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Kid’s ice fishing clinic to be held Jan. 31
The St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club is sponsoring a kid’s ice fishing clinic from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 31 at the American Legion in St. Joseph. Registration will be from 8:30-9 a.m. Advanced registration is encouraged. For more information and cost, head to stjoerodandgunclub.org.
Search is on for Child Care Provider of Year
Do you know an awesome childcare provider in Stearns or Benton counties? Show your appreciation by nominating them for Child Care Provider of the Year. The nomination process is easy: go to SBCCAofMN.com for a nomination form; then, fill out the nomination form and write a letter of recommendation; and, finally, send in your completed form and letter postmarked no later than Feb. 20.
Local artists sought for Vikings stadium art
The Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, along with Sports and the Arts, are seeking Minnesota-based artists to create artwork for the new stadium. They want to create a “one-of-akind, museum-quality art collection.” If you’re an artist interested in the project, send a bio, up to eight sample images of your work and any other relevant information via PDF to art@newminnesotastadium.com. Works considered for submission are paintings, sketches/drawings, mixed media, photography, sculptures, murals and digital art. Artist submissions will be accepted Feb. 1-March 31. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 23 Criers.
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If all goes well, the groundbreaking for a Sartell Community Center will take place sometime in early June 2016, and construction of the longdeferred wish will begin. A preliminary project schedule was released by Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni during a special council meeting Jan. 12. The plan is based on directives the council had given to city staff about the steps that must be taken to give shape to a community center, to take the nebulous concept and make it a brick-and-mortar reality, so to speak. The council has agreed a center should definitely be built within the next year or two. Increasingly so in recent months, some Sartell residents have ex-
pressed to the council their impatience in waiting for the center to materialize. The topic has come up again and again as an agenda item at councils during the past 15 years. A site committee was formed, but nothing definite has ever been decided as to where a center should be built or what amenities it should contain. A community center has long been at the very top of Sartell residents’ priorities, according to several polls taken throughout the years. Center advocates, including all the members of the city council and the new mayor, Sarah Jane Nicoll, agree a center should be built primarily with revenue from the regional half-cent sales tax. About $1.2 million of those funds have been set aside for that purpose, Center • page 5
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Sartell Middle School seventh-grader Janagan Ramanathan (middle) recently won the schoolwide Geography Bee. Mathew Bolton (right) took second place and Luc Westling took third place. Shown with the boys is Sartell Middle School Principal Julie Tripp. Ramanathan, whose older brother Gopi also won many geography bees, now has a chance to take a qualifying test for the chance to advance to state competition April 5. The state winners then go to the National Geography Bee in Washington, D.C., where they have a chance to win a $25,000 scholarship.
Four appointed to two city commissions Two Sartell commissions will get off to a fresh start this year with the appointments of four new members, which the council approved at its Jan. 12 meeting. The two new members of the Economic Development Commission are Dawn Loberg and Frank Wohletz. Wohletz was appointed to serve through Dec. 31,
2017 and Loberg Dec. 31, 2015. The new members of the Sartell Planning Commission are Anna Gruber and Dawn Moen. Gruber is expected to serve until Dec. 31, 2017 and Moen through Dec. 31, 2016. The four candidates were interviewed last month by council members Steve Hennes, Amy
Braig-Lindstrom and David Peterson and were then recommended for council approval, which was granted. The other three current members of the planning commission are Ryan Fitzthum and Gary Ormann, whose terms expire at the end of 2015; and Glen Person, whose term will expire at the
end of 2016. The other current members of the economic development commission and their terms of expiration are Brian Dauer (end of 2016), Jim Illies Jr. (end of 2017), Mike Schoenecker (end of 2015), Bruce Stainbrook (end of 2015), Julie Whitney (end of 2015) and Heladio Zavala (end of 2016).
Woman shares bucket-list visit to polar bears by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Free seminar Feb. 21 on gardening knowledge
Although we are still in the heart of winter, it isn’t too early to start thinking about gardening. Consider joining the Stearns County Extension Master Gardeners at their Gardening Knowledge For Free event on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Whitney Senior Center in St. Cloud. Gardening Knowledge For Free is a half-day event for any gardener interested in learning more. Three 50-minute sessions will be held. For more information, or to register for this event, call the University of Minnesota Extension Stearns County office at 320-255-6169 or 800-450-6171 or register online at http://z.umn.edu/2015gkffs. Space is limited so register early. Coffee and rolls will be available for a free-will donation.
