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Heart Center offers outpatient nicotine dependence program
Quit tobacco through the Outpatient Nicotine Dependence Program at St. Cloud Hospital. The next session begins Jan. 22 and runs for five consecutive Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center. Deadline to register is Monday, Jan. 19. Find success through the program’s personalized treatment, support group, medication therapy, relapse prevention and selfhelp plan. Cigarette smoking is the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. Smoking-related diseases claim more than 393,000 American lives each year. People who use tobacco are at higher risk of stroke and heart attack. If you are interested in individual counseling or registering for the group sessions, call 320251-2700, ext. 57448.
Biodiesel essay contest fuels college dreams for Minnesota students
An essay contest is helping to raise awareness of biodiesel, a cleaner alternative to traditional petroleum fuels that is helping to reduce emissions statewide. Essays have a 1,000-word limit and are due on Friday, April 3. The Clean Air Choice Biodiesel Essay Contest is open to all high school seniors in Minnesota with plans to attend post-secondary education. Sponsored by the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and administered by the American Lung Association in Minnesota, the contest offers a $1,000 first-place scholarship and a $500 second-place scholarship for winning entries. Rules, entry forms and more details can be found at CleanAirChoice.org.
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‘Fire Up Your Feet’ gets Sartell moving by Steven Wright news@thenewsleaders.com
A new year and a new you. At least that’s the plan, right? While many have embraced the New Year O’Brien and are holding true to their resolutions, some of us are still writing “2014” on our letters and checks. This year, Kristine O’Brien wants to give your New Year’s resolution a jump-start. Her newly launched Fire Up Your Feet program is designed to help all age groups stay active through the long winter months. The local initiative promotes healthy living and a physically active lifestyle by showing kids, families and adults a wide variety of
fun activities and classes they can join. As Community Education director for the Sartell-St. Stephen school district, O’Brien’s goal is to provide enrichment, recreation and lifelong learning opportunities to members of the community. O’Brien started her position in July 2014 and is already making huge strides in improving the community and giving Sartell plenty to do. Everything from yoga to basketball and Tai Chi to ballroom dancing are available through her new program. “We thought Fire Up Your Feet would be a great way to get people to recognize some of the programs we have,” O’Brien said. “There are adult classes that offer belly dancing and yoga classes that everyone can be a part of.” One unique class called Sabre Ninja Warrior will have kids competing in various challenges Fire up • page 8
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Kristine O’Brien hopes to have an afternoon program dedicated to snowshoeing. With the help of a state grant, the community education program in Sartell-St. Stephen was able to purchase snowshoes for kids to try.
Country Manor rallies for Cookout with Cops
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The perennially successful Cookout with Cops is assured to continue, thanks to a contribution from Country Manor. At the Jan. 12 city council meeting, Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes shared the good news. It typically costs about $1,000 for the police department to host Cookout with Cops each summer. The event
features guest speakers, information and a barbecue meal cooked by law-enforcement officers and other Hughes vo l u n t e e rs. It’s a way for senior citizens and police to get to know one another and to share ways to remain safe. Last summer the event had a re-
cord turn-out with several hundred participants. At a recent meeting of S.A.L.T., Hughes mentioned to those gathered he is not certain the police department can continue Cookout with Cops because as it has become more popular, it’s become more expensive – about $1,000 each time. One of the members of SALT is Gayle Rucks, an employee at Country Manor in Sartell. Just five hours
after the SALT meeting, Hughes received a phone call from Rucks. She told him she had checked with others at Country Manor and solicited commitments of $1,000 for each of the next three years to continue Cookout with Cops. Hughes was stunned and gratified, as were the city council members who heard about such instant generosity. They extended thanks and gratitude to Rucks and Country Manor.
Year in Review: Part 3
2014 was a very good year by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
(This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Part 1 was published Jan. 2, and Part 2 was published Jan. 9.)
Step up for kids
We all win when young people succeed. That is why we invite you to LIVE UNITED. One-time, short-term and ongoing volunteer opportunities are available with children and youth throughout Central Minnesota. Examples include playing board games, helping with simple homework, sharing your skill or hobby, and reading with children. The opportunities are endless. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 16 Criers.
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August
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Josie Barker, Sartell, savors a cold-sweet mouthful of a snow cone at the Rock ‘n’ Block party in August in Sartell. Early in the evening rain threatened the event, but an hour later it cleared up and all was well for the many people who enjoyed the event.
