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Town Crier Pinecone Road closure on Saturday, May 28
Pinecone Road from Seventh Street to 40th Street will be completely closed to traffic from 8:3010:30 a.m. Saturday, May 28, for the Sartell Apple Duathlon. Avoid travel or be prepared to stop on Seventh Street N. and on 2-½ Street between Pinecone and Second Avenue because of cyclists and runners. The Apple Duathlon is a local, nonprofit race whose proceeds are returned to the community through donations to local service agencies and for college scholarships for local students.
Volunteers needed for Apple Duathlon
Support the local race and your community by volunteering to help with the Sartell Apple Duathlon kids’ race on Friday evening, May 27, and with the adult race on Saturday morning, May 28. We need people to staff registration and manage packet pickup, staff food tents and water stations, supervise parking and direct racers and more. Organizations who provide at least eight volunteers may earn $100 for your organization. All volunteers receive a 2016 Apple Duathlon T-shirt. Bring a friend. Contact volunteer@appleduathlon.com to sign up.
Bond referendum vote is May 24
Molitor plans paper-mill information placards
photo by Dennis Dalman
This stylized steel art work by Sartell resident and teacher Joe Schulte gives visitors to Sartell’s Veterans Park an eerie glance backward in memory to the historic paper mill that used to stand across the Mississippi River. Schulte used a piece of steel from the dismantled mill to create this “sculpture” in honor of the plant’s historical and social significance.
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Dennis Molitor is determined to keep the memory of the Sartell paper mill alive and well. He is working on a project to put informational plaques on the wrought-iron fence at Veterans Park to inform people who visit there about the historic paper mill that functioned
across the river for more than 100 years. Molitor worked at that mill for 38 years until May 2013. On Memorial Day that month, an explosion and fire at the mill killed one employee and shut down the plant. Later, Verso Paper, the corporate owner of the mill, announced it would shut down permanently. The news rocked Sartell and surrounding
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Volunteers are needed for the Sartell Apple Duathlon races that will be held in Sartell May 27-28. The children’s race will start at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the Sartell Middle School grounds, and the adult race will take place
with a start-off time at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 28, also at the middle school. People are needed for staff registration, packet pickup, food tents, water stations, parking, directing races and other tasks. Any organization who can provide at least eight volunteers can
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earn up to $100 for the organization and receive free 2016 Apple Duathlon T-shirts. To volunteer, send an email to volunteer@appleduathlon.com. To learn more about the races, visit www.appleduathlon.com. This will be the 34th annual Apple Duathlon, a prestigious
art project began. Various local artists, with the help of grants and contributions, used metal parts of the mill discarded during its demolition and recycling to re-fashion into art works for Sartell, such as benches, bike racks and free-standing monumental sculptures. One of the art works was created by Joe Schulte, the inMolitor • page 10
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Top: “Sabre Pride” signs are a common sight on lawns, windows and elsewhere in Sartell as the school-bond election approaches. Directly above: Students gather at the Avalon neighborhood to show their “Sabre Pride” support for the $105.8-million school-bond issue, which voters will decide May 24.
duathlon that has earned rave reviews for many years from across the nation and even from other countries. Many hundreds of participants of all ages come to the event from cities throughout Minnesota, as well as from other states and even some from other Duathlon • page 3
‘Sabre Pride’ abounds as bond vote approaches by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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cities because generations of people made a good living by working at the mill. Through the years it went through many ownerships and various names, including Watab Paper Co, St. Regis Paper Mill, Champion Paper, International Paper and its last incarnation as Verso Paper Mill. To commemorate the mill, several years ago an ambitious
Sartell Apple Duathlon seeks volunteers
On Tuesday, May 24, residents of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District will have the opportunity to vote in a bond referendum. The one-question referendum requests voter approval of $105.8 million in bond funding, for more space; enhanced safety, security and well-being for all; and supporting flexible learning spaces for the next generation of learners.
The Sartell Police Department, along with Seniors and Law Enforcement Together, are offering a secure location for you to drop off personal documents and unused medication for proper disposal from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 and from 3-6 p.m. May 26 at the Sartell Police Department. For more information, go to thenewsleaders.com and click on May 20 Criers.
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“Sabre Pride” was bursting at the seams Sunday night when students and parents gathered at Avalon Village neighborhood to rally for passage of the school-bond issue. Participants at Avalon have challenged other neighborhoods to host similar rallies right up until Tuesday, May 24, the date of the schoolbond referendum, which voters will decide at the three polling places in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. (Visit thenewsleaders.com for this information, May 13 edition.) Blue-and-white “Sabre Pride” signs have popped up in recent weeks on lawns, in windows and elsewhere throughout Sartell, visual re-
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minders by the “Choose Yes for Success” group to vote “Yes” for the school bond. There is also a Choose Yes for Success Facebook page. Opposition to the bond has not been apparent, at least not in an organized way. The district is asking voters to approve a bond of $105.8 million for a new high school and updates to the other four existing schools in the city. The bond effort has elicited endorsements from many quarters, including the Sartell Education Association, the Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce, the Sartell Senior Connection, the Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation, the KIDSTOP/St. Cloud Area Boys & Girls Clubs, the St. Cloud Area Chamber of ComBond • page 6
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Blotter If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or TriCounty 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 crime. May 1 4:43 p.m. Agency assist. Oak Pond Drive. An officer was dispatched to assist Benton County with a caller making multiple 911 calls and hanging up. An attempt to locate the caller was unsuccessful and the officer cleared the call. 6:05 p.m. Medical. Brianna Drive. A report was made regarding an elderly male with a nosebleed that wouldn’t stop. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived at the same time as the officer and the paramedics said they would take care of him. May 2 3:28 p.m. Gunshot. Fifth Avenue E. An officer was dispatched to a possible gunshot. Upon arrival, the officer was unable to locate any evidence of a gunshot and the officer cleared. 8:42 a.m. Suspicious items. Central Park. A report was made about several items found near a dumpster that could be used for a marijuana-growing operation. The owner was not located and the items were taken by the officer back to the police department. 5:45 p.m. Motorist assist. 14th Avenue E. An officer was dispatched to unlock a vehicle. The officer was able to unlock the vehicle. The officer advised the female her driver’s license was revoked and she should not be driving. She stated she knew and was going to have a coworker drive her to work. May 3 1:05 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. Sauk River Regional Park. City Hall received a report of a vehi-
cle in the parking lot with all the doors open for some time. Upon the officer’s arrival, the officer did not find anything suspicious. 3:45 p.m. Suspicious person. CR 120. An officer was dispatched to check on a male party in the passenger seat of a vehicle, possibly huffing from a spray can. The officer was unable to locate the male or vehicle and cleared the call. 4:11 p.m. Identity theft. Riverside Avenue N. A report was made regarding a male receiving a call from an investigator from New Jersey. The investigator informed the caller someone opened a health-savings account in their name. Someone had also filed a tax return using the male’s social security number. An officer assisted the male with adding a fraud alert onto his name. May 4 3:28 a.m. Fire. 15th Avenue N. While on patrol, an officer came across a small fire near a garbage can. Officers contacted the homeowner, who put out the fire. 2:56 p.m. Medical. Victory Avenue. Officers responded to a 911 call from a man who was having difficulty breathing and couldn’t get his oxygen tank working. An officer provided oxygen from their tank while another officer got the male’s tank working properly. 5:12 p.m. Agency assist. Riverside Avenue. A complaint was made regarding an intoxicated female who made comments she was going to drive her car. An officer found the intoxicated female sitting in the driver’s seat. She was transported to the ER for evaluation. May 5 4:23 a.m. Suspicious activity. Finch Court. While on patrol, an officer found a car with a door open. The officer made contact with the homeowner, who checked the vehicle and secured the door. 5:24 p.m. Vehicle accident. First Street S./Pinecone Road.
