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Rox offers baseball/ softball clinic July 14
A ROX Baseball/Softball Clinic for youth in grades 3-8, featuring Rox players and managers, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 at the Whitney Fields, 1529 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. Participants will receive a T-shirt and ticket to the ROX game on July 14 if registered by July 5. The event is sponsored by Northland Capital and is coordinated in partnership with the St. Cloud YMCA and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Cost is $5. To register www.minnesotafca.org/rox-baseball.
Hospital’s Serve, Learn seeks student help
Student Serve and Learn is a unique opportunity for a condensed and meaningful healthcare volunteer experience at St. Cloud Hospital and CentraCare Health Plaza. This is a patient-interaction intense volunteer role. Participants are trained to serve the entire hospital so volunteers get a diverse experience in several departments. During a summer session, individuals will volunteer four hours each weekday (MondayFriday) for a total of 80 hours. Session 3: July 27-Aug. 21 (application material deadline July 9) Shifts: 8 a.m-noon, noon-4 p.m., and limited 4-8 p.m. weekends and evenings in Urgency Center. Locations: St. Cloud Hospital and CentraCare Health Plaza. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on July 3 Criers.
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Loved ones mourn Traut, sing his praises by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Just two days before he was killed in Fargo, Sam Traut had been back home in Sartell, mowing lawn at his family place, working hard all day to help others. It was typical for Traut – always a giver – to work harder helping others than he would for himself. Traut’s uncle, Harry Prom of Sauk Rapids, shared his feelings about Sam with the Sartell Newsleader right after the 11 a.m. Monday funeral at St. Francis Xavier Church in Sartell, the church Traut attended throughout his childhood. Prom is the brother of Traut’s mother, MaryAnn. Traut, Prom said, had recently returned from a mission trip to Peru and then visited his family before going back to Fargo. Born July 21, 1990 in St. Cloud, Traut grew up in Sartell and graduated from Sartell High School in 2009. In 2013, he
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Clergy line up outside as the casket of Sam Traut is brought by pallbearers to a waiting hearse for burial in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. Traut was eulogized in the burial Mass as a kind, helpful, hard-working Christian with a unique goofy sense of humor.
earned a degree in civil engineering at North Dakota State University. He then began work as a civil engineer and road designer for Stantec in Fargo. Besides his
was a Bible-study leader, a religious education teacher, a member of the Knights of Columbus and member of a prayer team. Traut • page 4
Council favors center in $10 million range
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
What amenities should a Sartell Community Center include? That big question is still being asked by the Sartell City Council after receiving voluminous input from interest groups
in the city. At a special meeting held June 22, differences of opinion surfaced among council members, although by the end of the two-hour meeting a vague kind of consensus emerged: the center should cost about $10 million in regional half-cent sales-tax
Sartell band marches at Rapids River Days
Wobegon Trail president to speak at Stearns museum
Cliff Borgerding, president of the Lake Wobegon Regional Trail Association, will discuss the transformation of an abandoned Great Northern corridor into the popular recreational area it is today during Breakfast Club on Wednesday, July 8 at the Stearns History Museum. The program begins at 9 a.m. The transformation reflects the collaborative efforts of volunteer organizations and local government officials alike. The idea for a trail began in the 1990s when the railway corridor closed and Albany Jaycee members wanted to link their town with nearby Avon through a community project. Borgerding also will explain the association’s vision for tourism and outdoor recreational uses of Lake Wobegon Trail. The Breakfast Club program is free for Stearns History Museum members; non-members are also welcome to attend for a nominal fee. Refreshments are served. The museum is located at 235 33rd Ave. S in St. Cloud.
day job, Traut was deeply committed as a member of St. Paul’s Newman Center in Fargo, right near the house he was staying when he was murdered. Traut
revenues, and that cost should include all “soft” costs and interest on a bond issue. A center should include a senior center, a branch library, community meeting rooms and some recreational resources. It should be built as soon as possible (say, in the summer of 2016), and an option might be to build some recreational amenities (such as at the Bernick’s Arena location) and a separate center somewhere else, perhaps as an addition to the city-hall building. All amenities in the center should be built with room for future expansion, and many of the amenities mentioned in input sessions might be able to be added in some Phase II project years from now. That overall consensus, however, is vague, and nothing is written in stone yet. However, the council felt compelled to come to at least some kind of
agreement so the center planners would have some parameters in which to work. Those planners were at the June 22 meeting. They are Murray Mack, project architect; Bob Strack, construction manager; and Lyle Mathiasen, operations manager. Those three were appointed to plan and oversee the project, based on city input, several months ago. Mack outlined the project progress for the council. In recent weeks, the three planners and the city council have received feedback from interest groups in the city that include a wide variety of wish-list wants. The planners considered input from at least 50 people in the various groups. Construction manager Strack emphasized no group they met with tried to push items on their wish lists, and that they were very respectful and courteous Center • page 5
‘Bash’ to fundraise for SSEF
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Izzy Kucala, a Sartell High School freshman this fall, marches with the color guard June 26 during the Sauk Rapids River Days parade. There are 67 students in the SHS marching band this year, which is in its second year after many years without a marching band.
