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Volunteers sought Aug. 20 for training
Project ASTRIDE, a therapeutic horseback riding program, will train new volunteers for its fall session starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at a barn near Sartell. We are looking for volunteers to walk alongside both horse and rider during a one-hour class, onenight a week for seven weeks. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 19 criers.
Supply lists available on TeacherLists.com
Parents from local schools have a new tool in their backto-school bag of tricks this year, as all of their schools supply lists are now posted on TeacherLists.com. With just one or two clicks, parents can find all of their 2016 lists and get a head start on this annual back-to-school chore. Parents can print their lists or look up their lists right on their smartphones in store aisles. The site already includes lists for Oak Ridge Elementary, Pine Meadow Elementary and Sartell Middle School. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 19 criers.
Red Cross urgently needs blood donors
The American Red Cross urges blood donors to give in the final weeks of summer to help overcome a critical summer blood shortage. The summer months are among the most challenging times of years to collect enough blood and platelet donations to meet patient needs. Donors of all blood types are urgently needed to give now to help ensure blood is available for patients in need. Those who donated blood earlier this summer may be eligible to donate again. In appreciation for helping to save lives, those who come to donate blood or platelets with the Red Cross now through Aug. 31 will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card. To help reduce wait times, donors are encouraged to make appointments and complete the RapidPass online health history questionnaire at redcrossblood.org/rapidpass. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Aug. 19 criers.
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Garages aren’t just for cars; they’re for tomatoes. Just ask Wayne Anderson, gardener extraordinaire of Watab Township between Sartell and Rice.
Wayne Anderson’s sister sometimes tells him he’s the victim of obsessive-compulsive disorder, at least when he’s doing his gardening. Anderson always chuckles when she says that; he admits there’s a grain of truth to it. OCD might explain why he has to plant three differentcolored marigolds between his long rows of tomatoes, each precisely 18 inches from the next, and the colors must absolutely not be mixed, row to row. The marigolds, by the way, repel the pesky Japanese beetles. OCD might explain why Anderson spent many hours thinking about how to come up with a perfect cucumber
trellis frame with a slanted top, so the cucumbers dangle down for easy picking. And OCD might explain why Anderson plants his onions “just so” in rows of mounded dirt, so they can grow to their fullest extent. But more than any possible OCD reasons, the overwhelming impetus behind Anderson’s love for gardening is the sense of peace it gives him. “It’s kind of a meditation thing,” he said. “Especially in the very early morning, to be in the garden when the birds start singing.” Anderson’s huge garden is in his large yard on a bluff above the Mississippi River west of the “River Road” (CR 1) between Sartell and Rice. Anderson, who recently reCaring • page 4
City proceeds with Pinecone Regional lot by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
The Sartell City Council decided 5-0 at its last meeting to give the go-ahead to construct a parking lot on the large grassy field in Pinecone Regional Park east of the Bernick’s Arena just off of Pinecone Road. The project required a lease agreement between the city and the Sartell Youth Hockey Associa-
tion, which operates the arena. The lot will cost $662,545, according to Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni. About $100,000 of that amount will come from the city’s Park District 3 fund, $67,605 from the city’s storm-water fund; the rest (about $550,000) will come from the half-cent salestax fund. About another $31,000 will be added to the total as a possible contingency fund, Degiovanni noted.
Students venture north for adventure by Ben Sehnert news@thenewsleaders.com
Early on the morning of Aug. 10, friends and family gathered at Perkins restaurant in Sartell to welcome back several canoe crews from their expedition into Canada. The crew members, primarily high school-age students from central Minnesota, had spent nearly a month canoeing across Manitoba and Ontario in teams of nine people (including the trained guides). What otherwise would have been a silent Perkins parking lot at 6 a.m. was filled with voices as the canoers related what they had experienced and learned. “I really enjoyed how much confidence I gained through the experience,” said McKenzie Stanley,
18, of Sartell. “I never would have guessed I would be able to portage 120 pounds through mud up to my hips . . . I just never thought I could do something like that.” None of this would have been possible, however, without the vision of one St. Cloud man. Fred Rupp, a biology teacher at Cathedral High School, is the executive director and founder of Les-Voyageurs Inc., the program that provides young men and women with the chance to develop leadership skills through canoe expeditions. Rupp founded Les-Voyageurs in 1971 after having been on a wilderness trek with Boy Scouts in Alaska. He named Les-Voyageurs after the French fur traders who traveled through Canada and the Great Lakes region long ago. Venture • page 5
In the meantime, the Sartell Youth Recreation Center Association has started a fundraiser to raise $3.2 million for an outdoor covered sheet of ice outside the Bernick’s Arena. Chad Ritter, president of the Sartell Youth Recreation Center Association, gave an overview to the council about the history of the Bernick’s Arena. In 2001, the City of Sartell agreed to apply for a $250,000 Mighty Ducks match-
ing grant that helped the Sartell Youth Hockey Association get seed money to build a $3.3-million arena on the south end of Pinecone Regional Park. The city matched the $250,000 grant with money from the halfcent regional sales tax as part of the public-private partnership. The hockey association then raised the lion’s share of the arena’s costs, as well as providing thousands of Lot • page 2
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Reeve Kluempke (left) portages a canoe through a bush crash during a recent Les-Voyageurs expedition to teach leadership skills. A bush-crash portage occurs when canoers must forge their own trail through the wilderness.
