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Local wood craftsmen gives demo at Winter Market
Local wood craftsmen, Ken Ramler, will give demonstrations and information on how to get started in woodcarving at the Winter Market from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. The market is also expanding the board of directors. Applications will be available at the market or by email request info@marketmonday.org. Board term begins Jan. 1.
Upcoming Jingle Bell 5K supports local Toys for Tots
On Nov. 21, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, bells will be ringing outside of St. Cloud Orthopedics. That’s where the annual Jingle Bell Run begins, and where more than 500 people participated last year with bells tied to their shoes in support of the local Toys for Tots program. For the second year, a 1K fun run will be held prior to the customary 5K, and all registrants will receive jingle bells for their shoes as well as a discounted fee when they donate a new, unwrapped toy. Online registration runs through race day on Nov. 21. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Nov. 20 Criers.
Choral concert set Nov. 21
The second annual Thanksgiving Benefit Choral Concert, featuring multiple area choirs will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 25 Eighth Ave. S., St. Cloud. All guests are invited to bring food-shelf items that will be donated to Catholic Charities. Cash donations will also be accepted.
Little Falls hosts Christmas at the Mansions
The ninth annual Christmas at the Mansions event, a fun holiday event where both of the Linden Hill mansions built in 1898, will be beautifully decorated and open for self-guided tours, runs from Friday, Nov. 27-Sunday, Dec. 6 from 1-7 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sundays in Little Falls, Minn. This year’s theme is “Deck the Halls.” Cookies and hot cider will be available for guests as well as live music. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 20 Criers.
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Dr. Daniel Bittman seems to be the beating heart of the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district. From the moment he interviewed to Bittman be the superintendent, he showed himself to be a great leader. “I was serving on the Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board when we hired Dan,” school board chair Mark Hauck said in a Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader interview. “He was a young candidate and had small children. Though his answers to our interview questions were excellent, it was the question which Dan asked the board that was the most memorable. He asked each board member what
makes Sauk Rapids and Rice great places to live. He was interviewing us and deciding if he wanted this to be the community to bring his family. We are so fortunate he agreed with us and saw the community as a great place to raise a family.” And now he is being recognized by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators as the Superintendent of the Year. As the Minnesota honoree, Bittman is a candidate among other state winners for National Superintendent of the Year, to be announced during the American Association of School Administrators’ Convention to be held Feb. 11-13. “I’ve been really humbled by the recent recognition,” Bittman said in a Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader interview. “I’m really proud to serve with so many great people in Sauk Rapids-Rice . . . the district Bittman • page 3
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Double rainbows appeared around the area as the showers broke the morning of Nov. 18. It was a beautiful way to break up two days of rain. This photo was taken near Pleasantview Elementary in Sauk Rapids but the pot of gold must have been a few blocks north.
Birthday party benefits TCHS, teaches empathy by Steven Wright news@thenewsleaders.com
When Kelsey Williamson of Sauk Rapids planned her daughter’s sixth birthday party this summer she never imagined it would involve dozens of cats, dogs and rabbits. After winning a drawing put on by the Tri-County Humane Society, Williamson and her
daughter Kinzey were invited to celebrate Kinzey’s sixth birthday at the animal shelter in Sauk Rapids. There were no piñatas or pin the tail on the donkey, however, hers had a very unique itinerary. Joined by a handful of her friends and family, Kinzey was guided on an educational tour of the humane society which
included a stop off at the cat room to nuzzle with some of the sheltered kittens. “It was really fun,” Williamson said. “The kids loved it and it’s definitely a different type of birthday party.” The importance of the humane society and its mission to help animals was not lost during the Williamsons’ party. Instead of presents, Kinzey’s
guests brought food, toys and bedding supplies for the sheltered animals. When Williamson explained to her daughter the importance of helping animals find a home, Kinzey was all-in for donating instead receiving her own gifts. Because the Tri-County Humane Society is a non-profit organization, they rely heavily Party • page 4
What started as art hobby morphs into business by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Marcus Weyh II’s head is sometimes like a popcorn machine with creative ideas pop, pop, popping up and then becoming beautiful works of art. His art is not only satisfying, it makes money. Weyh has been doing his spraypaint paintings for only three months and already he has sold more than 20 of them. A Rice resident, Weyh is a graduate of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School who has always had a knack for creating different kinds of art works: pencil drawings, paintings and even welding pieces. That latter skill is not surprising since Weyh works as a welder for Polar Tank in Opole, not far from Rice. photo by Dennis Dalman When he was a kid, Weyh loved doing Vikings’ themes are popular among custom- pencil doodles of cartoon characters like ers who buy Marcus Weyh’s paintings. Weyh Dumbo, Mickey Mouse and others. When himself is a diehard Vikings fan.
