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Town Crier St. Ben’s hosts Girls, Women in Sports Day
The College of St. Benedict will host a celebration for National Girls and Women in Sports Day at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. The community is invited to join us for this celebration and the CSB basketball game vs. St. Olaf. The 2017 Breaking Barriers Award honoree Marcia Mahlum will be honored at halftime along with a performance by the CSB dance team. Player autographs will be available after the game. All girls and women wearing a sports jersey will receive free admission to this event. For more information, visit csbblazers.com.
Free snow plowing for local heros
Tell your friends, tell your neighbors! Tell any cops, vets, firefighters or first-responders you might know. Plowing Vets is plowing driveways free for the rest of the winter. Contact www.facebook.com/plowingvets and www.instagram.com/plowingvets and for anyone willing to help keep our cause going: www. gofundme.com/plowingvets.
Hip pain slowing you down?
Many people are limited by hip pain in their everyday lives. As a result, playing with kids or grandkids, golfing, biking, gardening and other cherished activities may bring more pain than joy. Join Dr. Andrew Mulder, MD, for a free hip-pain seminar from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at St. Cloud Orthopedics, 1901 Connecticut Ave. S., Sartell. Mulder, an orthopedic surgeon, will discuss the following: hip pain and arthritis, surgical and non-surgical hip-pain-treatment options and robotic technologies in hip replacement. Refreshments will be served. Seat reservations are recommended due to limited space. To register, call 320-2555606 or visit centracare.com.
Cobblestone Corner Eatery volunteer needed
Serve up a cup of coffee and a smile to residents and guests. The Cobblestone Corner Eatery located in Country Manor Health Care Center is a great place for individuals who like to meet and greet people. Volunteers serve beverages and prepared food such as sandwiches, salads, pizza, soups and more to their residents, families and staff. Duties required are to run the cash register (training provided), serve the customers and keep the area clean and neat. Food is prepared and brought to the eatery. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Jan. 20 Criers.
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by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
When 21-year-old Kelly Orndorff woke up groggy from brain-cancer surgery, she opened her eyes, blinked, then looked around without seeing anything and with a quickly dawning horror she realized she was blind. There was no word for her terror. Devastation didn’t even come close. She wailed, and a whirlwind of dark thoughts scurried through her mind: “Nobody will want to marry me or hang out with me . . . My life is worthless. I’m a worthless human being . . . I’ve been robbed of independence at an early age . . . I wanted to travel and see so many things . . . I won’t be able to see my sister’s baby about to be born . . . ” One sinking, hopeless thought followed another, bleak emotions and contributed photo dashed dreams bumping into one anKelly Orndorff, though blind, loves to hold her baby other in a vast darkness. nephew, Leo Maday, whom she calls her “little ball What made it so bad is that it was of joy.”
just the latest devastation endured by Kelly and her family in the previous two months of the horrible summer of 2015.
Orndorff family
Kelly, a 2011 graduate of Sartell High School, is the daughter of Paul and Jane Orndorff, long-time Sartell residents. Paul, who served on the Sartell City Council some years back, worked for Connexus Energy for years, but for the past five years he has worked for Great River Energy, based in Maple Grove. For years, Jane Orndorff owned and operated a day-care business in her home. Later, she and her husband bought the Liquid Assets coffee shop in Sartell and operated that for several years. Most recently, Jane worked at Edward Jones financial services in Sauk Rapids. The Orndorffs have four children – Brent, Andrea Maday, Nick and Kelly, the youngest. Orndorff • page 3
Under-river gas line nears completion by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A new natural-gas line is now being extended 50 feet under the Mississippi River in Sartell. The project, undertaken by Xcel Energy, has been close to two months in progress. From a point east of the river by the city’s east water plant on Benton Drive, workers about eight
weeks ago began precise directional drilling into the granite bedrock below the river. The drilled “tunnel,” which houses the gas line, is about eight-inches wide below the river and four- to six-inches wide where it branches off for distribution, said Mark Osendorf, Xcel community-relations manager, in a Jan. 17 interview with the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader.
Sartell residents win ‘Under’ awards
The line will replace a much older one that had been connected to the “old bridge” that crosses the river near the River Boat Depot area. A new line is needed, Osendorf said, to help supply a growing Sartell with enough natural gas, including the area that will soon burgeon with new growth at and near the new Sartell High School. The new steel pipeline is 5,500-feet long. It exits the
west side of the river about one block north of the DeZURIK plant. Once the hole was drilled under the river, the pipeline was pulled from the west side to the east side using highly precise equipment. The drilling process itself was done from east to west. The new line is located 2,500 feet north of the old line connected to the old bridge.
K of C basketball winners move onward
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders. com
(Editors’ note: Information and photos for the following story Burns Hanson were provided via stories MaricleRoberts about the award-winners as published in the St. Cloud Cloud. Tickets for the awards banquet Times.) are $12 and can be purchased at Three Sartell individuals – one http://bit.ly/2htwHay. The Sartell award recipients a businessman, the other a young student and another whose are Bryan Burns, president and hometown was Sartell – will be chief executive officer of DeZUhonored in the 11th annual “Un- RIK, the valve-production plant der 20” and “Under 40” award in the city; and Josh Maricle-Robcategories for 2016 by Times Me- erts, 17, a student at Apollo High dia starting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, School. Another recipient, Kate HanJan. 24 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in downtown St. Awards • back page
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With intense concentration and determination, Emily Crandall, 12, of Sartell, readies to throw the basketball into a net on Jan. 14 at the Knights of Columbus Free-throw Competition at All Saints Academy in St. Joseph. Crandall won the round for her age bracket. Her sister, Libby Crandall, age 14, also from Sartell, won for her age bracket, as well. Both will go on to compete at the district level in February.