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Lot from front page hours of volunteer work to ensure the arena would become a reality. In the 13 years of its existence, the arena has hosted more than 2,000 hockey games and served the needs of 250 young hockey players, including 50 girls. It is home to the Sartell-Sauk Rapids Stormin’ Sabres girls’ hockey team. Eight men’s hockey leagues play in the arena, and there are open-skating times for both hockey players and
recreational skaters. Throughout the years, the arena attracted an estimated 600,000 visitors to Sartell and has been used for many other uses: concerts, craft shows and even a wedding scheduled for this fall. The arena now has a $545,000 debt left, Ritter noted. He also added three years ago, the city succeeded in getting a second $250,000 Mighty Ducks grant, which made it possible for the arena to add a much-needed elevator, a dehumidification system and a new environment-friendly coolant.
The annual operating budget is about $265,00 per year, Ritter told the council. Two amenities are very much needed at the arena site, Ritter said – a parking lot and an outdoor covered ice sheet for practice. The current grassy field where vehicles park is most often a muddy mess, something the Sartell City Council has long been aware of, and plans for a parking lot at that site have been favored for a long time by council members. Money for the outdoor covered ice sheet will be raised by the Sartell Youth Recreation Center
Association and the Sartell Youth Hockey Association. Its cost is estimated at $3.2 million, Ritter noted. Council member Pat Lynch said he is not “wild” about spending nearly $700,000 to build a parking lot, but he added the youth association has proven itself to be a good thing. It is, he said, “a responsible operator that gives me confidence and faith.” A parking lot is a necessary part of the equation, Lynch noted, so private funds can be raised for the outdoor covered sheet of ice. The parking lot is expected to be completed by late June of 2017.
LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NO. 03-2016 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY TO R-5 PLANNED-UNIT DEVELOPMENT On Aug. 8, 2016, the City Council This document hereby is made a approved the rezoning designa- part of this ordinance and is attion for a 3-acre parcel generally tached hereto. located to the west of 19th (65th) Avenue South and generally east /s/ Sarah Jane Nicoll of County Road 4 as R-5, Planned- Mayor Unit Development. ATTEST: A printed copy of the Ordinance and complete legal description are /s/ Mary Degiovanni available for inspection by any City Administrator person at the office of the City Clerk, Monday through Friday, SEAL between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Publish: Aug. 19, 2106 CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NO. 04-2016 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY TO R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL On Aug. 8, 2016, the City Council approved the rezoning designation for a 19.5-acre parcel generally located to the south of 35th Street North and west of 33rd and 34th Street North for a development known as Blackberry Ridge as R-1, Single-Family Residential.
This document hereby is made a part of this ordinance and is attached hereto.
A printed copy of the Ordinance and complete legal description are available for inspection by any person at the office of the City Clerk, Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
/s/ Mary Degiovanni City Administrator
/s/ Sarah Jane Nicoll Mayor ATTEST:
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CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NO. 05-2016 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE REZONING OF PROPERTY TO R-5 PLANNED-UNIT DEVELOPMENT On Aug. 8, 2016, the City Council approved the rezoning designation for a 35.11-acre parcel generally located to the west of Pinecone Road and South of Robert’s as R-5, Planned-Unit Development.
This document hereby is made a part of this ordinance and is attached hereto.
A printed copy of the Ordinance and complete legal description are available for inspection by any person at the office of the City Clerk, Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
/s/ Mary Degiovanni City Administrator
/s/ Sarah Jane Nicoll Mayor ATTEST:
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ORDINANCE NO. 06-2016 CITY OF SARTELL AN ORDINANCE OPTING-OUT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 462.3593 WHEREAS, on May 12, 2016, upon its passage and publication. Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law the creation and regulation ADOPTED this 8TH day of AUof temporary family health-care GUST, 2016, by the City Council dwellings, codified at Minn. Stat. of the City of Sartell. § 462.3593, which permit and regulate temporary family health- CITY OF SARTELL care dwellings; /s/ Sarah Jane Nicoll WHEREAS, subdivision 9 of Mayor Minn. Stat. §462.3593 allows cities to “opt out” of those regu- ATTEST: lations; /s/ Mary Degiovanni THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE City Administrator CITY OF SARTELL, ORDAINS as follows: SEAL Title 10, Chapter 1 Section 4. City Code, Section 4 is amended as follows: OPT-OUT OF MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 462.3593: SECTION 4 E Pursuant to authority granted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.3593, subdivision 9, the City of Sartell opts-out of the requirements of Minn. Stat. §462.3593, which defines and regulates Temporary Family HealthCare Dwellings. SECTION 4E. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately
CERTIFICATION I, Mary Degiovanni, city administrator of the City of Sartell, do hereby certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ORDINANCE by the Council of the City of Sartell at a regular meeting held on the 8th day of August, 2016. /s/ Mary Degiovanni City Administrator City of Sartell, Minnesota Publish: Aug. 19, 2016
CITY OF SARTELL PUBLIC HEARING GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE & FRANCHISE FEE ORDINANCES 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, Sept. 12, 2016, at the Sartell City Hall, for the purpose of updating the gas and electric franchise and franchise fee ordinances. Copies of the proposed ordinances are available for review at the city clerk’s office or on the city website at www.sar-
tellmn.com. 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: August 19, 2016
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School district sets open houses, orientation by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com The Sartell-St. Stephen School District is busily preparing for another school year with lots of meetings scheduled to make students and parents feel ready and welcome for a successful year. The “Back to School” events include the following:
New family meeting
A New Family Meeting event is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 at Pine Meadow Elementary School’s Media Center. At the meeting, the district will share information about the schools and programs available to all families in the district. Child care will be available for free. For more information, call Amy Trombley, the district’s communications coordinator, at 320-656-3779.
