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Senior Connection hosts Lemonade, Laughter
Join the Sartell Senior Connection for the sixth annual Lemonade and Laughter presentation Our Mighty Mississippi at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 219 2nd St. N., Sartell. Acclaimed baritone singer and storyteller Steven Marking presents a sensory feast of song, stories, film and photos capturing life on the Mississippi River. Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by Country Manor Senior Living and Sartell-St. Stephen Community Education.
Market Monday kicks off fifth season May 11
Market Monday, the Sartell Farmers’ Market located at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N, will open for its fifth outdoor season from 3-6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11. More than 12 vendors will be on hand. At the community tent you can learn how to explore the St. Cloud area with Metro Bus, register your kids for their free summer bus pass as well as learn about the new mobility training center and new CNG buses. Don’t miss out on the best water stop in town while out and about every Monday, now through Oct. 19.
Road closure set on Pinecone May 11-15
Pinecone Road will be closed in both directions south of Scout Drive to install sanitary sewer service to the Chateau Waters Senior Resort Style Living project beginning May 11 and will be open to traffic at end of business on Friday, May 15.
Summer Market opens today in St. Joseph
The St. Joseph Farmers’ Market opens its summer outdoor season from 3-6:30 p.m. next to Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 N. CR 2. The market is open every Friday now through October, and accepts E.B.T., credit and debit cards. Stay connected at facebook.com/stjosephfarmersmarket and at stjosephfarmersmarket.com.
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Besides being lauded for being socially connective, Sartell Pediatrics was also honored as the only independent pediatric service in central Minnesota when it was recently named Sartell Business of the Year. The event, the annual awards banquet of the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce, took place April 23 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course. The two other major honorees were Citizen of the Year Joe Schulte, who is an industrial-arts teacher at Sartell High School; and Senior Volunteer of the Year Jim Wasdyke, who is an artist and musician. (For more on Wasdyke and Schulte, see related stories.) The other nominees this year for Business of the Year were the Bernick’s Arena Board, BLEND/
CentraCare, Blue Line Sports Bar and Grill, Coborn’s, Kristen Stebbins' State Farm Insurance Agency, PineCone Vision Center and 360 Chiropractic.
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In October 2012, Dr. David Smith and his wife, Jill Smith, founded Sartell Pediatrics in an award-winning retrofit of what used to be the old V-Bar on 2nd Street S. in Sartell. Jill manages the business’s operations and staff. Since then, the service has grown dramatically and has become socially connective in a variety of partnerships and outreach programs, all of which are meant to enhance the safety and well-being of children. Sartell Pediatrics offers a wide gamut of services for children from birth to age 21. Its staff treats the more common ailments such as strep throat,
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colds, flu and more complex problems such as allergies, asthma, abrasions, fractures and more. It's also adept at treating children for behavioral issues such as depression-anxiety, grief-and-loss, anger management, drug-and-alcohol challenges, learning disabilities and parenting skills. Sartell Pediatrics also supports many local programs, including the Apple Duathlon, the Pinecone Central Park Association (a $10,000 soccer-field sponsorship), the Sartell Dance Team, the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce, the Sartell-St. Stephen Community Education Program, the Sartell Youth Hockey Association and the Sartell
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Speaks debate series. One of Sartell Pediatric’s special annual programs is its partnership with Pediatric Dentistry and BLEND called Halloween Candy Buy-Back. Those places “buy back” Halloween candy that has been collected and turned in by children. The children are paid for the candy or given door prizes. The candy is then sent to troops overseas. The idea is to encourage children to forego too many sugary treats and to develop good, healthy nutrition practices. The four main staff members at Sartell Pediatrics are Dr. David Smith, physician’s assistant Jennifer Rapatz-Harr, pediatric Business • page 3
Schulte shares Jack-of-all-trades skills by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
There’s hardly a Sartell program that the Jack-of-all-trades skills of Joseph Schulte hasn’t touched. A native of Sartell, Schulte, who is a high-school industrial-arts teacher, was named Citizen of the Year by the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce at its April 23 banquet. A long list of Schulte’s volunteer efforts include the following, as cited by the emcee just before Schulte was presented his award: the Sartell Farmcontributed photo Joe Schulte, Sartell Citizen of the Year, accepts ers’ Market, Pinecone Central Park, the his award from Sartell Chamber of Commerce Verso Mill Art Project (helping salvage scrap metal for bicycle stands), a comPresident Jessica Houle.
