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Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 Volume 1, Issue 26 Est. 2015
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Both Sauk Rapids and Rice city residents are reminded snow-season parking starts Sunday, Nov. 1. No parking is allowed on any city street between 2-7 a.m., lasting until March 31.
‘Cash for Candy’ set Nov. 1
Halloween, trick-or-treaters can bring their excess candy from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 to Pediatric Dentistry, 151 19th St. S., in Sartell and receive $1 per pound. Pediatrician David Smith, MD, Sartell Pediatrics, and Sarah Welch, DDS, Pediatric Dentistry, are helping lead the movement to reduce gingivitis and the health risks associated with sugar consumption by giving away dollars, toothbrushes and local favors, as well as large prize drawings in exchange for candy. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 30 Crier.
Wishbone Family Walk set Nov. 26 at Whitney
The annual CentraCare Wishbone Family Walk/Run, sponsored by the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA and Bernick’s, will be held from Thursday, Nov. 26 at Whitney Park, 1529 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. The schedule of events includes the following: 7 a.m. YMCA opens; 8 a.m. National Anthem; 8:05 a.m. 1K starts; 8:45 a.m. 5K and 2-mile start; 7:30-9:30 a.m. kids’ activities and drop-off child care (if needed). Register by Nov. 5 and receive a T-shirt for participating. Bring the whole family, we look forward to working up an appetite with you.
NAMI Minnesota holds state conference Nov. 7
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Minnesota will hold its annual state conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at the St. Paul RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd. The conference, Forging a Better Future, will feature Dr. Lisa Dixon, an internationally recognized health-services researcher and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. There will also be 15 workshops on current mental-health issues and a closing keynote by activist and comedian Kevin Breel, known widely for his virally viewed TED Talk, Confessions of a Depressed Comic. The conference will also include a youth track. NAMI provides education, support and advocacy for children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For information or to register, call 651645-2948 or go to namihelps.org.
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Posch likes to volunteer in city he loves by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Don Posch loves Sauk Rapids, and it’s his love for the city that sparks his interest in volunteerism. Many people who attend Sauk Rapids City Council meetings might know Posch as “the man behind the cameras.” For 10 years, Posch has manipulated the remote-control video cameras that film each meeting so the video can be shown on a local TV cable station. He also volunteers at the compost site during City Clean-Up Day and for the Easter Egg Hunt event at an elementary school. “I love to volunteer,” Posch said. “It sure beats sitting around at home watching TV. And Sauk Rapids is such a good city. I wouldn’t consider living anywhere else. My home is not too far from downtown, everything I need is close by,
including the Whitney Senior Center in St. Cloud.” Whitney is important to Posch, partly because that’s where he volunteered 10 years ago to work the cameras at Sauk Rapids City Council. He was aware Sauk Rapids needed a videographer and so he approached the Retired Senior and Volunteer Program (see related story). Posch figured he’d like the job as he’s always been something of a shutterbug, even way back in the old days of the Kodak Box Brownie camera and all the way up to the digital-camera age. Posch said he remembers the past 10 years as “hectic ones” for city hall. He started his camera work when the hall was located downtown. There were many debates at city council about where to locate a new city hall and city offices. Finally, the council dePosch • page 5
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Don Posch operates remote cameras during the Oct. 26 Sauk Rapids City Council meeting so folks at home can view the proceedings on a local cable channel. Posch has lent a hand with the council camera work for 10 years as a volunteer via the RSVP program.
