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Town Crier Romantic Movie ‘Match Up’ winner announced
The winner of the romantic evening for two from the Newsleaders’ Valentine’s Day contest was chosen randomly from among all correct entries received before 1 p.m. Feb. 13. The winner from the Sartell community is Erin Ehrecke. We hope all of you had as much fun playing as we did creating the contest.
Join foundation; receive free spruce trees
Anyone from Minnesota who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in February will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees to plant when the weather turns warm. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, between March 1 and May 31, with enclosed planting instructions. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow, or they will be replaced free of charge. Members also receive a subscription to the Foundation’s colorful bimonthly publication, Arbor Day, and The Tree Book, which contains information about planting and care. To learn more about becomeing a member of the foundation and to receive the free trees, head to our website, thenewsleaders. com and click on Feb. 20 criers.
Team up to mentor a youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for Big Couples. Two adults can team up to mentor a youth. “Couples” may be a spouse, significant other or close friend. As a Big Couple, the two mentors provide a child with a team of support. Big Couples will be enrolled in the community-based program to provide friendship, emotional support and hope to young people with whom they are matched. The volunteers will meet with their Little three to four times a month for 12 months. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Feb. 20 criers.
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For the better part of a day, Katlyn Ramseth was in a daze of disbelief, wondering if it was all just a dream. But no, it wasn’t a dream. She and her Sabre dance team did, in fact, earn the class AA high-kick state championship Feb. 14 at Minneapolis Target Center. “We had this dream for so long, and now we know that dreams come true,” Ramseth told the Sartell Newsleader the day after the big win. Ramseth, a senior, is the daughter of Karen and Erik Ramseth of contributed photo Sartell. She is a team captain for the Katlyn (left) and Kelsey Ramseth were both on Sabre Sabre dancers, along with Miranda Dance teams that won high-kick state championships – Garman. Both were named to the Kelsey’s team in 2011 and Katlyn’s just last week. state’s All-Tournament team.
“It felt so perfect, our dancing,” she said. “Nothing could have been better. We were so happy with how we danced.” Katlyn’s sister, Kelsey, also knows dreams come true. Kelsey was a Sabre dancer in 2011, when the team also took the high-kick state championship. In the three years since, the team took second place every time at the state tournament. Kelsey is now a student at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, where she is studying nursing. At the high-kick competition at Target Center, Kelsey was in the audience, proud of her sister, reliving happy memories and cheering loudly for the Sabre team. Also cheering were Katlyn’s parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and so Sisters • page 7
Community Showcase set for Feb. 28 More than 60 Sartell area businesses will have vendor booths at the 10th annual Sartell Community Showcase from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 at Sartell Middle School. Every February, the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce organizes the free family-oriented event so residents in Sartell and elsewhere have a chance to meet business owners and employees and to learn about the vast variety of goods and services they offer.
Besides informational booths, the Community Showcase will have many kids’ activities, entertainment and interesting demonstrations. Typically, the event draws more than 2,000 people. This year’s showcase is sponsored by PineCone Vision Center. contributed photo
Hunter Williams, of Sartell, gets his face painted at the “Just 4 Laffs” booth at Sartell Community Expo in 2013.
Three urge council: Round and round we go... no more center delays by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
At the open forum portion of the last Sartell City Council meeting, three city residents urged the council not to delay any longer and to move swiftly with plans for a Sartell Community Center.
Frey
Erica Frey, a new member of the Sartell Senior Connection, told the council she, her husband and three children moved to Sartell from St. Cloud in 2013, mainly because of its excellent See back page for your chance education system and the sense to win a Child Safety ID Kit by of community fostered by the taking a safety quiz! city. Frey said she enjoys becoming INSERTS: active in many events in Sartell – Harbor Freight Tools social, cultural and recreational. Sartell Community Showcase She joined the Senior Connection
and recently became the group’s new webmaster for its periodic newsletter. The generosity and selflessness of that group’s members, she said, are very impressive. The Senior Connection, she added, very much needs a home base within a community center. It’s good, Frey said, the city council recently adopted a stepby-step planning schedule for a community center, but she said she would like the council to put “community center” on every council agenda from here on in, until one gets built. “What gets talked about gets done,” she said.
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These children are just part of some of the people that danced recently at Oak Ridge Elementary School. The Family Dance Night was made possible by a visit from artist-in-residence Terrence Smith, who taught all kinds of spontaneous dancing styles. The two girls in front are, from left: Sienna Sing and Mila Sing.
