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Cancer benefit set for Ellie Czeck
Friday, March 11, 2016 Volume 21, Issue 10 Est. 1995
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by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Above: The Czeck family of Sartell has bonded with great solidarity for the benefit of daughter, Ellie, who is suffering from a rare form of cancer. From left to right are father Mike, sisters Ellie and Samantha and mother Julie. Inset: Ellie Czeck strikes a pose as “Rosie the Riveter,” the mythical working woman from the World War II years. Rosie is one of Czeck’s heroes.
A benefit for cancer survivor Ellie Czeck of Sartell is set for noon-4 p.m. Sunday, March 13 at the Mulligans Event Center in Sartell. The event will include a massive silent auction with a wide range of intriguing items – from camouflage hunting bags to beauty products. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling Joyce Sorenson at 320-248-8488. Czeck, 21, is a student studying landscape architecture at North Dakota State University. Unfortunately, however, she had to stop her education temporarily to deal with a terrible onslaught of rare cancer.
Rare because the type of cancer she’s battling (Ewing sarcoma, Askin’s tumor) is typical usually only among boys around the age of 12. Czeck was diagnosed in June of last year while she was studying at NDSU. For at least six months she had been feeling out of sorts and came down with a “strange cold” that just wouldn’t go away. Then she began to feel a lot of pain in her back and right shoulder. “Oh well, I probably stretched and strained some muscle in the gym,” she kept telling herself. When she became short of breath, she told herself it must be some kind of spring allergies causing her difficulty in breathing. Czeck • back page
committee said they believe the south site for a center does not fit into the city’s long-term comprehensive plan. Voting against the final plat were members Glenn Persen and Gary Orman. Commission members noted many residents have serious reservations about the center being at the south site. They also said they disagree with the south site because, at this point anyway, it would not be suitable for inclusion of a library, according to the guidelines of the Great River
Regional Library system. Four library supporters spoke during an open-forum session of the planning commission to express their displeasure about a library not being in the plans for the community center. They told the commission that, in their opinions, the city has not listened to the many requests to have a branch library in the city. The commission approved the final plat submitted by Ferche Development because the plat, it was noted, complies with all of the rules and regulations
required by the city for platting. Sartell Planning and Development Director Anita Rasmussen, who was at the meeting, told the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader Tuesday that a public facility such as a community center at the south site – a mixed-use zoning area – is permissible under the city’s comprehensive plan. The land at the south site is owned by Ferche Development. The city council approved the south site for the community center last year on a vote of 3-2.
Empty Bowls set March 20 at Calvary
Empty Bowls, sponsored by Place of Hope again this year, will be held from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. This soup feed and silent auction benefits Place of Hope Ministries and Anne’s Meal Fund which provides more than 7,200 meals a month to those in need. The event includes music, soup, bread and desserts from area restaurants as well as a homemade bowl to take home thanks to Art as You Like It and Central Minnesota Woodcrafters. For more information, head to www.placeofhopeministries.org/ events/empty-bowls.
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13 at 2 a.m. Clocks should be moved forward one hour, giving us more daylight in the evening, and less in the morning. Cable boxes, computers, cell phones and other high-tech devices will likely spring forward without you having to do a thing. Other clocks will need to be manually adjusted.
Free Meal to be held for first time at FUMC
For the first time, First United Methodist Church in Sartell, will serve a community fellowship meal from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at FUMC, 1107 Pinecone Road S., on METRO bus #32 route. METRO bus #32 stops at the Pinecone Coborn’s every hour, with specific stops at 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Saturdays and hubs out of the Sartell Walmart with hourly connections to Route 31. Please encourage anyone in need to come for the meal. Also, please consider volunteering your time and energy to serve the meal. For more information, go to http://www. fumcscr.org/community-meal.
Look for bags to donate food
Alex Bertsch of Epic by Nature Farm will be hanging bags on the door handles of Sartell homes on Friday, March 11 for non-perishable food donations from the community. He will pick up the bags on Sunday and donate to the Caritas and Salvation Army food shelves. The idea is to fill the food shelves for National Nutrition Awareness month.
