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Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 Volume 2, Issue 32 Est. 2015
Town Crier Volunteers sought Aug. 20 for ASTRIDE training
Project ASTRIDE, a therapeutic horseback riding program, will train new volunteers for its fall session starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at a barn near Sartell. We are looking for volunteers to walk alongside both horse and rider during a onehour class, one-night a week for seven weeks. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 19 criers.
Supply lists available on TeacherLists
Parents from local schools have a new tool in their backto-school bag of tricks this year, as all of their schools supply lists are now posted on TeacherLists.com. With just one or two clicks, parents can find all of their 2016 lists and get a head start on this annual back-to-school chore. Parents can print their lists or look up their lists right on their smartphones in store aisles. The site already includes lists for Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, Pleasant View Elementary and Mississippi Heights Elementary and Middle schools. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 19 criers.
Red Cross urgently needs blood donors
The American Red Cross urges blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help overcome a critical summer blood shortage. The summer months are among the most challenging times of years to collect enough blood and platelet donations to meet patient needs. Donors of all blood types are urgently needed to give now to help ensure blood is available for patients in need. Those who donated blood earlier this summer may be eligible to donate again. In appreciation for helping to save lives, those who come to donate blood or platelets with the Red Cross now through Aug. 31 will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card. To help reduce wait times, donors are encouraged to make appointments and complete the RapidPass online health history questionnaire at redcrossblood.org/rapidpass. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 19 criers.
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Gardener Anderson enjoys sharing, caring by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Wayne Anderson’s sister sometimes tells him he’s the victim of obsessive-compulsive disorder, at least when he’s doing his gardening. Anderson always chuckles when she says that; he admits there’s a grain of truth to it. OCD might explain why he has to plant three differentcolored marigolds between his long rows of tomatoes, each precisely 18 inches from the next, and the colors must absolutely not be mixed, row to row. The marigolds, by the way, repel the pesky Japanese beetles. OCD might explain why Anderson spent many hours thinking about how to come up with a perfect cucumber trellis frame with a slanted top, so the cucumbers dangle down for easy picking. And
OCD might explain why Anderson plants his onions “just so” in rows of mounded dirt, so they can grow to their fullest extent. But more than any possible OCD reasons, the overwhelming impetus behind Anderson’s love for gardening is the sense of peace it gives him. “It’s kind of a meditation thing,” he said. “Especially in the very early morning, to be in the garden when the birds start singing.” Anderson’s huge garden is in his large yard on a bluff above the Mississippi River west of the “River Road” (CR 1) between Sartell and Rice. Anderson, who recently retired from his long-time job as manager of the Sauk Rapids Municipal Liquor Store, now has plenty of time to spend on his life-long hobby, growing thousands of vegetables in his Anderson • page 4
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Garages aren’t just for cars; they’re for tomatoes. Just ask Wayne Anderson, gardener extraordinaire of Watab Township between Sartell and Rice.
School district hires Schroeder, Klaphake by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Now that she’s back on her home turf, NaDean Schroeder is happy to be the new activities director for the Schroeder Sauk Rapids-Rice High School.
She will replace Luke Lutterman who held that job for three years before he, too, returned to his home turf as principal of a middle school in Dodge Center. Schroeder was raised in Maple Lake and earned a communications degree from the University of North Dakota-Grand Forks, as well as a master’s degree in sports management from St. Cloud State University. In a case of like father, like
daughter, Schroeder’s father, Dave, was also an activities director of Maple Lake schools for 25 years until last spring. Now, NaDean will be able to visit her parents more often and friends she grew up with in the Central Minnesota area. For the past four years, Schroeder was an assistant athletic director at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. From that city, it was almost an 11-hour drive to
her hometown of Maple Lake. She said she is happy to be home, and happy she’ll be able to work with and develop young people at the high school level. She said she is also happy her father will continue to be her mentor and inspiration as he has been all of her life. Schroeder, a 2001 graduate of Maple Lake High School, has had extensive experience School • page 7
Bullseye the turtle finds loving home by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
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Cody Will-Robinson, 7, and his sister, Marina, 9, adopted a painted turtle they found on a walking path near their home in Sauk Rapids. He has grown from the size of a 50cent piece to the size of Cody’s hand in about three months.