Officer Wegner ready to use skills in Sauk Rapids by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
Alexander Wegner, 22, South St. Paul, is now the newest officer on the Sauk Rapids Police De- Wegner partment starting Oct. 19. If a new hire sounds familiar, it’s
because it is. Officer Katy Davis was hired in July, and officer Charlie Swiggum was hired in September. Wegner said Davis and Swiggum both seem to be very “on the ball.” “If they’re this confident this early in, hopefully I’ll be as confident just as quickly,” Wegner said in a Newsleader interview. Wegner should be confident; he came into the SRPD with 420
hours of hands-on experience earned at Alexandria Technical College. He attended Alex Tech for law enforcement and before that attended Minnesota State University-Moorhead for criminal justice and psychology. “[At Alex Tech] we would mock traffic stops, DWIs, handcuffing and hands-on defensive tactics and training,” Wegner said. “Alex Tech spends a lot of money each year on hiring actors to train with us, so we
don’t know what the ‘suspect’ will do . . . They prepared me very well for what I’m going to be doing.” Wegner was also prepared by multiple members of his family. His father is a member of the Minnesota State Patrol; his uncle, aunt and a cousin are all police officers; and his brother is studying to become a law-enforcement officer. “It’s always been around me Wegner • page 2
John Dough gives 300 pumpkins find pizza new identity new homes for holidays by Steven Wright news@thenewsleaders.com
John Dough’s Pizza opened its doors for the first time last Friday and was flooded with dozens of customers, ready to try Sauk Rapids’ newest pizza. The new location, which sits between Benton Station and Subway on Benton drive has been in the works for more than six months, with owner Leon Pierskalla adding the final touches last week. “It was in really rough shape,” Pierskalla said, speaking of the new location which used to be home to Pizza Hut. “But now it’s brand new.”
The center of attention in John Dough’s dining space is a large wooden table, repurposed from an old bowling alley lane, which can seat up to 14 guests. Pierskalla has been working around pizza for more than two decades, getting his start in the business at Sammy’s Pizza in St. Cloud. Later, with personal recipes in hand and the opportunity to strike, Pierskalla opened his first John Dough’s in Melrose, Minn. more than eight years ago. “My kids were close to being out of school and all the stars aligned and we went for it,” Pierskalla said. It’s a Dough • page 3
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Children take time out to enjoy some cookies and apple cider. From left to right are Hazel Heinen, 8, Macy Zimmerman, 9, both of Sartell, and Maddy Pflueger, 10, of Sauk Rapids.
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Man dies following golf-cart accident by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A Watab To w n s h i p man who was injured in an accident while riding his golf cart Oct. 18 died five Ringwelski days later at the St. Cloud Hospital. Edward J. Ringwelski, 77, was riding his golf cart on West Lake Road near Little Rock Lake when, shortly after
Wegner from front page ever since I was a little kid,” Wegner said. When in college and considering future employment, Wegner wanted to work in the southern half of the state, to be near relatives in the Twin Cities metro area. He said St. Cloud was about as far north as he wanted to be. “Sauk Rapids is very similar in size, geographically, to South St. Paul, though it’s just about half the population,” Wegner said. He applied for multiple jobs
3 p.m., his cart collided with a pickup that was backing out of a resident’s driveway. Ringwelski was critically injured and received life-saving support at the scene before being rushed via ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital. The accident happened not far from Hwy. 10 about four miles southeast of Rice. The driver of the pickup was James Truwe, 45, Medina, who was not injured. There was a Mass for Ringwelski Oct. 26 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rice, followed by a burial
service. Ringwelski was born April 10, 1938 in Little Falls. He married Janet Kloss in 1972 in St. Paul and worked as a baker for 32 years at Tastee Bakery in St. Paul. He lived in the Rice area for 40 years and retired in 1991. He and Janet have two children: John and Beth, both of Rice. They have three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Ringwelski loved to fish, camp, jet-ski, go four-wheeling, bird-watch and ride his golf cart, often with his beloved dog, Sparky.
but says his first application and interview were with Sauk Rapids and they were also his first job offer. “I’m just excited to start a new career in a new place and start a new chapter in my life,” Wegner added. He said he hopes to end up on a night shift as they tend to be busier and more exciting. For now he will rotate through day, evening and night shifts during his training. Wegner said his training is going well and he’s getting along very well with the other officers. “It’s refreshing . . . They’re taking me under their wing. Today [Oct. 20] I was setting
up my duty belt with my gun and everything and I asked officer Lund, ‘Hey, can I take a peek at your belt? What kind of works for you?’ And she was more than happy to help out,” Wegner noted. He currently lives in St. Cloud across from St. Cloud State University and says he isn’t sure if he will move to Sauk Rapids eventually. “I like having a drive home to clear my head,” Wegner said. All-in-all, he is excited to start making a difference in Sauk Rapids. “Thank you for trusting me,” Wegner said. “I’m excited to be in a new place where people are already so nice to me.”