munity pottery project and the Sartell Garden Club (designing signs). And that’s only the beginning. Schulte has also helped at the Sartell-LeSauk Fire Department by designing its letter head, doing technology work for them and assisting with the Wall of Flame memorial at the fire hall. He works with St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, its parish and school, to help coordinate the summer bazaar. He fosters many efforts at Sartell schools, youth ministry programs, projects for the City of Sartell and the annual Casting for a Cure charity event. Schulte is a baseball coach for Sartell youth, as well as a basketball coach. Schulte • page 4
Wasdyke shares creative talents with others by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
In a citation honoring him, Sartell Senior Volunteer of the Year Jim Wasdyke was described as “an engineer who has found his creative side.” That’s an understatement. Wasdyke not only paints, writes poems and plays fiddle but he creates mosaics and is constantly coming up with creative ideas for the Sartell Senior Connection, of which
he is one of the founding members. The annual award for the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce’s Retired Senior Volunteer of the Year award is for “an outstanding resident who has not retired his or her spirit” and who, through volunteer projects, fosters a positive image of Sartell.” Wasdyke not only enjoys his creative pursuits, but he teaches them, sharing them with Wasdyke • page 4
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At the April 23 Sartell Chamber of Commerce awards banquet, the past five winners of the Retired Volunteer of the Year award gathered for a group picture. From left to right are Jim Wasdyke (this year's winner), Jan Sorell, Ron Hurd, Judy Morgan and Lint Edgerly.
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mittee and as a member of this year’s United Way Access to Food Investment Team. Tri-County Action Program Inc. was recently awarded a $5,000 grant for community sponsorship of Project Homeless Connect. Open Your Heart, a nonprofit organization with 29 years of experience targeting the hungry and homeless in Minnesota, awarded Tri-CAP the grant. Project Homeless Connect is a one-day event for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. The event provides people the opportunity to connect with human service providers at one central location. “Many people at risk for homelessness experience a transportation barrier to accessing resources. Providing necessary resources in a single location, accessible through public transportation, significantly improves access” said Patrick Shepard, family resource director at Tri-CAP. Project Homeless Connect, held at the River’s Edge Convention Center on March 19, served 250+ people. A second 2015 Project Homeless Connect event is planned for Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Correction The correct first name of the Sartell Citizen of the Year is Joseph Schulte. His first name was incorrect in a small story in the May 1 Sartell Newsleader. For a feature story about Schulte and his award, see story in today’s paper.
If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sartell Police Department at 320251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes. April 22 9:17 a.m. Welfare. CR 120. A report was made regarding an infant left in an unattended vehicle. Officers checked the parking lot and were unable to locate the vehicle described. 7:17 p.m. Suspicious activity. Oak Pond Drive. A report was made regarding a juvenile male carrying a large knife and cutting branches off trees and lighting fires. Officers arrived and the male had put out the fires. He was transported back to his mother and the officers spoke to him regarding the fires and weapons. April 23 1:34 p.m. Vehicle pursuit. CR 120. An officer attempted a traffic stop, with the driver refusing to stop. After a short period, the driver came to a stop and it was found the passenger had an active arrest warrant and the driver had a revoked license. Both parties were taken into custody without further incident. 4:56 p.m. Welfare check. Pinecone Road. A report was made regarding a young female walking alone and without shoes. An officer checked the area, spoke to others outside, and was unable to locate the girl.
