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Visitors thoroughly enjoy RFD’s Open House

Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 Volume 1, Issue 23 Est. 2015

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by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Rice Chamber hosts Trick or Treat on Main Street

The Rice Chamber invites all local businesses to participate in the second annual Trick or Treat Main Street from 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. This year, there will be a special area for businesses which are located outside of town but do business in Rice. If you would like your business to participate, please sign up by Friday, Oct. 16 to ensure you are a part of advertising and flyers. Contact Sarah Wilczek at 320-393-2460 or swilczek@amfam.com to get on the list.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters it’s never too early to sign up for a hunter safety course. Classes are offered in a traditional classroom setting or online. Find a class by visiting mndnr.gov/safety/firearms/index.html, or by calling 651296-6157 or 888-646-6367.

League of Women Voters hosts meetings Oct. 14, 17

The League of Women Voters St. Cloud Area has scheduled its October study topic “Money in Politics.” The first will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St. A second meeting on the same topic will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Dunn Brother’s Coffee in the Coborn’s Grocery on Cooper Avenue. League unit meetings are open to the public and all are welcome to attend. For more information on St. Cloud League activities, visit lwvsca.org.

Apps now accepted for job-training program

Rep. Tim O’Driscoll (R-Sartell) encourages area businesses to apply for grants through the Job Training Incentive Program, which is handled by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. New or expanding businesses in Greater Minnesota can apply for grants of up to $100,000 to train workers in new jobs. Applications will be accepted beginning Oct. 15, and awarded on a first-come-first-served basis to eligible businesses; $900,000 in total funding is available through June 30, 2016, with an additional $900,000 available starting next July. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 9 Criers.

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Smokey the Bear was a big hit at the Rice Fire Department’s annual open house on Oct. 4. From left to right are Breanna Lee, Smokey, Jamos McNinch, Isabella Lee and Piper Koepp. All four of the children are from Rice.

Nearly 200 people – mostly families – turned out for the Rice Fire Department’s annual open house Oct. 4 at the fire station. Rice Fire Chief Scott Janski and his crew of firefighters welcomed visitors and invited them to enjoy hot dogs, cookies and refreshments, all served by fire-department volunteers. The October fall weather was ideal for visitors to stroll around, chat and get to know their local firefighters. A real treat, especially for the many children, were the big red fire rigs parked in front of the fire hall and the landing of a North Memorial Medical Center heli-

copter on the grassy lot across the street just southeast of the fire department. Children were allowed to crawl into the helicopter and the rigs. They also had a chance to color in coloring books in the city-council chambers. Another thrill for the children was to meet and greet “Smokey the Bear” and get their pictures taken with him. Another feature of the open house were two representatives from the Central Minnesota Chapter of the American Red Cross, signing up visitors who wanted to receive free smoke detectors. (For more on that offer, see related story in today’s paper). Chief Janski, in an interview with the Newsleader, said there RFD • page 4

Is that a bridge? Whoa! It’s a Netka! by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

People who visit Bud Netka at Fisher’s Garden Mobile Park do double-takes – lots of double takes. They see and think things like this: “What an odd place to put a security safe – right in the kitchen. Hey, whoa!, that’s not a safe; it’s a freezer unit painted to look like a safe.” “Look at that tree stump that someone made into a flower planter. Wait a minute, that’s not a stump. It’s a concrete

planter painted to look like a tree stump.” “Get a load of that old-fashioned covered wooden bridge across the road there. Oops! That’s not a bridge. It’s a building painted to look like a bridge.” Netka is a master of what French painters dub trompe l’oeil, which means, in French, “trick the eye.” It’s a manner of painting in which the painted image mimics another object in such a way that viewers think for a split second or two (sometimes longer) that they are seeing what is really not there.

The painted black security safe in Netka’s kitchen, for example, is a regular freezer unit he painted black to look like an old-fashioned safe rescued from some old bank. It’s meant as a visual pun; food locked up; a dieter’s reminder. The “tree stump” is one of six concrete flower planters in the mobile-home park that Netka painted to resemble actual tree stumps with their textured bark surfaces. And the covered wooden bridge is Netka’s latest tour de force, recently completed, that has plenty of heads turning.