Sometimes animals in the wild need a helping hand to survive life in the big city. That was the case of Bullseye the turtle. Bullseye is one of those lucky turtles who managed to survive in the wild until a nice young boy and girl adopted him as their own. Bullseye, you see, was only the size of a 50-cent piece when he was found struggling along a jogging path. He might have been a meal for some raccoon, snake, goose or skunk; he might have been squashed flat by a runner out for a jog or some Pokemon Go enthusiast, were it not for his two protectors, Cody Will-Robinson, 7, and his sister Marina Will-Robinson, 9. “We found him on the walking path,”
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Cody said. “We were just walking on the path, and I happened to see orange. At first I thought it was a rock, and then I saw the orange on the bottom of him, so I picked it up, and I saw the hole where his head goes out, and I was like, ‘Is this a turtle?’” Big sister Marina assured him it was indeed a turtle. At first she says she was a little afraid of him even though Bullseye never was mean to her. “He was just weird ‘cause we never had a turtle before,” Marina said. Animals are common around the Will-Robinson household. April Will-Robinson, the children’s mother, had a rabbit once, she confided. “We have two cats and a dog, and we also had a fish, but we’ve never had a turtle before,” Marina said. Bullseye • page 3
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Fitness, fun to prevail at ‘Mommy and Me’ event by Darren Diekmann news@thenewsleaders.com
Mommies and others are invited to pack up the kids and the stroller and come out for a day of running or walking along with many other activities at Lions Park for the next “Mommy and Me 5K” Aug. 27 at Sauk Rapids Lions Park. The invitation comes from Ashley Keller, the organizer, and high-octane mother of two who has held the event for the past three months this year. “This is not a competition,” Keller said. “It’s a chance to get mothers, parents and their kids out of the house, into the community and have some fun.” Despite the name, the event is for “dads, cousins, friends, everyone of all ages,” Keller said. It’s free and registration is online or at the event. It starts at 10 a.m., but there is no specific start for the 5K since it isn’t timed and is not a race. The route goes from Lions Park to Sauk Rapids Municipal Park and back. At the three previous
Mommy and Me events this year, participants have been mostly mothers walking with young kids who are either in strollers or walking along with mom. But Keller said some participants ran or rode trikes or bikes. Some walked the entire route, some completed only part of it and some just participated in the games and other activities available for the kids. People are free to do as much or little as they want. There are also other activities throughout the day. For babies who are mobile, Keller has devised the Diaper Crawl. She has set up a large tarp and marked off five lanes. Then mothers encourage their children to crawl from one end to the other in friendly competition to see who has the fastest baby. “People circle around so they can watch the babies,” Keller said. “It’s been a big hit, people think it’s pretty cute.” Toddlers and older kids can play hopscotch and other games on squares Keller has had drawn along the route. They can also navigate
through the pool-noodle obstacle course, a collection of cones, hula hoops and noodles configured into arches, set up in the park. And a number of parents always stick around to take advantage of the weather and the chance for their kids to play with other kids on the playground, Keller said. Keller was even able to secure sponsors for the 5K and will be selling $5 raffle tickets at the event. The grand prize is four wristbands for unlimited rides at Nickelodeon Universe and four Moose Mountain Golf passes, both at the Mall of America. There will be more than a dozen other similar prizes that can keep kids active. Keeping families active is what Keller said the Mommy and Me 5K is about.
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sauk Rapids Police Department at 320-251-9451 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 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. July 20 9:52 p.m. Medical. 10th Avenue N.E. Officers responded to a woman who’s water had broken. Upon arrival, Gold Cross Ambulance was on the scene. No further police action was necessary. July 21 11:33 p.m. Personal assist. Eighth Avenue S. Officers were summoned to a woman’s apartment after she had fallen and was unable to get up. Upon arrival, police assisted
“It seems like now everything is so plugged in,” Keller said. “So much is centered around TVs and computers, so I wanted to focus on getting out and being active with your kids, not just dropping them off somewhere.” To register or learn more about the Mommy and Me 5K, you can go to Keller’s website at www.hotmessmomsfitness.com. photo by Darren Diekmann
Ashley Keller of Sauk Rapids with her kids Jaxon, 2, and Mia, 10 months, getting ready for the Mommy and Me 5K on Saturday, Aug. 27.
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medical authorities in helping the woman back into her chair. She required no further assistance. July 22 8:14 p.m. Verbal. CR 3/CR 1. While on routine patrol, officers observed a driver become agitated with the vehicle in front of him. The driver was throwing his arms in the air, and he appeared to be yelling. He proceeded to follow the vehicle in front of him, at one point going 64 mph in a 40-mph zone. The driver was consequently pulled over and issued a warning for his behavior. 11:46 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. River Avenue S. Officers observed two vehicles parked at Southside Park after hours. Authorities spoke with the drivers who stated they did not know the park was closed. They left immediately.