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People Austin Barkley, son of Julie and Jim Barkley of Sartell, was recently presented with the Caritas Man of Extraordinary Service Award at a private reception and luncheon April 26 at St. John’s University, Collegeville. Barkley, a senior Hispanic studies major at SJU, is one of four SJU students who was honored with this award. The Caritas Man of Extraordinary Service Award was created by an anonymous donor to honor SJU students who excel in the community and reflect the Benedictine values of SJU. This award, which includes a $2,500 scholarship, is given to students who show dedication to community service, and engagement in student, civic and social leadership roles. Barkley began his SJU volunteering experience mentoring teens as a leader for a local youth group. During his second year, he participated on an Alternative Break Experience trip to Kansas City, Mo., where he spent a week at a preschool for low-income families. His junior year, he studied in both Chile and Spain, where he volunteered twice a week as an English teacher at schools in the communities. Last summer, Barkley was an intern at Anna Marie’s Alliance in St. Cloud. This year, he served as a co-leader on the Esperanza, Ecuador, ABE trip. He also serves as the chair for the St. John’s Class of 2015 Com-
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Business from front page nurse practitioner Christine Lund and licensed psychologist Dr. Kimberly Christensen. Smith started Sartell Pediatrics after working in pediatrics locally for seven years. Since then, the practice has grown to include two additional healthcare providers and a child psychologist. In 2002, Smith graduated from Wright State Medical School in Dayton, Ohio. Then he served a residency at Nationwide Columbus Children’s Hospital in 2005. He and his wife, Jill, who have two children, have lived in Sartell for 10 years. Rapatz-Haar joined Sartell Pediatrics in 2013 and has practiced in central Minnesota for 20 years, focusing mainly on adolescent and female medicine. She has worked as a physician’s assistant in St. Cloud as well as in Minneapo-
lis. She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and completed her pediatric training in Wisconsin. She and her husband, Steve, have lived in St. Cloud for 23 years and have three adult children. Lund, a native Minnesotan, was thrilled while practicing her skills in Georgia to be able to move back to her home state to work at Sartell Pediatrics. As the wife of an on-the-move military man, she was able to work at a variety of hospital and clinic settings throughout the nation. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in nursing from Duke University. With more than five years of pediatric clinical experience, Lund has a specialized expertise in asthma management and family nutrition. Christensen, a licensed psychologist, has worked with children and adolescents for more than 10 years. Her work settings include residential, daytreatment, in-home, outpatient,
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Schulte from front page As a teacher, Schulte formed fruitful partnerships with Sartell businesses and manufacturing industries to enhance the education of students. For example, he worked to develop internships for students at the DeZurik plant. Every pep fest at Sartell High School is organized by Schulte, and that includes
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Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com finding student volunteers, developing creative activities for the events and creating video tributes and send-offs for sports teams. He is also a member and has served as a leader in the Knights of Columbus organization and worked on projects for the entire St. Cloud Catholic Diocese that helps secure education for families in need. Schulte is unique because he received five nominations for the Sartell Citizen of the Year award.
Wasdyke from front page many others. At the Sartell Senior Connection’s weekly arts sessions, Wasdyke can often be seen doing his oil-painting as his wife, Shirley, enjoys doing her cross-stich creations. He, his wife Shirley, and one or two other musicians also do a musical performance and sing-a-long for the Connection. Wasdyke’s group also
performs at many area senior nursing homes. Wasdyke organized a Walk ‘n’ Roll walking program at Val Smith Park, musical jams at the Whitney Senior Center where he also teaches painting, and meetings of the Granite City Radio Club modelairplane flyers. Through the Sartell-St. Stephen Community Education program, Wasdyke teaches fiddle-playing and mosaicmaking. Jim and Shirley Wasdyke are dedicated members
of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and work as a team to help enrich the lives of senior residents in the greater St. Cloud area. At the annual Children’s Easter Celebration in Sauk Rapids, the Wasdykes help make the day festive by helping with bingo, face-painting and egg-decorating. “Jim’s enthusiasm for life and his willingness to share his talents is remarkable,” the award citation reads. “He has a positive outlook on life and his attitude is contagious.”
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McGinnis sentenced for March 2014 murder by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A man convicted of killing another man in Sartell last spring has been sentenced to nearly 18 McGinnis years in prison. Demetreus McGinnis, 24, was convicted by a jury earlier this year of second- and third-degree murder for the
death of Maurice Galvin, 20. The crime occurred just before noon on March 13, 2014 behind the Sprint store in the PineCone Marketplace mall in south Sartell. During a scuffle, McGinnis shot Galvin in the chest with a handgun. The wounded man was driven to the CentraCare Health Plaza by another man and died at 7:30 p.m. that night in the St. Cloud Hospital. McGinnis was an employee of the Sprint store. He was arrested later that afternoon when he returned to the scene of the crime.