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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.
Oct. 11 3:15 a.m. Assist. Benton Drive/ CR 55. Police assisted another agency in locating an intoxicated male who had wandered off from a cab which had broken down. Police located the male and transported him home. 10:11 a.m. Theft. Second Avenue N. A female complainant stated she believed a person who had left her apartment had stolen a $20 bill from her. Although she didn’t see him take it, she confronted him and he appeared to look guilty. She called authorities immediately after who documented the incident. She was advised to call in again if he made another appearance. Oct. 12 8:52 a.m. Suspicious activity. Fourth Street S. Staff at a local school stated an anonymous male had come into the building not knowing who he is or what he wants. Upon arrival, authorities made contact with the male who stated he was looking for the Adult Education building. He was directed to the correct building. 10:28 a.m. Alarm. Police were dispatched to a residence where an alarm was sounding. The homeowners were not present, but a neighbor was contacted who stated he would alert the owners of their alarm issues. 8:08 p.m. Gunshots. 13th Street N. Officers were dispatched after a report of a possible gunshot. Officers checked the area where the alleged gunshot was heard but nothing was observed. The area was cleared. Oct. 13 3:15 a.m. Noise complaint. Benton Drive N. An anonymous complainant called police in regard to loud music being played. Officers arrived at the location but could only detect faint noise
from a television. The tenant was advised to turn his volume down. He stated he had hearing difficulties, but he would turn down the volume in the future. Animal complaint. Seventh Avenue N. Police received an email from a local resident who stated he had heard a bobcat or cougar sometime during the night. Upon arrival, there was no evidence of a wild cat. The area was cleared. Oct. 14 Arrest. River Avenue. While on patrol, police observed a vehicle with an occupant inside sitting at the aforementioned address. A license-plate query determined the occupant was a warranted criminal. The male driver was arrested and transported to the Benton County Jail. Oct. 15 Damaged property. Fifth Avenue N. Police met with a male complainant who claimed his neighbor had been using a backhoe to dig in the alleyway behind his property. According to the complainant, wires had been dug up, trees were falling over and there was a 4-foot drop created by the digging. Officers investigated the area but could not find any evidence of the listed complaints. Police made contact with the neighbor who stated he had a permit with the city to remove some trees and level ground. No further action was taken. Arrest. Second Street N. Authorities located a warranted suspect and transported her to the Benton County Jail for further action. Oct. 16 2:10 p.m. Found property. Fifth Avenue N. An anonymous caller stated they had found an aluminum folder belonging to a local business. The folder was returned. Oct. 17 7:45 p.m. Hit and run. 15th Street N.E. A female complainant called authorities after noticing there had been a paint transfer on the rear side of her vehicle’s bumper. She was not sure when the damage occurred, but photographs of the damage were taken. Nothing further has been determined at this time.
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Top: Leon Pierskalla tosses some fresh dough in the kitchen of John Dough’s in Sauk Rapids. Pierskalla owns and operates the restaurant which opened last Friday. Center: The interior of John Dough’s PIzza. Pierskalla secured a liquor license in Sauk Rapids and will offer beer on tap for patrons. Bottom: A look at John Dough’s unique dining table, constructed from wood previously used for a bowling alley.
Dough from front page true mom-and-pop operation at the newest John Dough’s Pizza. Pierskalla’s wife, son and daughter all help out with dad’s new business, handling everything from cooking and serving to cleaning dishes. The support from the community has also made their family’s experience with John Dough’s an enjoyable one. “Sauk Rapids has been wonderful,” Pierskalla said. “Ev-
eryone has been warm and welcoming.” Not only were customers flooding the restaurant on Friday for the opening, but many patrons also stopped in on Sunday for John Dough’s lunch buffet, which included taco and alfredo pizza. Pierskalla hopes to expand his lunch buffet in the future to seven days a week and would compliment his pizza with soup, salad and breadsticks. For now, delivery drivers are still being hired, but anyone can swing in to grab a bite of John Dough’s Pizza, advertised as “Pizza to die for.”