Organizers will raise funds for the Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation at “Blackberry’s Backyard Bash” Friday, July 10 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course. For the 2015-16 school year, the SSEF has raised $32,000 so far for many school programs, including Sabre Splash, Aca-
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demic Extensions, the Sartell Middle School Learning Lab, student-centered media centers and Sound Field systems. For more information about the Backyard Bash, including how to purchase tickets, call the golf course at 320257-4653. For more about the SSEF, see www.ssef.net.
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Eight Sartell students were recently named to the spring semester dean’s list at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. They are the following: Samantha Pratt, daughter of Rhonda and Joel Pratt of Rice, a freshman; Megan Erkens, daughter of Becky Houle and Don Erkens of Sartell, a junior; Taylor Lauermann, son of Valerie and John Lauermann of Sartell; Benjamin Maurer, son of Lisa and Mike Maurer of Sartell, a sophomore; Katherine Miller, daughter of Patricia and Stephen Miller of Sartell; Emma Mitzel, daughter of Debra Ubl-Mitzel and Steven Mitzel of Sartell, a freshman; Robert Satterness, son of Lori and Neil Satterness of Sartell; and Kevin Wolfe, son of Terri Wolfe and John Wolfe, both of Sartell, a freshman. All are Sartell High School graduates with the exception of Miller, who is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School graduate. Students must earn a minimum 3.7 grade-point average. Mikayla Dockendorf of St. Stephen was recently named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She is majoring in education and human sciences. Six Sartell students recently graduated from North Dakota State University, Fargo. They and their degrees are as follows: Lauren Dumont, bachelor’s in management; Danielle Fritz, bachelor’s in pharmaceutical sciences; Darrin Laudenbach, bachelor’s in electrical engineering; Rebecca Pareja, bachelor’s in pharmaceutical sciences; Kyle Thorson, bachelor’s in computer engineering; and Anna Wenzel, bachelor’s in pharmaceutical sciences. Laudenbach and Wenzel graduated with honors. Megan Carter of Sartell was recently named to the spring president’s honor roll at Oklahoma City (Okla.) University. Students must maintain a minimum 3.9 grade-point average to qualify. Nine Sartell students were recently named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They and their majors are as follows: Tucker Isaacson, a junior, criminology and international studies; Meghan Kirby, a
sophomore, graphic design and marketing; Sean Mann, a senior, chemical engineering; Ben Morine, a sophomore, pre-business; Mattie Nieters, a senior, cell and molecular biology; Allison Rengel, a senior, health care management; Andrew Spoden, a senior, computer science; Katie Stuttgen, a sophomore, biology; and Abigail Whitney, a senior, biology. Students must maintain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average. Forty-three Sartell students recently graduated from St. Cloud State University. They and their majors are as follows: Jennifer Bakke, master’s degree in sports management; Breanna Bellrichard, bachelor’s degree in chemistryACS approved; Dana Bimler, bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences; Joshua Birkland, bachelor’s degree in management; Tara Bishop, bachelor’s degree in communication arts and literature, magna cum laude; Travis Brandt, associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences; D’Andre Clark, associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences; Adam Corcoran, master’s degree in social work; Nicholas Corcoran, bachelor’s degree in management; Joshua Curfman, bachelor’s degree in management; Melanie Day, bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders; Nadesha Dohm, associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences; Mohammad Saleh Gandorah, master’s degree in English; Jeremy Grant, bachelor’s degree in physics education grades 9-12; Meredith Herman, bachelor’s degree in community psychology, magna cum laude; Katrina Januszewski, bachelor’s degree in liberal studies; Dustin Johnson, bachelor’s degree in liberal studies; Mikaela Johnson, associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences, magna cum laude; Noah Kelm, bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, summa cum laude; Thomas Klein, bachelor’s degree in finance, magna cum laude; Nathan Lahr, bachelor’s degrees in community psychology and criminal justice studies, summa cum laude; Faye Lange, bachelor’s degree in liberal studies, magna cum laude; Tomas Lorincz, bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, summa cum laude; Nathan Madden, bachelor’s degree in biology; Emily McIntire,
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bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, summa cum laude; Hannah Meyer, master’s degree in higher education administration; Michelle Moran, bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, summa cum laude; Ariel Motschke, bachelor’s degree in social work; Aaron Nelson, bachelor’s degree in athletic training; Kristen Nelson, graduate certificate in community education; Clayton Ramos, associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences, magna cum laude; Alyssa Reinholz, bachelor’s degree in community psychology, magna cum laude; Amanda Schepers, bachelor’s degree in psychology, summa cum laude; Scott Schneider, bachelor’s degree in liberal studies; Cassidy Swanson, bachelor’s degree in English, summa cum laude; Cassidy Swanson, bachelor’s degree in psychology, summa cum laude; Eric Tessier, bachelor’s degrees in film studies and mass communications; Hayley Volkers, bachelor’s degree in elementary/K-6 education; Jill Wagner, master’s degree in social work; Alexis Walcome, bachelor’s degree in studio art, cum laude; John Wesenberg, master’s degree in applied behavior analysis; Kristen Wiesen, master’s degree in college counseling and student development; and Christopher Winkels, bachelor’s degree in communication studies.
