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Place of Hope Ministries will host Empty Bowls, a soup feed benefit and silent auction, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 29 at Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. There will be three stages of live music and entertainment, and tasty soup from area restaurants, along with the silent auction, featuring unique pottery, wooden bowls and more. Head to their website, placeofhopeministries.org, or call 320203-7881 for more information.
Spring burning restrictions take effect
The Department of Natural Resources is restricting debris burning in many central, northwestern and southern Minnesota counties this week, and in other parts of the state beginning in April. Burning restrictions mean the state will not allow the open burning of brush or yard waste. Debris burning is especially dangerous during April and May when most wildfires occur in Minnesota. Spring burning restrictions coincide with increasing fire potential throughout much of the state due to the early snow melt and dry fuels like grass and leaves. With the snow gone, exposed dead grass and brush can light easily and fires can spread quickly. Restrictions last until sufficient green vegetation forms, normally from four to six weeks. In addition, many local counties and municipalities have specific burning regulations or restrictions. Check with local authorities to obtain proper permits before burning. The burning restrictions do not apply to campfires; they are still allowed. Clear an area around the campfire, watch it continuously and make sure it is out and cold to the touch before leaving.
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Piece by piece, a long-range vision of education in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District is coming into focus, thanks to the brainstorming efforts of many committee members and public participants. A series of nine workshops/ meetings led by the Community Schools Planning Committee is now underway through Oct. 28. At the March meeting, participants offered hundreds of suggestions of what they would like education to become for the next 10 to 30 years. Residents are encouraged to attend the meetings. The next one will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 at Sartell Middle School. It will involve a detailed tour of all of the five school buildings in the city: the
high school, middle school, two elementary schools and the District Service Building. Future workshops/meetings, all of them at Sartell Middle School, will take place from 4-8 p.m. on the following Wednesdays: April 8 and 15, May 6 and 13, Sept. 16 and 23 and Oct. 28. When all the meetings have taken place, the committee will formulate recommendations and present them to the school board in autumn 2015. The March 18 workshop was a brainstorming session at which all participants were asked to write down their responses to the prompting phrase of: “I believe our facilities should . . . “ The responses, when collected and organized in categories, show that participants (stakeholders, as they’re School • page 5
K u r t Stumpf was recently named to replace Julie Tripp as the new principal of Stumpf Sartell Middle School, starting in the next school year. Stumpf has been assistant principal at the middle school since 2012. He has also been employed as dean of students at Little Falls Community Middle School and as a math teacher and coach in the Pierz
School District. Tripp will retire next year after 25 years at Sartell Middle School, 15 of them as a language-arts teacher. She served as assistant principal for six years and as the middle-school principal since 2011. Stumpf has agreed verbally to accept the position. He will be on the school board’s agenda for approval at its April 20 board meeting. “I’m excited to continue working with the great team at Sartell Middle School,” Stumpf said in a press release. “The collaboration of amazing staff
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members, dedicated students, involved parents and a supportive community continue to make the Sartell-St. Stephen School District extraordinary. I look forward to continuing the rich tradition of educational excellence at SMS.” Stumpf has served as a leader on several district teams, including the Safe and Supportive Schools Committee, Teacher Evaluation Implementation Team and the Student Advisory Curriculum Team. He has also shared his expertise in positive-behavior intervention systems and supporting full-
access initiatives. Sartell-St. Stephen School District Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert said Stumpf stood out from a field of candidates because of his leadership skills. “We had an excellent pool of candidates from which to choose,” Schwiebert said. “Kurt came to the top of the pool because of his strong instructional leadership capabilities. Kurt has a strong history with us and will continue to be an excellent part of the administrative team and our district.”
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they were sometimes only peripherally aware of the needs of their children and their wives. One day, Bain, who lives in Sartell, had a flash of inspiration. Why not invent a box in which to put cell phones, a box that would be a constant in-home reminder to put those phones out of sight, out of mind for the sake of family interactions? When he suggested the idea to his colleague and friend, Brauchler, who lives in Paynesville, both of them were instantly on the same wavelength. They devised what they call OSOM • page 3
OSOM box: family first, cell phones second
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The three who are working to share the OSOM Box concept with customers are (from left to right) Matt Brauchler, Paynesville; Kristen Brown, Twin Cities; and Sartell resident Mitch Bain, OSOM Box CEO and co-founder with Brauchler.
Mitch Bain and Matt Brauchler want to put people first, cell phones second – especially when it comes to their own precious family members. They have long worried about cell-phone addiction and decided to do something about it. Like many fathers, they have heard their children say pleadingly, “Daddy, would you please look at me? Would you listen to me?” For Brauchler and Bain, it was a stark realization that, while staring at their phone screens,
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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. March 11 2:11 p.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue. While on patrol, an officer witnessed a vehicle pass on the right shoulder of another vehicle, waiting to turn. The driver was aware of the violation. He was issued a citation and released. 3:47 p.m. Juvenile problem. 4th Avenue N. A complaint was made regarding four juvenile males skateboarding in the roadway and not moving for vehicles. Officers checked the area and were not able to locate the males. March 12 2:34 p.m. Theft. Walmart. An adult female was witnessed attempting to leave the store with unpaid merchandise. The female admitted to the theft. She was issued a citation and released. 7:09 p.m. Juvenile problem. 8th Avenue N. A report was made re-
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Dale H. Sorell, 83
Sartell Aug. 15, 1931 – March 20, 2015
Dale H. Sorell, 83, died March 20, 2015 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. His funeral will be held March 24 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sauk Rapids. The Revs. Paul Cloeter and Harvey Ehlers officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids. Sorell was born Aug. 15, 1931 in Minneapolis to Henry and Hilma (Paavola) Sorell. He grew up in Richfield and lived in St. Louis Park before moving to Sartell in 1962. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Sorell married Janice Carlberg on Aug. 25, 1956 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Richfield. He owned and operated the Winter Haven Motel in Sartell for eight years. He operated Sorell Tile
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garding a juvenile female and a juvenile male arguing and possibly turning physical. Officers arrived and were able to defuse the situation. Both agreed to stay apart for the evening and stated they needed no further assistance. March 13 6:56 a.m. Hazard. CR 78. While on an unrelated call, an officer noticed a used syringe, with the needle attached, lying on the ground. The officer checked the area and was able to locate more needles; they were all confiscated and disposed of properly. 5:51 p.m. Neighbor dispute. 8th Street N. A report was made regarding a neighbor refusing to leave a residence. Officers arrived and were able to speak with both parties, who agreed to stay away from each other. No further assistance was needed. March 14 1:43 a.m. Traffic stop. 10th Avenue N. While on patrol, an officer witnessed a vehicle traveling at 60 mph in a posted 35-mph zone. The driver stated he was aware of his speed. He was issued a citation and released. 4:42 p.m. Suspicious person. 7th Street N. A report was made regarding a male carrying a gun into a
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in Sartell and was a construction supervisor for Jim Miller Construction for eight years. Sorell was the acting Chief of Police in Sartell for one year. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Cloud East Side VFW Post #4847, Sauk Rapids American Legion Post #254, and a charter member of the Sartell Lions Club. He enjoyed the music of John Philip Sousa and the Ventures, cooking, reading, the outdoors, hunting and fishing, and spending time at the lake. Sorell had a quirky sense of humor, was a perfectionist, very organized and creative. Survivors include the following: his wife of Sartell; sons and daughter, Jeff (Jodi) of Big Lake, Greg (Jo) of Sauk Centre, and Jill (Mike) Maselter of Sartell; 10 grandchildren, Danny, Jessica, Katherine, Johnathon, Robyn, Eric, Dylan, Andrew, Morgan and Michael; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother-in-law, Phil Carlberg. Memorials are preferred to Trinity Lutheran Church. Obituary, guest book and video tribute are available online at www. williamsdingmann.com. residential building. Officers found the male had a carrying license and no action was needed. March 15 2:28 a.m. DWI. 10th Avenue N. A report was made regarding a vehicle swerving erratically on the roadway. Officers located the vehicle and smelled alcoholic on the driver’s breath. The driver did not pass field sobriety testing and was placed under arrest. 7:08 p.m. Theft. Walmart. An adult male was witnessed leaving the store with unpaid merchandise. The male denied the theft. He was issued a citation and released. March 16 12:31 p.m. Suspicious activity. Bechtold Drive. A report was made regarding five unknown males selling items door to door. An officer was able to locate the males and found they were selling raffle tickets. They were told to contact the city before attempting to sell items in the city. March 17 9:02 a.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue. A vehicle was witnessed traveling 49 mph in a 30-mph zone. The driver stated she wasn’t aware of her speed. She was issued a citation and released.