July 23 2:04 p.m. Medical. 10th Avenue N. Police responded to a member of a group home who was experiencing a seizure. Upon arrival, the individual was breathing but not responsive. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and took over the situation. 6:21 p.m. Harassment. Fourth Avenue N. Officers spoke with a female complainant regarding text messages she had been receiving from the father of her child. According to the complainant, they had a custody agreement, but it had been breached due to the father having some mental-health issues in addition to being in jail. Since his release, the text messages have become more threatening. Police suggested she speak with an attorney and apply for a restraining order of sorts.
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Bullseye from front page Because he is a very young turtle and has been cared for by two very responsible young persons, Bullseye is very active. Bullseye was in constant motion swimming from one end of his glass fish tank to the other. Is he always so energetic, it was asked? “Only when he’s hungry,” Cody said. Marina said the turtle is almost always hungry. “We feed him dried-up worms we buy at Walmart,” Marina said. Bullseye has been with the Will-Robinsons for almost three months now, and he is no longer the pipsqueak 50-cent piece he was when Cody and Marina found him. He has grown and is nearly the size of Cody’s hand. Cody is his chief caretaker. The turtle tank, with its raised rock and warm light, occupy
Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com a spot near Cody’s bed. While Bullseye is a cute pet to look at and observe from a distance, Marina says she doesn’t really like to play with him, preferring her cat, Miko, instead. Cody, on the other hand, likes to play with Bullseye. He teases the turtle by shaking the bottle of freeze-dried meal worms in front of the glass tank. The turtle swims rapidly toward the bottle. Cody moves the bottle to the other hand, and Bullseye quickly reverses course and chases the bottle. Occasionally, Cody takes Bullseye from his tank, puts him on the floor in his room and gives him a view of the larger world. Cody lays down next to the turtle, so they are eye to eye, so to speak. The turtle is well cared for, and both Cody and Marina have learned a bit about turtles and tortoises. “Tortoises drown when they are in water, and turtles don’t. This is a painted turtle,” Cody said. “Mom went on line and
looked at it.” At first they kept him in a rubber container with some rocks in it. They didn’t know turtles are cold-blooded like snakes and lizards. Once they found out, they moved Bullseye to his watery aquarium with its big warming rock and a bright heat lamp. “Turtles like to bask,” Marina said. “Turtles like the warmth and the light.” “And he actually knows when it’s time to go to bed, and then he goes in the corner back there,” Cody said indicating a small structure that provides some shelter. “He just lays there.” Cody said Bulleye usually sleeps from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. With Bullseye’s popularity, would the Will-Robinsons ever get a second turtle to keep Bullseye company? “No,” Cody said. “My dad doesn’t want to have two turtles because the cage will get full of poop every day.”
The toxic green effulgence is a vast smelly and poisonous algae bloom photographed several years ago in Little Rock Lake near Rice.
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Above: Cody Will-Robinson, 7, and his sister Marina, 9, play with their pet turtle, Bullseye, at their home in Sauk Rapids. Cody likes to hold and tease Bullseye, but Marina prefers just to watch. At right: Bullseye, the pet turtle of Cody and Marina, enjoys safely basking under a warm sun lamp every day for several hours.
DNR sends out drawdown letters by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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Residents who live along Little Rock Lake and along the Mississippi River from north of the Sartell dam to just south of Rice should have received a letter in the mail about a proposed drawdown. It is proposed to draw down the level of Little Rock Lake and that portion of the river from July 2017 through the end of August 2017. The proposal is being made by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the letter and information, along with a drawdown information fact sheet, were sent by Eric Altena, fisheries manager of the MnDNR office in Little Falls. Altena has given several well-attended meetings concerning the drawdown at venues in and near Rice and in Sartell. Some oppose the drawdown as it will have some temporary adverse effects on recreational river uses or lake uses during the drawdown time of about seven weeks.
The drawdown would drop the level of the lake and river by about two feet by opening up the Sartell dam to let more water through during the drawdown period. Drawdowns can improve water quality by stabilizing shorelines, removing excess nutrients and encouraging the growth of deep -rooted beneficial native plants. Drawdowns can also improve fish and wildlife habitats. If the results of a drawdown prove to be successful, it could be done again as often as once in every seven to 10 years. In recent years, algae blooms in Little Rock Lake near Rice have
become so severe they endanger the health of children and dogs. The drawdown is supposed to improve water quality and to prevent algae blooms from nutrients draining into the lake and the river. There were two drawdowns of part of the Mississippi River in 2001 and 2002, Altena noted. The reason July and August were chosen for a drawdown is because that is the optimal period for the most rapid plant growth. To learn more about the drawdown proposal, go to www.dnr. state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/littlefalls/drawdown.html.