Maureen Ann Dehnke, 84 Sartell Nov. 27, 1930 - June 25, 2015
Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 30 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids. The Rev. Timothy Baltes will officiate. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, June 30 at the funeral home in Sauk Rapids. Dehnke was born on Nov. 27, 1930 in Alpena, Michigan to the late Irving and Leota Canfield, where she attended St. Bernards Catholic School from Kindergarten through 12th grade. She attended Marygrove College in Detroit, Mich. (1948) where she was a member of Our Lady’s Sodality. She then attended Barry College for Catholic Women in North Miami,
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The Sartell Swarm 10U Softball team took first place at the Hutchinson Water Carnival Tournament on June 20. The team finished the tournament with three wins and no losses. Members of the team are (front row, left to right): Kora Akervik, Emma Arneson, Emily Crandall, Rylie DeMaine, Lauren DeZurik and Megan Driste; (back row) Coaches Mike Arneson and Dave Driste, McKenzie Gross, Emma Heim, Bronwyn Lebeck, Ellie Pallansch, Morgan Gill and Coach Brian DeMaine.
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Sartell graduates Ben Bierscheid (left) and Isaac Dammen (right), with high school Coach Jerome Nemanich, represent Sartell on the North All-Star Team during opening ceremonies of the Minnesota High School All-Star Series held June 18-20 in Chaska, Minn.
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Flor. (1949-1951). It was at Barry College where she and her friends decided to spend a long weekend in Cuba. She married Carl Benjamin Dehnke on April 16, 1955 in Alpena, Mich. and lived in various cities prior to Sartell, including; Belleville, Ill., Falls Church, Virg., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and Clintonville, Wisc. She was divorced in 1976. She worked at Northwestern Bell/AT&T as a tracer in the engineering department in May of 1978 and moved to the Business Dept. as an Administrative Clerk in June of 1979, then held various positions until her retirement in 1995. During 1974–79, she was active in the Sartell High School Booster Club by serving as President, Club-Board and Secretary, in addition to the Band Parents Board. Known as “Momo” by her family, she was a fun-loving beam of sunshine to all who knew her. She was a resident of Sartell since 1969; Brookwood Lane will never be the
same without her smile. She was adored and cherished by her family, friends, neighbors, past co-workers, swim club friends, the grannies, and many others. She enjoyed sitting on her deck watching the birds, reading a book, and welcoming all who stopped by for a visit. She loved the sun, sand and water, the BarMaur Camp in Michigan, fish frys without the fish, and “five o’clock” anywhere. She was dearly loved and will be deeply missed. She is survived by her children, Denise (Chuck) Curtis of St. Cloud, Robert Dehnke (Desi Baker) of St. Paul, Mary Sue (Jeff) Stothart of Blaine, and James (Susanne) Dehnke of Chaska; six grandchildren: Chris (Crystal) Curtis, Scott Curtis, Michele, Nate, and AJ Dehnke and Sarah Stothart; one great-grandchild: Cameron Curtis; a brother, Barry Canfield; sister-inlaw Linda of Alpena, Mich.; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.
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Sartell stunned by yet another murder by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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The Mass for Sam Traut at St. Francis Xavier Church in Sartell celebrated his life with song, prayers and happy memories.