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Coborn’s Inc. recently donated $1,000 to Catholic Charities Food Shelf. Pictured here are (front row, left to right) Jamie Pfuhl, Minnesota Grocers Association; Rebecca Kurowski, Coborn’s Inc.; Kathryn Stolpman, Catholic Charities Food Shelf, and Mike Paulsrud, Coborn’s Inc.; (back row) Brandon Anderson, Andy Knoblauch, Jim Maus, and Ann Richards, all of Coborn’s Inc. Coborn’s Inc. is one of six companies statewide to be recognized for its exceptional efforts to end hunger in its community. Coborn’s participated in the October 2014 “Minnesota’s Own” campaign to end hunger. “Minnesota’s Own” raised food and monetary donations to provide more than 8.7 million meals to Minnesota families in need. It was coordinated by the Minnesota Grocers Association and included 241 MGA retail members, 14 vendor partners, and community food banks and food shelves across the state. Participating stores and vendor locations offered multiple opportunities for consumers to contribute to the campaign. Many retailers encouraged customers to donate grocery items in-store or round up their purchase totals at the register, contributing the price difference to feed local families. Others prominently displayed the names of customers who donated money on grocery list icons. All food and monetary contributions collected were distributed to a variety of local food shelves, banks
and support organizations across the state. Coborn’s received the Silver Plate Award for Best Overall Program Support – Retail in the “Minnesota’s Own” display contest, which offers a chance for campaign participants to get creative with in-store advertising while engaging consumers to end hunger. Statewide, 255 stores and vendors participated in this year’s display contest. In addition to the award, Coborn’s presented a $1,000 donation to the food charity of their choice, Catholic Charities Food Shelf, on behalf of the “Minnesota’s Own” program. “It’s incredibly rewarding to be able to put together a promotion that makes such an impact on our local communities,” said Chris Coborn, president and CEO of Coborn’s Inc. “Thanks to our generous guests, employees and vendors, we have been able to provide a lot of food to many people in need. When we can use our business to help eliminate hunger, we all are affected in a very positive way.”
Carly Spoden, a sophomore accounting and business major from Sartell, Minn. is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management Club at Southwest Minnesota State University for the 2014-15 academic year. Spoden is the daughter of Brenday and Gary Spoden of Sartell. HR club strives to provide opportunities for anyone interested in learning how to get their foot in the door, learn about what human resources is and how it impacts all business types. The group attends conferences and competitions to help prepare students for the PHR/SPHR exam and to have fun learning about HR. They also host speakers and events throughout the year for fun
and learning experiences. Five members of the Sartell Knowledge Bowl team competed and won at the Regional Knowledge Bowl tournament March 19 at Celebration Lutheran Church. The five members of the Sartell team are Samuel Chappell, Gopi Ramanathan, Dawson Rogers, Michael Volgman-Mercuri and Derek Schmidt. The team is coached by Luke Walker and Erica Nelson. Eighteen teams competed in a written test and four oral rounds. Five of the teams, including Sartell, will compete at the State Knowledge Bowl meet on Thursday, April 9 and Friday, April 10 in Brainerd.
