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Art festival set for April 25
The Sartell Music Association will host the Pine Groove Art Festival from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at Sartell Middle School. The event features artisan and craft vendors, as well as live music! Later in the evening, from 6:30-10 p.m. at the Grands at Mulligans, the Andrew Walesch Big Band will play. For more information, head to sartellmusic.org.
Sartell Lions offer spring cleanup April 25
The annual Sartell Lions Spring Cleanup will be held from 8 a.m.noon Saturday, April 25 at the Sartell Middle School parking lot. If you need items picked up, call Javier at 320-290-2173 or Jack at 320-250-6697 prior to Saturday. For more information visit www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/sartell.
Taste of St. Cloud to be held May 4
The Franciscan Community Volunteers, a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, invites the public to attend their fundraiser, the sixth annual Taste of St. Cloud from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, May 4 at the Territory Golf Course’s Coyote Moon Grill, 480 55th Ave. SE, St. Cloud. Guests will enjoy an array of delicious cuisines from 16 local restaurants. There will be live entertainment and a silent auction. For more information, head to fcvonline. org or fslf.org, or contact Pat Schlauderaff at 320-229-0307 or pschlauderaff@fslf.org.
Free assistance offered to set up health directive
CentraCare Health Home Care and Hospice is offering information and free assistance to employees and the public on how to set up their own health-care directive. When family members are faced with a life-and-death health-care decision for a loved one, it can be overwhelming. Having a health-care directive can lessen the burden. Health-care directives help communicate the wishes of a person who may not be able to communicate or make decisions for themselves because of an illness or injury. For a complete list of session dates, times and locations, visit centracare. com, click on Classes and Events, Community Health and Wellness. Call 320-259-9375, ext. 28762, for details.
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The proposed Sartell Community Center should contain indoor playing fields and other athletic-recreational amenities, according to about a dozen speakers during a public-input meeting April 20 at Sartell City Hall. After a welcome by Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll, city administrator Mary Degiovanni moderated the meeting and invited speakers to step forward to the microphone to share their ideas. Also attending as listeners were three men who are instrumental in helping the city plan and build a center: Lyle Mathiasen, consultant; Murray Mack, architect; and Bob Strack, construction manager. The meeting’s focus was
on this question: Which recreational facilities should a center house? Representatives of the following organizations gave their opinions: Sartell Baseball Association, Youth Hockey Association and Bernick’s Arena, Youth Basketball Association, Softball Association, Football Association and speakers on behalf of gymnastics, lacrosse and volleyball. All of the speakers said there is a need for more places to practice and to play, especially indoor spaces during Minnesota’s long winters. On the combined wishlist were the following items: ideally, a need for up to six basketball courts, walkingrunning tracks, an indoor field for baseball-softball practice in bad weather, a permanent batting cage, a sheet of ice for Sports • page 4
Perske gives impassioned plea for library by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A branch library should be the number-one priority uppermost in mind when planning for a Sartell ComPerske munity Center, said Joe Perske, former Sartell mayor. Perske gave an impassioned talk in favor of a library at an April 20 public-input meeting after a dozen people, representing sporting and recreational groups, shared their ideas for a center (see related story above). Agreeing with the speakers who spoke before him, Perske acknowledged there is a need for more indoor recreational space in Sartell. “Those gyms get used and used and used,” he said. For years, Perske was a teacher and soccer coach in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. After acknowledging that need, Perske turned to the subject of a library, a facility that has been a “long-time coming” with residents waiting for it for a long time. Perske referred to several public-input surveys taken dur-
ing the past decade or so on which a “library” was at the very top or very near the top of every survey conducted concerning a Sartell Community Center and amenities to be constructed with revenue from the regional half-cent sales tax. Perske also noted a senior center and space for historical artifacts were also consistently desired by people who took those surveys. He said just because “library mongers are not here screaming in the microphone” doesn’t mean residents don’t want a library. They do, he said, and the surveys year after year prove it. Records show about 5,000 people in Sartell use the St. Cloud Library and/or its Waite Park branch library. Those people spend money when they go there instead of spending it in Sartell, Perske said. Sartell, he added, pays $250,000 as its share for being a member of the Great River Regional Library system. It’s time, he said, Sartell gets its own for the sake of all residents, including children who will have close-to-home access to one. “It’s very, very important” Sartell have its own branch library, Perske said. The GRRL network will provide all of the materials and Library • page 5
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Julia Olson, scenic painter for Sartell High School’s production of Into the Woods, applies plaster to Maia Trombley’s face to create a mask. Trombley plays the witch in the musical.
