sity of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she will pursue a double major in entrepreneurial management and finance; Amber Kulow, daughter of Lisa and Kraig Kulow, who will attend Hamline University where she will study criminal justice, with a focus on forensic science; Logan Mastey, son of Dona and Walter Mastey, who will attend St. Cloud State University and will major either in pre-medicine or nursing; and
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Colleen Schimnich, daughter of Julie and Kurt Schimnich, who will study either medicine or hospitality and management at St. Cloud State University. The student from St. Cloud among the top 10 is Lydia Glen, daughter of Danielle and Mark Glen, who will attend the College of St. Benedict, where she will pursue a major in either history or political science with a minor in Spanish.
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