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Above: Wayne Anderson holds a tomato, one of thousands grown in his huge garden in Watab Township between Rice and Sartell. At right: After picking some garden marigolds, Brielle Elyea of Rice brings the flower blooms across the lawn to her grandfather, gardener Wayne Anderson. Inset: Wayne Anderson plants his onions so they eventually will grow on the top of the soil. Otherwise the very large onions, known as Ailsa Craigs, cannot expand to their size beneath the soil.
Anderson from front page 9,200-square-foot garden and giving them away at harvest time. A lot of them he brings to his church, Shepherd of the Pines Church in Rice. There, fellow parishioners are invited by Anderson to take whatever they like from the many boxes of veggies from his truck. Up for grabs are boxes of plump ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, zucchini, green peppers, kohlrabi, acorn squash and butternut squash, watermelon and lots of onions, including two of Anderson’s favorite varieties – huge sweet onions known as Walla Walla and Ailsa Craig.
“I guess you could say onions are my thing,” he said. “This year I planted 2,756 of them. Seven different varieties. The Ailsa Craig onions get close to six inches wide. They are so sweet you can eat them like an apple. And they are so good grilled in foil with butter on them.” Anderson plants the Aisla Craig onions in rows of mounded-up soil. The onions send down their roots, and in the meantime, gradually, rains wash away the soil in the mounds, leaving the onion bulb above the soil where it can grow large, unhampered by any surrounding and constrictive soil. Other favorites are Anderson’s beets. Recently, he and his wife, Judy, canned 49 jars of pickled beets. Not to men-
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tion 37 jars of tomato-based salsa. And soon they will can lots and lots of tomatoes: stewed tomatoes, tomato chunks, spaghetti sauce and tomato juice. Anderson has grown just about every variety of tomato imaginable, but his current favorite is known as Champion II. It’s an “indeterminate” type of tomato plant, which means blossoms keep growing all season, producing from 50 to 70 plump tomatoes each summer. “Determinate” tomato plants are those that quit blossoming after awhile, producing only about 30 or 40 tomatoes per plant. Anderson’s Champion II tomatoes are so prolific one recent day Anderson picked enough to fill 48 cardboard boxes in his garage. “Those tomatoes make a lot of people happy when I give them away,” he said. Next, it will be time to make sauerkraut from the cabbages big as basketballs, bursting out of their huge leaves on one side of the garden. Anderson has loved gardening ever since he was 5 years old, growing up not far
from where he lives now. “We had a large garden on the home place near the River Road,” he said. “Mom put up a lot of produce, stored in the root cellar. I still store carrots in sand, the way she did. You put sand in a plastic bucket, then put a layer of carrots on the sand, making sure none are touching, then another layer of sand and more carrots and so on. They stay so nice and crisp that way for a long time.” Like many gardeners, Anderson begins to daydream about gardening in January when it’s difficult for many shivering in a snowy, cold world to even imagine a blooming summer garden. “I start planning every January, deciding what I will buy,” he said. “I pre-order the vegetables from Janski’s Grocery in Rice. All except the onions, which I order from a place in Texas. This year, I have 146 tomato plants.” “Those Champion II tomatoes make for the best BLTs (bacon-lettuce-tomato) sandwiches,” he said. “Another way I love to eat them is just sliced on a plate with a bit of sugar on them.”
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A few times, Anderson thought about cutting back a bit on his huge garden, but every time he would changeshis mind and make the garden a bit bigger, not smaller, year after year. The only thing that stops the garden these days from getting yet bigger is the road on one side, and the children’s and grandchildren’s pet cemetery beneath the apple trees on another side – the resting place of beloved creatures like Brownie, Teddy, Lola, so many cats and dogs, and even some pet rabbits. “Yes, a garden this big can get to be a bit overwhelming,” Anderson said. “But I can’t give it up. I told the good Lord as long as I can keep gardening, I’ll keep giving vegetables away to people.” One day recently, Anderson and his 15-year-old grandson, Donovan, were talking about taking a load of onions and tomatoes to their church on Sunday. And Donovan said, “Grandpa, sharing is caring.” Anderson marveled at that homegrown wisdom from his grandson. Gardening, after all, is good for the heart.
