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Town Crier Registration open for youth athletics
Registration runs now through April 15 for the St. Stephen Athletic Club Youth Programs. Registration forms are available at Schmidty’s in St. Stephen or online at cityofststephen.com and on Facebook by searching “City of St. Stephen, MN.” For more information, contact Cindy at 320529-8498.
Sartell Winter Market set April 1 at city hall
Come join us for the final winter market of the season on Saturday, April 1. We will be open from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Sartell City Hall. It’s time to get ready for Easter with your ham, eggs, treats and much more for the upcoming holiday.
Girls 360 addresses topics relevant to teen girls
An eight-week free session of Girls 360 Group will start April 11. The group helps girls by educating them on a full spectrum (360 degrees) of topics relevant to a teenage girl’s life. The group is targeted toward 13- to 17-yearold girls with low self-confidence and low self-esteem. The latest session will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, April 11 through May 23 at The Village Family Service Center, Stearns Financial Center, 4140 Thielman Lane, Suite 303, St. Cloud. Women who are leaders in the St. Cloud community will speak on a variety of topics, including healthful eating, drugs and peer pressure, body image and self-esteem, healthy and unhealthy relationships, and selfcare. Space is limited. To register, call 320-253-5930.
Easter bunny to visit Crossroads April 1
A royal welcome to the Easter Bunny will be held from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, April 1 in Crossroads Center. Children ages 2-10 can participate in a coloring event. Boys & Girls Club staff will oversee the coloring and make Easter bunny buttons with the kids. At 10:30 a.m. the Easter bunny will arrive; at 11 a.m. a winner will be drawn in each of the following age groups: 2-4, 5-7, 8-10 (must be present to win). Winners will receive an Easter basket full of goodies complete with gift cards. Snacks will also be served. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on March 24 Criers.
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April 7 ‘gala’ to help fund youth-mentoring program by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com Courtney Bevans of Sartell, who was a Big Sister in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota program, was recently awarded a $2,500 nursing scholarship by an anonymous donor through the organization’s mentoring program. Bevans, who attends St. Cloud State University, is currently studying abroad in Africa where she is participating in hands-on global nursing experiences. They include health-care work in clinics, hospitals and public-health settings. The senior nursing student said because of the scholarship she was able to afford to study abroad for the experience through her nursing program. A “Magic Moments Gala” cel-
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ebrating how Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota has helped the youth they have served during the past 49 years will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, April 7 at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. The theme for the event is “From Little Seeds Grow Mighty Trees,” a theme that reflects how the program can change lives. This event is the agency’s largest annual fundraiser. Because the agency does not charge fees for services, it depends on donations from the area to provide the money needed to run its program. Donations from the event will help fund the Big Brothers Big Sisters’ youth mentoring program, which benefits children who face adversity. Bevans appreciates what she
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Ben Bouchie, 11, and Alli Bouchie, 9, play with the water pump March 4 at the Mississippi River Park, Sartell.
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ProFields to turf-manage athletic fields by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A joint agreement for turf management of athletic fields in Sartell was approved by the Sartell City Council at a recent meeting. The contract includes four signatories: the City of Sartell, the Sartell-St. Stephen School District, the Pinecone Central Park Association and the service provider, ProFields/Brian Deyak (the man who does the work).
Turf management is a complex way to keep athletic fields in prime playing condition. Through spring and summer, the turf manager mows, seeds, fertilizes, applies top-dressing, aerates the grass, and applies insecticides or herbicides when needed. Aerial colored slides of the work done by ProFields last summer were shown to the city council, and its members voiced their approval. The costs for the contracted work will be split three ways:
City of Sartell $19,800; School District $21,000; Pinecone Central Park Association $36,500. The fields that will be turf-managed and maintained are the Oak Ridge Elementary baseball field, the Sartell varsity football field and – for the city and park association – Champion Baseball Field, regulation soccer fields at Pinecone Central Park and the youth baseball fields in that park. Council member Pat Lynch praised the agreement and the results of work performed by
Slick Cylinders places fifth in snowmobile competition
ProFields/Brian Deyak, calling it “a great first venture for both of us (city and school district). The beautifully maintained fields are appreciated by the many out-of-towners who come to games in Sartell and spend money here, Lynch added. City Administrator/Financial Manager Mary Degiovanni said the joint agreement is very affordable for the services rendered and with other entities splitting the cost, the city gets “the best bang for the bucks,” she added.