Just before the crime, McGinnis left the Sprint store by its back door to talk to two men in a van, one of which was Galvin. According to court testimony, the scuffle and shooting was
Chappell honored with scholarships by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Some claim lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but for Teddy Chappell it struck twice, and it was happy ightning.
the result of a drug deal and counterfeit money given by Galvin to McGinnis. McGinnis had a previous conviction for aggravated assault and a drug charge pending in Isanti County at the time
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of the shooting in Sartell. McGinnis will have to serve at least 10 years of his sentence before being considered for parole. He has been in jail since the crime occurred.
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Give ex-offenders the right to vote The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would allow ex-prisoners the right to vote. Legislators should approve that bill. There is absolutely no good reason for barring the right to vote from people who have committed a crime and then paid their debt to society. There are enough stigmas attached to ex-felons – stigmas that make re-entry into society very difficult and that contribute to the recidivisim rate. Allowing former prisoners the right to vote would at least take one of the stigmas away – the stigma that since they committed a crime they don’t count, that they have no part in our society, that they will be considered unworthy outsiders until the day they die. That’s not only dumb reasoning; it is spiteful and just plain mean. The rationale for disenfranchising offenders from voting stems from the idea if a person commits a serious crime, he or she should lose all rights, including the right to vote. But such a draconian notion doesn’t make any sense at all if losing rights means in perpetuity – that is, until the day one dies. Another silly rationale behind the law is letting ex-felons vote would be a form of mollycoddling them, rewarding their bad behavior. That’s just plain baloney, especially since the behavior is past bad behavior. When offenders are released from jails and prisons, they are expected to find work, support themselves and their families, pay taxes and remain law-abiding. They have paid their debts in time served, in fines and in restitutions to victims. If they are expected to start a good, productive, lawful life, the right to vote should absolutely be part of that “clean slate.” Denying former prisoners the right to vote is downright punitive for no good reason. Some research suggests allowing ex-offenders the right to vote not only de-stigmatizes them but helps them feel more accepted so they can reintegrate more successfully back into lives of freedoms denied to them during their incarcerations. An estimated 50,000 Minnesotans now have no right to vote because of past offenses. There are currently 13 states that allow former prisoners the right to vote: Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Utah. Let’s ask our legislators to join those states by voting for the Voting Restoration Bill (HF 0342) that was submitted by Rep. Tony Cornish (R-Vernon Center) and that appears to have broad bipartisan support. Denying ex-offenders the right to vote is as spiteful and vindictive as some of those old Puritanical laws in Old New England (like making an adulteress wear a scarlet “A”) that have long been stricken from the law books.
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Opinion Candy was dandy at Hackert’s Grocery The other day, I saw kids in the neighborhood running to greet an ice-cream truck as it made its slow way down the street, blaring its rinky-tink calliope tunes. The kids, lined up at the truck, were clutching dollar bills in their little fists to buy their Sno-Cones, Drumsticks and Popsicles. I just had to laugh, remembering how we kids, on summer days so long ago, would run off to buy treats clutching our sweaty pennies, nickels and dimes – not greenbacks. Alas, that’s what 50 years of inflation will do: inflate the prices, shrink the products. It was pathetic to see how small were the ice-cream treats those kids were slurping on. In days of yore, in south St. Cloud, what fun it was to make frequent trips to Hackert’s Grocery Store at the intersection of 9th Avenue S. and 10th Street, just five blocks from my home. Every summer day, my pals and I would walk those hot blocks down elmlined boulevards, past bright-green lawns, the air filled with sounds of kids playing, dogs barking, sprinklers hissing. Then we’d enter through the back door of Hackert’s, which opened into its darkish and cool back storage room, leading into the front of the store, flooded with light from its large west windows. Hackert’s was one of those old neighborhood convenience stores, and just about every neighborhood had one. Each had an old-fashioned