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The Sartell Squirt A hockey team ended another successful tournament with a thirdplace trophy. They beat Brainerd in the initial game 7-2, defeated Northern Lakes 5-3, lost to the Fargo Freeze 6-1 and ended the tournament with a third-place win by beating Minneapolis 4-1. Team players include (front row, left to right) Connor Anderson, Carter Bollinger, Noah Hacker, KJ Sauer, Rylan Schultz and Gavin Welsh; (middle row) Baylor Stebbins, Kyan Rieder and Brooke Pogatchnik; and (back row) Nora Sauer, Jace Jansky and Shaun Paulson. Not pictured are the following: Coaches Robbie Schultz, Troy Stebbins, Ryan Hacker, Kent Sauer and Kelly Rieder.
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The Sartell sixth-grade boys Black basketball team went 3-0 games to take home first place Jan. 7 at the St. Cloud Winter Shootout. Pictured are (front row) Brady Husmann, Dylan Simones, Anthony Mahowald, Caden Villarreal; and (back row) Andrew Rogers, Logan Legatt, Grant Clark, Drew Geiger, Cole Hentges. The boys are coached by Jim Mahowald and Justin Rogers. Megan Carter of Sartell was recently named to the fall dean’s honor roll at Oklahoma City (Okla.) University. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Kendra Voigt of Sartell was recently named to the honors dean’s list at Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
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Members of the Sartell Sabres went caroling over Christmas break at Country Manor. They are the following: (front row) Morgan Gill; (middle row, from left to right) Lizzie Stone, Kelse Orjansen and Molly Simmons; and (back row) Kylee Williams, Josie Gilbert, Brooke Legatt, Briella Kiley and Kelly Noetzel. The group is made up of fifth-grade girls from Sartell. Kiley said she wanted to start a group to “help people and animals.” During the year, the girls will be making Friendship bracelets for their fifth-grade class, blankets for the animals at the Tri-County Humane Society, Blessing Bags for the homeless and a variety of other service projects. Twenty-two Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at North Dakota State University, Fargo. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. They and their degree(s) are as follows: Drew Anderson, industrial engineering and management; Brett Bertelson, pharmaceutical sciences; Jonathan Carlson, art; Ryan Dumont, mechanical engineering; Trevor Grindland, mechanical engineering; Michael Heim, statistics; Rachel Johnson, pharmaceutical sciences; Jenna Karsky, medical laboratory science; Kendall Kearney, English; Samantha Killmer, industrial engineering and management; Lauren Lauermann, nursing; Andrew Lindmeier, mechanical engineering; Anna Miller, human development and family science; Kirsten Miller, pharmacy; Tony Paul, landscape architecture; Matthew Rickers, finance; Jena Sattler, nursing; Alec Staiger, mechanical engineering; Kirk Staiger, electrical engineering; Emma Stambaugh, marketing; Nathan Stracke, university studies; and Noelle Torrance, zoology. Kyle Gross of Sartell was recently named to the fall dean’s list at Swenson College of Science & Engineering, Duluth. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Two Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Iowa State University, Ames. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. They and their major are as follows: Aaron McNabb Evans, a senior, industrial design; and Seth Jenkins, a junior, architecture-professional degree.
Dec. 21 12:24 a.m. Traffic stop. 22nd Street S./Wyoming Court. Sartell Police were dispatched for a report of two males who had committed an armed robbery involving a handgun. A Sartell officer observed a vehicle matching the description and performed a traffic stop on it. The officer waited for backup and then together both officers performed a “High Risk” stop on the vehicle. The male driver was handcuffed for officer safety and patted down. 10:41 a.m. Hit-and-run. 1725 Pinecone Road S. An officer was dispatched to a Sartell business for a vehicle that was struck in the parking lot. The party deemed responsible for the accident was no longer on scene. Upon arrival the offer spoke with the registered owner of the vehicle. The female party stated she was in the store for approximately an hour-and-ahalf. During that time, her vehicle was struck in the rear passenger side-quarter panel. The officer wrote a report on the issue and took photos of the damage for insurance purposes. Dec. 22 1:45 a.m. Motorist assist. Country Court. An officer was dispatched to a vehicle unlock. Upon arrival the officer was informed the male party had locked himself out of his house. The man requested the officer unlock his vehicle so he could then gain access to the home through the garage. The officer was able to unlock the vehicle without incident. 10:19 p.m. Traffic stop. Connecticut Ave. S./CR 120. While on routine patrol, northbound on Highway 15 an officer observed a pickup truck traveling without tail lights. Upon initiating a stop on the vehicle, the officer also observed the vehicle had no rear-facing license plate. The officer spoke with the driver and advised him of the reason for the stop. The front plate on the vehicle showed the registration had been expired in the year 2015. The driver also couldn’t provide valid proof of insurance. The driver was issued citations for expired registration and no proof of insurance. The vehicle was parked