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Commission to recommend plat but not site by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Sartell Planning Commission at its March 7 meeting voted 3-2 to recommend a final plat for the Sartell Community Center, but it then voted unanimously not to recommend acquisition of the south-site property for a community center. The planning community is an advisory board only that makes recommendations to the Sartell City Council. Members of the planning
Several hundred attend ‘drawdown’ meeting by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Several hundred residents listened Feb. 29 to a plan that might improve the quality of Little Rock Altena Lake near Rice and a stretch of the Mississippi River from the lake’s outlet to the dam near Sartell. Most of the people who attended the two-hour evening meeting at Old Village Hall in Rice are residents who live around Little Rock Lake or along the river. They had all
been invited to the meeting by Eric Altena, area fisheries manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Little Falls office. There are about 500 residents who live along the river from Rice to Sartell, and there are about 400 who live along Little Rock Lake, Altena said. Altena presented the plan at the meeting in Rice. It would, he said, involve lowering the lake and river levels by three feet for a six-week period. That method, known as a “drawdown,” would be accomplished by opening the hydroelectric dam at Sartell. Some people at the meeting questioned how such a plan Drawdown • page 4
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An audience listens to Eric Altena of the Department of Natural Resources discuss a proposal for a lake-and-river drawdown at a meeting Feb. 29 in downtown Rice. Several hundred people attended the meeting.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Sartell man falls through ice with ATV near Cold Spring by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
A Sartell man fell through the ice on Cedar Island Lake March 5. Around 4 p.m., Chain of
Lakes Fire and Rescue, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and Gold Cross Ambulance responded to the north side of Cedar Island Lake, southwest of Cold Spring, where an allterrain vehicle fell through the
ice. The driver and owner of the vehicle, Brian James Will, 43, of Sartell, was pulling two other adults and four children in a trailer when he came to a large crack in the ice and
was unable to stop before the ATV went into the water. Everyone was able to get out of the water and onto the island safely where they were helped to shore by Chain of Lakes Fire and Rescue. No one was
People Jill Smith of Sartell is one of five new board members recently welcomed by Catholic Charities. The other four are as follows: Smith Darren Heying and Tamara Huesers, both of St. Joseph; Edith Hernandez-Fussy, Royalton and Fr. Glenn Krystosek, Paynesville. Smith is the practice administrator for Sartell Pediatrics. She joined Catholic Charities’ Board of Directors in the fall of 2015 and said she is also impressed
with the size and depth of the services offered by Catholic Charities. “Catholic Charities programming is agile, and has a deep history of serving the community and its residents where it’s needed most,” Smith said. “I believe agility is an extremely important, yet challenging, quality for organizations to maintain – especially while standing true to its mission.” Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the Diocese of St. Cloud, a 16-county area across the heart of Central Minnesota Eighteen Sartell-St. Stephen
LEGAL NOTICE students were recently named to the fall president’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. They are the following: Abe Anderson, Christopher Artmann, Jenna Bohlman, Kristi Brown, Kelsi Ervin, Kim Evjen, Alicia Freihammer, Savannah Freitag, Mark Harris, Nathan Lahr, Garrett Leathers, Cole Nelson, Stacy Nelson, Tyler Reimann, Kamryn Scoles, Tatiana Sondreal, Megan Van Heel and Bonnie Vouk. Vouk is from St. Stephen; the others are from Sartell. Students must earn a minimum 4.0 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
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CITY OF ST. STEPHEN ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 2016 SECOND STREET NE IMPROVEMENTS