Surprises lurk in SHS musical Into the Woods
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A search that goes deeper and deeper into the woods is the mysterious plot of Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim musical that will be performed April 30-May 2 at Sartell High School. Performances, which are free for senior citizens and children under 5, are set for 7 p.m. on both Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1 and at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 2. The show will feature 21 actors and the work of 18 crew members. Into the Woods, told mainly through song, is the story of a childless couple, a baker and his wife, who would like a child but who must first undo a witch’s curse against them. To do so, they must go into the woods on a kind of scavenger hunt to find a red cape, a white cow, yellow hair and a golden slipper. In creating their musical, Sondheim and writer James Lapine blended characters
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and imagery from numerous fairy tales written in the 19th century by the Brothers Grimm. The tales include Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk. Like those often dark and even morbid stories, Into the Woods is a sprightly tale but one with somber shadings. Its themes include parentchild relationships, the frivolity of wishes, the consequence of choices and the importance of taking responsibility for one’s actions. “The students have been working incredibly hard since January on this show,” said Tom Kuhn, SHS instructional technology specialist and co-director of the musical. “The music is difficult because of its rhythms and numerous key changes, but they are rising to the challenge. I am proud of them.” Kuhn said the play’s co-director, Kelli Killmer, has been challenging the students to delve into the themes of the Musical • page 8
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Sartell boys golf placed first April 17 and 18 at the Litchfield/ Willmar two-day golf invitational hosting 21 schools. Sartell’s two-day team score of 640 was enough to win, beating second place Owatonna by six strokes. Placing in the top 10 were seniors Kyle Och (fifth place with 153) and Rowan McDonnell (tied for ninth place, with 155). Pictured (left to right) are the following: freshman TJ Raden, junior Hunter Held, Och and McDonnell (co-captains), junior Nathan Boenish and sophomore Austin Pietrowski. Sartell boys varsity golf is coached by Mike Sieben.
Search for Mrs. Stearns County announced The search is on for the next Mrs. Stearns County. Applications from married women living in Stearns are being accepted now. Mrs. Stearns County will have the honor of representing Stearns at the Mrs. Minnesota pageant, which will be held on March 12, 2016 at Ritsche Audito-
rium, St. Cloud State University. Competitive categories in the pageant include the personal interview, fitness wear and evening gown. There are no talent or swimsuit competitions. Find more information at mrsminnesota.com, or by calling 952-432-6758.
If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sartell Police Department at 320-2518186 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.
5:24 p.m. Driving complaint. Pinecone Road. A complaint was made regarding a driver’s actions. Officers were able to locate the driver from the given license plate. The driver stated he was in the area but wasn’t aware of any inappropriate driving. The officers spoke to him regarding the complaints.
April 8 2:23 p.m. Theft. Walmart. An adult male was witnessed attempting to leave the store with unpaid merchandise. The male was found to have an active arrest warrant. He was transported to the Stearns County jail without incident. 7:39 p.m. Juvenile problem. 2nd Street S. A complaint was made regarding a group of juveniles yelling outside. An officer located the group and found they were playing loudly. They agreed to keep the yelling down.
April 10 9:21 a.m. Stalled vehicle. CR 1. A vehicle was stalled in the roadway. An officer contacted a tow company to remove the vehicle and remained on the scene, providing safety lights until it was removed. 11:10 a.m. Verbal. 2nd Avenue N. A report was made regarding an adult male and an adult female arguing. Officers arrived and found both parties had already calmed down and they stated they needed no assistance.
April 9 4:42 p.m. Person assist. 2nd Avenue NE. A report was made regarding an elderly male who had fallen and was unable to stand. Officers assisted his wife in lifting him to his chair. No further assistance was needed.
April 11 12:54 a.m. Suspicious person. 19th Avenue N. A complaint was made regarding an intoxicated male yelling outside a residence. Officers arrived and located the male lying on the front steps of a residence. The male was found to
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Pictured (left to right) are the sixth- through eighth-grade firstplace team of Nora Steil, Alice Colatrella and Julia Johnson. Thirty nine teams competed re- Rogosheske, Morgan Claseman and cently in the Sartell Middle School Eva Hesse, third place; and sixBattle of the Books. The purpose of through eighth-graders Nora Steil, the competition is to encourage stu- Alice Colatrella and Julia Johnson, dents to read and then compete in a first place; Connor Hacker, Beau trivia-style competition. Students in Garman and Mitchell Graheck, secgrades 5-8 are invited to participate. ond place; and Gabrielle SchlaAwards went to: fifth-graders gheck, Maren Arneson and Gillian Sonja Hackenmueller, Avanthi Orth, third place. Wigetunga and Josh Nguyen, first The Battle of the Books is fundplace; Salma Maray and Kate Man- ed in part by the Sartell-St. Stephen ning, second place; and Ashlyn Education Foundation.