in a nearby lot. Dec. 23 1:51 a.m. Medical. First St N. Officers were dispatched for a report of a male having difficulty breathing. Officers were advised the male party had recently had surgery. Upon arrival, officers met with the man in the living room portion of his home. The male stated he had severe pain in his right foot. The male was cold and clammy and stated he was having trouble breathing. The man’s pulse was strong and respiration appeared normal. He was provided with oxygen and his condition monitored until Gold Cross Ambulance arrived on scene. 8:01 p.m. Shoplifter. CR 120. While concluding an unrelated call at Walmart, an officer was advised of a male party who was seen walking out with unpaid merchandise. The officer located the male in the parking lot and observed a 48-inch TV among other merchandise in his possession. The male was unable to provide the officer with a receipt. The officer viewed loss-prevention video of the shoplifter and concluded the male party did steal the items. The man was issued a citation for the offense and was released. Dec. 24 3:37 a.m. Assault. Second Avenue N. Officers were dispatched for a report of a distraught female throwing objects and punching things. Upon arrival, officers located the female in the back alley. The female was not compliant and was placed in handcuffs for officer safety. It was learned the issue was a civil matter between the female and her boyfriend. Officers advised the pair to settle their issues in a calm manner. Within a few minutes of clearing, officers were called back to the residence. The female party again was non-compliant and had physically assaulted her boyfriend. The female was placed under arrest for Fifth-degree Assault and transported to Stearns County Jail. 2:41 p.m. Medical. Blackberry Circle. Officers were dispatched for an 86-year-old female possibly having a stroke. Upon arrival, officers met with the woman in the living room of her home. The patient appeared to be talking and functioning normally. Vitals were normal and respiration appeared normal. A stroke scale was performed on the female who showed no signs of a stroke. Officers obtained base-line vitals and medical history. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and assessed the patient. Gold Cross cleared her as well.
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Orndorff from front page Jane and Paul had had health problems of their own in recent years. In 2010, Paul had hip-replacement surgery, but the replacement product that was used poisoned his blood, causing severe infections and resulting in five more major surgeries over a long period of time. Jane, too, recently had to have knee surgery.
A grim month
The springtime of May 2015 brought so much excitement, happiness and hope to the Orndorffs. Kelly was set to graduate on May 16 from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, with a degree in public-health education and promotion. The weekend before her graduation, Kelly and sister Andrea took their paternal grandmother, Frances, on a weekend trip to Iowa for sightseeing and shopping. But suddenly in Iowa, their grandmother became extremely frail and sick, apparently from a bout of pneumonia, and she had to be rushed to the hospital in Sioux Falls. As their grandmother lay weakly in the hospital, Andrea had to drive Kelly back so she could attend her graduation ceremony. Paul heard the worrisome news and quickly drove to Iowa to see his mother. Then he had to leave again to drive to Duluth to see Kelly graduate. Right after that happy occasion, he hurried back to Sioux City where his mother died that Sunday. Paul described his mother as “87 going on 67” – bright, energetic, sharp as a tack right up until the end. He quickly found out, however, there was really no time to grieve properly for his mother because another terrible shock suddenly struck the family out of nowhere.
Headaches
During her last semester in college, Kelly began to be plagued with painful headaches. She was sure it must be something to do with her neck. After graduation, the Orndorffs helped their daughter move back to Sartell. Kelly and her boyfriend were planning to move to Champaign, Ill. where they had already secured an apartment. While helping their daughter move from Duluth, the Orndorffs became very concerned about her severe headaches; they just
knew something was wrong, drastically wrong. Back home in Sartell, June 1, Kelly went to see the doctor. Three days later, she was undergoing a diagnosis via a magnetic-resonance-imaging machine. Twenty minutes into the machine, an analyst saw something alarming on the read-outs: a massive brain tumor. A biopsy later revealed the growth to be cancerous – a Grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. The tumor was as big as a fist with tentacles from it growing into other parts of the brain.
Heartaches
When she learned of the brain cancer, Kelly broke down and cried and shouted. “It was like a kick in the stomach,” she recalled. She shouted questions that had no answers: “Why me? I’m only 21! How is this happening?!” Her parents held her hand. A nurse rushed into the room and gave her a hug. “Keep your faith,” the nurse told her. “God will stop this.” Kelly regained her composure, determined to help stop the massive growth growing in her head, confident that a doctor somehow, somewhere would be able to eradicate the monster.
Surgery
On July 7, after many preparations, Kelly underwent surgery at the Mayo Clinic, a 14-hour delicate ordeal led by Dr. Ian Parney, who is one of only six surgeons worldwide capable of doing such intricate touch-and-go surgery on a brain tumor of that kind. Before the surgery, Kelly had started to experience some vision loss, but nothing prepared her for the horror of waking up after surgery to discover she was virtually blind. All she could see were wavering shadows of black-andwhite contrast with no color and no detail whatsoever. Pressure from the fluids and tumor on her optic nerves had caused the loss of vision. Despite the terrible new reality – legal blindness – Kelly’s doctors were optimistic. They had removed most of the tumor. The parts that had grown into her brain would be dealt with by two months of daily radiation treatments and oral chemotherapy, a regimen she began a month after surgery. But, first, she was allowed to recuperate at home. Jane quit her job to be with her daughter fulltime in their Sartell home.