“Music in the Park” features several bands that make Pinecone Central Park a musical and arts venue as well as an athletic complex. A summer feature called “Movies in the Park” is also added to the schedule. Among the bands that perform are Belle Amour and Ring of Kerry. A commemorative print in honor of the Sartell paper mill and its generations of employees is commissioned from Iowa artist J.D. Speltz. The limited-edition print (only 300 produced) was commissioned by Engine Company 844 Retired Sartell Firefighters’ organization. The print depicts an idyllic river scene with the paper plant in the background. The plant was closed permanently after an explosion and
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fire in 2012 rendered it unusable. The Fabulous Armadillos, a popular area band, is the featured entertainment at the annul Rock ‘n’ Block Party sponsored by the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce. The event, held on a big lot in south Sartell, included kiddie inflatables, lots of food-vending booths and other musical acts. On Aug. 6, a fire once again erupts at the Verso paper plant while under demolition. Sparks from a torch apparently ignited coal dust in a coal chute on the south side of the tall structure. Local fire departments managed to contain and stop the fire. It was the second fire since demolition began. The Sartell Muskies baseball team once again heads to the state playoffs in the Class C State Amateur Baseball Championship. It is the third year in a row, the team, with Randy Beckstrom’s coaching, makes it to the state. A “Back to School 5k Run” event at Review • page 4
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Erinn Miles, a Sartell resident and a member of the class of 2016, has recently been named to the fall dean’s list at Providence (R.I.) College. To qualify for this honor, students must achieve a minimum 3.55 grade-point average. Forty-nine Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at St. Cloud State University. They and their majors are as follows: Ashley Anderson, nursing; Jill Bergstrom, nursing; Matthew Bethke, general studies; Garrett Brennan, computer science; Jill Chaika, nursing; Jessica Chan, communication studies; Jessica Condon, social studies education; Matthew Crouse, political science; Samantha Deans, film studies; Ashlee DesMarais, general studies; Nadesha Dohm, general studies; Kimberly Duong, political science; Zachary Gnahn, pre-business; Courtney Goulet, biomedical sciences; Nicole Grant, global studies; Haley Guetter, psychology; Heather Havemeier, community psychology; Travis Hess, psychology; Nickolas Hoover, management; Anne Jensen, communication arts and literature; Mikaela Johnson, art; Noah Kelm, biomedical sciences; Willie Krueger, criminal justice studies; Nathan Lahr, community psychology; Tomas Lorincz, electrical engineering; Jessica Lundsetter, psychology; Andrew Math, general studies; Emily McIntire, biomedical sciences; Natalie McIntire, biomedical sciences; Samantha Mills, anthropology;
Sara Moorlag, undecided; Michelle Moran, biomedical sciences; Bailey Nemeth, general studies; Marit Petersen, general studies; Jordan Popp, nursing; Andrew Rickers, pre-business; Clare Rueter, management; Jenna Runge, Spanish (teaching); Holli Sauerer, elementary/K-6 education; Sean Schlosser, business economics; Ashlea Schramel, nursing; Cassidy Swanson, English; Sarah Symanietz, undecided; Hannah Theisen, biotechnology; Joshua Toftey, liberal arts and sciences; David Torbert, criminal justice studies; Sally Traut, elementary/K-6 education; Catherine Tripp, community psychology; Jaclyn Yasgar, finance. Students must achieve a gradepoint average of 3.75 or higher to earn this honor. Megan Carter of Sartell, was recently named to the fall dean’s honor roll at Oklahoma City (Okla.) University. Students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher to earn this honor. Gary Bechtold, Sartell, president of American Door Works, was recently named this year’s recipient of the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award by Junior Achievement, a nonprofit organization focused on educating K-12 students on career readiness. For the Bechtold family this move is just the latest in a series of exciting announcements from the company, co-founded by Roger Bechtold (Gary’s father) over four decades ago. The St. Cloud, Willmar, Brainerd and Lakes Area
Overhead Door Cos., after more than 40 years of success and continued growth, will rebrand under the new name, American Door Works. The refreshed brand is intended to unify operations and build a stronger connection between both consumers and staff across the different markets that have helped make the company Central Minnesota’s leading supplier of garage doors and accessories. President Gary Bechtold of Sartell explained, “This new, unified brand reflects the commitment of our staff, working together from any of our locations, to continue delivering an extraordinary customer experience and the right door solutions for all of your projects.” While the brand has changed, founder Roger Bechtold is quick to remind customers what hasn’t. “Though our name and logo have been updated, the values created during 42 years of family ownership will remain the same… friendliness, integrity, innovation and hard work.” The company has also been recognized as 2015 Door Dealer of the Year by the International Door Association, an award that will be presented April 15 at the association’s annual awards dinner in Indianapolis, Ind. This follows their recent acceptance of the 2014 Small Business Excellence Award presented by the Small Business Administration and Bremer Bank. The new brand will be rolled out throughout the course of 2015 and will include updates to the four retail locations, marketing materials, a new website at americandoorworks.com and more.