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The Sartell Squirt C Blue hockey team placed third in the 16-team St. Cloud Tournament Jan. 16-18. The team had a fairy-tale-come-true-from-behind win in the third round of the tournament to put them in the third-place game against Mound Westonka where they dominated 6-1 for the third-place trophy. The team is undefeated in the regular season with a record of 9-0-4. They hosted the Sartell Squirt C tournament Feb. 13-15 at Bernick’s Arena. Team members are (front row, left to right): Zach Kantor, Baylor Stebbins, Noah Hacker, Bennett Crane, Trey Hilger; (middle row) Sam Lemieur, Drew Ritter, Aiden Woods, Bailey Woods, Patrick Crane, Blake Legatt, Dylan Chrast and (back row) Coaches Casey Knowles, Matt Chrast, Troy Stebbins and Ryan Hacker. 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. Feb. 4 4:18 a.m. Person assist. 12th Avenue S. An elderly female fell and was unable to get up on her own. An officer assisted her back to her bed, and she stated she needed no further assistance. 7:11 p.m. Suspicious activity. 3rd Street N. A report was made regarding an unknown male attempting to sell raffle tickets door to door. An officer checked the area and was unable to locate anyone out. Feb. 5 7:52 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. 10th Avenue N. A report was made regarding two adult males sitting in a van and possibly looking through binoculars. Officers located the van and found they were waiting for a friend inside a residence. The friend inside confirmed their presence. 2:06 p.m. Animal complaint.
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23rd Avenue N. A complaint was made regarding a dog left outside and barking throughout the day. An officer found the dog had access to the home and left a message for the owner regarding the complaint. Feb. 6 4:02 p.m. Traffic stop. Pinecone Road. While on patrol, an officer witnessed a vehicle driven by a known revoked driver. The driver stated she was aware of her status. She was issued a citation and released to a valid driver. 11:23 p.m. Welfare check. Heritage Drive. A report was made regarding an adult male and an adult female arguing and possibly turning violent. Officers arrived and were able to defuse the situation and both parties stated they would remain calm for the evening. Feb. 7 2:41 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. Walmart. A report was made regarding a vehicle driving around the parking lot several times. The vehicle was gone upon officer arrival. 11:55 p.m. Traffic stop. Hwy. 15. While on patrol, an officer witnessed a vehicle with a front headlight out. The driver was found to have a suspended license
and no proof of insurance. The driver was issued a citation and released to a valid driver. Feb. 8 8:24 p.m. Neighbor dispute. 10th Avenue N. A complaint was made regarding a neighbor yelling and swearing at another neighbor. Officers arrived and were able to defuse the argument. Both parties stated they would leave the other alone and no further assistance was needed. Feb. 9 11:28 a.m. Burglary. 5th Street N. A report was made regarding two sheds that were broken into sometime overnight. 4:27 p.m. Juvenile problem. 7th Street N. A complaint was made regarding two juvenile males standing outside of a business, telling people to not go inside. Officers arrived and could not locate anyone outside. Feb. 10 9:36 a.m. Welfare check. 22nd Street S. A report was made regarding an adult male possibly intoxicated and unable to care for himself. Officers arrived and found the male was intoxicated and he was then transported to the hospital.
The Blue Jacket Ambassadors recently visited new member, Edina Realty in Sartell. Brandon Johnson (second from right) and Heidi Voigt (second from left) are proud to have a new location in Sartell at 1101 2nd St. S and to offer the Homes for Heroes program to benefit our local military, educators, police officers, firefighters and medical providers. Sartell Chamber Blue Jacket Ambassadors are Rachael Bonn (left) from Peter’s Body Shop, and Kristen Stebbins from Sate Farm Insurance). Sophia VanSurksum, Sartell, was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Students must achieve a minimum 3.5 gradepoint average to qualify for this honor. Eight Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. They are the following: seniors Dylan Benoit, Edward Chappell, David Rose and Alexander Stroh; juniors Nathaniel Burge and Joshua Lieberg; and sophomores Malina Peterson and Ryan Scharf. To qualify students must attain a minimum 3.66 grade-point average.