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he was 11, his father entered Marcus’s drawings as part of an application for a correspondence art school. Although the entries definitely showed talent, Marcus was too young to be accepted by the course. But no matter: Weyh wasn’t disappointed; he just kept drawing and having fun with creativity. His friends would coax him to draw tattoos and other sketches for them. His confidence kept growing. When neighbors or family members hear the rattle, rattle, rattle of a shaken paint can from Weyh’s garage, they know it means “artist at work.” That’s because instead of a paint brush, Weyh uses spraypaint cans to transform blank white canvases into brightly colored paintings. Weyh got the idea for spray-painting on Facebook one day. “I saw some neat stuff on there that looked really cool,” he said, “so I thought Hobby • back page
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Carol Mead, an elementary teacher, at Mississippi Heights, was recently named Teacher of the Year by the Sauk Rapids-Rice Education Association, who annually recognizes one teacher for this honor. In a recent release, the organization said, “We are proud to celebrate Carol and appreciate her work and commitment to our students, schools and community.” The children at Little House Preschool, 120 Seventh Ave. N, Sauk Rapids, were so excited to have the Sauk Rapids Middle School eighth-grade students come to assist them in raking leaves Oct. 20. Thirty students joined the preschool children in taking care of their environment. Both sets of students raked leaves and piled them in the garden to jump into. The preschool teacher, Veronica Oliva-Clour, said, “I am grateful for this community-supported event, where these little children were eager to work alongside a buddy. Life is so much better when we can work together and do something good for each other. Thank you to all the eighthgrade students at Sauk Rapids Middle School.”
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Dance shows set for Nov. 21 The award-winning Sartell Sabres Dance Team will host two consecutive nine-team dance extravaganzas at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 in the Sartell High School gymnasium. The Sabres are 2015 state high-kick champions. The annual shows, real crowd-pleasers, will this year feature the following teams: St. Cloud Apollo Astronettes, St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaderettes,
the area-wide Just for Kix, the area-wide Northcrest Dancers, the Cold Spring-Richmond Rocori Rockettes, the Sartell Guy/ Gal Dance Team, the St. Cloud School of Dance and Gymnastics, the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storms and the St. Cloud Tech Tigerettes. A nominal fee is charged. At the two shows, there will be concessions sales that include T-shirts, flowers and candygrams.
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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 320255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes.
Nov. 1 12:13 a.m. Alarm. Broadway Avenue S. Officers were dispatched after a report of a residential alarm. Upon arrival, authorities checked all doors and windows which appeared to be secure. The area was cleared, and the key holder was informed. 1:49 a.m. Suspicious activity. Benton Drive N. While on routine patrol, police observed a male near a vehicle who fled when he saw authorities. The man was followed and identified. He claimed to have run because he was heavily intoxicated and had just been involved in a fight. He was transported to his mother’s address for further care. Nov. 2 8:35 a.m. Assist. Police spoke with a female caller who stated she wanted extra patrol outside her residence due to an unusual number of vehicles coming and going during the night time hours. She believed it could possibly be related to unlawful drug activity. Authorities asked if she could obtain license plate numbers if possible. Nov. 3 Animal complaint. 13th Avenue
S. A male called police stating his dog was missing. The animal had been missing since 3 p.m. The owner called later to report his dog had returned home. 7:35 a.m. Theft. Benton Drive N. Police were dispatched after a report of theft. The complainant stated his unlocked vehicle had been unlawfully entered while parked in the driveway. His wallet and coat were taken. No evidence or suspects have been determined as of yet.