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The Slick Cylinders team, a group of St. Cloud State University mechanical and manufacturing engineering students, which includes (left to right) Dan Kezar, Gene Studniski, Jake Harper, Jim Wicklund, Heather VanSlyke and Travis Meyer with their redesigned snowmobile. The team placed fifth in the March 6-11 competition at Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center in Houghton, Mich. See related story on page 3.
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A fundraiser for Kelly Orndorff and family will take place from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the Blue Line Bar & Grill in Sartell. Currently, organizers are seeking donations for its silent auction, such items as gift cards, gift baskets and other items. The smaller items, such as gift cards, can be mailed to: Sartell Orndorff Lions, P.O. Box 7, Sartell, Minn. 56377. Check donations can also be mailed to that address with “Kelly Orndorff” written on the memo line. For those who want to donate larger gifts, call event coordinator Tania Nevares at 320-267-2591, and the items can be picked up. A 2011 graduate of Sartell High School, Kelly OrnOrndorff • back page
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Nathan Hylla, the project management supervisor for the Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District, recently successfully completed a one-year leadership development program sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources. The program, titled “The MASWCD Leadership Institute” brought together 20 participants from across the state to strengthen their leadership capacity for conservation work in Minnesota. The group was comprised of locally elected SWCD supervisors, local SWCD staff and staff from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources. During six in-depth sessions, participants learned about and practiced leadership lessons, applying those skills to a statewide policy
issue. Topics included building facilitative leadership skills, visioning and influencing policy change, framing issues, strengthening team leadership, decision-making, dealing with conflict, effective questioning skills and working with stakeholders in public issues. This was the 10th group to complete the statewide leadership program which began in 1996. The content of the program is designed and delivered by staff of the University of Minnesota Extension. “By participating in activities like this, the Stearns County SWCD is taking steps to invest in employees as future leaders in conservation,” said Dennis Fuchs, the Stearns County SWCD district administrator. For further information about the program contact the MASWCD at 651-690-9028 or visit its website at www.maswcd.org.
Two Sartell students studied abroad during spring semester through the Center of Global Education at the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph. They are the following: Rachel Gerdes, daughter of Terri and Jeffrey Gerdes, who is studying in the Spain program; and Anna Lindstrom, daughter of Amy Braig Lindstrom and Matt Lindstrom, who is studying in
the South Africa program. Both are junior psychology majors at CSB. Angela Burnett of Sartell recently completed her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. She was also recently named to the fall dean’s list with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average.
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Kendra Frank and Mike Nielson announce their engagement. Parents are Sue and Greg Frank of Rice and Kelly and Mike Nielson of Sartell. Frank is a 2007 graduate of Sartell High School and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health education from NDSU in 2011 and a bachelor’s of science in nursing degree from UND in 2015. She is currently enrolled in a master’s in nurse education from Minnesota State University-Moorhead and is employed as a registered nurse with CentraCare Health. Nielson is a 2008 graduate of Sartell High School and graduated with a degree in electronic technology from Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis. He is employed as
an electronic technician with Bay Electronics. The wedding will take place May 20, 2017 in Rice.
Correction A story about Sartell teacher Karrie Fredrickson in the March 17 Newsleader stated at one place in the story she had been
named Teacher of the Year. In fact, Fredrickson at this point has been nominated for that honor.
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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 a crime. This information is submitted by the Sartell Police Department.
a citation for speeding and released from the scene. 11:05 a.m. Intoxicated person. CR 120. Officers were dispatched to a local business for a report of an intoxicated person inside “barking” at employees and getting verbal with them regarding a cell phone. Officers spoke with the party and they agreed to leave. Officers escorted the party out and cleared from the scene.
