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At 92, Halverson brings home the gold Town Crier Friday, June 23, 2017 Volume 22, Issue 25 Est. 1995
St. Stephen to hold car show July 21
The St. Stephen Car Show will be held from 3-8 p.m. Friday, July 21 in the parking lot of the St. Stephen Church, 103 CR 2 in St. Stephen. There is free admission for participants and spectators and no advanced registration is required. The show will feature 14 classes, including pre-war cars and trucks, collectors, muscle cars, convertibles, street rods and machines, trucks, rat rods and motorcycles. Food and refreshments available. First-, secondand third-place trophies will be awarded at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Tom Vouk at 320-654-9511.
Newsleader to close for June 26-30
The Newsleader office will be closed June 26-30. A June 30 edition will not be published. The office will reopen on July 3 and will resume weekly publications beginning July 7.
GSDC calls for nominees for Innovation Award
The Greater St. Cloud Development Corp. is accepting nominations and applications for the 2017 Innovation Awards for non-profit organizations and for-profit companies. A strategic focus of the GSDC is to foster and promote innovative thinking among area businesses and organizations. The GSDC I-Award recognizes organizations employing innovation to solve problems and create opportunities. Nominations will be accepted through July 15. For more information about nominating a candidate and to apply for the awards, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on June 23 Criers.
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At age 92, Violet Halverson of Sartell has become something of a celebrity, with her pastor at First Presbyterian Church asking her to stand for a rousing round of applause from the congregation, with news stories published about her and with a flurry of phone calls from people giving their congratulations. Halverson is a champion. She won the Gold Medal in the national shuffleboard competition in the National Senior Games June 11 in Birmingham, Ala. “Oh, I loved it,” she said of her big win. “But it took me a couple days to recover. I was a bit achy in the joints.” Halverson won tops in her
age category (90-94), competing against five other ladies there. The event took place in the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex, which Halverson said was “a beautiful place, just beautiful, with people playing on 18 shuffleboards in the complex.” It was right next to the Sheraton Hotel where she stayed. Halverson lost her first game. “I was minus 10,” she recalled. “I went into the kitchen, as it’s called in shuffleboard.” But she made a speedy comeback, winning the remaining seeded games, all six of them. Cheering her on was her boyfriend Tom Clark’s son, Michael, and his wife, Marcie, who live in the Twin Cities. Halverson • page 7
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Newsleader staff was entertained this spring by a pair of robins who built their nest and raised four chicks from birth to flight right outside the office front door.
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The June 19 Sartell-St. Stephen School Board meeting revealed Sartell-St. Stephen School District Activities Director John Ross will step down and take on the role of associate activities director and management for the middle school’s activities program. According to a recent press release by Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert, the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board approved
an increase in personnel to support District K-12 activities and will be seeking a new activities director to replace Ross’s position at the high-school level. The district wants to fill the new activitiesdirector position by July 15. As part of his new role, Ross will lead a task force to review potential expansion of sixthgrade opportunities. The internal shift created disappointment among many on the district coaching staff. At the board meeting, swim coach Jason Anderson read
from a prepared statement representing his opinion and the views of other coaches during the public-forum portion of the meeting. Anderson’s statement extolled the fine job Ross has done for so many years. In his statement, Anderson cited the fact Ross has evolved throughout the years from being a student at Sartell schools to becoming successful as a teacher, dean of students, coach and finally activities director for the past 10 years. Anderson praised Ross for being an effective leader for the
activities program and moving activities programs forward. “John’s support in difficult and successful situations has given us a strong foundation for successful coaching,” Anderson said. Anderson went on to say in his 26-year coaching career, he has talked with many coaches from other schools. Those coaches often confide they do not feel supported in their programs by their activities directors. That is not the case in Sartell, Anderson said. Ross • page 5
Muskies making up for rain-outs
Veteran Summer Games set Aug. 5 at the VA
The third annual Central Minnesota area Veteran Summer Games are planned for Saturday, Aug. 5 at the VA Medical Center, 4801 Veterans Drive, in St. Cloud. The Summer Games are open to all veterans enrolled at the St. Cloud VA and include wheelchair and ambulatory divisions in the following events: 1-mile run/ walk/roll, pool/billiards, badminton, horseshoes, weightlifting, rowing and table tennis. Water, first-aid services and lunch will be provided. Registration packets are due by Tuesday, Aug. 1. For more information, visit www. thenewsleaders.com and click on June 23 Criers.
Robins provide hours of entertainment
(This is the first of three stories about three area adult baseball teams. Stories on the Sartell Stone Poneys and the St. Stephen Steves will be published in the near future.)
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
After its first five scheduled games were rained out, the Sartell Muskies baseball team has a lot of catching up to do but as far as winning, so far so good. The team won the Omann Insurance Tournament in Sartell Champion Field, the annual tournament hosted by the Muskies and the St. contributed photo Stephen Steves. It was the fifth time the Muskies Adam Schellinger of the Sartell Muskies prepares to wallop the ball during an won the at-home tournament since its founding early-season win over the Sartell Stone Poneys. Muskies • page 2
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Above: Randy Beckstrom has been a member of the Sartell Muskies for 29 years, ever since graduating from Sartell High School. Once a star pitcher, he is now the team’s manager. At right: During a night game, Cody Partch gets ready to swing during a regional tournament in 2016 at Sartell Champion Field.
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in 2007. In early June at the Omann Invitational, the Muskies beat out Bemidji, Isanti, Luxemburg, Ortonville, Mora, St. Stephen and Watkins. “This season we got started basically a month later than usual because of the rain-outs,” said Muskies manager Randy Beckstrom. “We played 11 games so far and have about 14 more to play before the playoffs start July 22. The weather! Rain and more rain. It caused so many cancellations, postponements so now we’re packing games in.” The Sartell Muskies were twice state champs – in 1992 and 2013. Beckstrom is rightfully proud to be team manager. Raised in Sartell, he graduated from Sartell High School in 1989 and immediately joined the Muskies that year and became a superb pitcher. Now 46, he’s been a member of it every season for 29 years. The Muskies, he said, are fortunate because they have a roster of excellent players, a roster that remains pretty much the same year after year. That makes for camaraderie, strong bonding, coordination, consis-
tency and continuity – all so vital for the Muskies’ ongoing success. In such a mobile world, with people moving here, there and elsewhere, many teams have a rather frequent turnover of players. The Muskies prides itself on being a family, a close-knit team. “We keep ourselves together,” Beckstrom said. “We’re pretty much the same team year after year, but just recently Andrew Deters (long-time player) moved to Minneapolis because his wife is going to school there. Deters was the second baseman. We’re going to miss him.” Beckstrom is the only remaining Muskie from the team that won the 1992 state championship, but he still sometimes sees team members from that time. “There’s always a special bond among team members who win a state championship,” Beckstrom said. “I love seeing the guys I used to play ball with. I still bump into them now and then.” Beckstrom is an over-theroad distributor for a countertop-materials industry – Jaeckle Distributors of Madison, Wis. and works out of its Eagan office. He and his wife, Shanna Rogers, were married some years ago at a ceremony right
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in the heart of his long-time stomping grounds – Sartell Champion Baseball Field. He has two children from a previous marriage – Brady, 18; and Brooke, 15. He and Shanna also have a daughter named Lilly, 7.