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‘Piano Man’ still trying to figure out ‘crazy’ world by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Steven Fick of Rice still cannot figure out why he takes to the piano like a duck takes to water – so much so that his nickname is “Piano Man.” Is it a genetic musical factor? After all, his maternal grandfather, John Ledoux, was a brilliant violinist? Two of his sisters also have apparently inborn musical talent. Is it because growing up with deaf parents, Fick gravitated toward music as a wordless way to express himself? Is it because by playing music Fick could escape into his own world as a child suffering from attention-deficit disorder? Well, Fick still doesn’t know the answer, but he figures it could be a combination of all of the above. He does know his mother, Rhonda, often told him almost before he could walk he was intensely fascinated even by the sight of a piano. Since there was no piano in his home, he would go to the local church or anyplace else where he could satisfy his piano-playing cravings. Then, one day, he received a kid’s Tic-Tac plinky piano and he played it hour after hour. Fick likes nothing better than to sit down and play the piano for anybody who will listen,
and what’s just as remarkable as his seemingly born affinity for the instrument is that he performs his own music – songs that literally just pop into his mind. Fick performs on the first Tuesday of every month at the Good Shepherd Community Home in Sauk Rapids. He is also a bartender at O’Brien’s Pub and Grill in downtown Rice. Fick calls his music “New Age Classical Music.” When people shut their eyes and listen to it, they often feel like they are flying or floating or experiencing visions wrapped in moods. He loves to play for the Good Shepherd senior citizens because he can easily see the effects of his music on his listeners. Many of them, normally, seem sad or rarely make movements. When he plays, they brighten up, smile and one woman moves one of her hands in time to the music. The seniors at the “Piano Man” music sessions, while enjoying the music, also get to hold and pet Fick’s two chihuahuas, named Kalli and Bella. Fick was born in Detroit Lakes. His mother, a Native American, was deaf since birth. Fick’s father was also deaf, the result of some kind of high-fever infection he got when he
was 5. The two met at the Faribault School for the Deaf, fell in love and got married. Fick, now 30, is the oldest of six children. When he was still a boy, the family moved to Bejou, near Mahnomen on the White Earth Indian Reservation, where his mother had been raised. Being a child of deaf parents was often a challenge for Fick. He and his siblings often had to stamp and shout to get their parents’ attention. “There was a lot of hooting and hollering and stomping in that place,” Fick said, laughing. “It was like we were all throwing temper tantrums because we had to make so much noise. My parents could feel the vibrations of all the noise.” Another challenge of being the son of deaf parents is Fick became so adept at using sign language that he never heard much English spoken in the home. As a result, when he went to school he had to learn English from scratch, almost as a baby would. “I had a lot of trouble trying to learn the right way to pronounce words,” he recalled. “I had a real speech impediment for about the first three years of school.” Fick freely admits he was something of a rebel when he was young, doing so many
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Above: Steven Fick plays a rousing, rhythmic composition of his own during a performance at Good Shepherd Community on the afternoon of May 3. The Newsleader was not able to get photos of his listeners as Good Shepherd Community rules do not allow photos of residents without special permission. Inset: Bella, one of Steven Fick’s two chihuahuas, accompanies him when he plays piano at Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rapids. The two dogs (the other one is Kalli) love to roam the entertainment room and soak up attention from the residents there to hear Fick’s creative piano-playing. “stupid” things that would get him into trouble. “I was always different,” he said. “People would call me a strange man, an odd duck and I guess I was, I guess I am.” Fick would often become defensive, leery of people and developed a “don’t-give-a-hoot” attitude, causing him to become sometimes hostile, even verging on being a bully at times.
Even when troubled, Fick always had his music to fall back on. When he lived in Moorhead, he played piano in the Radisson and the Ramada Inn, Fargo; and at West Acres shopping mall. “I really believe music is what saved me,” he said. “Music, I think, is the one thing that kept me alive.” Piano • page 7
Primerica races for school supplies photo by Carolyn Bertsch
A Primerica shopping team completes their shopping and races to the finish line. In the front row is Renee Bloch of Sauk Rapids; Kati Weber of Sauk Rapids; and Karrie Edwards of Milaca. In the back row is Ryan Bloch of Sauk Rapids; Nakina Gross of St. Cloud; and Coral Hall of Sauk Rapids. The Sauk Rapids office of Primerica Financial Services descended upon the aisles of Crossroads Target Store to shop for school supplies to donate to area schools on the evening of Aug. 9. Seventeen employees broke into two teams, each with $300 to spend. Their goal was to be the first team to collect all of the items on their shopping list while spending as close to their limit as possible but not exceeding it. The supplies purchased will be loaded into 50 backpacks donated by Primerica. Schools that will benefit include, but are not limited to the following: Rice, Sartell, Royalton and Foley.
