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Town Crier Vietnam Veterans of America to hold annual pig roast
Central Minnesota Chapter 290 of Vietnam Veterans of America will hold its annual pig roast and Auction from 4:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992, 901 N Benton Drive. Both a silent and live auction will be held with proceeds going toward veteran needs.
Collegeville Colors set Oct. 4
Collegeville Colors will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 on the grounds of St. John’s Outdoor University. Spend the afternoon hiking in the woods at St. John’s as you enjoy the fall colors, artwork, live music, nature activities and more along the Chapel Trail – rain or shine.
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Homecoming parade a riot of color, commotion by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The “Storm” came on like gangbusters the evening of Sept. 25 when Sauk Rapids-Rice High School held its homecoming parade. You’d think the circus was in town. There was a riot of colors (mainly the Storm signature colors green and gold) among parade participants and spectators who lined the street from the area near Bob Cross Park to the city’s middle school. A mood of festivity ruled as young people and even some parents displayed themselves in get-ups that ranged from green tights, green elf shoes, green-colored hair, a jester outfit, gold-and-green ballet tutus, huge green hats, green-andgold Mardi Gras beads, T-shirts that proclaimed “Smash The (Sartell) Sabres” and the new SRR walking mascot, dubbed
“Bolt!” Among the parade units were members of the marching band, the cross-country team members and friends who ran in circles all down the parade route, a few trailer floats, a
In last Friday’s homecoming football game, the Storm had a fantastic cheering section, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough. The visiting Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres scored a 49-0 victory over the Storm on Sept. 25. In their next game Oct. 2, the Storm, with a 2-4 record, will face-off against Apollo.
SRFD has long and storied history by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
photo courtesy of the Benton County Historical Society
The first Sauk Rapids fire engine was purchased for $4,500 in 1920, and was restored by Sauk Rapids Engine Company No. 2 years later. The men in this photo are unidentified.
by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center at the St. Cloud Hospital will offer its Outpatient Nicotine Dependence Program from 5-6 p.m. starting Wednesday, Oct. 7. This is a five-week program. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 2 Criers.
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The Sauk Rapids Fire Department has been around for about 109 years. The city was just a village when the department started up. The Benton County Historical Society has quite a bit of material collected on the history of the department, and we thank them for sharing some of it with our readers. To see some photos and for a salute to both the Rice and Sauk Rapids
fire departments, turn to pages 6 and 7. 1908: The first fire chief of the Sauk Rapids Fire Department was John Teske. He was chief from July 8, 1908-July 12, 1910. A notice was placed in the Sauk Rapids Sentinel on July 12, 1908. It read: “Volunteers Wanted – The village council has decided to organize a volunteer fire department. All who desire to join the organization, please report to the village SRFD • page 9
‘Blood moon’ rises CR 3 project still in play
St. Cloud Hospital offers nicotine dependence program
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and Helpful. The parade, which lasted only 15 minutes, more than made up for its short duration by lots of hoopla, celebratory noise and wild colors. See page 11 for parade photos.
photo by Cory Zimpel
Oct. 4-10, NAMI promotes Mental Illness Awareness Week
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Rice Elementary School unit, a pom-pom group of girls and young children holding up a series of letters spelling P – A – T – H, standing for the schools’ mission of being Prepared, Accepting, Trustworthy
Storm footballers seek win Oct. 2
The League of Minnesota Cities seeks submissions for its third annual essay contest. Students from grades 4-6 are invited to submit their entries. Three prizes of $100 will be awarded and the winning essay will be published in a future edition of Minnesota Cities magazine. The deadline for participation is Friday, Oct. 23. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 2 Criers.
National Mental Illness Awareness Week is Oct. 4-10. To learn more about anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, or to find support groups, family educational classes and other resources, contact National Alliance on Mental Illness-Minnesota. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 2 Criers.
Postal Patron
photo by Carolyn Bertsch
This is the “blood moon” as seen from Sartell at 9:10 p.m. on Sept. 27. The sky was clear for the moment and it was a warm, beautiful night to view the “blood moon” and the lunar eclipse.
Demolition is winding down on the CR 3 Up the Hill project. And while funding may be in question from the state, Sauk Rapids is ready to keep moving forward. “We are ready to build this road in 2016. We are hoping we can,” said Sauk Rapids City Administrator Ross Olson during the Sept. 28 city-council meeting. The project, which is set to break ground in spring 2016, will carry a price tag of about $12 million. Benton County has received $1.8 million in federal funding,
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including $700,000 for a rightof-way purchase. The county and city have asked the Minnesota legislature for additional funding, but the funding isn’t guaranteed. “There are lots of different sources of funding for a project like this,” Olson said. “They are complex.” The first part of the project, the removal of trees, homes and out-buildings, doesn’t rely on that funding, though, and has gone forward without a hitch after the Benton County Board of Commissioners voted July 14 to approved the bidding and relocating of those houses. CR 3 • page 2
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Left: Newly-minted Sauk Rapids police officer Charlie Swiggum was sworn in by Mayor Brad Gunderson at the Sept. 28 city council meeting. Above: Charlie Swiggum mugs for the camera with his wife, Becky, and their 6-month-old son Jameson.