People An officer was dispatched to a two-vehicle accident. A female driver rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped for traffic. There was minor damage to both vehicles. 10:38 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. Mockingbird Loop. A report was made regarding a semi-truck parked and running for the past six to seven hours. An officer made contact with the owner, who left the refrigeration system running while he slept. The owner turned it down so it wasn’t so loud. May 6 1:39 p.m. Theft. 10th Avenue N. A report was made by a male regarding 31 illegal transactions on a debit card charged by his ex-roommate, who was now in the service. With the advice of the county attorney’s office, the male made contact with the father of the service member, who agreed to pay the bills. May 7 1:02 p.m. Suspicious activity. Victory Loop. A complaint was made by a female homeowner regarding an attic entrance that appeared to have been tampered with. An officer responded to the house and spoke to the husband, who had arrived and cleared the house. 9:13 p.m. Citizen contact. Rotary Park. While on patrol, an officer observed a male driving through the lawn. The officer spoke to the driver about his behavior and advised him it was not appropriate. 11:53 p.m. Open door. 10th Avenue N. While on patrol, an officer found an open door at a business. Officers cleared the building and attempted to make contact with the owner. The owner was unable to be contacted, so an officer left a message. May 8 1:18 a.m. Driving while intoxicated. Pinecone Road S./Roberts Road. While on patrol, an officer noticed a vehicle driving across Blotter • page 3
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Sartell students Jonathon Oleson, Jarret Janu, Austin Grundhofer, Alex Bertsch and Rory Spanier (pictured here from left to right with team alternates Shawnda Houg, Faith Wannarka and Hali Peterson) placed second at the Regional Envirothon Competition and competed at the State Competition on May 16. The Sartell Middle School team placed first in the Region 2 Envirothon competition. The team was comprised of Ryan Evers, Ethan Neid, Connor Hacker, Brad Kalla and Tim Haas.
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Jake Lieberg (left) and Clare Minnerath were named the Sabre Booster Club’s Male and Female Athlete of the Year. Dr. Cody Wendlandt of Sartell was recently elected by his fellow residents to serve as chief resident of the University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program for the 2016-17 academic year. He will begin serving in this role July 1. The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Track and Field team
finished first place at the True Team meet at Rocori High School. Seven Sartell High School students participated in the Region 8AA Visual Arts Contest. Kayley Isaacson and Bree Kreutzer received superior ratings and Alex Becker, Braeden Dykhuizen, Callie Grosz, Tyler Kadlec and McKenna Walker received excellent ratings.
Williams offered county administrator position The Stearns County Board of Commissioners directed county staff to offer the county administrator position to Mike Williams, who is currently the St. Cloud city administrator. Williams has 30 years of combined administration experience. He worked for the city of St. Cloud for the last 13 years; he previously held positions in the city of Brookings, S.D.; Becker County, Minn.; the City of Perry, Iowa; and in the town of Easton, Maine. Williams has a doctorate
in public policy and administration and a master’s in public administration. The board directed staff to enter into discussions with Williams to negotiate his employment terms and conditions. Those employment conditions will be going before the board at a future County board meeting. Williams will be replacing George Rindelaub, who retired as county administrator at the end of March.
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Police Chief Hughes thanks staff, city
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the center line. The officer stopped the vehicle and, after testing, determined the driver was intoxicated. The driver was transported to Stearns County Jail. 1:26 p.m. Medical. CR 120. A report was made regarding an unresponsive female who had been huffing in the bathroom of a local business. The female was transported to the emergency room by Gold Cross Ambulance. The female was cited for trespassing. 4:56 p.m. Vehicle accident. Hwy. 10/CR 40. A vehicle failed to yield and was struck by another vehicle, causing injuries. The second vehicle contained several Sartell residents. 11:06 p.m. Personal assist. Fifth Street N./Riverside Avenue. A complaint was made by a male saying he had mental-health issues and needed a place to stay for the night. An officer transported the male to the St. Cloud Hospital. May 9 1:42 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. Sauk River Regional Park. While on patrol, an officer spotted a suspicious vehicle parked after hours in a parking lot. The officer spoke to the driver and could smell the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the car. A vehicle search produced a black digital scale with small bits of green, leafy substance, which tested positive for marijuana. The driver was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and a verbal warning for being in the park after hours. 2:25 a.m. Open door. Second Street S. While on patrol, an officer found a door to a business was unlocked. Officers cleared the business and the owner was contacted. 5:42 p.m. Drug use. CR 120. A complaint was made regarding a male smoking marijuana from a glass pipe in front of a store. The male was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia. May 10 7:51 a.m. Theft from vehicle. CR 120. A report was made by a female about a purse being taken from an unlocked vehicle the previous night. An officer spoke to the female, investigated the theft and advised her to notify her bank. 3:14 p.m. Intoxicated person. Twin Rivers Court. A complaint was made about an intoxicated female wandering around in a store. Upon arrival, the officers spoke to the female, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.
With police officers more frequently becoming a part of local, state and national spotlights, it’s common for misconceptions and falsehoods to arise regarding our men and women in blue. Because of these stigmas
that surface from time to time, the staff at the Newsleaders felt it was important to remind its readers of the incredible Chief Hughes bravery, gumption and sacrifice officers from our local cities
display on a daily basis. Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes told the Newsleaders his team so often takes the time to “go above and beyond their normal roles within the department to make our community a better place to live, work, recreate and shop.” “I am very proud of them,” Hughes added.