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America should ban circus-animal acts
There’s mounting evidence that public pressure is causing circuses and other entertainment venues to stop using wild-animal acts as part of their “entertainment,” and what a good outcome that is. In the United States, more than 50 jurisdictions in 24 states have taken action to restrict the use of animals in circuses using trained animals. Let us hope that trend continues until there is a total ban coast to coast. Most of us have been thrilled at one time or another by that elephant who can stand and “dance” on its hind legs or by the tiger who can leap through a burning hoop. However, we never see the constant cruelties of training that made those suffering creatures act so “delightfully.” There is nothing delightful whatsoever in the lives of animals in circuses. It’s as cruel and needless as the big-game hunting of lions and other endangered species. Thirty-two nations have banned animals from traveling circus shows. It’s time for the United States to join that list. And here is why: The continued use of wild animals in circuses is opposed by animal-welfare experts, animal-protection groups, politicians and more than two-thirds of Americans, according to a report entitled “The Welfare of Wild Animals in Traveling Circuses,” a report based on research by a team of 658 experts and organizations that included animal trainers in circuses, veterinarians, lawyers, biologists, staff members of zoos, and animal sanctuaries and animal-behavior experts. Not surprisingly, the animal trainers and circus owners in self-serving fashion thought there is nothing stressful about animals in circuses. The other experts strongly disagreed with them. The 178-page report came to the following conclusions, among many others: • Life for wild animals in traveling circuses and mobile zoos does not appear to constitute either a “good life” or a “life worth living.” • All of the requirements for an animal’s welfare and peace of mind are compromised by life in such environments. • Frequent transport of animals from place to place is highly stressful. • Traditional animal-training methods are coercive, and based on force and aggression techniques against the animals. • The “tricks” the animals perform have nothing to do with their natural behaviors. • Enclosures for animals in circuses and traveling zoos are about 25 percent less space than recommended in topquality zoos. • Some of the training methods include stun guns, electric prods, metal bars, whips, barbed hooks, intimidation, and deprivation of food and water. (Is it any wonder sometimes these abused creatures attack, and kill their trainers or people gawking at their “cute” tricks in a circus act?) Animal Defenders International has volunteered to relocate animals from circuses who agree not to use the animals anymore, or in cases where countries or other jurisdictions ban such “entertainment.” Recently, ADI rescued and relocated 100 circus animals from Peru, including 33 lions the organization placed in a sanctuary in South Africa. Now let’s just hope some rogue big-game hunter doesn’t shoot any of them. Jan Creamer, president of ADI, had this to say: “This new report supports decades of reports and evidence the welfare of wild animals is seriously compromised in circuses. Having time and again exposed the suffering and brutality of animals in circuses, Animal Defenders International calls for federal legislation to end wild animal acts.” To which we add, “Amen!” Next time the circus comes to town, check to see if it features trained animals. If it does, take the kids to a good movie instead.