Open houses
The following are the open house and orientation meetings at Sartell’s four schools. Sartell High School will host its session from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 for students in grades 9-12 and their parents. Sartell Middle School will have a parent-and-student orientation for fifthgraders from 3:45-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. Scheduled session times will be sent home to fifth-grade families. For sixth- through eighth-graders who will attend middle school, there will be a session from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 at the middle school. For more information, call the school at 320-2532200. Pine Meadow Elementary School will host a kindergarten open house from 3:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. It will host an open house for first grade through fourth grade from 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31. For more information, call Pine Meadow at 320-253-8303. At Oak Ridge Elementary School, there will a kindergarten open house from 3:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. An open house for first grade through fourth grade will take place from 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31. For more information, call Oak Ridge at 320-258-3693. On Wednesday, Sept. 7, there will be pre-school open-house sessions at the Sartell-St. Stephen Early Childhood programs. Scheduled times will be sent to pre-school families. For more information, call the Early Childhood Office at 320-656-3763.
Food services
The school district’s Food Services Department will give families a chance to visit the cafeterias on two days during open houses for kindergarten and for first grade through fourth grade. On Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the kindergarten open house, there will be a veggie cart and watermelon available. On Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the first grade through fourth grade open houses, a dinner will be available for a cost of $3.60 per meal, ages 5 to adult, and $2.50 for pre-schoolers. For more information, call Food Services at 320-656-3701, ext. 1131.
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LEGAL NOTICES REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS JULY 18, 2016 DISTRICT SERVICE CENTER BOARD ROOM The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 4 p.m. by Michelle Meyer, vice chair/clerk. Members present: Patrick Marushin, treasurer; Mary McCabe, director; Pam Raden, director; Jason Nies, director; and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS: add to Personnel Omnibus Resolution – Raschell Collyer, Krista Durrwachter, Jean Harthan, Marie Pangerl, Bradley Scherer, Mindy Strom, and contingent upon licensure from MDE, Amelia Klemp. All in favor. Motion carried. During the public comment opportunity, Cris Drais, 305 First St. SE, St. Stephen inquired about the date and location of the October board meeting, the potential of the City of St. Stephen hosting a school board candidate forum and complimented the model United Nations program in the schools. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A-D AS PRESENTED BELOW. a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on June 20, 2016. Minutes of the special school board meeting held on June 28, 2016. Minutes of the special school board meeting held on July 1, 2016. b. Checks in the amount of $2,410,476.04 as presented: General Fund 1,709,712.14 Food Service Fund 22,477.10 Transportation Fund 41,920.91 Community Service Fund 18,256.30 Capital Expenditure Fund 581,330.89 Scholarship Trust Fund 22,750.00 Summer Rec Agency Fund 14,028.70 Check numbers 164499 to 164756 Receipts in the amount of $3,655,285.76 as presented: General Fund 2,400,305.14 Food Service Fund 22,000.26 Transportation Fund 510.37 Community Service Fund 63,366.19 Capital Expenditure Fund 7,867.28 Debt Service Fund 1,123,094.27 Summer Rec Agency Fund 38,142.25 Receipts 42342 to 42436 Wire transfers in the amount of $1,347,083.58 as presented: General Fund 315.76 Food Service Fund 3,268.75 Community Service Fund 194.15 Capital Expenditure Fund 14,725.00 Debt Service Fund 1,328,023.75 Summer Rec Agency Fund 556.17 Wire transfers 201500089-201600007 c. Accept the following donations: Choose Yes For Success, Sartell-St. Stephen School District, $72.12, general donation; Jody Bolton Smith, Sartell Middle School, $1,000, Taye drum set with cymbals; Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation, Sartell-St. Stephen School District, $32,612, 2016-2017 grants. d. Accept the resignation of Curt Karolus, District, seasonal lawn/ grounds, effective 6/27/16; Christine Little, SMS/ORE, para, effective 6/7/16; Alan Smith, SMS, cleaner, effective 7/22/16; and Lindsay Vernier, SMS, ITS, effective 6/7/16. Release of Employment of Nicole Hylen, DSC, HR director, effective 6/30/16; and Stacy Karolus, DSC, executive assistant to the superintendent, effective 6/30/16. Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent • Superintendent Schwiebert reported the open positions at the district office have been filled; the land purchase near Oak Ridge is almost complete with the potential option of purchasing 10 additional acres, and potential review of facility use for the board to consider. School Board Committee Report No reports. Architect Report on Building Process • Architects Judy Hoskens, David Leapaldt and Scott Krenner met with the City of Sartell to discuss road upgrades and traffic control, gave a summary of a design workshop that was held at the high school, and reported on the high school building process including upcoming programming and technology group meetings. Sartell High School Team Silver • Brenda Steve, SHS principal, reported on the success of the 2015-16 Team Silver program at the high school.
Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation • Adam Heathcote and Jon Pearson reported the Foundation’s current projects and potential future collaborations with the district. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE #1-23: New Employees/Changes: Ross Anderson, SMS, seventhgrade volleyball, $2,736 (6.35%), BS8 ($43,094), replacing Sascha Hansen, 8/29/2016; Samantha Anderson, SHS, assistance girls’ soccer, $3,473 (9.5%), BS1 ($36,559), replacing Joseph Yantambwe, 8/15/2016; Rachel Breitkreutz, SHS, assistance girls’ tennis, $3,030 (7.35%), BS6 ($41,228), replacing Caitlyn Heinen, 8/15/2016; Raschell Collyer, ORE, SPED teacher, $52,058, BA 30, S10, replacing Chris Berger, 8/24/2016; Krista Durrwachter, DSC, human resources director, $86,007, 239 days, replacing Nicole Hylen, 8/1/16-6/30/17; Kyle Grote, SMS, junior high boys’ soccer, $2,321 (6.35%), BS, S1 ($36,559), replacing Jeff Stang, 8/29/2016; Sasha Hansen, SMS, eighth-grade volleyball, $2,618 (6.35%), BS6 ($41,228), open position from last year, 10/19/2016; Jean Harthan, ORE, elementary teacher, $49,460, BA 30, S7, replacing Georgia Thienes, 8/24/2016; Nathan Lahr, DSC, information technology-Level 1, $18.50/hour, 180 days/year, 8 hours/day, restructuring of IT department, 8/15/2016; Natalie Marcussen, SMS, eighth-grade volleyball, $2,321 (6.35%), BS, S1 ($36,559), replacing Montana Peters, 8/29/2016; David Miller, SHS, social studies teacher, $36,559, BA, S1, replacing Erica Nelson, 8/24/2016; Marie Pangerl, DSC, assessment coordinator/ executive assistant to the superintendent, $65,816, 220 days, replacing Amy Trombley/ Stacy Karolus, 8/1/16-6/30/17; Montana Peters, SHS, assistant volleyball, $3,562 (9.5%), BS2 ($37,496), replacing Maria Slivnik, 8/15/2016; Cody Rose, SHS, ninth-grade football, $3,053 (8.35%), BS 1 ($36,559), replacing Tom Middagh, 8/15/2016; Bradly Scherer, SMS, ITS, $45,162, replacing Lindsay Vernier, 8/24/2016; Alan Smith, SMS, cleaner, $14.18/hour, R1, S1, 8 hours/day, replacing Joseph Zimmerman, 7/5/2016; Mindy Strom, ORE, elementary teacher, $54,696, MA, S10, replacing Nikki Perius, 8/24/2016; Mary Wenker, DSC, teacher, .8324 contract to .6681 contract, requested contract reduction, 7/11/2016. New Employees: Contingent upon licensure from MDE Jacob Hanzalik, SHS, LTS Spanish, $36,559, BA, S1, replacing Emily Meyer, 8/24/2016; Amelia Klemp, PME/ORE, speech and language pathologist, $56,561, MA, S12, replacing Rachel Burg,
8/24/2016; Alex Nelson, SHS, SPED teacher, $36,559, BA, S1, replacing Natalie Reardon/Barb Melsha, 8/24/2016. Leaves of Absence: Amy Schmidtbauer, SMS, music teacher, LOA, 2016-17 school year; Beverly Wiebe, SMS, custodian, LOA, 7/11/16- 8/19/16. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE 2016A BOND SALE ON JUNE 30, 2016. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE 2016B BOND SALE ON JUNE 30, 2016. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCEDURES. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY AND OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY STUDENT HANDBOOK CHANGES. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE ATHLETIC AND COACHES’ HANDBOOKS. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE REVISION TO POLICIES 805 AND 905. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by Raden to APPROVE THE SEE MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE RESOURCE TRAINING AND SOLUTIONS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF THE MSBA MEMBERSHIP. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE SARTELL HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND CHOIR BOSTON-NEW YORK CITY TOUR EXTENDED FIELD TRIP. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE STEARNS COUNTY COLLABORATIVE TIME STUDY. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Marushin and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL DIETETIC INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AFFILIATION AGREEMENT. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE CALL FOR BIDS FOR MILK AND BREAD PRODUCTS. All in favor. Motion carried. Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings: Committee representations will be reviewed at the Aug. 15 regular school board meeting due to the resignation of Chair Krista Durrwachter and appointment of Lesa Kramer. Board Election, November 2016 Superintendent Schwiebert reported to the board the school board filing period opens Tuesday, Aug. 2 and closes Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016 at 5 p.m. A motion to ADJOUN THE MEETING AT 5:36 p.m. was made by Nies and seconded by Marushin. All in favor. Motion carried. /s/ Michelle Meyer, Clerk
CITY OF ST. STEPHEN LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING The St. Stephen City Council will crisdrais@midconetwork.com. hold a Public Hearing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 to review in- All comments, written or oral, will formation regarding the Tempo- be heard. rary Family Health-Care Dwellings of 2016 Law as it relates to /s/ Cris M Drais zoning. You are invited to attend City of St. Stephen City Clerk this public hearing. Written comments can be submitted to the City Dated: Aug. 15, 2016 Clerk at: 2 Sixth Ave. SE, St. Stephen, Minn. 56375 or via e-mail: Publish: Aug. 19, 2016 CITY OF ST. STEPHEN LEGALw NOTICE BUDGET PLANNING MEETING The City of St. Stephen City Council will hold its 2017 Budget Planning Meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber of City Hall: 2 Sixth Ave. SE, St. Stephen, Minn.