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After her talk about polar bears, Debi Pack (left) chats with members of the Sartell Senior Connection who enjoyed her presentation in words, photos and videos. contributed photo
Less than a foot or two away from a window in the Polar Bear Rover, this bear stared right into the face of Debi Pack just before she snapped a close-up shot of the magnificent creature.
Polar bears are cute but it’s best not to pet one. Those who try would likely lose a hand – or maybe even another appendage, like a head. Debi Pack ought to know. She spent a week among polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba and learned up close how cute but dangerous the big bears can be. Pack gave a talk and slide-show presentation to the Sartell Senior Connection Jan. 13. Appropriately enough, her audience chomped on Yukon Polar Bear ice-cream bars during Pack’s entertaining talk. Pack is a former first-grade teacher who lives in St. Cloud. Ever since she was a girl, she had a fascination with polar
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bears and had a longing to see them up-close in their environment. As she grew older, her wish ended up at the top of her Bucket List. One day, about two years ago, her husband presented her with a gift envelope with a picture of a polar bear on the front of it. Inside was a certificate for a Polar Bear tour in Churchill, on the southwest edge of Hudson Bay. The ticket was just for her. But when she told a friend, Marge, she was so excited she, too, decided to buy a ticket for the tour. In November 2014, the two friends drove to Winnipeg. From there, they took a 2.5hour flight to the airport just outside of Churchill, a small village of only 800 people that Bears • page 4
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2 Two Sartell students were recently named to the high honors list at Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall. They are the following: Joshua Hughes and Monica Pick. Students must achieve a 4.0 grade-point average to qualify for the honor.
Christopher Genberg of Sartell was recently named to the fall dean’s list at Rochester (Minn.) Community and Technical College. To qualify, students must maintain a grade-point average between 3.0 and 4.0. Jared Baxa of Sartell was recently named to the high honor roll at the University of WisconsinMadison.
Three Sartell students were recently named to the fall semester honors list at Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall. They are the following: Michaela Fassler, Callie Frank and Carly Spoden. Students must achieve a 3.5-3.99 grade-point average to qualify for the honor.
Two Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They are the following: Zachary Heim and Megan Murphy.
Adult and Pediatric Urology, Sartell, has joined CentraCare Health and has changed its name to CentraCare Clinic – Adult and Pediatric Urology. APU will continue to operate at 2351 Connecticut Ave., Sartell, with the same providers, phone number and clinic hours. “Other than changing our name, we don’t expect our patients or the community to notice any big changes,” said Greg Parries, MD, Adult and Pediatric Urology. “However, by integrating more closely with CentraCare Clinic, our patients will benefit from many behind-
the-scenes advanced services that a larger clinic can provide.” “We are excited to partner with Adult and Pediatric Urology,” said David Tilstra, MD, president of CentraCare Clinic. “They have a strong reputation for quality care, being recognized, along with St. Cloud Hospital, as one of America’s Best Hospitals for urology in US News and World Report three times within the past 10 years.” APU, which has been serving Central Minnesota since 1981, employs eight board-certified physicians, five physician assistants and 58 support staff. APU serves pa-
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Haley Klundt of Sartell was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of WisconsinLaCrosse. Students must maintain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to earn this honor. Six Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. They are the following: Tarin Anding, Rachel Bachman, Matthew Husmann, Krystal Kreutzer, Rachel Scharf and Janelle Thienes. Students must maintain a minimum 3.7 gradepoint average to qualify. tients at its Sartell clinic as well as 14 outreach locations. They are the largest full-service urology clinic in Central Minnesota. CentraCare Health is a notfor-profit health care system that includes hospitals in St. Cloud, Long Prairie, Melrose, Monticello, Paynesville and Sauk Centre, six nursing homes, senior housing in six communities and 18 clinics. CentraCare also operates numerous specialty services, including the CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center, Coborn Cancer Center and the CentraCare Kidney Program.