Traut from front page Prom said he will never forget the time Traut and his sister, Sally, rushed over to his house to put up a Christmas tree for him. It was almost Christmas Day, but Prom had worked all day and came home hungry and exhausted. He had absolutely no energy left for putting up and decorating a tree. The Trauts got wind of Prom’s dilemma and just like that Sam, Sally and their mom burst through the door – all of them with beaming smiles – put the tree up and decorated it. Prom was so stunned, so happy, he gave them a huge box of chocolates to share. And that is the portrait of Sam Traut that was evoked at his funeral: a young man who worked incredibly hard, who would go
out of his way to help someone else and who always made people laugh and feel better when they were down. An aunt of Traut’s, Mary Barron-Traut of Sartell, read a memorial essay that had been written by MaryAnn, Sam’s mother. At times choking back tears, Barron-Traut told about what a hard worker Sam was, always shoveling snow or picking blackberries or splitting wood with his father, Lloyd, and always with a good nature and a smile on his face. He also loved to go fishing, hunting and gopher trapping. As a young child in the kitchen with his mother, he was always an adventurer, toddling around, sometimes falling, bouncing back up and always doing antics that made everyone laugh. He was constantly giving, helping others in the most joyful ways, whether in landscaping work or kitchen chores. His sister, Sally, was Sam’s Traut • page 8
Sartell remains stunned by the shock of yet another one of its promising young men being murdered in the FargoMoorhead area. Hunter On the morning of June Traut 23, Sam Traut, 24, was found murdered in the home where sine driver in Fargo, described he was staying. It has been by many as a kind person only 10 months since Tom who was about to become a Bearson, 18, also of Sartell, grandfather. The man charged in both was killed – possibly in Fargo – and his body left on a lot killings is Ashley Kenneth in Moorhead. That murder Hunter, 35. According to a police press remains unsolved. Traut, the son of Lloyd and conference led by Fargo Police MaryAnn Traut of Sartell, was Chief Dave Todd, the followa 2013 graduate of North Da- ing is a time line of what hapkota State University, the same pened in Fargo June 22-23: Hunter allegedly murdered college Bearson was attending when he went missing early Flowers in the victim’s apartment. About 12 hours later, one September morning. Traut’s killing was appar- during the night, he went to ently random and particularly a nearby house, where Traut vicious. He opened his door lived, and knocked on the to a stranger at a late-night door, asking for a glass of hour; this stranger beat him to water. Traut went to get him death with a hammer. Fargo a glass of water. In the meanPolice Detective, Lt. Joel Vet- time, according to what Hunttel said it this way: “A good er later told police, it dawned man unknowingly opened his on him that his picture might be on the media for the predoor to a monster.” The suspect, who was ar- vious murder he committed. rested the day after the mur- He thought Traut might have der, allegedly killed Traut just called the police while he was 12 hours after he murdered getting the glass of water. He another man, stabbing him 50 decided to kill Traut when he times because, as the suspect came back with the water, told police, he’d been charg- which he did. Hunter then set ing him too much for drugs, fire to several objects in the stealing all his girlfriends and home, hoping to cover up his disrespecting him. That mur- crime. A neighbor, hearing der victim was Clarence Flow- a fire alarm, called the fire ers, 45. Flowers was a limou- department, and that is how Traut’s body was discovered in the early-morning hours. Hunter told police he’d been under the influence of methamphetamines and was feeling paranoid during the time the killings were committed. He has a record of previous arrests, one of them being a warrant for shoplifting. According to the police
report, Hunter was driving a stolen Dodge pickup before and after the murders. Traut, who had recently returned from a stay in North Dakota, was living as a guest in the house at 1122 12th St. N., Fargo. The house is owned by St. Paul’s Catholic Newman Center, which is next door and a place Traut spent most of his time. Traut, who holds an engineering degree, was also a seminary student and a Bible-study leader at Newman Center. A candlelight prayer vigil was held for Traut across the street from the house on 12th Street N. At the police press conference, Father James Cheney said there are about 4,000 college students who are Catholics in the Fargo-Moorhead area, and Traut was a “standout” among them. He was, Cheney said, a man “of tremendous courage and virtue.” Cheney also said this: “We are just trying to make sense out of how all this happened in our community. How could just a random, senseless, tremendously horrific act of violence and murder be committed against such a virtuous, just and kind man?” Many people in Sartell and elsewhere are pondering that very question. Traut was described on Facebook sites as an intelligent, dedicated, energetic man who loved to laugh, to make others laugh and to help others. They are the very qualities friends and loved ones of Tom Bearson cherished in him. (Information for this story came from various sources, including the Fargo police news conference, the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, the Minneapolis Tribune and Valley News.)