Background
The Sartell Muskies are a “C” amateur baseball team that plays in the 15-team Lakewood League. It’s a member of the Sartell Baseball Association and of the Minnesota Baseball Association. Mostly, Muskies players came from Sartell youth and high-school programs, although some are current or former college players at the NCAS Division II, Division III and junior-college levels. The Muskies were formed 38 years ago, in 1979, spearheaded by Rip Rassier, who is still very much a gung-ho Muskies fan. In its early years, the team was a member of the Sauk Valley League, and from the get-go the team was a winner, making it to the state tournament in its first two seasons. At first, the Muskies played home games on what is now the primary Sartell Middle School field. In 1981, Muskie Field (now Champion Field) opened, thanks to a huge amount of fundraising and volunteer work, which has continued throughout the years to make improvements and other updates. The land for Muskie Field was donated by the City of Sartell. It was named Champion Field in 1995 after Champion Paper Mill donated badly needed lights for the field. The project to create Muskie Field was undertaken by a hard-working, committed group of men and their wives: Rip Rassier, Urban Frank, Larry Traut, Dave Guggenberger Sr., Tom Gaughan, Jim Ohotto and Harold Perry.
Roster
The members of the Muskies are as follows, alphabetically: Beckstrom, Chris Belling, Tim Burns, David Deminsky, Braeden Dykhuizen, Austin Gohl, Max Koprek, Grant Lahn, Grant Mackenthun, Jo-
Friday, June 23, 2017 nah Nebosis, Dan O’Connell, Riley O’Connell, Jace Otto, Cody Partch, Adam Schellinger, Brian Schellinger, Shawn Schoen, John Schumer, Paul Schumer, Jake Sweeter, Luke Sweeter, Travis Weaver and Adam Wenker. The longest-term members are Beckstrom, 29 years; O’Connell (Dan), 18 years; Schoen, 22 years; Burns, 14 years; Schellinger (Adam), 13 years; Schellinger (Brian) and Weaver, 12 years–; and Deminsky, 10 years. Many of the others have been with the team for more than five years.
Upcoming games
The Muskies will compete in the Farming Tournament with the first game at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 23. Other upcoming games include: • 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28 Foley Lumberjacks (league game), Sartell Champion Field. • 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 30. Kimball Express (non-league game), Champion Field. • 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 2, Clear Lake Lakers (league game), Champion Field. • 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 5. Sartell Stone Poneys (league game), Champion Field. Other teams the Muskies will soon play are the Becker Bandits, the Albertville Villains and the Cold Spring Rockies. For a full schedule, visit the Muskies’ website at www.sartellmuskies.com.
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or TriCounty Crime Stoppers at 320-2551301, or access its tip site at www. tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a crime. This information is submitted by the Sartell Police Department. For incidents dated May 24-27 visit www.thenewsleaders.com. May 28 5:49 a.m. Domestic. First Street NE. Officers were dispatched to a report of a domestic between a husband and wife. Officers arrived on scene and spoke with the male half, who was the victim. He stated he fled his house because his wife physically assaulted him with a baseball bat. He stated she also smashed through his bedroom door
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Thomas Kulus of Sartell was recently named to the spring dean’s honor roll at Montana State University, Bozeman. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Samuel Zwiener of Sartell was recently named to the spring dean’s list at Midland University, Fremont, Neb. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Six Sartell students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. They are the following: Spencer Kight, Lindsey Martens, Elisabeth McCabe, Anna Neeser, Tianna Raden and Michael Volgman-Mercuri. Students must earn a 3.7 minimum grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Three St. Stephen students were recently named to the spring president’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. They are the following: Brady Jackels, Alexis Stanlake and Faith Thompson. Students must earn a 4.0 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. Nine Sartell students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College.
with the bat. The female half was arrested and provided a Mirandized statement, admitting to using the baseball bat to smash through the door but denied assaulting her husband with it. She was charged with domestic assault, second-degree assault and terroristic threats. She was transported to the Benton County Jail without incident. 10:32 p.m. Lift assist. 960 19th Street S. Officers were dispatched to Chateau Waters to assist staff with lifting a 90-year-old female patient who had fallen. Officers arrived on scene and assisted the patient to her walker. The patient stated she was uninjured. May 29 4:46 p.m. Medical. 21 CR 120. An officer was dispatched to Walmart for a male patient with chest pain. The officer arrived on scene and located the patient inside his vehicle. The patient stated he had tightness in his chest and neck, tin-
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They are the following: Abe Anderson, Maggie Baumann, Adam Lemke, Nicole Nelson, Fabian Patino, Jennifer Salaski, Amanda Silva, Morgan Tesch and Mikalanne Turner. Students must earn a 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
Thirty Sartell students recently graduated from St. Cloud State University. They and their degrees are as follows: Cathryn Ahrensfeld, master’s in marriage and family therapy; Zachary Babcock, bachelor’s in information systems and certificate in business intelligence; Anna Bailey, cum laude, bachelor’s in community psychology; Karlee Burrows, bachelor’s in psychology; Ashlee DesMarais, magna cum laude, bachelor’s in travel and tourism, Paranant Dwyer, master’s in college counseling and student development; Mitchell Emslander, bachelor’s in real estate; Rachel Fugleberg, bachelor’s in community psychology; Kassandra Hall, cum laude, bachelor’s in biomedical sciences; Jacob Harper, bachelor’s degrees in both manufacturing engineering and mechanical engineering; Kristen Heinen, bachelor’s in liberal studies; Tyler Johnson, bachelor’s in electrical engineering; Seydou Keita, associate’s in liberal arts and sciences; Sabrina Keller, cum laude, bachelor’s in nursing; Taylor Kruse, summa cum laude, bachelor’s in
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gling feeling in his fingers and face along with shortness of breath. The officer was advised the patient had a history of panic attacks. The officer provided high flow oxygen. Gold Cross arrived on scene and took over the assessment, the officer assisted as necessary. 5 p.m. Traffic stop. Pinecone Road S./CR 120. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a vehicle directly in front of her displaying expired registration. The officer ran the plate and discovered the tabs were expired as of December 2016. She also discovered the registered owner had a suspended license. The driver was cited for the offenses and his vehicle was parked for the evening. May 30 4:55 a.m. Traffic stop. 207 CR 120. While on routine patrol, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for having an object suspended from the rearview mirror. While at the driver’s door the officer ob-
elementary/K-6 education; Andrew Lehmkuhl, associate’s in liberal arts and sciences; Laura Mackenthun, graduate certificate, sixth-year program in educational administration; Nadine Martin, master’s in counseling psychology: rehabilitation counseling; Natalie McIntire, summa cum laude, bachelor’s in biomedical sciences; Phillip Neubauer, bachelor’s in marketing; Ryan Nguyen, magna cum laude, bachelor’s in nursing; Jack Nieters, bachelor’s in physics education grades 9-12; Mckenzie Ogg, cum laude, bachelor’s in psychology; Katie Olson, magna cum laude, bachelor’s in nursing; Jenna Runge, summa cum laude, bachelor’s in English; Ashlea Schramel, cum laude, bachelor’s in nursing; Dustin Schramel, bachelor’s in ecology and field biology; Amanda Smith, cum laude, bachelor’s in information systems; Lyndsey Stram, cum laude, bachelor’s in statistics and certificate in actuarial science; and Renee Young, master’s in higher education administration. Two Sartell students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at Iowa State University-Ames. They and their majors are as follows: Aaron Evans ,senior, industrial design and Seth Jenkins, junior, architecture-professional degree. Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
served in plain view a meth pipe in the center console. Another officer arrived on scene and both officers conducted a search of the vehicle. A small plastic baggie was found in the center console with a non-measurable amount of residue inside. A few other meth pipes were also located. The items were destroyed at the police department. The driver was verbally warned for possession of drug paraphernalia and released. June 15 11 a.m. Bomb threat. 10th block of 15th Avenue S. Officers were sent to a report of a suspicious item located in a parking lot near some dumpsters. Upon arrival, officers observed a small item (roughly 8 inches by 4 inches) that could not be identified and looked as though it may be consistent with some type of homemade explosive device. For precautionary reasons, the St. Cloud Police Department’s armored vehicles were placed around the item to
3 Taylor Pasell of Sartell was recently named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She earned a mininum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. She is a communication studies major with an organizational and professional communication emphasis. Hannah Yackley of St. Stephen was recently named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She earned a mininum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor. She is a microbiology major at UW. Micah Grove of St. Stephen recently earned a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Cloud State University. Nineteen Sartell students were recently named to the spring president’s list at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. They are the following: Jenna Bohlman, Tyler Cronquist, Kenneth Cruze, Lauren Ditmarson, Traivis Forst, Shelby Hall, Jacquelyn Hallermann, Amanda Hartnell, EvaLynn Johnson, Kayla Larsen, Staci Meyer, Cole Nelson, Nathan Nierenhausen, Kamryn Scoles, Abigail Silman, Sandra Tabor, Kale Tingelstad, Jake Welle and Katharine Zoeller. Students must earn a 4.0 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
shield any surrounding buildings. The Minneapolis Bomb Squad responded and confirmed the item was a simple homemade device. The bomb squad was able to make the device safe and it was removed without incident. Two businesses temporarily closed for the duration of the incident however but are once again open. The case is active and will be investigated by the St. Cloud Police Department Criminal Investigative Unit. No further information is available at this time. Anyone with information regarding the above incident is urged to contact the St. Cloud Police Department at 320-251-1200, or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301,1800-255-1301, or at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime tips can also be texted to Tri-County Crimestoppers. Enter 274637 (“Crimes”) into the destination box, start your text with TRITIP, enter a space, then type in the tip information.