Nov. 4 6:18 a.m. Theft. Pleasant Ridge Drive N. A complainant called authorities after his car had been broken in to. His garage door opener and proof of insurance card appear to be missing. The complainant eventually found his garage door opener in his yard, but his proof of insurance has not yet been recovered. Nov. 7 12:55 a.m. Assist. Ocarnia Drive. Police were dispatched to assist a resident with a carbonmonoxide alarm. Xcel Energy also arrived at the scene. They determined the alarm battery simply needed to be changed. No further action was required. 1:40 a.m. Detox. Benton Drive N. Officers responded to an intoxicated female who was passed out in the bathroom of a local bar. She was unresponsive to verbal commands and transported to the St. Cloud Hospital for further treatment.
Correction
A correction is needed for a story published in the Nov. 6 Newsleaders. The story, headlined “Eerie similarities persist in Wetterling case” detailed incidents of molestation in the Cold Spring area in 1989, months before Jacob Wetterling was abducted. Only
one of the molestation incidents occurred in Cold Spring, the one where a boy was taken into the perpetrator’s vehicle, sexually molested, then let go. The other four incidents mentioned all took place in Paynesville, not Cold Spring.
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“I’m not sure how, but Dan finds time in the day to be a dad, husband, community leader and a cheerleader for the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district,” Hauck said. “I’m not sure when he sleeps.” Bittman and his wife Julia have three children together: Madeline, 13, Kaytlin, 11 and Aric, 8. The children all attend school within the district. Julie grew up in Chisago City, Minn., while Bittman grew up in Fridley, Minn. Bittman’s mother was a special-education teacher. “From early on I had the opportunity to learn from [my mother] . . . to work with kids and programming in school,” Bittman said. He attended Totino-Grace High School, earned his bachelor’s degree in Spanish, psychology and athletic coaching at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and earned his master’s degree and doctorate in educational leadership and higher education at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. In between his time in Duluth and Las Vegas, Bittman taught Spanish in Rosemount-Apple Valley schools. He also coached football, basketball and baseball. “The majority of my coaching was at the high-school level, though as a young man in high school I was involved in coaching younger kids and volunteering in summer recreation,” he said. Bittman spent 11 years in Las Vegas, as he wasn’t only working on his own education, he was also teaching and working as an administrator. “Quite honestly I got tired of the winters here,” Bittman said with a laugh. “I knew if I was going to go somewhere warmer I needed to do it while I was young.” Clark County, Nevada happened to be hiring, and he knew he could obtain his degrees at the university in Las Vegas. “I feel really fortunate to have spent time in Clark County,” Bittman said. He explained Clark County is the fifth largest school district in the county, with more than 300,000 students and more than 30,000 employees. He said during the 11 years he spent there they opened 12 to 15 schools every year, hired 3,400 teachers every year and gained 13,000-15,000 students every year. The Sauk Rapids-Rice school district serves approximately 4,300 children while employing nearly 600 staff members. Bittman was the director of elementary for licensed personnel, which meant he oversaw parts of 186 different elementary schools in the district.
Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com “If I would’ve went to one of my schools every day of the school year, I still wouldn’t have gotten to all of my schools,” Bittman joked. Clark County was 52 percent minority at the time Bittman was there. He said hundreds of languages were spoken across the district. “I believe in learning from other people and cultures and think we are better as a district and community when we can embrace diversity and learn from each other,” he stated. “Clark has shaped me, fueled my passion to provide opportunities to students, to learn from and with other cultures. It takes more intentionality to do so here because of the lack of diversity . . . ‘the world is bigger than Sauk Rapids-Rice,’ I always say.” “As a teacher and administrator, there’s not a lot of new experiences in central Minnesota that I wasn’t part of or at least aware of in Clark County . . . I feel fortunate to have had these experiences.”