SEH No. STSTE 135652 Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the City Clerk c/o SEH until 11 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2016, at the office of SEH at 1200 25th Ave. S., P.O. Box 1717, St. Cloud, Minn. 563021717, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for the furnishing of all labor and material for the construction of 2016 Second Street NE Improvements. Approximate major quantities for the Work include: 4,900 SY Full Depth Pavement Reclamation 1,100 TON Bituminous Wearing Course 600 CY Common Excavation 300 SY Concrete Driveway Pavement 400 SY Bituminous Driveway Pavement 1 AC Seeding Bids shall be on the form provided for that purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) dated March 2, 2016. The Bidding Documents may be seen at the Issuing Office of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. located at 1200 25th Ave. S., P.O. Box 1717, St. Cloud, Minn. 56302-1717, 320.229.4348. The Bidding Documents may be viewed for no cost at http://www. sehinc.com by selecting the Project Bid Information link at the bottom of the page and the View Plans option from the menu at the top of the selected project page. Digital image copies of the Bidding Documents are available at http://www.sehinc.com for a fee of $30. These documents may be downloaded by selecting this project from the PROJECT BID INFORMATION link and by entering eBidDocTM Number 4332148 on
the SEARCH PROJECTS page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn. com. Paper copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from Docunet Corp. located at 2435 Xenium Lane N., Plymouth, Minn. 55441 (763.475.9600) for a fee of $85. Bids will only be accepted from Contractors who purchase Bidding Documents as noted above. Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. A Contractor responding to these Bidding Documents must submit to the City/Owner a signed statement under oath by an owner or officer verifying compliance with each of the minimum criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.285, subdivision 3. Contractors are advised the Owner will conduct the Minnesota Chapter 429 Special Assessment Hearing process prior to potentially awarding a construction contract. As such, the Owner may hold bids for up to 91 days before considering award. If a construction contract is awarded, it is anticipated construction would begin after July 4, 2016. Bids shall be directed to the City Clerk c/o SEH (bids will be opened at the office of SEH), securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper, “BID FOR 2016 SECOND STREET NE IMPROVEMENTS, ST. STEPHEN, MN, SEH NO. STSTE 135652.” The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract in the best interests of the Owner. Cris Drais City Clerk St. Stephen, MN Publish: March 11, 2016
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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes.
Feb. 20 12:17 p.m. Disorderly conduct. Second Street S. An adult male was becoming out of control inside of a business. An officer arrived and found the male had become calm and employees wanted him to leave. The officer escorted the male out without incident. 6:07 p.m. Intoxicated person. Two-1/2 Street. A female was reportedly lying alongside the roadway. The female stated to officers she had slipped on the ice but did not need medical attention. A friend agreed to take care of her for the evening. Feb. 21 1:35 a.m. Agency assist. Ashwood Court. Officers assisted a neighboring agency search a residence for a possible burglary in progress. Nothing seemed out of place. 6:39 p.m. Traffic stop. CR 120. After checking a vehicle’s registration, it was found the driver had a revoked license. The driver was aware of this and was issued a citation; the vehicle was parked until a valid driver could arrive. Feb. 22 2:56 p.m. Medical. Pinetree Court. An adult female had fallen and needed assistance. An officer lifted the female into her wheel-
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chair and she stated she needed no further assistance. 4:24 p.m. Vehicle vandalism. Fifth Avenue E. A vehicle had a design scratched into it at an unknown time. Feb. 23 12:58 p.m. Unwanted person. Fourth Avenue N. An adult male refused to leave a residence while a possible gas leak was ongoing. The male left the area before officers arrived and no carbon monoxide was detected in the residence, though gas was spilled in the garage. 3:31 p.m. Welfare check. CR 120. Multiple children were reportedly left in a vehicle unattended. An officer checked the parking log and the vehicle was no longer on location.
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Sartell math team to compete at state by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A four-member team of Sartell Middle School students will compete March 11-12 in the statewide MATHCOUNTS competition in Plymouth. The students are Janagan Ramanathan, Luc Westling, Jacob Wieland and David Zhang. The winners of the state contest will get the chance to compete nationally in May in Washington, D.C. MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide program that heightens student interest in math by challenging them to excel while they are in grades 6-8. Teachers and volunteers use 300 problems and activities to coach students as part of in-class instruc-
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The Sartell MATHCOUNTS team will compete in state competition in Plymouth March 11-12. Members of the team are (left to right) Jacob Wieland, Janagan Ramanathan, David Zhang and Luc Westling. tion or in extracurricular math clubs. After several months of coaching, schools selected stu-
dents to compete individually or as part of a team in written and oral competitions.