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If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sartell Police Department at 320-2518186 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. Dec. 25 1:53 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. 3rd Street N. A report was made regarding a vehicle driving and stopping in front of houses. An officer found the driver was delivering papers in the neighborhood. 7:49 p.m. Suspicious activity. 4th Street N. A report was made regarding unknown noises coming from inside a residence. Officers checked the residence, as well as outside the residence, and found no evidence of anyone else inside. Dec. 26 4:01 p.m. Theft. Walmart. A juvenile male was witnessed attempting to leave the store with unpaid merchandise. He admitted to the theft. He was issued a citation and released to his mother. 4:06 p.m. DWI. Benton Drive. A report was made regarding an erratic driver. An officer located the vehicle and detected the odor of alcohol coming from the driver. The driver was unable to pass a field sobriety test and was placed under arrest. Dec. 27 7:33 a.m. Suspicious activity. 19th Avenue N. A report was made regarding an adult female attempting to enter a residence. Officers arrived and no one was located at the resi-
dence. Officers ensured the residence was secure and found nothing out of place. 2:58 p.m. Warrant. 2-1/2 Street N. An arrest warrant was issued for an adult male. The male was located and placed under arrest without incident. Dec. 28 1:29 a.m. Verbal. 7th Avenue S. An adult male reported he was in a verbal argument with an adult female and the cell phone died. Officers walked through the building and were unable to locate anyone who needed assistance. 8:18 a.m. Agency assist. Highway 15. Officers assisted another department in a foot pursuit. The suspect was located and placed under arrest without incident. Dec. 29 1:27 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. LeSauk Drive. An unknown vehicle was parked in a business lot. Officers located the male driver who stated he was in an argument with his wife and had left the residence for the evening. He left the area without incident. 8:16 p.m. Theft. Walmart. An adult male and female were witnessed attempting to leave the store with unpaid merchandise. They eventually admitted to the theft. They were issued citations and released. Dec. 30 6:27 p.m. Person assist. CR 120. A report was made regarding an adult male who believed his vehicle had been stolen while inside a business. Officers located the vehicle parked on the other side of the building. Dec. 31 7:42 p.m. Fireworks. Pheasant Drive. Multiple complaints were made regarding large fireworks being set off in the area. An officer sat in the area and was unable to hear or see any fireworks.
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Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: 22, 2009
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MORTGAGOR: Wayne P. Johnson and Amy M. Schwinghammer-Johnson, husband and wife. MORTGAGEE:Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:Recorded June 8, 2009 Stearns County Recorder, Document No. 1289233. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Matrix Financial Services Corp. Dated Oct. 20, 2014 Recorded Oct. 30, 2014, as Document No. A1431730. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100052550261125982 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Lendsmart Mortgage LLC RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Flagstar Bank, FSB MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 800 Brookwood Lane, Sartell, MN 56377 TAX PARCEL 92.56817.0000
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Eleven (11), in Block Four (4), of Meyer Park Plat 5, Village of Sartell, Stearns County, Minn. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF $205,529.00
PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE:
AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $201,023.90 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be
Mayor, council members sworn in
sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
DATE AND TIME OF SALE: Feb. 19, 2015 at 10 a.m.