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Walkers host walk-through on Halloween by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
For some, screaming in terror and bolting down Dale Street E. is an annual tradition. For Jennifer and Greg Walker, it’s their entertainment. “Blood is raunchy, so we try to stay away from that. We prefer more psychological spooks,” Greg said in a Newsleader interview. Greg, a delivery driver for FedEx and originally from Sauk Rapids, has lived in St. Joseph with his wife Jennifer, a homeless-youth-outreach worker, for more than 15 years. For 13 of those years, they’ve been making their friends and neighbors howl on Halloween. For free. “The first couple of years we trick-or-treated in the neighborhood with [our only child] Haley, but she thought it was stupid that we tell her all year not to talk to strangers and then make her do it on Halloween,” Jennifer said. So, they made a simple, scary path in their backyard for Haley and her friends to walk down with candy at the end. And it grew from there. One year they built a pirate ship in the backyard. Another, a castle. This Halloween they’re going with a zombie theme. In the front yard of the Restless Souls Cemetery and WalkThrough Haunt at the Walker’s home at 905 Dale Street E. is their haunted graveyard, which always has some surprises. The walk-through portion begins beside the garage, where those who are brave enough will meet Jennifer as she ticks every person off on a clicker. They had about 250 people go through last year. What waits inside the walkthrough haunt is only for the
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Above: Ghosts and ghouls haunt the graveyard in front of the home at 905 Dale St. E. in St. Joseph. Plenty of surprises lie in wait between – or beneath – the gravestones. Inset: Jennifer and Greg Walker find “home haunting” – the term for a haunted house contained in someone’s yard or home – very fulfilling, and have haunted their home for 13 years. brave-of-heart to know. But Jennifer and Greg say the little ghouls and goblins can come too though they should do so around dusk. After the sun sets, the haunt gets scarier for the bigger kids and adults. The haunt closes sometime after 9 p.m. . . . or once the screaming stops. “It’s safe. It’s family friendly,” Jennifer said. “People will meet at the ‘haunted house’ after trick-or-treating . . . it’s like a Halloween Local Blend!” Greg said one of his favorite things is seeing a group of friends giggle at the most scared member of their group. “It’s about hearing the screams and the laughs,” he said. One of Jennifer’s favorite memories was of Haley
dressed up as a werewolf one year. Haley came up to her mother and said ‘I think I just made a girl pee her pants!’ Jennifer said that was one of her proudest moments. Haley is now at college at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, studying entertainment design. “Some of these kids have been coming forever,” Greg said. Greg recalled one young man in particular who came through with his dad. A volunteer dressed in a monster costume sprang from the bushes, which made the kid do a back flip and run back to the gate where Jennifer was, begging to be let out. “We’ve had grown adults drop to the ground not wanting to move,” Jennifer said. Walker • back page
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Posch from front page cided it should be built way up on the hill, at 250 Summit Ave. N. But in the meantime, until the facility was built, the council met in the fire station. “They put in new camera equipment in the new city hall with the best technology,” Posch said. “It’s really something. My job is really easy. I just have to make sure to use the controls to point the camera at the right speaker when somebody is talking, then have some shots of all the council
Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com members and sometimes of the audience, too. I have to pay close attention, but it’s not a hard job.” When Posch cannot be there, he has a back-up person – Mark Campbell. “I’m really impressed by the quality of people in city hall, people like engineer Todd Schultz and administrator Ross Olson,” Posch said. “They’re such professionals. And they help make my volunteer work easier. Anytime you can do something for your city, it’s fun.” Posch was born and raised on a dairy farm in Holdingford, the oldest of 10 children. His
wife, Doris Bemer, was raised in the same house they now live in, with their only child, Jeff. Years ago, the Posches built their own house, near the site of Doris’s childhood home along Golden Spike Road. But recently, they decided to downsize to save on money, and so they sold most of their stuff and the house and moved in with Jeff, who is single. Much of the land inherited by Doris from parents Norb and Lucille was sold to the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District when the new high school was built. For a time, the Posches owned a mini-stor-
contribute their time and talents: hospitals, senior-care centers, schools, law-enforcement agencies, emergency management, libraries, universities, Meals on Wheels, the Salvation Army, dining programs, food shelves, city offices and more – much more. RSVP began in 1973 in the greater St. Cloud area, an offshoot of the 1965 federal Older Americans Act. In 1978, the St. Cloudbased program was extended from the counties of Stearns and Benton into Sherburne County, as well. It’s funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service; the Minnesota Board on Aging; the three participating counties; area cities; St. Joseph Township; United Way of Central Minnesota; the Sherburne County United Way; private donations from businesses, individuals and service organizations; and from the volunteers themselves. “We can always use more vol-
unteers,” said Lisa Braun, RSVP director. “There are so many unmet needs. The best thing about RSVP is people can work whatever amount of hours they choose. Most work two to four hours per week. Another great thing about RSVP is we can help volunteers find volunteer jobs they really love to do.” Braun noted there are many studies that prove volunteering can extend a person’s longevity and make lives more rewarding and happier because they are connecting socially with others as they help improve the world around them. A recent study by Brown University, she said, shows volunteering lowers blood pressure. The RSVP office is located at the Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive in St. Cloud. Its open hours are from 8 am.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Its number is 320-255-7295.
