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Town Crier 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.
Red Cross issues emergency call for blood
The American Red Cross is facing a critical blood shortage and is issuing an emergency call for eligible blood and platelet donors of all blood types to give now and help save lives. Blood donations have fallen short of expectations for the past two months, resulting in about 61,000 fewer donations than needed and causing a significant draw down of the Red Cross blood supply. The shortfall is the equivalent of the Red Cross not collecting any blood donations for more than four days.
How to help In Sartell, a blood drive will be held from noon-6 p.m. Monday, July 24 at Messiah Lutheran Church, 320 Fourth Ave. N. To schedule an appointment to donate, use the free Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800733-2767). Donation appointments and completion of a RapidPass online health history questionnaire are encouraged to help reduce the time it takes to donate.
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McCarney honored as ‘Coach of the Year’ by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
(Editor’s note: This story is being published two weeks after the event because the awards night took place June 21, the day after the Newsleader deadline for that week. The next week the Newsleader office was closed for staff vacations and so there was no newspaper published June 30.) Kelly McCarney, head coach of the Sartell Sabre Dance Team, has received many honors for her work, but McCarney each time she is overwhelmed with gratitude and pride in her award-winning dancers.
On the night of June 21, she was named Coach of the Year at the second annual St. Cloud Times Media Sports Awards banquet at Escher Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Benedict. One of the Sabre team’s dancers, Sloan Schwarzentraub, was honored as Dancer of the Year. What’s more, the Sabre Dance Team was one of the three finalists in competition for Team of the Year, along with the Holdingford Track Team and the Tech High School Boys’ Baseball Team. The latter team won the award. The Times Media event honors the best of the athletes in high schools throughout central Minnesota. The banquet was a big night for Sartell, with six individuals winning awards in McCarney • page 2
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Diane Duckworth, Sartell, serves the famous Joeburgers to Stearns County Deputy Brian Theisen Monday at Joetown Rocks in St. Joseph. For additional photos, visit www.thenewsleaders.
Six in Sartell honored with Times Media awards by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com A soccer player, a swimmer, a dancer, a wrestler, a gymnastand-track enthusiast and a dance coach – all of them Sartell residents – were honored as “tops” at the second annual (St. Cloud) Times Media Sports Awards banquet recently. The event took place June 21 at Escher Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Benedict. All of the winners are from high schools in the central Minnesota area. The award-winners and their “Best Athlete” categories are the
following: Mitchell Dockendorf, best boys’ swimmer; Bria Ferns, best girls soccer player; Shelby Hall, recipient of the “I Am Sport” award; Kelly McCarney, 2017 Central Minnesota Coach of the Year; Rylee Molitor, best wrestler; and Sloan Schwarzentraub, best dancer.
Dockendorf
A consistently excellent swimmer, Mitchell Dockendorf has been a Sartell swimmer since ninth grade. Among his achievements are a nomination for Minnesota Swimmer of the Year, the setting of four school records, making All-Con-
ference swimmer for three consecutive years and helping his team take fourth place at the last Class A state meet. Time and again, Dockendorf excelled at the 100 backstroke, the 100 breaststroke, the 200-individual relay and the 200-medley relay. He was a member of the 200-medley relay that took second at state this year and of the 400-medley relay that took sixth place. Dockendorf will continue his swimming during his college years.
Spirit Award
At the Times Sports Awards
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banquet, Greg and Deb Bearson of Sartell announced the Tom Bearson Spirit Award, named for their son and given this year to Allie Dolan, a senior at St. Cloud Tech. The Spirit Award includes a plaque and a $2,500 scholarship, given annually to a deserving high-school boy or girl athlete about to embark on post-secondary education. Dolan is a three-sport athlete who excels in swimming, Nordic skiing and golf. Dolan is president of the Health Occupation Students of America, a club for students interested in health care. She will attend the
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The Color Vibe 5k for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota will be held on Saturday, Aug. 5. Event coordinators are seeking volunteers to help at the water station. For more information, call 320258-4511,or email bbbs@bbbscentralmn.org. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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Friends Genna Kelash, 5, (left) and Andrea Wills, 11, both of Sartell, work together to build a sand castle during the June 29 Sartell Police Athletic League, also known as P.A.L. Sartell’s P.A.L. is free of charge and meets every Tuesday and Thursday at Val Smith Park in Sartell until July 20.