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Friday, Aug. 19, 2016
Opinion
Trump’s a liar – and that’s no lie
Donald Trump, “the Pinocchio of politicians,” just told his biggest lie. Last week in an interview, he let loose with this whopper: “All I do is tell the truth.” I heard that doozer during breakfast, choking on my toast while laughing. It was the day after Trump informed us President Barack Hussein (Trump’s cynical emphasis) Obama and Hillary Clinton are co-founders of ISIS. Trump’s trumplings keep insisting, “He tells it like it is.” No, he doesn’t. He tells it like it isn’t. For at least 13 months, Trump has been leaving a trail of lies and snake-oil promises behind him the way Hansel left a trail of breadcrumbs in the forest. Yes, Hillary has been known to lie, too. But on the Big-Fib Meter, Trump beats her hands down. A study by Politico, the fact-checking organization, found Trump has told lies about once every five minutes during 4.6 hoursworth of his speeches the fact-checkers analyzed. Politico listed a tiny amount – just 101 of Trump’s most blatant lies. They include his lying that Obama was not born in America; lying that the 2016 Federal Omnibus Funding Bill pays for undocumented immigrants; lying that he’d never heard of Ku Klux Klan politician David Duke; lying that he never championed one-payer health-care systems when, in fact, he said in that first debate, “As far as single payer, it works in Canada; it works incredibly well in Scotland.” One of his trademark tactics is he lies and then tells another lie, a softer lie, to cover up the previous lie, like a cat in a litter box covering its last stinky deposit. For example, on the Fox News Channel, Trump claimed he never accused President George W. Bush of lying about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. “I didn’t say lie,” he told
Dennis Dalman Editor the interviewer. “I said may have lied.” He pulled the same stunt when he claimed he knew for sure Hillary Clinton was sleeping soundly through the Benghazi crisis. Later, when called on it, he said, she might or could or might as well have been sleeping. Yet another trademark Trumpism is when he transforms his narcissistic distortions of reality into “truths” that prove to be lies. Case in point: He denied reporter Michelle Fields was rudely handled by Trump’s former campaign manager at a Trump rally. “This was, in my opinion, made up,” Trump said of the incident, “Everybody said nothing happened. Perhaps she made the story up. I think that’s what happened.” When The Donald is caught in his lies, he blames the press. It’s all the media’s fault, of course. They report his lies, and then he throws a tantrum. How dare they? And when he’s not outright lying, he spews big globs of misinformation, outlandish exaggerations or swaggering bluster – a big kid who hasn’t done his homework trying to bluff his way through an oral test. Like a naughty boy before a stern daddy, Trump not only lies, he repeats his lies rapid-fire as if repetition will make them true: “I love Mexicans. Incredible people. I really do, I really love them.” If the Grand Fabricator isn’t telling his own lies, he’s repeating somebody else’s, knowing they’re not true or not
caring if they’re true, like when he tried pathetically to give credence to a tabloid claim that Ted Cruz’s father was somehow involved in a plot to kill President Kennedy. Perhaps Trump’s biggest whopper is his claim that he is a conservative Republican. It’s causing earthquake tremors in the Republican Party as its members, in quickening panic, wait for the leopard to change its spots. Will a kinder, gentler Leopard Donald please step forward from his hard narcissistic shell? On the Ship of Trump, wise Republicans are grabbing for life rafts; the gullible will soon be sinking. The scary thing about Trump the Egotist is this: Lies or misinformation? He doesn’t seem to know the difference or to care. He doubles down, then triples down, no matter what it is. Imagine that reckless fool in the White House. And now, God help us, Trump has become a prophet. He’s claiming if he loses the election, it will be due to voter fraud. There was an old eccentric widow on my boyhood block who would tell us kids fanciful whoppers, and then she would always say, “May lightning strike me dead if I’m lying.” We kids would always do a mock-cringe and duck, ready for a streak of lightning to whip down and zap her, and (yikes!) maybe singe us too. I always think of that old woman when Trump tells his lies. It wouldn’t surprise me if lightning zipped out of the sky and shocked some sense into the fib-filled braggart or turned him into a crispy critter. This man is dangerous. To borrow one of The Donald’s favorite adjectives, he’s “horrible.” Horrible. Trump is a horrible liar – just horrible. Imagine that hothead as President Pinocchio. Horrible.