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See America first; see Minnesota first Seventy-nine percent of Americans plan to take road trips this summer, an increase of 10 percent from last summer, according to the American Automobile Association. Lower gas prices account for the increase, on average the lowest since 2005. Another reason is more people are discovering road trips can be less expensive, highly do-able and less logistically hectic than exotic vacations in faraway places. We Minnesotans are fortunate. Our state was ranked number eight among all 50 states as a road-trip friendly state. The study was done by WalletHub, an organization that does interesting state rankings in a wide area of subjects based on data analyzed by experts in tourism, hospitality, marketing, natural resources and management. All told, 22 metrics were used in the study. The main rankings were in three categories: costs, safety and activities. Minnesota ranks first in road-trip safety, which was based on population density, driving laws, quality of roads and bridges, vehicle thefts, violent crimes and fatalities per 100-million miles traveled. Minnesota also ranked well in activities (things to do during road trips). We scored a 20 in that category. As for costs during a road trip, Minnesota ranked 39. We in Minnesota and countless out-ofstaters know full well what a beautiful driving state this is from the spectacular North Shore to the Pipestone area, from the Boundary Waters to the St. Croix-Mississippi riverbluffs region. There are wonderful, scenic state, county and city parks easily accessible throughout the state. And, of course, there are the lakes – about 14,000 of them. In the WalletHub study, Minnesota’s total points are 55.15. The highest-ranked state is Oregon with 59.68 points, the lowest Connecticut with 33.04 points. The top-ranking states, in order, are Oregon, Utah, Washington, North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas and Nevada, followed by Minnesota, then California. The last three states on the list are Mississippi, Rhode Island and Connecticut. In our five-state area, Iowa rated 29 points, South Dakota 31, Wisconsin 36 and North Dakota 46. Americans spend an astonishing average of $683 billion on leisure travel every year. It’s a good thing road trips are increasing in popularity because the lion’s share of that money will be spent in our nation, in local areas. Collectively that massive amount of travel money is a huge boost to the federal, state and local economies. For many years the tourism industry slogan was “See America First.” Many people are apparently choosing to do just that. We’d like to add to that: “See Minnesota First.” So take a weekend road trip right her in our own “backyard.”
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Opinion King’s plea for peace: ‘Can we all get along? Lately, I keep hearing in my memory Rodney King’s plea for peace: “Can we all get along?” King was the Los Angeles cab driver tazed and beaten by police after a car chase one night in 1991. A video of the brutal incident sparked outrage. Later, when officers were acquitted, riots erupted and 53 people died. King then spoke to the press, urging people to cool it. “Can we all get along?” he asked quaveringly in his call for calm. It’s still an urgent question. It’s being asked again after the shooting rampage by an Illinois madman against Republican legislators practicing baseball. U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, who nearly died, will endure long, exhausting, painful therapies after multiple surgeries. The shooter was warped by delusions that Republican legislators are somehow responsible for his own failures or for failings in this divided country. Like many a lunatic before him, that gunman – a terrorist if only by default – thought violence would solve something. It doesn’t; it never does; it never solves anything. “Can we all get along?” Some legislators say the baseball shooting made them realize they are all “one family” under attack. They proclaimed it’s time to work together, to compromise, to help solve the nation’s problems. Can they all get along? Let’s not hold our breath. We’ve heard cotton-candy sentiment before. Golly gosh, wouldn’t it be nice? Let’s get real: The divisions between Democrats and Republicans are entrenched ones – hard to budge, hard to bridge. In a democracy, conflicts can be good. They are like the irritants in the oyster shell that can produce pearls of decency, kindness and human progress. Thus, in an abrasive tugof-war between political parties, ingenious
Dennis Dalman Editor and workable compromises are sometimes achieved: the Social Security Act, civilrights laws, Medicare and – more recently – the Reagan-Moynihan compromise to help make Social Security more financially stable; the Clinton-Republican compromise on welfare reform (“workfare”); the efforts to come up with a comprehensive immigration-reform plan. That proposal once had a bipartisan framework. It could be dusted off and reinvigorated if only they would all get along. Extreme polarities are nothing new. In fact, they practically define the lurching course of American history: colonial loyalists vs. revolutionaries, slave-holders vs. abolitionists, women’s right-to-vote marchers vs. their opponents, war hawks vs. war protestors, segregationists vs. integrationists, federal rights vs. states’ rights, ad infinitum. Those conflicts served as crucibles from which enlightenment and justice emerged bit by bit. Yes, it all took too long because democracy, alas, is a slow-poke. The United States has always been, more or less, the “Disunited States.” We should not be surprised it still is: abortionrights advocates vs. anti-abortion activists, gun-rights absolutists vs. gun-restrictions proponents, legal same-sex marriage supporters vs. those who oppose it, ObamaCare enthusiasts vs. those who abhor it, climate-change adherents vs. those who think it’s a hoax; people who loathe the Trump presidency vs. the ones who laud it; facts vs. alternate facts; people who call for
building walls vs. those who want to tear walls down. We can justifiably blame legislators for deadlock, but – let’s face it – most of the rest of us can hardly agree or compromise any more than they can. Some of these rifts cannot be compromised away, especially the ones involving deeply held convictions that are religious and/or emotional. All of us tend to become entrenched, with our own good reasons, into our own belief systems based on upbringing, economic-social class, family, friends, professions and so on. It’s understandable, but such ingrained attitudes can keep us at loggerheads. Great leaders transcend those polarities. They find rock-bottom human commonalities to which all people can rally ‘round, such as – to name obvious ones – clean food, air, water, mutual respect and decent-paying jobs. And that’s what is needed: good leaders. Leaders who can illuminate the dark passageways between the buried bunkers that divide us. Can we all get along? A day will arrive with breathtaking speed when we will finally understand we have no choice, that we will have to get along. Otherwise, monstrous violence will engulf us all. Studies show members of the younger generation are less ideological and more open-minded in their outlooks. Less entrenched. Therein, perhaps, lies our hope. Meantime, we must shout out to condemn violence. It’s no solution for anything, period. Anyone who doubts that should go ask the dead dictators and terrorist fools who have buried themselves, forever disgraced, under the rubble of their crumbled delusions. Let’s all send get-well cards to: Rep. Steve Scalise, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St. NW, Washington, DC 20010.