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Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Principal Erich Martens has worked with Bittman for six years here, and has been principal for 12 years. “Our previous superintendent was Greg Vandal, also a Superintendent of the Year for Sauk Rapids-Rice. Each of them were incredibly dedicated and each of them placed a major focus on developing a positive and supportive relationship with our communities,” Martens said in a Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader interview. “Vandal was instrumental in restoring faith in our school system and activated the community to support significant facility im-
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provements including the building of Mississippi Heights and Sauk Rapids-Rice High School. Bittman’s initial challenges included organizing and training staff to improve student performance across the district and also to get the district back on its feet financially following the budgetary challenges of 2007-09.” “I have always appreciated the time Dr. Bittman shares with me in individual conversations,” Martens added. “He has a great ability to always listen first, ask questions, and then offer support and advice. I learn each day in working with Dr. Bittman and feel incredibly fortunate to work with and for him.” Bittman started at the district in 2010. His initial goals were to invest in access and opportunity for every child in the district by the following: reducing fees for activities and athletics; reducing the supplies needing to be brought from home; and increasing access through technology. “Bittman’s number-one priority is to provide all students in Sauk Rapids-Rice with the same opportunities and access to a quality education,” Martens said. ACT scores and AP test taking have also risen under Bittman. “Dr. Bittman has been an amazing force in raising the level of performance throughout our district,” Martens said. “Because of his leadership, our students
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The Bittman family includes the following (from left to right): Aric, 8, Madeline, 13, Dan, Kaytlin, 11, and Julie. and staff are performing better, Another task Bittman and the our community is more engaged school board will be undertaking and supportive of our schools, is a facility study. An architect was our programming is stronger for hired in January, but the board all students, and we are clearly is planning ahead and wants the focused on providing access and community involved. opportunities for all students in our district.” Facility study According to a college readiAt 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, the ness letter from the ACT, Sauk Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board Rapids-Rice students outperform will host its regular meeting at other students in the state by at the District Office Board Room at least half of a percentage point the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, across the four ACT tests: English, 1833 Osauka Road N.E. At the mathematics, reading and science. meeting, which is open to the The advanced-placement pro- public, the architect will present gram has seen an uptick as well; information on the facility study. 208 more advanced-placement After the meeting, a commuexams were taken in the school nity group will come together to district in 2014-15 than in 2013-14. talk about and evaluate options “From last year to this year at three two-hour meetings, one we doubled the number of stu- each in January, February and dents taking advanced-placement March. Then, the group will make exams,” Bittman said. “That’s im- a recommendation in June to the pressive and that’s because of the school board on how to proceed. good work of our teachers and To be part of the community staff . . . these opportunities give group or for more information on students a leg-up and often they the facility study, head to www. receive college credit which saves isd47.org/aboutsrr/facilitiestheir family money.” study.
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Top left: Kinzey Williamson (left) watches her friend Kayla Wiese (middle) pet a cat while celebrating her birthday on Nov. 7 at the Tri-County Humane Society. The shelter offers birthday parties for ages 5 to 12. Above: Kinzey Williamson (third from right) stands proudly behind the donated food and toys her friends brought for her birthday. Kinzey had her sixth birthday party at the humane society in Sauk Rapids. photo by Tara Wiese
Left: A view of the outside of the Tri-County Humane Society in Sauk Rapids. The sign reads “Happy Birthday Kinzey.” Just one of the ways the shelter makes birthday celebrations special.
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nations. This puts their goal of $13,000 well within reach. And you better watch out, you better not shout, Santa Paws is coming to town. This weekend Santa will be at the humane society from 2-4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For a donation of $35, guests will receive a five-minute session
with Santa, five photos on a disc and stocking stuffers for pets. For more information on the Santa Paws fundraiser and other ways to donate and help the humane society, visit tricountyhumanesociety. org or search “Tri-County Humane Society” on Facebook.