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be intoxicated and injured from his car crash in the area. He was placed under arrest without incident. 1:40 a.m. Suspicious activity. CR 120. A report was made regarding gunshots in the area. Officers located two juveniles walking through a parking lot. They admitted to being at a fire at a residence and throwing aerosal cans in the fire, causing the noise. They were both issued citations for curfew. April 12 9:25 a.m. Motorist assist. 22nd Street S. An adult female requested assistance in unlocking her vehicle. An officer was able to unlock her vehicle without incident. 3:31 p.m. Burning. 17th Street N. A complaint was made regarding an outdoor fire coming from a residence. Officers spoke to the resident regarding the weather and the resident agreed to put the fire out. April 13 4:33 a.m. Burglary. 7th Avenue N. A report was made regarding a home burglary sometime during the night, while the residents were sleeping. Officers arrived and cleared the residence. Mul-
tiple items were reported stolen. April 15 5:53 p.m. Grass fire. 360th Street, St. Wendel Twp. Residents reported a fire burning uncontrolled in the northern ditch of the street. The St. Stephen Fire Department responded and was able to contain the fire quickly. The source of the fire is undetermined. April 16 9:14 a.m. Fire. CR 118, Brockway Twp. Approximately 200 hay bales were reportedly on fire. The St. Stephen fire department responded, with assistance from Sartell, St. Joseph, Holdingford and Rice fire departments. April 18 5:23 p.m. Injury crash. CR 1, Brockway Twp. The Stearns County sheriff’s office, along with the St. Stephen Fire Department and Gold Cross responded after a vehicle, driven by a 35-year-old male from Minneapolis, went into the ditch. The man was cited for giving a false name to a police officer and having a suspended driver’s license. He was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital.
Friday, April 24, 2015 Two Sartell students were recently invited into the Theta of Minnesota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University. They are the following: Jessica Alkire, daughter of Mary and Doug Alkire, who is a senior English major at CSB; and Austin Barkley, son of Julie and Jim Barkley, a senior Hispanic studies major at SJU. These students are two of 68 students from CSB and SJU to receive an invitation into the chapter. The students were formally inducted into the chapter during a ceremony April 22 in Alumnae Hall, CSB. Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, was founded in 1776. The basic criteria for selection are a grade-point average of 3.65 for seniors and a liberal arts major. The selection committee also looked at the breadth and depth of the student’s program and other achievements, such as a thesis or other research. Lilly Xie, daughter of Ying Zhou and Kevin Xie of Sartell and a sophomore at St. John’s Prep was recently named as a new member of the National Honor Society, Virgil Michel Chapter. The adviser for the St. John’s Prep NHS is Martina Talic. The NHS is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character. Laurana Deuel, daughter of Estella and David Deuel of Sartell and a 2015 graduate of Sartell High School, has received an Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to attend the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Scholarships are awarded on a merit system in areas such as academic achievement, extra curricular activities, physical fitness, specific performance or accomplishment, leadership abilities and personal interviews. The scholarship entitlements include tuition and fees, an annual allowance of $600 for textbooks and a monthly stipend for up to 10 months of each school year for contracted cadets at the host college or university. Upon graduation from the host college and completion of the ROTC program, the student cadet receives a bachelor’s degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. All ROTC students incur a military service obligation of four years (10 years for pilots), which is fulfilled by serving on active duty.
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REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS March 16, 2015 DISTRICT CENTER BOARD ROOM The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 5 p.m. by Krista Durrwachter, chair. Members present: Durrwachter; Michelle Meyer, vice chair; Pam Raden, clerk; Mary McCabe, director; Jason Nies, director; Pat Marushin, director; and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent. A motion was made by Nies and seconded by Meyer to approve the agenda. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Marushin to approve consent items a-c as presented below: a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on Feb. 23, 2015. b. Checks in the amount of $1,628,994.19 as presented: General Fund 1,342,935.60 Food Service Fund 130,143.27 Transportation Fund 105,003.72 Community Service Fund 32,095.78 Capital Expenditure Fund 18,815.82 Check numbers 159371 to 159582 Receipts in the amount of $3,236,292.71 as presented: General Fund 2,892,352.82 Food Service Fund 203,433.74 Transportation Fund 22,964.43 Community Service Fund 60,846.66 Capital Expenditure Fund 16,350.31 Debt Service Fund 31,269.75 Scholarship Trust 4,400.00 Summer Rec Agency Fund 4,675.00 Receipts 40747 to 40857 Wire transfers in the amount of $4,815.89 as presented: General Fund 1,115.50 Food Service Fund 3,700.39 Wire transfers 201400041-201400045 c. Accept the following donations: Name: CentraCare Health Foundation To: Sartell High School Donation: $200 Purpose: Sartell High School Band d. Accept the resignation of Tracy Zimmerman, Oak Ridge Elementary, student supervisor, effective March 6, 2015; retirements of John Rausch, Sartell High School, special education teacher, June 3, 2015; Mary Jo Peckskamp, Sartell High School, special education teacher, May 14, 2015; and Mitze Olson, Pine Meadow Elementary, Eelementary teacher, effective June 3, 2015. Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent • Professional Development Conference Highlights • William Daggett presented on the gamification of learning. The drive is moving toward interactive gaming to enhance learning in a positive way. • Social Media is going to continue to grow and something the district will want to continue to investigate. • Another highlight was the discussion of understanding how the systems within our schools and/ or district can drive great programs and learning. • Met with a variety of vendors to further explore how to continue to enhance and support the needs of our district. • Calendar – April 6, 2015 • April 6 will remain as reflected on the current district calendar as a day off for students and staff. Certified staff will complete four hours of approved staff development prior to the end of the school year. • Our district will continue to focus on professional development opportunities that support the changing needs and demographics of the district and of Central Minnesota. Collaboration with surrounding school districts will also be explored to better support a variety of staff development. • The first Community School’s Planning Committee had an excellent turnout with students, staff and community members collaborating to create a shared vision statement. School Board Committees: Pam Raden and Patrick Marushin CIA committee meeting Sarah Funk: ECFE • Focus birth to five really emphasize birth to three • State funds about 10 percent?; really the program is
funded through fees from parents • Philosophy: Play is child’s work • Social emotional biggest area we work on…Build Self-Esteem • Focus on muscle-building activity to build skills for hand writing • Variety of offerings and times for parents to bring their children • Also pre-literacy, pre-math and science • School Ready Testing is done and that is to test children to see if they need interventions and get those services started early. • Sarah Funk mentioned we currently have about 70 kids coming into kindergarten who have not had their preschool screening yet. She feels like this number is a bit high and would like to improve parent’s awareness of preschool screening. Ideally we want to get this screening done when kids are 3, so if they are at risk we can identify them and get services started as early as possible. Kyle Breitkreutz: Bright Bytes The research measures: Access, Skills and Environment in regard to Technology Sartell has a very high Bright Bytes score – so high Bright Bytes wants to know how we are doing this! One of the outcomes of this survey is working on our digital citizenship and we are implementing courses and plans of action around this. BrightBytes categories are CASE (Classroom, Access, Skills, Environment). We did have a very good score, but the areas where we still can improve are online collaboration and digital citizenship. As was mentioned, we are developing a K-12 digital citizenship curriculum for next year based on this survey. We have also used the results of this survey to identify staff-development areas, because our students’ proficiency appears to be directly tied to our staff proficiency. Amy Trombley: Assessment • MCA measures: Proficiency, Growth (important measurement for our teachers to compare a student year to year) Closing the Achievement Gap • MMR - taking the three components plus graduation rates and give us our district MMR score. • These scores help standards and federal expectations College and Career Readiness Assessments Explore, Plan and ACT – they are just taking these at this time and no level of required expectations (yet). Enrollment Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent of Sartell-St. Stephen School District, reported on the current number of students enrolled in each school in the district. Report on ninth-grade Programming: Brenda Steve, SHS principal, and Niki Huston, SHS English teacher, shared an overview of upcoming changes to ninth-grade programming at Sartell High School. Report on K-12 Math Curriculum: District Mathematics Content Specialists Amy Moe, Rachael Schelonka and Marty Anderson, presented an overview of the District Mathematics programming. A motion was made by Meyer and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE #1-12: New Employees or Changes: Kirsten Anderson, SMS, JH track coach, $1,515 BS1, replacement for Nicole Benoit, 03-30-15; Chelsey Baldock, SMS, JH girls golf, $1,515, BS1, replacement for Katlyn Kiehn, 03-30-15; Sascha Hansen, SMS, JH softball, $1,515 BS1, replacement for Barb Melsha, 03-30-15; Jennifer Kelley, SMS, sub pool helper, $11/hr., replacement for Vicki Sabart, 03-09-15 to 05-2215; Jared Kunz, SHS, assistant track coach, $3,198 BS1, replacement for Karl Scharnweber, 03-09-15; Tom Middagh, SHS, ninth-grade softball coach, $2,137 BS1, replacement for Nicole Maslowski, 03-09-15; Kelli Schramel, SHS, server, From 2 hours to 2.5 hours, added ala carte duties, 03-01-15; Rachel Smith, SMS, JH softball, $1,554 BS2, new position, 03-30-15; Rachel Tisdale, SMS, JH track coach, $1,515 BS1, replacement for Alesha McPhail, 0330-15; Whitney Trelstad, ORE, LTS – special ed teacher, $191.45 per day, replacement for Jenna Watson (LOA), 0330-15 to 06-04-15; Anna Trobec, ORE, dishwasher/kitchen assistant, from 2.5 hours to 2.75 hours, more cleanup, 0301-15. Leave of Absence: Jenna Watson, ORE, special education teacher, leave of absence, 03-16-15 to 06-02-15.
All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Nies to APPROVE RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR POTENTIAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE “ACKNOWLEDGING THE INTENT TO WORK TOGETHER” AGREEMENT WITH THE GREATER ST. CLOUD AREA. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Meyer and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. All in favor. Motion carried. Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings Budget Work Session – Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 5 p.m., the District Service Center
The board had the official review of policies 608, 610, 611, and 612.