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OSOM from front page the OSOM box, which is pronounced “Awesome” and stands for Out of Sight, Out of Mind. The stylish, decorative, gray box can hold up to six cell phones. It has a port entry on the back so phones can be charged while being kept within the box. The OSOM box acts as a kind of physical and psychological barrier against cell-phone addiction. It reminds parents – and children too – to set aside their cell phones in favor of face-to-face times of undivided attention for family members. The two men are not against cell phones, far from it. In fact, because of their jobs and professional connections, they know all too well how important such phones are for vital connections. But they are hoping to change the way they and others interact with phones in order to prioritize people first, technology later. Bain is an account executive for Tarmac Co., a Minneapolisbased firm that helps with web and mobile development. Brauchler also has a job in the mobile phone and Internet business, and the two men met each other when they both worked at W3i in Sartell. Bain and his wife, Savanna (born and raised in St. Joseph, nee Klein), have three children: Carter, 9; Emirsyn, 4; and Weston, 1-1/2. Brauchler and his wife, Becky, have two children: Everett, 5; and Anna, 3. Born in Montevideo, Bain met his future wife, a St. Cloud
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com State University student while both were students at the college. Family life was always extremely important for the Bains and for the Bauchlers, and it took them awhile to understand how technology indulgence can interfere with quality family time. When developing the OSOM box, they realized they, too, fit the profile of someone more or less addicted to cell phones. For example, four of five cellphone users don’t go for more than an hour without checking their smartphones. The average time spent per day on a cell phone is 90 minutes (that totals four years in a lifetime). Thirty-three percent of people use cell phones while on romantic dates. In the United States, an estimated 176 million people are afflicted with cell-phone addiction. Fully half of cell-phone users sleep next to their phones, 38 percent check work emails while at the dinner table and 90 percent of text messages are responded to within three minutes of receiving them. After much brainstorming and research, Bain and Brauchler needed someone to help market their invention. Bain called Kristen Brown of the Twin Cities, a bestselling author and public speaker whose areas of expertise are minimizing stress, setting goals and boosting happiness. A widowed mother of one daughter, she owns her own business. When she heard about the OSOM concept, she was instantly eager to come aboard and join the project concept. Brown understood all too well, from her work dealing with stress, how cell-phone
usage can disconnect loved ones from one another. Many people have asked the two men, “What’s so special about a box? Why not just use a shoebox to put cell phones in?” Bain said if people buy the OSOM box for a particular purpose, they will tend to use it more than any old box. At home, sometimes Bain will reach for his cell phone. His wife points to the OSOM box. He puts the phone in the box; family connections resume. “Our use of cell phones is reaching epidemic proportions,” Bain said. “This box is a means of self-control. It’s a visual reminder. It can lead to quality time, better communication, better sleep and not missing family moments around you when they’re happening.” On the OSOM box website is a questionnaire that can help people determine if they are addicted to cell phones. Here are some of the questions: • Are phones present during most meals? • Do you constantly play with your phone in front of your kids? • Do you check your phone while in the middle of a conversation? • Do you feel anxious when your phone is not within reach? • Have you felt your phone vibrate even when you don’t have it on you? • Is your phone the last thing you see before bedtime? • Is your phone the first thing you grab in the morning? • Do you feel the need to respond to a text message as soon as you receive it? One of Bain’s and Brauchler’s favorite quotes is from the late
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Mitch Bain (left) of Sartell, OSOM Box CEO and co-founder, was on set filming a segment for On The Fly, a Twin Cities television show. computer genius Steve Jobs: “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear the most precious resource we
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The OSOM box can hold up to six phones at a time, according to the website. all have is time.” For more about the OSOM box and how to order one, go to www.OSOMbox.com.
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Opinion Our View Netanyahu undermines peace efforts Let’s all speak up on behalf of our good neighbors
It is sad and disturbing to hear about racialcultural conflicts at Tech High School in St. Cloud. Sad but not surprising. On March 18, about 100 Somali students and some of their parents staged a protest on the grounds outside of Tech. They were trying to bring attention to the injustices the students say they have experienced, including unfair and unequal disciplinary actions against them, incidents of bullying and name-calling, and lack of inclusiveness. What apparently sparked the protest was a vicious posting on social media of a Somali student, who was made to appear as if she is in a wheelchair, along with words that implied she is somehow a part of an Islamic terrorist group. School officials have been meeting with the protesters to hear more specifically about their grievances. We are glad to hear that, but we hope some genuine steps are taken toward conflict resolution instead of just “conversations.” The surest way toward that goal – conflict resolution – is to open the lines of communication and to encourage all students to express their grievances before those feelings erupt into unhealthy outlets. It’s also important to educate all students about the importance of tolerance and respect for cultural differences. The history of America is rife with instances of prejudice, cruelty and even violence to immigrants of different colors and cultural backgrounds. It happened when Irish immigrants arrived in the mid-1800s, when the Chinese arrived to help build our railroads and – most obviously – against Afro-Americans. Right here in the Tri-County area, prejudice, mutual suspicions and acts of meanness occurred between Catholics and Protestants in the 19th Century and even into the 20th Century. It takes a lot of effort to overcome these prejudices, which can eat at the edges of an otherwise thriving society. And make no mistake: prejudice against Somalis occurs in the greater St. Cloud area. It ranges from distrust and sneering comments to irrational fears and baseless attitudes that they are all aligned with Islamic terrorists groups. There are also multiple acts of vandalism against their places of worship in St. Cloud. If that kind of hostility is afoot in our streets, it’s bound to be in our schools, too. We believe the overwhelming number of people in this area are not mean-spirited or prejudiced. Our school district is trying its best to defuse conflicts and to try to make every student feel comfortable and secure. The district also has a good anti-bullying policy. Nevertheless, these student grievances must be thoroughly considered, and actions must be taken, including disciplinary actions against the bullies, not the bullied. In the meantime, all of us who live here must speak up to challenge hurtful comments and ludicrous stereotypes against our good neighbors, the Somalis, as well as others who may be targets of bigotry. The poison of prejudice runs most deep when it goes unchallenged, and our collective silence is an accessory to the crime.
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Who says a leopard can’t change its spots? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does it all the time, although he more resembles a belligerent jackass than a sleek leopard. On March 16, the night before his electoral success and then on the day of the election, he announced he would, as prime minister, do all in his power to resist a two-state solution as part of a peace process – that is, an Israeli state and a Palestinian state. He would, he said, never allow a Palestinian state. Two days after the election, he told news reporter Andrea Mitchell he is in favor of a two-state solution but that “conditions” aren’t right. He didn’t mention, of course, one of those “conditions” is him, along with his intransigent Likud party. There are newfangled euphemisms for Netanyahu’s rapid-fire about-face, his endless flip-flops: “walking it back” or “backtracking.” There’s another, more accurate name for it: “lying.” The winding trail of Netanyahu’s political career is littered with more lies than Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs. This is the man House Speaker John Boehner and House right-wingers invited to speak to the U.S. Congress recently in an effort to shame our president and his diplomatic efforts with Iran. Such a pathetic stunt is going to backfire sooner or later. Netanyahu began his speech before the U.S. Congress as a virtual valentine to President Barack Obama, praising him as being such a good friend to Israel. Then, in the next breath, he proceeded to trash Obama and his diplomatic efforts with Iran, claiming any agreement would bring almost certain ruin to Israel and the world. The sky will fall! Apparently, Netanyahu’s solution to peace is for the United States to just go and nuke Iran.
Netanyahu has never been a man of peace. Through his three terms as prime minister, he has been a peace pretender most of the time. Anyone who has followed Middle-East peace processes for years, at least as regards Israel and the Palestinians, knows a two-state solution is critical if any peace can be achieved and then kept. Without that foundation, that understanding, no peace is possible. Time and again, bowing to world pressures, Netanyahu pretended to accede to the two-state solution, but every time he and his right-wing cronies dragged their feet, erected hurdles, antagonized Palestinians, used oppressive measures against their neighbors in the name of security and – again and again – kept building Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands, including the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Such settlements, more than any other factor, caused rage among Israel’s neighbors because the settlement constructions were obviously provocative. Those construction projects were and are a major roadblock to peace as several American presidents have known so well. In fact, it was settlementbuilding that caused the hostile rift between Obama and Netanyahu years ago. Netanyahu is a masterful politician and, like many politicians, he has learned to dissemble, to speak out of both sides of his mouth, to make promises and then renege on those promises and – yes – to tell bold-faced lies.