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, brothers Michael Willemsen and John Schutz set up a 5-foot-tall inflatable turkey in their front yard on the 200 block of Ninth Avenue S. in Sauk Rapids. The brothers say they want to spread the spirit of compassion this season by encouraging others to eat a holiday meal which no one had to die for. The turkey, which reads “Gobble Veggies, Not Turkeys,” challenges passersby to spare turkeys’ suffering and death by leaving them off their plates this Thanksgiving. Schutz is a 22-year-old student at North Dakota State University. Both brothers graduated from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School. Pictured, from left to right, are Willemsen and Schutz.
You’ve finally finished drawing up your Christmas gift list and you’re sure it’s going to make all your loved ones happy. You also have to keep working on that endless shopping list for the various holiday gatherings you have to prepare for. But wait; don’t jump into your car just yet. Have you thought about shopping locally? It’s a surefire way to make even more people happy. Not convinced? Here are three good reasons to buy local. 1. Pamper Your Taste Buds Nothing beats buying locally if you want to serve your guests the ultimate in delicious food. Locally-sourced food products are fresher, more nutritious and tastier. And they aren’t as likely to be treated with preservatives to make them last longer or stay fresher looking. Vegetables, cheeses, meats, beers and wines are just a few examples of things you can buy locally during the holiday season. They’ll help you make your holiday meals even more delicious than usual. And how about buying local foods as gifts for your favorite foodies? It’s a great idea that will give you the opportunity to make
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Strengthen security policies at hospitals, elsewhere The terrible tragedy that happened at the St. Cloud Hospital recently has caused a spotlight of glaring scrutiny to shine on that facility – and rightfully so. On Oct. 18, a psychotic patient wrested a gun away from an Aitkin County sheriff’s deputy guarding the patient, turned the gun on the deputy and shot him dead. Security personnel then burst into the room and tased and subdued the man, who died not long afterward. The patient had been admitted to the hospital several days before after he allegedly brutalized and mentally terrorized his wife, who had a restraining order against him. The man then attempted to kill himself with some kind of pills. Deputies found the man in bad condition at his Aitken County home and had him transported to the hospital. In his hospital room (in a non-secured area), the patient, once he emerged from death’s shadow, was physically restless, erratic, suicidal, threatening – clearly dangerous. By all accounts, he should have been kept in a mental ward under lock and key and perhaps even physical restraints. But the man wasn’t even evaluated by a psychiatrist. He was obviously a ticking human time bomb about to explode. Under official reviews, the hospital was severely criticized for its lax security policy and for not initiating requirements of the policy it does have. The hospital was ordered to correct such dangerous lapses immediately. This horrible incident recalls another tragedy about 10 years ago at the Sherburne County Jail. A young man named Carl Moyle, Elk River, was arrested for not having proof of vehicle insurance. He was placed in jail and was told he would have to spend the night until the matter could be resolved. Meantime, a convicted felon from a prison near Duluth was transferred to the Sherburne County Jail so he could attend an upcoming court hearing in the area. During the night, the convict ripped a handicapped rail off of his cell wall, walked into the adjoining cell and proceeded to beat to death Moyle, who was sleeping at the time of the attack. An investigation later showed an extremely poor lack of communication among those who transferred the felon and the jail that accepted him, placing him in the general jail population instead of being locked up in a cell by himself. Like the St. Cloud Hospital incident, both murders could have been prevented were it not for sloppy, lax or nonexistent policies, which put – in these two cases – extremely dangerous, psychopathic perpetrators in close proximity to those who became their victims. We are assured by the St. Cloud Hospital management the facility has hurried to make major changes in its security policies regarding the admission and care of mentally unstable patients. The changes sound like good, solid ones. We can only hope and trust the policies are adhered to in the most iron-clad protocol. Think what could have happened if that man, after shooting the deputy dead, had run amok down the hallways shooting anybody else he felt like shooting? In this sometimes all-too dangerous world, there seems to be an increase of incidents of mentally unstable people coming completely unglued and exploding with rage in public places. The awardwinning St. Cloud Hospital, so excellent in so many ways and such a life-saver, in fact, has had to deal every now and then with out-of-control people who have threatened or assaulted staff and patients. All public places – including schools, courthouses, hospitals and other venues – must make sure to review their security policies on a regular basis to ensure the public can be safe. That’s also a good policy for private places where people gather. In this dangerous world (witness what happened Nov. 13 in Paris), those kinds of public-security safeguards must be placed among the very top priorities.