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Anderson plants his onions so they eventually will grow on the top of the soil. The very large onions, known as Ailsa Craigs, cannot expand to their size beneath the soil.
Food Service Staff Needed! Sartell-St. Stephen Schools Independent School District 748
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tired from his long-time job as manager of the Sauk Rapids Municipal Liquor Store, now has plenty of time to spend on his life-long hobby, growing thousands of vegetables in his 9,200-square-foot garden and giving them away at harvest time. A lot of them he brings to his church, Shepherd of the Pines Church in Rice. There, fellow parishioners are invited by Anderson to take whatever they like from the many boxes of veggies from his truck. Up for grabs are boxes of plump ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, zucchini, green peppers, kohlrabi, acorn squash and butternut squash, watermelon and lots of onions, including two of Anderson’s favorite varieties – huge sweet onions known as Walla Walla and Ailsa Craig. “I guess you could say onions are my thing,” he said. “This year I planted 2,756 of them. Seven different varieties. The Ailsa Craig onions get close to six inches wide. They are so sweet you can eat them like an apple. And they are so good grilled in foil with butter on them.” Anderson plants the Aisla Craig onions in rows of mounded-up soil. The onions send down their roots, and in the meantime, gradually,
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rains wash away the soil in the mounds, leaving the onion bulb above the soil where it can grow large, unhampered by any surrounding and constrictive soil. Other favorites are Anderson’s beets. Recently, he and his wife, Judy, canned 49 jars of pickled beets. Not to mention 37 jars of tomato-based salsa. And soon they will can lots and lots of tomatoes: stewed tomatoes, tomato chunks, spaghetti sauce and tomato juice. Anderson has grown just about every variety of tomato imaginable, but his current favorite is known as Champion II. It’s an “indeterminate” type of tomato plant, which means blossoms keep growing all season, producing from 50 to 70 plump tomatoes each summer. “Determinate” tomato plants are those that quit blossoming after awhile, producing only about 30 or 40 tomatoes per plant. Anderson’s Champion II tomatoes are so prolific one recent day Anderson picked enough to fill 48 cardboard boxes in his garage. “Those tomatoes make a lot of people happy when I give them away,” he said. Next, it will be time to make sauerkraut from the cabbages big as basketballs, bursting out of their huge leaves on one side of the garden. Anderson has loved gardening ever since he was 5
years old, growing up not far from where he lives now. “We had a large garden on the home place near the River Road,” he said. “Mom put up a lot of produce, stored in the root cellar. I still store carrots in sand, the way she did. You put sand in a plastic bucket, then put a layer of carrots on the sand, making sure none are touching, then another layer of sand and more carrots and so on. They stay so nice and crisp that way for a long time.” Like many gardeners, Anderson begins to daydream about gardening in January when it’s difficult for many shivering in a snowy, cold world to even imagine a blooming summer garden. “I start planning every January, deciding what I will buy,” he said. “I pre-order the vegetables from Janski’s Grocery in Rice. All except the onions, which I order from a place in Texas. This year, I have 146 tomato plants.” “Those Champion II tomatoes make for the best BLTs (bacon-lettuce-tomato) sandwiches,” he said. “Another way I love to eat them is just sliced on a plate with a bit of sugar on them.” A few times, Anderson thought about cutting back a bit on his huge garden, but every time he would change his mind and would make the garden a bit bigger, not Caring • page 7
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Venture from front page
“That expedition was an extremely difficult thing for me,” Rupp said. “When I got back, I realized how much that stress and difficulty had affected me, as much as I didn’t like it sometimes. In the end, I realized how it changed the way I think about things and changed the direction of my life.” Rupp decided to offer young people the same chance for adventure and personal growth in a skill with which he was more familiar – canoeing. Although the expedition itself is the centerpiece of the program, the canoe crews spend at least two months in preparation for their trips. Not only do they practice portaging and paddling, but they learn to sew their own gear, plan their routes, and freeze-dry fruits and vegetables. Most of this takes place at the base camp
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com on Pine Point Road, north of Sartell in Brockway Township. Rupp says the preparation period is one aspect of the program that distinguishes it from similar canoe-expeditionary programs. “In most programs, you show up and then you go,” he said. “Our kids are involved from the beginning of the process. Our program is also set up to make it affordable for every kid who wants to go, so we don’t charge what some other programs are charging.” Nonetheless, however important the preparation might be, the expedition is the place where all the acquired skills are put into practice. William Carlson, 18, was among those who returned Aug. 10 and spoke to both the physical strain and personal development he experienced. “The hardest thing for me was the portaging where we would carry the canoe through a lot of mud, es-
pecially on really hot days,” Carlson said. “However, it was just a lot of fun making so many new friends among people who I thought I would never be friends with. That was definitely one of my favorite things.” As was the case with Rupp in his trip to Alaska, both Stanley and Carlson have come away from the canoe expedition with a new perspective on life. Stanley said she learned to value the importance of selflessness in working alongside her peers. Carlson noted how he hopes to appreciate more the small, seemingly insignificant acts of kindness of other people. “There was one day when a fisherman gave us pineapple and bread,” he said. “It just reminded me the little things in life really matter. They really count and can change a person’s attitude almost instantly.” More information on Les-Voyageurs Inc. can be found at www. les-voyageurs.org.
