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Market Monday open, harvest is plentiful
Market Monday is open Labor Day, Sept. 7 from 3-6:30 p.m. at Riverside Plaza, 101 7th St. N. Meet local author Dennis Herschbach or just stop by, chat and see what’s new. Market Monday wants your input on which location you prefer the market at – Riverside Plaza or City Hall? Your input is as easy as adding a sticker to a piece of poster board. It might feel like summer is winding down but the fields are plentiful. Market Monday runs through Oct. 19; make it part of your back-to-school routine.
New Scout night held for Girl and Cub Scouts
From 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, Girl and Cub Scouts will jointly host a new Scout night at both Pine Meadow and Oak Ridge elementary schools. Pine Meadow is located at 1029 Fifth St. N., while Oak Ridge is located at 1111 27th St. N., both in Sartell. For more information on Cub Scouts go to bsacmc.org and on Girl Scouts go to gslakesandpines.org.
Senior Connection hosts world traveler
The Sartell Senior Connection will host Pat McNeal, former teacher and world traveler, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 in District Service Center, 212 Third Ave. N. Sartell. McNeal will describe many secret places of the Southwest such as White Pockets, Goblin Valley, Coyote Buttes, The Wave, Paria Canyon, Havasupi Canyon, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Peekaboo Canyon and more. Refreshments served.
Teen Challenge Choir to sing at Abounding Joy
The choir of the Central Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge will present a concert at the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Sept. 6 at Abounding Joy Lutheran Church at 6000 County Road 120 in St. Cloud (1.5 miles west of CentraCare Health Plaza). The choir delivers powerful music and incredible testimonies of Teen Challenge’s mission of offering professional, faith-based recovery programs for those struggling with the bondage of drug and alcohol addiction. All are welcome.
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E v e n though BriAnna Kruzel of Sartell died suddenly two years ago at age 18, her v i v a c i o u s , Kruzel outgoing and giving personality continues to inspire others in countless ways. Kruzel collapsed one day in her bedroom and died on Sept. 28, 2013, a death that was ruled “natural causes,” likely an undiagnosed heart problem. Her death was utterly devastating to those who knew and loved her. But in the aching absence,
family and friends rallied to keep her good deeds and memory alive through charitable works, including fundraising to buy needed items for the Sartell-St. Stephen Community Dance program, two $500 scholarships for Sartell High School students, the Fabric for Scarves program and many other smaller donations. Kruzel loved the dance program and was a widely honored member of Big Brothers Big Sisters. She was a tireless volunteer for a variety of good programs. And now, her life, her memory has inspired another socially connective good cause: an Angel of Hope project. Currently, members of the foundation dubbed “What Would Bri Do?” are raising Angel • page 4
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This is one of many Angels of Hope throughout the United States.
City wants residents’ opinions on parks by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Sartell residents are being asked to fill out a park survey concerning the four public parks and three neighborhood parks in Park Neighborhood 6. The deadline for taking the survey is Sept. 15. To take it, go to: https://surveymonkey. com/r/Sartellparksurvey2 and then follow directions. One can also see the survey at www.Sartellmn.com and on the city’s Facebook account. Survey results will be presented to the Sartell Park Commission at 6:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, Sept. 23 at city hall. The survey was drafted by Nate Keller, Sartell’s community-development technician. (For a feature about Keller, see related story.) The park survey, the second of its kind, consists of 12 questions, with plenty of places to add comments or suggestions. Park Neighborhood 6 is bounded on the east side by Riverside Avenue, on the west side by Pinecone Road, to the north by 12th Street N. and on the south by Third Avenue N. The parks within that jurisdiction are Northside Park, Linear Park, Lions Community
Park, Watab Creek North Park and three Rolling Meadows neighborhood parks: North, West and East. Sartell city staff is eager to receive public input on those parks so the Parks Commission can make improvements based on what residents want. Last year, a survey for Parks Neighborhood 7 brought 156 responses from residents and led to numerous planned improvements, which will be made as park-dedication funds are received. Those parks in Parks Neighborhood 7 were Celebration Park, Pinecone Central Park,