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various categories, along with a recipient of the Tom Bearson Spirit Award (see related story). The guest of honor at the banquet was Adam Thielen, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings. “I was very honored (to receive that award),” said McCarney in an interview with the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader. “It was a huge honor to receive it when I think of all the great coaches there are in central Minnesota.” McCarney was also thrilled that Schwarzentraub was honored. “We are so proud of Sloan,” she said. “She was one of our captains last season, and she is such an excellent dancer. She is so appreciative, so coachable, so helpful. And she gave an acceptance speech with such poise and confidence.” Schwarzentraub will dance at Mankato State University this fall. For the second consecutive year, the Times Media Sports Awards event honored as top dancer a member of the Sartell Sabre Dance Team. Last year, the recipient was Hannah Wohletz. “I think those awards speak
to the strength of our dance program overall,” McCarney said. The Sartell Sabre Dance Team has just completed its 15th season, and McCarney has been its head coach from the beginning – 2002. Since then, the team has taken home a total of 10 medals from state tournaments in the high-kick and jazz categories combined. In addition, the team was state champion three times, winning both in high-kick and jazz in 2001, 2015 and 2017. McCarney has twice been named Coach of the Year by the Minnesota Association of Dance Teams, under the aegis of the Minnesota Coaches’ Association. She was honored with that prestigious award in 2008 and 2011. Needless to say, McCarney leads a very busy life as a wife and mother of two, a dance coach and a full-time registered nurse in the surgical department of the St. Cloud Hospital. “My coaching is a labor of love,” she said. “It’s hard work, but I have the full support of my husband and two kids. They love coming to watch the dance competitions.” McCarney said she is also energized by the incredibly hard work and dedication of her dancers, as well as the team’s three assistant coaches – Molly Carey, Kelsey Keller and
Friday, July 7, 2017 Cathie Reiman. Even though the season is over, the Sabre dancers (30 young women) are already practicing this summer for next season. McCarney was raised in St. Augusta. During her years at St. Cloud Tech High School, she danced as a member of the Tigerettes. Later, she taught dance camps and clinics throughout Minnesota for the Just for Kix program. All of her own expertise in dancing and her teaching skills she brought to bear when she began coaching the Sartell Sabre dancers during the past 15 years of crowd-pleasing and award-winning performances. McCarney’s husband, Nick, told the Newsleader he is so proud his wife was honored at the banquet. “Lots of coaches go unrecognized,” he said. “So much work goes on behind the scenes by coaches that the public never sees. Kelly is on the phone constantly, doing emails, working with music and dance costumes, helping with fundraising, helping with the booster club. It takes a lot of sacrifice; she lives her job.” The McCarneys have two children – Reese, 5, who is already in her fourth year of dance; and Tyler, 2. Nick is an operations manager for Concrete Inc. of St. Cloud.
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Bearson golf event set for July 15 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
In what has become an annual tradition, the Tom Bearson Foundation will for the third consecutive year host its Golf Outing event Saturday, July 15 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course in Sartell. The event is a fundraiser to raise money for the many good causes accomplished by the foundation in honor of Tom Bearson’s memory. Bearson, raised in Sartell, the son of Deb and Greg Bearson, was murdered in the Fargo-Moorhead area Sept. 20, 2014 just four weeks after starting college at North Dakota State University. The crime
remains unsolved. Bearson loved sports and excelled as a basketball player at Sartell High School. After his shocking, untimely death, family, friends and well-wishers rallied, creating the Tom Bearson Foundation to commemorate through good deeds the son, brother and friend whom so many loved. The Golf Outing event will begin with registration at 11 a.m. At 12:45 p.m., there will be a balloon release followed by free hog dogs and refreshments. A shotgun start is slated for 1 p.m. Dinner will start at 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction, door prizes, memorabilia for sale and other fun
activities. The golfing can be for one player through up to four players. And those not fond of golf can register for the dinner only while others can register for a tournament sponsorship. The golf entry fee includes range pass, green fees, cart and dinner. To register and for more information, visit www.tombearson.org/golfouting.