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Will Carlson, 18, was among those who returned Aug. 10 and spoke about both the physical strain and personal development he experienced during a recent Les-Voyageurs expedition to teach leadership skills.
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The three-day annual St. Francis Xavier Festival, dubbed “Franny Fest,” will kick off the evening of Friday, Aug. 19, with a Teen Night featuring music and lots of fun games from 6-8:30 p.m.
The special night is open to youth of any faith in grades 6-12. There will be human foosball, Nerf Wars, a Break-a-Plate game, pizza, soda pop and other forms of refreshments. There will be a grand-prize giveaway at the Teen Night with the top prize a $200 gift card to Scheels Hardware, plus prizes
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Early Saturday, Aug. 20, the “Franny Flyer” races will begin. There are two races, a 1K for children starting at 8:30 a.m. and Xavier • back page
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Friday, Aug. 19, 2016
Opinion
Trump’s a liar – and that’s no lie America should ban circus-animal acts
There’s mounting evidence that public pressure is causing circuses and other entertainment venues to stop using wild-animal acts as part of their “entertainment,” and what a good outcome that is. In the United States, more than 50 jurisdictions in 24 states have taken action to restrict the use of animals in circuses using trained animals. Let us hope that trend continues until there is a total ban coast to coast. Most of us have been thrilled at one time or another by that elephant who can stand and “dance” on its hind legs or by the tiger who can leap through a burning hoop. However, we never see the constant cruelties of training that made those suffering creatures act so “delightfully.” There is nothing delightful whatsoever in the lives of animals in circuses. It’s as cruel and needless as the big-game hunting of lions and other endangered species. Thirty-two nations have banned animals from traveling circus shows. It’s time for the United States to join that list. And here is why: The continued use of wild animals in circuses is opposed by animal-welfare experts, animal-protection groups, politicians and more than two-thirds of Americans, according to a report entitled “The Welfare of Wild Animals in Traveling Circuses,” a report based on research by a team of 658 experts and organizations that included animal trainers in circuses, veterinarians, lawyers, biologists, staff members of zoos, and animal sanctuaries and animal-behavior experts. Not surprisingly, the animal trainers and circus owners in self-serving fashion thought there is nothing stressful about animals in circuses. The other experts strongly disagreed with them. The 178-page report came to the following conclusions, among many others: • Life for wild animals in traveling circuses and mobile zoos does not appear to constitute either a “good life” or a “life worth living.” • All of the requirements for an animal’s welfare and peace of mind are compromised by life in such environments. • Frequent transport of animals from place to place is highly stressful. • Traditional animal-training methods are coercive, and based on force and aggression techniques against the animals. • The “tricks” the animals perform have nothing to do with their natural behaviors. • Enclosures for animals in circuses and traveling zoos are about 25 percent less space than recommended in topquality zoos. • Some of the training methods include stun guns, electric prods, metal bars, whips, barbed hooks, intimidation, and deprivation of food and water. (Is it any wonder sometimes these abused creatures attack, and kill their trainers or people gawking at their “cute” tricks in a circus act?) Animal Defenders International has volunteered to relocate animals from circuses who agree not to use the animals anymore, or in cases where countries or other jurisdictions ban such “entertainment.” Recently, ADI rescued and relocated 100 circus animals from Peru, including 33 lions the organization placed in a sanctuary in South Africa. Now let’s just hope some rogue big-game hunter doesn’t shoot any of them. Jan Creamer, president of ADI, had this to say: “This new report supports decades of reports and evidence the welfare of wild animals is seriously compromised in circuses. Having time and again exposed the suffering and brutality of animals in circuses, Animal Defenders International calls for federal legislation to end wild animal acts.” To which we add, “Amen!” Next time the circus comes to town, check to see if it features trained animals. If it does, take the kids to a good movie instead.