Terror returns
In the midst of radiation treat-
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ments, lab technicians noticed a massive amount of colored fluid had started seeping from Kelly’s head incision caused by the earlier surgery. It was a major setback. On Aug. 16, she was back at the Mayo Clinic for emergency surgery – a craniectomy, meaning permanent removal of a large part of Kelly’s skull. Almost the entire right side of her skull from the ear area to the top right was removed and discarded. The recovery sight was gruesome. Kelly lay there, her face swollen and bruised, with 66 steel staples running in a cruel zig-zag up the right side of her head. And two days later, after the craniectomy, Kelly had to undergo yet another operation, an eye operation this time. It was one called a bilateral optic nerve sheath fenestration. The operation relieved some of the pressure on the optic nerves, otherwise they would have been completely destroyed by the relentless fluid pressure. Her sight, however, will likely never return unless some medical miracle makes that possible. Later, Kelly was measured for a helmet that she had to wear – a helmet to protect the inside of her head. That is because with the right part of the skull gone, the shape of her head on that side had become concave with nothing but skin and some tissue sunken in on that side. Her head looked, literally, “caved in” on that side. She also had to undergo two spinal taps to relieve pressure from fluid build-up.
Under the knife, again
After recovering from her third surgery, Kelly resumed radiation treatment at the Mayo Clinic. She and her mother were able to stay in the Hope Lodge, a place by the Mayo for patients and loved ones so they don’t have to drive long distances back and forth repeatedly for treatments. They stayed their for six weeks (last half of September and first part of October). More healing followed, and finally, some good news started to bloom. The tumor and its tentacles seemed to have been eradicated, although Kelly’s head was still concave on its right side, the skin sunken into the post-surgery void that had been left in her head. She lived that way, with the helmet, for 11 months. After measuring her head intricately via an imaging machine, a kind of “map” was made for
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After a huge piece of her skull was removed in surgery, Kelly Orndorff smiles, brightening up the day for her family, doctors, nurses and visitors to the Mayo Clinic. a cranial piece to replace the big part of the skull that had been removed and discarded months before. The map was sent to a specialist in Miami, who – by using the “map” – succeed in creating a titanium skull piece, a perfect match, via a 3-D printer. On July 19, Kelly endured yet another surgery when surgeons connected the titanium skull piece to the other part of her skull by using 18 titanium screws at three attachment points.
Faith, friendships
Kelly’s recovery from the surgeries and setbacks has been excellent. Her family, friends and acquaintances are constantly astonished at how she has kept up her courage, her determination, her humor and her grace under pressures that would have debilitated most people in a slough of despair. Even after the most traumatic shocks – discovery of the tumor, subsequent blindness – Kelly seemed to bounce back with brio after the initial fear, sorrow and disappointments. She and her family credit several things for her positive attitude and recovery: faith in God, family members helping one another, friends, Sartell residents (including some total strangers) and the people in the Orndorffs’ church: Celebration Lutheran in Sartell. “Kelly has kept an unbelievabl(y) positive attitude and enthusiasm for life through(out) this entire ordeal,” said her father. “Her faith has grown tremendously and has been the focus during her recovery. Family and friends have been (a) tremendous support, and the Sartell community has huge supporters throughout.” Many people who know Kelly have remarked with amazement how, even through her darkest times, she has managed to inspire
others with cheer and hope for their own lives. She has given talks at churches, schools and groups about the silver linings in adversity and the importance of faith. “This sounds clichéd, but it’s true,” Kelly told the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader during an interview. “Without faith, family and friends I couldn’t have done it. It’s very humbling to see people step up, come out of the woodwork and be so thoughtful and generous. I’m so grateful for the Sartell community and especially for the people at Celebration Lutheran Church. People – even total strangers – gave us gift cards for gas, for dining out, for time in motels, and Dad had to miss a lot of work, and they were so good about it. There has been so much kindness, generosity, love and support.” Even Kelly’s loss of sight was, for her, at times inspiring. Orndorff • page 7
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In a joint work session, the Sartell City Council and the Sartell–St. Stephen School Board met Jan. 9 in the school-district board room to hear and discuss information on the Pinecone Road Project. The project is considered necessary as a result of District 748 building a new high school, which is expected to result in a much heavier traffic flow on Pinecone Road. At the meeting, Mike Kotila and Jon Halter of SEH, the city engineering firm, presented the time lines and problems for
discussion. Halter began by laying out the project which will include the reconstruction of Pinecone Road from 15th Street N. near Celebration Lutheran Church to 35th Street N. The project is in the very early stages of development. More planning meetings will be held as the project moves forward. A rough time line includes the feasibility study in the spring of 2017, a preliminary assessment of the project scope in spring/summer of 2017, survey design work in the late summer and fall of 2017, rightof-way acquisitions in the fall of 2017, project bidding in the
winter of 2017 and finally the start of construction in the spring of 2018, which would continue through the summer and into fall. Halter noted there has been some discussion about improvements needed on 27th Street N. as well, but that is likely to be done in 2019. The entire streets project is in response to the building of a new high school, which is slated to open in the fall of 2019, so it’s hoped the street construction work will be completed by that time. At issue are two intersections on Pinecone Road; at 27th Street N. and at 35th Street N. The problem is an entrance
Residential plat approved for Town Square area by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A final plat for a residential project dubbed Ferche SW Plat 2 was approved unanimously by the Sartell City Council at its last meeting. The preliminary plat for that project was approved last summer, said Sartell Planner/ Developer Anita Archambeau, who outlined the project for the council members. The multi-family development, known as “Four Point Development,” is in an area zoned as “mixed-use” and is located just north of the Pinecone Marketplace plaza in south Sartell in the “Town Square” area that contains a mixture of businesses and residential facilities, including the Chateau Waters senior-living complex and the Sartell Community Center now under construction. The site area is 4.36 acres, with another outlot, 21.17 acres, planned for future development of office and retail
space, Archambeau noted. Council member David Peterson said he is concerned the development, as well as future developments, should be easily accessible for emergency fire-department vehicles. Council member Ryan Fitzthum, who is a member of the Sartell-LeSauk Fire Department, agreed with Peterson’s concern. In some cases, through the years, the design of buildings and green spaces around them can at times make it difficult for fire-fighting equipment to gain ready access to them. Archambeau said such factors in developments must gain the fire marshal’s approval during the planning stages, and modifications to the designs will be made if necessary with fire safety in mind. However, both Fitzthum and Peterson said the council and city staff should do another review of those policies to ensure every development has a quick ingress and egress by the fire department.