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In just three years, the Tom Bearson Foundation has raised enough money to photo Tom Bearson Foundation Tom Bearson was practically born with a basachieve many of its goals. One of the major accomplishments was ketball in his hands. This photo shows him Bearson • page 5 practicing at his home hoop in 2006.
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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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
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College of St. Benedict this fall to study nursing. The Spirit Award is named in honor of Tom Bearson, a superb basketball player who was murdered several years ago in the Fargo-Moorhead area just weeks after starting his study of nursing at North Dakota State University, Fargo. The murder remains unsolved.
Ferns
Bria Ferns finished her Sartell Sabre varsity career in soccer with having achieved 28 goals and 30 assists. Among her many honors was being a finalist for Times All-Area Player of the Year, Class A AllState first-team pick, top Class A and No. 2 overall player in the Central Lakes Conference (2017 season).
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She also received the National Soccer Coaches’ Association of America Senior Excellence Award for her outstanding four-year prep soccer career. Ferns has been a team captain and the Sartell Sabre team’s most valuable player.
Hall
Shelby Hall, a senior at Sartell High School and active in trackand-field and gymnastics, is the recipient of the Times’ “I Am Sport” award. A Sabre athlete since ninth grade, she excels in the 400-meter race, pole vaulting and the 4 x 400 relay. Hall is widely praised for her eagerness and hard work in helping girls on the prep teams for the Sartell Sapphire Gymnastics Team, as well as in competitive gymnastics at all levels. She enjoys helping them grow to love gymnastics, a sport she has loved since she was 3 years old. Hall has served as a captain of the gymnastics team. She plans to
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continue helping other young athletes when she starts her college career at the College of St. Benedict.
Molitor
As of Jan. 19, 2017, ace wrestler Rylee Molitor won his 150th high-school wrestling match after winning on a “technical fall” over an opponent from Rocori High School. Molitor started wrestling varsity when he was in eighth grade as a 106-pounder. Known as an astute technician, he has developed practically an instinct for quickly calculated moves. His uncanny wrestling skills, like magic lightning, have astonished both opponents and coaches. Molitor lost only two matches in his freshman year and was a state runner-up. He lost only one match in his sophomore year, the year he nabbed the state AAA championship, which was the first time in history a Sartell wrestler achieved that pinnacle of success. In his junior year, he went 39-4 and finished second in the state tournament.
Schwarzentraub
Originally from Hermantown, Sloan Schwarzentraub became a Sartell Sabre dancer in 2015, and even though at the time she danced only jazz and not highkick, she quickly applied herself to learning and became superb in both styles of dance. She served as a team captain and choreographer and is a twotime All Central Lakes Conference choice in the high-kick category. Schwarzentraub was instrumental in helping the Sabre team win a state high-kick title this year. She was chosen for the Wells Fargo All-Tournament Team in the jazz category, was voted “Super Sabre” by her dance colleagues, an honor that is the top possible for Sabre team awards given be peers. She competed in the Miss Dance Team Minnesota with the best dancers throughout the state.
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Terry Bachman of Sartell and his 3-year-old daughter, Ruby, paint a paper plate that will later be cut into a wind-spinner June 29 at the Police Activities League at Val Smith Park in Sartell. Bachman joked that their paper plate, which was soaked with several layers of paint, “probably won’t dry for three weeks.”
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a major restoration of the gymnasium at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, which from page 5 Bearson attended and where he spent so many happy hours playing basketball. The foundation spent $80,000 on that project, which paid for a new, multi-purpose gym floor, new backboards and energy-efficient lighting. Other foundation programs include the annual Tom Bearson Spirit Award, a $2,500 scholarship to student athletes in the central Minnesota area; annual boys and girls basketball scholarships; a high-school team-building project and, most recently, the foundation sponsored a “Wisdom Retreat” for graduating seniors at Sartell High School during which participants learned contributed photo Tom Bearson and his older, sister, Maddie, were about personal responsibility and personal safety. always chummy friends, as this photo shows.