The men and women who serve the Sartell area look to further their ties within the community. “We feel privileged to be in the profession we are,” Hughes stated. “We do our best to continue to build relationships with our community to better serve them in their time of need.”
Delayed Arbor Trails project begins by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Arbor Trails, a new housing development, is off to a springtime start in Sartell after a long delay. The project was approved by the city council last year, but it
Duathlon from front page nations, not to mention hometown folk. This year, as in years before, dozens of people from Sartell and the surrounding cities have registered for the kids’ and adults’ races.
was too late to start the project because the water-and-sewer lines and roads had to be put in first. Developer Rick Poplinksi of “RST Land” is excited about the project, a 63 single-family-unit development located along County Road 4 in southwest Sartell. It’s
on land just west of what was the Lodermeier Gardens greenhouse. “I’ve done a lot of developments in Sartell in the past 20 years, but this is the nicest one yet,” he said during an interview with the Sartell Newsleader. “These are upper-end lots with
one-half acre each.” The neighborhood will have walking trails, ponding systems and scenic views. Poplinski said ground has been broken, and the construction of homes has begun.
The adult Sartell Apple Duathlon is a race that involves a 5K run, a 33K bike route, followed by another 5K run. There are numerous age categories for the race. Some duathletes choose to do all three segments of the race solo, others do it in teams of two (one doing the running, the other the biking) and a few teams opt for a trio (one running the
first course, another biking and the third doing the final running part). The long, biking portion of the adults’ race starts at Sartell Middle School and winds its way all the way to St. Stephen, then back to Sartell along the Mississippi River, down Riverside Avenue back to the school. The Kids’ Apple Duathlon also has several categories and age
brackets. There is a short course, a long course and an Apple Seedlings race. The short course is a 0.3-mile run; a 2.65-mile biking route and another 0.3-mile run. The long course involves a 0.5mile run, a 4.5-mile biking portion and another 0.5-mile run. The Apple Seedlings race, for children ages 3-6, is a short run in the Sartell Middle School parking lot.
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Opinion
Our View Newsleader apologizes; Scarbro drops column A column by guest-writer Ron Scarbro published in the May 6 St. Joseph Newsleader and Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader brought anger and even outrage from some readers. The column did not appear in the Sartell Newsleader. We at the Newsleaders admit those responses are justified. Scarbro, a former Sartell resident, moved several years ago to Georgia. For more than 10 years he has been a guest columnist for the Newsleader newspapers. Often, he writes political columns from a right-ofcenter perspective, just as editor-columnist Dennis Dalman writes ones usually from a left-of-center point of view. Both columnists have long received plenty of flak from readers for their opinions. Scarbro often uses acidic satire, exaggerations and metaphors in his columns, as does Dalman and many other columnists coast-to-coast. In the column that caused angry responses, Scarbro compared presidential candidates Sanders, Clinton and Trump to pest-control businesses and then wrote satirically about how each pest-control business would handle illegal immigration. When Newsleader Editor Dennis Dalman first read the submission, his reaction was he didn’t at all agree with its points. His other simultaneous reaction was that words like “vermin and pests” are inflammatory and even hateful, but since Scarbro seemed to be directing those terms at dangerous undocumented border-crossers like murderers, rapists and drug-cartel dealers, such words did not seem too extreme. Once the column was published and readers expressed their disgust, Dalman re-read Scarbro’s column in the mind-frame of a reader who had never read Scarbro’s satirical writings before. The readers were right. Scarbro’s column does not sufficiently spell out that he was referring only to dangerous and violent criminals. The vitriolic words at least seem to be aimed categorically at all undocumented immigrants, even if that is not what Scarbro meant. We are confident Scarbro did not intend to tar all immigrants with the same brush. However, that doesn’t change its effect upon readers. Dalman regrets giving the go-ahead to publish that column, and he, the newspaper owner and the staff would like to apologize to anybody and everybody who was offended, hurt or outraged by it. This newspaper has long championed the cause of law-abiding, hard-working immigrants, even undocumented ones, who are trying so hard to improve their lot in life, and we also strongly favor an immigration-reform bill that will allow undocumented workers to emerge from the shadows and begin a process that could someday lead to citizenship. We have given Scarbro the opportunity to specify more clearly exactly what he meant to express in his column – that is, which immigrants he was castigating. We expect Scarbro to clarify his intent and/or to apologize for what comes across – intentionally or not – as hateful stereotyping. After being contacted by the Newsleader via email last week, Scarbro wrote back that he did not mean to cause any ill will, that he apologizes and that he will no longer write columns for the newspapers.
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Our View
So many good reasons to vote ‘yes’ for school bond Sartell needs a new high school, and voters should approve one. The Sartell-St. Stephen School District also needs long overdue upgrades and improvements at its four current schools – other good reasons to approve the $105.8-million-bond issue in the May 24 election. Before going to the polls, voters might want to consider the following factors: growth, lack of space, safety and security, and evolving learning methods. Sartell, fortunately, unlike so many dying towns, is a growing city blooming with dynamic interactions – residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, cultural and – so importantly – educational. Education is a kind of foundation shoring up the other interactive assets in Sartell. As Sartell Newsleader reporters know so well, when they ask newcomers to the city why they move to Sartell, their answer is almost always, “excellent education system” and “quality schools.” Thus, it’s not surprising school enrollments are dramatically increasing every year in Sartell, consistently surpassing estimates made by expert demographers. Such growth always presents challenges – a shortage of
teaching-learning spaces foremost among them. Every school in Sartell is stressed and strained because of space shortages, despite the ingenious, creative efforts of staff to make do with space constrictions. Anybody who has been to the current Sartell High School in the morning or in the afternoon knows what a massive traffic jam and safety worry that place is, wedged tightly against a residential area with bottleneck traffic everywhere one looks. Again, growth has exacerbated safety concerns there and also at Sartell Middle School along the same street, not to mention the difficulties of ingress and egress at both schools. Along with safety are security concerns. Those schools were designed and built long before school shootings became so shockingly, tragically, heartbreakingly common throughout the nation. There are now ways to shore up security, especially at school entrances, as well as ways to monitor and shut down areas within schools should some kind of deranged assault, God forbid, begin. Yet another reason the school bond referendum should be ap-
proved is because teaching and learning methods in just the past decade or so have changed drastically. Gone are the days of boxy classrooms in which teachers lecture, students take notes, memorize and then regurgitate facts during tests. Learning nowadays is much more creative, innovative, hands-on and small-group oriented. As such, learning activities require more space and/or more flexible spaces that can be altered for a number of varied uses. Along those same lines, teaching-learning has become more than textbooks and written tests. Nowadays, social connectiveness is an integral part of learning. That kind of learning, involving social skills and problem-solving, includes everything from involvement in volunteerism to enhance the city to extracurricular activities, also socially connective, that center around music, visual arts, theater, technical arts-and-crafts and physical education. All of those pursuits require larger and/or specialized spaces. For all of those reasons, school district residents, we hope, vote “yes” to the May 24 school bond ballot questions.