As her three young daughters smiled proudly, Sarah Jane Nicoll was sworn in as the newly elected mayor of Sartell just before the first city council meeting of 2015 – on Jan. 12. Also sworn in was Pat Lynch. Incumbent council member David Peterson was sworn in earlier because he had to be at a military meeting Jan. 12. Nicoll is the first female mayor in the city’s 103-year history. Before being elected, running unopposed in the Nov. 4 election, she had served as a member of the council. Her daughters who witnessed her take the oath of office are Ava, 7; Grace, 6; and Claire, 5. A Sartell High School graduate, Nicoll (nee Klocker) is a stay-at-home mother who operated an insurance agency for several years. She is married to David Nicoll, a volunteer firefighter for the Sartell-LeSauk Fire Department. Lynch, who was a former council member, decided to
PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, Room S-136, St. Cloud, Minn. to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 19, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it’s the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to five weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: Dec. 16, 2014 Matrix Financial Services Corp. Mortgagee/Assignee gagee
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USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 92-14-007202 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Document version 1.1 Dec. 11, 2013 Publish: Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 & Feb. 6, 2015
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compete again after several years of being off of the council. He, too, won in the Nov. 4 election. He is a business owner in Sartell. Peterson is an attorney and long-time member of the Minnesota Army National Guard. At the Jan. 12 council meeting, there were three members present: Nicoll, Lynch and Amy Braig-Lindstrom. Present via computer transmission was council member Steve Hennes, whose voice could be heard in the council chambers and
Peterson whose face was visible on a laptop computer in the room. At the time of the council meeting, Hennes was in Florida. Braig-Lindstrom welcomed Lynch and Nicoll as members of the newly reconstituted city council. Lynch thanked his supporters, saying he was proud to serve again. Nicoll, at times choking back tears, said, “I’m excited about the next four years. It’s an exciting time. It’s an honor and a privilege to serve as mayor. Thanks so much.”
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Review from front page the Sartell Middle School raises funds for the Sartell-St. Stephen School District’s Early-Childhood Center. The event was co-sponsored by PineCone Vision Center and Dentistry for Children. Sartell students once again outperform their statewide peers in the American College Testing tests. The students tested in reading, English, math and science and came out ahead of average state and national scores.
September
A search for a missing Sartell young man ends tragically when his body is found in the lot of a business in Moorhead. Thomas Gregory Bearson, 18, was the son of Deb and Greg Bearson of Sartell. He was a student at North Dakota State University when he went missing Sept. 21. After a massive manhunt, his body was found, and it was determined his death was the result of “homicidal violence.” Bearson’s death caused shock and grief in all those who knew the personable student, who had been an out-
Bearson standing basketball player during his years at Sartell High School. The investigation into the death
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continues. Friends, family and students mourn the loss of Thomas Gregory Bearson (see above) during a ceremony at St. Francis Catholic Church in Sartell. Conrad Legatt of St. Stephen is named “Beekeeper of the Year” by the Minnesota Honey Producers’ Association. While in high school, Legatt wrote a term paper about honey bees, then forgot all about them until years later when thumbing through a catalog he noticed bee-keeping supplies. Forty years later, he is still an avid beekeeper. A grand jury indicts Demetrius Anthony McGinnis, 23, for first-degree murder in the death of a young man outside of the Sprint store in Sartell on March 21. The motive for the crime is not yet determined. The Abounding Joy congregation breaks ground in Sartell for its new church. A sidewalk plan is approved by the city council for 2nd Street S. The sidewalk, long a priority, will be constructed on the south side of the road, from 4th Avenue S. by the police department to Pinecone Road. Perfect weather blesses the annual St. Stephen Catholic Parish Festival and attracts a huge turn-out for food, music and fun.
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Students in Sartell perform well above average on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Test – in some categories – scoring 25 percent better than their statewide peers.
October
The city council approves a matching amount of $100,000 for a Mighty Ducks grant, with another $100,000 to come from Bernick’s Arena, which will benefit from the grant and matching funds if it is granted. The arena needs the money for updates and repairs. The city’s share of the money would come from half-cent sales tax revenue. The annual Cook Out With Cops is a huge success, with almost 250 senior citizens enjoying lunch and guest speakers. The event is sponsored by the Sartell Police Department. Sartell students create a “pillar of art,” a mosaic work for one of the pillars in front of Sartell High School. The artwork project is part of the Art in Motion program. Nathan Gray of Sartell took a DisneyWorld cruise to the Bahamas for his seventh birthday. Nathan, who is in remission from cancer, chose the trip when he was granted his wish
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Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 from the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The Sartell Fire Department hosts its annual open house for the public, along with representation from the Sartell Police Department. Sartell is widely praised for its Safe Routes to School planning and implementations. The Sartell Sabres’ girls soccer team competes at state. Their coach, Cassandra Raehsler is named Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. Sartell junior Gopi Ramanathan achieves a perfect score on his ACT test, a rare achievement with only 1,407 getting a top composite score out of the 1.85 million students who took the test nationwide. A Fields of Faith event takes place at the Sartell High School football field, and young people enjoy music and inspirational guest speakers. The event was sponsored by the Sartell chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
November
In the Nov. 4 election, the local winners are Sarah Jane Nicoll, who ran unopposed for Sartell mayor; council members David Peterson, incumbent;
and Pat Lynch, a former council member. In the school board election, the winners are incumbents Mary E. McCabe and Michelle Meyer and new member Patrick Marushin. Those three were running unopposed. Sartell Mayor Joe Perske loses his bid for the Sixth Congressional U.S. House seat to Republican Tom Emmer. All six area cities, including Sartell, approved an extension of the half-cent sales tax to 2018. The Sartell Sabres Football team went to the state tournament, facing Simley High School from Inver Grove Heights on Nov. 8 at Husky Stadium. While the Sabres lost their first game 20-44, they ended their regular season at 9-1 overall, with a record of 7-0 in the Central Lakes. An early blizzard Nov. 10 blasts into the area with ferocity, forcing school closings and more or less bringing life to a standstill. Sartell Middle School hosts it annual Tribute to Veterans with a luncheon for veterans and a musical tribute in the gymnasium with guest speakers. The Sartell Sabre girls’ swim team takes second place in the Class A tournament at the Minnesota Aquatics Center in the
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Twin Cities The Sartell paper-mill’s babyblue condensation tower, long an iconic site in the city, comes tumbling down Nov. 13. The tall tower’s demise is just one part of an extensive demolition and recycling project at the plant’s site.