Sartell Middle School students Tina Chen, Janagan Ramanathan, Cindy Zhang and David Zhang took first place in the local portion of the MathCounts competition Feb. 10. Their coach is Shiju Zhang. The team competed against 13 other schools in the area and will now move on to the State Competition on March 13-14 in Plymouth. The competition consisted of several rounds in which students competed individually and as teams. They answered questions in written and fast-paced oral matches. Subject questions included algebra, probability, statistics and geometry.
Three St. Stephen students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Bemidji (Minn) State University. They are the following: Tamara Hagerty, Brianna Pilarski, and Travis Traut.
Three Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. They are the following: junior Alysha Illies; and sophomores Grace Kuhl and Kara Wolters. Students must attain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Isaac Siekawitch, son of Elizabeth and Larry Siekawitch of Sartell, was recently named to the fall honor’s list at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. Students must attain a minimum 3.65 grade-point average to qualify. Siekawitch is pursuing a degree in pastoral ministry.
Three Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota, Morris. They are the following: Maura Joul, Hana Krebs, and Max Magnuson. Students must achieve a minimum 3.66 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Correction
Due to misleading, confusing information given to the Newsleader via a press release, there needs to be a correction for a story which appeared in the Feb. 13 paper, a story headlined with Foundation keeps BriAnna’s spirit
alive. The What Would BriAnna Do Foundation intends to do a bench-construction project in Huntington Park in Sartell. The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization will not be part of that park project.
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Center from front page retired history professor at St. Cloud State University. He is also an author of several local-history books and a historical guest columnist for the St. Cloud Times. A community center, he said, should have ample space to show off historical artifacts and documents relating to Sartell history, Morgan told the council, noting such things can quickly disappear if they are not preserved for future generations. Three facets of Sartell history that have already disappeared or are disappearing fast are the city’s “old downtown,” the historic paper mill and the old round barn on the city’s south end. Hundreds of other aspects of the city’s history now exist only in old photographs or in old memories, Morgan noted. Some people, he said, dub Sartell “a bedroom community,” which implies, wrongly, that the city lacks its own unique history. Historical exhibits in a community center, Morgan told the council, could change that false perception about Sartell. He then mentioned just some of the historical topics that would make interesting exhibits in a community-center museum. Among them are the Watab Creek that was the dividing boundary between the Sioux and the Ojibwe, the oxcart caravans, the Joseph Sartell sawmill, the Nehemiah Clark farm in LeSauk Township, the Watab Pulp and Paper Co. founded in 1905 and forerunner of the long-time paper mill, and the steel-truss bridge below the dam.
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Bill Smoley, a retired lawyer, has been a Sartell resident for 60-plus years. He told the council he has been hearing about the city’s plans to build a community center for 15 years but nothing gets done except talk. City residents, he said, supported a request for extension of the half-cent sales tax, the basis for building a center and yet one does not get built, he added. Smoley told the council how he can recall all the activities
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Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com that took place long ago in Sartell’s now defunct Village Hall: weddings, parties, sports, theatrical plays, dining, reunions, special get-togethers and more. There is a lack of a space for such community activities now, Smoley implied, suggesting that is why Sartell needs a community center. His biggest fear, he told the council, is planners might start getting worried about cost considerations and then decide to build a too-small center that would prove inadequate to the residents’ wants and needs. City-council members did not respond to the three speakers’ suggestions. That is because the council is not allowed, under the rules of order, to comment on issues or questions brought up during open forum sessions.
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Police dismiss car as clue in Bearson case by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A car seen at the site where the body of Tom Bearson of Sartell was found apparently had Bearson nothing to do with the death of the North Dakota State University student. Two weeks ago, Moorhead police released to the media a video and still frames from a video, hoping someone in the public could identify the dark, four-door vehicle.
Last week, police say someone called to identify that car, which was a 2005 Nissan Maxima. The car’s owner was identified and contacted and had a reason for being at that lot that evening. The car was recorded on a business video surveillance system while driving to and from an area near a recreational-vehicle business in south Moorhead. The car was recorded at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 2014, the evening of the same morning when Bearson was last seen in Fargo. Three days later, Bearson’s body was found on a grassy patch by that RV business. Investigators had no reason
to believe that car’s presence in the video had anything to do with Bearson’s murder, but they decided to check it out, just in case. Investigators, as well as Moorhead and Fargo police said they will continue to pursue the Bearson case vigorously until a suspect or suspects in the murder are arrested, prosecuted and sentenced. Bearson, a first-year nursing student at NDSU, died as the result of “homicidal violence,” but authorities will not yet release the cause of his death because the investigation is continuing. He was last seen in a Fargo neighborhood at about 3:30 a.m. Sept. 20.