March 20 12:49 p.m. Fire. Hwy. 15/CR 1. Sartell Police and Fire were dispatched to the area for a report of a grass fire in the ditch near the intersection. Upon arrival, officers located flames spreading throughout the ditch. The fire department arrived on scene and put out the fire. It’s undetermined what the cause of the fire was. 7:21 p.m. Intoxicated person. Pinecone Road S. Officers were dispatched to a local business for a person who was passed out in a booth. Officers were able to wake the person and administered a breathalyzer test. The person blew a weak breath sample of .35. The person was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Submitted by the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office March 27 At approximately 4:54 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a report of a lost 9-year-old boy at the Mississippi River Park in Brockway Township, which is approximately 3 miles north of Sartell. The caretaker was walking with the 9-year-old juvenile. The juvenile became upset and ran into the wooded area. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, Sartell Police Department, St. Stephen Fire and Rescue, and Gold Cross also responded to the scene. A perimeter was set up and the sheriff’s office deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) to conduct the search. The 9-year-old juvenile eventually walked out from the woods onto the trail and was located by a firefighter. The juvenile was checked out by Gold Cross and unharmed. He was turned over to his mother. To read this blotter in its entirety, please visit www.thenewsleaders. com.
March 21 4:59 a.m. Traffic stop. 100 block of Second Street S. While on patrol, an officer located a vehicle traveling at a speed of 51 mph in a 30-mph zone. The officer conducted a traffic stop and the driver said he/she was late for work. The driver was issued
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Austin Pietrowski is one of the finest of the Sartell Sabre varsity golfers.
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Slick Cylinders places fifth in snowmobile competition by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
Good golf is ‘all mental,’ Pietrowski says by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
One day last summer, after his 5-iron connected with a smack to the golf ball, 17-yearold Austin Pietrowski watched the ball sail into the air, in a high arc, then land bouncing and rolling toward hole number 8, which was 198 yards away. He squinted, peering into the distance with stunned disbelief. Did the ball actually go into the hole? Could this be his first hole-in-one after years of golfing? “I couldn’t believe it,” he recalled. “I watched from the tee box, but it seemed too good to be true. I was almost afraid to go up to hole number 8 for fear it just wouldn’t be true.” But it was true, alright: Pietrowski had shot his first holein-one. His mother was golfing with him on a Brainerd golf course that day. “She let out a scream of joy,” he recalled. “And I was excited. Really excited. Later, we had lunch to celebrate.” Pietrowski, the son of Becky and Greg Pietrowski of Sartell, is one of the finest golfers on
the Sartell Sabre High School boys’ golf team. Now a senior, he’s been on the varsity team since ninth grade. The Sabre golfers welcomed the start of the season on March 20 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course, which is their home course. Their first competitive meet is set for Monday, April 10. Among their competitors in the conference are Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Cloud Tech and Apollo, Bemidji, Big Lake, Brainerd, Buffalo, Monticello, Moorhead and Willmar. Pietrowski first golfed when he was only a toddler, on a course in the Twin Cities shortly before the family moved to Sartell. He rapidly became an avid golfer at the Saretll Golf Course, then became a regular at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course after it opened just north of the city. The Pietrowskis live within a stone’s throw of that course. Austin is also employed by Blackberry, working behind the clubhouse counter, checking in golfers, scheduling tee times and other tasks. During the school year, he golfs – usually with fellow Sabre team members – four or
five times a week. When he’s not golfing, he’s practicing on the driving range. One of Pietrowski’s favorite golfing memories is winning a junior tournament on the Koronis Hills course near Paynesville when he was only 12. But his all-time favorite match was playing in the section meet last year. “The first day was OK; I shot an 83,” he recalled. “I was really looking forward to going to state. Next day, I ended up shooting a 73, one over par, with a birdie on the last hole. Well, I missed going to state by one stroke. I was disappointed about that, but I was really happy about how well I played that second day. I think it’s the best I’ve ever played.” Pietrowski figures he hits an average of 500 golf balls each week. That adds up to thousands upon thousands of golf balls since he first fell in love with the sport 15 years ago. “I love golf because I’m really only competing against myself,” he said. “In golf, you’re competing against yourself always trying to improve and get better. The key to golf is Golf • back page