Volunteer options abound through RSVP by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, based in St. Cloud, offers volunteer options almost literally from Braun A to Z for residents 55 and older in the counties of Benton, Sherburne and Stearns. Currently, there are 1,248 members of the RSVP program who work close to 160,000 hours of service in the three-county area for a staggering number of agencies and services – 196, to be exact. (See related story about Don Posch.) RSVP volunteers can work as few or as many hours as they like per month. The following are just a few of the venues where they
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age business on their land, but they sold that too. Posch, now 75, worked for almost four decades in Anoka as a painter for the Cornelius Co., which made soda-pop machines. Then he was laid off because the company had outsourced almost all of its operations to other countries. Doris worked for 30 years as a transcriber in the emergency room at the St. Cloud Hospital. Both are now retired. They married in 1967, the year they moved to Sauk Rapids. For many years, one of their passions was snowmobiling, taking snowmobile trips to as far away as the Boundary
Waters and Michigan. Posch, ever the shutterbug, took thousands of scenic photos during their trips. Don Posch is keen on every new development in the city he loves. “That four-lane road they’re going to build is really going to be something,” he said. “It’ll run all the way from the bridge up the hill to Hwy. 10, and it’s a good deal. It’s planned to last for 50 years, and it’ll make it so much easier for people to make turns along that busy street. It just goes to show how Sauk Rapids has grown so much in recent years. It’s a great city.”
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Our View Authorities should update about deaths, crises There is a growing frustration among the public about how law enforcement is not following through with information about deaths or other kinds of crises that happen throughout the central Minnesota area. The following are just a few examples: • A woman was found dead Oct. 15 by gunshot inside her residence in the Rockwood Estates Mobile Home Park south of Rice. Of course, the news hit Rockwood residents like gangbusters, and some of them were frightened, locking their doors, leery about letting their children outside to play, wondering if the law had caught whoever did the killing or if the murderer was still on the loose, perhaps hiding in a shed or empty mobile home within the Park. News reports (TV, radio, newspapers) quoted the Benton County Sheriff’s Department that there appeared to be no danger to the public in the wake of the woman’s death. But what did that mean, exactly? Did it mean only that a killer had fled from the area? In the coming days, conjecture via a verbal buzz line took hold. Was it a murder? Was it a suicide? Was it just a gun going off accidentally? A Newsleader reporter Dennis Dalman, who happens to live in that Park, called Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck, who said the incident is under investigation and no further information could be released at that time. Residents still are not sure how the woman died. • Two weeks ago, a man’s body was found in the Mississippi River near a railroad bridge north of Little Falls. Another man was reported missing. Days later, his body, too, was found floating in the river. The news release from law enforcement stated those two men had agreed to meet at that railroad bridge crossing one night. The release also stated there is no cause for public concern, that foul play was not suspected. People were left wondering how did those two men end up drowned? Did a train come along, forcing them to jump from the bridge into the river? Were the deaths the result of some bizarre suicide pact? Did the two begin a physical struggle during which both fell into the river? It’s all very mysterious, to say the least. By the way, has anybody else wondered why is it so many young men throughout Minnesota in the past 10 years have ended up dead in rivers? • Last year, a woman claimed she was abducted from her car while at the McDonald’s restaurant in Sartell. The man who abducted her, she said, drove her around, met up with another man, then the three of them drove around for a long time in the greater St. Cloud area, the men finally pushing the woman out of the car onto a street in downtown Sauk Rapids. That story alarmed many people in the area, people who wondered if deranged abductors were on the loose and if next time the abducted victim would be brutalized, raped and/or murdered. We never did hear the truth behind that so-called “abduction.” Was it a lie invented by the woman? All that law enforcement would reveal is there was no way to prove that the incident didn’t happen. That was, to say the least, not a very reassuring answer. • With alarming regularity, shots are fired in certain areas of St. Cloud: people driving by shooting from vehicles, disputes among people during which shots are fired, shots fired in homes or apartments or outside dwellings. Time and again, law enforcement tells us, via press releases, there is no danger to the public. Are they kidding? Slugs flying through the air are indeed a danger to the public – to anybody who happens to be in a particular area when shots are fired. Sometimes we don’t learn much if anything about why the shots were fired or if the perpetrators were caught and punished. Such unanswered questions can leave residents feeling vulnerable. These comments are not meant as criticism, necessarily, of our excellent local law-enforcement agencies whose members make extraordinary efforts to help keep us safe. However, this is meant to be a suggestion. Whenever possible, consider releasing updated information via press releases that explain such “mysterious” deaths and crises. Such follow-ups would go a long way in stopping speculation and gossip, in bringing answers to wondering minds and in making everyone feel safer.