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Left: Sartell Sabre dancers hoist high their award after winning the high-kick championship at Target Center Feb. 14. Right: At an award-winning performance at Sauk Rapids High School, the Sartell Sabre dancers perform the high-kick number that would earn them top honors at the state meet Feb. 14.
Sabres earn high-kick champs award by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
After a state win in 2011 and then after three years of nearly reaching the top, the Sartell Sabre dance team did it again, dancing their way to another class AA state championship in the high-kick category. It happened Saturday evening at Target Center in Minneapolis. The team members burst into ear-splitting shrieks of joy, and spectators burst into thunderous applause when the judges announced their decision. St. Cloud Cathedral placed
second in high-kick, and TotinoGrace took third place. That team is the one that took first in high-kick last year, leaving the Sartell Sabres in second place. The Sabres were highkick champs in 2011, then for the next three years they earned second-place until Saturday when their dancing wowed the judges again. The day before, Friday, Feb. 13, the Sabres were named fourth in the jazz competition at Target Center. The champ was Benilde-St. Margaret of St. Louis Park, followed by Totino-Grace and St. Cloud Cathedral. Cold
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Spring Rocori was fifth. The Sabres entered state competition on a winning streak, having won tops three weeks ago for high-kick at the Section 4, Class AA meet in Sauk Rapids. At that same meet, Cathedral took secondplace honors for high-kick but took the top prize in the jazz division, for which Sartell took second place. The Sabres are led by head coach Kelly McCarney and assistant coaches Molly Carey and Kelsey Keller. Its team captains are Miranda Garman and Katlyn Ramseth, both of them named to the All-Tournament Team. The top three winners of the two dance-meet competitions at Target Center were: Jazz: Class A: Duluth (Marshall High School), Aitken, Yellow Medicine East; Class AA: Benilde-St. Margaret’s (St. Louis Park), Totino-Grace, St. Cloud Cathedral; and Class AAA: Maple Grove, Eastview, Wayzata. High Kick: Class A: Aitkin, Yellow Medicine East, CrosbyIronton; Class AA: Sartell-St. Stephen, St. Cloud Cathedral, Totino-Grace; and Class AAA: Faribault, Wayzata, Eastview. (The Wayzata and Eastview awards were not presented because those two teams joined a protest with three other dance teams against Faribault. See related story.)
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Protest opposes Faribault’s dance-meet win by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A mass protest by dancers Feb. 14 at Minneapolis Target Center stunned many members of the audience, disqualifying the second- and third-place winners and raising questions of sports etiquette and sportsmanship. The incident occurred after all the high school teams had competed in the high-kick competition, when five teams in the Class AAA contest refused to take their assigned places on the gym floor. Instead they gathered at one end of the gym and held hands. They were protesting the Faribault Emeralds dance team, claiming its coach and members had “stolen” its dance routine from a team at Copper Hills High School in West Jordan, Utah. Although the Wayzata team scored second place with judges, and the Eastview team placed third, they were disqualified and did not receive those honors because of their behavior. The announcer told the five teams to assemble, as they’d been told, at the center of the gym, along with the Faribault team. After two requests, the five teams refused and were disqualified. The other teams which
joined the protest were Chaska, Eden Prairie and Lakeville South. What sparked the protest was a contention the Faribault Emeralds’ high-kick performance was “plagiarized” from the Utah team. Like the Copper Hills High School’s Azurettes team, the Faribault team performed to a song named Aliens and, like the Azurettes, their costumes consisted of black leotards, darkgreen tops, pale faces with dark splotches of makeup around their eyes and their hair done
up into “knobs” at the tops of their heads. The dancers were supposed to resemble spooky aliens. The Faribault team was also accused of copying the Utah team’s choreography too closely. Therefore, the other five high-kick teams thought Faribault did not deserve to win, based on their lack of originality. However, before the dance tournament, the Minnesota State High School League, which is in charge of the dance event, deProtest • page 7
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Dance protest was embarrassment Good sportsmanship and grace-under-pressure are always admirably evident at most highschool events. It’s rare when bad sportsmanship rears its ugly head. But that’s what happened at Target Center Feb. 14 when five teams staged a protest against the Faribault Emeralds for winning the class AAA championship in the highkick competition. It was, in a word, embarrassing for everybody who witnessed it. It was also extremely hurtful for the Faribault dancers who justifiably won their award on a unanimous judges’ decision. Their performance was a spectacular knockout. The teams who protested claimed the Emeralds “stole” their dance routine from that of a Utah High School dance team. Yes, there were similarities, to be sure. The Faribault coach even acknowledged the team had adapted some moves for their dance to the same song, Aliens. But a side-by-side viewing, online, of the Faribault team and the Utah team doing that dance clearly show many differences in the choreography. Anyone who has seen dance numbers in Broadway musicals, movies or in high-school team dancing understands there are many, many similarities in movements; it’s inevitable. It’s the same with songs. There are only so many notes in the music scale, and many songs sound