The Slick Cylinders placed fifth in the March 6-11 competition at Michigan Tech’s Keweenaw Research Center in Houghton, Mich. Slick Cylinders is a group of St. Cloud State University mechanical and manufacturing engineering students who redesigned a 2015 Polaris Rush 800 Pro-S snowmobile with a Polaris RZR engine. The Slick Cylinders team of six included Jacob Harper, Sartell; Dan Kezar, Forest Lake; Travis G. Meyer, Lakeville; Gene Studniski, Milaca, Heather VanSlyke, Zimmerman; and Jim Wicklund, Roseville. The redesign was a senior project for the students to earn their mechanical and manufacturing engineering degrees. The group participated in the “Clean Snowmobile Challenge,” sponsored by the 2017 Society of Automotive Engineers, a professional association and standards-de-
velopment organization. The challenge was not an actual race but, rather, challenges that rewarded the most points to the fastest accomplished task. Their snowmobile competed against other teams in several tasks that included the following: • An endurance run where each snowmobile must travel 100 miles without needing to refuel. At the end of the miles, fuel consumption is calculated to determine the most fuel-efficient snowmobile. • An acceleration run where each snowmobile must show what it’s made of in 10 yards. The fastest time earns the most points. • A cold start where the sleds are stored in a -20 degrees Fahrenheit garage overnight. The sled that starts up, warms up, and travels 10 feet in the fastest time earns the most points. • A handling course where the team needs to prove their sled is fun, safe and manageCylinders • page 4
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Cylinders from page 3 able to ride. • An emissions test where the judge takes each sled for a ride with an emissions sleigh hooked up to the exhaust. The sleigh collects data through sensors, and the data is transferred to a computer to create graphs and generate the overall emissions scores. • An indoor dyno test to prove the sled is not illegal and is within horsepower limits. The sled also can’t over-
heat or bog down during the throttle cycles. • The sled is also judged on appearance. Would someone want to buy it? • How expensive is the sled? Would someone purchase it for that price? The team also submitted a formal report proving its modifications with engineering drawings, designs, computer-aided design and the math behind their designs. They also presented their report to prove to people their sled would be worth purchasing. Project leader VanSlyke shared some of the highlights
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horsepower and passed the wide open throttle for a twominute test. • For the cold start, acceleration and handling, they fired up their sled within 20 seconds and travelled 100 feet without stalling, after watching many teams fail to get their sleds started. Their sled was the only snowmobile in its class to successfully pass the test. For the acceleration, the sled hit the top speed for the day at 53 mph. Although they had the top speed, a sled that used studs was able to get better acceleration. The handling course was icy, but VanSlyke navigated it well even though several other teams flew off the track. • They had a successful design/marketing presentation for 50 judges. In a newsletter, VanSlyke
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expressed gratitude to all the team’s sponsors, family and friends who helped along the way. She said it’s hard to express what they shared as a team, what they felt in the moments when their sled first fired up, and how they felt when they received compliments for all of their hard work. VanSlyke said they learned more in the past six months than they could ever have learned sitting in a classroom. The final winners of the competition included: University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ecole De Technologie Superieure (Canadian school from Montreal) tied for first place; University of Minnesota-Duluth placed third; University of Idaho placed fourth; and SCSU Slick Cylinders placed fifth.
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Gala from front page gained from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. “Here, I am working with communities, promoting health and wellness and gaining leadership experience as I observe other countries’ practices in health care,” Bevans said. “I am so grateful for the opportunities Big Brothers Big Sisters has continued to provide for me.” Bevans began her process with Big Brothers Big Sisters when she was a freshman at Sartell High School. It took almost a year for the interview and matching process to be completed before she was paired with her Little Sister. She had the same Little Sister for three years until she graduated from high school. They met every week and Bevans said they both cherished their time together. Bevans said she never thought she could bring joy to a child whom she barely knew. Activities they shared together included playing games, making snacks, talking, listening to music, working on homework and more. During every activity, her Little Sister was always smiling and that made Bevans smile also. It wasn’t always about what they did together but the fact they were spending quality time together. Bevans said her Little Sister taught her that having someone for her Little Sister to look up to and care for her made a positive impact on both of their lives.