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Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 to the new-school site located between the two intersections. With the increased amount of traffic that will be created by a new high school, some new street designs have to be created to handle the safety issues that will result. “We’re talking about magnitudes of 500 to 600 cars per hour during peak hours in both directions,” Kotila said. There are several solutions to the problem, Kotila said, but three that seem to be best in terms of safety, traffic flow and cost of construction. Part of the solution will include making Pinecone Road a threelane street from 15th Street N. to 40th Street N. with a center turning lane. That would create a smoother traffic flow, but it does not address the entrance problem between 27th and 35th streets N. Kotila said the project plan has to consider performance that includes smooth traffic flow and the safety of drivers and pedestrians along the way, access points for both the highschool and a residential development in the area, and access management. Access-management guidelines require major intersections to be at least a half-mile apart with minor access at quarter-mile intervals. A final caveat emphasized the need to minimize private accesses. There are several traf-
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com fic-management tools available to road engineers, including the use of stop signs (both two-way and four-way), the use of stop lights, the use of roundabouts and the use of three-fourths limited-access turn lanes (sometimes referred to as a pork-chop turn). Each of those has its good points and negatives, Kotila said. Stop signs are inexpensive and easy to maintain. People are used to obeying them. But during periods of high traffic volume, they can cause poor traffic flow and result in accidents. Much the same can be said for stop lights, but they have another unintended consequence with drivers trying to beat the red light and speeding through, sometimes causing accidents. The first option presented was the roundabout. Roundabouts are by far the safest option since they cause a deceleration in speed while at the same time facilitating the smooth movement of traffic. The negatives with roundabouts are their cost to build and a public misperception they cause accidents. Additionally, a roundabout between 27th and 35th streets N. would impede traffic flow in the summer, a time when slower traffic would not be of great importance to aid traffic management. Roundabouts are hands-down the safest and most effective of the traffic management options, ac-
cording to traffic officials. They are also among the more expensive. “MNDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation) looked at all roundabouts statewide, and they found (during) the last 10 years, no serious injuries or fatalities occurred at roundabouts,” Kotila said. “A roundabout when compared to a traffic signal offers a 78-percent reduction in severe traffic crashes and a 48-percent reduction in all crashes.” Because of the location of the bus-loading and unloading chute, all buses coming from the south would proceed through the roundabouts on 27th Street N. and 35th St. N. to access the loading and unloading chutes on school property Kotila said. They would then exit going back through the roundabout on 35th Street N., heading either north or south to make student drops. A second option for traffic management involved the use of three stop lights; one at 27th, another at 35th, with a third located at the school access midway between the two intersections. Kotila said the positives are the flow of traffic, some control and the fact during the summer months, the stop light located mid-way between the intersections could be turned off. The negative was that speed would likely be increased making it less safe.
Because of specific state guidelines for placement of stop lights, there was also a question as to whether the state would grant traffic-signal warrants or permission to place the signals as described at the high-school entrance. A third option involved a combination of roundabouts at 27th and 35th with a threefourths limited-access turn lane between the two roundabouts, which would allow access onto the school property. The negative Kotila pointed out was that, in effect, it made Pinecone Road’s southbound exit a one way. Drivers going north could exit onto school property, but southbound drivers exiting the property would need to go down to the roundabout at 27th in order to reverse directions and head north. From a safety standpoint, Kotila said the three-fourths access would eliminate the two most dangerous hazards: the left turn out and the crossing-traffic movement. “Forty-four percent of intersection crashes are of those two types,” Kotila said. “That’s a significant opportunity to avoid those types of crashes.” The center three-fourths limited access does not impede drivers during non-school time, Kotila said, but in conjunction with the two roundabouts does slow traffic flow while not im-
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Mike Kotila of SEH listens carefully to an audience question dealing with his presentation on the use of roundabouts to control traffic speed around a new high school. peding it completely. Kotila referenced the speed problem facing the community of Northfield where they are trying to address a very similar issue of speed after the fact by using other tools to control the speed of drivers. “What they don’t have is the opportunity to put in a roundabout because they have already finished their reconstruction,” Kotila said. “They are looking at $1.5 million to plop in a roundabout, and that is pretty hard to do.” Kotila said what is being attempted is to be proactive in the planning approach so the difficulties faced in Northfield do not occur in Sartell.