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Our View
There’s a lot of ‘all’s well’ in this weary old world With all the gloom-and-doom in the world these days, it’s no wonder some of us feel so down. That’s why it’s important to search out something good and positive at least once a day, in the news and in our own lives, to remind ourselves all is not so bleak and foreboding. We recently came across a column by New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof that had the effect of taking a good-mood pill. There are some wonderful global developments going on that defy pessimistic assumptions. Among them are these, as noted by Kristof: Since 1990, more than 100 million children’s lives have been saved because of vaccinations and improved nutrition and medical care. Most children are no longer dying so tragically, horribly from malaria, diarrhea or intestinal worms. There has been an astounding decrease of extreme poverty in the world, with extreme poverty deemed as a person making less than the equivalent of $2 per day. For most of the world’s history, 90 percent or more of the people on this planet lived in extreme, debilitating poverty. That number is fewer than 10 percent today. And each day, about 250,000 people escape from the clutches of extreme poverty, according to World Bank figures. Also each day, about 300,000 more people get electricity for the first time; 285,000 get their first access to clean drinking water. Another exciting bit of news is 85 percent of the world’s adults now know how to read – a massive change in just a few decades. Family-planning methods mean parents are having fewer babies and investing more in the fewer children they do have. The number of deaths due to war, although still terrible, has decreased far below what it was from the 1950s through the 1990s and – thankfully – infinitely less than during the catastrophic wars of the 1930s and 1940s. On a trip to Africa, Kristof met so many inspiring people. “(We) also met,” he wrote, “an 18-year-old who had never been to school but had somehow built an astonishing three-foot electrical fan mostly out of cardboard scraps. It has a little motor, powered by a battery, and it worked. When kids like him are educated, imagine what they can accomplish – for themselves and for their countries.” Kristof ended his column with these wise words: “So let’s pause from our pessimism for a nanosecond of celebration about a world that is actually getting better. The most important historical force in the world today is not President Trump, and it’s not terrorists. Rather, it’s the stunning gains on our watch against extreme poverty, illiteracy and disease; it’s all those 12-year-olds out there who never catch leprosy and instead go to school.” Nicholas Kristof, thank you for your exhilarating dose of good news. Thank you for the reminder this weary old world is progressing – toward the light and away from darkness.
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Opinion Trainwreck? TrumpCare’s a nightmare If ObamaCare is a trainwreck, TrumpCare’s a nightmare. It’s one of the most cynical legislative schemes ever devised. It’s no health-care plan at all; it’s a massive giveaway to the rich disguised as health reform; it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing; it’s Robin Hood in reverse; it’s lipstick on a pig (sorry, pigs). Fortunately, 88 percent of Americans think the proposal stinks. The 13 smug senators who drafted that bill in secret (no women senators among them) ought to be ashamed of themselves. But they’re not. No conscience, no shame. What’s worse, those who support the bill crow proudly as if they are the Founding Fathers of a new and wonderful health system for all. They are so stupid as to think most of us are dumb enough to buy their snake oil. Their rotten proposal is a joke on them, and it proves the following: • For seven years Republicans huffed and puffed against ObamaCare, but in all that time they didn’t once work out a sane, rational, humane proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act. Then they gained control of Congress at which time (oops!), they discovered health care is “really complicated.” But because of seven years of constant repeal-replace threats/promises, they had to come up – quick! – with something, anything. • Most Republicans were so obstructionist during Obama’s two terms they refused to help fix the Affordable Care Act. Not only that, they cooked up nefarious schemes to make sure the flaws in the ACA would grow worse. Out of sheer
Dennis Dalman Editor spite, they were out to kill it from Day One. They poisoned the wells. They lied constantly and loudly about Obama-Care, so much so that many Americans began to buy into the kneejerk lies. And those lies were parroted over and over again. Still are. • The prime motivator of the drafters of this garbage proposal was not concern for the health of fellow Americans but the usual fixation on giving more and more – and bigger – tax breaks to the rich. The proposal is not inspired by any sort of kindness; it’s fueled by tax-cut mania. • This vicious bill is larded with the long-time hatreds of extremists against Planned Parenthood, against so-called “Big Government,” against social safetynet programs, against the social contract with its long-established cornerstones of decency, kindness and fairness. The bill is yet another effort by selfish reactionaries to eradicate progressive achievements of the past century. • This grotesque plan, doomed to fail (even if it passes) is predicated upon a dumb-but-persistent assumption – that free-market forces, if left alone, will lower health-care costs. Vigorous competition and the health-care industry are like oil