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about the needs mentioned by other groups. There was no divisiveness, and the process was very democratic, he added. Mack listed what the groups said they would like to have: an extra sheet of skating ice, four gyms, a hockey ice-rink, a walking track, public meeting spaces, a branch library, a senior center, storage spaces for groups such as a farmers’ market, the historical society and the American Legion. Most groups said a center should promote involvement by people of all age groups, with lots of shared-use space. It should be on a bus line and easy to access for all residents. Partnerships for amenities with private groups or the school district should be considered. Before a center is built, everyone must be told how much it will cost to maintain and operate, as well as all costs in addition to the actual construction of the building or buildings.
Background
Sartell has been considering a city community center at least since 1994, but the more the council discussed it, the more the dream seemed to recede. Residents took community surveys in which a library, community center and public meeting spaces always headed the list of priorities. A facilities committee was appointed about two years go, but its members decided any and all recommendations should be delayed until it would be known if Sartell residents
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com would agree to extending the regional half-cent sales tax for another 20 years, through 2038. That extension was approved by voters in November 2014. About a decade ago, the Sartell City Council helped build the Bernick’s Hockey Arena with a mixture of private funds, volunteer labor and money from the regional half-cent sales tax. That project was considered at the time Phase I of a community center project. But movement on a center stalled again and again. Finally, about a year ago, a comprehensive time frame was developed and a schedule determined, step by step, calling for construction to begin in the summer of 2016. The city has already allocated $1.6 million in sales-tax money for a center. The rest would come through a bonding issue, with the money to be paid back from future annual sales-tax revenue to the city. During the life of the salestax extension, the city could see as much as $39 million in revenue, said Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni. A general target number for a center has been one that would cost $12 or $13 million. That amount, however, was reduced to “about” $10 million at the June 22 council meeting when several members (most forcefully Pat Lynch, David Peterson and Amy Braig-Lindstrom) said the council should definitely leave sales-tax revenues for future city councils to spend on future needs that are bound to come 15 or 20 years down the road. Mack told the council a $10-million cap, however, would leave only about $5 million for
actual construction after all other “soft” costs are taken into account. That amount, he said, would almost guarantee a center could have no recreational amenities, such as the four gyms. “The gym space would be the first to go,” he said. To include all or most of the amenities mentioned thus far would probably cost $13 to $15 million, Mack noted. The plans for such a building would include about 33,000 square feet for recreational resources and about 12,000 square feet for a senior center, branch library and other needs, according to the Mack-Strack estimates.
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The council seemed to be split about how much recreational needs should be added to a center. Council member Steve Hennes, for example, flatly said the center should not contain much in the way of gyms or a field house with four gyms. From the beginning, he said, residents did not mention gyms as part of a community center. Field houses would better be built in relation to schools, with schools bonding for those needs, Hennes said. “Let’s get built what we planned 15 years ago,” he added. Hennes did agree maybe two multi-purpose gyms could be part of a center and perhaps more added in the future, but at this time he said he favors building a senior center, branch library and non-recreational facilities first and foremost. Other council members, too, took issue with the amount of space proposed for recreational purposes. That brought up a dis-
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cussion about the two-phased center approach. Some said perhaps a senior center or library could be built as an addition to city hall, and then recreational amenities built as an extension on the Bernick’s Arena. That option, most council members agreed, should at least be considered, even though council members noted most people, including them, have favored and continue to favor a multiuse community center “under one roof.” Other council members, too, seemed to dislike the idea of too much recreational space, but most of them wavered this