Goodbye from Ron Scarbro to the Newsleaders Ron Scarbro, St. Simons Island, Ga. For the past 10 years, it has been my good pleasure to submit and have columns published in your newspaper. It has been fun. Throughout the years, I have developed a constituency throughout the Newsleaders service area. I know because I regularly hear from people I don’t even know. I am certain the Newsleader publisher has published columns she had to hold her nose to do. That’s one of my favorite things about her.
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer She has shown courage. It’s not now nor has it ever been my idea to harm the Newsleaders. I always wanted the best for the paper and for the publisher and her staff. Because I want the best for the Newsleaders, I have
decided to stop sending columns for publishing. Perhaps when the smoke settles, I may be able to generate some words that will be worthy of printing but for now, I am going to stay quiet. My not sending columns in no way ends my warm feelings for the Newsleaders and its staff. I hope we can continue to be friends and someday down the road if the time is right, I may send along some thoughts. My wife and I send our best wishes for the Newsleaders’ continued success.
Letters to the editor
In response to Scarbro’s May 6 column Douglas Wood, Sartell My wife Kathy and I enjoy keeping up with the local news through the Newsleader and are grateful our community has a quality news outlet to fill this need. However, we feel the paper’s recent decision to publish a racist, offensive screed by Ron Scarbro was appalling. In his rant, Scarbro openly and deliberately compared certain groups of human beings to “pests and vermin,” identified them as a distinct and dif-
ferent “species” who will bring “diseases and destruction” to our homes and who will “reproduce, thereby creating millions more of their kind.” He adds, charitably, if his prescriptions are followed, “We won’t even have to kill them.” If any of this sounds familiar, it should. It could have been taken almost word for word from any Nazi pamphlet in 1930s Germany. Scarbro’s tone, word choices, analogies, diagnosis and solutions are all explicitly chosen to de-human-
ize groups of human beings. While he may have a right in this country to publish such reprehensible sentiments, the Newsleader is under no legal or ethical obligation to print them. In fact, in doing so, the paper harms – not helps – the content and quality of public discourse in our community. This is particularly important in light of the fact Scarbro lives not here but in Georgia. Let him peddle his wares there. We hope and expect we will see no more of his enlightened views in the Newsleader.
Scarbro’s May 6 column showed a new side Carol Weiler, Sartell
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders. Letters to the editor may be sent to news@thenewsleaders. com or P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374. Deadline is noon Monday. Please include your full name for publication (and address and phone number for verification only.) Letters must be 350 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for space.
I have been reading Ron Scarboro’s columns for the last few years. He usually comes across as “just” a cranky warmonger who wants to drop atomic bombs on North Korea. This racial bigotry is a new side. One that makes me sick.
Ron never uses the words “Somali” or “immigrants” or Hispanics” in his column. Veeeery clever, Ron. He does use the word “aliens” and infers they are vermin. In other words, living beings worthy of not being treated as humans. Hmmm. I told my husband I would not play the Hitler card, but Hitler did
say “I have the right to remove millions of an inferior race that breeds like vermin.” Ron does not see coexistence as an option. He feels our country would be better without immigrants. I think the Native Americans would agree with him.
For more letters to the editor, please see pages 5, 8 and 9
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Vote no to Sartell’s bond referendum Tammy Hagerty, Sartell
In a community with such a great education foundation, it’s hard to look at the bond and say no. It’s just one meal out at a restaurant a month, right? It will only lengthen your mortgage payments for up to six months on the average home… No big deal; what’s six months? Most residents won’t live in their home for 25 years, which is the length of this bond. But say you are a farmer owning 140 acres and rent another 400 acres from other land owners in this district (landowners rent out their land to cover their land tax). Currently, your taxes on your homestead and acreage are $2,319.39 a year. With the projected increase of $948 a year, the family farm you’ve owned for more than 35 years will now
cost you an additional $81,610.75 throughout the next 25 years. This number is strictly school tax from phase one and does not include the 2019 operating levy or the phase 2 and 3 the school is projecting to ask for in the future. This cost of $81,610 also does not include what you will pay others to rent their land. So with their taxes increasing, land rent will go up as well. With farmers already showing a loss of income for this year, this bond tax increase will not be good for farmers. Will any farmers be able to survive these additional costs? My answer to that, along with the many farmers of the district, is no. But yet the bond website states the new school will create “greater community partnership opportunities.” For who? Certainly not the agricultural land owners. Our schools send our
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kids to farm field trips in Litchfield and Elk River, where the kids go to non-working farms and see a few farm animals. If we really want our kids to know what true farming is, go to local farms and show them… If you want to bring them to pet animals, go to a zoo. Some have said to us farmers should be happy another school is going up because it will increase their land value so when the farm cannot financially make it due to the tax increases, we can sell for a higher value. So farmers are expected to just quit what they have known their entire life and what has been in their family for generations? Get rid of everything they have worked so hard for? I’ve also heard farms don’t belong in the middle of the city… As a child, I remember most of Sartell being
farmland and a good portion of it still is being farmed. Last I checked, St. Stephen is not what many would call “city living,” as most of it is farmland. This bond is more than just a school for the district; it’s putting family farms out of business and farmers out of their homes and livelihood. The board needs to re-evaluate their spending costs and look at what is truly needed for our students to be successful. It isn’t the building that makes education great; it’s our teachers. Do we really need an $89.5-million school with an 800-person auditorium and a double-decker gym? At the bond meeting, they said it would only be $15 million less to just add on to the current schools versus building. That’s a huge difference. The school also owns 40 acres in St. Stephen they could sell to help with these
costs and collect taxes on it. Sartell also has tax-exempt apartment buildings.. How is that fair to those living in the community paying higher school taxes? So I ask you to look beyond a shiny new school and look at the land around you and beyond the City of Sartell. Look at the farms, the families on those farms, the animals and crops. Take a minute and think of what this will do to them. Next time you go to the grocery store, think of where your food is coming from before it gets there. I want to preserve what few farmers we have left. They are the only ones who buy everything at retail costs and sell at wholesale… think about this for a minute and please consider voting no this time to make the school board re-evaluate what they are doing with our money.