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Reader says Trump is best president we’ve ever had Nancy Schramel, Sartell President Donald Trump is the best president we’ve ever had. He protects unborn babies from abortion by trying to stop Planned Parenthood from killing babies. He provided 28,000 more jobs. He doesn’t want any money by being president. He said he will take $1.
The Democrats, most TV stations except Fox News Channel, continually criticize, report false statements and lies – even terroristic pictures of him. Spreading hatred and division. The investigation of James Comey and allegations of collusion with the Russians is a big lie and hoax, wasting our president’s time and taxpayer money. Remember, President Donald Trump
won the election and that is what speaks volumes. Did you ever watch his rallies? People of all ages and races are very happy who support him. Proof he is not a racist. He is working on protecting us from radical Islamic terrorists and drugs etc. and is building a wall. Yes, I love President Donald Trump and here is my letter of praise.
Gatsby – a great book recommendation
Recently, my language-arts class finished reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book is often cited as an American classic, and I consider it one of my favorite books of all time. This is for many reasons, most notably the story and message, which I think still resonates today. The Great Gatsby is, without spoiling the plot, essentially about the American Dream. All of the essential elements are there. A mysterious self-made millionaire attempting to win back his long-lost love. The glamour and excesses of 1920s New York City before the Great Depression brought everything tumbling back down. All of this ties together into one of the greatest narratives ever created, with Fitzgerald making great use of descriptive language and imagery to make the words and characters come to life. More interesting still, the story is told from the perspective of a Minnesotan. The Great Gatsby has been interpreted to have encompassed many of Fitzgerald’s life experiences. Both the author and the narrator of the story, Nick Carraway, are from the Midwest. This gives the story a great point of view, as Nick, a fish out of The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the water in New York, evaluates the events guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the and other characters of the story with Newsleaders. much different values than their own. It Letters to the editor may be sent to news@thenewsleaders. gives us in this state our own claim to com or P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374. Deadline is noon great American literature, along with the Monday. Please include your full name for publication (and novels of Sinclair Lewis and more recentaddress and phone number for verification only.) Letters must ly Bob Dylan, both Nobel Prize-winners be 350 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for space. for Literature.
Connor Kockler Guest Writer The message of the story, constant throughout the narrative, is also notable. Gatsby, through his money and his talents, is essentially trying to turn back time. An otherwise highly intelligent man, he steadfastly refuses to believe his last five years cannot be undone. Through the narrator and audience voice of Nick, readers get to go deep into his thoughts and motivations, learning the deep reason why Gatsby thinks this way. With the symbolism involved with the message, the story is clear: We can’t change the past, we can only affect the future. Believing otherwise might just lead one to ruin. Gatsby takes our classic American belief in being able to achieve our goals with enough work, and turns it on its head. What if even being successful beyond your wildest dreams doesn’t guarantee you happiness? It certainly doesn’t for Gatsby because what he wants is impossible to do, even with all of his wealth and influence. We can certainly see this play out in real life as well. Many people we would consider famous and living the high-life, as we see on the news everyday,
turn out to be feeling just the opposite. The real shame of this reflective work of American life was that it was initially poorly received. Fitzgerald intended to create a great work, but many in the 1920s when it was published dismissed it. World War II and further distribution carried the book to the icon it is today, too late for Fitzgerald to enjoy. He died in 1940, thinking his “Gatsby” was a failure. Often, in today’s hustle-bustle world, we may miss something or pass up an opportunity because we think we are too busy. The story of The Great Gatsby shows this to be a dangerous assumption. Gatsby’s biggest regret involves events that were beyond his control. How much worse would it be for us to have missed something that could have made a world of difference to us? Books can teach us many things, and even though The Great Gatsby is nearing the 100-year mark, it’s still as relevant and moving as ever. I hope we will not lose the great gift and asset of reading and the many things that can be learned and gained from it. With this book and others, I hope our increasingly digital world can continue to be affected by the magic of pen on paper.
Connor Kockler is a Sauk RapidsRice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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Ross from front page “I have always been passionate about being able to say, ‘Not where I work,’” Anderson said. “Our activities director does a great job in managing fair and consistent policies across our sports, keeping all our teams in the forefront.” Anderson added Ross’s influence and attention to the activities program is a major reason why coaches have such a positive influence on the students they coach. “He has established a culture of self-improvement not only in knowledge of our sport but in our leadership skills,” Anderson said. “We as the head coaches of District 748 would ask the board to take the necessary steps tonight that would enable Mr. Ross to continue as the Sartell High School athletics director or at a minimum, table the motion until a more comprehensive evaluation of value to the athletic departments can be completed.” Anderson closed his statement by saying all employees should be given the time to improve, to remediate problem issues and a chance to grow in their positions. After hearing the statement, the board did not respond as per its non-response policy for public forums and visitor statements.
Survey results
School District Assistant Superintendent Kay Nelson led
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com a team of school principals in a presentation dealing with a state-mandated community survey reporting on how well the district is doing at various levels in educating students in the district so they can become “The World’s Best Workforce.” Most of the respondents had children who attended school in the district. Ninety-five percent or better of all respondents rated the district efforts as good or excellent in satisfying educational needs and goals for K-12. Other highlights of the study include: • 91 percent of respondents agree at the high-school level, the district is doing a satisfactory job in preparing students for college. • 92 percent of respondents would recommend Sartell High School as a good place to educate their children. • 91 percent of respondents feel high-school class sizes are appropriate. • 94 percent of respondents feel course rigor at the highschool level is satisfactory. • 93 percent of overall respondents see quality of education remaining the same or improving. • 84 percent of overall respondents trust the school board and district to do what is right for the children in the district. • 91 percent of respondents agree or strongly agree residents receive good value for investment in local education. A number of respondents have chosen to have children educated outside the district. Reasons most often given for the choice were unhappy or
negative school experience (13), lacking subject or course offerings (22), religious values (17), convenience (23), post-secondary options (9) and special education (6).
Team Silver
Sartell High School Principal Brenda Steve and Nick Peterson, the high school’s assistant principal, gave a brief presentation on the Team Silver intervention program at Sartell High School. The program is designed to help students coming into the ninth grade who were identified as those having difficulties in adapting to school demands. Among the goals for the program are better school attendance, a decrease in the failure rate, improved reading skills and improved study skills and technology skills. The program participants meet every day. “Missing 90 minutes of instructional time a day (because of absence) is a lot of instructional time that we have to catch up along the way,” Peterson said. Data showed in the past three years 20 percent of students in ninth grade failed at least one class. That is one of the things that gave impetus to the program. Failure rate in the program has been reduced to around 3 percent of the Team Silver students that fail in a core subject area. Students who were part of the program in ninth grade have continued to be highly successful in 10th grade. Capacity for the program is 60 students, but the program has never
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Action items
Action items on the night’s agenda included approval of a personnel resolution dealing with hiring and changes of position, approval of a fundraiser, approval of some individual contracts, approval of the Stearns County All-Hazard Migration Plan that would make the district eligible to apply for emergency funds under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approval of a preliminary budget, approval of the academic calendar for holidays for contracted individuals and the superintendent, and approval of the Reading Well by Third-Grade Literacy Program. The board also received a letter of resignation from its chair, Michelle Meyer, which will become effective Aug. 11. In her letter of resignation, Meyer said she and her family will be moving outside dis-
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Swim Coach Jason Anderson reads from a prepared statement expressing his and other coaches’ disappointment at Activities Director John Ross being replaced as AD. trict boundaries and, thus, she would not be eligible to serve on the board. The board expects to address how to fill her position at its July meeting.