and water; they don’t mix. With its insurance base and its cahoots with Big Pharm, health care American style has long been a virtual monopoly. The verdict is in: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined this pathetic excuse for a “fix” will cause 22 million people to lose health insurance, those who need Medicaid services will be left in the dust sooner or later, premiums will increase, medical costs will not decrease and, people in their 50s and early 60s will have to pay up to five times more for their insurance premiums. How dare they trumpet this obscenity? But let’s hasten to mention the legislation’s real (and only) success – the nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts, about half of it going to the richest of the rich. As the saying goes, “The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.” This bill’s motto should be this: The rich get even richer, the poor get poorer – and sicker.” Remember Trump’s campaign promise? Health care will be the best, best quality ever, affordable for all. Yet another lie. This disgraceful health-care proposal (so-called!) is a kick in the teeth to millions of good Americans struggling to survive. To many, it’s a death sentence. And this from those who railed against the ObamaCare “death panels.” If you boil down this legislative scam, at the very bottom of it, among the oily dregs, you will find a slimy message: “Sick? No coverage? Tough luck.” Want a real health-care solution? Join the Single-Payer Health-Care Movement.
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Reader urges please join new multicultural committee Zurya Anjum, Sartell Multicultural Committee I would like to invite you to participate in the Multicultural Committee that is being created through the Sartell-St Stephen School District. This is an effort by the district to recognize as our community is growing, we need to be more cognizant of issues related to cultural/religious needs for our students. Our current political climate is unfortunately creating a lot of anxiety among school-aged kids starting as young as elementary school. Kids who look different are being picked on. Muslim kids in as early as elementary school are be-
ing called terrorists. African-American kids are made fun of for their skin and hair, among other things. Obviously, kids in elementary school are not coming up with this but are only repeating what they hear from adults around them. Sartell has a reputation for having a higher socioeconomic status so kids’ assumptions about food, iPhones, iPads and access to luxury vacations take them very far away from the plight of families that are struggling to provide basic necessities of food and safe housing for their kids. It’s time we as parents and concerned citizens of Sartell make our voices heard. This is an excellent opportunity to come together as a group, learn from each other and come up with recommendations that would improve this
situation for the school board. Once we identify specific projects, we will involve students from kindergarten to 12th grade to help out with them. I see a lot of new and established immigrant families voicing their concerns about these issues. I am asking you to please come forward, give us your valuable advice to make this something that makes a difference in the Sartell area. The committee will meet every third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. in the District Services Office. Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert will be there to listen and to help out. Please join us on July 20 for our next meeting. If you have any questions, please email them to us at: multicultural748@gapps.sartell.k12.mn.
Investment in public transport would have good benefits While I was in Germany for a trip recently, I was able to see and experience many interesting things, which I will be sure to touch upon in quite a few future columns. One of the things I couldn’t help but notice in my observations were some of the differences between the United States and Germany. Chief among these is the state of public transportation. In the United States, outside of major cities, we seem to have little to no public transportation opportunities. Besides the Metro Bus in St. Cloud and the surrounding area, and the North Star Link going from Big Lake to the Twin Cities, we in central Minnesota experience the same absence of these services. Germany is the opposite. Public transport is everywhere, from the bustling metropolis of Berlin to even small towns of a few thousand. Everything is very efficiently run and crossing a major city or taking a ride to visit relatives in a nearby town takes only minutes. I can only imagine what such systems would look like in Minnesota. Many would argue the United States is too spread out to make public transportation worth the cost, and before now I would have to say I agreed with that notion. However, upon seeing the German system and the way it’s set up, I now believe a strong public transportation network would be a great investment for our country both now and in the future. In terms of immediate benefits, if we could build a system of efficient trains,