To his credit, he can be very passionate and eloquent about the right of the Jewish people to be secure in their country. Like all Jews, Netanyahu is painfully aware of what happened during the Holocaust and how anti-Semitism has left such a terrible legacy of murders throughout history. And he is also right to be keenly suspicious of many of his Arab neighbors, especially when some extremists have vowed nothing less than the complete destruction of Israel. It’s too bad, though, his peace initiatives, such as they are, do not match his admirable passions. However, his peace initiatives are hard to find. Anyone who has followed the seemingly endless negotiations for so many decades knows many times Israeli extremists like Netanyahu have undermined that process by their provocative, belligerent actions, such as building more and more settlements and in bulldozing Palestinian homes. Netanyahu has never believed in a two-state solution; he has pretended to do so, largely because he has to play along with American presidents since Israel is the recipient of billions of dollars in American aid and military resources. He and other extremists pretended to go along with steps to a peace process, like the Oslo accords, but then later they balked and reneged on those agreements. The United States, rightfully so, is a firm friend and defender of Israel, our stalwart ally in the Middle East. It’s a crying shame America and other countries have to deal, yet again, with Netanyahu and the majority Likud party. With them in charge, peace between Israel and the Palestinians will be undermined and sabotaged repeatedly. That’s because there is a big roadblock to peace in the Middle East. Its name is Benjamin Netanyahu.
Never mind he could have been born on Jupiter and still be a natural-born U.S. citizen because he had an Americanborn mother regardless of who his father was. Never mind he was born in Honolulu, NOT Kenya, as birthers would have us believe. Never mind, even if he had been born in Kenya, his mother was still
a citizen! Ah, but now comes Sen. Ted Cruz, born in Canada to a U.S.-born mother and a Cuban-born father, and suddenly it's all right! His mother is a U.S. citizen, so it's OK. This writer agrees it's OK. But, where are the suddenly silent birthers?
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Why are ‘birthers’ suddenly so silent? Larry Leighton, Alexandria Is the Republican Party now about to show the epitome of hypocrisy? Just over six years ago they raised a hue and cry about President Obama's citizenship. Even today the "birthers" make their wild claim he was born in Kenya.
To be lean-forgetful or fat with memory?
So here I was sound asleep in my comfortable bed when suddenly I was shattered awake by these two words: Hoyt Axton. That’s all, just Hoyt Axton. I had just dozed off. I’m sure this happens to you. My wife and I were discussing a song earlier that evening we had heard and were trying to come up with the name of the singer. This happens now and then. Our minds just seem to turn off. We try but just cannot remember things. Then, usually much later and for no apparent reason, the answer comes out of the blue. Immediately on hearing the name, I remembered both the song and the singer. My wife and I are and have been big fans of Hoyt, but this has nothing to do with him; it has more to do with our brains. Make that our aging brains. Oh, and getting shattered awake. Most of the time it’s the simplest things that cause us to stumble. I think I have discovered the cause. I call it brain clutter. When we are young we spend most of our time taking in knowledge. We are learning the whys and hows of life. We are students. We retain that information for when it might come in handy. The problem is as we grow older, we continue to take in information and retain it. Our brains begin to look like an overstuffed suitcase. The older we get the more cluttered our
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer brains become. I just received a forward which dealt with this. It was a group of cheerleaders yelling, “What do we want? Better memory. When do we want it? Want what?” Now I am not making fun of memory loss or the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease. I know from personal experience the tragedy of those problems. My own father was an Alzheimer’s patient. What I am talking about is just the natural aging process and how our minds are sometimes affected. And sometimes it’s funny. Like being awakened in the middle of the night with an answer to a question I had already forgotten. Both my wife and I will sometimes walk into a room and for a moment wonder why we are there. We both have our routines. Like when she is fixing breakfast, you never want to interrupt her with questions about, for example, dinner. That could throw her off completely and she has to start over.
One of my big issues is the garage door. I will often take my car out of the garage, back out into the street, drive away, then wonder as I get down the road if I closed the garage door. Sometimes I will even have to drive back by to see if it’s closed. Life becomes quite automatic. I have read quite a bit about this aging process and our ability to keep our brains strong and active. I work crossword puzzles and my wife does the Sudoku puzzles. It’s supposed to keep us sharp. I write these columns every week and she proofs them. Those are very good exercises as well. Somebody once told me walnuts are good brain food. But they make you fat. Which is better? To be lean and forgetting everything or fat with a memory of everything, especially the foods that made you fat? So then I am left with this question: Which is a better choice, a cluttered mind that sometimes forgets stuff, or just to be empty-headed? I think I will go with the clutter. 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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Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com ary subjects and structured so a great diversity of learning is encouraged. Academics, sports and arts must all be given honored places. Common spaces should encourage students to mingle and to learn from one another in at atmosphere of acceptance and respect. Community involvement by teachers and students should be emphasized, and vice versa, with other groups and businesses in the city collaborating with the schools. In the meantime, a “prudent” use of existing facilities must be emphasized, with full accountability to the taxpayers. The educational process must be innovative and creative, constantly in touch with the ever-changing realities of the next half century.
One quote shared by the participants at the workshop was from visionary Buckminster Fuller: “The best way to predict the future is to design it.”
High-Tech High
At the March 18 workshop, participants watched a 15-minute video called High-Tech High, a brief introduction to an innovative widely praised school in San Diego that has been hailed by the likes of Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, as well as many educators worldwide. At High-Tech High, there are no forms of segregation whatsoever by class, race, income levels or abilities. The school was designed with large open spaces with lots of huge glass windows so all spaces (and functions) interrelate.
The school is a hands-on school in which projects become the focus of learning experiences. Such projects include robotics, carpentry, metals, ergonomics, blueprinting, paintings and sculpture, to name just some. Through such hands-on work, students can see and feel what they are doing and what they are learning, and how it relates to the real world of adults. They see constantly the tangible results of their learning process. The man who founded HighTech High said students can study the world through almost any particular project. He himself did that via carpentry. The theory of learning in the school is that almost everything can be learned from doing specific projects – things that don’t
5 necessarily have to do specifically with that project – for example, learning spatial relationships and math formulas when doing an art painting. The school is comprised of 538 students, and the atmosphere is busy, very interactive with students coming and going, but it’s not hectic. The students are treated as adults and, thus, they act like responsible adults with courtesy and respect for one another. There is constant research based on input from students and teachers about what works best in the process of teaching and learning. Some of the students chosen for the school were formerly bored in their other schools, and their grades were sagging School • page 9
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Twins' business brings stunning fun surprises by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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A stunning chance encounter happened when twin sisters Marci Turenne-Hansen of Sartell (left) and Michelle Levin chanced upon Sir Paul McCartney outside of a New York City restaurant one night in 2012. It happened during one of the twins' flyaway getaways.