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Our View Winds of change bring landmark court rulings The winds of change are slow, but every once in awhile in human history those winds blow strong enough to topple obstacles and open a path to the future. That is exactly what happened at the U.S. Supreme Court on two consecutive landmark days – June 25 and June 26. The slowly gathering winds of change reached sudden gale-force speeds, bringing historical shifts literally overnight. And there’s no turning back. First, the Court decided on a 6-3 vote that federal subsidies for all states under the Affordable Care Act are constitutional, thus indirectly validating the legal legitimacy of the ACA (ObamaCare). It’s the second time in three years the Court gave a go-ahead nod to that law. The next day, the Court, on a vote of 5-4, ruled that same-sex marriages must be allowed in all 50 states in this nation. These are landmark decisions and – depending upon one’s point of view – rulings to be celebrated or lamented. Already, some politicians, such as Republican presidential candidates, are blasting the ACA decision, still thundering that it’s a train wreck, a disaster, a death-panel in action. Other people are disappointed about the marriage ruling, insisting a legitimate marriage should be forevermore and until the end of time as it has been in the past – exclusively between a man and a woman. Most of those people will never change their minds about either of the Court’s decisions, in the same way many have never agreed with – and likely never will – the Court’s 1973 decision legalizing abortion. However, like it or not, the Supreme Court has spoken. Who can argue it has not expanded the definition of “equal rights under the law?” And who can maintain seriously that expanding freedom for all human beings is not a good thing? Just 10 years ago, efforts to reform our health-care system, to make it affordable and accessible to more people, seemed doomed. First Lady Hillary Clinton learned the hard way when her attempt to come up with health-care reform was met by vicious scorn and rejection at every turn by the big-buck boys. Five years ago, President Obama and the Congress managed to approve the ACA, and seldom has any program been met with such hatred, misinformative campaigns and outright lies. After five years of tugof-war, in one fell swoop the ACA is now, without a doubt, the law of the land. Ten or 20 years ago, most polls showed Americans did not favor the legalization of same-sex marriage. Passing laws in favor of it were virtually unthinkable. Gradually, there was a sea change in public opinion so now polls consistently show people – especially younger people – support equal rights, including marriage, for gays and lesbians. Recent polls also show an increase in people who favor ObamaCare. It always takes time for people to get used to major changes. Once the noisy attacks subside, the facts manage to get through, and then it’s easier for people to see and to understand the benefits brought about by the changes. Some politicians who have used fear-mongering around those two issues (ObamaCare, same-sex marriage) to garner votes might want to change their scripts in upcoming election campaigns. They might well find their attacks will be rendered by the winds of change either ineffective or dead as dinosaurs. ACA and same-sex marriage have suddenly become legally validated American institutions. They are here to stay. Debates will rage, but – if polls are any indication – most Americans will eventually get used to these new realities and perhaps even champion them.
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Opinion Finally, ObamaCare is here to stay Break out that champagne, folks, and lift your glasses of bubbly to Chief Justice John Roberts and the U.S. Supreme Court. For the second time in three years, the court last week on a vote of 6-3 upheld a crucial provision of the Affordable Care Act, dubbed ObamaCare, and making it finally, indisputably, the law of the land. President Obama’s signature healthcare plan has been vindicated legally. It’s here to stay. Now, perhaps the Republicans in the U.S. Congress can quit wasting their time – and our tax money – by trying to repeal the law or trying to kill it through death by a thousand cuts. ObamaCare, the so-called Monster from the Deep, is nothing of the sort. It’s been vilified as a job-killer. It’s not; jobs have been rebounding dramatically. It’s been said it’s a budget-buster. It’s not; the deficit is still declining. Just recently, the Congressional Budget Office released an in-depth study that said repealing ObamaCare would increase – not decrease – the federal deficit by $109 billion through the year 2022. Critics said the ACA would increase medical costs astronomically. It didn’t; those costs have shown the least increase in the last half century. We’ve heard repeatedly the law is a government take-over. It’s not; private insurance companies are the insurers, not the government. Predictably, right-wingers decried the Supreme Court’s decision, calling Chief Justice Roberts a turncoat because ObamaCare haters thought they had him “in their pocket.” They also chided the conservative-leaning Justice Anthony Kennedy for siding with the court’s majority decision.