Netka likes to tell people, with a sly smile, that it’s the only old-fashioned covered wooden bridge in Minnesota. It’s a bit of a long story how the bridge came to be. The “bridge” is about 60 feet across the road to the southeast of Netka’s wooden deck on his mobile home. Many a time, while daydreaming on his deck, he would look across and see a white pump house. One day it occurred to him he’d like to paint it – something whimsical, something fun. And then the idea of a covered bridge occurred to him, Netka • page 5

Pleasantview PTAC Did you miss me? makes a difference by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com

Sauk Rapids Pleasantview Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Advisory Council has been around Dorn for more than a decade and is still going strong. Jim Dorn, president of Pleasantview’s PTAC, says the groups primary function is to help the school with things that aren’t in the budget and to make activities accessible to

every child, regardless of the child’s family’s income level. A PTAC is a bit different than a Parent-Teacher Association. A PTA is a formal national organization, whereas the PTAC is much less formal. “We’re basically a way for parents to get involved who might not be able to make it to school during the day to help out,” Dorn said in a Newsleader interview. Mississippi Heights Elementary also has a PTAC, while Rice Elementary has a PTA group and the Sauk Rapids Middle School has the Greenand-Gold Committee. PTAC • page 3

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The older fire engine was out on a fire call last week, but it’s back now! The photos above should have appeared together in the Oct. 2 issue of the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader in the Salute to Firefighters on page 6, but due to a production error the older engine was not printed. The cutline for the photos was the following: Above left: This is the current ladder truck used by the fire department. Above right: The first Sauk Rapids fire engine was purchased for $4,500 in 1920 and was restored by Sauk Rapids Engine Company No. 2.

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Rice Fire Chief Scott Janski enjoyed meeting the many residents who showed up for the Rice Fire Department Open House Oct. 4.

Wanted: Rice firefighters Wanted: Rice area firefighters. The Rice Fire Department is currently accepting applications for firefighter positions. No experience is necessary. The only eligibility requirements are that an applicant must be at least 18 years old and able to pass a physical and a written test. All training is provided free by the department. At the fire department’s Oct. 4 open house, Rice Fire Chief Scott Janski said there are currently 20 firefighters, but

ideally the department should have 10 to 15 more. Applications can be picked up at the fire hall in downtown Rice, or they can be sent to anyone interested by calling 320-393-2180. The firefighters on the department are volunteers, although they do get paid $12 per hour during fire calls. The department, Janski noted, answers on average from 160 to 180 calls per year – fire calls, medical calls and rescue calls. Most, he said, are medical calls.

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Sept. 15 9:09 a.m. Assist. Second Avenue S. Police called a female in regard to a stalking complaint. The female stated her cousin had been telling family members she had posted inappropriate pictures online. The complainant denied this, saying she does not post that kind of content. She also stated her cousin drives by her residence and stares at her. She was advised to apply for a restraining order. 2:45 p.m. Arrest. 10th Avenue N.E. Police were dispatched to the home of a suspect who had been charged with two misdemeanors. The female suspect was located, arrested and brought to the Stearns County Jail for further action.

Sept. 13 2:50 a.m. Suspicious activity. 13th Avenue S. Police were dispatched to investigate a loud group arguing in a parking lot. Upon arrival, authorities spoke with the parties who stated they were trying to help their intoxicated friend get into his apartment. No further action was taken. 1:42 p.m. Drugs. 18th Street N.W. A complainant called authorities reporting an occupant was smoking weed with children present. Upon arrival, police spoke with the occupant who stated they would never smoke in front of their children. No smell or indication of marijuana use was detected. There were no children present. The occupant was warned for their behavior, but no further action was taken.

Sept. 16 3:03 a.m. Detox. Third Avenue S. Complainant called police in regard to an intoxicated female who was lying in the middle of an apartment hallway. Upon arrival, authorities found the female sitting outside. She was transported to detox, as she had no identification or person to care for her. 5:28 p.m. Trespassing. First Street S. The store manager of a local business called police after identifying a woman in the store who had previously been issued a trespass notice. Upon arrival, the manager provided authorities with various photos of the woman inside the store. A few days later, police made contact with the woman who denied the previous trespassing notice. Although she left the store on her own, she denied the notice.