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Our View Wobegon Trail extension looks like green-light go Any city these days without a hikingbiking trail should blush from embarrassment. Such trails have become an integral part of life in progressive cities. That is why we should be happy the Lake Wobegon Trail, at long last, will likely be extended as early as next fall. The latest move forward happened last week when the Stearns County Board of Commissioners agreed to pony up $200,000 for the extension. The three cities involved with trail-extension efforts have also committed to $200,000 each. Local funds, along with a bundle of state funds, will make the extension possible at a cost close to $5 million. The trail would be extended from its current eastern end in St. Joseph easterly across the Sauk River, into Waite Park and then to St. Cloud. It will eventually connect to the Beaver Island Trail System along the Mississippi River in downtown St. Cloud. The Wobegon Trail, which opened in September 1998, is a 46-mile bituminous trail, 10-feet wide, that extends from Sauk Centre to St. Joseph. It also connects to another trail system that goes as far west as Osakis. A northern extension of the trail in Avon goes north to the Holdingford area. The trail was built on an abandoned rail corridor bed owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway. The extension would also be constructed on that corridor. Getting the current trail from dream to reality took a long time, with complex negotiations and commitments from cities, the county, townships, parks departments, and state and federal agencies. So many people worked hard for years to see that trail constructed. It was worth all the effort. Since the very day of its opening, the Wobegon Trail has attracted walkers, bikers and in-line skaters from a wide area for individual, family and group recreation. Scores of events, many of them fundraisers, take place on the trail every year in the warmer months. All area cities in the greater St. Cloud area have hiking-biking trails. They have become such an expected amenity that many cities, such as Sartell, automatically include the need for them in just about every development-planning process for neighborhoods, parks and urban areas. They are ideal for safe recreation and healthy exercise along green spaces and pedestrian/biker-friendly bustling urban spots. They are also, incidentally, a boost to businesses along or near the trails. According to one study, there are 150 extended trail systems in the United States, similar to the Wobegon Trail, and they’ve proven to be very safe and heavily used. It’s so good to know that green spaces, waterways and trails are high on the priority lists of so many cities and people, including right here in Central Minnesota. It will be a pleasure to walk, bike or skate on that eastern Wobegon extension when it is – hopefully – soon constructed.
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Friday, Jan. 20, 2017
Sore losers? Yes, with good reasons Everybody is a liar except President Donald Trump, who so often doesn’t know the truth from a hole in the ground. If you criticize Trump, you’re a liar. If you prove Him wrong, you’re even a bigger liar. If you like Him, you’re a good guy, a really great guy, a phenomenal guy – for awhile, anyway. Roman emperors and later kings were notorious for that ego-distortion of reality; it led, in many cases, to their own undoing. Fatal hubris. Like Shakespeare’s King Lear, notably. The same ego-induced blindness afflicts modern demagogues, like Trump, who seem to think nations are companies and tyrants like Vladimir Putin are “strong leaders,” who conflate business deals with diplomacy, who prefer blustering swagger to genuine communication and who proclaim truth to be anything he says it is. We who voted for Clinton, against Trump, keep hearing a smarmy refrain from the Trumpers: “Aw, c’mon, get over it. Give him a chance. You’re just a bunch of sore losers.” Sore losers? You bet we are. And with good reasons. Watching Trump’s so-called press conference Jan. 11 was like seeing a circustent rehearsal for what the next four years will bring, with a dangerous ringmaster in charge, complete with sidekicks, props and rabbits pulled from hats. It was not a press conference by any stretch of the imagination. It was The Donald about to take over the world, standing there like a crowing rooster, doing what he does best: sneering, boasting,
Dennis Dalman Editor telling whoppers, hurling insults, bashing media, taking credit for things he didn’t do, fuming and sputtering, playing the put-upon victim and calling other people liars and purveyors of fake news. Ah, yes, Trump the master ought to know; takes one to know one (remember, Obama was NOT born in this country). That press conference, that Trump harangue, was a hit with die-hard Trumpers, who thrilled their hero was still in “top form” right at the cusp of his inauguration. For many months we who railed against The Donald were told by his supporters that we took him too seriously (duh!), that he (like Rush Limbaugh) is “just” an entertainer, that he doesn’t really mean what he says, that he’s only in an outrageous campaign mode and if he ever becomes president, he will change his demeanor and become a thoughtful, kind, decent leader with real presidential gravitas. We keep hearing how kind Trump is down deep? Deep is right. Where has he been hiding that treasure? Sure, some Trumpers grudgingly acknowledge, The Dastardly Donald did a cruel imitation of a disabled man; yes, he said some sexist comments against wom-
en; well, yeah, he insulted the parents of a war hero; OK, he did stereotype many ethnic and religious groups; and, yes, you betcha he’s chummy with Vladimir Putin. But, hey, isn’t that refreshing? I mean, it’s about time we get a president who’s not so politically correct. Strong leader. Smart man; that’s why he’s so rich. Trumpers wanted change, they said, and they got it – oh boy, did they get it! – the kind of change that appeals to the worst instincts in people. Of course, many who voted for Trump are sincere, good people who just could not tolerate even the sight of Hillary Clinton. Trump will change, they keep saying, keep hoping. You just wait, he’ll turn into a nice guy, friend of the working class, a fair and wise leader. I, myself, was hoping that would prove true, but his reckless behavior in the weeks since his election blasted my hopes to smithereens. Sorry, Trumpers. The leopard has not changed its spots. The campaign Trump, if anything, has become even more volatile as the President-elect Trump: arrogant, contradictory, ego-centric, immature, changeable, incoherent, indecisive, petulant, vengeful, tweet-crazed – the very character deficits so unsuitable for a president. We sore losers are not just sore; we are fearful for our country, for the world, for survival. We who dislike this Narcissistin-Chief so much actually wish, for the sake of humankind, an astonishing transformation will take place: from Crude Creep to Laudable Leader. Well, let’s cross our fingers. And our toes.