Dennis Dalman Editor character of its own, but most of them, like Hackert’s, were very old buildings with high stamped-tin ceilings and creaky wooden floors. Upon entering the store, we kids would make a dash, like ants at a picnic, to the big glass candy case. We viewed that case as a kind of holy altar from which the sweetest, tastiest treats were dispensed. What’s best is most of it was penny-candy, like licorice sticks, jawbreakers, bubble gum. Candy bars cost 5 cents, but they were big bars, unlike their puny descendants. Snickers, Mounds, Hershey Bars and Mars bars were twice the size of the current ones. We loved to open the back sliding doors of the candy case and take our sweet time deciding just which treats to choose. I rarely left that store without buying a box of Nibs, which were little “niblet” morsels of black licorice. My buddies and I would also have to buy at least one pack of baseball cards, which contained not only cards but a thin slab of powdery gum along with, for some odd reason, a swatch of red cellophane. After bringing our stash to the purchase counter, we’d usually make another dash over to the ice-
cream cooler where we’d buy one or more Fudgesicles, Dreamsicles (orange or raspberry), Popsicles or Drumsticks. If we had enough nickels or dimes left, we’d also each buy a bottle of Coca Cola and a bag of Old Dutch potato chips. At the counter, John Hackert, daughter Kathy or Mrs. Finck would count out our piles of small change and put our tasty treasures in penny-candy bags. Then, saying thanks-goodbye, we’d leave the store and walk happily all the way home, gobbling down our treats, our fat little faces stuffed with sweets that would horrify any dentist – and later, did. Hackert’s Grocery Store is one of my fondest childhood memories. It was also fun to go there even on blizzard days, trudging through knee-high snow to get our treats or to fetch groceries for our parents. No kind of weather – hot, cold or wet – could keep us from our trips to Hackert’s. It’s a shame those old neighborhood stores – most of them, anyway – have disappeared. There are many gas-station-type convenience stores, but they all have that standard same-o look, utterly lacking the character and atmosphere of the creaky woodfloor stores. Current convenience stores still do sell some of the classic ice-cream treats and candy bars – shrunken versions of them. Oh yes, when it comes to candy, we kids – some of us now missing one or all of our teeth – really did have it better once upon a time.
Letters to editor
Letter in response to May 1 editorial Henry Smorynski, Sartell Thank you for the editorial. As you have correctly stated the council needs to deliver on longestablished community input and needs before considering an extensive multi-sports facility. The city has invested in responses to team and club sports over the years. The newly approved half-cent sales tax should be focused on delivering a high-quality and whole-community responsive center. The emphasis on gyms or walking tracks is good
but they need to be focused on exercise and play rather than athletic or team practices and development. It's imperative with more than 5,000 users of Great River Regional Library, the city council makes a community library a reality whether that location is in a community center or elsewhere that is easily accessible to seniors, young children and families alike. The need for rooms and spaces in the center articulated by the Sartell Senior Connection should be a very high priority in the de-
sign, development and delivery of the center in 2016. The center should also have additional meeting and engaging space for all kinds of community organizations and even meetings of teachers in the area for professional development. Whatever sports facility is built within the center needs to be focused on serving seniors, children and families looking for recreational and play activities not related to any form of organized sports teams whether school related or community based.
CEO of Stearns Museum shares vision Jim Davis, CEO Stearns History Museum As the new CEO of the Stearns History Museum, I want to make you aware of its role in preserving the history of all of Stearns County. As the first accredited museum in Minnesota, the county and its residents can feel proud of the work we have done. Our mission is to connect people to the power of history and culture by collecting, preserving and interpreting our historical
and cultural resources. Our vision is to be a place where citizens of central Minnesota can honor their diverse history and recognize the past is what built the present and provides a road map to the future. A recently completed and board-approved strategic plan calls upon us to expand our current museum and research center as we have reached capacity. The plan also calls for studying the feasibility of collaborating to bring a children’s museum to
Stearns County. We offer grants to individual cities and historical societies to assist in developing projects. These are offered through Stearns History Museum, and, while not large, can make a difference in local capabilities. We encourage local communities to apply. We also have a staff of educated and certified museum specialists who each provide advice and assistance to local historians. Come and meet me at your county museum.
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Is your event listed? Send your information to: Newsleader Calendar, P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374; fax it to 320-363-4195; or, e-mail it to operations@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, May 8 Brat sale, sponsored by the St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.