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Killer Vees to perform at Joetown Rocks by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com
St. Joseph will again be rocking Monday, July 3 with Joetown Rocks performers kicking off activities, after an opening prayer, for the free two-day St. Joseph July Fourth Festival. The 12th annual concert will feature a variety of musical entertainment. This year’s performers will begin at 6 p.m. and include the following: All Saints Academy Students (6 p.m.) Students who previously created a compact disc of worship music at Rockhouse Productions will sing three of their pieces, with the Killer Vees playing backup. The Graduates (6:15 p.m.) Known as one of central Minnesota’s hottest young bands, this teen group includes drummer Bennett Velline, guitar virtuoso Adam Astrup, bassist Travis Brattensborg, vocalist Ellie Theisen and Brandon Voigt on keyboards. Velline is the grandson of the late pop great Bobby Vee. This group’s talents allow it to perform far beyond a typical teenager’s range. Collective Unconscious
(7:15 p.m.) Known as one of Minnesota’s premier groups, this group originally formed to perform local multi-instrumentalist Jeff Engholm’s solo album, Summit Climb in 2000. It includes singer/songwriters Nathan “Nature” Nesje and Muggsy Lauer, composer/ keyboardist George Maurer and percussionist Andy Deckard. This group performs its own music as well as album shows such as the Beatles Abbey Road and tributes to the Eagles, Doobie Brothers and more. Remembering Bobby Vee (8:50 p.m.) The Killer Vees, a musical group featuring the late Bobby Vee’s sons, Jeff and Tommy Vee, and his nephew, Matt Vee, team up with others to celebrate Vee’s memory. They will be joined by Matt’s wife, Julie Velline, Ar J. Stevens, George Maurer, the Vees’ touring string section, Tyler Michaels and the cast from Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story, a production about Vee’s music that was performed last year in Minneapolis. Vee, who died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease last October, and his wife, Karen, who died before Vee did, helped start Joetown
Rocks in 2006. His last Joetown Rocks performance was in 2011. Vee’s music career began Feb. 3, 1959 in Moorhead, when he was 15. His group, The Shadows, offered to fill in after Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash. His international career lasted 52 years. Brat Pack Radio (10:30 p.m.) The Killer Vees, a musical group featuring the late Bobby Vee’s sons, Jeff and This group liv- Tommy Vee, and his nephew, Matt Vee, team up with others to celebrate Vee’s ens up shows memory during their 8:50 p.m. performance July 3 as part of Joetown Rocks. with knife-juggling, spinning Joseph Lions Club. Activi- drawing with more than 50 keyboards, stylish choreog- ties on the parish grounds prizes at 3:30 p.m. raphy, an impressive LED include bingo, cake walk, The Smok’N Guns Band light show and more. Perfor- candy stand, face-painting will perform from 11:30 a.m. mances often include dance- and tattoos, merry-go-round, to 3 p.m. This band features pop favorites and rhythm- ring-toss stand, train ride, performers Paul Pfannenand-blues hits. youth games, refreshments stein, Tommy Moore, Dean Food and refreshments and more. Wall and Mike DeLong playare available on the parish A quilt auction featur- ing a variety of country and grounds. A fireworks display ing 38 quilts, including a other tunes. For more information is planned for 10:15 p.m. queen-sized Minnesota Wild Tuesday, July 4 begins hockey quilt, men’s necktie about the July 3 and 4 with the 10 a.m. annual pa- quilt and more, will be held events, visit the website joerade sponsored by the St. at 1:30 p.m., and a raffle townrocks.org.
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Halverson from front page Tom, who is now living in an assisted-living apartment in Sartell, could not make it to the tournament because of medical issues. But he was rooting from afar, and when he heard the good golden news he was elated. “Michael and Marcie really cheered me on, and Michael even got to be one of the referees,” Halverson said. Shuffleboard, also known as “deck” or “floor” shuffleboard, is a game in which players wield sticks shaped rather like crutches (cues) to push weighted discs across the floor, trying to get the discs to come to a stop on one of six designated scoring areas of the scoring triangular “board” – with scoring values being 10, 8, 8, 7, 7 and 10-off (meaning if a disc lands there, it’s a minus-10 score for the player). Players also try to knock opponents’ discs out of scoring zones. The game, at least 500 years old, was a favorite of King Henry VIII of England, who forbid “commoners” to play the royal game. Shuffleboard is just one of Halverson’s hobbies. She is also an accomplished wood carver, and she loves to sing
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com and to play harmonica. She and long-time boyfriend Clark have been members of the “Fun Singers” for years, a group that performs at nursing homes, assisted-living complexes and community senior centers. Her love of woodworking and of shuffleboard began in Arizona. Her first husband, suffering heart trouble, was advised by doctors to move to Arizona and so the couple did. Later, he died. Still later, Halverson remarried. Her second husband was an avid woodworker, and that is how she came to take up woodcarving. She also loved to play shuffleboard while living in Apache Junction and Golden Vista. “They had an excellent shuffleboard program and good teachers,” she recalled. After her second husband died, Halverson moved back to Minnesota in 2005 and eventually decided to move into the Grand View Estates apartment complex in Sartell. She discovered shuffleboard is not quite so common as it is among the senior populations down in Arizona. A couple years ago, she read about the national shuffleboard tournament coming up in two years after state competitions. Halverson went to the Whitney Senior Center to practice and discovered they had to place plastic sheeting
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Violet Halverson (center) and shuffleboard competitors receive applause at the Shuffleboard National Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. Halverson, 92, who lives in Sartell, is the Gold Medal winner in her age group (90-94). down to mimic shuffleboard on the baggage carousel. She band adopted three children courts as they did not have the found out the cue hadn’t been and lived in Little Falls where actual courts available. It was aboard the plane when she he served as a county agent at the Whitney tournament was. Days later, the airline and she served as a homethat Halverson qualified for flew the cue up to Minnesota maker. Many people ask Halverson the national competition in via a flight that landed in Birmingham. Brainerd. Then, a taxi driver her secret to such a long, pro“We need more (shuffle) was hired to bring the cue all ductive life. “Stay active,” she said. boards up here in this area,” the way from Brainerd right to “Don’t sit around.” Halverson said. “At church last Halverson’s apartment door. And shuffleboard happens Sunday, a woman walked up to be just one way Halverson to me and said the same thing Long life – we need boards.” Halverson was born and stays active and healthy. She definitely plans to enter Halverson chuckled when raised on a farm near Hinckley. she told about her missing After high school she served in state competition again next shuffleboard cue. When her the U.S. Army during World year, and – who knows? – she plane landed in Minneapolis, War II. She and her first hus- just might bring the gold home again from the next nationals. the cue was not to be seen
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Lentz named chief deputy for Stearns by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Stearns County now has a new chief deputy – Jon Lentz. He was recently appointed by interim Lentz Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson. “The sheriff’s office has a lot of things to accomplish in my 19 months as interim sheriff, and it made sense to me to
promote an inside candidate who knows the issues, personalities and the citizens of Stearns County to be the next chief deputy,” Gudmundson stated in a press release. Lentz began his work with the sheriff’s office in 1991 as a correctional officer. He was named a deputy sheriff in 1997, promoted to sergeant in 2003, to lieutenant in 2007 and to captain in 2016. As captain, he was in charge of the Patrol and Investigation Division. Lentz lives in St. Cloud,
is married and has two children. His wife, Lori, teaches at Prince of Peace Lutheran School in St. Cloud. Lentz holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from St. Cloud State University. He serves as a deacon with Trinity Lutheran Church, Sauk Rapids. He is on the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home’s board of directors, Sauk Rapids; and he is current vice president of the Apollo Volleyball Booster Club.
LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF SARTELL DOCUMENT 00 11 13 Advertisement for Bids 2017 Fourth Ave. S. Sartell, Minnesota SP No. 220-117-004; Minn. Proj. No. STPF 7317(258) SEH No. SARTE 141095 Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the City Administrator until 10 a.m. Friday, July 14, 2017 at the Sartell City Hall at 125 Pinecone Road N., Sartell, MN 56377, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for the furnishing of all labor and material for the construction of 2017 Fourth Avenue S. Major quantities for the Work include: 36
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Clearing and Grubbing
4,311
SY YD
Remove Bituminous Pavement
1,074
LIN FT
Salvage and Reinstall Chain Link Fence
17,066
CU YD
Common Excavation (P)
2,730
CU YD
Muck Excavation
1,600
CU YD
Subgrade Excavation
1,322
CU YD
Pond Excavation (P)
40,668
CU YD
Granular Borrow (CV)
13,684
CU YD
Select Granular Borrow (CV)
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Dewatering
20,201
SQ YD
Geotextile Fabric Type V
5,335
CU YD
Aggregate Base (CV) Class 5
2,155
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Type SP 9.5 Wearing Course Mix (3,C)
2,155
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Type SP 12.5 Non-Wear Course Mix (3,C)
632
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Type SP 9.5 Wearing Course Mix (2,B) 2.5” Thick
7,760
LIN FT
4-Inch Perf PE Pipe Drain
1,762
LIN FT
PVC Sanitary Sewer
3,761
LIN FT
RCP Storm Sewer
4,558
LIN FT
Water Main Ductile Iron
115
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Sanitary Manhole
61
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Storm Sewer Catch Basin
7,760
LIN FT
Concrete Curb and Gutter Design B618
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Lighting Unit
51,570
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Underground Wire Conduit
131
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Sign Panels
5.50
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Seeding
17,175
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Bids shall be on the form provided for that purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) dated April 22, 2017. The Bidding Documents may be seen at the Issuing Office of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. located at 1200 25th Ave. S., P.O. Box 1717, St. Cloud, MN 56302-1717, 320.229.4329. The Bidding Documents may be viewed for no cost at http://www. sehinc.com by selecting the Project Bid Information link at the bottom of the page and the View Plans option from the menu at the top of the selected project page. Digital image copies of the Bidding Documents are available at http://www.sehinc.com for a fee of $30. These documents may be downloaded by selecting this project from the PROJECT BID INFORMATION link and by entering eBidDocTM Number 5190801
on the SEARCH PROJECTS page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com. Paper copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from Docunet Corp. located at 2435 Xenium Lane N., Plymouth, MN 55441 (763.475.9600) for a fee of $110. Minimum-wage rates to be paid by the Contractors have been predetermined and are subject to the Work Hours Act of 1962, P.L. 87-581 and implementing regulations. READ CAREFULLY THE WAGE SCALES AND DIVISION A OF THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS THEY AFFECT THIS/THESE PROJECT/PROJECTS The Minnesota Department of Transportation hereby notifies all bidders: in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Act), as amended and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A Part 21, Non-discrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation, it will affirmatively assure in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded maximum opportunity to participate and/or to submit bids in response to this invitation, and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, disability, age, religion, sex or national origin in consideration for an award; in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, and Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 230 Subpart A-Equal Employment Opportunity on Federal and Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (including supportive services), it will affirmatively assure increased participation of minority
groups and disadvantaged persons and women in all phases of the highway construction industry, and that on any project constructed pursuant to this advertisement equal employment opportunity will be provided to all persons without regard to their race, color, disability, age, religion, sex or national origin; in accordance with the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minnesota Statute 363A.08 Unfair discriminatory Practices, it will affirmatively assure on any project constructed pursuant to this advertisement equal employment opportunity will be offered to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, sexual orientation or age; in accordance with the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minnesota Statute 363A.36 Certificates of Compliance for Public Contracts, and 363A.37 Rules for Certificates of Compliance, it will assure appropriate parties to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement possess valid Certificates of Compliance. If you are not a current holder of a compliance certificate issued by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and intend to bid on any job in this advertisement you must contact the Department of Human Rights immediately for assistance in obtaining a certificate. The following notice from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights applies to all contractors: “It is hereby agreed between the parties that Minnesota Statute, section 363A.36 and Minnesota Rules, parts 5000.3400 to 5000.3600 are incorporated into any contract between these parties based on this specifica-
tion or any modification of it. A copy of Minnesota Statute 363A.36 and Minnesota Rules, parts 5000.3400 to 5000.3600 is available upon request from the contracting agency.” “It is hereby agreed between the parties that this agency will require affirmative action requirements be met by contractors in relation to Minnesota Statute 363A.36 and Minnesota Rules 5000.3600. Failure by a contractor to implement an affirmative-action plan or make a good-faith effort shall result in revocation of its certificate or revocation of the contract (Minnesota Statute 363A.36, Subd. 2 and 3).” A minimum goal of 5.3 percent Good-Faith Effort to be subcontracted to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. A Contractor responding to these Bidding Documents must submit to the City/Owner a signed statement under oath by an owner or officer verifying compliance with each of the minimum criteria in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.285, subdivision 3. Bids shall be directed to the City Administrator, securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper, “BID FOR 2017 FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH, SARTELL, MN, SARTE 141095, SP 220-117004; MINN. PROJ. NO. STPF 7317(258).” The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract in the best interests of the Owner. /s/ Mary Degiovanni City Administrator Publish: June 23 and July 7, 2017
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REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY 15, 2017 SARTELL HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 6:01 p.m. by Chair Michelle Meyer. Members present: Meyer; Pamela Raden, clerk; Patrick Marushin, treasurer; Mary McCabe, director; Lesa Kramer, director; and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent. Members absent: Jason Nies, vice chair. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS: add to personnel omnibus – Eric Newhouse and add to work sessions and committee meetings superintendent evaluation. All in favor. Motion carried. During the public comment opportunity, Dennis Molitor, 923 Park View Lane, spoke on behalf of the local 284 multi group regarding health insurance and cleaner positions. Jessica Lemke, 801 21st Ave. N.; Kenadee Meyer, 21st Ave. N.; Abby Kohls, 4825 NE River Road; and Franco Cusipag, 911 Sunray Court spoke in support and explained the need of a dedicated full-year AA gymnastics facility. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A-E AS PRESENTED BELOW. The board discussed item d resignations. All in favor. Motion carried. a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on April 17, 2017 Minutes of the special school board meeting held on April 26, 2017 b. Checks in the amount of $1,933,777.31 as presented: General Fund 1,621,848.15 Food Service Fund 115,595.34 Transportation Fund 111,888.82 Community Service Fund 32,951.58 Capital Expenditure Fund 50,348.99 Summer Rec Agency Fund 1,144.43 Check numbers 167656 - 167904 Receipts in the amount of $4,218,738.44 as presented: General Fund 3,706,602.00 Food Service Fund 255,505.81 238.99 Transportation Fund Community Service Fund 54,989.44 Capital Expenditure Fund 588.83 Building Fund 80,561.75 Debt Service Fund 47,752.12 Summer Rec Agency Fund 72,499.50 Receipts 43268 - 43372 Wire transfers in the amount of $7,838.37 as presented: 328.91 General Fund Food Service Fund 4,328.47 Community Service Fund 529.25 Summer Rec Agency Fund 2,651.74 Wire transfers 201600077-201600084 Building Fund Checks in the amount of $506,518.25 as presented: Building Fund 506,518.25 Check numbers 600045 to 600052