CITY OF SARTELL Summary Financial Report
CITY OF SARTELL Summary Financial Report
purpose of this to provide summary of financial information concerning the City of Sartell to interested citizens. The TheThepurpose of report this isreport isa to provide a summary of financial information concerning the City of Sartell to interested citizens. The complete financial statements may be examined complete financial statements may be examined at City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. Questions about this report should be directed to at City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. Questions about this report should be directed to Mary Degiovanni, city administrator and director at (320) 258-7309. CITY OFfinance SARTELL Mary Degiovanni, City Administrator and Finance Director at (320) 258-7309.
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION - PROPRIETARY FUNDS Dec. 31, 2015
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS (GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS) Total 2015
REVENUES: Taxes: Property Sales Tax Increment Special Assessments Licenses and Permits Intergovernmental Charges for Services Fines and Forfeitures Miscellaneous Total Revenues
$
Percent Increase (Decrease)
Total 2014
5,119,538 1,110,425 149,689 1,082,389 1,075,459 2,064,690 2,161,617 66,181 175,631 13,005,619
$
4,632,165 1,074,383 145,061 2,538,676 924,109 2,042,958 1,120,301 111,612 115,455 12,704,720
10.52% 3.35% 3.19% -57.36% 16.38% 1.06% 92.95% -40.70% 52.12% 2.37%
EXPENDITURES: Current: General Government Public Safety Public Works Community and Economic Development Culture and Recreation Debt Service: Principal Interest and Fiscal Charges Capital Outlay: Total Expenditures
580,600 2,689,085 1,280,369 952,791 610,870
622,737 2,532,135 1,391,107 599,983 354,622
-6.77% 6.20% -7.96% 58.80% 72.26%
3,555,000 699,516 6,401,513 16,769,744
10,380,450 974,343 2,896,394 19,751,771
-65.75% -28.21% 121.02% -15.10%
Excess of Revenues Over (Under) Expenditures
(3,764,125)
(7,047,051)
46.59%
5,370,000 104,131 109,242 3,654,104 (4,618,769) 4,618,708
6,135,000 471,917 (5,581,600) 12,550 3,763,133 (4,629,949) 171,051
-12.47% -77.93% -100.00% 770.45% -2.90% -0.24% 2600.19%
(6,876,000)
112.43%
18,472,570
-37.22%
11,596,570
7.37%
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES): Issuance of Debt Premium on Issuance of Debt Payment on Refundind Bond Sale of Property Transfers In Transfers Out Total Other Financing Sources (Uses) Net Change in Fund Balances
854,583
FUND BALANCES: Beginning of Year
11,596,570
End of Year
$ 12,451,153
$
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES AND CHANGES IN FUND NET POSITION - PROPRIETARY FUNDS For the Year Ended Dec. 31, 2015
OPERATING EXPENSES: Salaries and Benefits Supplies and Maintenance Utilities and Telephone Professional Services Sewer Treatment Depreciation Other Services and Charges Total Operating Expenses Operating Income (Loss)
Water
Sewer
$ 1,624,006
$ 1,877,453
429,302 272,367 182,644 32,579 923,331 100,963 1,941,186
143,660 100,078 41,154 23,113 639,569 951,581 49,633 1,948,788
Stormwater $
378,842
$ 3,880,301
533 46,338 25,088 413,103 5,207 490,269
573,495 418,783 223,798 80,780 639,569 2,288,015 155,803 4,380,243
NONOPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES): Investment Income Refunds and Reimbursements Interest Expense Total Nonoperating Revenues (Expenses)
3,685 40,332 (429,610) (385,593)
1,054 (327,267) (326,213)
Loss before Contributions and Transfers
(702,773)
(397,548)
(111,064)
(1,211,385)
Capital Contributions Transfers In Transfers Out
102,073 939,578 (299,112)
16,921 660,000 (82,112)
442,779 (253,689)
561,773 1,599,578 (634,913)
39,766
197,261
78,026
315,053
19,391,366
19,170,508
15,596,843
54,158,717
Change in Accounting Principle Beginning of Year, as Restated End of Year
(207,157)
LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable Salaries and Benefits Payable Interest Payable Due to Other Funds Noncurrent Liabilities: Due Within One Year Due Within More than One Year
(65,672)
$
Sewer
1,086,030 1,031 365,969 17,531
$
Stormwater
255,459 229 489,244 15,871
$
Totals
35,580 32 97,652 -
1,377,069 1,292 952,865 33,402
91,486 -
392,228
1,240,387 450,733
12,240,771 16,070,507 44,264
13,466,518 19,548,347 374,616
15,154,210 -
13,466,518 12,240,771 50,773,064 418,880
$ 31,033,509
$ 34,241,770
$ 15,679,702
$ 80,954,981
$
31,353
$
9,940
$
-
$
$
59,104 (292) 173,959
$
193,613 401 37,747
$
4,833 -
257,550 109 211,706 -
-
1,917,986 24,378,449 $ 26,765,800
1,026,791 13,683,952
$ 11,818,463
$ 14,942,504
$
4,833
DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES: Deferred Inflows Related to Pensions
$
$
$
-
NET POSITION: Invested in Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt Unrestricted
$ 18,222,948 1,001,027
Total Liabilities
$
1,148,901 58,505
891,195 10,694,497
22,424
7,109
$ 18,851,838 450,259
$ 19,223,975 CITY OF SARTELL$
Totals
(71,335)
NET POSITION: Beginning of Year
DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES: Deferred Outflows Related to Pensions
Water
19,302,097
$
41,293
29,533
$ 15,546,438 128,431
$ 52,621,224 1,579,717
$ 15,674,869
$ 54,200,941
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS - PROPRIETARY FUNDS For the Year Ended Dec. 31, 2015
(317,180)
Change in Net Position
Total Assets
Total Net Position
CITY OF SARTELL
OPERATING REVENUES: Charges for Services and Other
ASSETS: Cash and Investments Interest Receivable Accounts Receivable Prepaid Items Capital Assets not Depreciated: Land and Land Improvements Construction in Progress Capital Assets Net of Accumulated Depreciation: Sewer Rights Buildings and Improvements Sewer and Water Systems Machinery and Equipment
(111,427) 363 363
-
(499,942) 5,102 40,332 (756,877) (711,443)
(272,829)
19,184,209
19,104,836
15,596,843
53,885,888
$ 19,223,975
$ 19,302,097
$ 15,674,869
$ 54,200,941
CASH FLOWS - OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Receipts from Customers and Users Payments to Suppliers Payments to Employees Other Receipts Net Cash Flows - Operating Expenses CASH FLOWS - NONCAPITAL FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Advances to/from Other Funds Transfer from Other Funds Transfer to Other Funds Net Cash Flows - Noncapital Financing Activities
Water
Sewer
$ 1,632,678 (604,370) (432,121) 40,332 636,519
$ 1,841,763 (913,017) (145,424) 783,322
939,578 (299,112) 640,466
Stormwater $
Totals
374,739 (74,853) (533) 299,353
$ 3,849,180 (1,592,240) (578,078) 40,332 1,719,194
660,000 (82,112) 577,888
(5,768) (253,689) (259,457)
(5,768) 1,599,578 (634,913) 958,897
CASH FLOWS - CAPITAL AND RELATED FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Purchase of Capital Assets Principal Paid on Debt Interest Paid on Debt Net Cash Flows - Capital and Related Financing Activities
(870,000) (440,027)
(312,091) (996,365) (330,080)
(4,641) -
(316,732) (1,866,365) (770,107)
(1,310,027)
(1,638,536)
(4,641)
(2,953,204)
CASH FLOWS - INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Interest and Dividends Received
3,850
1,389
325
5,564
(29,192)
(275,937)
35,580
(269,549)
1,115,222
531,396
-
1,646,618
35,580
$ 1,377,069
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents, January 1 Cash and Cash Equivalents, December 31
$ 1,086,030
$
255,459
$
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Bond from front page merce and two newspapers, the St. Cloud Times and the Sartell Newsleader (See today’s editorial).