Sept. 14 3:20 a.m. Suspicious activity. Benton Drive S. While on patrol, officers noticed an occupied vehicle running in the parking lot of a closed business. Police approached the vehicle and spoke with the occupants who were homeless. They stated they would move along. Theft. 10th Street N. An employee of a local business stated during the course of the weekend, someone had stolen a variety of merchandise from three unlocked trailers on the property. No sus-

Sept. 18 Arrest. Summit Way. A complainant called authorities in regard to a heavily intoxicated

woman. As a condition of her probation, the woman was not supposed to be drinking. She was located and transported to the Stearns County Jail for violating her probation. Sept. 19 3:20 p.m. Medical. First Street S./Benton Drive. Police were dispatched after receiving a report of a bicyclist who had crashed his bike. Authorities located the man who had a minor cut on his earlobe. He denied medical attention and said he felt fine. Sept. 20 Medical. Second Avenue N. Police were dispatched after receiving a report of a male who was believed to have been drugged at a local bar. Upon arrival, authorities observed the male rocking back and forth, appearing anxious and displaying strange behavior. He was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital by Gold Cross paramedics. 12:02 a.m. Suspicious activity. Benton Drive N. A complainant called the police after noticing a suspicious male trying to open doors to vehicles and local businesses. The complainant was verbally threatened by the male after he followed the suspect on foot and asked what he was doing. When authorities arrived and checked the area, the suspect could not be found. Sept. 21 3:17 a.m. Assist. 18th Street N.W. A Sauk Rapids officer was requested to make contact with the mother of a juvenile female. Her daughter had been taken into custody a few days prior, but authorities were unable to make contact with her mother. The officer arrived at the aforementioned address but could not make contact.

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Rice residents can get alarms installed free by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewleaders.com

Residents in and near Rice can get up to two free smoke alarms for their homes, thanks to a partnership between the Rice Fire Department and the Central Minnesota Chapter of the American Red Cross. Residents in the Rockwood Estates Mobile Home Park, just south of Rice, are also eligible for the detectors. All that residents have to do is sign up for the offer, which is valid for those whose alarms are 10 years old or older and for alarms that no longer function. At the Oct. 4 Rice Fire Department Open House, two representatives from the

PTAC from front page Dorn is part of the Greenand-Gold Committee, as well, because his 11-year-old son Mitchell is in sixth grade there. Dorn and his wife, Rose, also have a daughter, Morgan, who is 9 years old, a fourth-grader. “I started with the Pleasantview PTAC when my son was in first grade,” Dorn said. “It was nice to be doing things that made a difference in the school.” Some of the events the Pleasantview PTAC puts on throughout the year include: • Fall Fundraiser, which is held through the Chip Shoppe, a fundraising company based in St. Cloud. Students are given the chance to sell treats to raise money for the PTAC. Students are not required to participate, but all students benefit from the fundraising; • Ice Cream Social, which is usually held on a Thursday night in the fall, right before the first late-start of the year; • 5K/1K Family Run/Walk that will be held Saturday, Oct. 10 at 9:30 a.m. at Pleasantview; • Cabin Fever, usually held the last Friday night in January. Games and activities are held in and around the gym and include face-painting, nail-polishing, bingo and more. • Drive-in Movie Night is held sometime in the spring. The gym is turned into a pretend drive-in theater with popcorn, candy, pop and water for sale at reasonable prices. Admission is free, but you have to bring your own lawn or beanbag chair. The movie is usually a recent release. • Spring Carnival is usually held toward the end of the school year, with inflatables and games, pizza and a basket raffle.

Central Minnesota Chapter of the American Red Cross were promoting the offer to visitors, and some were signing up. Others may sign up until the morning of Saturday, Oct. 17 by going to Rice City Hall/Fire Hall, by calling 320-393-2280 or by going online to www.getasmokealarm.org. Volunteers are also needed to help install the alarms on Oct. 17 and, in some cases, on the following days whenever residents request. Anyone who would like to volunteer should email Katie at Katie. Ward@redcross.org. The two representatives at the open house were Katie Ward, preparedness leader for the Central Minnesota Red Cross Chapter; and Amanda Johnson, dep-

uty preparedness leader. Johnson said the volunteers will place up to two alarms per household, each of them by the busiest living areas. Johnson and Ward passed out a flyer at the open house reminding visitors that seven times a day, someone dies in a house fire; that every 40 minutes an injury from a fire is reported; that nearly 1,000 times every day, fire departments are called to home fires; and that having a working smoke alarm can double someone’s chances of safely escaping a fire. The American Red Cross’s Home Fire Campaign’s goal is to reduce fire deaths and injuries by at least 25 percent by the year 2019.