Swiggum sworn in as newest Sauk Rapids police officer by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com photo by Logan Gruber
Evening traffic rolls along CR 3 (Second Street), alongside now-vacant lots. Houses, trees, garages and other buildings have been either moved or demolished to make way for significant road improvements that are still slated for spring 2016.
CR 3 from front page “The houses being moved needed to happen,” Olson said. “The city has readied itself for our portion of the project . . . I’m hoping they report back very soon on whether or not they will move
forward.” Benton County Engineer Chris Byrd says the project has been in the works for at least two years. There’s been a strong need for a widened road and new pavement. The volume of traffic through Second Street N. has been increasing during the past 10 years. A wider road will accommodate future traffic and economic growth in Sauk Rapids.
A Long Prairie man is now patrolling the streets of Sauk Rapids. Charlie Swiggum was sworn in as the newest Sauk Rapids police officer Sept. 28. Swiggum attended Rochester Community and Technical College, worked as a jailor at the Todd County Jail for two-and-a-half years, joined the Osakis police department for two years and then the Long Prairie police department for one-and-a-half more years. “I really wanted to be in the military growing up,” Swiggum said. Swiggum participated in football, wrestling and trackand-field in high school. He went to state his junior year in football, and his team won state
in track-and-field one year. After high school he took a few years off to work in machining and maintenance in Fargo, where he met his wife Becky. They dated for seven years and were married June 7, 2014. He and Becky have a 6-month-old son, Jameson. While the young family lives in Long Prairie for the moment, they do plan to move to the Sauk Rapids area eventually. Swiggum initially found out about the Sauk Rapids police position through a Minnesota state online job board. He applied because he has always liked the area. He has a friend who used to work at the Todd County Jail and currently works for the Waite Park Police Department. Swiggum has been shadowing other officers in Sauk Rap-
ids for about two weeks and will soon begin to do some of the “actual police work,” he said with a laugh. He added the department will bid for their shifts in January, and he will likely choose an overnight shift at that point. “I prefer the night shifts . . . it seems to be more exciting, there’s more going on,” Swiggum said. “My wife prefers I have day shifts, though.” He added the calls he has been on in Sauk Rapids so far are of a larger variety than those he is used to in Long Prairie and Osakis, but nothing too out of the ordinary. “Everyone at the police department I’ve met has made me feel very welcome,” Swiggum said. “[Police Chief Perry Beise] has been absolutely wonderful, and I look forward to a long career here.”
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Area news available on Newsleader website by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
Do you have family outside the area who might want to see the paper? Show them this handy guide, found on page 8, so they know how to use the Newsleaders’ website! You can cut it out of the paper and mail 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. Sept. 6 12:12 a.m. Disorderly conduct. First Avenue N. Officers were called to a local residence because an unwanted person was yelling very loudly and damaging property. Upon arrival, he was arrested and transported to the Benton County Jail for further action. 9:06 a.m. Traffic violation. 18th Street N./Hwy 15. An anonymous complainant called police after observing a dark pick-up truck swerving noticeably on the roadway. The caller lost sight of the car, and officials could not locate the vehicle. Sept. 7 Animal complaint. Wilson Avenue S.E. Police were dispatched to the aforementioned address because of a dog who had been barking all day. Upon arrival, the complainant stated the owners had taken the dog inside. Authorities approached the dog
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patched to a local school after receiving a trespassing complaint. The trespasser was found and confirmed he indeed had been given a trespass notice from the school. He was issued a citation and officers set up his first mandatory court appearance.
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Sept. 8 12:50 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. Police found a vehicle parked under a bridge. The owner could not be found. A nearby park was searched but an owner was not located. Sept. 9 9:35 a.m. Damaged property. Summit Avenue S. Police arrived at a residence to investigate a small, homemade trailer. Apparently the trailer had come unhooked and rolled into the complainant's car. There was no clear damage to the car. 10:04 a.m. Counterfeit. Benton Drive N. A complainant called authorities stating someone had passed along a counterfeit $10 bill. The bill was examined and found to be counterfeit. It was placed into evidence at the Sauk Rapids Police Department. Sept. 10 Verbal warning. 18th Street N./Fourth Avenue N. Officers observed a vehicle with no front license plate. The driver was warned. No citation was issued. Sept. 11 5:58 p.m. Trespassing. Sixth Avenue N. Police were dis-
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Lucus Bentrud, son of Beth and Dave Bentrud of Rice, is the 2015 Gridiron to Grandparents scholarship winner. This scholarship is awarded to a Sauk Rapids-Rice senior Storm football player who submits an essay showing their desire to be a leader for the Gridiron to Grandparents program and illustrates their appreciation of their own grandparents. The Gridiron to Grandparents program connects the Storm varsity football players with the Good Shepherd Community by the players visiting with the residents on a weekly basis during the football season. Bentrud also helped organized the Gridiron to Grandparents football game this year against Rocori High School when the Good Shepherd residents were invited to attend the game as special guests. Congratulations to Bentrud, the coaches and the entire Storm football team for their outstanding community service.