similar – at times, indeed, almost identical. The Minnesota State High School League received complaints about Faribault Emerald’s “copycat” dance routine. However, after a review of the dance and the MSHSL dance rules, officials determined the team was fully qualified to perform at the state meet at Target Center. They sent letters to all coaches informing them of that decision. The Feb. 14 five-team protest is under scrutiny by the MSHSL, and well it should be. They should determine if the teams’ coaches instigated the protest, and they should also find out why those coaches did not command their dancers to take their expected positions on the gym floor, as the announcer had twice requested. The five teams, because of their unsportsmanlike conduct, were disqualified, and two teams (second place and third place) were denied their awards. If those teams took issue with the Emeralds’ dance routine, Feb. 14 at Target Center was not the time nor the place to show their disagreements. Their coaches, of course, should have absolutely forbidden such a show of protest. Those teams’ behavior was disgraceful and embarrassing. It ought to be an abject lesson as to what all teams should avoid doing at any future events. On a brighter note, we congratulate the Sartell Sabre Dance Team for its superb performances in both jazz and high-kick at Target Center, for which it took the state championship award in the Class AA competition. That team has shown its dancing brilliance five years in a row – with a high-kick championship in 2011, with three second-place high-kick wins in the next three years and now with another championship last week. Way to go, Sabres!
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Opinion Make websites more user-friendly Doesn’t anybody make phone calls anymore? I don’t mean texting; I mean voice-to-voice. Don’t get me wrong: cell phones and these latest i-this and i-that can be the cat’s meow. They can darned near walk the dog around the block. And nothing wrong with texting and other cell-phone functions, although it seems they’ve reached an obsession with some, like those who can’t take their hands (or attention spans) off their i-devices when they’re driving – that is, trying to drive. The reason I ask about phone calls is it seems voice-to-voice is passé. It’s almost impossible to find some people’s phone numbers. Their names and numbers are not listed in phone books because the land-line phone seems to be dinosaur-doomed. Personal and company websites are a “now” means of communication, but just try to find a phone number on their websites. Good luck. In many cases, you won’t see a phone number at all, or at least not one that can be found without a frazzled search through a maze. Published phone numbers should be on the endangered-species list. Many times, while trying to do online business, I just gave up because a phone number was not immediately apparent. If I had a business with a website, I’d tell the webmaster these things: • Make sure the phone number is easily visible on the home page of the website, the first thing potential customers see. I want business; I want some customers to call the old-fashioned way – on a phone. Not everybody texts or emails.
Dennis Dalman Editor • Mr. Webmaster, please identify the people in photos, from left to right, starting in the front row. On so many websites, staff members and others are pictured but not identified at all. And in other cases, their names are under the photo, but they are not in the order of the people shown in the picture. It would be nice for prospective customers or any visitors at all to know who is who in the photo – a personable, peoplefriendly touch. A recent example I’ve noticed is the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce website. There is a very good group photograph of chamber board members. Their names are listed underneath, but they don’t jibe with the order of the people in the photo. It would be good if website visitors could know who is who in the photo because the names of those people are often in the news for doing so many city-connective volunteer deeds. There are lots of otherwise excellent websites like that, filled with photos of people, most often without any names or identifications at all. • The websites of artists, writers and musical groups can be really baffling. Many times, as a reporter, I want to know about these people because they will be performing or giving talks at local venues. It’s virtually impossible, in many cases, to find out
in which city the artist, writer or band is based. Most often, the band members are not identified, left to right, in the photos on the websites. It’s difficult to write a news story about those people or those bands without that basic information. Most readers I know are at least a little bit curious about where these artists, writers, band members hail from. Another example: I recently wrote a feature story about twin sisters who own and operate a “getaway weekend” for women. Their website was superbly designed and visually attractive, except for the fact that website visitors did not know who was who in the photos or even which twin was which in some of the pictures. One of the photos showed the twins posing with Beatle Paul McCartney? What?! No caption under the photo. I later learned the twins had met the Beatle by chance during one of their “getaway” trips to New York City. Wow! The twins agreed with me, and they’re going to tweak their site. I really enjoy visiting websites. I like their visual razzmatazz and their informative features. But, please, websiters, if you would only remember in the midst of working your visual razzmatazz to do two simple things: add phone numbers (prominently displayed) and then be sure to identify people in photos. Lots of people still like making voice-to-voice phone calls, even from cave-age contraptions. And, not to forget, some old-timers – not necessarily nosey dinosaurs – like to know who is who in photos. Please remember that.