Twins Marci and Michelle both look remarkably alike, they both have three children and they both love surprise getaway trips – so much so they have made it into a rewarding career. Marci Turenne-Hansen lives in Sartell with her husband, Corey, and their young children Ellie, Carlie and Casey. Michelle Levin and her husband, Marty, who live in Fosston near Bemidji, have three young sons – Tanner, Ryan and Brecken. Their company is called GirlTime Getaways, a chance for women to get away for a surprise getaway, have a good time without logistical hassles and then return home feeling happy and relaxed. GirlTime Getaways also offers occasional “Flyaway” trips, four-to-five day jaunts to cities such as San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, and Phoenix and Mesa, Ariz. A new flyaway city chosen by popular client votes for 2015 will be Washington, D.C. As in the bus getaway
trips, the women who take flyaway trips know only which city they sign up for, but what they do when they get there are carefully kept surprises that always change, trip to trip, by Levin and Turenne-Hansen. And lest males feel snubbed, the twins do an occasional getaway on which couples are welcome. For many years, the twins would do college getaways with former college roommates and always had a good time. Long before that, when they were children growing up in Thief River Falls, the traveling “bug” bit them both. Their parents, Ed and Lyn Turenne, loved to take them and their younger sister on road trips – so many through the years, the family visited or passed through all of the states except for Alaska and Hawaii. Years later, about 10 years ago, as young mothers, they began to think how nice it would be to take some time just for themselves on a getaway once or twice a year. That wish led to a good idea – to start their own “getaway” company for other women, too.
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Friday, March 27, 2015 “We thought it would be great to get women to enjoy themselves and one another on a getaway trip,” Turenne-Hansen said. “A chance to reconnect with people. It would be a getaway trip during which women wouldn’t have to plan anything. They’d come along just for fun, and when they got home they wouldn’t have to feel tired.” With a nod to mortality, Turenne-Hansen said, “Tomorrow is never guaranteed: and, thus, people should take the time to smell the roses. “Women are typically the caregivers,” she said. “They need to get a break.” And that premise (relaxing getaway fun trips without hassles) is exactly what the twins managed to do – so successfully the company’s success has been all but achieved through word-of-mouth raves from satisfied clients. The company will be 10 years old this August.
How it works
Bus getaways are typically weekend trips – Saturday through Sunday with a Saturday overnight stay somewhere. Each trip accommodates up to 54 women, enough to fill a travel-coach bus. The buses are rented from one of three places: Voigt’s Bus out of St. Augusta, Bemidji Bus Lines or Red River Trails Bus Lines out of Moorhead.
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Each year, on average, there are 12-15 getaway trips and three or four flyaway trips. There are many Minnesota cities that are the starting points for the trips – Sartell, Fosston, Hanover, Crystal, Champlin, Ottertail, Moorhead and more. The women on the trips know only one thing when they sign up – where the bus will leave and where it will return. The trips themselves are complete surprises. Among the places and activities undertaken on previous trips were stops at wineries, breweries, specialty shops, cooking classes, dance classes, archery classes, artsand-crafts events, paddle-boat excursions, go-kart amusement parks, pedicures, massages, dinner theaters, comedians and city festivals. When they first started the company, Levin and Turenne-Hansen began their bus trips only from their own cities, Fosston and Sartell. But, within a few years, they would get calls from women in other cities asking if they could get enough women for a tour, could a bus possibly stop at that particular city? The twins accommodated those wishes. The trips have taken women to major cities such as Bemidji, Duluth, Minneapolis and Stillwater. If there is something interesting and fun to do or see in Minnesota (and there are),
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the twins will find it. They do enormous amounts of research, planning and scheduling, as much as a year ahead, for each bus getaway and plane flyaway. “It’s a lot of work,” said Turenne-Hansen, “but it’s worth it. We feel blessed to be able to do this.”
It’s McCartney!
Usually, it’s the twins who are the springers of surprises on the trips, but during a flyaway trip to New York City in 2012, it was Marci and Michelle who got one of the biggest surprises of their lifetimes. It happened just after the group of women enjoyed a dinner at a Brazilian-style restaurant in the city. As they exited the restaurant, Michelle and Marci stopped dead in their tracks when they saw four people leave another restaurant next door. “I think that’s Paul McCartney!” one of the twins said. “It is Paul McCartney!” the other said. They quickly wondered if they should ask if they could take his photo with them. Michelle was a bit shy about it, but Marci – more extroverted than her sister, a bit bolder socially – walked up behind the famous Beatle and touched him on his contributed photo shoulder. He turned around Michelle Levin (left) and Marci Turenne-Hansen pause for a chumTwins • page 10 my photo with the Statue of Liberty rising in the background.
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Former victim set to discuss sex-trafficking by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Minnesota is a state envied by many for its quality education, its topnotch health care, its thriving businesses and its dynamic culture, but there is one state statistic that is far from admirable – in fact, despicable. Minnesota ranks among the top 13 states in the nation for the highest incidence of recruitment of minors for sexual exploitation. Specifically, in blunt terms, the selling of women and girls – and sometimes boys – for sexual purposes. That grim subject will be discussed from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, April 18 at St. Francis Xavier Church in Sartell. The program is free for all. Light refreshments will be served.
Guest speaker will be Joy Friedman, a staff member of Breaking Free, a St. Paul program that helps victims of sexual exploitation. Another guest speaker will be Tim Broda, a Sartell Police Department investigator who will present a local take on the sexual-exploitation issue. The April 18 program is sponsored by St. Monica’s Christian Women, the Social Justice Concerns Committee and the Knights of Columbus. Those sponsors are hoping many men attend the program because they have noted unless men understand the systemic nature of sex trafficking, it will more easily continue. Friedman, the guest speaker, understands all too well that sexual exploitation is a more deep-seated problem than most
people would imagine. She was sexually “trafficked,” first as a teenager, and she survived the violence and exploitation for 23 years. She was one of the first women to successfully complete the Breaking Free program. For the past 11 years, Friedman has worked for Breaking Free as a case manager, outreach specialist, program manager and a program for offender’s known as “John’s School.” Friedman has provided many training sessions regarding the subject of exploitation and prostitution for police departments in the Twin Cities. “Breaking Free,” she said, “took me in when no one else would help me. I don’t think I’d be alive today without their help. I was at a crossroads. Vednita (the program’s found-
er) held a spot for me when I had nowhere else to go. I was homeless and being pimped out on the streets. Coming to Breaking Free has changed my life, and now I advocate for other women. I’m a role model for them and proof there is a way out.” At the April 18 meeting, blunt statistics will be presented as well as ways to prevent sexual exploitation and ways to reach and help its victims. Among the statistics are these: • An estimated 27 million people are enslaved worldwide, more than any time in the history of the world. A majority of them are exploited for sex. • In the United States, sex slaves have been forced to perform as many as 10 acts of sex per day, and in some cases
many more times. • The average age of entry of females into sex trafficking is 12-14 years of age. • It's estimated sex-trafficking generates $32 billion worldwide every year. • When asked, 89 percent of women and girls used in prostitution want to get out of the trap but don’t know where to turn for help. • Almost 85 percent of victims of sexual assault and prostitution have been threatened or injured with the use of deadly weapons. • Ninety-five percent of trafficking victims used drugs or alcohol to numb the pain of their dangerous, violent lives. Breaking Free notes 100 percent of all trafficking women and girls are someone’s daughter, sister and/or mother.