December
Gas prices drop in the Sartell area to as low as $2.49 per gallon, a downward trend that began when the price of oil fell to as low as $40 a barrel on world markets. People with a little extra money in their pockets are hoping the trend continues. The city council decides to retain twice-a-month council meetings except for the months of June, July, August and December, although additional meetings in those months may
be called if the council has too much on its agenda. Aiden Hammond, 14, of Sartell, will become a People to People ambassador to Australia next summer. Meantime, he and his family have been raising funds for his long trip. He is an eighth-grader at Sartell Middle School. The city council is considering the possibility of allowing just one garbage hauler to do business in the city, rather than the current four. Sauk Rapids switched to a one-hauler option about two years ago, and everybody is happy with it, according to Ross Olson, Sauk Rapids city administrator, who spoke about the issue at a Sartell City Council meeting. Visitors in the frosty night air take a trip with Ebenezer Scrooge and the Christmas
5 ghosts at the Waters church in Sartell. The outdoor production took place in one-room structures along a trail in the woods. The purpose of the dramatic production was to highlight the true meaning of kindness and Christmas. The city council approves a budget of $6.2 million for 2015, an increase of 7.6 percent. The tax levy will be $5.1 million. The tax rate will increase by 2.8 percent from this year’s amount. Outgoing Sartell Mayor Joe Perske urges the newly constituted city council in 2015 to push for a community center so one can be created hopefully by the end of 2016. A center has long been on the high-priorities list of residents. It would be paid for by revenue from the half-cent sales tax.
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Our View President should veto Keystone Pipeline approval Nobody wants an oil spill, and yet they happen all too often. They happen from wars, train derailments, offshore oil-rig accidents, tanker crashes and pipeline ruptures. In the past few decades, oil-spill disasters sound like units in a bleak parade: Bay of Campeche, Mexico; Arctic Empress near Tobago; Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan; Nowruz Oil Field, Persian Gulf; The Summer tanker near Angola; Tanker Amoco Cadiz near Brittany; the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster near Alaska; and the worst spill in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon rupture in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Those are among the worst of history. Collectively, they released hundreds of millions of gallons of crude oil onto land and into oceans. Crude-oil pipeline accidents have also produced disasters. According to the Wall Street Journal, there were 1,400 serious pipeline spills and accidents in the United States, four of five of them discovered by local residents, not by the companies who owned the pipelines. In 2010, a rupture near Marshall, Mich. spilled 840,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River; in 2013, an ExxonMobil pipeline carrying heavy crude ruptured near Mayflower, Ark., spilling up to 7,000 barrels of crude oil, causing home evacuations and ongoing health concerns. Such accidents make it clear there is no foolproof way to transport crude oil, refined oil products or natural gas – gas that can be even more explosively catastrophic when pipeline leaks or ruptures happen. Nothing’s foolproof. Remember the unsinkable Titanic that sank? We keep hearing, like a recurrent lullaby, that pipelines are so new-and-improved, so safe, so environmentally friendly. Those lulling reassurances come constantly from companies and advocates pushing for construction of pipelines now being proposed, including the controversial extension of the Keystone pipeline from the tar-sand fields of Alberta, Canada down through the American Midwest, across a vast water aquifer, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. There are, by the way, already portions of a Canadian-U.S. pipeline completed, including an operational line to Illinois. The oil from Canadian tar sands, the very dirtiest oilextraction method, would be processed at refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas, then shipped to other countries via tankers. For the following five reasons, the Keystone project should not take place: Extraction from tar sands takes an enormous amount of energy to do, causing huge carbon-caused pollution into the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change. Putting that pipeline across the United States would, ironically, not benefit this country in any appreciable way. This chorus of “jobs, jobs, jobs” is disingenuous at best. According to the U.S. State Department, it would create about 4,000 jobs over a two-year period, after which there would be 35 permanent American jobs, according to TransCanada, a pipeline builder. Despite soothing reassurances of safety, there is an all-too-real possibility of leaks and ruptures minor and major which could harm water supplies, flora and fauna and the environment in general. By allowing for the pipeline, we are directly and indirectly encouraging the dirty process of tar-sands extraction, which is an environment and climate killer. We should, instead, be pushing for development of safer forms of energy. Big Oil is notorious for its soothing promises. Remember British Petroleum’s denials and minimization of the Gulf oil disaster? Remember its broken promises? Remember its assurances all would be well? It’s certain the current U.S. Congress will approve the Keystone Pipeline. President Obama should veto it. The project, after all is said and done, would be environmentally unwise, and it would truly benefit almost nobody in this country except some Big-Oil interests.