Do cheaters really win? Do they prosper? If I have a choice between winning or losing, I prefer to win. I played sports in school and we were all taught winning was good. However, we were also taught good sportsmanship was more important than winning. You had to play fair. You didn’t cheat. “Cheaters never prosper” was the mantra of the day. Has that all changed? Just this week the Little League team from Chicago which won the Little League World Series was stripped of their title because of cheating. It seems they violated geographic boundaries when fielding their team to make it a better team. I am a big fan of Little League, especially its World Series. Teams from all over the world come to play and show off their tremendous talents. I understand these are 12- and 13-yearold youngsters and definitely include young ladies. Early on when this first got started, some of these 16-year-olds showed up with full beards, but I think the International League has gotten a better handle on that issue now. All of the members of the Chicago team were black, which added to their uniqueness and let me tell you, they were very talented. They probably would have won even without cheating. Because they are all black, Jesse Jackson is now claiming the team is being discriminated against because of their minority status. No, Jesse, be-
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer ing black doesn’t give you the right to cheat any more than being white does. Cheating is no respecter of race. Let’s consider the New England Patriots. They just won the Super Bowl, making them the best team in professional football. Did they cheat to get to that position? Many say they did. In fact, there is an ongoing investigation into their practice of deflating the football illegally to make it easier to control when passing. Again, they were so good they would have probably won without cheating. A final determination has not yet been reported, but it probably will be soon. So, what is going on? I know winning is important, especially in professional sports, but is winning at any cost what we are talking about? Are we supposed to look the other way when cheating and lying happens? Where is the honor in that? And is honor important anymore? Consider Brian Williams of NBC News. He apparently concocted a story about being shot down in a helicopter while in Iraq. As it turns out, the
story was a complete lie. Now here is a respected newsman whose job and future were secure. He didn’t need to make up nonsense to make him look good. Today he has been suspended for at least six months while his employer, NBC, looks to see if there have been other embellishments of stories on which he has reported. No one, including Williams, knows what his future holds. I am sure NBC hopes this all blows over. I could fill these pages with other stories of liars and cheaters from bike racers to politicians, to a point of pure boredom, but I think you get my point. Is fairness dead? Is honor a thing of the past? Do cheaters really win now? Do they prosper? Does the end justify the means even if the means is dishonest? I hope not. I long for the time when there was honor in sports and in business. I long for honesty in politics. I believe in winning, but winning only has value if it doesn’t involve cheating. Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga.. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro.blogspot.com for more commentary.
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Sisters from front page many other Sabre fans. The winning routine was a three-minute 27-second number danced to a combination of a Brittney Spears’ song called Work, blended with another pop tune. The incredibly vigorous and exhausting dance was made to look easy, effortless and graceful by the expert, dis-
ciplined dancers. High-kick dancing involves a lot more than just kicking high, Katlyn noted. “That dance took so much time to perfect,” Katlyn said. “Hours and hours of work. We would do our drills every day to perfect our timing.” After their triumph, the dancers returned to their Minneapolis hotel where they celebrated with music and pizza. “We also got cream puffs – 180 of them – to celebrate,”
Katlyn said. Later the next day, Sunday, Katlyn – exhausted by the dancing and by emotional exhilaration – had a chance to drift into a much-deserved sleep. After graduation, Katyln plans to study nursing, like her sister, at UND in Grand Forks. They are both bound to fulfill their career dreams because both sisters know very well how dreams, backed by talent, discipline and hard work, can and do come true.