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Drawdown from front page would benefit residents who live along the river. One woman said she is concerned her property values would be affected if the river off of her shore turned into weeds. Others, including some lakeside residents, said lowering the lake and river levels would definitely make rec-
reational navigation difficult if not impossible for the six-week period. In his presentation including a slide show, Altena acknowledged recreational uses would be affected, which is one of the drawbacks of the process. Other drawbacks could include potential navigational hazards (exposed rocks, for example), possible noxious weed growth in some areas (likely temporary and/or treatable), a temporary
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unpleasant smell, a temptation by some to use drained areas (illegally) for ATV use and a reduction of hydroelectric capacity at the dam. Nobody at the meeting in Rice voiced outright opposition to the plan, although many asked questions or expressed some skepticism. Some said they are entirely in favor of the drawdown; others said it’s worth a try, at least. One man, a resident of Little Rock Lake, said some kinds of algae blooms in water can kill children or pets. He said he worries about his son’s health and safety. People, he said, should welcome the drawdown plan if it can do something against the algae-growth problem. Another man said, “We should give it (drawdown) a try and see what happens.” Many in the audience applauded that suggestion – the only applause during the twohour meeting.
At one time, the area that became Little Rock Lake was a low-lying swampy area. About 100 years ago, a dam by Sartell caused the river level to rise and the low area southeast of Rice filled with water as a reservoir, which became known as Little Rock Lake.
Through the years, runoff from agriculture (such as chemicals and animal wastes) and from leaking or inadequate septic systems caused phosphorous levels to increase drastically in the lake (and streams). That, in turn, caused all kinds of changes in the lake: growth of less-than-desirable weeds, water-clarity issues, growth of harmful algae and adverse effects on fish and other forms of life dependent on the lake water. In 2007-08, there was a massive blue-green algae bloom in Little Rock Lake that killed fish and caused a rotting smell that covered nearby neighborhoods for weeks. The lake is part of a 60,000acre watershed.
Drawdown
According to the plan, a drawdown would benefit both the lake and the river. It would expose shorelines to air and sun, causing them to dry and to compact so beneficial native vegetation would sprout and grow along the edges. That kind of vegetation and its root systems would capture and use up phosphorous and other nutrients to keep them from pouring into the lake and river. Shoreline erosion would be prevented, water clarity would
Friday, March 11, 2016 improve, as would water habitat for fish and waterfowl. The drawdown, in combination with other preventive methods, such as planting of shoreline buffers and limiting or eliminating chemicals that get into waterways, would cause an overall improvement, Altena said. He showed many slides and charts of how such drawdowns have improved other waterways in Minnesota. Altena frankly acknowledged there are no guarantees about how well a drawdown can work, although ones that have been done have resulted in very good to excellent results throughout the state, he pointed out via his slide show.
How is it done?
A drawdown process takes about three years. To accomplish a three-feet drawdown, data would first have to be gathered in the first year concerning all factors of the lake and river. The very earliest that could be done for the proposed one is 2017. In the second year, preferably after the July 4 weekend, the water would be drawn down by three feet, via the dam, which would take about three days to do. That would last for six weeks. During the third year, the entire area would again be docu-
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Friday, March 11, 2016 mented for any changes that resulted and a future drawdown plan could be determined, probably one that would be initiated at 10-year intervals. Audience members had questions and suggestions about the drawdown process. Why not do it later in the summer or early fall when river-lake recreation dwindles? Can’t the water be lowered by building a coffer dam at a lake channel? Altena said it might be possible to do the drawdown later, although ideally it’s best done when the weather is hot and plants can quickly sprout and flourish. A coffer-dam method might be too expensive and problematic, with involvement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, but it’s definitely worth considering if enough
answers can be found, Altena acknowledged. He added a coffer-dam solution would help the lake but not the river. Another question concerned shore-land changes at the edge of people’s properties. A DNR official said landowners have leeway to have their shorelines as they want them, such as “sand blankets,” with some guidelines and limitations. The DNR, he said, is always willing to work with landowners to help create shorelines to property owners’ liking.