Sept. 12 Medical. Division Street. Police responded to a female having severe pains in her side. Upon arrival, authorities gathered her medical history and she was taken to the hospital for further examination. 8:03 a.m. Assist. Payton Court N.E. Police were dispatched to assist an elderly couple whose CO2-detector alarm had gone off. The issue regarding the alarm needed the assistance of a professional electrician, although there was no immediate danger.
Jazmyn Friesz, Sauk Rapids, recently earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Sept. 24 7:15 a.m. Accident. CR 2. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-car accident. One of the drivers was seriously injured after hitting a metal utility poll. She was taken to the St. Cloud Hospital for further assistance. The other driver complained of minor injuries but did not want medical attention. St. Stephen Fire and Rescue assisted on the scene.
Matthew Klug of St. Cloud recently enrolled in fall semester at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. The Central Minnesota Arts Board awarded $3,020 in Arts Legacy funds to Sauk Rapids-Rice Hillside Adult Education. The Central Minnesota Arts Board awarded $81,271 in sup-
port of 18 regional arts projects, including the following nine local organizations: Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, $7,000; College of St. Benedict, $6,115; Great River Chorale, $2,791; Great River Educational Arts Theatre, $7,000; Helping Hands Outreach, $3,203; St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, $7,000; The St. John’s Boys’ Choir, $3,518; Visual Arts Minnesota, $5,110; and Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, $3,646. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 2 People.
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Pope is best kind of leader, using humility, kindness, wisdom Just before the election of President John F. Kennedy in 1960, there were jokes and even some ridiculous worries that since Kennedy was a Catholic, the pope in Rome was packing his bags to move to the United States and take over the country. Last week, one could almost think it had actually happened – that the pope had “taken over.” He actually did for a time. He captivated everyone he met; he inspired and moved millions of Americans of every walk of life; he gave a spiritual “pep talk” to the U.S. Congress; he showed that humility, kindness and wisdom should be the qualities of a great leader – not weapons, threats and cruelty. What is most remarkable about the pope’s visit is how he kept underlining, through his actions, the essence of the gospel messages about helping the poor, the dispossessed, the outcasts, the marginalized. Pope Francis met with homeless people, with immigrants, with school children in East Harlem, with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, with prisoners. All through his American trip, again and again, he emphasized the gospel message, which is basically the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” His many talks were powerful and convincing in their quiet and simple ways. He did not harangue people; he did not politicize issues; he did not use ornate word constructions; he spoke very simply, using down-to-earth language, right from his heart. There are an estimated 70 million Catholics in the United States, but Pope Francis reached and moved many more people than Catholics. His messages are truly universal ones that have the power to touch a chord in everyone, no matter what their religion or lack of religion. He even moved many people in the U.S. Congress to tears. What a spiritual feat that was. Wouldn’t it be grand if Pope Francis could make a similar trip to Russia, to Iraq, to Iran, to North Korea, to Syria. There are many tyrants, monsters and terrorists living in those places who need to hear the pope’s message of kindness and love for others. As is the case with ISIS, however, such people bent on cruelty and destruction are almost certainly tone-deaf to any messages promoting decency and kindness. It would take more than the pope – and more than a few miracles – to get through to such rocky hearts and stony minds. It’s a shame. But, in the meantime, we can certainly hope the pope keeps traveling, inspiring with his messages, being an example of simplicity, humility and good works. Maybe – just maybe – some kind of miracle will take place, and the pope’s deeply human messages will catch on and touch hearts and minds in the most unlikely places.