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Protest from page 5 termined the Faribault team’s performance was not a case of copycat and sent letters to all participating coaches that the Faribault team should be able to compete honorably with all the other teams at Target Center. The judges obviously agreed, giving top high-kick honors in Class AAA to the Emeralds. A review by the Sartell Newsleader of the two dance performances online (by the Azurettes and Emeralds) did indeed show similarities in some of the choreography, the costumes, the makeup and the same song (Aliens). The dance performances when considered
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overall, however, were not identical except for some movements here and there. Faribault’s team coach, Lois Krinke, was quoted widely in the media as saying, “We’re the top team in the state, and if they (Wayzata, Eastview dancers) don’t want their second- and third-place medals, I couldn’t care less. We got the first-place medal.” Krinke acknowledged the Faribault team had been inspired by the Utah team’s dance number and had even imitated some of the moves but not identically and only for a few seconds here and there during the total performance. The MSHSL is continuing an investigation into the Target Center protest and will announce its results later.
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Quiz for Kids on Avoiding Abduction Bob Stuber, creator of an abduction prevention and survival course known as “Escape School,” devised the following test to help parents teach their children how to avoid potential threats and what to do if someone tries to abduct them. Read your children the questions and ask which response they would use. Then go over the correct response with them. Q 1: A man approaches you, looking upset. He has an empty leash and a poster showing a cute puppy missing. He says he’s desperate to find his puppy, he’ll even pay you if you find it. What do you do? a. Help him, he has a leash and a poster, after all. b. Run the other direction and tell an adult. c. Tell him you’ll keep an eye out, then go back to what you were doing. The correct answer is: b. Run the other direction and tell an adult. You don’t have to even own a dog to buy a leash, and you don’t have to have one to make a poster up on your computer. The “help me find my puppy” speech is one of the oldest one bad strangers use to get kids away from where it’s safe. Even if they don’t believe it, the abductor often uses this to get close enough to grab the child. As abductors become more aggressive, it’s important not only to not fall for their story, but to stay well out of their reach.
Q 2: You’re very scared. A person has grabbed you off the street and now you’re in the trunk of his car. What do you do?
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Q 5: You observe a car behaving suspiciously around children. What is the most important information you can remember about this car, in case the police need it later? a. The license plate number. b. The kind of hat the driver was wearing. c. The color of the car. The correct answer is: a. The license plate number. By far the most valuable information you could remember, write down and give to the police if they need it is the license plate. Why? Because each car has a unique license plate number issued to it. If you can give this number to the police, chances are (there are some exceptions) they will be able to narrow down the search — quickly. Probably the second most valuable bit of info is the description of the driver or someone else in the car. Also, if the car has anything strange about it, like primer spots, a fender that’s red when the rest of the car is blue, or has strange stickers, this is also something good to look for.
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a. Kick and beat on the trunk lid as hard as you can, as long as you’re in the trunk. b. Scream until someone rescues you. c. Try to calm down, and then yank all of the wires at the back of the car. The correct answer is: c. Yank all of the wires at the back of the car. The brake lights in a car are connected at the back of the trunk. By pulling every wire you can find, you may cause the brake lights to go out. If that happens, the chances of a police officer pulling the car over go way up. Once you hear the car stop, then you can start to pound and kick the trunk lid, while screaming. Save your voice and energy for when the car is stopped. Also, you can try to pull the rubber seal away from the back of the trunk and flap your hand outside. Anyone driving behind can alert the police.
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Q 3: Someone points a gun at you and orders you into their car. You:
The correct answer is: d. Don’t go with them unless they know the secret password. It’s rare parents have ever sent a stranger to pick up their child in an emergency. But even if they send a family friend, make sure your family has a secret password only you and your parents know. Then, make sure this person has the password before you get in. Sometimes, people who do bad things to kids are people we already know. A password will ensure they were really sent by your mom or dad. Otherwise, run to the nearest safe place and call home first — then your parent’s work or the hospital. Only in this way will you get accurate information.
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The correct answer is: c. Run, screaming, away toward a more crowded area. Here’s a simple fact: If someone is willing to point a gun at you in a public place, they’ll definitely be ready to use it once they get you alone. Even if you’re threatened with a gun or knife, run away, screaming for help. Think about it — does someone who would steal a child want to draw attention to him or herself? No! The chances you’ll get shot at are small, but even if you do find yourself under fire, it’s hard to hit a moving target. And even in the event you get hit, wouldn’t you rather be in a public place where you can get help? The bottom line: Do everything you can NOT to get into a car with an abductor.
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