Who decided?
For many months, a school facilities committee met to gather data, tour the schools, consult with educational experts, examine future projections and note the many
changes taking place constantly in teaching-learning methodologies. The committee was comprised of about 100 people, including school officials and staff, teachers, parents and other residents of the school district. After exhaustive studies and considering many options, the committee made its recommendations to the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board. The board then examined those recommendations in detail before recommending the bond referendum.
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In many public meetings, school officials have spoken to the need for a new high school and improvements to other schools in Sartell. Currently, the schools are filled to capacity and beyond capacity. Enrollment is expected to increase by 8 percent during the next 10 years, and past estimates of enrollments have usually underestimated the numbers because the population of Sartell has continued to grow even more so than some once predicted. Simply put, there is a chronic shortage of space in the schools. To cite just one example, all-day kindergarten (rather than half-day), and that requires more classroom spaces. In the near future, the
state might decide to fund school-readiness programs for children who are 4 years old, which will also require more space. By building a new high school, the district can create flexible-use spaces within the other four schools and create extracurricular spaces (athletic, music, art and more) that can be used by all students in the district. Increasing enrollment means a need for increasing space for non-classroom learning activities. Since 2004, the year the last Sartell school was built (Oak Ridge Elementary), there have been about 1,000 more students who entered the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. Enrollment is now 3,825 students, and that number has
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“State-of-the-art does not mean more expensive,” said Sartell-St. Stephen School District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Schwiebert at a recent public forum about the bond issue. In the minds of bond planners, state-of-the-art is not “marble walls in the schools’ entryways” but rather the most appropriate, most cost-efficient additions and improvements to the school district, Schwiebert added. A cost breakdown of what
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Friday, May 20, 2016 the bond would cover is as follows: • $89.6 million for a new high school that would be built near Oak Ridge Elementary School. It would house grades 9-12. • $10.6 million for changes to the existing high school, which would be reconfigured for grades 6-8. • $2.6 million for reconfigurations at the current middle school, which would accommodate grades 3-5. • $1.7 million for changes and improvements to Pine Meadow Elementary School for pre-K through grade 2. • $650,000 for changes and improvements to Oak Ridge Elementary School for grades pre-K through grade 2. • $800,000 for the borrowing cost of the bond.
Tax impact
If the school bond is approved, voters should know if it passes there will also have to be an operating levy approved down the road before the new high school would open in 2019. The bond would be paid off throughout a 25-year period. Although the amount is not known yet, Schwiebert estimated it would be probably in the neighborhood of $900,000
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com per year but that it could well be less. That money would cover the operating costs in the schools – such things as cooling, heating, ongoing maintenance and upgrades. If education funding stays the same, the district now estimates an operating levy would probably add from $5 to $7 per month to the tax bill of a homeowner with a home valued at $180,000. That would be in addition to the $22.30 estimated monthly tax increase for the bond itself for someone who owns a home valued at $180,000, the average value for a Sartell home. Thus, that homeowner would see an increase of up to about $350 per year in more taxes, counting the cost of the bond and the operating levy. The district is still paying on previous bonds, set to end in 2017 and 2021, but those costs have been figured into the current estimated tax-increase amounts as listed on the tax impact for the new bond as listed on the district’s website. For a detailed breakdown of estimated tax increases that will occur if the bond is passed, go the Sartell-St. Stephen School District’s website. The site also includes a wealth of detailed information about school needs and the bond issue.
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Letters to the editor
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 748 (SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN) STATE OF MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election has been called and will be held in and for Independent School District No. 748 (Sartell-St. Stephen), State of Minnesota, on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, for the purpose of voting on the following question: SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ISSUE
Yes No
Shall the school board of Independent School District No. 748 (Sartell-St. Stephen) be authorized to issue its general obligation school building bonds in an amount not to exceed $105,800,000 to provide funds for the acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities, including the acquisition of land for and the construction and equipping of a new high school site and facility; and the completion of various light and heavy remodeling projects, the construction of secure entries to various facilities and other safety and security improvements, the completion of electrical panel repairs, the completion of HVAC and dehumidification-system upgrades and condensing-unit replacements, the completion of metal-roof replacements at various facilities, the construction of bus traffic-flow improvements, the acquisition and installation of gym blinds and the completion of skylight repairs and replacements? BY VOTING “YES” ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY-TAX INCREASE. The combined polling places for this election
and the precincts served by those polling places will be as follows: COMBINED POLLING PLACE:
Le Sauk Township Hall 220 Fourth Ave. S. Sartell, Minn. 56377
This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 748, located in the City of Sartell, Precincts 1, 3 and 4, and Le Sauk Township in Stearns County, Minn.; and the City of Sartell, Precinct 2; Benton County, Minn. COMBINED POLLING PLACE: Celebration Lutheran Church 1500 Pinecone Road N. Sartell, Minn. 56377 This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 748, located in the City of Sartell, Precincts 5, 6 and 7; Stearns County, Minn. COMBINED POLLING PLACE
Friday, May 20, 2016
St. Stephen City Hall 2 Sixth Ave. S.E. St. Stephen, Minn. 56375
This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 748 located in the City of St. Stephen; and St. Wendel, East Brockway and West Brockway Townships; Stearns County, Minn. Any eligible voter residing in the school district may vote at said election at the combined polling place designated above for the precinct in which he or she resides. The polls for said election will be opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. on the date of said election. A voter must be registered to vote to be eligible to vote in this election. An unregistered individual may register to vote at the polling place on election day.