Future
A Minnesota statute lists three rationales for a drawdown, including an agreement of 75 percent of shoreline residents to allow it to be done. Altena said he wants to be
Event to raise funds for Angel of Hope A fundraiser in memory of BriAnna Kruzel will take place Tuesday, March 15 at Mulligans in Sartell, with a silent auction from 5-9 p.m. and a pasta dinner from 5-8:30 p.m. It’s the third annual fundraiser for “What Would BriAnna Do?,” which is raising funds for an Angel of Hope project by Lake Francis in south Sartell. Kruzel was an 18-year-old Sartell girl who died at home suddenly and unexpectedly Sept. 28, 2013. Since then, family and
friends have raised money for causes that Kruzel, a dedicated volunteer, cared so much about. The foundation to honor Kruzel plans to place an angel statue near Lake Francis, a permanent monument and memory of the children who have died too soon and where parents, siblings and others can remember them and pray for them. Ticketing and other information can be found by visiting the foundation’s website at WWBDinc.org.
sure all residents have as much information as possible before they are asked for a consensus. Another public information meeting, he said, will be announced, possibly this coming winter.
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Our View Clemens deserves our thanks and a very beautiful monument If anybody deserves a monument – a very beautiful one – it’s Bill Clemens, who died March 2 at age 95. Many people might not have known Bill, but almost everyone has heard his name memorialized through his incredibly kind and generous philanthropic triumphs: Clemens Stadium and Clemens Field House at St. John’s University, the William E. and Virginia Clemens Chair in Economics and Liberal Arts at SJU, the Clemens Library at the College of St. Benedict and the Clemens Gardens in East St. Cloud above the bank of the Mississippi River. It’s those spectacular blooming gardens that have carried the Clemens name far and wide. People from all over the world stop to behold the gardens while passing through; others travel many miles to gasp in awe at the botanical wonder; and many who live in the greater St. Cloud area make an annual summer pilgrimage to the gardens – a certain sign of summer at its finest. The fabulous gardens were inspired by Clemens’ deep and abiding love for his wife, Virginia. The first garden established there (and still flourishing) was dubbed the Virginia Clemens Rose Garden. The generosity of Clemens and his wife knew no bounds. Many of his good deeds remain unsung because Clemens was a humble, kindly, unassuming man. In 1994, Clemens gave $5.6 million to the Central Minnesota Community Foundation to fund various charities, and nearly half of that money was put into an ongoing, growing fund to perpetuate the Clemens Gardens, along with Munsinger Gardens at the edge of the Mississippi River across from St. Cloud State University. The gardens alone are an outstanding legacy left to us by this great businessman and kindly philanthropist, but the entire central Minnesota area has benefitted from Clemens’ extravagant generosity, and the investments he made continue to grow and to enhance our area in so many ways. Clemens began Bankers Systems in the early 1950s in St. Cloud, a company that produced documents for legal services. The company, hugely successful, was sold about 40 years later and then sold again to become Wolters Kluwer. The Clemens moved to a house in East St. Cloud on Killian Boulevard in the mid-1950s, right across from the land that later became the Clemens Gardens. The first garden, his tribute to Virginia, was the awesome rose garden, started in 1990. The other dazzling gardens were added, gradually, over the years to the south of the rose garden. Virginia, who suffered for decades from multiple sclerosis, died at age 77 in 1998. The Clemens-Munsinger Gardens, filled with hundreds of thousands of flowers, attracts an estimated 250,000 visitors each summer. It’s one of the largest and most beautiful gardens in the world, with its massive banks of colorful blooms, paved trails, statuary, fountains and dappled shade. We can all be thankful to Clemens for funding so many charities and cultural enrichments, and that is why a monument – a very beautiful one to him and his wife – should grace the Clemens Gardens.