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Bevans took great pride in the fact her Little Sister knew she could count on Bevans as a support system. Although Bevans said she thought she was going to be a friend to a young girl, the Big Brothers Big Sisters program molded her into a role model, a mentor, a leader and taught her how to support, encourage, listen and care for someone who needed it at that point in her life. She still keeps in touch with her Little Sister and said she is grateful to have had the chance to be a part of her life. In her scholarship essay, Bevans said her life journey has led her to her nursing career. Her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she, Courtney, was 3 years old and this very much affected her family and upbringing. After her mother’s brain surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, she remained in remission for 11 years before the tumor returned. Although her mother lost her battle with cancer, she always maintained a positive attitude and outlook on life throughout her illness. Bevans said her mother’s nurses were her mother’s advocates, comic relief, showed compassion in the care they delivered and always provided her the support she needed. The nurses took time to get to know Bevans’ family and make them feel comfortable. She said her goal is to positively impact patients and their families the way her mother’s nurses influenced her. Bevans role as a Big Sister and her experiences with her
mother’s brain tumor helped her pursue her career in nursing. Both encompass the passion she has for caring for others. Shannon Giffin, grant and communications manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota, said it costs about $1,500 to make and maintain a mentoring match between Little and Big Sisters and/or Brothers for one year. Each successful match requires background checks, screening, training and professional guidance. Support from local businesses and individual donors allows for mentoring matches to be professionally supported, helping ensure these friendships are fun, safe and purposeful. The program has given out 44 scholarships and has recently increased the number of available scholarships and funding. It plans to continue to seek scholarships for youth in the program. The program has given out more than $30,000 in scholarship funds during the past two years. It currently has 353 active matches and serves more than 600 youth facing adversity each year. There are currently 140 children on the program’s waiting list. Giffin said there is always a need for mentors. For as little as one hour each week, a person can make a big difference in a child’s life. “Our ‘Magic Moments Gala’ is an opportunity to recognize the heroes of Big Brothers Big Sisters,” said Jackie Johnson, executive director. “This includes our Littles facing adversity, our Bigs for being men-
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tors, our volunteers, board and staff, as well as our generous donors. It’s an evening of inspiration and entertainment. Without the support of the community, Big Brothers Big Sisters would cease to exist, making this, our premier fundraiser of the year, an important event to be a part of.” contributed photo Attendees of the Courtney Bevans of Sartell was a Big Sister event will have a in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central chance to purchase Minnesota program. She recently received a specialty craft a scholarship from the program and is beer made by Urban studying abroad in Africa, preparing for Lodge Brewery, as her nursing career. A Magic Moments well as trying some Gala fundraiser to support the Big Brothtasty hors d’oevres, ers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota youth bidding on silent- or mentoring program will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, April 7 at the River’s Edge Convenlive-auction items tion Center in St. Cloud. and eating a gourmet dinner. To learn more about the Gala Willow Sweeney will be the event and/or to become a menemcee at the event, and Ash- tor to a child, visit the website ley DuBose from the television bbbscentralmn.org or call 320show The Voice will perform. 253-1616.
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Blizzard weather creates need for blood transfusions How could severe winter weather affect the nation’s blood supply? It’s because the weather was so nasty during the massive blast in midMarch, especially in the northeastern states, that at least 250 blood drives had to be canceled. The American Red Cross in late March released a bulletin urging people everywhere to donate blood. What’s needed most are platelets, type O-negative blood and type AB blood. Platelets, a component of blood, are tiny cells that help blood clot and are used extensively during cancer treatments. Type O-negative blood can be transfused to patients, no matter what their blood type happens to be. Type AB blood (known as the “universal plasma”) can also be transplanted to any patient, regardless of blood type, in an emergency. Less than 7 percent of people have blood that is Type Onegative. Those types of blood, along with platelets, are most in demand at hospitals. The American Red Cross gives blood to about 2,600 hospitals nationwide. In the North Central American Red Cross region, which includes Minnesota, 108 hospitals receive blood supplies from people’s donations to the Red Cross. Giving blood is not only life-saving, it’s easy. The only criteria is one must be at least 17 years old (16 with parental permission), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Blood