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Team BeatBotz members from Boy Scouts Troop 211 (left to right) Peter Amundson, Zach Christopherson, Josh Harrington and Callan Markey recently competed and were named tournament champions at the ‘Dream It. Do It. Southern Minnesota VEX Robotics Tournament.’ The team qualified for the ‘Dream It. Do It. Minnesota State Robotics Tournament’ which will be hosted Jan. 23-24 by St. Cloud Technical and Community College at the River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud. Teams will compete for invitations to the World Championship at the state tournament. To learn more about robotics and this competition, visit dreamitdoitmn.com.
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If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 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.
Jan. 1 1:12 a.m. Verbal. 1st Street N. While on patrol, an officer found an adult female walking on the side of the road. She stated she was in a verbal argument with her husband and wanted to walk. The officer spoke with the husband, who also stated the argument was only verbal. The female stated she would return to the residence and she needed no further assistance. 5:42 p.m. Agency assist. Riviera Road. An officer assisted a local agency with an elderly female who was choking on food. The officer arrived and was able to dislodge the food. The female stated she needed no further assistance. Jan. 2 9:05 p.m. Verbal. Riverside Avenue S. A report was made regarding an adult male and an adult female arguing. Officers arrived and both parties stated that the argument was only verbal and they had both calmed down. They stated they needed no further assistance. 11:59 p.m. Suspicious activity. Riverside Avenue. A report was made regarding noises coming from a residence that neighbors believed to be vacant. Officers arrived and located an intoxicated male attempting to enter the resi-
dence. He was taken into custody and transported to detox without incident. Jan. 3 2:36 a.m. Noise. 7th Avenue S. A complaint was made regarding noise coming from a residence. An officer arrived and could hear loud conversations and a party inside. The resident agreed to keep the noise down. 7:14 p.m. Suspicious activity. Bechtold Drive. A report was made regarding a residence being unlocked while the owners were out of town. The owner stated the residence was locked prior to the family leaving. Officers cleared the residence and found nothing out of order and they secured the home. Jan. 4 8:46 a.m. Open door. 3rd Avenue N. A report was made regarding a shed door open on school property. An officer found the door had broken due to the wind. The door was closed and secured. 9:35 p.m. Theft. Walmart. A female was witnessed attempting to leave the store with unpaid merchandise and violating a trespassing order. She admitted to the theft and was issued a citation for both violations. Jan. 5 1:09 a.m. Noise. 11th Avenue E. A complaint was made regarding noise coming from a residence. Officers checked the area and did not hear any loud noises. 8:27 p.m. Traffic stop. Le Sauk Drive. A vehicle was witnessed stopping in the middle of a roadway. The officer found the driver did not have a valid license. He
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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 sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: Feb. 19, 2015 at 10 a.m. 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
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Sabre boys’ swim-dive team heads to state at U of M
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 The Sartell Sabre Boys redemption period is reduced to Swim and Dive Team won five weeks under MN Stat. Secs. the Section 3A True Team 580.07 or 582.032.
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MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED ids-Rice High School. FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGAThey will now compete TION ON MORTGAGE: None at the Class A State True “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 of Mortgagee 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
Team meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Aquatics Center at the University of Minnesota. Of the eight teams competing, the Sartell Sabres earned 1,795.5 points, 292.5 more points that Monticello, which finished second. Hutchinson was third with 1,233.5 points; Dassel-Cokato-Litchfield was fourth; Sauk RapidsRice fifth; St. Cloud Apollo sixth; Willmar seventh; Montevideo eighth and Rocori ninth. The Sabres’ win is the
sixth time in a row they have won at the sectional True Team meet in the past 10 years. Two standouts in the meet were Sabre swimmers Mitchell Dockendorf and Spencer Sathre. Dockendorf finished first in the 200 IM race with a time of 2:08:46 and first in the backstroke with a time of 57:31. He was also a member of the 200-medley relay team and a member of the 400-freestyle relay team. Sathre took first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:48:84 and first place in the 500-freestyle race at 5:01:38. He was also a member of the 200-freestyle relay and a member of the 400-freestyle team.
ST. JOSEPH ROD AND GUN CLUB 22nd ANNUAL
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If cancelled because of poor ice/weather, NO RESCHEDULE. Refunds upon request.
NOON-2:30 P.M. • KRAEMER LAKE
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PRIZES: Two Categories: Game and Pan Fish
$200 FOR LARGEST FISH $150 FOR 2nd LARGEST $100 FOR 3rd LARGEST
GRAND PRIZES: An overnight fish house rental for 4 people on Upper Red Lake! Donated by JR’s Corner Access. Sign up at the lake. Must be present to win.