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Opinion Cannibal candidates ruin the Party In this ongoing travesty called Republican debates, the National Republican Party is being ripped apart at the seams. During debates, I expect to hear strong policy positions, not sandbox-brat nonsense in which adults suddenly morph into mudslinging hooligans. It’s a shame the reasonable candidates (Jeb Bush, John Kasich) have been neglected. Bush caved; Kasich is hanging in there. Kasich is far and away the best and most qualified candidate to be president on the Republican side. But, as I’ve predicted so many times, the Tea Partiers’ hijacking of the Party will make a White House win less likely. The current war is the direct result of those Tea-Party radicals (“wacko-birds,” as Sen. John McCain called one of them, Ted Cruz). And now, in this primary season, it’s become apparent the radicals have so stretched and warped the Party like Turkish taffy that sane, rational candidates couldn’t stand a chance. Good candidates with true experience and vision (Kasich, for one) have been trumped because the Party has so long cuddled up to extremist obstructionistdestroyers that its very future is jeopardized. It’s their own faults. If you doubt this, just go ask former Speaker of the House John Boehner or the other good Republicans that ultra-right-wing “purists” have “primaried” out of political existence. Donald Trump, like an opportunistic scavenger, smelled blood (Republican fractures) and barged in for the pickings. What has resulted is a cannibalization process fed by roaring rancor, a bloodbath of name-calling, of candidates determined to devour one another. Trump is the ultimate Wacko-Bird that morphed into the Fox in the Chicken Coop. And Trump is not the only problem
Letters to the editor
Dennis Dalman Editor the Republican Party faces; it’s the two other candidates, Cruz and Rubio. Neither has any cohesive, rational policy positions – at least not winnable ones. This ugly Party war stems all the way back to Barry Goldwater and his extremist pronouncements in 1964 when he was trounced by Lyndon Johnson. As political scholar E.J. Dionne details it so well in his recent book, How the Right Went Wrong, Goldwater unwittingly set the ideological quicksand trap in which far-out conservative promises became impossible to deliver as this country moved into the future with many progressive changes that benefited so many people, including conservatives and their loved ones. Medicare (1965) is just one example. Right-wing extremists resisted those changes tooth-and-claw and promised to abolish them but knew they couldn’t because too many people (prospective voters) liked the changes, including many middleclass Republicans. The diehard conservatives were stuck time and again between a rock (their promises) and a hard place (social reality). Charles Darwin said it best: Those who cannot adapt, die. The most extreme of the Republicans are completely resistant to any but their own pet policies: dismantling “big” government, total deregulation of free enterprise, tax cuts for the corporate rich, eradication of ObamaCare, total defunding of Planned Parent-
hood, resistance to social changes. They are still true believers in the ol’ tried-and-untrue Trickle-Down Theory (aka supply-side economics), which has failed abysmally since the 1980s. Wealth didn’t trickle down; it gushed up. (surprise, surprise). Economic inequality, which seems to be the soupe du jour these days, cannot be lessened by more tax cuts for the rich. Enter Bernie Sanders. Right-wingers who deify President Reagan seem to forget he wasn’t quite the hard-nosed conservative they love to think he was. He was often willing to compromise with Democrats, something these ultra-rightwing naysayers stubbornly refuse to do. So there they sit, doing nothing, blaming Obama for every problem that comes down the pike, including – go figure – the rise of Bernie Sanders. Successful Republican presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush I) were more or less centrists, long before wacko birds yanked the Party to the extreme right where nothing can get done. Democrats learned that the hard way. Anybody remember George McGovern? These name-callers will keep stumbling on their path of futility because they apparently have no plans for the nation’s problems. When they’re not trashing one another, they’re managing to find a bit of free time to blast the Democrats. Sanders is an ungodly socialist; Clinton is a sneaky liar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As a columnist, I have been frequently slammed by some letter-to-editor writers for my name-calling against extremist rightwingers. Tit-for-tat; good for the goose, good for the gander. As name-callers, they and their Hate Radio cheerleaders have me beat by a mile. It’s so nice, for a change, to kick back and let these name-calling cannibals do my job for me.