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to eight minutes, which Janski said is considered an excellent response time. photos by Dennis Dalman

From top to bottom: Friends pause for a chat and a snack at the Rice Fire Department’s annual open house Oct. 4. From left to right are Heather Phenow, wife of Rice firefighter Ben Phenow, their daughter Caroline, 18 months; and friend Jacki Janksi, who is the wife of Rice Fire Chief Scott Janski; Visitors gather shortly after the landing of the helicopter from North Memorial Medical Center; Children loved climbing aboard the helicopter.

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Netka from front page the kind of bridge often seen in New England calendar scenes, the kind that horses pulling a carriage would clop across. Netka asked mobile-home park management and received permission for his project. Then, like an artist-mathematician, he began doing sketches and carefully measuring vantage points. First he painted the building a dark brown, as most covered bridges are. Then on the pump house’s west side, facing his deck, he painted a scene to make it look like a viewer sitting on Netka’s deck could see, at an angle, through the “bridge” to its other side, with the park trees and playground equipment visible. The viewers can also “see” the inside of the bridge’s south wall, with its two windows showing bits of scenery (trees, a fence) outside. Of course, in reality, the views are nothing more than painted illusions, all on the west side of the building. On the east side of the building, Netka painted a scene as if one is about to enter the covered bridge, westbound, toward his yard. One can see a boy and girl standing in the street and behind them lots of trees, part of Netka’s garage and the little wooden lighthouse that stands in his yard. Through the two “windows” to the right one can see part of Netka’s deck and part of his house. If viewers stand to the south

Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com of the building, the two “windows” show the view of a neighbor’s house to the north. On the north side of the shed, the two windows show a view of a neighbor’s house and yard to the south. What’s interesting is that a viewer must stand at only certain angles for the illusions to “work,” otherwise the images all seem off-kilter, out of line, shuffled and wrong. There are, in fact, no actual windows in the building. The pump house has no openings, only one door on its east side. All of the rest is painted illusions – bridge, windows, trees, skies, glimpses of houses, yards, playground equipment. All illusions. French artists would nod approval. “Ah, oui, c’est trompe l’oeil,” they’d say, after bumping into a wall. Netka can only hope that on some dusky night, an inebriated wanderer doesn’t try to walk across the wooden bridge, only to be knocked down cold by a rude wooden wall. Raised in Minneapolis, Netka has lived for about 10 years in Fischer’s, on property that used to be the site of the Russell Trading Post in 1849, as a small historical marker in the park testifies. His home in the park is at the very edge of a steep bank overlooking the Mississippi River.

Beyond the sliding glass doors on the west side of the house is a deck from which steps lead all the way down, in steep incline, to a dock at the edge of the river. The inside of his house resembles a museum as much as a home. There are two artstudio rooms and paintings everywhere to be seen. His bathroom is another trompe l’oeil achievement; a painted mountain scene covers every wall, as if its walls are made of glass and overlooking a Colorado scene. The “open-air” room can give a visitor a few nervous split seconds of dubious privacy. Not all of the art works in Netka’s home are examples of trompe l’oeil, however. Most are painted canvases of landscapes and lakescapes, often with animals in them, inspired mostly by places in Minnesota. Netka also likes to paint photos of old farmsteads and old houses, some of them ramshackle, tilted and sagging with age, tempered by time. Netka, now 61, was a budding artist at the age of 2 when he loved to dash off cartoon doodles. He knew he had a

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Above left: The Great Outdoors, Rocky-Mountain-style, adorns the bathroom of Bud Netka of Sauk Rapids. Netka’s love of painting has more or less taken over his whole house. Above: Bud Netka stands by his painterly illusion, the east side of a “covered wooden bridge.” knack for it and kept drawing and painting. He can – and will – paint virtually anything. He likes a challenge. And as his trompe l’oeil work proves, he often considers art a whimsical, fun thing to do. The people at

Fischer’s also enjoy the work, as do visitors. Many of them have learned to be a bit skeptical of what they see in the park. Is it real? Better look again. Wait a minute now, that’s a painting! It’s a Netka!