School Board Committee Report: • Treasurer Marushin reported on the fourth Special Education Advisory Council and Finance and Operations Committee meetings. • Director Kramer reported on the Drug-Free Coalition meeting. • Chair Meyer reported on the Benton Stearns Education District meeting and gave an update on current negotiations between the district and the Sartell Education Association and 284 Multi-Group. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE #1-11: New Employees/Changes: Elisa Gaetz, SMS, student supervisor, $13.73/hour, R1, S1, 2.25 hours/day, replacing Megan Lindbloom, 5/2/2017; Tessa Hager, PME, student supervisor, $13.73/hour, R1, S1, two hours/day, replacing Patrisha Rice, 4/21/2017; Anne Jensen, SHS, language arts, $37,496, BA, S2, replacing Bridget Kuhl, 8/28/2017; Jody Navratil, Early Childhood, ECFE para 1:1, $16.26/hour, RIV, S1, three hours/day (Monday-Thursday), new position, 4/19/2017; Joe Schulte, SMS/SHS, technology, $62,368, MA20, S13, new position, 8/28/2017; Eric Newhouse, SHS, head custodian, $18.70/hr, RVIII, S1, eight hours/day, replacing Dan Schmitz, 6/5/2017; Katherine Vinje Stark, PME, ESL, $50,962, MA, S6, replacing Lori Wolter, 8/28/2017. New Employees/Pending Licensure: Madeline Rainey, SHS, social studies, $36,559, BA, S1, replacing Ken Brady, 8/23/2017; Jacob Smith, SMS/ SHS, PE/health/DAPE, $36,559, BA, S1, replacing Stephanie Boike/Lisa Kent, 8/23/2017. Leaves of Absence: Stacy Clitty, SHS, guidance secretary, LOA, 5/15/17 to 6/5/17; Kelly Hansen, Early Childhood, ECFE Teacher, LOA, 9/2/17 to 11/27/17. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Kramer and seconded by Raden to APPROVE EARLY CHILDHOOD FUNDRAISER. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP 2017-18. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by Kramer to APPROVE EDUCATION DISTRICT AGREEMENT FOR BENTON-STEARNS EDUCATION DISTRICT. All in favor. Motion carried. McCabe abstained. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Raden to APPROVE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES NICHOLAS JUNTUNEN AND TRISTEN NIES, TO THE SARTELL-ST.STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 748 BOARD FOR 2017-18 SCHOOL YEAR. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE 2016-17 REVISED BUDGET. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Kramer and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS TO NON-RENEW THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED FOR ERIC PECKSKAMP, JACOB HANZALIK, KATHERINE MURANE, STEPHANIE BOIKE, ZACHARY MILLER, MELISSA SMITH AND EMILY YULE. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE AWARDING ALTERNATE BIDS FOR BID PACKAGE ONE AS RECOMMENDED: All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by Raden to APPROVE KATHERINE VINJE STARK EXTENSION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD. All in favor. Motion carried. Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings:
c. Accept the following donations: Pine Cone Central Park Association, Sartell-St. Stephen ISD 748, $3,500, shed; Mark and Marie Sanderson, Sartell Middle School, $200, theater department; Nick Percuoco, Pine Meadow Elementary, $580.87, guided reading professional development books.
Alternate No. 1
Add the construction of a Sand-based Root Zone for Multi-Performance Field 1.
Alternate No. 3
Add the construction of a Sand-based Root Zone for Multi-Performance Field 2.
Alternate No. 5
Add the construction of a Sand-based Root Zone for Softball Performance Field.
d. Accept the resignation of Brian Baloun, assistant principal, SHS, 6/30/17; Isaac Lovdahl, SMS/SHS, vocal music teacher, 6/3/17; Brian Nord, ORE, para, 5/12/17; Breonna Samuels, SMS, dishwasher, 5/5/17.
Alternate No. 7
Add the construction of a Sand-based Root Zone for Baseball Performance Field.
Alternate No. 9
Add the construction of an Irrigation Pond as indicated on drawing.
Contract 1
Site Work / Utilities Joe’s Excavating, Inc. $474,950
e. Recognition of 2016-17 Students of Excellence; Maxwell Hennen, Lindsey Hoeschen, Zoe Rogers and Rory Spanier. Student Representative Report: Nicholas Juntunen, student representative • Student Representative Juntunen reported on happenings around the district. Oak Ridge and Pine Meadow fourth- grade students will tour the Middle School on May 18 and 19 in preparation for their graduation from elementary school on June 2. The Middle School will host DARE graduation for fifth- and sixth-grade students, the sixth-grade Genius Showcase event will be held on May 18, and the eighth-grade Valleyfair trip will be on May 31. The High School Student Council held elections for new officers and attended the state convention. Theater had its final presentation of Westside Story and the band and choir departments will begin their concerts tonight. Senior award night will be on May 31 with the senior class trip on June 1. Architect Report on Building Process: • Architect Dave Leapaldt updated the board on the timeline for bid package two for the building process. Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent • Schwiebert reported on working with the City of Sartell to ensure all required permits are issued after the groundbreaking ceremony on May 8; the architects will be meeting with middle-school staff in two weeks and had the opportunity to talk with students in Mr. Krauel’s classroom which was chosen to attend the governor’s fishing opener.
Future Board Meeting - June 19 @ District Services Center - 5 p.m. Work Session Meeting - June 12 @ District Services Center - 5 p.m. Superintendent evaluations TBD Committee assignments were reviewed; School Board Committees 2017: a) Policy: Patrick Marushin, Mary McCabe and Lesa Kramer b) Finance and Operations: Patrick Marushin, Mary McCabe and Jason Nies c) Negotiations: Michelle Meyer (Patrick Marushin) d) Facilities: Lesa Kramer, Patrick Marushin, Mary McCabe, Michelle Meyer, Jason Nies and Pam Raden e) Communications: Michelle Meyer and Pam Raden f) Technology: Jason Nies and Pam Raden g) Community Outreach: Michelle Meyer and Pam Raden h) Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Patrick Marushin and Michelle Meyer i) Benton-Stearns Education District: Michelle Meyer j) Legislative Network and SEE: Pam Raden k) Stearns County Collaborative: Michelle Meyer l) Special Education Advisory: Patrick Marushin m) Sartell Senior Connection: Michelle Meyer n) Drug-Free Coalition: Lesa Kramer o) Community Education Advisory: Lesa Kramer A motion to ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:59 p.m. was made by Marushin and seconded by McCabe. All in favor. Motion carried. /s/ Pamela Raden, clerk Publish: June 23, 2017
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Community Calendar 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 news@thenewsleaders.com. Friday, June 23 Brat and Family Bake Sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. 320363-8825. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Tae Guk Kwon Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, 215 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. Saturday, June 24 Brat and Family Bake Sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. 320363-8825. Sunday, June 25 National Catholic Youth Choir Performance, 10:30 a.m., St. John’s Abbey, 2900 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. Fred Yiran African Arts Day, noon-4 p.m., Lake George Municipal
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Monday, June 26 Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Lunch and cards, sponsored by Helping Hands Outreach and The Rusty Nail, noon-2 p.m., The Rusty Nail, 4 CR 2 S., St. Stephen. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday. org. Sartell City Council, 6 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. 320-253-2171.