Dennis Dalman Editor The gnat chasers will continue their frantic pursuit to find any and every little thing wrong with the law so the baby can be thrown out with the bath water. House Majority Leader John Boehner vowed repeal efforts will continue so Americans can be “put back in charge of their own health care.” Somewhere along the line, Old Boehner missed the point. The reason there was a need for the ACA or something like it was precisely because Americans were not in charge of their own health care. Escalating costs were pricing millions and more millions of hard-working Americans right out of the market. You certainly are not in charge of your own health care when you can’t afford to get any. All five-years-worth of their carping and train-wreck predictions might have credence if they had any healthcare proposals of their own. But they don’t. Their only proposal (besides their usual lame health-care tax credits and health-care savings accounts) is to trash ObamaCare and go back to the way things were before, to the good old days when millions of hard-working (but poor) Americans were without any kind of health insurance and couldn’t afford to get any. Someday, these ACA critics, their kids or grandkids might be in a tightincome dilemma or flat-out broke, at which time, they will be mighty glad and grateful there is a system in place
(ObamaCare or a variant of it) that makes it possible for them to buy affordable insurance coverage. As has been pointed out by political commentators, many grandstanding opponents of the ACA are crying crocodile tears about the court’s decision. They are secretly glad the law was upheld because if it hadn’t been, if six million or more people suddenly lost their insurance overnight, ACA-haters would have to come up with their own plan or some way to help those people. That would have been a political liability for them, especially since they have no fix-it plan and never have had one. Is ObamaCare perfect? Of course not. What is these days? But what is most important is the law is a framework for improvements when there was no such framework before. For decades, the numbers of uninsured kept growing, and people kept dying needlessly. So far, 16 million people have signed up for private insurance via ObamaCare. Success stories abound about how people’s lives have been saved because check-ups they’d had caught early cancers and other medical problems that could be dealt with in time. Thanks to the ACA, people are living, not dying. Why do detractors insist on calling that outcome a “train wreck?” In a speech after the court’s decision, President Obama said it best, calling it a victory for hard-working Americans. “As the dust has settled, there can be no doubt this law is working. It has changed and, in some cases, saved American lives . . . This is not an abstract thing anymore. This is not a set of political talking points. This is reality.” Three cheers for President Obama. Three cheers for ObamaCare.
We hold these truths to be self-evident Most of us have a pretty good understanding of the Declaration of Independence. I decided to get my copy out and really study it to see if I could get an even better grip on its meaning and its language. The Declaration came about because quite simply the colonists were tired of being pushed around by a government thousands of miles across the sea whose interest seemed to only be about the tax that government could collect. The British Crown refused to accept our laws or our choices for leadership or just about anything the King didn’t think of or approve beforehand. As has been reported, some hard drinkers sat around the pubs of the time complaining about all of the problems levied on them by the British. They didn’t like the so-called Royal Guards. They didn’t like having to pay taxes to a King who did nothing for them. One particular individual famously known as a rum smuggler and bootlegger was upset because the British had seized some of the ships he was using to bring untaxed rum to the colonies. That individual was none other than John Hancock. He was not a man to be toyed with. So they decided the answer was to create their own country with their own government in defiance of British rule. They asked Thomas Jefferson to
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer draft a declaration to send to the King telling him in no uncertain terms that they were tired of the nonsense, and they were henceforth independent of the Crown. All of the signers, all 56 of them, knew to sign that document was an act of treason and it was punishable by death. They signed it anyway. Stating we hold these truths to be self-evident means simply the situation should be obvious to anybody with a brain. They went on to say all men are created equal and are endowed by their God, not some king, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And that no man, regardless of his station in life, was above the law. This was the beginning of the Declaration. Next came the long list of grievances and complaints against the King. The list is indeed long so I’ll just say they were unhappy and were willing to put their lives and fortunes on the line to make it clear to the King they had had enough. They also told the King that on
many occasions they had complained to no avail. They said this should not come as a shock to the British government having come before the Crown humbly begging for redress. But they were ignored. Buoyed – some say by the rum that was readily available – and concerned that supply may well be in jeopardy, they signed and sent the letter. Obviously the King could not allow this insurgency. How dare these colonists! He had to put this revolt down. And he tried. Oh how he tried. It took two wars for the British government to learn the colonies were not going to give in; that these freedom-loving people had too much to lose to give up. And they never would. It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t quick. But it was worth it. America was born and prospers yet today. The truths that were so evident to the early colonists are still evident today. We celebrate Independence Day. We celebrate freedom. We celebrate America. Long may she live. Happy Independence Day! Scarbro is retired and spends most of his free time with his grandchildren having moved from Sartell to St. Simons Island, Ga.. Writing and commenting on the news of the day is a pastime. Visit his weekly blog at ronscarbro. blogspot.com for more commentary.
Friday, July 3, 2015 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, July 3 Conversation Circles, for all nonnative English speakers, 10-11 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 1st Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2. Joetown Rocks Parish Festival concert, 6 p.m-end, 12 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. joetownrocks.org. Saturday, July 4 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Joetown Rocks Parish Festival parade, 10 a.m., Minnesota Street, St. Joseph. joetownrocks.org. Living History: Meet the Lindberghs, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls. Monday, July 6 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 1st St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-2539614. mnbentonhistory.org. Blood drive, noon-6 p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 1036 CR 4, St. Cloud. Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org. Sauk Rapids Riverside Lions Club, 7 p.m., Jimmy’s Pour House, 22 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. e-clubhouse.org/sites/srriverside. Sartell Lions Club, 7 p.m., upstairs of Blue Line Sports Bar andGrill, 1101 2nd St. S., Sartell. 320248-3240. Teen Activities, for ages 13 to 17, 6-7:30 p.m.,Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359.