The board had the first of two readings of revisions of the following policies: 607 and 609. Durrwachter announced a five-minute recess. A motion to close the meeting pursuant to Minnesota Statue Section 13D.03 to close the meeting for Negotiations Strategy was made by Meyer and seconded by Nies at 6:30 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion to reopen the meeting was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies at 7:07 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Meyer and seconded by Marushin at 7:08 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried. /s/ Pam Raden, clerk/treasurer Publish: April 24, 2015 CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS REZONING AND THE PRELIMINAY PLAT OF PROVIDENCE NOTICE IS HEREBY Family Residence District GIVEN: That the Sartell to R-5 Planned-Unit DePlanning Commission velopment and to prelimiwill hold a public hearing nary plat property into 82 on Monday, May 4, 2015 single-family homes. Both in the council chambers public hearings have been of the Sartell City Hall at requested by Sartell Devel6:30 p.m. and the Sartell opment LLC., as owner and City Council will hold a applicant. The site area is public hearing in the coun- 73 acres and is located just cil chambers of the Sartell east of 19th Avenue North City Hall on Monday, May and west of Pinecone Cen11, 2015, at 7 p.m., or as tral Park. soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to con- Mary Degiovanni sider the rezoning and pre- Administrator liminary plat of Providence. The request is to rezone Publish: April 24, 2015 property from R-1 Single-
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Sports from front page practice, scoreboards, portable bleachers, a field or fields with artificial turf, gymnastics equipment, perhaps a sports dome, and more. Most speakers said that, with the growth of Sartell, recreational programs have grown every year dramatically, so much so that many Sartell children have to go to other cities, such as St. Cloud, Waite Park or the Foley Activities Center, for practice sessions. In addition, current facilities at Sartell schools are showing lots of wear-and-tear, as noted by John Ross, the school district’s activities director. Currently, there is tough competition for the playing fields and other sports facilities at the schools. Ross said those facilities are scheduled first for school purposes, then for activities of the Sartell-St. Stephen
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Community Education Program and, last, for the general public. Several speakers said the recreational amenities should be designed so people of all ages can benefit from them. Along with athletic facilities, a couple speakers representing recreational needs also said the center should contain rooms for various groups, a concession stand and a library. One speaker suggested income for operations of the center could come from participation fees for various activities in it. One woman, speaking on behalf of volleyball needs, said the Foley Activities Center offers all kinds of indoor amenities for sports and recreation for all ages. That city, she said, realized how important it is to keep children active together and off of the streets. Another speaker said activities centers and domes have popped up in cities throughout Minnesota as people see the need for more indoor recreation in the Minnesota climate.
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After those speaking on behalf of sports-and-recreation had their turns to speak, the meeting was opened to anyone else in attendance. Chris O’Brien, director of the community-education program, said there should be a room for arts activities, such as ceramics. “We hear a lot about sports, but arts and performing areas are also in high demand,” she said. A center, O’Brien said, should promote community involvement that includes health-andwellness programs and cultural activities, with a gym, walking track, a small fitness center and adaptable rooms with moveable walls. A senior-citizen area is also needed, she added. Jan Sorell, long-time member of the Sartell Senior Connection, said there should be a space dedicated to seniors but the space or spaces should be able to be used by people of all ages when the seniors are not using them. A senior area, she said, should be partly carpeted, partly hard floor, with spaces for storage and a coffee corner. It should be equipped for technology connections and have an easy access. Within easy proximity of the senior area, she added, there should be bathrooms, a catering kitchen, a covered or canopied entrance and drive-up drop-off area. There should be an outdoor patio with picnic tables, Sorell suggested. Those amenities could be used by all who visit the center, she said, adding a center should be conveniently located, on a bus line, with ample parking. Sorell also spoke on behalf of the city’s historical group. During the city’s centennial celebration in 1907, that group had gathered all kinds of historical artifacts and photos that are now kept in houses throughout Sartell. Those items, Sorell said, should have a common home, a public place where all can see them, such as in a special room or display cases, with storage capacity, in a community center. Sorell said the center should be built all at once, not in phases, noting buildings planned for “phases” often don’t get done beyond the first phase or two. Snuffy Putnam, a member of the Sartell American Legion, said he hopes there are meeting rooms for groups like the Legion. The one they use now, he said, is so small it can barely hold 10 members. One Sartell man said the
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Friday, April 24, 2015 center plans should stay on schedule with no more delays because residents have waited patiently for years for one to be built. The city should not stint on a center but make it one the city’s people can be proud of, a source of pride, an attraction and an important spur for growth in the city. A Sartell woman said she understands the needs of youth but she hopes a senior area in the center becomes more that “just one room.” Former Sartell Mayor Joe Perske spoke on the importance of having a good branch library in the center (see related story on
front page). The April 20 public-input meeting, Degiovanni said, is just one of many more to come. All ideas will be written down, widely discussed and considered during the design process. Architect Murray Mack cautioned those present who are eager to see a center built that it might take longer than they would like and that construction might no be able to get underway next year. “There’s a lot of work to do,” he said, adding everyone involved must be sure a center is done right before any building begins.
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the personnel to open a Sartell branch, but only if Sartell first commits to providing an adequate facility for the service. City administrator Mary Degiovanni noted a group of city people will soon meet with GRRL to discuss needs, and those needs will be included in plans for a community center. Perske said his first grandchild, a girl, was born six weeks ago. He said he hopes when she is “out of diapers,” she will have access to a Sartell library.