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Donald Trump, “the Pinocchio of politicians,” just told his biggest lie. Last week in an interview, he let loose with this whopper: “All I do is tell the truth.” I heard that doozer during breakfast, choking on my toast while laughing. It was the day after Trump informed us President Barack Hussein (Trump’s cynical emphasis) Obama and Hillary Clinton are co-founders of ISIS. Trump’s trumplings keep insisting, “He tells it like it is.” No, he doesn’t. He tells it like it isn’t. For at least 13 months, Trump has been leaving a trail of lies and snake-oil promises behind him the way Hansel left a trail of breadcrumbs in the forest. Yes, Hillary has been known to lie, too. But on the Big-Fib Meter, Trump beats her hands down. A study by Politico, the factchecking organization, found Trump has told lies about once every five minutes during 4.6 hours-worth of his speeches the fact-checkers analyzed. Politico listed a tiny amount – just 101 of Trump’s most blatant lies. They include his lying that Obama was not born in America; lying that the 2016 Federal Omnibus Funding Bill pays for undocumented immigrants; lying that he’d never heard of Ku Klux Klan politician David Duke; lying that he never championed one-payer health-care systems when, in fact, he said in that first debate, “As far as single payer, it works in Canada; it works incredibly well in Scotland.” One of his trademark tactics is he lies and then tells another lie, a softer lie, to cover up the previous lie, like a cat in a litter box covering its last stinky deposit. For example, on the Fox News Channel, Trump claimed he never accused President George W. Bush of lying about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. “I didn’t say lie,” he told the inter-
Dennis Dalman Editor viewer. “I said may have lied.” He pulled the same stunt when he claimed he knew for sure Hillary Clinton was sleeping soundly through the Benghazi crisis. Later, when called on it, he said, she might or could or might as well have been sleeping. Yet another trademark Trumpism is when he transforms his narcissistic distortions of reality into “truths” that prove to be lies. Case in point: He denied reporter Michelle Fields was rudely handled by Trump’s former campaign manager at a Trump rally. “This was, in my opinion, made up,” Trump said of the incident, “Everybody said nothing happened. Perhaps she made the story up. I think that’s what happened.” When The Donald is caught in his lies, he blames the press. It’s all the media’s fault, of course. They report his lies, and then he throws a tantrum. How dare they? And when he’s not outright lying, he spews big globs of misinformation, outlandish exaggerations or swaggering bluster – a big kid who hasn’t done his homework trying to bluff his way through an oral test. Like a naughty boy before a stern daddy, Trump not only lies, he repeats his lies rapid-fire as if repetition will make them true: “I love Mexicans. Incredible people. I really do, I really love them.” If the Grand Fabricator isn’t telling his own lies, he’s repeating somebody else’s, knowing they’re not true or not caring if
they’re true, like when he tried pathetically to give credence to a tabloid claim that Ted Cruz’s father was somehow involved in a plot to kill President Kennedy. Perhaps Trump’s biggest whopper is his claim that he is a conservative Republican. It’s causing earthquake tremors in the Republican Party as its members, in quickening panic, wait for the leopard to change its spots. Will a kinder, gentler Leopard Donald please step forward from his hard narcissistic shell? On the Ship of Trump, wise Republicans are grabbing for life rafts; the gullible will soon be sinking. The scary thing about Trump the Egotist is this: Lies or misinformation? He doesn’t seem to know the difference or to care. He doubles down, then triples down, no matter what it is. Imagine that reckless fool in the White House. And now, God help us, Trump has become a prophet. He’s claiming if he loses the election, it will be due to voter fraud. There was an old eccentric widow on my boyhood block who would tell us kids fanciful whoppers, and then she would always say, “May lightning strike me dead if I’m lying.” We kids would always do a mock-cringe and duck, ready for a streak of lightning to whip down and zap her, and (yikes!) maybe singe us too. I always think of that old woman when Trump tells his lies. It wouldn’t surprise me if lightning zipped out of the sky and shocked some sense into the fib-filled braggart or turned him into a crispy critter. This man is dangerous. To borrow one of The Donald’s favorite adjectives, he’s “horrible.” Horrible. Trump is a horrible liar – just horrible. Imagine that hothead as President Pinocchio. Horrible.
Letter to the editor
Reader gives suggestions on how to navigate roundabouts
Gary Mayavski, Sartell This is in regards to Sharon Dwyer’s letter on the roundabouts in Sartell. I am 63 years old. If you want to call me a senior citizen, that’s fine. I have lived in Sartell for six years, and I love
the roundabouts. Demographics has nothing to do with it. Have you seen the houses being built in the area? Have you noticed the apartment complexes? If you put stoplights on every corner, you will have traffic backed up for miles. Here are a few suggestions
to help you navigate the roundabouts. One: when approaching a roundabout, if there is no traffic coming, DO NOT STOP. Keep going. Two: after you enter the roundabout, DO NOT STOP. You have the right of way. Others have to yield to you. Three: DO NOT signal, and keep in your
own lane, don’t cross the center lines. If this doesn’t help all the senior citizens of Sartell, then maybe you should consider moving out in the country or into a senior citizens home. Then you won’t have to go any place or drive anywhere.