Banking on a new stadium for the Vikings
Like many others around me, I was anxious to catch a glimpse of the new U.S. Bank Stadium. Aug. 3 had come, and as a soccer fan, I was anticipating the world-class match-up that was Chelsea FC vs. AC Milan. After walking from our parking down several city blocks to the site, my father and I took in the massive scale of this new building. Towering 30 stories above us, it was an effort to look up and see up to the top of the structure. Once past the security lines and inside, the interior itself was truly a sight to behold. On the point of size and sheer awe factor, U.S. Bank Stadium beats out the Metrodome for sure. Of course, this isn’t the only consideration we need to take into account. Every new thing will have that “awe factor” in the beginning. This stadium will be the home of the Minnesota Vikings and many other events for years to come. Millions of taxpayer money also went into this building. We even lost a piece of Minnesota history, the Metrodome, just to build it. I will now attempt to answer a few questions. Does this stadium fill the need it was intended for? Is it better than the Metrodome? And was it really worth it? On the point of filling the need, U.S. Bank Stadium is on the mark. The Minnesota Vikings and the State of Minnesota were looking for a modern, marketable venue, which is exactly what the new stadium is. The new look and contemporary features should put this building and the state in the market for many different events while the new stadium buzz still exists. The 2018 Super Bowl and
Connor Kockler Guest Writer the 2019 Final Four are already slated to be held at The Bank, so this time frame should exist for at least a few years. Is the new stadium better than the Metrodome? That’s also an interesting question. I was lucky enough to grow up going to events at the Metrodome, and now the venue of mine and many other childhoods yields to another. Just think, in a few years’ time, even kids who are football fans will have no idea about the Metrodome. What a shame. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was a classic piece of Minnesota. The Dome bore witness to many milestones in this state’s sports history, and it’s sad to see it go even to a person as young as myself. But for all its perks and sentimentality, the Metrodome did have its flaws. The concourses were much too narrow. I remember numerous times navigating the crushing crowds leaving the stadium. Many a baseball player had the unfortunate trouble of having to catch a fly ball in there. The roof could and did collapse, requiring costly and time-intensive clean-up. U.S. Bank Stadium has much better concourses – still a little crowded, but roomy enough so you are not shoulder to shoulder with the crowd when entering and exiting. The Bank’s roof
and some wall panels are glass, which allows natural light in and makes for a nicer contrast between the field and the upper levels of the stadium. The glass did cause some problems however. Sitting on the east end of the stadium, the sunset shone through the glass, disrupting the view. Hopefully the issue can be fixed in the future. The much-touted opening panels at the front of the stadium were also disappointingly not utilized. So in short, the Bank is an improvement over the Metrodome; it just needs a few modifications. In the end, though, the final question remains: Was it worth it? The total cost of the stadium is estimated at $1.06 billion; $348 million of the total came directly from the State of Minnesota. I am personally not a fan of taxpayer money going toward private projects, but it can be conceded the construction of this stadium did produce thousands of construction jobs for Minnesotans. The media attention and tourism which will be brought to this state from future events held at the U.S. Bank Stadium must also be taken into account. The test now will be how long the Vikings will be content with this new structure. The Metrodome did its job for more than 31 years. Here’s hoping this new stadium will last that long as well. It had better if we want to get our money’s worth out of it. For photos, see the back page. Connor Kockler is a Sauk RapidsRice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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from front page in sports activities and sports management. She managed a men’s golf program, and was for two years an assistant sports information director for media and public relations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. She also served as regional communications officer and development coordinator for the Minn-Kota Region of the American Red Cross, and was assistant athletics director of media and public relations at Minnesota State University, Moorhead.
The hiring of Schroeder is the second major change in athletic personnel in recent months at Sauk Rapids-Rice High Klaphake School. Earlier this summer, Phillip Klaphake was hired as the high school’s head football coach and also to serve as the middle school’s activities director. Klaphake will replace former football coach Bill Magnuson, who resigned to become an assistant coach at Pequot Lakes High School. As middle-school activities director, he will replace
Rich Spiczka, who served in that position and who was also the school’s basketball coach. He, too, resigned to coach basketball, also at Pequot Lakes. A 2009 graduate of Princeton High School, Klaphake earned a degree in health and physical education and then a master’s degree in education administration. While at SCSU, Klaphake was a star quarterback who holds several records for the SCSU team. During the past year, he was defensive-back coach for Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Klaphake and his wife, Allie, now live in St. Peter, but they plan to move to the Sauk Rapids-Rice area as soon as possible.
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from page 5 Fick moved to the Rice area to be closer to his daughter, Elizabeth, now 5, but that didn’t work out because of legal hurdles. Last November, he bought a mobile home in the Rockwood Estates Mobile Home Park, and he is currently working on refurbishing it inside, top to bottom. He intends to paint the place, now a bright sky blue, a nice bright white and add a deck onto it. “Buying used and refurbishing is a good way to stay out of debt,” he said. In the meantime, he thoroughly enjoys piano-playing and bartending.
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Banking on a new stadium for the Vikings photos by Connor Kockler
At left: Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student who writes opinion columns for the Newsleaders and recently visited U.S. Bank Stadium to watch soccer. At right: The U.S. Bank Stadium is the new home of the Minnesota Vikings but will host other events. U.S Bank Stadium is owned and operated by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, a local governmental unit of the State of Minnesota. To read related story, see page 6.
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Rice artist displays her creations at art crawl photo by Mindy Peterson
Carol Morris of Rice talks about her acrylic prints. She was just one of the numerous artists along St. Germain Street in downtown St. Cloud during the annual Sizzling Summer Art Crawl Aug. 12. More than 30 venues and businesses along St. Germain Street hosted more than 50 local artists.