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders.
Friday, Nov. 20, 2015
Opinion Is Paris butchery the wake-up call? Maybe this time it’s the final straw, the five-alarm wake-up call to the world that ISIS must be defeated once and for all. The butchery in Paris a week ago is, once again, an atrocity so unthinkable it makes the human mind reel in horror. It’s the latest in the constant series of barbarous outrages perpetrated by ISIS, including, according to Russian investigators, the mid-air explosion of a Russian passenger jet and suicide bombings in Beirut that killed scores of civilians. Those kinds of crimes should have rallied the world instantly, but once again they didn’t. What makes the Paris attack the long-overdue wake-up call is that it’s the nightmare ISIS has long “promised” the Western World: a devastating murderous rampage against ordinary people in the midst of ordinary daily activities: attending a soccer game, enjoying drinks at an outdoor café, listening to music in a nightclub. Anybody who watched those scenes of pain and carnage had to have thought instantly: That could be me, that could be you, it could be us, anybody or everybody. ISIS gleefully crows about their cruelties. They bragged about the beheadings, they cheered about exploding the Russian jet. They amped up their propaganda videos to thump their chests with pride about the killings in Paris. Such behavior more than justifies the definition of “psychopathic monsters,” as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dubbed them the other day. President Obama, with limited success, has called repeatedly for all countries to join the fight against ISIS. These Paris massacres, finally, just might open everybody’s ears and prompt all countries
Dennis Dalman Editor to join and take decisive, no-holds-barred action against these rampant butchers who dare to claim “religion” as their rationale for their string of atrocities. The Paris massacres appear to be a “game-changer” for a number of reasons: • It’s the first time in France that ISIS killers used suicide belts in a killing spree. Anybody can understand why suicide belts are so frightful. It’s because attackers who literally explode can cause so many deaths and hideous injuries, and really nothing can stop them as the killers obviously do not care if they are killed or not. • Some European cities are breeding grounds for jihadist murderers, more so than even security forces had once thought. Typically, such converts tend to be street thugs willingly indoctrinated via Internet initially to become ISIS jihadists, with the hope of attaining pathetic “hero” status for their evil deeds and getting a one-way ticket to the after-life where virgins await them. • Some of the Paris killers apparently slipped through security dragnets, perhaps because they are using electronic communications devices that cannot be monitored. That fact is a disturbing one, which brings home the stark realization that security forces in all countries cannot just keep “swatting at flies” again and again as mayhem continues unchecked. The source itself – ISIS – must be dealt with.
• One of the Paris killers appears to have entered Europe by posing as one of the millions of refugees fleeing the killing grounds in Syria. That is another reason the source must be dealt with. ISIS is a major reason for the exodus from misery, pain and death. ISIS knows exactly what it’s doing: causing waves of refugees to destabilize other countries, possibly using that outflux to smuggle in killers and all the while hoping to recruit youth to their “Caliphate” from among disaffected refugees in the future. A tangle of pent-up divisions and hostilities complicate the fight against ISIS. Syrian dictator Bashir Assad and ISIS are enemies of each other. Rebels in Syria are fighting Assad’s forces, who are using vicious means, including barrel bombs, that kill and terrify civilian populations. The Kurds to the north have been fighting ISIS, but Turkey, leery of the Kurds’ intentions, is reluctant to assist in the fight. All the while, ISIS is happy about these divisions that help them thrive, that make it so difficult to root them out and defeat them. Russia, long an Assad supporter, recently entered the conflict in Syria. Now, after ISIS has bragged about downing the Russian jet, it looks as if Vladimir Putin is serious about tracking down the killers “anywhere on the planet.“ Is it possible there will soon be an alliance of necessity among European countries, the United States, Russia and even possibly other erstwhile enemies like Iran to degrade and defeat ISIS? That’s the way the cards seem to be stacking up. Anything less than such a massive alliance will probably prove futile, and we and the rest of the civilized world will go on living with fear, cleaning up carnage and swatting at flies.