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What a thrill to see Pope’s reaction to St. John’s Bible What a thrill it was to see a news story and video of Pope Francis beholding a glimpse of The Saint John’s Bible. That magnificent work, the product of so many years of intense dedication and joyous toil, is one of the artistic landmarks of all time. We who live in central Minnesota take it for granted – most of us, anyway. Others simply may not be aware of that book’s artistic, historical and spiritual significance. For centuries during the so-called “Dark Ages,” it was monks toiling away in monasteries who helped keep civilization alive and unforgotten. With feats of backbreaking labor, they laboriously copied by hand the scrolls, scraps and tidbits of written manuscripts, long before the invention of the printing press. They not only copied texts but also adorned those texts with ravishingly beautiful illustrations, known as “illuminations.” Such monks not only made hand-written copies of the Bible, but they – along with others, including Arab scholars and scribes at that time – also copied any manuscripts they could get their hands on, such as texts from ancient Greece and Rome that are the foundations of civilization in the Western World. Without such monks and other scribes, the Dark Ages would, in fact, have been “darker,” and the knowledge that helped mankind take such a leap forward during the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods would have been irretrievably lost. The creation of The Saint John’s Bible was a brilliant brain storm by British master calligrapher Donald Jackson and Eric Ollas, OSB, a monk at St. John’s Abbey. From that initial contact in the mid-1990s, the concept took shape and was embraced by St. John’s monks and many others, including generous funders. The idea was almost madcap lunatic to most who heard about it. The goal of producing a hand-written Bible, with illuminations, just like monks of old did it, seemed like a foolhardy ambition. And yet, page by page, week after week, year after year, Jackson and his calligraphers and artists achieved the feat right up to its very last astonishing page. Amen. Scholars, art experts and spiritual leaders the world over gasped with admiration at the finished, seven-volume project. It’s truly a monument for the Ages. When Pope Francis saw a few pages of the seventh volume in the Vatican two weeks ago, he turned speechless. He raised his arms and smiled with a hint of rapture. His reaction was perfect. And that is because that magnificent work of art takes one’s breath away, so much so that it can render a viewer speechless. Its beauty and its importance are, indeed, beyond words. We in central Minnesota should be proud this incomparable work of art was inspired – even in many of its flora-and-fauna illuminations – right in our own backyard. St. Johns’ Abbey and Donald Jackson deserve the very highest of kudos for having the visionary grit to make possible this wonderful gift to the world.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Opinion Cruel parroted remarks fuel racism The recent eruptive antagonisms between whites and Somalis at Tech High School brought me – unpleasantly – back to the past, to my growing-up years in St. Cloud in the 1950s and 1960s. There was racial prejudice then, and – sad to say – there still is. When I was a kid, St. Cloud was sometimes called the “Lily-White City.” The sight of a person of color was a rarity. The closest we came to “color” were the deep tans some sun-worshipping goddesses and quarry-baked Lotharios loved to sport mid-summer. The classrooms and hallways of my schools (Washington, Central, South, Tech) were as white as Wonder bread. When I was a toddler with mom at the St. Cloud Post Office, I saw a black man (out-of-towner probably) walking across the street, and I was afraid of him and started to cry. Mom gave me a yank of the arm and said, “Don’t be silly. He’s black but he’s human just like you and me.” In the 1950s, race issues weren’t on our radar screens. Blacks would sometimes come to our attention as shockingly naked tribal natives in National Geographic magazine, in cartoons of blacks with bones through their noses boiling white missionaries in cauldrons, in magazine photos from the Deep South showing maids or field hands, in movies like Gone with the Wind with its happy-go-lucky slaves and in images on some food products. I remember the fat, happy face of Aunt Jemima on our syrup bottles and a grayish, grizzle-haired face of a black man on a brand of oysters that was called (no kidding) “Negro Head Oysters.” I also recall seeing on lawns here and there wooden figurines of beaming Negro boys gorging on big slices of watermelon. They were supposed to be “cute,” but to me there was something scary about them. In my South St. Cloud neighborhood, the subject of Negroes (that was the widely accepted “polite” term then) was rarely mentioned, but when it was, it was not good. Here are some comments I used
Dennis Dalman Editor to hear: “Give ‘em an inch, they’ll take a mile.” “They’re all lazy.” “They smell bad.” “They drive welfare Cadillacs.” “I don’t trust ‘em. They’ll stab you in the back if you give ‘em a chance.” “Sure, they can sing and dance, but what else can they do?” “They all stick together.” With hateful comments like that, who can blame “them” for “sticking together?” What really bothered me, even when I was very young, is the neighbors who made such remarks had never, far as I knew, ever met a black person. That is why, from the get-go, I didn’t believe them. Those neighbors, all of them men, who made such cutting remarks I knew first-hand as kind and caring gents who would have been the first to help a black man or woman in need. That’s what I wanted to believe, needed to believe. And to this day, I think they would have. Their nasty slurs were just talk, parroted nonsense, but – nevertheless – that’s how the forces of racism in both whites and blacks are promulgated endlessly, through dumbly repeated slanderous notions untested by personal experience. I am still grateful my parents never once used the “n word,” never told racist jokes and never made cruel comments about black people. As the mid-1960s rolled around, even those of us in Lily-White City had to confront racial issues because of the images we saw in the media: protests; marches; sit-in demonstrations; lynchings; crossburnings on lawns; assassinations; scowling-faced white officials blocking black children from entering schools; lunch