Connor Kockler Guest Writer buses and trams linking our towns and cities together, then cars would not be the essential piece of equipment they are now for American households. Automobiles are essential to American life not necessarily because we have everything far apart in distance than that there is no good alternative way to travel. With working public transport, it would be easier and cheaper for people to use these services instead of cars, freeing up roads at busy transit hours. Public transportation would also bring great environmental benefits. Taking cars off the road would massively decrease the amount of air pollution and thus increase air quality and reduce smog risk in large cities. Additionally, since buses and trains often run on natural gas and electric power respectively, these forms of transportation would be emitting little or no pollution themselves. Advantages could also be found in infrastructure maintenance. Every year, millions of vehicles drive over Minnesota roads and wear them down. So imagine if less vehicles were on the road every day because of mass transit. This could
result in longer road durability and allow for resources to be used to keep more roads in good shape rather than having to constantly repair major thoroughfares as is now the case. The big problem, though, would be the upfront cost of creating a strong public-transportation network. It would most likely run into the billions of dollars for Minnesota alone. I think, though, we need to look at the problem from a long-term perspective. As Minnesota’s population continues to grow, more strain will be placed on our existing road infrastructure. Public transportation would shift some of this burden away from our most maintenance-intensive highways and bridges. When President Eisenhower proposed the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s, it also looked like an expensive and daunting project, but we as Americans now enjoy its benefits every single day. I would encourage our state and our country to look into public transportation and mass-transit options as a way forward in meeting the travel and movement needs of our citizens. I truly believe if an efficient, working system can be built and put into service, it will be used and it will pay for itself. We just need to take that step forward to turn it into reality. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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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, July 7 Age Wave, discuss the implication of the aging phenomenon and receive resources to address the challenges, 10-11 a.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. Benton County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. “Lindbergh’s Complex Legacy” – presentation and discussion, 2:30 p.m.-3 p.m., Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 1620 Lindbergh Drive S., Little Falls. 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. “Granite City Rocks” showcases the work of the St. Cloud Heritage Quilters now through Sept. 30, Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-253-8424. stearns-museum.org. Saturday, July 8 Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Sunday, July 9 St. Benedict’s Parish Festival, 10 a.m. outdoor Mass, food, games/ activities, music, quilt auction at 3 p.m., grand raffle at 7 p.m., 212 First St. SW, Avon. Monday, July 10 Benton County Museum, 10 A U TO M O B I L E S / M O TO R C Y C L E S WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1979. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) ADOPTION PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. 855-390-6047 (Void in IL & IN) (MCN) AUTOMOBILES DONATE YOUR CAR TO CHARITY. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes. Running or not! All conditions accepted. Free pickup. Call for details. 855752-6680 (MCN) DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. 1-800-283-0205 (MCN) CABLE/INTERNET Spectrum Triple Play: TV, Internet & Voice for $29.99 ea. 60 MB per second speed. No contract or commitment. We buy your existing contract up to $500! 1-800-919-3588 (MCN) Exede satellite internet. Affordable, high speed broadband satellite internet anywhere in the U.S. Order now and save $100. Plans start at $39.99/month. Call 1-800-712-9365 (MCN) Cut the Cable! CALL DIRECTV. Bundle & Save! Over 145 Channels PLUS Genie HDDVR. $50/month for 2 Years (with AT&T Wireless.) Call for Other Great Offers! Call 1-800-203-4378 (MCN) SWITCH TO DIRECTV. From $50/Month, includes FREE Genie HD/DVR # 3 months
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Man sentenced for abusing minor by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A Sartell man accused of sexually abusing an altar boy in church was sentenced recently in Stearns County District Court Kleinsmith to five years in prison. Douglas Gerard Kleinsmith, 56, pleaded guilty in a previous court appearance to two counts of criminal sexual conduct. According to the complaint against him, Kleinsmith had volunteered to help train altar boys
at St. John Cantius Church in St. Cloud. There, he met the 15-yearold altar boy he was charged with sexually abusing. The complaint alleged Kleinsmith abused the boy once in the church and several times at places outside the church, including at least once in Albany. Kleinsmith belonged to a Latin Mass group that likes to hear the Catholic Mass spoken in the original Latin rather than modern English. That group rented the church space, but it was not an activity of the church parish. Kleinsmith has a previous conviction for sexually abusing a child in Idaho for which he was convicted in 1991.
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