Banking on a new stadium for the Vikings
Like many others around me, I was anxious to catch a glimpse of the new U.S. Bank Stadium. Aug. 3 had come, and as a soccer fan, I was anticipating the world-class matchup that was Chelsea FC vs. AC Milan. After walking from our parking down several city blocks to the site, my father and I took in the massive scale of this new building. Towering 30 stories above us, it was an effort to look up and see up to the top of the structure. Once past the security lines and inside, the interior itself was truly a sight to behold. On the point of size and sheer awe factor, U.S. Bank Stadium beats out the Metrodome for sure. Of course, this isn’t the only consideration we need to take into account. Every new thing will have that “awe factor” in the beginning. This stadium will be the home of the Minnesota Vikings and many other events for years to come. Millions of taxpayer money also went into this building. We even lost a piece of Minnesota history, the Metrodome, just to build it. I will now attempt to answer a few questions. Does this stadium fill the need it was intended for? Is it better than the Metrodome? And was it really worth it? On the point of filling the need, U.S. Bank Stadium is on the mark. The Minnesota Vikings and the State of Minnesota were looking for a modern, marketable venue, which is exactly what the new stadium is. The new look and contemporary features should put this building and the state in the market for many different events while the new stadium buzz still exists. The 2018 Super Bowl and the 2019 Final Four are already slated to be
Connor Kockler Guest Writer held at The Bank, so this time frame should exist for at least a few years. Is the new stadium better than the Metrodome? That’s also an interesting question. I was lucky enough to grow up going to events at the Metrodome, and now the venue of mine and many other childhoods yields to another. Just think, in a few years’ time, even kids who are football fans will have no idea about the Metrodome. What a shame. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was a classic piece of Minnesota. The Dome bore witness to many milestones in this state’s sports history, and it’s sad to see it go even to a person as young as myself. But for all its perks and sentimentality, the Metrodome did have its flaws. The concourses were much too narrow. I remember numerous times navigating the crushing crowds leaving the stadium. Many a baseball player had the unfortunate trouble of having to catch a fly ball in there. The roof could and did collapse, requiring costly and timeintensive clean-up. U.S. Bank Stadium has much better concourses – still a little crowded, but roomy enough so you are not shoulder to shoulder with the crowd when entering and exiting.
The Bank’s roof and some wall panels are glass, which allows natural light in and makes for a nicer contrast between the field and the upper levels of the stadium. The glass did cause some problems however. Sitting on the east end of the stadium, the sunset shone through the glass, disrupting the view. Hopefully the issue can be fixed in the future. The much-touted opening panels at the front of the stadium were also disappointingly not utilized. So in short, the Bank is an improvement over the Metrodome; it just needs a few modifications. In the end, though, the final question remains: Was it worth it? The total cost of the stadium is estimated at $1.06 billion; $348 million of the total came directly from the State of Minnesota. I am personally not a fan of taxpayer money going toward private projects, but it can be conceded the construction of this stadium did produce thousands of construction jobs for Minnesotans. The media attention and tourism which will be brought to this state from future events held at the U.S. Bank Stadium must also be taken into account. The test now will be how long the Vikings will be content with this new structure. The Metrodome did its job for more than 31 years. Here’s hoping this new stadium will last that long as well. It had better if we want to get our money’s worth out of it. For photo, see the back page.
Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.
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Caring from page 4 smaller, year after year. The only thing that stops the garden these days from getting yet bigger is the road on one side, and the children’s and grandchildren’s pet cemetery beneath the apple trees on another side – the resting place of beloved creatures like Brownie, Teddy, Lola, so many cats and dogs, and even some pet rabbits. “Yes, a garden this big can
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com get to be a bit overwhelming,” Anderson said. “But I can’t give it up. I told the good Lord as long as I can keep gardening, I’ll keep giving vegetables away to people.” One day recently, Anderson and his 15-year-old grandson, Donovan, were talking about taking a load of onions and tomatoes to their church on Sunday. And Donovan said, “Grandpa, sharing is caring.” Anderson marveled at that homegrown wisdom from his grandson. Gardening, after all, is good for the heart.
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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, Aug. 19 Burger and brat sale, sponsored by Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Saturday, Aug. 20 Burger and brat sale, sponsored by Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First
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Xavier from page 5 a 5K and 10K walk/run starting at 9 a.m. for a variety of age groups selected by 10-year increments – for example 0-9, 10-19 and so forth. The races will be timed with chip timers worn by each participant. There will be prizes for the top three female and male finishers. There is a registration fee to enter the events. An outdoor Mass will take place, also Saturday. After Mass, there will be games, raffle-ticket sales, a Bake-Walk game, a bike sale, an auction, food, refreshments, a sack tournament, indoor bingo, bake sales, inflatables, booths selling various used items such as CDs and tapes, and live music by Walter’s Wheelhouse. The St. Cloud-based Walter’s Wheelhouse is a band that plays a wide variety of songs from the
likes of Cheryl Crow, Santana, Train, Guns N’ Roses and the Monkees. Its lead vocalist happens to be Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall. Other members are Dan Witte on lead guitar, John Kirchner on bass, Alex Kendall on drums, Andrew Kendall on keyboards and, for some gigs, Makcario Johnson on auxiliary percussion.
Banking on a new stadium
Sunday
On Sunday, Aug. 21, the festival will continue with two Masses at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Each Mass will be followed by a bake sale. A “Dads’ Waffle Breakfast” will be served starting at 8:30 a.m. until noon, at which time the raffle winners will be announced. The cost of the breakfast is $8 for adults, $4 for children over the age of 5, and free for kids ages 5 and under. There is also a feed-the-whole-family price of $25. All funds raised at the festival will go to help support St. Francis Xavier church and school activities.
Friday, Aug. 19, 2016
photo by Connor Kockler
U.S Bank Stadium will host high school and college sporting events, including baseball and soccer. The new stadium can also accommodate large trade shows and concerts. To read related story, see page 6.
Ballet • Jazz • Tap • Pointe Acro Dance • Lyrical • Hip Hop
Aug. 23, 24 & 31 & Sept. 1