Area city councils approve legislative priorities by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
All six area cities, including Sartell, have adopted three legislative priorities they would like the Minnesota Legislature to act upon – or at least to consider – in the 2015 legislative session. Each council of the five cities came to a consensus to support the priorities during their council meetings. The cities are Sartell, St. Cloud, St. Augusta, St. Joseph, Sauk Rapids and Waite Park. The priorities are these three:
• Appropriate funds to provide minimum revenue guarantees for airlines via an economic-development fund to reestablish local air service at the St. Cloud Regional Airport. • Exempt public purchases from the sales tax. Support legislation that would clarify the local government sales-tax exemption approved to define exemption for all purchases made by local units of government, whether by a private business on behalf of a local government (public capital projects) or by the municipality itself.
• Appropriate funds and create a program to encourage regional collaboration efforts that are locally initiated by local government jurisdictions.
Policy statements
The resolution approved by the six city councils also lists “general policy statements” that are generally supported in one form or another by the councils. The following are some of the major ones: • Legislation to assist cities with disproportionately high
amounts of government and/or nonprofit business properties such as colleges, universities and hospitals. • Legislation that would give municipalities the authority to establish street-improvement districts to collect fees from property owners within a district to fund municipal street maintenance, construction, reconstruction and facility upgrades. • Support extension of the North Star Commuter Rail service north to the St. Cloud area. • Reduce pressure on the property-tax system and equal-
ize property-tax bases by reviewing local-government-aid appropriations. Also, consider increasing local-governmentassistance levels commensurate with the inflation rate. • Support local accountability by allowing local authorities to formulate and adopt budgets without state restrictions. • Support legislation that would reduce or eliminate unfunded state mandates. • Support retention of local control of private water-well installations.
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Monday) Women's Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, 12-steps & literature meeting. Non-smoking, perfume free. Love of Christ Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 253-7453. (every Monday) TUESDAY AA Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Salvation Army, 400 S. Hwy. 10, St. Cloud. 252-4552. (every Tuesday) AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4310 Co. Rd. 137, St. Cloud. 237-3784. (every Tuesday) AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, Rice. 223-0790. Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Love of Christ Lutheran Church, Sartell. Peg 253-3741. (every Tuesday) Cancer Caregivers, 9 a.m., Caribou Coffee outside Crossroads Mall. 229-4907. (1st Tuesday) Families of Children with Special health Care Needs, 7-9 p.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, lower level. 1900 CentraCare Circle. Contact John or Brianna. 230-2068. (3rd Tuesdays) Gluten-Free, 6:30 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library. www.scceliac.org. (1st Tuesdays) Gold Ribbon, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Child/Adolescent Clinic conference room, CentraCare Health Plaza. 229-4923. (2nd Tuesday) Holistic Mom’s Network, Holistic Parenting Group. St. Cloud Public Library, 7 p.m. Contact Annie Preisler. 259-7820. (2nd Tuesday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Atonement Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Tuesday) Narcotics Anonymous, 8:30 p.m., Alano Club, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central. naminnesota.org. (every Tuesday) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for families with a relative with mental illness, 7 p.m., Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. Mike at 320-259-7101. (2nd & 4th Tuesdays) Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., Peace United Church, St. Cloud. 888-543-6999. (every Tuesday) TOPS, weigh-in 11:30 a.m., meeting at noon, Atonement Lutheran Church, 1144 29th Ave. N. 253-1680. (every Tuesday)
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From the Bench:
Leave it to the jury! Don’t interfere I have presided over numerous civil and criminal jury trials since becoming a judge almost eight years ago. These trials have lasted anywhere from one day to four weeks. They have involved various crimes, such as attempted murder, drug trafficking and robbery, as well as civil disputes involving personal injury, medical malpractice, auto accidents and a variety of other human disputes. One common thread runs throughout all of these jury trials: unexpected surprises frequently occur. Humor sometimes raises its head during jury selection. In one case I conducted, one of the attorneys was questioning the jurors as to their various backgrounds and suitability for sitting on that particular case. One of the jurors questioned was a rather prim-looking elderly woman. The attorney asked the woman whether she was married or single. “I’m divorced!” she shot back at the attorney. The attorney, attempting to recover from the abrupt answer given by the woman, asked, “Well...what did your ex-husband do?” She shot back, “Not near enough!” At the start of another trial I had, the jury was screened and selected and the first witness was called. As the wit-
From the Bench
Frank Kundrat District Court ness took the stand, a hand shot up from the jury box. I asked the juror what her question was, and the juror replied she happened to know the witness personally. I asked the juror how come she didn’t tell us that during the jury selection process when I read the list of witnesses’ names to the jury and asked if they recognized any of them. The juror said, “Well, I know his face but I didn’t know his name!” That juror had to be dismissed as being disqualified to serve. Fortunately, we had an alternate juror to serve in her place. In the midst of a criminal trial I presided over, I was suddenly approached by one of the court bailiffs to tell me a person in the visitors’ gallery sitting fairly near the jury was making snide comments about the testimony of some of the witnesses. I had not heard any such comments but quickly had to recess the trial and call each juror out individually to sit on the witness stand and testify under oath whether or not they had heard any of the remarks.
Fortunately, none had, but it took up a lot of valuable trial time. The snide commenter was summarily expelled from the courtroom. In another trial of mine, an attorney was showing an exhibit to the court and jury. The exhibit happened to be a large grimy-looking piece of a plastic liner from a farm manure pit. The exhibit appeared to still bear the dried remains of whatever was dumped onto it previously at the dairy farm. The attorney, after having the exhibit admitted into evidence, asked the court for permission to have it passed among all the jury members for personal examination. The jurors immediately shot a glance of dread at me about handling the offensive-looking object. I instructed the attorney to have the item cleaned off before handing it to the jury as there was no “evidence” on the exhibit that needed preservation for the purposes of that trial. All the jurors immediately let out a sigh of relief. Trial work is one of the most interesting and demanding aspects of my job as a judge. The unpredictable twists and turns of life are frequently borne out in the real-life human drama called a jury trial. Judge Frank Kundrat is a Minnesota State District Court judge with chambers in St. Cloud.