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Friday, Jan. 16, 2015
Opinion ‘Je suis Charlie! I am Spartacus!’ “Je suis Charlie!” That shout of worldwide solidarity (French for “I am Charlie!”) began last week after the execution-style murders of cartoonists for the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo. The threeword declaration was inspired by a powerful scene in the 1960 Stanley Kubrick classic, Spartacus, a brilliant movie based on a gladiator who became one of the leaders of a slave revolt in 73 B.C. that lasted three years and nearly brought Imperial Rome to its knees. In the movie, after the rebels’ defeat, the Romans gather together the huge crowd of captives and demand to know, “Which one of you is Spartacus?” There is a vast silence. Then, one man after another shouts “I am Spartacus!” Soon, the entire crowd is shouting as one spirit, with defiance and pride, “I am Spartacus!” The rebels know it is an expression of solidarity unto death. True to form, the Romans crucify 6,000 of them, making them die slowly in agony, strung up mile after mile all along the Appian Way, a road leading to Rome. The “I am Spartacus!” scene is fictional, but the horrific crucifixions did, in fact, occur. The name “Spartacus” has become synonymous down through history with struggles for freedom against oppression. What is interesting is that Howard Fast, the author of the 1951 novel on which the Kubrick film is based, was himself the target of freespeech suppression in the United States. He was under fire by the forces of censorship and self-censorship rampant in America during the 1950s’ era of anti-communist paranoia. Fast had to self-publish Spartacus because publishers, cowed by intimidation, didn’t have the guts to publish it, even though Fast’s previous historical novels had sold well. What’s more, Fast began writing Spartacus during a three-month term in prison. Like many other authors, screenwriters, directors, playwrights and intellectuals in the mid-
Dennis Dalman Editor 1950s, he was accused of being a communist sympathizer. It’s unfortunate many younger people do not know about that era. Fast and others were summoned to appear before the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee, which began a paranoid frenzy to uncover communist influences in the United States. At the hearings, those subpoenaed were intimidated and threatened to try to make them squeal on acquaintances. Some did; some didn’t. The witch hunt was whipped up by the limelight-seeking demagogue Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, who used innuendos, fears and outright lies to whip up suspicion, pitting honorable people against one another. In his appearance before the committee (more like a medieval inquisition), Fast was asked to disclose names of people who gave money to found a home for orphans of American veterans who’d volunteered in the Spanish Civil War. One of the contributors was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, pegged by witch-hunters as a secret communist just because of her tireless work for social justice. Fast refused to give names and – like many others – was cited for contempt of Congress and imprisoned. What do Howard Fast and McCarthy witch hunts have to do with the murders in Paris? The parallels should be obvious. Fast, like the French cartoonists, was threatened just because he was exercising his right to free speech and press and because he was a fierce
defender of his and others’ rights to express their thoughts. Fast actually did join the American Communist Party in the mid-1940s; he later denounced the cruel excesses of Soviet-style communism. McCarthy was discredited after being censured by the U.S. Senate. He died in 1957, age 48, of an illness exacerbated by acute alcoholism. McCarthyism was a shameful chapter in American history, a blatant attack on freedom of speech and the right to associate freely. Its tactics were similar to those used now by extremists who use threats, fears and terror to try to achieve their ends. And what are those ends? Apparently, nothing less than a total conversion of everyone in the world to their sadistic ideologies. Their enemy is freedom. That’s because freedom of any kind undermines their baseless rules for living, which are hatched in darkness and cannot bear the scrutiny of decency and light. These murderers, who dare to use a great religion, Islam, to justify their atrocities, will win absolutely nothing. Losers to the core, they will lose everything, ultimately, in their self-righteous and self-defeating rage against enlightenment. Such killers are yet another reminder that the fight to maintain freedom is never-ending. The great journalist Edward R. Murrow, on his March 9, 1954 TV show, said this concerning McCarthy’s witch hunts: “We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.” With those wise words in mind, let’s express our solidarity with all defenders of freedom by shouting at the top of our voices a resounding chorus of “Je suis Charlie!”