This world has a cancer: radical Islamists This world has a cancer. It is metastasizing and growing. That cancer is radical Islam. If you had a cancer in your body, you would have a few choices. One is to do nothing, which would almost certainly result in your death. A second choice might be surgery to remove the cancer. Still a third choice may be to treat the cancer with radiation, thereby burning out the cancer cells and destroying them. Neither surgery nor radiation is a guarantee of a cure but the success rate is excellent. For a certainty, doing nothing almost guarantees failure. And so the world looks at Paris and Lebanon and the desert in Sinai. This cancer has struck the body of the free world. Hundreds of innocent people doing nothing more than traveling or going to a concert or just sitting in a restaurant having a meal are butchered because of an idiotic arrogance that is being perpetuated on the world by a few powerhungry, greedy individuals. These master manipulators seduce young, gullible, impressionable people into a life of murder and mayhem by promising a life in the hereafter filled with virgins and joys. What they are really doing is preparing stupid youngsters for a horrible death as cannon fodder. They don’t seem to mind if their soldiers get killed by the dozens as long as they kill by the hundreds. These are vile, evil
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer men whose greed and arrogance know no boundary. The president has miscalculated the threat of this cancer. Initially he referred to them as the “JV” squad. Then on just the day before the attacks in Paris, he told us the extremists were well on their way to being contained and we were reducing their influence in the region. I understand why he has offered that assessment. This is politics. He wants to be thought of as in charge and successful. Who wouldn’t want that? The problem is he’s wrong. We have a serious problem on our doorstep and it’s not going away by itself. Since the Paris attack I have heard many experts offering suggestions as to what our response should be. First, we are told, we must identify our enemy by name. Forget political correctness and call a spade a spade. These are radical Islamists using an ancient religion to further their arrogant greed and lust for power. Secondly, they count on a ready supply of “useful idiots” to serve as cannon fodder. And thirdly, they depend on the evidence of our lack of will to defeat
them. We won’t even identify them publicly. This then should be our response. We found and disposed of Saddam Hussein. We found and rid the world of Osama bin Laden. We now must find and demolish the leaders of this cult of blood-thirsty killers known as ISIS. If necessary, we must do what radiation does to cancer cells. It often is indiscriminate. We may well have to blow up a few towns and villages. We are probably going to have to kill a lot of people. If you find this objectionable, remember this is the war that was brought to us by these radicals. The longer they go unchecked, the more likely we will have to kill them on our own soil. One thing is certain – it will only end when we end it. All of free Europe will join us along with Russia now. We must unite and tighten the noose around this ragtag bunch of goat herders and send them off to their version of Paradise. I am certain as I sit here, it won’t be what they expect. The longer we wait to get the job done, the more of them we will have to kill. Our window is closing. 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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Rice C-store gears up for holidays by Frank Lee news@thenewsleaders.com
Pine’s Edge Grocery and Liquor sits along Hwy. 10 in Benton County between the larger cities of St. Cloud and Little Falls. Operations Manager Alex Gummow said he believes because of its high-profile location, the Rice-based business will do brisk business on Thanksgiving Day. “We’re located right next to Rockwood Estates, the mobile-home park, and that’s our regular customer base,” he said. “They come in quite frequently throughout the day.” The gas station and liquor store sell bait, groceries and other convenience-store items, such as sandwiches and pizza. “But we run a few promotions going on, like with fuel and stuff . . . We’re trying to push that stuff for the holiday season, so people will come back after Thanksgiving,” he said. AAA Travel forecasts 46.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, an increase compared to the 46.6 million people who traveled last year and the most since 2007. “We put different specials out on Facebook to try and get people to come in that wouldn’t AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1980. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) ADOPTION A childless married couple (ages 34 & 35) seek to adopt. Will be full-time mom & devoted dad. Financial security. Expenses PAID. Call/Text: Katie & Adam 1-800-7905260 (MCN)
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Friday, Nov. 20 Craft and Bake Sale, sponsored by Foley Area Community Action Respecting Elders, 9 a.m., Frandsen Bank, 341 Fourth Ave. N., Foley. 320-968-7848. Metro Bus Open House and Feedback Session, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Waite Park City Hall, 19 13th Ave. N. Tae Guk Kwan Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Minnesota Street Market, 27 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 17 Second Ave. S., Waite Park. 320-3394533. stcloudsingles.net.