Saturday, May 9 Make a cake for mom, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Cold Spring Bakery connection, 103 2nd St. S., Waite Park. 320-2531423. coldspringbakery.com. Brat sale, sponsored by the St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1st Ave. NW. Mother’s Day Art and Craft Show, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., American Legion, 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park. “We ride for Cody,” fundraising memorial motorcycle and automobile ride for Cody Nuckolls, 11 a.m., Stoney’s Bar, 158 Broadway Street, Rockville. goo.gl/cg8qPh. St. John’s Bible pages on display, now through mid-December, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hill Museum and Monastic
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Library, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-3351. 320-363-3514.
Monday, May 11 Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org. Fare For All, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 CR 2, St. Joseph. www.fareforall.org. 1-800582-4291. Sartell City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. 320-253-2171. Tuesday, May 12 Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@sartellchamber.com. Thursday, May 14 Coffee and Conversation, a senior
discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. Pillow cleaning and perennial plant sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 5-8 p.m. 363-8825. Friday, May 15 St. Joseph city-wide garage sale, facebook.com/StJosephJayceesMN. cityofstjoseph.com. Pillow cleaning and perennial plant sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 363-8825. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 4-7 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 1st Ave NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion, 17 2nd Ave. S., Waite Park. 320-339-4533. stcloudsingles.net.
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CITY OF SARTELL PUBLIC HEARING STORM-WATER-POLLUTION-PREVENTION PLAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the city of Sartell will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, Monday June 8, 2015, at the Sartell City Hall, for the purpose of implementing the NPDES Phase II permit and review the storm-water-pollution-prevention plan. The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II program is a federally mandated program established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement and maintain stormwater-management activities through a permitting mechanism in the City of Sartell. The permit requires the City to incorporate six minimum-control measures into a storm-water-pollution-prevention plan (SWPPP), which also needs to be updated on a yearly basis. Those six control measures include: Public Education and Outreach, Public Participation/Involvement, Illicit
Discharge Detection and Elimination, Construction-Site-Runoff Control, Post-Construction-Runoff Control, and Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping. These measures are expected to result in significant reductions of pollutants discharged into receiving water bodies. The City is required to hold a public hearing to gain input on the SWPPP as part of the public participation and involvement control measure. All interested persons are invited to attend to voice their opinion. Written comments will be accepted until the date of the hearing. Anyone wishing to view the SWPPP may do so at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N, Sartell MN 56377. Mary Degiovanni City Administrator Publish: May 8, 2015
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Chappell from page 5 only received the “Beineke Scholar” award for 2015, but he then also was given the Hedley Donovan Scholarship. The latter is Chappell the most lucrative and prestigious undergraduate scholarship offered by the History Department. The other scholarship is for graduate studies in history and English. Chappell, the son of Polly and Paul Chappell, is a 2011 graduate of Sartell High School. After high school, Chappell began his studies at St. Cloud State University and was accepted into the honors program for the study of history and English. Later, he transferred to the U of M. In the meantime, he spent a semester at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford University in England. Thanks to his scholarships, he is about to embark on a seven-week study trip to Florence, Italy where he will study the manuscripts of Antonio Nardi’s “Scene of the New Science.” Nardi, an acolyte of the scientistastronomer Galileo, wrote in the mid-1600s on such topics as ge-
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com ometry, cosmology, physics and religious issues. In preparation for his trip, he has begun to study Italian and Latin. Chappell has plunged into a flurry of work and study at the U of M. He was an officer in the Undergraduate Historical Society; he conducted an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program on the subject of great poet John Milton as a reader of Shakespeare. He is also involved in activities at the U of M’s Consortium for the Study of the PreModern World. Aside from his constant studies, he also works in Special Collections/Rare Books in the university’s James Ford Bell Library. Chappell plans to earn a doctorate in history and hopes to teach at a research institution. “True history,” he told the Sartell Newsleader, “is not just names and dates. It’s a way of thinking about things, thinking about the past, finding parallels to our own times, noting the changes and the inter actions.” Chappell is fascinated by how the invention of the printing press brought changes, made knowledge more accessible and opened new ways of seeing things. “My favorite period of history is early-modern Europe in general,” he said. “From about the early Renaissance in the late 14th century to about 1750 or so.”
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