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Tuesday, July 7 JoeTown Summer Lunch and Learn, for ages 17 and younger, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Centennial Park, 205 Birch St. W., St. Joseph. 320-3637505 ext. 350. Blood drive, 1-7 p.m., Atonement Lutheran Church, 1114 29th Ave. N., St. Cloud. Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-251-2498. Preschool Storytime, for ages 3 to 6 with registration requirements, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-253-9359. The Wheels On the Bus Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration 30 minutes before program, 10:1510:45 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320650-2500. Wednesday, July 8 Blood drive, 1-7 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 320 4th Ave. N., Sartell. Summertime by George! featuring Johnny Holm Band, 5-9 p.m., Lake George, 1101 7th St. S., St. Cloud. summertimebygeorge.com. The Wheels On the Bus Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration beginning 30 minutes before the program, 11-11:30 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-650-2500. Basic Computer & Internet Help, for all interested in learning more about computers and the Internet, 7-8 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library, 1300 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud. 320-650-2500.
Thursday, July 9 Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. Art and Story-Explore Latin Music, for ages 5 to 11, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Waite Park Public Library, 253 5th Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-2539359. The Wheels On the Bus Storytime, for ages 2 to 8 with registration 30 minutes before the program, 6:30-7
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CITY OF SARTELL PUBLIC HEARING CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TITLE 11, CHAPTER 5 STREET DESIGN – CUL DE SACS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the city of Sartell will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, Monday, July 13, 2015 at the Sartell City Hall, for the purpose of reviewing Title 11, Chapter 5, Cul De Sac ordinance. A copy of the proposed changes to the ordinance is available for review at the city clerk’s office. All interested persons are invited to attend to voice their opinion. Written comments will be accepted until the date of the hearing. Mary Degiovanni City Administrator Publish: July 3, 2015
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the planners and council members said they should not count on that as a definite revenue source while planning the building.
from page 5 said, were not invited to that input meeting. Maybe, she suggested, that is why in recent weeks the center project has been hearing so much about recreational needs. Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni said the many recreational groups in the city were invited because it was important the city hear about their needs and wants. Those groups and others, she added, have never tried to dictate what should be in a community center.
Other income?
Would a center generate maintenance and operational costs through possible user fees or revenue brought in if various tournaments and other events were held there? That is a big unknown, and
Where to build?
Several council members, most notably Amy Braig-Lindstrom, said it’s imperative the city soon decide where the center will be constructed. Residents and planners will have to know that before other plans can proceed. Mack said several land parcels owned by the city are available, such as Pinecone Regional Park, but that optimal soil conditions are crucial and could add greatly to the cost of a project if they are not ideal.
No to pool
Council members seemed not to favor a pool or outdoor aquatics feature at the center unless it could be realized at a later date. They noted there is one
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planned in St. Cloud, a partnership between the YMCA and the city using sales-tax revenue to build it.
Complicated
Council member David Peterson said the entire issue is a complicated one. “It is what it is,” he said. But he said the city must move forward by adding this or cutting that and by meeting as often as possible to get the center moving forward. The other council members seemed to agree after years of delays, indecision and stalling, it’s time to build a center no later than 2016. More public meetings about the center will be announced, and more public input is always welcome.
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Traut from page 4 “partner in crime,” as their mother humorously put it, always playing games and goofing around by dancing, having bonfires and other fun hijinks they did in their college years. The Rev. Tim Baltes presided over Traut’s funeral, which was filled with music, singing and prayers. Another guest speaker was the Rev. James Cheney of the St. Paul’s Catholic Newman Center in Fargo. Cheney knew Traut extremely well on a dayto-day basis. With anger and grief clogging his voice, Cheney asked, “Why this heinous crime? Why this great insult? Why this absurd
Friday, July 3, 2015 random act that took Sam away from us? I’m angry!” However, then Cheney said how many in grief and anger begin a “dialogue of the heart and go through a transfiguration via the reality of God and an awareness of divine life. They find God is living in them; He is living in everyone.” Cheney gave examples of how innocent children often teach us the meaning of love in the most day-to-day ways, like the little boy who went to a neighbor boy’s house who was crying and decided to go there to “help him cry.” Cheney called Traut a man of courage and faith, infused with deep kindness and regard for others. It is fitting and yet ironic, Cheney suggested, that his last act was an act of Christian charity – getting water for someone who was thirsty.