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Opinion Committee implodes; Hillary triumphs For awhile, I thought I was watching one of the Salem witch trials; I expected the Puritan elders to haul out the torture rack to use on the suspected witch, Dame Hillary. That’s how vicious some of the members of the House Benghazi Committee looked and acted during the televised hearing Oct. 22. The Republican members on that travesty of a committee resembled snide, pompous, condescending inquisitors from a Dark Age. The committee fell flat on its face. In 11 breathtaking hours of sheer folly, that bogus committee imploded, proving all by itself it has been a partisan, anti-Hillary kangaroo court ever since it began 17 months ago, at a cost to us taxpayers of $4.5 million. Just as some honest Republicans have already said. Last week, in my opinion column, I compared Benghazi committee members to dogs frantically digging for a bone that isn’t there. The pathetic spectacle I witnessed on TV Oct. 22 reinforced that opinion. By the end of that inexcusable hearing, committee chairman Rep. Trey Goudy’s face said it all. It was glazed to a varnished sheen with perspiration, most likely caused by a mixture of desperation and anger. Desperation because he and his henchmen had tried so stubbornly to find the “smoking gun” – or at least to trip up Hillary and make a fool or a liar out of her. Anger because it must have dawned on Gowdy by the end of that hearing that his committee had spent 11 hours cooking – overcooking – its own goose. They didn’t make a fool out of Clinton; they made fools of themselves. Through it all, Clinton – with eloquence, touches of humor and the
Dennis Dalman Editor most extraordinary grace under pressure – endured the fools’ verbal assaults, at times using pointed comments to pop their balloons, to reveal their own misguided, murky motives. There was no logic or unity in that hearing. It was helter-skelter, like watching a pin-ball game, zig-zagging back and forth from the really ridiculous to the laughably ludicrous. The seven Republican committee members behaved like boozy hooligans at a carnival shooting gallery, firing blindly, hoping to connect with anything. What they were trying to prove, apparently, though it was hard to tell from that ill-conceived hearing, is Clinton was the prime architect of America’s involvement in Libya and she left ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in the lurch, denying requested security enforcement before their deaths in a terrorist attack in Benghazi three years ago. Committee members flailed about, frantically bringing up a slew of irrelevancies, including an attempt by Rep. Mike Pompeo to trip up Clinton. His long, sneering harangue was about frequent Libya-related emails from a long-time friend, Sidney Blumenthal. Pompeo made a complete ass of himself at the moment he honed in for his intended “gotcha moment” – that the Blumenthal emails proved Clinton took him more seriously than the am-
bassador, thus implying stupidly that Clinton blew off requests for beefed-up security. Rep. Susan Brooks also made a fool of herself when she plopped down two stacks of Clinton emails – one fat stack, one slim stack – as if “seeing is believing” is the proof Clinton went to great lengths to set up the ambassador and others in Libya (the fat stack of emails), then brushed them off later, leaving them to die (the slim stack of emails). Right after the sham marathon, a reporter asked Gowdy if the hearing revealed anything new. Like a deer caught in the headlights, he flailed verbally: “I think some of Jimmy Jordan’s questioning – well, when you say new today, we knew some of that already. We knew about the emails. In terms of her testimony? I don’t know that she testified much differently today than she has the previous time she testified. I’ll have to go look at the transcripts.” A good, non-partisan Benghazi committee could have explored and then implemented ways to shore up security for Americans in the world’s most volatile areas. This Benghazi committee, however, missed the chance to do that because of its monomaniacal determination to take down Hillary. Lacking the smoking gun they so frantically seek, these Hillary-baiters have one hope left – that the FBI will indict her for security breaches. They ought to be ashamed of themselves; they aren’t, of course. Even after Hillary Clinton is elected as the next President of the United States, they’ll just keep digging more holes deeper, finding nothing and ultimately falling into the empty holes they’ve dug.