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Custodial Maintenance The Department of Custodial Maintenance at the College of Saint Benedict is seeking energetic and dedicated individuals to fill two part-time, benefit-eligible Custodian positions. This is a great opportunity for individuals seeking evening shifts, extra income or after-college hours. This position provides a unique schedule in order to maintain a high level of cleanliness in the College’s Gorecki Center. For more information and to apply online, visit http://employment.csbsju.edu Women, individuals of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The College of Saint Benedict is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Girl Scouts in ACTION seeks group facilitators Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines is looking for volunteers to help guide girls in a six-week afterschool program providing homework help, fun activities and a healthy snack (groups meet one day per week for two hours). Using their pre-planned curriculum and supplies, a group of volunteers at each site will help girls participate in age-appropriate activities, which focus on helping girls explore their community
School from page 5 badly. At High-Tech High, students love to come to school and former D students are now excelling, earning As and Bs.
Vision statement
The following is the vision statement devised by the Sartell-St. Stephen Community Schools Planning Committee: “We see flexible, sustainable and safe facilities that support
and their world. Girls will also earn the Girl Scout Safety Award as they learn how to stay safe in their home, school and community. Girl Scouts provides training for all adult volunteers for the program and each volunteer is paired with at least one other facilitator or group helper for the site. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on March 27 criers. and encourage multi-faceted, leading-edge opportunities for our students and community. They will build upon the success and excellence for which our school district is known. These facilities integrate technology seamlessly and foster creativity. They will include state-of-the-art venues for academics, athletics and the arts for our schools and community. The goal is to create an environment where staff and students are inspired to learn in their own diverse way.”
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Spring comes in its own sweet time Twins from page 7 and looked right at them. “Mr. McCartney, would you consider us getting a photo of you with us?” He smiled. “Yes, luv,” he said in his chipper British accent. At which McCartney put his arms around the two beaming twins, and someone snapped the photo. What is strangely appropriate about the chance encounter, though the twins didn’t think of it, is that a 1968 Beatles album and movie, both entitled Magical Mystery Tour, is based on the same premise as GirlTime Getaways – people on a surprise bus taking a mystery tour – rather in England than in the United States. “Meeting Paul McCartney! That was a life moment I’ll never forget,” Turenne-Hansen said.
Memories
Turenne-Hansen has many fond memories of the getaway trips. She shared three of her favorites with the Sartell Newsleader.
Toilet-papering photo by Kelly Brown
You do not have to travel far to find the beauty of Canada geese. The open water below the Sartell dam on the Mississippi River is a perfect place to stop, look and listen as these creatures make their way to feeding grounds late in the day. With spring here, they will pair up and start the cycle all over again.
While busing through St. Cloud during the university’s homecoming weekend, Marci noticed from the bus some college men toilet-papering what was apparently a friend’s house. She told the bus driver to stop. Then she got off the bus and said to four college men: “I have 54 women on that bus who can help you toiletpaper that house in no time.” The men let out a hoot. The women deboarded the bus, and in no time they’d done the deed. “We had a hoot,” TurennneHansen recalled, adding with a chuckle and a whisper how glad she was the police
Friday, March 27, 2015 didn’t do a pop-in visit.
Fire house
While walking down a street in New York City right near the group’s hotel, TurenneHansen noted a fire station. Feeling a bit bold, she knocked on the door and asked the answering firefighter if they ever conduct tours. She told him about the 54 women on her mystery tour. He said “Sure!” What followed was one of the most interesting tours the women ever took. There was a sadness about it, too, though, because many of the men once at that fire station were killed after the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. “Those are great guys,” she said. “We’ve gotten to know them and consider ourselves friends.”
Lemonade girl
As their bus was going through Wadena, the women happened to see a little girl in a residential neighborhood selling glasses of lemonade roadside. They decided to stop. “Let’s make that little girl’s day,” Turenne-Hansen told the women. She approached the girl and asked, “We have 54 ladies who would love to buy some lemonade from you.” The girl’s eyes grew as large as lemons. “But, but, but,” she stuttered, “I won’t have enough lemonade!” She ran out of lemonade in no time flat, but the ladies didn’t care. They gave her lemonade money anyway. Shortly after, the girl’s mother ran out of the house. She was crying as she thanked the women so gratefully. She told them the family was trying hard to make ends meet, and their generosity and kindness had made the day. For more about GirlTime Getaways, see its website at www.girltimegetaways.com
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Community Calendar
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Friday, March 27 Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., All Saints Academy school cafeteria, 32 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph, or, St. Joseph Catholic Church Heritage Hall, 12 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Weekly Lenten Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 145 2nd Ave. N.E., Rice. 320-393-2725. Saturday, March 28 Hope for Recovery Workshop, free workshop providing information on mental illness, coping strategies, registration required, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Francis Xavier Parish Hall, 219 2nd St. N., Sartell. namihelps. org. 651-645-2948. Garage Sale and Craft-Vendor Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bernick’s Pepsi Arena, 1109 1st St. S., Sartell. Creative writing workshop, 10:30-11:45 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. griver. org. St. Stephen Easter egg hunt, 11 a.m., Smoley Fields upper field, St. Stephen. Maple Syrup Tours, 1-4 p.m., Kramer Lake/Wildwood Park, 29709 Kipper Road, St. Joseph. 320-363-7784. AUTOMOBILES WANTED CASH FOR CARS: All Cars/Trucks Wanted. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Any Make/Model. Call For Instant Offer: 1-800-871-9134 (MCN) MOTORCYCLES WANTED: 60’s and 70’s Motorcycles. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-3710494 (MCN) ADOPTION **ADOPTION:** Adoring Doctor, Devoted, Financially Secure Family, Music Theatre, Sports, Travel, Education awaits 1st baby. *1800-379-8418* *Expenses Paid* (MCN) PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call Us First! Living expenses, Housing, Medical and continued support afterwards. Choose Adoptive Family of Your Choice. Call 24/7. ADOPT CONNECT 1-866-951-1860 (Void in IL & IN) (MCN) AU T O M O B I L E S / M O T O R C YC L E S WANTED Cash paid for Antique Harley Davidson motorcycles and related parts from 1900 thru 1970. Any condition including rough or incomplete. Will pay top price and pick up anywhere. Phone 309-645-4623 (MCN) AUTOMOBILES CASH FOR CARS: Any Make, Model or Year. We Pay MORE! Running or Not Sell your Car or Truck TODAY Free Towing! Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3805 (MCN) DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. 1-800-2830205 (MCN) FOR SALE TRAILER SALE: 6’x12’ v-nose ramp $2,750.00 or $87.00 a month; Dump trailers 14’ 14,000# $161.00 a month; 10’ 10,000# $119.00 a month; Car hauler 20’ $73.00 a month; 140 trailers in-stock. CLOSE-OUT on HI-DECK GOOSENECK 24k trailers! 515-972-4554 www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld. com (MCN) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED CDL Drivers needed to haul livestock,
Maple Syrup Festival, 1-4 p.m., Sugar Shack near St. John’s Preparatory School, St. John’s University, Collegeville. 320-363-3163. csbsju. edu/outdooru. Homework help, for grades K-8, 2:30-4:45 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. griver.org. Earth Hour, turn lights off for one hour to raise awareness about climate change, 8:30 p.m., earthhour.org.