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First 200 Kids (13 & Under) Receive A Free Piece of Fishing Equipment With Valid Ticket!
Lunch and RefReshments Restrooms & Warming House Available Tickets Available at Stop Light Bait, St. Cloud; Super America, Cold Spring; American Legion, St. Joseph; St. Joseph Liquor Shoppe, St. Joseph; SuperAmerica (formerly BP), St. Joseph or online at www.stjoerodandgunclub.org
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alert at all times for bears that would appear. The group toured across the tundra daily in a reinforced giant bus (Bear Rover) with large wheels, bear-proof. Pack learned quickly it was sometimes hard to spot bears, partly because the many boulders and rocks in the snowy terrain can often resemble polar bears. Other times they cannot be seen because of snows driven by raging winds – so cold a person can freeze in a matter of minutes.
Bears own it contributed photos
Polar bears are so effectively insulated against Arctic cold that infrared photography cannot detect heat escaping from their bodies except only from their breath’s exhalations.
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The town can have a middle-of-nowhere feeling because it’s only accessible by air or a twice-weekly train, Pack noted. from front page There is only one main road – swells to 3,000 in the tourist the 18-mile one leading from seasons, the names of which the airport to the town. As their are dubbed Polar Bear, North- plane landed, the two women ern Lights and Beluga Whale. spotted three polar bears am-
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bling near the landing strip, a good omen for more bearsightings. There were 16 people from various states in Pack’s Polar Bear Tour, some from as far away as South Carolina. Pack was appointed the official bear spotter and had to be on the
In a very real sense, polar bears “own” Churchill during the months when there is no ice on Hudson Bay, forcing the bears to roam the edges of the lake in search of scraps of food. And food is scarce, consisting only of rotting kelp, some crustaceans or insects, occasional berries and now and then a fox or some other wintry creature. Bears often take long hibernation-type sleeps to conserve
energy. For thousands of years, generations of bears have come to wander the shore long before any human settlements. To the bears, humans are curious nuisances who get in their way. Bears, most of them males either alone or in groups of up to five, wander right into town. People are known to carry firecrackers to scare them away. In some cases plastic darts have to be fired at the creatures or in more serious cases tranquilizer darts. When it becomes necessary to tranquilize one, it’s hauled off to the Polar Bear Jail in town where it stays with other jail “inmates” until they can be released when Hudson Bay, once again, freezes up. In the jail, the bears are not fed but stay there lounging or sleeping. Feeding bears is a bad idea because they learn quickly to return again where there is a food supply. Each year, there are about 300 bears who roam in the area in and near Churchill, which is dubbed the Polar
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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 Bear Capital of the World. The town has a squad of Polar Bear Police ready to answer the polar-bear alert number and rush off to help keep the bears and the people separated. It’s required all residents not lock their house doors. That is because if a bear is spotted, people can and do rush into homes even of strangers to avoid the big beasts. And “big” is no exaggeration. A polar bear can weigh as much as 1,500 pounds and stand on hind legs as tall as 13 feet. Although their faces and actions are “cute,” they are anything but cuddly for human beings. They must be avoided at all costs. Dangerous as the bears are, however, purposeful attacks against humans are very rare.
In Churchill, there have been only a few people killed because of polar-bear encounters in the past 300 years, according to Polar Bears International. However, potentially lethal bear and human contacts are likely to increase because of climate-change factors, according to polar-bear experts. The ice on Hudson Bay generally melts at the end of July, and the lake does not freeze solid until sometime in December, which means the bears, forced to stay on land, must go very hungry for at least four months. Though it was unexpected, Pack had a face-to-face encounter with a bear.
The group was in their stopped Polar Rover when Pack saw a bear slowly approach the vehicle by the window of the driver’s seat. She rolled down the window to get a better photo. She was distracted for a few seconds. When she looked back, holding her camera, the bear – as if ready for his close-up – had stuck its face right up to the window as it made a snuffling sound. She quickly snapped a photo. Just then, the skilled driver of the rover dashed over to Pack’s seat and scolded her loudly, slamming the window and telling her never, ever to open a window like that again. She told him the bear had made a snuffling sound.