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2015
Opinion Long live the Paramount Theater! I was born a diehard movie buff. When we were kids in the 1950s, going to the Paramount Theater was like dying and going to heaven, over and over again. My two sisters, three brothers and I were St. Cloud southsiders who grew up just west of the college. We would walk the mile to that theater at least once a week in all weathers, our quarters, dimes and nickels jingling in our pockets, our eager minds anticipating the excitement of a big-screen spectacle while munching popcorn and slurping on boxes of Jujy Fruits, Junior Mints and Black Crows. Before the films began, we pint-sized movie addicts would sit there in our seats squirming with anticipation. Then, at last, the lights would begin to dim in two oval chandeliers, the curtain would begin to open and we’d hear the roar of the MGM lion or the trumpet-blaring flourish of 20th Century Fox just before the movie started. We would be thrilled beyond words. Many a Sunday, after sitting through catechism classes at St. Mary’s (or, just as often, while playing hooky from catechism), we’d rush over to the Paramount and watch the same matinee over and over all day, sometimes three times in a row. When we were very young brats, our favorites were westerns, war movies and sword-fighting spectacles – the bloodier the better. Later, I began to enjoy more sophisticated pictures, especially those spellbinding Alfred Hitchcock movies, which always came to the Paramount, not the other two theaters in St. Cloud – the Hays and the Eastman. To this day, a half century later, Hitchcock is my favorite movie director. I still associate his movies with the Paramount Theater because that’s where I first saw some of his very best – To Catch a Thief (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by
Dennis Dalman Editor Northwest (1959) and Psycho (1960). After seeing Vertigo, the eerie images and soundtrack from that movie haunted my mind like ghosts for weeks, and I begged everybody I knew to go see it. At the time, it was considered a critical flop, but I knew, young as I was, that it was a genuine masterpiece. It remains to this day, after so many viewings, at the top of my Top-10 movie list. Every time I’ve seen Vertigo on video or CD, my experience of viewing it in the Paramount is still palpable. That theater with its drafty popcorn aroma is indelibly entwined in memory with that movie – and so many others. It’s the same with Psycho, that other macabre work of art from the Master. I saw it in the Paramount with my cousin from Benson, Mary Lou O’Malley. What a stunner it was. And what spooky ambience, what with a couple actual bats flying through the flickering darkened air above us. Yes, indeed. In those days, sometimes bats did fly and flutter in that theater. Nearly 40 years after Psycho first shocked and thrilled me, I saw it again – lo and behold – right in the Paramount again during a special showing. After seeing it on video many times on TV, what a treat it was to view that moody classic again digitally projected on the great big screen in the very place I’d first seen it. From the early 1950s through the 1980s,
I must have seen at least 500 movies at the Paramount, which is the greatest movie palace of all time, as far as I’m concerned. Its plush ornamental elegance, its glimmering chandeliers, its lacey filigreed ceiling, its scalloped balconies hanging there as if by some magic levitation made the moviegoing experience extra-special. In the 1950s, so long ago, the Paramount’s magnificent grandeur and its big colorful movies were special treats because back home, all we had for viewing pleasure were clunky TVs whose picture screens looked like ship’s portholes through which we could see rather fuzzy images floating around in a hissing snowstorm caused by bad-signal reception. The Paramount, in contrast, was the Real Thing: Technicolor! CinemaScope! Bigger than Life! Thrilling! Some of the classic movies I first saw in the Paramount and still associate with my experience of them in that wonderful theater are Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, The Searchers, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Some Like It Hot, Summer and Smoke, The Godfather, Chinatown and so many more, too many to mention. When I returned to St. Cloud in the late 1990s, I was astonished one day when I walked into the Paramount for an art exhibit and beheld that theater’s magnificent restoration, of which I’d been unaware, having lived elsewhere for years. I’d assumed it was still a decrepit shadow of its former glory. Words cannot express my amazement upon seeing that restoration, and it still astonishes me every time I enter that theater, which in my memory and even now is one of the happiest places of my long life. Its restoration is like a vivid dream revived. Long live the Paramount!
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Reader responds to ‘Cookie-aisle screechers need spanking’ Nicole Gertken, Rice As a mother, I was disgusted by Dennis Dalman’s Sept. 18 column “Cookie-aisle screechers need spanking.” I was really angry when I finished reading this column, really angry, and not for the reason you are probably thinking. I don’t think it’s criminal to spank your child, but what I think is distasteful are the inappropriate comments and harsh judgments made on a woman for not smacking her kid in a public place. I feel sorry for her, for two reasons.
First, because like many others my child is not perfect. I understand. I have been there. Even my mild-tempered daughter can throw a fit in a public place, causing me great embarrassment. The second reason I feel sorry for the verbally brutalized woman in the column is, she was stuck in a no-win situation. She was criticized by Dalman for not disciplining her future “delinquent,” but if she had spanked him in the store she would have received the same criticism or worse. Maybe next time instead of asking if she
needed an exorcist, a simple “hang in there, mom, we’ve all been there” could have been offered. It probably would have made her more comfortable in an embarrassing situation than the cold stares and nasty words from the stranger that was unfairly judging her. I may not be speaking for all moms but in my opinion we put enough pressure on ourselves to be good parents and raise our kids right. We do not need the “advice” of a stranger who witnessed a single situation when we were not at our best.