that is collected is processed, often into components like plasma. It’s also tested for safety before being packaged and distributed. Countless numbers of lives have been saved thanks to blood transfusions, in trauma emergencies and in treatment processes. It is literally true that “giving the gift of blood is giving the gift of life.” To find out more about donating blood or to make an appointment to donate, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org. On the website, it’s also possible to find local donation sites by typing in one’s zip code. The following are blood-donation dates and times for the St. Cloud Blood Donation Center, 1301 W. St. Germain St. Saturday, April 1: 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2: 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday, April 3: 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6: 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Friday, April 7: 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8: 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9: 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Opinion Cheers! ObamaCare gets new lease on life Three cheers for ObamaCare. Well, OK then, two cheers; it needs fixing. If ObamaCare is a “trainwreck,” RyanCare was a colossal dud, widely reviled by most doctors, nurses, hospital associations, seniorcitizen groups, low-income earners and just about everybody else with any sense. It was so awful it didn’t even get high enough for a “death spiral” or swan dive. In fact, it was dead on arrival. Rep. Paul Ryan, like a failed Dr. Frankenstein, quickly pulled the plug on the monster’s feeble life-support system. What an ignoble defeat it was. Welldeserved. For seven years, congressional Republicans reached rabid degrees of hatred against the Affordable Care Act. They voted more than 60 times to get rid of it. In hindsight, it’s so evident those empty gestures were nothing but political grandstanding nonsense. If those sour sorts had spent those seven years working on a health-care insurance plan of their own, they just might have come up with a workable one. Maybe. A big maybe. Better yet, if they had worked with Democrats to strengthen the ACA, they wouldn’t have to be bellyaching now how horrible it is. They will never understand how it’s not horrible for the millions who now have health insurance who have never had it before. For seven years, Republicans sulked, balked, obstructed and raged, just itching to repeal the hideous law. Then, finally, they had their chance. The ball was finally in their court; it was time to find a replacement. Whoops! Even the ever-confident President Trump, that titan of promises, admitted that health care is a “complicated” subject. Oh, really? At one time, in the days of sweet
Dennis Dalman Editor campaign promises, Trump had vowed to his deliriously cheering crowds that he was going to come up with a plan to provide much cheaper, better-quality care affordable for every American. With baited breath, some awaited the miracle . . . Alas, the miracle did not materialize. Instead, Paul Ryan and a few other policy wonks hobbled together a grab bag of old tricks that never worked and never will work for universal health-care coverage: freemarket competition, health-savings accounts, tax credits and, of course, massive tax cuts of billions of dollars for insurance companies and pharmaceutical giants. Even President Trump seemed ill-at-ease, embarrassed by RyanCare, knowing full well that its crazy patchwork of non-solutions ran counter to his grandiose promises to the American people. Trump was also keenly aware that RyanCare would be “bad medicine” for the folks in impoverished areas whose votes were decisive in giving him the White House. Many commentators have apparently not noticed that the perfect irony of RyanCare’s failure and the survival of ObamaCare came courtesy of the “Freedom Caucus” in the House of Representatives. That ultra-rightwing clique is comprised mainly of Tea
Party adherents, the very ones who most loathed ObamaCare from the get-go – political demagogues like Ted Cruz, who with help from that faction, succeeded in shutting down the government in protest against the ACA. And because the 30 or so Freedom Caucus members refused to vote for RyanCare, they doomed its chances in the House. The proposed bill was just too liberal, too socialistic, too much like ObamaCare, they claimed, squinting through their myopic ideological lenses. The Tea Party naysayers, once again, had cut off their noses to spite their faces, handing a victory to the dreadful ObamaCare. Talk about karma biting back in the butt. But, at least, for once their constant obstructionism was a good thing. The true heroes of this happy outcome are the grassroots protestors who showed up at politicians’ town-hall meetings throughout America, including right here in Sartell, demanding the ACA be preserved and strengthened. Most of those politicians got the message loud and clear. The rallies also helped spread the truth of ObamaCare after so many years of hearing loud lies, blatant distortions and grotesque exaggerations by the ACA-haters. At the town-hall rallies, many shared powerful personal testimonials about how ObamaCare had saved their lives or lives of loved ones. Without their access to insurance, many would have been doomed and dead. Approval for ObamaCare steadily increased in the past two months. The RyanCare plan, on the other hand, had an approval rating of 17 percent on the eve of its demise. Good riddance. So, let’s hear it: Two cheers for ObamaCare. Time to mend it, not end it.