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January 2015. • Selection of a construction manager: February and March 2015. • Fundraising, if needed: February through March 2015. • Programming phase with community input to decide exactly which amenities a center should house: March through June 2015. • Cost estimates: May 2015 through January 2016. • Site selection, surveys, soil testing (these are predicated upon multiple sites chosen during the programming and early schematics): May through July 2015. • Schematic designs drawn up: July through September 2015. • Operations management
decisions for how the center, once built, will be managed and maintained: August through November 2015. • Design development: September through December 2015. • Council decision on funding: October 2015. • Construction documents drawn up: December 2015 through March 2016. • City financing actions and resolutions: February and March 2016. • Bidding process and other negotiations: April and May 2016. • Council consideration of bids: May 2016. • Groundbreaking ceremony: June 2016. • Construction to begin: June 2016.
from front page and more funds could follow now that voters have approved an extension of that tax to the year 2025. The plan released by Degiovanni is intended to facilitate the community-center project step by step. The following are the tasks and their time frames as spelled out by the plan: • Selection of architect: January 2015. • Establishment of a Community Foundation Fund, if desired, to help pay for some incidental costs of the project:
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That sound, he told her, is the sound of aggression. Pack had learned her lesson, but she is still happy the close encounter produced a wonderful close-up photo of a “cute” polar bear’s curious face.
Wish come true
Pack’s visit to the polar bears was a long-delayed wish come true, something that would probably never have happened without her husband’s surprise gift. She still gets shivering thrills when she sees her photos of the magnificent creatures she finally had a chance to experience in the wild and, in one stunning instance, with a close-up.
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This is one of thousands of photos taken by Debi Pack during her polar-bear trip to Churchill, Manitoba. It shows how male polar bears often spar, which is a mixture of play and aggression.
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Our View This exciting new year will be ‘Year of Community Center’
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the Sartell Community Center won’t be, either. Some city residents have long wondered if a center will be built at all. Ever. But have hope: It’s going to happen. It’s a virtual certainty a center will be constructed and be ready for all to enjoy as early as the winter of 2016. Construction should begin in early June 2016, according to a step-by-step center schedule released by Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni Jan. 12. (see related story in today’s paper). There are bound to be some glitches and setbacks along the way, but the schedule should gladden the hearts of all center enthusiasts, which includes the vast majority of Sartell residents who have wanted such a center for at least the past 15 years. Many have asked: What’s taking so much time? Why is there never any forward movement toward a center? Why does it keep seeming to end up on the back burner of city business? Those are good questions. The city, in partnership with private fundraisers, has spent an enormous amount of time and effort on creating Pinecone Central Park in the past few years, and a good thing, too, because that park is a wonderful asset for the city and for the whole area. But now, finally, it’s time for the city to spend an equal amount of time and effort on a community center. The time-frame schedule should keep everyone’s attention focused on the task at hand, step by step, from selection of an architect and construction manager (this January and February) to site plans, cost estimates, operational details (the rest of this year and early next) to the groundbreaking in June 2016. Much has been made over the issue of whether to build a center from scratch or retro-fit one into an existing building. Retro-fitting sometimes works for some kinds of functions, such as businesses, but it would be a Procrustean disaster for a community center, cramming this or that amenity into the nooks and crannies of an existing structure, no matter how big. Besides, retro-fitting is in most cases more expensive than constructing a new building right from scratch. Another topic of debate is where to site a center. There are three obviously good choices: near the city hall in Pinecone Regional Park, along Pinecone Road in south Sartell (an area some want to see as a “downtown” area someday) or in Pinecone Central Park. The latter would be an ideal site for a number of reasons: plenty of room, scenic beauty and ease of access. We hope the city does not stint on amenities for the center or on the building itself. This longdelayed dream deserves the very best, not some concatenation of cut-rate compromises. It must be a center residents will use and be proud of for many years to come. It must also be built with possible expansions in mind. There should be plenty of half-cent sales-tax revenue to afford a fine-quality center with an excellent variety of amenities, including a branch library and a senior center. Hip-hip hooray! This new year is going to be a very exciting year in Sartell; it will be, at long last, the Year of the Community Center.
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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Opinion What makes science deniers tick?