Thursday, June 29 4-H Day Camp, sponsored by the University of Minnesota ExtensionStearns County, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Val Smith Park, First St. NE, between Park and Fourth Avenue NE, Sartell. 320-255-6169. Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Red Cross Blood Donation Drive, noon-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 N. CR 2. Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422. Urban Hope Farmers’ Market, sponsored by Place of Hope Ministries, 2-6 p.m., 511 Ninth Ave. N., St. Cloud. http://placeofhopeministries. org/events/urban-hope-farmers-market-2017/. Market Thursday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday. org. Sauk Rapids Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 2163 Mayhew Lake Road NE, Sauk Rapids.
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Man charged with raping woman in Sartell by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A woman was allegedly raped June 16 at her Sartell place of employment by a Sauk Rapids man who was arrested Lwiza and remains in custody because of the crime he is charged with, as well as his uncertain status as an immigrant. Simon Peter Lwiza, 42, is
charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. His bail was set at $400,000 by the judge during his first court appearance June 20. According to the court documents, Lwiza followed the woman into the kitchen of the place where she works, then approached her from the back, kissing her on the neck before choking her, forcing her to the ground and raping her. The victim was taken to the hospital and examined for inju-
ries, which included bruises on her body and other injuries that indicated a sexual assault had taken place. Lwiza denied assaulting the woman during an interview with law enforcement. He was ordered held in custody by orders of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending a review of his immigration status or lack thereof. The name of the woman and her place of employment have not been released.
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CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
will be levied against parcels abutting the proposed improvements. The estimated cost of the improvement is $6,100,000. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvement will be heard at this meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Sartell will meet at 6 p.m. or shortly thereafter on July 10, 2017 in the Council Chambers of the City Hall to consider the making of improvements on Pinecone Road North from 15th Street North to 35th Street North including street, concrete curb and gutter, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, street lighting, pedestrian facilities and appurtenant items pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§ 429.011 to 429.111. Assessments
Mary Degiovanni City Administrator-Clerk Publish: June 16 and 23
LEGAL NOTICE
CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE OF HEARING ON ASSESSMENTS FOR DAYBREAK LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: TIME, PLACE AND GENERAL NATURE OF IMPROVEMENTS: Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sartell, Minnesota, will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, July 10 in the City Hall in the City of Sartell, Minnesota to consider objections to the proposed assessments for Daybreak Lighting Improvements heretofore ordered by the City Council. ASSESSMENT ROLL OPEN TO INSPECTION: The proposed assessment roll is on file with the City Clerk and open to public inspection. AREA PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED: The area proposed to be assessed consists of every lot, piece or parcel of land within the Sandstone Village Plat benefited by said improvement. TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT: The total amount proposed to be assessed is $36,647.
WRITTEN OR ORAL OBJECTIONS: Written or oral objections will be considered at the hearing. RIGHT OF APPEAL: An owner of property to be assessed may appeal the assessment to the district court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the district court within 10 days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. LIMITATION ON APPEAL: No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment adopted by the City Council unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the Clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. All objections to the assessments not received at the assessment hearing in the manner prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.061 are waived, unless the failure to object to the assessment hearing is
due to a reasonable cause. DEFERMENT OF ASSESSMENTS” Under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City may, at its discretion, defer the payment of assessments for any homestead property owned by a person 65 years of age or older for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. The procedure for applying for such a deferment has been set forth by Resolution in the City’s Assessment Policy and is available upon request at the office of the City Clerk. MAILED NOTICE: The notice of this hearing mailed to property owners contains additional information. DATED: June 12, 2017. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Mary Degiovanni City Administrator Publish: June 23, 2017
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Delicious Meals | House Keeping | Healthcare Center | Chapel | Daily Activities | 24-Hour Staffing Hair Salon | Weekly Outings | On-site Physical Therapy | Guest Suite for Families
www.sterlingparkseniorliving.com
Why wait?
Make it a fresh start in 2017!
Schedule a tour today!
(320) 252-7224
Robin Hadley at Robin.Hadley@twsl.com
Your friends and neighbors are here!
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com
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Friday, June 23, 2017
photo by Dennis Dalman
photo by Bill Jones
photo by Bill Jones photo by Hannah Marie & Myles B. Photography
photo by Bill Jones
Monday, July 3
5 p.m. Bingo, Games, Food & Refreshments (on parish grounds)
6 p.m. Free “Joetown Rocks” Concert
photo by Bill Jones
Church of Tuesday, July 4 St. Joseph Parish 10 a.m. Parade (along Minnesota Street)
July 4th Celebration
Concert Schedule: 6 p.m. All Saints Academy Students 6:15 p.m. The Graduates 7 p.m. Collective Unconscious 8:30 p.m. Remembering Bobby Vee with The Killer Vees 10:15 p.m. Fireworks Sponsored by Bernick’s 10:30 p.m. Brat Pack Radio
Festival events held at 12 W. Minnesota St.
(Sponsored by the Lions Club)
11 a.m. Bingo, games, food & refreshments (on parish grounds) 11:30 a.m. Live music: Smok’N Guns Band 1:30 p.m. Quilt Auction 3 p.m. Raffle Drawing
www.churchstjoseph.org
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Bee Line Service Center
Finken Water Treatment, Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
Serenity Place on 7th
(behind Coborn’s in the Industrial Park) St. Joseph • 320-363-1116
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Bernick’s
Refreshing the Community for more than 100 years! bernicks.com • 320-252-6441
BoDiddley’s Deli
Downtown St. Joseph • 320-363-7200 25th Ave. S. • 320-252-9475 bodiddleysdeli.com
Brenny Specialized Transportation 8505 Ridgewood Road • St. Joseph 320-363-6999 brennytransportation.com
Central Minnesota Credit Union St. Joseph • Collegeville 888-330-8482 mycmcu.org • facebook.com/mycmcu
Church of St. Joseph
12 W. Minnesota St. • St. Joseph 320-363-7505 churchstjoseph.org
Scherer & Sons Trucking
Assisted/Independent Living 329 7th Ave SE • St. Joseph 320-406-7650
628 19th Ave. NE • St. Joseph 320-363-4617 • finkens.com
Granite Services LLC
30736 Pearl Drive • St. Joseph 320-363-4640 graniteservicesllc.com
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Hello Dolly! Great Northern Theatre Company
Simple Escape Salon
IA Insurance Partnership
Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
1200 25th Ave. S. • St. Cloud 320-229-4300 sehinc.com 1091 Second St. S. • Sartell 320-258-3613
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Courtney Zack & Chris Zack, agents 26 E. Birch St. • St. Joseph • 320-363-0007
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Knife River
8552 Ridgewood Road • St. Joseph kniferiver.com • 320-251-5004
Local Blend
Fresh • Local • Organic Your local coffee shop! Open Tuesday, July 4! thelocalblend.net
Resurrection Lutheran Church
104 Chapel Lane • St. Joseph 320-363-7100 • sbm.osb.org
Ross Nesbit Agencies
Stearns County Abstract & Title Co.
610 N. CR 2 • St. Joseph 320-363-4232 • rlcstjoe.com
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Saint John’s Preparatory School Serving grades 6-12 320-363-3315 • sjprep.net
St. Joseph Meat Market 26 1st Ave. N.W. • St. Joseph 320-363-4913 • Facebook us! stjosephmeatmarket.com
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Trobec’s Bus Service Inc. Now Hiring School Bus & Motorcoach Drivers! St. Stephen • 320-251-1202 trobecsbus.com