Wilds Park North, Cypress Park, Fox Run of Avalon Village Park, Pine Tree Pond Park and Pinecone Regional Park. Among the proposed changes: • The Wilds tennis court will likely be replaced with a half basketball court and pickle-ball court. • Playground equipment will be added at Pinecone Central Park. • Park repairs as noted on survey responses were done. • Fox Run of Avalon is in line for additional equipment, and the side of that park will be Parks • page 5
CC gives school supplies to 2,060 children by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
More than 2,000 area children will start school possibly with a bounce to their steps and a boost of confidence, Dietz thanks to the brand-new school supplies they received courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud. CC’s Back to School program, thanks to individual, business and church contribu-
tions, gave school supplies to 2,060 children in recent weeks. Each child received items on a list required by his or her school. Items included paper notebooks, pencils, crayons, colored folders, backpacks when there is enough, markers, scissors and other useful items. Trina Dietz, a Sartell resident and CC’s communications coordinator, said she still receives calls from people wanting to donate to the program, although the collection deadline, Aug. 27, has passed. She recommends people store school-supply items to give to CC during next year’s Back to
School distribution. Children who received supplies are those in schools in Sartell, Sauk Rapids, St. Cloud, St. Augusta and Waite Park. Dietz praised the many volunteers who gave of their time to distribute the supplies. The volunteers are employees of Rasmussen Business College, Capital One 360 and St. Cloud Machinery “Every kid is so proud to bring new school supplies to school,” Dietz said. She still fondly recalls a time two years ago when a young girl with big bouncy curly hair stood before a volunteer who
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was holding an inexpensive plain folder in one hand and a fancier one in her other hand. The volunteer said to the girl, “How about this one?,” holding up the fancier one with whitegreen-and-pink stripes on it. As she accepted the folder, the girl stood there utterly speechless, so glad to have such a snazzy folder. “Little things can make a huge difference to kids,” Dietz noted. There seems to be more needs every year for the Back to School program. “We’re not sure why,” Dietz School • page 4
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Several members of the LeSauk Lions Club served dinner at the St. Cloud Salvation Army through the PhilanthroFEED program on Thursday, Aug. 13. From left to right are Sartell residents Amy Sip, Carolyn Bertsch, Bob Ringstrom, Randy Housy, Shantel Sundby, Sonia Nordmann, and son Aidan, 9; Amanda Schreiner and son Matthew, 7; Mark Heron and Sauk Rapids resident John Fuls. Not pictured: Jim Muellenbach of Sartell. photo by Carolyn Bertsch
LeSauk Lions members Amy Sip and Bob Ringstrom, both of Sartell, serve dinner to a mother and her three children. The woman, who worked in childcare, lost her job when her employer was forced to make cuts due to the increased cost of providing health insurance. This resulted in her home being foreclosed. She and her children ages 3, 2, and 1 have been living at the shelter for a month. M a t t i e Nieters of Sartell received her white coat in an emotional event marking the beginning of her medical ca- Nieters reer along with 60 other first-year medical students Aug. 22 at the University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth Campus. The ceremony signified the responsibilities and obligations of the physicians
who wear the white coat and the importance of embracing compassion and character along with knowledge of science and medicine. The event included speakers, a Native Drum Ceremony and capped off with the students receiving their White Coats and stethoscopes. Students recited the Oath for Medical Students, a form of the Hippocratic Oath dedicating themselves to the practice of medicine and the humanistic care of patients. Families of the students, local-area physicians and alumni
attended the event. Three Sartell students were recently named to the summer dean’s list at North Dakota State University, Fargo. They and their majors are as follows: Ashley Bekkerus, apparel and retail merchandise/design; Emily Bekkerus, accounting; and Alec Staiger, mechanical engineering. Students must maintain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify for this honor.