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Legislators, heed the loved ones of the dead and pass gun laws “One failed attempt at a shoe bomb and we all take off our shoes at the airport. Thirty-one school shootings and no change in our regulation of guns.” That’s a quote from John Oliver, TV comedian, but it’s not funny. Those are words that should light the fires of shame under all of us, especially gun lobbyists and the gutless politicians who cater to them rather than to the loved ones of people massacred by bullets. Once again, there is another mass killing, the one in a community college in Oregon. Nine good people murdered by a gun-crazy fiend. Others injured for life with scars, both physical and psychological. Once again, loved ones are calling for reasonable gun-safety measures: universal background checks, closing loopholes at gun shows, requiring stricter licensing polices. And once again, it’s a disgusting thought that nothing will get done, nothing will change and these horrible mass murders will continue. What’s outrageous is a kind of criminal negligence on the part of hand-wringing crocodile-tear reactionaries. It happens every time in the days following a mass killing. “Oh, my goodness, yes, it’s a terrible tragedy again,” they whimper. “But there’s nothing we can do about it. There’s no way to prevent these incidents. Oh me, oh my, it’s so complicated!” That is how, for one example, TV commentator Joe Scarborough whined and wheedled, almost in handwringing hysteria, on his Oct. 5 “Morning Joe” show. So complicated! It’s not complicated. It should be a no-brainer to enact legislation to help keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill, unstable, deranged people. Other countries have done it, and some of our own states have done it, like Massachusetts. It is not complicated, and it is not impossible. Will sensible gun laws stop all gun crimes, including multiple shootings in schools? Of course not, and no gun-safety advocate has ever claimed so. Mental-illness issues, yes, are a big part of the epidemic of killing. However, if gun restrictions stop even one mass shooting from happening, they will have been worth it. After a hideous mass shooting, Australia passed good gun laws, including a massive gun buy-back. We should do the same. The following is a YouTube comment posted after President Obama’s impassioned speech last week about gun violence. It’s from a guy who dubs himself “RomeoKilo.” “I’m an Australian and guess what? I own a gun. Actually, I own many guns. Legally. All I had to do was have a police background check (to ensure I wasn’t criminal or crazy), attend a firearms safety course (to ensure I wasn’t an idiot) and have a genuine reason to own them (a hunting permit or so I could join a sporting shooters club) . . . Sure, when the laws changed in the 90s, I was pissed to lose my semi-auto rifles, but guess what? I got over it. You know why I got over it? Because every single day my kids go to school or my wife goes to work or I go to the movies or I go to the mall, it never once crosses my mind that they or I won’t come home because one nut job got himself a rifle . . . I would think a check before handing out a firearm was a no-brainer. But hey, if the leader of your country can’t fix this, YouTube comments sure as hell won’t.” Dear Mr. Romeo Kilo, Our leader, our president, is trying to fix this. He has been trying to fix it for a very long time. Blame our legislators, not our president. So, therefore, legislators, you gutless wonders, why don’t all of you listen – for once – to the loved ones of the slaughtered innocents. Listen to RomeoKilo and others happy with the gun restrictions in their countries, their own states. Then heed what they are saying and have the guts, for once, to pass uniform federal laws that will help protect us and our loved ones from this accelerating gun-crazed insanity.