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Northstar extension meeting set for Nov. 12 Karen Rose, OSB, St. Benedict’s Monastery Efrain Rosado, OSB, St. John’s Monastery Vince DeVargas, St. Joseph Church, St. Joseph Deacon Rick Scheierl, St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Augustine, St. Cloud Pr. James Alberts, Higher Ground Church, St. Cloud GRIP/ISAIAH is an organization of faith leaders working together across race, faith and region in the St. Cloud area. We care deeply about the needs of our broader community, such as transportation, housing, jobs and education. This past winter transportation became a central issue for us. We realized the transportation needs of Greater Minnesotans have changed and will continue to do so. There is an increased need for public transportation across nearly every demographic in the St. Cloud region: old, young, students, work force, long-term residents and our newer neighbors and residents. Early last legislative session, GRIP/ ISAIAH leaders found we weren’t alone in our concern for Greater Minnesota transportation needs. We met with all of our local representatives and had an impromptu meeting with Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt. We were excited to experience the swift, collective and bipartisan action of the House after our meeting. Seven days later the Koznick bill was created and had the support of 33 House Republicans and three Democrats. This bill was going to increase Greater
Minnesota transit funding with $10 million of dedicated revenue. After a long drawn-out session, this bill was dropped and a smaller “lights on” bill was passed by the House. This bill gave an increase of $5 million to Greater Minnesota transit over the next two years. We applaud Rep. Knoblach (14B) and others for beginning to address changing transportation needs in our state. But there is more work to be done. In early March, GRIP/ISAIAH leaders decided after BNSF announced they would be laying extra track from Big Lake to Becker in 2016, that now is the time to finish the Northstar Rail to St. Cloud. Add to that our new relationship to the House and its campaign promise of passing a transportation bill that would “meet the needs of Greater Minnesotans.” In a short time, our Northstar campaign received the support of Mayor Dave Kleis of St. Cloud, St. Cloud State University President Earl Potter, the Greater St. Cloud Development Corp., the Central Minnesota Senior Federation and countless other area leaders. Add to that the organizing done within area faith organizations: a clergy letter of support with 54 signatures and more than 2,000 petitions signed (a petition drive which is far from complete!) and it’s hard to argue the greater St. Cloud region would not benefit from this investment. We applaud Knoblach and Gov. Mark Dayton for announcing their support for this project at a recent public
meeting in St. Cloud. Our region needs strong leadership as we struggle with rising poverty rates. GRIP/ISAIAH urges our state leaders, local reps Howe (13A), O’Driscoll (13B), Theis (14A) to lead together and make sure Northstar is completed to St. Cloud in this coming session. We also call on the leadership of the House Speaker Kurt Daudt and Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Tim O’Driscoll to pass a transportation bill, including the completion of Northstar Rail to St. Cloud this next session. On Nov. 12, GRIP/ISAIAH will hold our event, The Time is Now: Finish Northstar. It is open to the public. Knoblach has committed to attend. We are disappointed in the lack of interest in this event from our local representatives. Rep. Jeff Howe of Cold Spring is now a likely supporter of the Northstar Rail extension. Rep. Tama Theis (Waite Park/St.Cloud) has also expressed support for the project, though without a firm commitment. And despite our efforts, we do not know the position of Rep. Tim O’Driscoll (Sartell) on this issue. Despite the lack of collective leadership among our state legislators, GRIP/ISAIAH is committed to continuing to lead in our region across race, faith, region and culture. We are one people and believe we are stronger when we work together toward a common vision. Join us from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 to learn why we believe finishing Northstar is critical to the health of our area. To register, go to: www.tinyurl.com/GRIP12.