Letters to editor
Reader raps Scarbro’s take on Republican ‘fix’ Sharon Fitzgerald, Sartell I again read with amusement Scarbro’s column regarding the mess he expects a Republican Congress to fix now they have control of Congress. Unemployment went from 10 percent to 5.8 percent since 2008. That mess? The federal deficit is the smallest since 2008. Must be that mess. Or the fact oil prices are the lowest again since 2008. Well, that mess is a real hardship on Joe Public. We are able to spend money in places other than at the gas pump, forcing
retailers to order more goods and manufacturers to make more products. Hard on everyone. Then there’s the ACA – 10 million people have signed up for health insurance and many of them did not have health insurance before. That’s a real mess for hospitals and doctors who now have to treat more people who have insurance. Then there’s the Keystone Pipeline project, which Scarbro brags about. This project will provide 20,000 jobs, but he does not say how long these jobs will last. A month? A year? A lifetime? 320,000 jobs
were created in one month, November 2014. 320,000 vs 20,000. Who has bragging rights on that one? The Bush Administration left this country in the worst shape in 50 years, yet Scarbro wants a Republican Congress and a Republican President. Wonder how long it will take them to take us back to the glory days of the Bush Administration. P.S. I have used some of the information in this email from the column of Dennis Dalman also published on Jan. 2. Thank you, Dalman, for the facts.
Hard time with Scarbro’s ‘behind tree’ column David George Johnson, Sartell I very much appreciate receiving the Sartell Newsleader each week. Thank you for the publication. I also enjoy the editorial section and appreciate the liberal/ conservative balance exhibited. I have a very hard time, however, with the column written by Ron Scarbro in the Jan. 9 edition entitled: “It must be that person behind the tree.” Scarbro seems to begin with the proposition that we are all responsible for our own actions. I wholeheartedly and enthusiastically agree with that proposition. From that righteous assertion Scarbro veers into never-never land. I’ll take the last of it first. Some might consider the remarks about slavery and plantations in his last paragraph as racist. All aspects of racism aside, his statement: “We are all born into this great country with the same opportunities and the same choices . . .” rings sadly hollow. Does Scarbro really think the child who has to stay home from school to care for siblings while mother works has the same opportunity as the child whose parents send him/her to private schools? Nonsense. Just before that, Scarbro dismisses people who are forced to make legal claims as bringing “silly lawsuits” brought by “silly lawyers.” More nonsense.
Full disclosure here. Before retirement I spent more than 30 years of my legal career representing injured people and their claims against corporations and insurance companies. Those of us in that specialty are compensated, almost universally, by the contingent fee system. That means if the legal claim is not successful the lawyer doesn’t get paid. There is no financial incentive to bring a “silly” lawsuit. Put another way: If insurance companies and large corporations treated injured people fairly and honestly, folks like me would be out of work. And there are a lot of folks like me out there. This brings me to the third issue with Scarbro, his initial references to personal responsibility. He talks about the clamor over police actions involving black perpetrators saying: “The responsibility lays at the feet of the perpetrator, not the lawenforcement officers.” Fair enough. But what about the police officer who put a chokehold on Eric Garner, killing him. Chokeholds are prohibited by the New York Police Department. What about that police officer’s personal responsibility? He implies smokers who get lung cancer have it coming because they should know it causes cancer. That may be true now but, for decades, the tobacco industry not only denied any relationship between smoking and cancer, they actively assured the public smoking was beneficial to their
health. Where is the personal responsibility for that? Scarbro also reaches to one of the biggest whoppers in modern mythology to make his point about personal responsibility: The McDonald’s hot-coffee case. He implies it was the injured party who was really responsible for her own burns, saying she was driving away with hot coffee in her lap. Stella Liebeck, age 79 at the time, was the injured party. She was a passenger in the car, not the driver. The car was parked in the McDonald’s lot when she attempted to open the coffee container to mix in some sugar and cream. The coffee spilled on her lap causing thirdand fourth-degree burns. Burns were that severe because McDonald’s instructed its franchisees to maintain the temperature of its coffee between 180- and 190-degrees F. At these temperatures second-degree to full-thickness burns can be expected within seconds. Prior to this incident McDonald’s had admittedly received more than 700 complaints of burns from coffee. All of these facts were disclosed in an HBO documentary entitled “Hot Coffee.” Where is McDonald’s personal responsibility? Personal responsibility is not a one-way street. That fine principle should not be used to blame victims. Get real Scarbro, the conservative movement deserves better.
Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES ADOPTING SALES-AND-USE TAX, AMENDING FEE SCHEDULE ORDINANCE AND AMENDING CITY TOBACCO-USE ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Sartell City Council will hold a public hearing in the council chambers at 7 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, to consider the adoption of Ordinances Adopting Sales-and-Use Tax, Amending the City Fee Schedule and Amending the City Tobacco-Use Ordinance. The proposed Ordinances to be discussed include Adopting a Salesand-Use Tax as approved by Sartell voters, Amending City Fee Schedule to remove certain park shelter rentals and Amending City Tobacco-Use Ordinance to add language governing electronic cigarettes. Copies of the proposed amending Ordinances are available for public inspection at the Sartell City Hall during regular business hours.
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Friday, Jan. 16 St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 610 CR 2. St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. S., Waite Park. 320-339-4533. stcloudsingles.net. Sunday, Jan. 18 Build-your-own omelette breakfast, proceeds support programs for veterans, 8 a.m.-noon, American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. S., Waite Park. 320-251-5498. Monday, Jan. 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Community Calendar
MLK Breakfast Event & Day of Service, keynote address featuring Vernon Jordon and Yolanda Adams, 7-10 a.m., Atwood Ballroom, St. Cloud State University, 651 1st Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-308-2214. scsu. mn.1GzBcDp. St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club, 7 p.m., American Legion, 101 W Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Tuesday, Jan. 20 Teen Tech Tuesdays, volunteers help you navigate the internet, noon-1:30 p.m., Al Ringsmuth Public Library, 253 N. 5th Ave., Waite Park. 320-253-9359. griver.org. Blood drive, 1-7 p.m., St.
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Francis Xavier gym, 308 2nd St. N., Sartell. 320-252-8150. redcrossblood.org. St. Cloud Area Genealogists Meeting, focusing on ‘the old country’ and how to research, 7 p.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 S. 33rd Ave., Saint Cloud. stearns-museum.org. 320-2538424. Thursday, Jan. 22 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. Frozen, the party!, for ages 4-8, registration required, 6-7 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St.
7 Cloud. 320-650-2500. griver.org. Friday, Jan. 23 Visual arts series: Sean Connaughty, uses the medium of water to display living artworks in a series of aquariums, M-Sat 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-9 p.m., now-March 20, Gorecki Gallery & Gallery Lounge, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. 363-5777. csbsju.edu/ fine-arts/visual-arts.
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All interested persons are invited to attend the hearing to voice their opinion. Written comments will also be accepted until the date of the hearing.
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Fire up from front page and testing their speed on a fun obstacle course. O’Brien was also able to secure a grant from the Minnesota Department of Health to provide funding to purchase snowshoes. She hopes to hold an afternoon program to help kids learn snowshoeing for open-snowshoeing classes on Saturdays. “I figure if there’s nine months of snow, we might as well do something outside,” O’Brien joked. “Especially in the winter
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com when you’re cooped up and have cabin fever.” Fire Up Your Feet will provide after-school classes for children, an open gym on Saturdays and a new parent/child class for ages 3-5, all centered around physical activity and exercise. O’Brien’s aim is to have the school readily available for families to come and use. “Whether that’s an after-school class or open gym, we’re trying to find some avenues for people to get out of their house,” she said. “We want to promote activity in a fun, creative way at a price parents can afford. If you’re on
the fence, I would have you show up and try it for one day. We have activities where you can make a commitment to just one day a week,” O’Brien added. Fire Up Your Feet is still in its infancy, but O’Brien hopes to have the program expand into the summer as interest and involvement grow. The newest edition of the Community Education Catalog, mailed Jan. 5, outlines the dates and prices for all upcoming activities. For more information or to register for an activity, call the Community Education office at 320-253-4036.
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