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. 9, 2015

Opinion Please give to Doctors Without Borders Many of the unsung heroes of our time are those who volunteer for an international organization called “Doctors Without Borders.” They risk their lives day-in day-out by working in extremely dangerous parts of the world. On Oct. 3, 12 of them were blown to bits and/or burned to death when American air power devastated a hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. In the series of attacks (they were struck multiple times every 15 minutes), 10 patients, including three children, were also killed. Six of the victims burned to death in their beds. It is still not established how it happened. We were first told, via the U.S. Pentagon, that Americans were in jeopardy at the hospital site. Later, the Pentagon changed its story and said, instead, that Afghan security forces said they were in imminent danger of Taliban attackers. Another version claimed Taliban insurgents were firing from the hospital. That assertion was a blatant lie, according to Doctors Without Borders officials, who called the attack a war crime and demanded an investigation. The Pentagon has pledged to do a full, open and transparent investigation of why the hospital in Kunduz was attacked. Let’s hope for honest answers. Earlier, before the attack, hospital officials had informed the American military of its GPS coordinates to avoid any sort of aerial attack. But somehow it happened. “Collateral damage” is an antiseptic euphemism for the “accidental slaughter” of innocent people in a war or conflict. That’s the trouble with all wars. Stupid, vicious jerks start them and then innocent men, women and children pay the hideous price in the bloody rampages. In this case, the Taliban had captured Kunduz, an important strategic city in

Dennis Dalman Editor north Afghanistan. That take-over is considered a serious setback to Afghan and American efforts to degrade those Islamic radicals’ attempts to take over the entire country. Lest we forget, it is the Taliban, throw-back feudal extremists to the max, who invited Osama bin Laden and his thugs to use parts of Afghanistan as terrorist training grounds. And let’s not forget the Soviet Union, in its mindless aggression against Afghanistan, de-stabilized that country long before Americans arrived on the messy scene. These unstable countries and their monstrosities can be argued about forever. But, in the meantime, where catastrophes happen, Doctors Without Borders is soon to follow. In 1999, the organization won the Nobel Peace Prize for good reason. Founded in Paris in 1971 (also known in French as Medecins Sans Frontieres), Doctors Without Borders has put doctors, nurses and medical experts on the front lines in the humanitarian “war” against natural disasters, disease, famine and every possible imaginable brutality, including horrible eruptions of genocide. It’s amazing that more of its volunteers have not been killed when one considers where they have served, amid bombs and bullets: Cambodia, Ethiopia, BosniaHerzegovina, Darfur, Sierra Leone, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Chechnya, Nigeria and in refugee camps throughout the world. Doctors Without Borders has saved millions of lives, mostly via vaccinations,

medicines, nutrition and through establishing clean-water systems. Dirty water is a massive killer, especially among children. In Afghanistan alone, Doctors Without Borders has treated more than 22,000 patients, 5,999 of them having required surgery for terrible war wounds. Eighty percent of the group’s funding comes from private donations, individual, corporate, organizational. Twenty percent of the money is provided from governments. In accepting the 1999 Nobel Prize on behalf of Doctors Without Borders, Dr. James Orbinski shared this horrific but moving anecdote from the butchery in Rwanda: “There were hundreds of women, children and men brought to the hospital that day, so many we had to lay them out on the street and even operate on some of them there. The gutters around the hospital ran red with blood. A woman had not just been attacked with a machete, but her entire body had been systematically mutilated. Her ears had been cut off. And her face had been so carefully disfigured that a pattern was obvious in the slashes. She was among many living an inhuman and simply indescribable suffering. We could do little more for her than stop the bleeding with a few necessary sutures. We were completely overwhelmed, and she knew that there were so many others. She said to me in the clearest voice I have ever heard, “Allez allez ummera ummersaha.” (“Go, my friend, find and let live your courage.”) Donating to Doctors Without Borders is one of the best ways to contribute to world peace and the betterment of humanity. To find out more about it and to donate, go to www.doctorswithoutborders.org.

We need a change, and change is good Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) is resigning his position as speaker and also resigning as a member of Congress effective the end of October. What took you so long? I’ve been listening to Boehner’s recent comments and he, along with many other Washington insiders, seems confused. The Washington political establishment of both parties hasn’t gotten the message that was clearly sent during the last election cycle. Polling has indicated without any doubt that the citizens of this country are unhappy with the direction we, as a country, are headed. The election should have alerted these brilliant politicians that change was necessary. Change in ideas. Change in direction. Change in political leadership Take a look at the Republican Presidential Primary being contested today. The three front runners are completely non-politicians. Two are business people and one is a surgeon. None have political backgrounds, and yet they are overwhelming the politics of the day. Is there a message here? Are the people of the country trying to send another message? Will the political class get the idea that we want real change? It’s one thing to elect individuals from a different party. But is it too much to expect the new party to get busy with the work the people elected them to do? We have Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate but nothing is changing. It’s