Tell council ‘we want a library in Sartell’ Barb Smorynski, Sartell
Democracy is a wonderful thing. Saw you at the caucuses where you were eager to vote your choice. Thank you! Busyness, Status Quo and Minnesota Nice dropped everything and came in record numbers. Platform ideas were energetically offered. Some asked what had ever happened to the one-half-cent library sales tax voted on twice here in Sartell. A former legend of the evening news, Walter Cronkite, when asked about the value of a library said “Whatever the cost of our library, the price is cheap compared to an ignorant nation” (Library quotes.com). The mess our national government is in resonates in our hearts, making us uneasy, nervous. The global economy is overtaking
us. Where are our basic strengths of “hope, will, purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care, wisdom, transcendence” as psychologist Erik Erikson has stated? A mom bathing her 3-year-old daughter, upon hearing her mother was going to visit some older church ladies, cocked her head to the side, considering, and said: “Too bad they don’t have mothers!” A trained librarian is like a mother with a good heart who has the skills to be the best search engine, program developer and problem-solver. She will provide inclusiveness, connectivity and enlightenment to help counter apathy and disenfranchisement. Walking a library’s book stacks is an adventure that reinvigorates your imagination. Your Erikson basic strength tools of “trust, initiative, industry, identity, integrity and wonder return” –
or begin: A little boy who had lost his mother paged through easy books they had shared. As he wiped his cheek, the librarian leaned down, smiled and held out her hand. “I bet you’ll love the adventure of the Hardy Boys. Its right near The Baker Street Irregulars, a kind of Sherlock Holmes sleuthing gang.” That little boy spent many hours with this librarian’s friends and grew up to be a doctor. Drop everything again to insure your hard-earned half-cent sales tax be allocated for a centrally located Great River Regional Library branch in Sartell. The meeting is 6 p.m. Monday, March 14 at Sartell City Hall. Help correct the misunderstanding in the government that its citizens no longer want a library.
The time for a Sartell library is now or never Zurya Anjum, Sartell People of Sartell, I am writing to you on behalf of Sartell Friends of the Library and more than 500 Sartell residents who signed their names on a petition for a Sartell branch of the Great River Regional Library system. The Sartell City Council has allocated $13.5 million for the community center and other “projects” that do not include a GRRL branch. That, despite repeated requests by residents through the ballot and surveys that [said] they want a GRRL in Sartell. Shame on our council members. They all talked about a library when they were running for office but now the mayor says she did not
mean it to be a full GRRL branch but just a kids’ library space. The other members also say they support the library but to date have not allocated a single dime to it. The proof is in the pudding. We have been betrayed by our council and especially by our mayor. It’s time to speak up now, otherwise Sartell will never get a GRRL branch. Libraries are a must for any community that values knowledge and wants to provide a place for everyone to come to a free public facility for media, books and programming. Are we to believe local library opponents and council members [believe] every Sartell resident has an E-reader with unlimited internet access and so a library is
not needed? The GRRL states digital books are only 5 percent of the total checkouts at their many libraries. If you voted for the half-cents sales tax twice believing it would be spent on amenities that include a GRRL in Sartell, please come to the 6 p.m. March 14 city-council meeting to show we will not stand for this betrayal. We have made our wishes known for the past 15 years and will do so again March 14 to show we are a community that will not allow our chosen members to ignore our wishes for a long-awaited promise they are breaking. Let’s show our solidarity. Let our voices be heard.
The decision was made to build the Sartell Community Center at the south location without the possibility of a library. The opportunity to give opinions regarding the site was lacking. I was not a resident when voters said yes to a sales tax to support a future library. Of the people, by the people and for the people has not been honored.
The citizens were chastised for disagreeing with the decision made by the mayor and the city council. Communication and other opinions were not welcomed. Why not a central location with room and parameters for the Great River Regional Library? This is JUST WRONG. The people of Sartell need to be heard.