counters, swimming pools and drinking fountains marked with signs saying “Whites Only” or “Colored.” I think progress has been made against racism since the Civil Rights Era. However, since I am white, how can I make that claim confidently? Sometimes my certainty is undermined by bad memories. During the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, my sister’s fiancé was attacked in an East St. Cloud bar because he had an olive complexion, and so the attackers mindlessly figured he must be an Iranian. He was, in fact, of French-Canadian descent, born in Faribault, 100-percent “American.” Years later, my sister-in-law’s brother, also 100-percent American, born in Grand Rapids, Minn., would get nasty comments from some people who called him a “wetback” just because he was darker-skinned, his father being of Mexican descent. In a few cases, I was walking on the street next to him when young hooligans would yell out of their car windows hostile remarks, such as “Hey, can we see your Green Card?” He would always joke about how he was happy when summer came so people would think he “just” had a suntan. The same racial animosity against blacks back then, the same kinds of cruel comments, are now visited upon our Somali neighbors. I continue to hear such slurs from people who are, at heart, kind and decent, but at the risk of making them mad, I call them on their comments every chance I get. We should never remain silent when such mean-spirited remarks are spewed. I highly recommend people go see two exhibits at the Stearns History Museum. One is For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights. The other is Hands Across the World: The Journey Continues. The latter is an exhibit of art works made by Somalis in this area. Both shows are eye-openers. Both are helpful in calling the lie to racist stereotypes, parroted slanders and hostile denigrations against our fellow human beings.
Wow how things have changed In years past, couples met in traditional ways and places. Many met their life partners in school or church or at work. There were clubs, the Scouts, FFA and FHA. Most of us had several dates before we settled on one person. Some, like me, were set up for blind dates. In fact, that is how I met my wife of 52 years. There was the usual courtship. We went out on dates. We shared time together and learned about each other. For the most part, it worked. People of like thinking found partners of like thinking. Living together before marriage was frowned upon. I’m sure there were dalliances, but cohabitation was just not done. Courtships lasted about a year. Then, in most cases, there was a wedding, sometimes a honeymoon and the couple went on to live happily ever after. That ritual worked for many, many years. Granted there were divorces. That happens. Sometimes people grow apart. Sometimes issues come up that just cannot be dealt with. Things happen. Look at today. There are dating and introduction services advertised all over the television networks. There are services for senior citizens. There are dating services for black people, Jewish people, Christian people and the newest I just saw, for farmers only. I guess if you spend your days sitting on a tractor or a combine, that doesn’t leave much time to go looking for a mate. Can you see the
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer ads for a date? “Grain and hay farmer looking for a mate who can plow, run a seeder, bale and buck hay, and combine oats. Should look good in bib overalls.” Now don’t get me wrong. I see and understand the value of these services. Many people, especially older folks, have been out of the market for so long they could use a little help. Many younger people are so busy with their careers they just don’t or won’t take the time to go looking for a suitable mate. I just wonder what is going to be next. Fat people looking for other fat people who can cook? Whatever. The frosting on this cake is a new television series which we just caught on the A&E Network called Marriage at First Sight. If you haven’t seen this yet, you won’t believe it. Couples are matched scientifically based on all sorts of things. There is a sociologist, a sexologist and a non-denominational religious psychologist who look at unmarried people and try to match them scientifically based on their written biographies as well as personal interviews. The couples them-
selves never meet their life partners until their actual wedding. They don’t even know their names or anything else about them. The couples are then supposed to spend their lives together as legally married husband and wife, learning as they go. I’ve heard about on-the-job training but this is ridiculous. I don’t know about you, but it all seems a little iffy to me. It’s a modern-day arranged marriage. Simply stated, things have changed. Wow, how things have changed! Some could say what worked in the past wasn’t really that effective. Possibly. But people are not so easily defined. One could have everything another wants in a mate but falls short in just one little way, and that one little way could be a deal breaker. Almost every day I learn something new about my wife of 52 years. Imagine if you knew nothing about your mate on your wedding day. One wonders what happens when and if the deal breaker shows up. Personally, I prefer the traditions of the past. Sometimes I guess this world is just passing me by. 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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Friday, April 24 Brat sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Kaleidoscope, presented by the Minnesota Dance Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. paramountarts.org. Spring choral finale: All choirs and Amadeus Chamber Symphony, 8 p.m., Abbey Church, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. csbsju.edu/music. Saturday, April 25 Rose Education Day, registration is required, 8-11:30 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. 