Vote yes to help with overcrowding problem Kathy Pantzke, Sartell To my fellow citizens of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District: I am writing this to ask you to vote yes in the upcoming bond referendum on May 24. I have taught in this great school district for many years and am recently retired. I continue to be involved in the schools by attending activities with my grandchildren, volunteering and substitute teaching. I have had the unique opportunity to watch this school district grow from a graduating class of under 100 students to classes graduating more than 300 students. The growth is a testament to the excellent education this school district
has provided. This community supported the educational system by approving the building of new facilities. Each time, the buildings were filled to capacity. They are once again filled to beyond capacity. In my experience as a substitute teacher, I can personally attest to the crowded conditions. Many teachers are on carts, offices are in storage spaces or closets, the halls are crowded. In my experience, the crowded conditions make it more difficult to meet the safety needs of the students and to secure the buildings. The crowding reduces flexibility in providing opportunities for each student. I am passionate about providing a good education for all children. It is money well
Crunch the numbers before you cast your vote Lee Hemberger, Le Sauk Township Do the math. Count your total cost before voting on the Sartell-St. Stephen School District Bond on May 24. Own the average $180,000 home? You can help pay for the $105.8-million bond with low, easy payments of $22.30 a month or $267.45 a year. For your first year. Consider there would be 300 monthly payments over 25 years, with your property values and taxes likely increasing every year. According to the Stearns County Auditor/Treasurer Office, home values in the area have doubled since 1998. Project a 2017 home value of $180,000 into the future at the same rate of increase and it will be worth $360,000 in 2035. If property tax rates remain steady, your property tax will double with your home. Plus the school-bond tax, which increases in increments according to your property value. According to the aforementioned rate of increase, in 2020, your home value will be worth about $200,000 with a school-bond tax of about $304. In 2026, about $250,000 with a school-bond tax of about $396. In 2030, about
$300,000 with a school-bond tax of about $487. In 2038, about $400,000 with a schoolbond tax of about $671. The bond tax continues through 2041. If, rather than paying school-bond tax, you were to invest the yearly equivalent in, for example, a Roth IRA (tax-free withdrawal) at an average compound interest rate of 7.2 percent, in 25 years, you would have around $27,000. A current year’s pay for many, which won’t be doubling anytime soon. But your bills will. Stop and think how quickly your basics have doubled, then compare that with your income. (Search engine “Rule of 72” to determine how long it will take your investments to double given compound interest rates of 6 to 10 percent. It’s a quick, easy estimate.) There are, of course, many variables. Home values can skyrocket or plummet. Population increase could offset the school-bond tax burden somewhat, but yours would still go up yearly. Homeschooling is on the rise. I haven’t figured in the $60 to $84 yearly operating levy, as this will definitely increase at who knows what rate. How can you predict future heating costs 25
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years out? And investment return rates fluctuate. There will likely be yet another schoolbond proposal at some point. My calculations are based on increases with regularity, an estimate as a guide. Room for growth is needed, yes, but I strongly favor expansion at the current middle school and high school sites at what could be a substantially reduced cost. Inasmuch as we need to invest in education, we also need to invest in ourselves, in our own futures. I would also think there would be as much objection to the proposed location of the high school as there has been to that of the community center; they are at polar opposites at the edges of town, both, interestingly, in areas of development. Where is the heart of Sartell? Le Sauk Township has become victim to Sartell sprawl. Please consolidate. Do some research. Crunch some numbers. Decide where you want to invest – in the bond? In your retirement? Make an informed decision. Then vote. As for myself, I think the entire bond needs to be revisited with community input. After all, it’s our money.
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spent. The proof of that is evidenced by the number of our graduates who continue on to higher-educational institutions. Many of our former students have returned to the Sartell area, becoming professionals, opening businesses, farming or becoming part of the area workforce. They are raising their families in this district, knowing from their experience this community values a good education. Please join me on May 24 in voting yes to continue to provide appropriate learning conditions as our community continues to grow. The “yes” vote is an investment in the future of our children and grandchildren, our community and the future workforce.
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About the upcoming important bond-referendum vote Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, May 24, there will be a very important vote to support the rapidly growing Sartell-St. Stephen School District. For nearly two years, our school board, staff and community have studied the most pressing issues in our school district. After significant work, these stakeholders concluded our district has three pressing needs: safe-and-secure entrances, flexible learning spaces to accommodate future
learners and the overall need for more space. All school buildings are currently at or above maximum capacity. The Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce supports the passage of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District’s bond referendum. As a chamber, we focus our efforts to make Sartell and the surrounding communities a better place to live, work and do business by strengthening the economic vitality and the quality of life. We believe this bond referendum
supports workforce development and preparedness as well as business and economic growth in our communities. We also see the opportunity for residential growth as families continue to move to our communities for the excellent school system. A successful voter-approved referendum for the school district is a vital part of the overall community vision: “Alive and Growing!” The Sartell Area Chamber of Commerce urges community members to vote yes.
Well-educated children become well-educated adults Vasugi and Gajen Ramanathan, Sartell We moved to Sartell 13 years ago with two little boys because an assistant principal in Willmar recommended we move here because he knew it was one of the best school districts in the state. We are certainly grateful now for that piece of advice we received 13 years ago. Looking back, we could easily say it was the best decision of our lives next to making the decision to move to the United States of America from a war-torn Sri Lanka. Sartell is our home now. Our children have flourished in this wonderful community because of the teachers, the school district and our neighbors. Our teachers have helped our kids love learning, transformed them
from introverted individuals to outgoing leaders and paid attention to their needs. The school district has provided a nurturing environment that has helped our kids succeed. Our neighbors have been strong supporters of the achievements of many Sartell–St. Stephen students, including our own. It’s a combination of all three groups that has made our Sartell–St. Stephen school community a wonderful place to raise children into successful and wellrounded adults. What we are concerned about is the safety and security of our schools and having adequate learning space for a growing community. We need to be concerned with our kids’ safety as the world changes and we need to be ready to tackle those challenges as they
come. We have walked into the schools and have personally seen how crowded they are. In addition, we have heard from our children about overcrowding issues. One of these issues concerns class sizes. Students learn better when teachers have reasonable class sizes and the teachers can pay attention to each and every student. Along with that, we don’t think it’s in our students’ best interest to keep building extensions to existing buildings as a short-term fix for a long-term problem. Well-educated children become well-educated adults and neighbors. That will enable us to live in a productive community. Neighbors, help keep this city great by voting yes for our schools on May 24.