Sartell resident feels betrayed by mayor, council
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Sharon Rohling, Sartell
Sartell residents have been betrayed by the mayor and the city council. As a Sartell resident for the past four-and-a-half years that is what I feel and I have heard the same comments from other residents of Sartell.
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Tax-abatement bond hearing by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A March 14 public hearing has been scheduled concerning a taxabatement bond up to the amount of $13.5 million for a community center and improvements to certain regional parks. The hearing will take place at the Monday, March 14 Sartell City Council meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m. In a memo to the Feb. 22 Sartell City Council, Sartell Administrator Mary Degiovanni stated the following: “The abatement would finance improvements to the city’s
regional community center and to certain regional parks, including improvements of and amenities related thereof, collectively known as the Project.” Degiovanni later explained the amenities, besides the community center, could include improvements to Pinecone Regional Park, such as at the Bernick’s Ice Arena, for example; or perhaps at other parks. Such improvements and/ or amenities, she noted, must be considered “regional” in use to qualify for half-cent sales-tax revenue, which will be used to pay for the community center and any other amenities covered by the
tax-abatement bond. The improvements and/or amenities cannot be spelled out at this time simply because the council first has to specify them and approve them, Degiovanni noted. The Sartell Community Center, now in the planning stage, is expected to cost $11.5 million of the $13.5-million amount. The council has the authority to approve up to $13.5 million in tax-abatement bonding, but no more than that amount. Using tax-abatement bonds can save a city from paying higher interest rates for bonds, 1 or 2 percentage points less in some cases.
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CITY OF ST. STEPHEN ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 21: COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OPERATIONS SUMMARY PUBLICATION The City of St. Stephen has adopted an amendment to the Council Meetings and Operations Ordinance, Ordinance 21 in the following section: Section 21.01: Meetings.
The Ordinance amendment was adopted by the City Council of St. Stephen on the 2nd day of March, 2016 and shall be effective upon publication.
The purpose of this amendment to the Council Meetings and Operations Ordinance is to make the following change to Subd. 1: Regular Meetings. It is to state, Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the first Wednesday of each calendar month at 6:30 p.m.
/s/ Jeff Blenkush Jeff Blenkush, Acting Mayor /s/ Cris Drais Cris Drais, City Clerk Publish: March 11, 2016
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Czeck from front page Finally, the ailments became so severe she could not even eat, and she later discovered why. The tumor had grown so big it had pushed her esophagus to the side. She went to the doctor. An X-ray at the hospital discovered the hideous tumor, which had actually grown around her upper ribs. Czeck’s long and courageous fight against the disease was about to begin. She had to endure 11 rounds of chemotherapy
until January 2016. Then, at the Mayo Clinic, she underwent surgery at the end of January to remove the tumor, which required taking out parts of five of her ribs and a bit of her right lung. In the meantime, between bouts of sickness, Czeck did her very best to keep up with her studies online, with a lot of help and understanding from her professors. “The doctors and the professors have been really good,” she said. “They’ve been just awesome, and the professors were so understanding if I didn’t make a deadline.” After all the pain, the weakness and feelings of utter debili-
tation, the battle is not over. She will soon do five weeks of radiation treatments at Mayo Clinic, followed by two or three more rounds of chemotherapy. Czeck admits the pain from surgery and the weakening effects of chemo were sometimes hard to bear. “But I’ve tried to stay positive through all of it, and staying positive when you’re fighting cancer really helps,” she said. “It’s important to remember somebody always has it worse.” Any funds raised during the March 13 benefit at Mulligans will be used for some of Czeck’s medical expenses and to help with living expenses because
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she won’t be able to work during the weeks she undergoes radiation treatments. “I hope to return to school this summer,” she said. “I’m in my senior year now so I’m hoping to finish up on my classes (interrupted during her illness).” A 2012 graduate of Sartell
Friday, March 11, 2016 High School, Czeck is the daughter of Mike and Julie Czeck. She has one sister, Samantha, a freshman at Winona State University. Czeck, who enjoys playing tennis and snow-skiing, describes herself as a “plant nerd” because she loves gardening.