Amidst turmoil, I have good news If you turn on your TV set you are going to hear bad news. If you read your newspaper, you are going to read of bad news. If you listen to the radio, there is nothing but bad news. The Stock Market is in the toilet. ISIS is taking over the world and it’s just a matter of time until they are here and killing innocent Americans in the streets. The Iranians are soon going to have nuclear weapons and they are going to use them on us. Young people have lost all respect for authority, especially police authority, and they are running wild. Soon, very soon, our country will be eliminated from the earth by, your choice, global warming, bird flu, AIDS, the Russians, the Chinese, highfructose corn syrup or anything else you can imagine. Just fill in the blank. Most of this frightening stuff is designed to sell TV time, newspapers and radio commercials. But I have good news. We, all of us, are part of a great experiment that got its start more than 200 years ago. A relatively small group of fed-up individuals decided they would throw off the oppression of a foreign government and rebel. They decided they would take up arms and defend their new homeland. They wrote a constitution that was their law and they created a new country. That country was and is
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer America. They knew what they were doing was dangerous. They knew if they were caught by the oppressive government, they would be executed. But they also knew what they were working for was worth the sacrifice. These were strong people. These were courageous people. These were daring people. Sure there were some doubts. I am positive many never really thought they could pull it off. Some even probably stayed out of the fight and left it for others. Let me tell you also there was bloodshed. Many were killed in the effort to establish this new country. Most, fortunately, survived. They went on to establish America and make this country the most powerful force for good in the world. I said I had good news. Well I have even better news. The blood that flowed through the
veins of those early patriots still flows today in the generations which have followed. The daring and the courage that caused this great nation’s beginning is just waiting to be called on again. There is no people, no government and no army which would have a chance of defeating this country. And the world knows it. The blood of the early ones has been diluted to be sure. Some think it has disappeared. Don’t you believe it. It has been strengthened by the challenges of two world wars. It has been made stronger by immigrants who fled their own oppression to live free. Diverse races and ethnicities have come together to make a stronger America. We know some have come here with the goal in mind of destroying us. We know some have come here in an effort to create the same cesspool from which they escaped. But what we also know, and they have yet to learn, is they will fail. They will fail as others have in the past. The fire of revolution that burned in the bellies of our forefathers burns yet today in the hearts of their offspring. “Don’t Tread On Me” continues to be our motto, and that should be a word to any who think they have a chance against us. Don’t even try it. You have no idea what awaits you.
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Thousands enjoy Millstream Arts Festival by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The weather was a bit blustery but beautiful for the Millstream Arts Festival in downtown St. Joseph Sept. 27 as thousands of people casually strolled closed-off Minnesota Street, admiring arts and crafts, socializing and enjoying a variety of foods. More than 50 white tents, some of them shimmying in the wind, lined both sides of the street for several blocks as artists showed and, in some cases, demonstrated their arts
and crafts. There were paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor; drawings; metal works; ceramics; photography, jewelry; printmaking; textiles; woodworks; candles; glass; folk arts; and more. There were also art activities for children; a booth of local writers with their books; musical performances, including the CSB/SJU Jazz Ensemble, The Half Steps, Charter Kats, Dennis Warner and the Stearns County Pachanga Society. Street performances included Chris Gustafson (street art), the Granite City Cloggers, Carnivale Revolver
and musician Paul Imholte. Many people also took in the vintage car-and-tractor show or stopped into the St. Joseph Historical Society, which was featuring Civil War memorabilia and vintage toys. The festival, which took place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., was one of the best-attended in its history. A video which the festival put together is available by navigating to our website, www. thenewsleaders.com, and clicking on the Millstream Arts Festival logo, on the right-hand side under Informational Links.
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Above: Fiveyear-old Lydia Mrosla of Rice is proud of her pumpkin, which she decorated with lots of artsy scrawls and designs at the Millstream Arts Festival Sept. 27 in St. Joseph. At right: Sheet-metal pumpkins, rusted to autumnal tones, grin and leer at the Millstream Arts Festival. At left: The Granite City Cloggers kick up their heels and entertain an enthusiastic crowd at the festival. The warm, breezy weather drew thousands to the annual arts-and-crafts gathering.