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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. 30 Trick or Treat Main Street, 3:30-5 p.m., sponsored by Rice Area Chamber of Commerce, Rice. 320-393-2460. Holy Cross Fish Fry, 4-9 p.m., Holy Cross Parish, 10672 CR 8, Kimball. Autumn Games and Crafts, 4:20-5:15 p.m., Al Ringsmuth Library, 253 Fifth Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359.
Saturday, Oct. 31 Decorate a Halloween cookie, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Cold Spring Bakery, 308 Main St., Cold Spring, and 103 Second St. S., Waite Park. Sartell Area Churches Craft and Bake Sale, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier School, 308 Second St. N., Sartell. Co-op Yard Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Minnesota Street Co-op, 27 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. 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. Fall Fun Fest 2015, 1-5 p.m., St. Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center, 10 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-253-7819. Restless Souls Cemetery and Haunted Walk-Through, 6-9 p.m., Klinefelter Park, 905 Dale St., St. Joseph. Monday, Nov. 2 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory. org. T(w)een Activate, 6-7:30 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 N. Fifth Ave. 320-253-9359.
Rice City Council, 7 p.m., council chambers, Rice City Hall, 205 Main St. E. 320-393-2280. Sauk Rapids Riverside Lions Club, 7 p.m., Jimmy’s Pour House, 22 Second Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. eclubhouse.org/sites/srriverside.
Tuesday, Nov. 3 Sauk Rapids HRA Board, 6 p.m., council chambers, Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N. 320-258-5300. ci. sauk-rapids.mn.us. Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, 6-8:30 p.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, 1406 Suxth Ave. N., St. Cloud. 320-290-2155. Watab Township Board, 7 p.m., 660 75th St. NW, Sauk Rapids. watabtownship.com. Benton Telecommunications channel 3. Wednesday, Nov. 4 Blood drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., St. John’s University (Great Hall), 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. Plato’s Republic Book Group, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Central Perk Coffee Shop, 906 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Thursday, Nov. 5 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Support Group for Eating Disorders, 5:15-6:15 p.m., St. Cloud Hospital, 1406 Sixth Ave. N., St. Cloud. 320-229-4918. Friends of the Library, 6:307:30 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 N. Fifth Ave. 320-2539359. Great River Regional Coin Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. Sauk Rapids Jaycees, 7 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. srjaycees.weebly.com. Rice Lions Club, 8 p.m., Lions Building, Westside Park, 101 Fourth St. NW.
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Walkers from page 4 “People scare different ways,” Greg said. “What scares one won’t scare another and vice versa . . . Jennifer’s done a lot of research on how to scare people.” The Walkers usually have five to 10 friends help them with staffing the haunt on Halloween. After a bit of reflection, the Walkers realized most of the people doing the scaring are social workers and teachers who work with kids on a daily basis. “I’m nice to kids the rest of the year, so I get one night!” Jennifer laughed. “We complain about the work, about weather and freezing fingers, but it’s all worthwhile,” Greg said. “When I
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hear the local daycare kids walk past during the day and scream ‘There’s a witch in the window!’ it just makes my day.” The Walkers said they’ve never had a complaint, but the police usually show up to keep an eye on traffic. “The haunt usually quiets down by 10 p.m. or so,” Greg said. The haunt starts around dusk on Halloween and is free, though the Walkers do accept donations. For more information on the Restless Souls Cemetery and Walk-Through Haunt, head to www.facebook. com/centralmnhomehaunters. photo by Logan Gruber
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