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inches. He paints them on a table in his garage and has a way of layering the paint to get the effects of shadings and depth. The paint he uses are cans of Gloss Rustoleum which he buys at the Rice Ace Hardware store. “People are amazed by my paintings,” Weyh said. “But I’m not. I’m hard on myself. Very particular. I see the blemishes in my paintings that people don’t see. I see ways they could’ve been better.” Still, Weyh is happy people enjoy his works. He is currently in the process of creating, with help, his website dubbed “Weyh II Spray.” Weyh also has a Facebook page, located at www.facebook.com/ paintingaweyh. Weyh, 34, was born in El Paso, Texas – a “military brat,” as he phrased it – who lived in vari-
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Above is a variety of Marcus Weyh II’s spray-painted art works.
Hobby from front page I’d try it.” His first effort was a painting of a dazzling, swirling galaxy of cosmic dust and shooting stars that looks 3-D but is not. All who saw his painting liked it very much and encouraged him to do more. And so he did, one after
another. His wife, Sarah, was a wee bit skeptical of his new art hobby, but she became thoroughly supportive when the art works began selling, so much so that Weyh earned enough money to pay for a lawn-sprinkler system planned for installation next spring. Now, he has trouble keeping up with orders as his art works keep getting good word-of-mouth. “Sports themes are the most
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in demand,” he said. “I just finished two Vikings paintings for other people. I’m going to do another one just for myself. I love football. I like to take my son to Vikings’ autograph signings.” Recently, he also did a Dallas Cowboys painting on commission, and he said – chuckling – that he was tempted to charge a bit more for it since he is not a Cowboys fan. Weyh’s canvases are 18 x 24
ous places all around the world. When his father, Marcus Sr., took a job with the U.S. Army Reserve Officer’s Training Program at St. John’s University, the family moved to Sauk Rapids when Marcus Jr. was 11. He and his wife bought a house in Rice four years ago. They have one boy, Carter, 2, and another baby – a boy – is soon to arrive. Weyh also has a daughter, Neveah, 13. Wife Sarah works as a scheduler and office staffer at St. Scholastica Convent in East St. Cloud. Recently, Weyh made a welded planter hanger for his wife for their backyard. He intends to make more welded yard works next summer, along with many more spray-painted works. He has no choice; his talents will keep him busy because the orders keep coming in.
Free state park admission set for Black Friday Entrance fees to all 76 Minnesota state parks and recreation areas will be waived on Friday, Nov. 27 for “Free Park Friday,” encouraging Minnesotans to spend time outdoors, and with family, on the day after Thanks-
giving. Research shows spending time outdoors benefits children and adults, including improving mood, enhancing creative thinking and problem solving, promoting a conservation ethic and improving physical fitness. On Thanksgiv-
ing Day, the average American consumes around 4,500 calories. A brisk walk can burn about 300 calories in one hour. For more information and fun facts, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 20 Criers.
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