Sunday, March 29 Empty Bowls, silent auction featuring unique pottery, wooden bowls and more, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. placeofhopeminisries.org. 320-203-7881. Monday, March 30 Blood drive, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., CD135 volunteer services, St. Cloud Veterans Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 1-800-7332767. redcrossblood.org. Tuesday, March 31 55+ Driver Improvement program (four-hour refresher course), 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Life Assembly of God, 2409 Clearwater Road, St. Cloud. 1-888-234-1294. Optional online courses: mnsafetycenter.org. Blood drive, 1-7 p.m., Atonement Lutheran Church, 1144 29th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 1-800-7332767. redcrossblood.org. home on weekends. Great Benefit Package for Full-Time Drivers! www.lynchlivestock. com or call Angie @ 563-776-3051 for more information. EOE (MCN) CLASS A CDL Regional Driver. Good home time. Great pay and benefits. Matching 401K. Bonuses and tax free money. No touch freight. Experience needed. Call Scott 507-437-9905. Apply online www.mcfgtl. com (MCN) Custom Grain Harvester HELP WANTED! Class A CDL Truck Drivers, Combine and Tractor graincart operators. Texas through Dakotas. Competitive pay and Housing provided. Call Stan 785-545-5966 (MCN) “Can You Dig it”? Heavy Equipment Operator Training! 3 Week Program. Bulldozers, Backhoes, Excavators. Lifetime Job Placement Assistance with National Certifications. VA Benefits Eligible! (866) 918-5006 (MCN) PAID IN ADVANCE! MAKE $1000 A WEEK mailing brochures from home! Genuine Opportunity! No experience required. Start Immediately! www.localmailers.net (VOID IN SD, WI) (MCN) MAKE $1,000 WEEKLY! Paid in advance! Mailing Brochures at Home! Easy pleasant work. Begin Immediately! Age unimportant! www.HomeProfitsBiz45.com (MCN) HEALTH & MEDICAL CASH PAID for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS! 1 DAY PAYMENT & PREPAID shipping. HIGHEST PRICES! Call 1-888-389-0695. www.cash4diabeticsupplies.com (MCN) TAKE VIAGRA/CIALIS? 40 100mg/20mg Pills, only $99! Get 4 BONUS Pills! Satisfaction or Money Refunded! Call 1-888-7968871 (MCN) VIAGRA 100mg, CIALIS 20mg. 40 tabs +10 FREE, $99 and FREE SHIPPING. 1-888836-0780 or Metro-Meds.net (MCN) LIVING WITH KNEE PAIN? Medicare recipients that suffer with knee pain may
Wednesday, April 1 Blood drive, noon-6 p.m., St. Wendelin Church, 22714 Hwy 15, St. Cloud. 1-800-733-2767. redcrossblood.org. St. Stephen City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 2 6th Ave. SE. 251-0964. Thursday, April 2 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. Traveling Health and Screening Fair for people 50+, 9 a.m.noon, Waite Park City Hall, 19 13th Ave. N.. Great River Regional Coin Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 2nd St. S., St. Cloud. Four Humors Lolita: A ThreeMan Show, stage play based on the 2.5-hour movie by Stanley Kubrik, Center Stage, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, 620 3rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320308-3093. Friday, April 3 Fish Fry, Bake Sale and Meat Raffle, 5-8 p.m., El Paso Sports Bar and Grill, 200 NW 2nd Ave., St Joseph.
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From the Bench:
What does it mean to be on probation?
There were 9,929 adults in prison in Minnesota as of July 1, 2014, according to the Adult Inmate Profile published by the Minnesota Department of Corrections. There were even more adults than that incarcerated in county jails. Probation serves as an important alternative to time in jail or prison. Public policy favors probation over incarceration. Probation is less costly than jail time and provides an avenue for remedial and safety-based services to be provided to those in need of those services. Felony offenses are punish-
Michelle Lawson District Judge able by more than one year in custody. Felony offenders who have their sentences executed are sent to prison. Prisons are funded and run by the state. Misdemeanor offenders (one year or less in custody) serve their time in county jails. Jails are funded and run locally at the county level. Bench • page 12
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Bench from page 11 When an individual is placed on probation for a felony offense, some amount of local jail time as a consequence is generally required. This local jail time can be up to a full year, depending on the severity of the offense, but is usually between 45 and 180 days. In addition to consequential jail time, the offender is placed on supervised probation and subject to the general conditions of probation. The general requirements of felony probation include but are not limited to the following prohibitions: voting, holding elected office and possessing a firearm. Furthermore, the individual’s home is subject to search by his or her probation officer, and the offender must report to and be supervised by the probation officer as deemed appropriate by the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Furthermore, an individual on probation will likely be required to participate in some services that are or programming that is specific to his or her needs. For examples, chemical-dependency treatment, mental-health treatment, domestic-violence programming and parenting classes – just to name a few of the most common. While on probation, the remainder of jail time is stayed, meaning the remainder of jail time is set aside pending successful completion of
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probation and any other conditions imposed by the court. Upon successful compliance with and discharge from probation, the stayed jail time does not have to be served. Alternatively, if what is required by probation and the court’s sentencing order are not done, and the individual is found in violation of probation, the sentence may be executed and the offender may be sent to prison to serve the rest of the sentence. Alternatively, serving another consequential piece of the sentence and being placed back on probation may be ordered. Until successful discharge from probation, an individual may need to serve time if the rules of probation are not followed. Misdemeanor probation works much the same as felony probation. However, if jail time is executed, the offender is not sent to prison but rather will serve the sentence in local jail. Probation is an important public service designed to provide individuals with the resources and services they need to lead crime-free, productive lives and no longer be involved in the criminal-justice system. They are supervised by probation officers to promote and preserve public safety. Furthermore, probation saves both state and local governments money related to incarceration. In the alternative, if individuals do not follow through with their probation or commit new criminal offenses while on probation, they are required to serve the time.
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