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2015 Firefighters Alan Olson, 30 years Mike Golembeski, 29 years Scott Schroeder, 23 years, (asst. chief) Jason Adamski, 22 years Dale Ward, 22 years Neil Bueckers, 21 years Joe Henkemeyer, 19 years Robert Calhoun, 19 years Doug Dingmann, 19 years Jason Fleming, 18 years, (chief) Wayne Seward, 18 years Greg Bomstad, 17 years, (captain) Brad Peterson, 17 years, (captain) Kevin Roesner, 17 years Dan Cote, 15 years Cory Zimpel, 15 years, (captain) Brent Bukowski, 14 years Steve Ellson, 14 years, (captain) Jeff Jahnke, 11 years, (second asst. chief) Brian Kitzberger, 11 years Jared Gapinski, 10 years Mathew Heinen, 7 years Tom Muehlbauer, 7 years Dale Abraham, 4 years Dalton Landwehr, 4 years Joe Schmidt, 4 years Tim Hochhalter, 1 year Tyler Heinen, new member Jared Powell, new member
Clockwise, from above left: The Benton County Historical Society submitted this photo, date unknown, with the following names from left to right: (front row) Don Craig, former Benton County sheriff, Billy Schaefer, James Teske, former fire chief; (second row) Herman Wichman, Otto Wichman, John Morgan, Frank Keller, Chester Coborn and August Wichman; (back row) August Heinzel, Herman Heinzel, Allie Lagergren, Tony Nelson, Fred Campbell and Ernie Palmer; Inset: old fire department helmets, in front of the current equipment lockers in the Sauk Rapids Fire Station; The historical society has a hose cart, which can also be seen in the historical photo at above left; The first Sauk Rapids fire engine was purchased for $4,500 in 1920, and was restored by Sauk Rapids Engine Company No. 2; This is the current ladder truck used by the fire department.
Special thanks to the Benton County Historical Society for the fantastic historical photos and information.
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Rice Firefighters! Front row (left to right): Charlie Walters, 2 years; Jason Vogt, 9 years; Mike Kampa, 25 years; Caleb Voigt, 8 years (training officer); Ben Phenow, 5 years (training officer); Brad Vaillancourt, 18 years (deputy chief); Eldon Schiller, 10 years; Keith Craft, 9 years; and Sean Grimstad, 2 years. Back row: Greg Beierman, 14 years; Trevor Greenly, 1 year; William Hutchinson, 11 years; John Aschenbrenner, 23 years; Steve Janski, 32 years, (assistant chief); Allen Voigt, 17 years; Joe Janski, 29 years, (captain); Scott Janski, 23 years, (fire chief); Dale Hiscock, 29 years, (captain); Brian Kostreba, 25 years; and Josh Pressnall, 5 years; Not Pictured: Brent Johnson, 2 years, Peter Kedrowski, 18 years and Kevin Martin, 40 years.
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*The Sauk Rapids firefighters do not have a current photo, so we have chosen to use current and historical photos of the firefighters, their equipment and station.
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Above: Dan Falk (center) received recognition from Sauk Rapids Police Chief Perry Beise (left) and Mayor Brad Gunderson for his 20 years of dedicated service to the Sauk Rapids Police Department at the Sept. 28 city-council meeting. Below: City Administrator Ross Olson (left) accepts a plaque in recognition of 15 years of dedicated service to the city of Sauk Rapids at the Sept. 28 city-council meeting.
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If dogs could talk human, these two buddies would probably like to say “thank you” to all the organizers and participants at the last Woofstock Companion Walk event Sept. 12 in Wilson Park, St. Cloud. These amazing pooches were just 275 pets that attended the event, along with 625 people. The event raised $59,000, which is $4,000 more than its goal, bringing a net profit to the humane society of $54,030.
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Moratorium placed on solar-power generation by Logan Gruber news@thenewsleaders.com
At the Sept. 28 Sauk Rapids City Council meeting, members unanimously approved a solar moratorium that would block any solar use within city limits. City Administrator Ross Olson said the city has received several requests about solar gardens, and the city wants to collect more information before moving forward. Generally, solar gardens need to be located near highcapacity power lines and can take up a lot of space. The city
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Above: These are the Sauk Rapids volunteer firefighters of June 1910. This photo was donated to the historical society by William Kosloske Sr. Pictured, from left to right, are: (front row) Otto Wichman, Harry Wood, August Heinzel, A. Lagergren, William Meinert, August Sova, Walter Arnold, Hermen Heinzel and Len Morrison; (back row) Mr. Olson, Emil Kurr, Herman Wichmann, H. Kniskern, William Lebda, Herry Grimmer, R. E. Cross, Charles Heinzel, Frank Keller, Anton Nelson, John Teske, Fred Schindler and Ed Kovitz. The boy in the front is unidentified.
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Above right: A rescue vehicle is parked in the Sauk Rapids fire station, along with a ladder truck, a few other fire trucks, boats, trailers and pickup trucks. At right: Fire hoses hang down from the Sauk Rapids fire department ceiling, more than two stories high. Students who come on tours occasionally try to climb them.