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Shame that city, high school will have no library Zurya Anjum, Sartell I have been a proud Sartell resident for 10 years who chose to live here due to the excellent school system and educational opportunities available to kids. I have volunteered for many years at the school and am always amazed at the job teachers do with our kids. Recently, I found out the new high school will not have a traditional library space. I was confused about what that meant so I sought answers. I found out there is no designated library space planned. Instead they are going to have collections of books around the school in different areas like hallways for kids
to use. It is not clear if there is even going to be a check-out system for these books. They might be just borrowed on the honor system where you return them when you are done. We all know how effective that would be with teenagers. Those books would sit around in homes for years. Also, if there is no designated place for a library, it’s a big disadvantage to all kids and especially kids with special needs who get overstimulated with noise and crowds and need a quiet space to focus. A library provides them with a quiet area to study. It does not have to be a big space because with this Digital Age, we all realize access to information can be very easy, but totally eliminating
a library space makes no sense to me. Do we need a 600- to 800-person auditorium that much that will not be used every day? I have nothing against sports, but we’ll have four new gyms at the community center when it opens. They are besides the gyms we already have in schools. It appears we have duplication of a lot of services, but the only thing Sartell residents are never getting is a public or school library. For a city that prides itself on its educational values, it’s a shame to deprive its residents of this much-needed resource. We are the only city of our size in Minnesota without our own public library.
Should the Supreme Court be partisan?
Last week, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, testified before senators during his confirmation hearing. A vote is expected in the Senate sometime in April. This is all in the ongoing fight to fill the seat on the Supreme Court that became vacant in February 2016 with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. But what has happened in the process so far? And why are things moving so slowly? At the founding of our nation, the Founding Fathers feared having too much power in the hands of one person or branch of government. Thus, they created the three-part system we’ve all learned about in school. The legislative branch that makes the laws, the executive branch that enforces the laws and the judicial branch that interprets the laws. All three branches are supposed to hold one another in check. For the all-important Supreme Court, the nine justices who render final decisions on legal disputes in the United States, the selection process needed to be special. So the founders split the responsibility between the two other branches of government. The President, as part of the executive branch, was given the power to nominate judges to the Supreme Court. The Senate, as part of the legislature, was given the power to ultimately confirm or reject the President’s nominee. We saw this balance in action last year. When Justice Scalia died, former Democratic President Obama moved to nominate a replacement. In March of 2016, Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court was recom-
Connor Kockler Guest Writer mended to the position. The Senate, under Republican control since 2015, did not hold any hearings, effectively rejecting Garland. Senate Republicans argued that in an election year, the people should be able to choose the next President, and with that, the next Supreme Court Justice. Whatever your opinion on the issue, this isn’t an entirely new concept. Supreme Court nominees have been refused confirmation since our first President George Washington. Overall, out of 151 total nominees to the Supreme Court, 29 have been rejected by votes, withdrawn nominations or by the Senate taking no action. This represents a fail rate of almost 20 percent. The famously unsuccessful nomination of Robert Bork led to the verb bork being used to refer to the obstruction of a candidate through unfavorable publicity. But today’s fights have become especially vicious. Both Garland and Gorsuch were confirmed by large margins in the Senate when they were appointed to their respective circuit courts, so why were each of their nominations so contentious? The answer is the Supreme Court is becoming increasingly
partisan. Listen to any news channel talking about an upcoming court decision, and you will hear reference to the “liberal” and “conservative” blocs on the Supreme Court. The liberal bloc is often cited as justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan. The conservative bloc is mentioned as justices Kennedy, Thomas, Roberts and Alito. Every justice in the liberal bloc was nominated by a Democrat, and the conservatives by Republicans. Since the groups are currently tied, it is of huge importance that either side can get a fifth justice to tip the balance in their favor. But is this really how we want things to be? If we reduce the Supreme Court to ideological camps competing for control, it will effectively become the third house of the legislature, but with terms for life. If anything, we should be looking for judges who are non-partisan and interpreting the law fairly and without bias or prejudice, as most judges do. The interpretation of the laws of this country is too important to leave to politics, which is why an independent Supreme Court is so important. I hope we can begin to look at the Supreme Court not as a way to resolve political problems but as the final arbiter of disputes in the law as it was set out to be. We already have enough politicking in two branches of government; it would only make things worse to bring it to the final third. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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Wednesday, April 5 St. Stephen City Council, 6:30 p.m., St. Stephen City Hall, 2 Sixth Ave. SE. Thursday, April 6 Health and Fitness Fair and Traveling Health Screening, 8 a.m.noon, Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. Talent Summit, sponsored by the Greater St. Cloud Development Corp., 8 a.m.-5 p.m., River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud. www.greaterstcloudjobspot.com. Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Great River Regional Coin Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. 320-241-9229. Friday, April 7 St. John’s Preparatory Discovery Day, Collegeville. 320-363-3315. Benton County Historical Society, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. St. Joseph Winter Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., 27 W Minnesota St., St. Joseph. www.stjosephfarmersmarket. com. Photography Basics for Kids, 6:15-7:15 p.m., Al Ringsmuth Public Library, 253 N. Fifth Ave., Waite Park. 320-253-9359. Saturday, April 8 Easter Egg Hunt, 10-11 a.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 2615 Clearwater Road, St. Cloud. Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org. Craft Vendor Sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Centennial Shopping Center, 2018 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-
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torium. College of St. Scholastica, All proceeds benefit Safe Haven Shelter and Resource Center. 218-723-7000. spotlight.css.edu. Nepal Cultural Night, 5 p.m. show, 7 p.m. dinner, Ritsche Auditorium, St. Cloud State University. Sybarite5, sponsored by the Cham-
CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NO. 2017-04 SUMMARY ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE TITLE 3 Title 3, Chapter 13 of the City Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to update police false-alarm fees and the payment terms therefor.
SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT SECTION 00 1113 - CALL FOR BIDS The Administration recommends Offices, located at 212 Third Ave. the Board of Education authorize N., Sartell, MN 56377. Attendees a Call for Bids for Sartell-St. Ste- WILL BE REQUIRED to park phen New High School Bid Pack- on the east side of the building age 1. Sartell-St. Stephen School and check in at Door 10. Please District will receive sealed bids respond to Matt at Winkelman at the district office at 2 p.m. on Building Corp. by email to mattk@ Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Plans will winkbuild.com if you have plans to be available on or after Tuesday, attend the pre-bid meeting. March 28, 2017. Contact the offices of Winkelman Building Corp. Types of bidding include but are for access, 320-253-2411. not limited to: Mass Grading, Sitework, Finish Grading, Aggregate A non-mandatory pre-bid meet- Base, Bituminous Paving, Coning will be held for the Sartell-St. crete Curb and Gutter, Site Utilities Stephen New High School at 10 and Site Concrete. a.m. Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Sartell-St. Stephen School District Publish: March 31 & April 7, 2017
The City Council has determined publication of this title and summary ordinance will clearly inform the public of the intention and effect of the ordinance. The Council also directs only the title and this summary be published. Copies of the entire text of the ordinances are available for inspection by any person at the office of the City Clerk any Monday through Friday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or on the city website at www.sartellmn.com. Adopted by the City Council of Sartell on the 27th day of March, 2017. /s/ Sarah Jane Nicoll Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Mary Degiovanni City Administrator SEAL Publish: March 31, 2017
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Golf from page 3 all mental. Keeping a cool head. Strictly mental. It’s using mental concentration to master a game.” Unlike some athletes, Pi-
Orndorff from front page dorff, the daughter of Jane and Paul Orndorff, was diagnosed with brain cancer shortly after graduating from college in 2015. During the course of surgery to remove the tumor, Orndorff lost virtually all of her sight. A detailed feature story about Orndorff and her long, painful ordeal was published in the Jan. 20 Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader, which can be accessed via “Archives” on the Newsleader website. When the Sartell Lions heard
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etrowski doesn’t carry any goodluck charms. Well, not really, although he does feel a loyalty to his ball marker – a quarter-sized marker he bought years ago at a tournament at Hazeltine, a marker embossed with “Hazeltine 2009” on its surface. “I guess you could say that actually is my equivalent of a of the Orndorff family’s tragic plight, its members decided to host a benefit, and they have been working for months to plan all the details. The benefit has been dubbed by Kelly herself as “Never Lose Sight.” That’s because she wants the event to be more focused on learning about blindness and related issues than about herself. There is no entry fee to the event, though free-will donations will be gladly accepted. The event will offer food, a silent auction, games and information booths. Bob Hughes of KNSI-Radio will emcee the benefit.
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good-luck charm,” he said. Besides golf, Pietrowski also enjoys trap-shooting. His favorite subjects are science and math. He plans to study engineering
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