Ron Scarbro Guest Writer just the same game but with different players? We’ve all heard the tired old rhetoric that we can’t get anything done because Obama will just veto our efforts. OK, let him. Put it on him. Let his legacy continue to be the breakdown of this country’s values and traditions. Let’s face it. The Democrats are in trouble and they know it. I’ve even heard they are trying to trot out Al Gore. Are you kidding me? If you think Hillary is a mess, wait ‘til you see an Al Gore campaign or a Bernie Sander’s campaign for that matter. You and I know there are excellent Democrats with the intelligence and the ability to be president. The only one currently in the discussion, however, has been Jim Webb. The facts are clear. What has been happening in Washington hasn’t been working. We are at war all over the world. Our economy is struggling. We are overrun with illegal aliens. Our drug problems continue to haunt our cities, and when police officers try to intercede, they are sued and arrested. We’re going in the wrong direction and we need a complete change.

I won’t miss John Boehner, and I’m not too sure about his handpicked successor, Kevin McCarthy of California, either. I would like to see Trey Gowdy in that position. He is a former prosecutor who has experience getting things done, and he’s fearless. There’s no doubt we will be seeing a lot of things changing during the next few months. It will not be enough for the country just to elect a Republican to the White House. It will be up to all of us to hold that individual’s feet to the fire to get the change our country so vitally needs. We absolutely must let the world know we will no longer put up with the Middle East problem. They either fix it themselves or we will. Secondly, we absolutely have to get the government’s boot off the neck of small businesses and allow them to prosper and grow. That along with meaningful tax reform will cause our economy to grow like it hasn’t for years. And finally, we must get a handle on our illegal-immigration problem. It’s costly, dangerous and completely out of control. We have enough law, we just need to enforce the law. We need a change, and change is good. 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, Oct. 9, 2015

Community Calendar

Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to news@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, Oct. 9 Brat and hotdog sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Flowers for Algernon, 7 p.m., Sartell High School, 748 Seventh St. N., Sartell.

Saturday, Oct. 10 5k/1k Run, Walk and Roll, 8:30 a.m., UCP Central Minnesota, 510 25th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 320-2530765. ucpcentralmn.org. Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Brat and hotdog sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Charles Fillmore 5K Fun Run, Walk and Roll, 10 a.m., Unity Spiritual Center, 931 Fifth Ave. N., Sartell. fillmore5K.org. Sauk Rapids Fire Department Open House, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sauk Rapids Fire Station, 408 N. Benton Drive. 55+ Driver Improvement Program (four-hour refresher course), 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Miller Auto Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. mnsafetycenter.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 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Flowers for Algernon, 2 p.m., Sartell High School, 748 Seventh St. N., Sartell. Monday, Oct. 12 Benton County Historical SociADOPTION *ADOPTION: *Happily Married Couple, Successful NYC Fashion Exec & Stay-Home Dad, Beaches, Travel, Unconditional LOVE awaits baby. Expenses paid *1-800-989-6766* (MCN) ADOPTION. Business executive and wife promise baby secure future. Grandparents, cousins, pets, education, world travel, weekends at lake cottage, outdoor sports. Expenses paid. Call Kady/Tom 1-339-221-1359 or attorney 1-424-901-6671 (MCN) PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call Us First! Living expenses, Housing, Medical and continued support afterwards. Choose Adoptive Family of Your Choice. Call 24/7. ADOPT CONNECT 1-866-951-1860 (Void in IL & IN) (MCN) A UNIQUE ADOPTIONS, LET US HELP! Personalized Adoption Plans. Financial Assistance, Housing, Relocation and More. Giving the Gift of Life? You Deserve the Best. 1-888637-8200. 24HR Hotline. (VOID IN IL) (MCN) FOR SALE Scissor Lift/Forklift Trailer; 6’x12’ V-nose ramp 2,750.00; 7’x16’ V-nose ramp $4,063.00; DUMP trailers 6’&7’ wide, 10’, 12’, 14’ & 16’ long with NEW rear doors & side stiffeners; Fuel Tank trailers 500 & 990 gallon. 515-972-4554 www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld.com (MCN) VACATION/TRAVEL Join us in Texas! Would you like to get away from the cold snowy winters? Why not hook up your RV and come on down to J-5 in Mission, TX. We are a small park with a country setting yet we have lots of shopping nearby. Lots of activities in the park. We have specials for 1st time residents. Call us at 956-682-7495 or