SRFD from front page recorder to have their name placed on a list. – I. A. Barnum, Village Recorder” 1920: The May 20, 1920 issue of the Sentinel indicates the village council bought a Waterous brand fire truck. It carried a hose, pump and some chemical to spray on the fire. The truck cost $4,500 at the time, and was paid for with seven payments of $642.84. The truck arrived on Sept. 9, 1920, and could pump 500 gallons/minute. 1948: The city acquired an International K-8 truck, which could pump 700 gallons/ minute. 1951: Mutual aid was first set up with the countryside
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around Feb. 15, 1951. The fire department agreed to respond to farm fires within a reasonable distance if the Rice Fire Department agreed to send one of its engines to Sauk Rapids when needed. 1953: Ground was broken on a fire station and city hall next to the municipal liquor store in August. 1964: The fire department purchased another truck in June. This truck can pump 1,000 gallons/minute but also came with a 650-gallon tank. The price tag was $20,000. 1965: Reflective strips were added to the black coats the firefighters wore to increase visibility. The black coats and hats were hard to see through smoke and at night. The fire chief and assistant chiefs wore white coats and hats, while captains wore black coats and red hats.
1978: A combination pumper-ladder truck was purchased in February. With a suggested lifespan of 30 years, the price tag was $127,812. 1979: In February, a furnace explosion causes the Lakeside Furniture building to burn down, totaling $365,000 in damage at the time. In October 1979, a new firehall was finished. Mayor Ben Gratzek cut the ribbon. The fire chief at the time was Dennis Schlicting. 1998: Pirate’s Cove supper club burned down, totaling $1 million in damage. 2005: Demolition began for the new city fire station on Benton Drive. Six homes were demolished. It opened in September 2006. 2008: The fire department turned 100 years old, and celebrated with a concert by Bobby Vee at Sports Arena East.
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Watab Clean-up Day collects tons of cast-offs by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Watab Township CleanUp Day south of Rice was a big success Sept. 26, with vehicles arriving all day long, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., to drop off cast-off items to a pick-up site near the Twin Pines mini-mall. Township residents could bring virtually any cast-offs, including appliances, although there was a charge for appliances in excess of one. What they brought, besides apIs 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, Oct. 2 Rummage Sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, Collegeville. 320-3632569. stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Oktoberfest Fundraiser, 4:30-7:30 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 14241 Fruit Farm Rd., St. Joseph. 320363-2569. stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Body Maps, 8 p.m., St. Cloud State University, 720 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. scsu.mn/creativeseries.
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pliances, were lots of tires, computers, other electronic items, steel items, construction concrete chunks and other items of virtually every description. At day’s end, here was the tally: three rolloff containers filled with used tires; five rolloff containers of other cast-offs such as furniture; three trucks of appliances and electronic equipment; five rolloff containers of construction debris and assorted items; and three compactor trucks of various castoffs and miscellaneous garbage. Watab Township supervi-
sor Craig Gondeck supervised the pick-up and made 14 trips throughout the township to pick up cast-offs people had no way of bringing to the pick-up site. The two companies who picked up and hauled away the junk are Allied Waste and Central Appliance Recyclers, both of St. Cloud. The township paid those companies to do the work, but the payments were reimbursed by state funds via Benton County’s SCORE program, which supports recycling and other kinds of environmentally-friendly projects.
Saturday, Oct. 3 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. John’s Catholic Church, 21 First St., Swanville. 320-573-4271. Benton County Historical Society, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First 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. 320-3633514. Annual pig roast, 4:30-7 p.m., VFW Post 6992, 901 Benton Drive N., Sauk Rapids.
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. Frauds, Cons and Scams, 6-7 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St. Teen Activity: Zombie Survival, 6-7 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 Fifth Ave. N. 320-253-9359. Rice City Council, 7 p.m., council chambers, City Hall, 205 Main St. E. 320393-2280. Sauk Rapids Riverside Lions Club, 7 p.m., Jimmy’s Pour House, 22 Second Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. e-clubhouse.org/ sites/srriverside.
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Relatives from the Rice area help out at the Watab Township Clean-Up Day Sept. 26 just south of Rice. From left to right are Summer Schmidt, her aunt Tina Gondeck, Alycia Chmielewski and Holly Gazett.
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School spirit on parade photos by Dennis Dalman
Clockwise from above left: Drummers blast away in the Sauk Rapids-Rice Homecoming Parade Sept. 25 in Sauk Rapids; Three fans get ready to cheer on the homecoming parade. In the front is Hunter Curtis. Behind him are Jaylynn Jackson and Onnolee March; Led by an energetic trumpeter, members of the marching band play rousing tunes, out of formation, along the parade route; Keri Keller donned her Storm Jester outfit for the homecoming parade; Storm Athletics introduced a new mascot, Bolt, at the morning pepfest on Sept. 25. Bolt marched down the street during the homecoming parade; Chase Christiansen (left) and Reid Lunser, both Sauk Rapids ninth-graders, await the homecoming parade. Both said they were eager to attend that night’s football game; Members of the cross-country team, with energy to burn, run in circles all the way down the homecoming parade route; Green-and-gold pom poms make a dazzling sight glinting in the early evening sun during the parade.