Letter to the editor:
Obamacare kaput? Choose plant-based diet Serge Nesbitt, Sartell With a Republican Congress bent on depriving 22 million Americans of medical insurance, this is a great time to provide our own, totally free and totally effective health insurance – a plant-based diet. A study with 131,000 participants in last year’s Internal Medicine study found consumption of animal protein is associated with a higher risk of death. A couple
of dozen other massive studies in the past four decades had similar findings. None reached opposite conclusions. According to the National Institutes of Health, 1.4 million, or 68 percent, of identified U.S. deaths are attributed to heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes, linked conclusively with consumption of animal products. Cost of medical care was estimated by National Institutes of Health at $3 trillion in 2014, or $24,000 per household, and rising at 6.5 percent
annually – nearly four times the rate of inflation. Incredibly, this amount rivals our national budget and represents 17.5 percent of our gross domestic product. Even so, it does not include the costs of lost productivity, disability and premature death. We have little control over the national cost of medical care. But each of us has a great deal of control over our household’s $24,000 share every time we visit the grocery store.
Know how to avoid fake news, Facebook In recent weeks, much has been made of fake news. Facing fire on the subject, as well as alleged Russian hacking efforts to help him, President-elect Trump recently held a meeting with many of the nation’s tech executives. Although many hold views in opposition to Mr. Trump, the leaders of Amazon, Facebook, Google and many others still decided to make their voices heard on a number of issues. Calls have also been made for these companies to take steps on their own to reduce the spread of disinformation on their sites. While fake news and propaganda certainly may have played a part in the outcome of the presidential election, it would be wrong to name those as the only factors. Both candidates were considered to be two of the most disliked in history. This manifested itself in the massive thirdparty vote last year. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson garnered more than 3 percent of the popular vote in November. This is the highest third-party vote share since Ross Perot in 1996. There is clearly dissatisfaction with both the Republicans and the Democrats, which fake news and other alternative media outlets will continue to capitalize on. As I’ve mentioned in a previous column, there are two main sides to the political Internet, the liberal side and the conservative side. The bridges between the two are few and far between. Like it or not, every news source has some sort of bias, intended or not, in the reporting and writing. This bias affects how different events are covered, and what information is shared with the public. The liberal and conservative sides of the Internet often
Connor Kockler Guest Writer have completely different takes on the exact same issue. They even have statistics and statements to corroborate their claims. Fake news sites take this divide to a whole new level. Some admit they are fake, but often they will not. Others have some truth within them but distort the facts to prove their point. So what is the solution? There is always a chance efforts to curb fake news, while well-meaning, could mistakenly classify true stories as false. They could also serve to censor stories that go against an editor’s or website’s biases. I feel giving people the skills they need to defend themselves against deceptive stories is a much more effective strategy. Fake and deceptive news can be spotted with little effort, using a few tips you should know. First, as with anything in life, if it sounds too good (or bad) to be true, it probably is. This is the first line of defense against falsehood, and it should work most of the time. Internet revenue is driven by page-clicks and advertisements, so outlandish headlines are used to draw you in and make money for websites. Often, once you have clicked on the article, there is very little substance to prove the
point because they’ve already done their job by getting you to go to the page. Second, read multiple sources. This helps to weed out realistic-sounding stories that seem a little fishy. Always be sure to cross-reference articles with another news source, preferably from the other side of the political spectrum. If two sources from opposite sides on the political spectrum have similar details, the story is most likely true. Third, do some research on the source. If the news site seems a little suspicious, put its name into a search engine and check out some articles or web encyclopedia pages. If it’s a reputable news organization, it most likely has some sort of history or research that has been done on it. If you can’t find anything about the organization besides its own site, be wary in trusting it. From the founding of our nation, the press and news have played a vital role in keeping citizens informed about issues and keeping our leaders accountable. Sensationalistic or false journalism has been with us for a long time, and it’s a shame it hurts the image of the many news people working every day to bring the public accurate information. Ultimately, it’s up to us as citizens to work together and figure out what sources of information we should trust. Inaccurate news, when exposed by vigilant and informed citizens, will cease to be an issue. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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Orndorff from page 3 “In a weird way, it’s been a blessing,” she said. “I ‘see’ the world in a very different perspective than I used to. I’m more connected to family and parents, and I’m more open and honest and close with friends. It’s as if I actually have a better set of eyes to see with now, to see the things that are important. I relate to that line in Second Corinthians, 5:7. “We walk by faith, not by sight.”
Adaptations
Kelly knows her adaptations will continue throughout her lifetime.