800-450-6171. z.umn.edu/ RoseEd2015. Sartell Lions Spring Clean-up, 8 a.m.-noon, Sartell Middle School parking lot, 212 3rd Ave. N., Sartell. Gardening and Great Eating, 9-11 a.m. HealthPartners Clinic, 2251 Connecticut Ave. S., Sartell. 320-2032099. hpcmc.com/garden. Brat sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW, St. Joseph. Spring Concert by Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra, 3 p.m., Ruth Gant Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, 620 3rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. cmyo.org. Sunday, April 26 All-college choir concert, 7:30 p.m., Great Hall, St. John’s UniverAUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES WANTED MOTORCYCLES WANTED: 60’s and 70’s Motorcycles. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-3710494 (MCN) 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) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED NOW HIRING WELDERS. Come work for a growing Minnesota company. Benefits and competitive pay. Go to www.felling.com, click on employment link and email the link. Felling Trailers (MCN) FARM RELATED AG EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION. Need your large equipment transported? Give us a call. Dealer transfers, auction purchases, tractors, combines, hay/straw, oversize/overweight, etc. Fully insured PARKER SPECIALIZED, Long Prairie, MN Jason/Josh 320-815-8484 (MCN) ANNOUNCEMENTS WHAT CHEER FLEA MARKET. Fairgrounds in What Cheer, Iowa. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. May 1st-3rd. Admission $2 Everyday before Sunday. SUNDAY IS FREE! Open 7 A.M. Outside dealer space available. Bill Ludwig, Box 2362, Waterloo, Iowa 50704. Phone: 319-404-4066, www.whatcheerfleamarket.com (MCN) SUPPORT our Service Members, Veterans and their Families in Their Time of Need. For more information visit the Fisher House website at www.fisherhouse.org (MCN) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED 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) “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)
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Thursday, April 30 Rummage Sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., St. John the Baptist Parish Center, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, St. Joseph. 320-3632569. stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Traveling Health and Screening Fair for people 50+, 8 a.m.-noon, St. Francis Xavier Church, 308 2nd St. N., Sartell. Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. Into the Woods, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Sartell High School, 748 7th St. N., Sartell. Landscape of the Body, dance performance, 7:30 p.m., Gorecki Family Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. 320-363-5777. csbsju.edu/fine-arts/visual-arts.
Tuesday, April 28 55+ Driver Improvement program (four-hour refresher course), 5-9 p.m., Apollo High School, 100 44th Ave. N., St. Cloud. 1-888-2341294. Optional online courses: mnsafetycenter.org. Survival basics class, four-week class, ages 8 and up, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Bremer Room, St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. griver.org. Holocaust Remembrance Day film screening, I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust, 7-8 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive, Little Falls. Her Story, Her Song, concert explores an aspect of life from the feminine perspective, 7:30 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4310 CR 137,
Friday, May 1 Rummage Sale, 7-11 a.m., St. John the Baptist Parish Center, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, St. Joseph. 320-3632569. stjohnthebaptistparish.org. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 1st Ave NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. Into the Woods, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Sartell High School, 748 7th St. N., Sartell. Landscape of the Body, dance performance, 7:30 p.m., Gorecki Family Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict, 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. 320-363-5777. csbsju.edu/fine-arts/visual-arts. Choral Arts Choir – Bon Voyage Concert, 8 p.m., Great Hall, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. csbsju.edu/music.
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Musical from front page show by doing writing exercises. “I think that really helps the students learn about the show itself and – more importantly – about their own lives,” Kuhn said. Into the Woods premiered on Broadway in New York City in 1987. It has since been performed in major cities throughout the world to wide acclaim and many awards for its productions, music and acting. Last year, it was made into a major Oscar-nominated movie with a stand-out performance by Meryl Streep as the witch. The student actors in Into the Woods are as follows, in the order of when they first speak in the play: Narrator: Tessa Schmitz; Cinderella: Mackenzie Krueger; Jack: Aidan Speckhard; Baker: Jake Martin; Baker’s Wife: Alyana Paulson-Trombley;
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Stepmother: Miranda Garman; Florinda: Laura Carlson; Lucinda: Kayley Isaacson; Jack’s Mother: Katie Kulus; Little Red Riding Hood: Hannah Kosloski; Witch: Maia Trombley; Cinderella’s Father: Jaren Martin; Cinderella’s Mother/Sleeping Beauty: Emma Gunderson; Mysterious Man: Nate Miller; Wolf: Nick Hill; Rapunzel: Eden Garman; Rapunzel’s Prince: Will Bachman; Granny: Nicole Yang; Cinderella’s Prince: Kent Edeburn; Steward: Alex Metteer; and Giant’s Wife/Snow White: Renee Schroeder. The crew for the play includes, in alphabetical order: Stage managers Blayne Gardner and Kylie Zochert; Airianna Beitler; Hannah Bous; Mickey Czech; Reece Decker; Nate Hughes; Kaleb Fisher; Alyssa Franzmeier; Tyler Kadlec; Samantha Killmer; Rebekah Kucala; Justin Miller; Jonathon Mills; Samantha Schiller; Samantha Somdalen; John Unger; and Ali Wicklund.
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