Prepare students for workforce; vote yes
Trevor and Tiffany Akervik, Sartell
Please join my family in supporting Sartell-St.Stephen Schools by voting yes to the Bond Referendum on May 24. We have two children (sixth and ninth grades) and have lived in the district since 1998. We moved to Sartell knowing our children would have an opportunity to attend a strong, well-regarded school district focused on providing students with the skills necessary to be successful in college and the
workforce. Even though our children will only see a small benefit from the new facilities, we are strong supporters of this referendum. We support the bond as we’ve witnessed firsthand the need for more space and safeand-secure entries at all of our schools. More importantly, I work in the technology industry and see the need to provide our students with 21st century learning opportunities to prepare them for the changing
workforce. In order to fulfill the growth needs of our business, we look for qualified candidates at all levels. The additional programming that would be available to students if we had more space would help to prepare students for jobs right out of high school. I am excited to see the possibilities that come with the passage of the bond on May 24. Please vote yes to help prepare the next generation for a rapidly changing workforce.
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Vote yes to support school’s future Tonya Miller, Sartell As an avid volunteer, a busy mom and a substitute support staff in the district, I have already cast my yes vote via the absentee voting process for the Sartell-St. Stephen School District Bond Referendum. I believe this is an important decision our community has to make in support of the best educational opportunities we can provide our students. My husband Jim and I moved to Sartell in 2011 because of the outstanding reputation of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. It is obvious I am not alone in seeking a great educational experience for my two children, who currently attend Oak Ridge Elementary. District enrollment has increased by 950 students since the last building was built and enrollment continues to increase, putting a great deal of pressure on our current facilities. I see this every day, as I am frequently in the buildings across the district. Learning spaces have been established in storage areas, hallways are used as col-
laborative learning spaces, and walls and partitions have been put up to create additional, smaller spaces. Our administrators have done an excellent job of utilizing the space we have, but there is a limit to what you can do with an existing structure. With all of our schools full, we need more space. I also took part in the Community Schools Planning Committee that researched a myriad of options to deal with our current and projected growth. I am proud of the recommendation the group of more than 80 community members came up with during the eight months of meetings. I believe it’s the best option to provide our students with the next level of education our residents have come to expect. By planning thoughtfully and strategically, the committee has put forth an option that will support all of our students and community well into the future as continued growth is projected. Join me in support of the future of Sartell-St. Stephen School District and our community.
Cast your vote; make a difference Jeremy Snoberger, Rice
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to live and raise a family in the Sartell community. One of the biggest reasons this community is so great a place to live and work is the community support we share. We need to see that support on Tuesday, May 24 in huge numbers as we vote yes for the Sartell-St. Stephen school bond. As I have served in leading the Choose Yes for Success Committee, I have heard many of our community clearly state this is the best thing for Sartell and to keep our schools moving forward, we must pass the bond issue. That is true. Now we need you to get out on Tuesday and vote yes. I believe Sartell is a community where our kids matter. I believe Sartell knows this is the best move forward. I believe Sartell can make a statement to each other and our entire region that we will support
our students with the space they need to live, grow and develop into the young men and women who will serve our community, state and world well. Don’t let someone else do it. Don’t expect there is enough support. Do go and cast your vote and make a difference in our community. Jeff Schwiebert and his team have done an amazing job of sharing with us that this is the best road forward for the district. Now we get to stand alongside our teachers and staff and give them the support and space they need to provide safe, innovative and encouraging educational opportunities to our students. Join me and many others and make a statement this Tuesday, May 24 as we vote yes for the District 748 school bond to provide needed space, safe and secure facilities and educational opportunities for the next generation of learners. Together, we can tell our region our students matter, but it starts with you.
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This is another close-up view of Joe Schulte’s sculpture showing an approximation of how the paper mill and its tall condensation tower stood on the east side of the Mississippi River.
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Molitor from front page dustrial arts teacher at Sartell High School whose father worked at the mill, as did his grandfather. Schulte’s art work is now affixed to the top of the wrought-iron fence in Veterans Park, just across the river where the imposing paper plant stood for so many decades. Schulte’s flat sculpture, created from a flat piece of heavy-duty steel from the mill, is about six feet wide. It’s a powder-blue color, the same color as the later additions to the mill, such as its tall condensation tower that could be seen for miles. The sculpture is a “profile” of the entire paper mill, designed “to scale,” the way it looked to viewers standing in Veterans Park. In fact, if visitors stand on a designated piece of steel in front of the sculpture (a standing place that is also a cast-off
piece from the mill), they will see the almost exact outline of what used to be there across the river – the historic mill that brought so many jobs, taxes and economic success to the City of Sartell for so long. Schulte, with a series of ingenious stencils in the steel sculpture, presents the viewer with the stenciled names of the years and names of the ownership changes of the mill, from 1906 to 2014, the year of its demolition. Schulte based his paper-mill steel silhouette sculpture on a photo taken in 2013 by his wife, Tracy. Dennis Molitor thinks Schulte’s sculpture is a fitting tribute to the now vanished paper mill. But at an April city-council meeting, he told the council it would be good to add six to eight information placards along the fence so that, together with Schulte’s profile art work, visitors could learn a bit more about the mill and its importance to the city, the area and the entire world
Friday, May 20, 2016 with the quality paper products that were made there. The informational placards, made of sun-proof, vandal-proof and nearly indestructible metal, would give facts about some of the plant’s operations, such as the wood yard, the hydroelectric plant, the paper machines, the power plant and so forth. The placards would be affixed to the wrought-iron fence, probably by the parking lot area on the south end of Veterans Park. Each plaque would be about 12 inches by 18 inches. Molitor said Bill Morgan, a Sartell resident and eminent local historian, would help write the information for the placards, and artist Schulte will also have input. The cost of doing the placard project would be anywhere between $3,000 and $4,000, adding there is no request for funding from the city. Molitor said he would have no trouble raising those funds.
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River Road, Sartell, in Stearns County, Minn. 56377. Public comments regarding potential effects this site may have on any nearby historic properties may be faxed to (214) 380-4962, Re: N LESAUK. Publish: May 20, 2016
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