What makes science deniers tick – especially those who insist that manmade climate change is a lie? There are almost as many reasons as deniers. Here are just nine: • Global warming was a hoax perpetrated by Al Gore in his 2006 film, An Inconvenient Truth. Because Gore is so far-left liberal, he and any of his theories are not to be believed. Climate-change notions are touted just to put the skids on American industry through energy-use regulations. Thus, it’s an attack on freemarket capitalism, a way to weaken America. • Climate change might be true, but it’s a natural cycle and has nothing to do with humans’ energy use on Earth. Glaciers covered much of the world. Then, the Earth warmed up; the glaciers melted. Cycles. T’was ever thus. • God, in His perfect plan, would make sure humankind would not be able to ruin the Earth forever. God put coal and oil on Earth for us to use. • Climate change due to carbondioxide emissions is preposterous because there has always been carbon dioxide on Earth. (That brilliant assertion comes courtesy of former Rep. Michele Bachmann.) • Just because most scientists claim people cause climate change does not make it so. It’s like those so-called experts who claim we evolved from other life forms, which is ridiculous because how does a clam or a zebra turn into a human? Other scientists claim the Earth is 4.5 billion years old. It’s not; it’s only 6,000 years old, and that’s a fact because the Bible tells me so. • Global warming is a joke. If it’s warming up, how come last winter was so cold? • Never trust nutty professors,
Dennis Dalman Editor egghead scientists or kooky tree-huggers. They all live in a dream world. • Catastrophic weather events are not increasing; it’s just they’re reported more, so it just seems like there’s more of them. • We don’t have enough accurate science yet to prove global warming is occurring. No, dear readers, I did not make up those reasons. I have heard them and read them time and again from science deniers. And let me hasten to add, I don’t criticize all deniers. Some of them are sincerely convinced enough accurate science is not in yet; thus they are skeptical, reserving judgment, as in Reason #8 above. As for me, I’m a believer – a science believer. While I’m no expert on the subject, far from it, it’s a stark fact humankind has been polluting and over-populating this planet ever since the invention of the internal-combustion engine. Such relentless pollution, caused by more and more people, has catastrophic consequences now and even more so in the future. A story in the Jan. 16 New York Times reports 2014 was the hottest of the past 134 years. The 10 warmest years in that time frame all occurred since 1997. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there have been alarming rises in 2013 in levels of greenhouse gases, global temperatures and the seas.
Sea levels have risen by 3.2 millimeters (give or take 0.4) each year for the past two decades. The weather station at the South Pole registered a record-high temperature in 2013. Those findings – and more – are listed in the NOAA’s State of the Climate Report for 2013. It was compiled by 425 scientists from 57 countries and based on independent data from monitoring stations everywhere on Earth. Those readings show continuing increases in levels of carbon dioxide, ethane and nitrous oxide. China has become the Smog Monster of pollution, and the air in Beijing was so bad during President Obama’s recent visit, they had to shut down many factories for a day or two. It’s ironic (or should I say appropriate?) that Obama and the Chinese signed an emissions agreement in that filthy city. How people can deny hard scientific data is hard to fathom. What’s puzzling is one would think even those who scoff at manmade climate change would, nevertheless, join those who strive to limit carbon-fuel emissions into our water and air. Who wouldn’t want to rally for a cleaner planet? Who wouldn’t want to stop pollutant filth from mucking up life for this generation and the coming ones? Fine, go ahead and sneer at climate change, but at least join the push for cleaner energies. Another good reason to join the cause is the world is going to run out of fossil fuels sooner or later. If we don’t push – now – to develop alternative energy sources, we’ll be in real trouble. Joining forces for reduction and elimination of pollutants is just as important as joining forces against terrorism. Both threaten our very existence.