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Tuesday, Oct. 13 Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@sartellchamber.com. Museum Curator Presentation, hosted by Sartell Senior Connection, 2 p.m., District Service Center, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell. 55+ Driver Improvement Program (eight-hour first-time course), 5-9 p.m. today and Oct. 14, Apollo High School, 1000 44th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 320-255-3123. mnsafetycenter.org. Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, 6-8:30 p.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, 1406 Sixth Ave. N., St. Cloud. 320-290-2155. Sauk Rapids Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, 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. Minnesota: a History of the Land: Second Nature, 7-8:30 p.m., Char515-229-1540 or email us at tdtuttle@hotmail. com (MCN) FARM RELATED Our Hunters will Pay Top $$$ to hunt your land. Call for a Free Base Camp Leasing info packet & Quote. 1-866-309-1507 www.BaseCampLeasing.com (MCN) AU TO M O B I L E S / M O TO R C YC L E S WANTED Cash paid for Harley Davidson, Indian or other motorcycles and parts from 1920’s thru 1960’s. Any condition. Midwest collector will pick up anywhere. Phone 309-645-4623 (MCN) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED CLASS A CDL Driver. Good home time. Stay in the Midwest. Great pay and benefits. Matching 401k. Bonuses and tax free money. Experience needed. Call Scott 507-437-9905. Apply on-line http://www.mcfgtl.com (MCN) Hiring OTR Truck Drivers: Iowa based carrier has solo/team positions available. Competitive pay. Scheduled Hometime. Midwest & West Coast traffic lanes. Consistent miles & NO EAST COAST. 1-800-645-3748 (MCN) OWNER OPERATORS wanted. Paid all miles. No touch freight. Many operating discounts. Family run business for 75 years. Many bonuses and good home time. Direct deposit paid weekly. Call 800-533-0564 ext.205. (MCN) MAKE $1000 Weekly!! Mailing Brochures From Home. Helping home workers since 2001. No Experience Required. Start Immediately! www.newmailers.com (VOID IN SD, WI) (MCN) MAKE $1,000 WEEKLY! Paid in advance!

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Pleasantview classrooms. The ActivBoards are basically whiteboards which are interactive and are connected to a computer.

from page 3 closely with Pleasantview Principal Aby Froiland to understand the needs and wants of the faculty and staff. “We use some of the fundraising money to subsidize class trips,” Dorn said. For example, if a trip costs $10 per student, the PTAC might put money toward the trip to drop the cost down to $4 per student and even offer scholarships for some students to cover the complete cost of a particular trip or event. “We want to make sure every child gets the opportunities their classmates get,” Dorn added. The fundraising also benefits the school structure itself. This summer, the PTAC donated a tension structure to provide shade for students near the playground. The structure is basically just four poles with a taut piece of fabric stretched between them. “Before, there wasn’t really any shade near the playground for kids to take breaks . . . Also, a large map of the United States will eventually be placed under it, so it can be used for outdoor learning, as well,” Dorn said. The PTAC also supported the installation of ActivBoards in

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5K/1K Family Run

This is the second year Pleasantview’s PTAC will host the 5K/1K Family Run. Last year, about 100 people registered for the event in advance, and as of Tuesday about 85 people have registered. “I love that the course keeps you right in the neighborhood around Pleasantview,” Dorn said. “It’s just a great little community run . . . Last year it just kind of landed on the same weekend as the firefighters’ open house and we had families do the run and then head right over as a group to the fire hall . . . It was really cool.” The 5K/1K Family Run starts at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at Pleasantview, while the firefighters’ open house is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the fire station on North Benton Drive. If you are interested in becoming involved in Pleasantview’s PTAC, you can find more information about it online at www.facebook.com/PVPTAC1 or at www.isd47.org/pv/about/ pv-ptac. To find out more about the other parent groups in the school district, head to www. isd47.org/parents and look on the left-hand side under ‘Parent Groups’ for your school.

Friday, Oct. 9, 2015

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Mortgage Lender (Full-Time) St. Joseph

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