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ACT on Alzheimer’s hosts presentation, looks to the future by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
ACT on Alzheimer’s hosted a presentation by Mark Reese Sept. 29 at the Sauk Rapids Government Center. Reese is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and works as a community-program specialist and study counselor at the Fairview Memory Clinic and at the University of Minnesota’s nursing department. He came to Sauk Rapids to speak about Alzheimer’s disease and the stress Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can place on caregivers. Reese, originally from Warman, which is north of Mora, was a vice president of sales for a nationwide company when he decided to become the caregiver for his mother. He was her caregiver for 12 years, until her death in 2003. “It changed my whole outlook on life,” Reese said. He now presents to groups like this about once a week through the Area Agencies on Aging initiative.
Presentation
About 20 community members attended Reese’s presentation at the Government Center. In the presentation, Reese stated: • More than 29 percent of the population in our country provides care for chronically ill, disabled or aged family members or friends, with an average of 20 hours per week spent on this care. • Most caregivers for those with dementia are over 55 years old. • Research shows the stress of giving care to a family member with dementia can impact the caregiver’s immune system for up to three years after the care-giving ends, meaning the caregivers have an increased chance of developing a chronic illness themselves. • Anywhere from 40-70 percent of family caregivers have clinically significant symptoms of depression, with about 2550 percent of those caregivers meeting the criteria for a diagnosis of major depression. • The stress of care-giving can decrease life expectancy by 10 years. Reese said if a family needs to care for a loved one, its members should contact the Department of Human Services (www.dhs.state.mn.us) and Senior Linkage Line (www.mnaging.org) to help understand financial and medical resources at their disposal. During the presentation, Reese indicated between 70-90 percent of people with Alzhemier’s or other forms of dementia will develop behavioral symptoms, like swearing, inappropriate sexual expression, sleeplessness, wandering, ag-
gression, hallucinations and more, which can be a source of embarrassment and frustration for family members. He recommends examining what happened before the bad behavior occurred so family members can begin to recognize patterns and solve issues. One of the attendees, Fay Gunderson of Sauk Rapids, said she learned quite a bit at the presentation. Gunderson is a Team Leader/CNA at Country Manor of Sartell in the Alzheimer’s/dementia wing. “I saw the story about the upcoming presentation in the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader, and anytime I see something about Alzheimers’s or dementia I jump on it,” Gunderson said. She said she is excited to share the new information she has with her fellow staff members. “Working with residents who have these diseases is a blessing,” Gunderson added. “Our hope is that people learned a lot . . . that’s how we will sustain our project,” Melinda Fast added. Fast is the community-life coordinator for Ridgeview Place and coordinator for ACT on Alzheimer’s. “The people who did come to the presentation didn’t come just to come; they were all engaged!” Fast added.
ter which will hold books related to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The group has some books already, but if anyone would like to donate books for the common good they can be dropped off at Ridgeview Place Assisted Living, 1009 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. In November, the group plans to host an open house to showcase what has been accomplished in 2015 and create
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Future
Fast said they don’t want to lose the momentum they have going from their successful run in 2015. “We didn’t apply for a grant [through the Area Agencies on Aging] for 2016 because we feel there are other communities out there who need that grant money to start their ACT programs,” Fast said. They did apply for a grant for portable audio-visual equipment so they can do presentations in other locations, but Fast said they would like to be mostly self-sustaining. In October, the group has training set up for businesses to learn how to properly help customers who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. More information on that training will be made available soon, but it will be held Wednesday, Oct. 21. Also in October, a “Dementia Friends” training will be held. Dementia Friends is a program that has been very successful in Paynesville, Fast said. Volunteers are trained in the basics of how to work with Alzheimer’s and dementia residents, and when a spouse or family member needs to run an errand, Dementia Friends can be available at certain times during the week to watch their loved ones for an hour or so. Soon, a bookshelf will be placed in the Government Cen-
momentum for 2016. Fast said she is excited to see what next year brings for ACT on Alzheimer’s. “In some small cities, people have to drive 30-50 miles to find resources we have right in our backyard,” Fast said, referring to the Central Minnesota Council on Aging, Senior Linkage Line and the Alzheimer’s Association among others. “We want to get these resources in people’s hands.”
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photos by Logan Gruber
Mark Reese (left) a community-program specialist and study counselor at the Fairview Memory Clinic and at the University of Minnesota’s nursing department, spoke to a group of about 20 in Sauk Rapids about the toll caring for family members with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can take on caregivers.