Of monologues, dialogues and the difference I keep in my desk a copy of the U.S. Constitution as well as the Bill of Rights. I re-read them occasionally to remind me of the great gifts I receive just by being an American. Today I want to talk about the Bill of Rights and specifically the First Amendment. I won’t print the entire amendment but you will remember it as the “freedom of religion, press, speech and assembly” amendment. We, as Americans, have the right to express ourselves. We can have our opinions published for all the world to see. We have newspapers that publish their thoughts as well as ours. This is called the “Op-Ed” page, or opinion/editorial page. The paper has an opinion and writers offer their opinions. They often disagree. The page then becomes a discussion-of-issues page. You will agree then there is a difference between monologue and dialogue. A speech is a monologue and a discussion is dialogue. When a writer offers a column he offers his opinion and thought – or a monologue. When a reader disagrees and offers a counterpoint, that becomes dialogue. We are blessed to have the freedom of expression that allows for such disagreements. What happened in France was an attack on the freedom of speech and
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer expression. While France doesn’t have a First Amendment, they still enjoy free speech and expression. The terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo have no interest in dialogue. They only want monologue. They believe you do not have the right to disagree. You do not have the right to your own opinion. Your only option is to obey. Well, of course, that is never going to happen. Years ago there was a song that had a lyric, “How you gonna keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” Once reasonable, intelligent people have tasted freedom, they will never return to servitude. When you have breathed free air, any other condition chokes the life out of you. The primary reason radical Islamic terrorism will fail is the world will never return to the 12th Century. Along the way they will be an ongoing irritant. They will kill some people. They themselves will all die horrible deaths. Freedom will endure and freedom will reign. But
it’s not now nor has it ever been free. I welcome the opportunity to offer my opinion/monologue to this paper. I value equally your willingness to offer your thoughts/opinions both in agreement and in rebuttal. I am honored by the fact my thoughts are read and considered. Dialogue and discussion is the basic foundation of our democracy. I think an excellent exercise for all would be to get a copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and re-read them. They are easily available online. We all need to remind ourselves of the blessings we enjoy as Americans. We need to remind ourselves of the reasons we are who we are. Dialogue, discussion and disagreement are the foundation by which we advance. They are the cornerstones of discovery. “The world is flat.” “No, it ‘s round and I am going to prove it.” Disagreement leads to discovery. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.
Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
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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/finearts/visual-arts.
world, 7 p.m., Atwood Little Theatre, St. Cloud State University, 651 1st Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-3083093. Tuesday, Jan. 27 Toddler Time, for ages 18 months-3 years, registration required, 10:15-10:35 a.m. & 11-11:20 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320650-2500. griver.org.
Saturday, Jan. 24 Teen open mic night, share your poetry, short story or other writing, 4-4:45 p.m., Mississippi Room, St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-6502500. griver.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 28 Toddler Time, for ages 18 months-3 years, registration required, 10:15-10:35 a.m. & 11-11:20 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320650-2500. griver.org. Faculty voice recital, 8 p.m., Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 363-5777. csbsju. edu/music.
Sunday, Jan. 25 Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Choir, 8:30 & 10:30 a.m., Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road N., Sartell. mntc.org. 1-218-833-8760. 8th Annual Sons of Norway Barnelopet, children’s Nordic fun ski event, ages 3-13, 1 p.m., registration begins at 11:30 a.m., Riverside Park, 1800 Kilian Blvd., St. Cloud. 763-232-4921. stcloud@mysl.org. nordicskiclubcentralmn.org. Monday, Jan. 26 Sartell City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. 320-253-2171. Trevor Paglen, artist combines science, journalism and other disciplines to change how we see the
Thursday, Jan. 29 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell.
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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Stearns County sets 2015 budget, levy The Stearns County Board of Commissioners approved its final budget and levy for 2015. The board approved a budget of nearly $131-million, a 1.61-percent reduction in spending. Although spending is down, the budget does include a levy increase of 1.8 percent, a total levy of $69.5 million, due to increased caseloads in Human Services and a reduction in
federal and state aid. The budget also calls for spending an additional $1.8 million on roads; most of that funding coming from the recently enacted wheelage tax. The budget was approved on a 3-to-2 vote, with Commissioners DeWayne Mareck, Leigh Lenzmeier and Steve Notch voting for the proposal, calling it reasonable and agreeing
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to look at non-mandated county programs next year. After some discussion the last few months on nonmandated services, the board voted in November to make cuts to the Sentence to Service program. STS is a program that offers an alternative to jail or fines, allowing clients to re-pay the public through community service work at non-profits or government
agencies. Commissioners eliminated one of two STS crews and the building leased for inside STS work, saving the county approximately $100,000. Despite an increased levy, most property tax payers in Stearns County will see a reduction in their county property tax. The decrease in taxes is due to a 2.6-percent increase in tax capacity, mostly from the addi-
tional taxes generated from new utilities – the new power lines running through Stearns County. On average, agricultural properties will see a tax increase, but this increase is off-set by the average $200 state agricultural credit. The public can get budget details, and leave comments, on Stearns County’s website at StearnsCountyMN.gov.