She now has a white cane and plans to get a leader dog, possibly through the Lions Club. She also plans to take lessons soon in braille, a way for the blind to read. “It’s quite easy to get around the house because I’ve lived in it for so long,” she said. She was surprised at how her other senses became sharper in a compensatory way after the loss of her vision. Even her fingertips seem to have become more sensitive, so much so she can pretty much choose which clothes she wants to wear by the texture of the materials, knowing one piece of clothing from another. It was and still is a joy when Kelly gets to hold her baby nephew (sister Andrea’s son Leo Maday.)
He is, she said, “a little ball of joy.” Kelly’s parents, though they grieved and shed so many tears, still find it hard to comprehend how their daughter endured so much pain, crushing disappointments and setbacks. “She has certainly been one tough gal who has never once fallen away from a positive attitude and spirit,” said her father. “She cried at the time the doctor walked into the ER and told her she had a brain tumor, but she only shed tears for a minute and then she reacted in a way I can’t understand some times. She has been positive, fearless, courageous, inspirational and a leader for most of us. Jane and I have cried countless tears, and she (Kelly) is telling us to be strong. Oh my!”
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SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 748 CALL FOR QUOTE PROPOSALS TEMPERATURE CONTROLS CONTRACTORS The Sartell-St. Stephen Independent School District 748 is pre-qualifying a list of Temperature Controls Contractors (TCC) for upcoming projects that will require Building Automation System (BAS) HVAC temperature controls. The goal of this RFQ process is to systematically identify a short list of qualified TCCs. After review, the final three qualified TCCs will then be listed in the
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SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT SECTION 001113 - CALL FOR BIDS The Administration recommends the Board of Education authorize a Call for Bids for Sartell-St. Stephen School District – Pine Meadow Elementary Remodel, Existing Middle School Remodel, Oak Ridge Elementary HVAC Upgrades. Sartell-St. Stephen School District will receive sealed bids at the district office at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. Plan availability on or after Jan. 6, 2017. Contact the offices of Winkelman Building Corp. for access. 320-253-2411. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held for the Sartell-St. Stephen School District ISD 748 School Remodel projects at Oak Ridge Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary and Sartell Middle
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Awards from front page son of Granite City Real Estate, now lives in Annandale but hails from Sartell. Burns and Hanson are two of the five award recipients in the “5 Under 40” category; Maricle-Roberts is one of two in the “2 Under 20” category. The other honoree in the “Under 20” category is Marisa Gaetz of St. Joseph, a St. John’s Prep School graduate now studying math at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The four other honorees in the “Under 40” category are Emily Coborn, vice president of fresh merchandising with Coborn’s grocery stores; Ryan Gerads, attorney and shareholder with the firm of Gray Plant Mooty; and Hudda Ibrahim, instructor of diversity and social justice, and advisor for foreign-born students at St. Cloud Technical & Community College and owner of Filsan Consultant LLC. The “Under” awards are given annually to those who consistently demonstrate innovation, leadership and community service. Each year, the awards are sponsored by (St. Cloud) Times Media with support from Falcon National Bank, HealthPartners Central Minnesota and the Initiative Foundation.
Maricle-Roberts
Now a senior at Apollo High School, Josh Maricle-Roberts is active in 4-H, choir, theater, Nordic skiing, Knowledge Bowl and National Honor Society. He is also a table-waiter at Kay’s Kitchen in St. Joseph, a city in which he and his family used to live. One of Maricle-Roberts’ favorite volunteer jobs is shelving books a the Waite Park branch of the Great River Regional Library System. Maricle-Roberts plans to enroll in Concordia College, Moorhead, and hopes to become a teacher and/or researcher, especially in one of his prime passions, history. Among Maricle-Roberts’ hobbies are playing strategic board games such as Axis and Allies.
Burns
Hailing from the hometown of Kokomo, Ind., Bryan Burns worked for the Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester, N.Y. and at the Brunswick Corp. in Knoxville, Tenn. Then, one day many years ago, he moved to Sartell after receiving a request for his expertise from Crestliner (boat company) in Little Falls. Later, he was asked to help with the production line at DeZURIK, the long-time valve manufacturer in Sartell. He accepted. Six years later, in 2013, he assumed leadership of the
company. Burns is credited with expanding DeZURIK’s international market with new market lines and with many innovations in customer-service quality. When asked about his most important influences, he mentioned Larry Korf and Al Kremers, both former CEOs of DeZURIK and Rick Bauerly, operator of Granite Equity of St. Cloud. Burns holds a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s of business administration from Duke University, Durham, N.D. Burns, 39, is a member of the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA
Board, a member of the Community Schools Planning Initiative for the Sartell-St. Stephen School District and does some teaching at Anderson Center. Burns and his wife, Hilary, have three children: Addison, 11; Caitlyn, 9; and Alex, 6.
Hanson
Kate Hanson, who grew up in Sartell, earned a bachelor’s degree in real estate from St. Cloud State University. As vice president of commercial brokerage for Granite City Real Estate, Hanson has become an expert at facilitating business
Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 development throughout central Minnesota. Hanson is former vice chair of the St. Cloud Downtown Council and a board member of the Minnesota Commercial Association of Real Estate/Realtors. She is also a volunteer for Grey Face Rescue and Retirement, a foster-based care program for aging dogs in central Minnesota. She enjoys volunteering for her son’s Cub Scout group and works with the Annandale Elementary School. Hanson’s fiancé is Jesse Nelson. She has two children – Carter, 9; and Reese, 5.
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