New team members join St. Cloud Orthopedics
St. Cloud Orthopedics in Sartell has expanded its team of specialists by welcoming two spine surgeons and a combination sports medicine and general orthopedics doctor to their clinic. The additional specialists allow the clinic to provide patients with wider access to providers in the most soughtafter areas of orthopedic care. For 60 years, St. Cloud Orthopedics has successfully operated under the mission to bring advanced orthopedic healthcare options to the Central Minnesota community so patients do not need to travel out of area to receive optimum treatment. Adding these new specialists to their nationally recognized clinic was part of the administration’s most recent strategic plan, said Bill Worzala, St. Cloud Orthopedics clinic administrator. “We’ve been seeing a recent growing need for spine care and sports medicine in our current pa-
tients, and wanted to respond in a proactive way to further meet those needs,” Worzala said. “This growth of our staff and expansion of the care we offer helps us continue to meet our ultimate goal of responding to patient demand for access to the best orthopedic specialty care locally.” All three of the new doctors will join the general orthopedics specialists at the clinic, and they each bring a strong focus area – Dr. Chad Griffith, MD, as a sports medicine and general orthopedic provider; and Dr. Jason Kelly, MD, and Dr. Trevor McIver, MD, MS, as spine surgeons within the clinic’s existing Spine Center. “We couldn’t be more thrilled – or more grateful – to be adding three highly trained specialists to our clinic in the areas of spine and back care and sports medicine,” Worzala said. “Their highly demanded skill sets match the level
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of leading quality the rest of our team of specialists is known for.” The doctors’ substantial clinical experience and open passion for their work match the culture of St. Cloud Orthopedics, Worzala said, and each of these new doctors is personally interested in the area and is excited to become a part of the community. “St. Cloud and the surrounding areas – including residents and other partnering healthcare facilities – have always been dear to our clinic,” Worzala said. “That connection is the basis we were founded on. Each member of our team, no matter how long they’ve been here, shares that same dedication.” All three new specialists are now accepting patients at St. Cloud Orthopedics. The clinic can be reached by phone at 320-241-4100 or online at StCloudOrthopedics. com.
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Colsyn Thomas Gruber, son of Anna and Nick Gruber of Sartell, was born Sunday, Aug. 16 at the St. Cloud Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and measured 20.25 inches. Grandparents are Cindy and Tom Gruhlke of Dassel, Char and Dan Gruber of Pierz and Kim Yandell of Galt, Calif.
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vehicle had been egged but there wasn’t any damage to the vehicle. No further action was taken. 12:40 p.m. Vehicle assist. Nuthatch Avenue. Officers were called to assist a motorist who had locked their keys in a running vehicle. The officer was able to unlock the vehicle for the motorist.
Aug. 17 5:23 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. Riverside Avenue S. Officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle at a local business. The officer made contact with the driver who was the owner of the business. No further action was taken. 6:38 p.m. Smoke. Eighth Street N. Officers were called to a report of a burning complaint. Officers made contact with the homeowner, who was burning some wet wood which was producing smoke. No further action was taken.
Aug. 21 2:47 a.m. Intoxicated person. Eighth Avenue N. Officers responded to a report of an intoxicated person who was sleeping on the sidewalk. Officers made contact and transported the person to their house. No further action was taken. 6:37 p.m. Driving complaint. CR 133. Officers were called to a report of a person swerving on the roadway. Officers searched the area and were unable to locate the vehicle.
Aug. 18 9:20 a.m. Traffic stop. Roberts Road. While on routine patrol an officer observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The officer activated his radar and was able to get an accurate reading from the radar. The officer made a traffic stop and cited the driver for traveling 75 mph in a 55-mph zone. Aug. 19 11:20 p.m. Suspicious activity. First Street N. Officers were dispatched after receiving a report of a person knocking on doors and windows in the area. Officers checked the area on foot and were unable to locate anyone suspicious. No further action was taken. 11:35 p.m. Traffic stop. Second Street S. While on routine patrol an officer observed a vehicle with a non-functioning headlight. The officer stopped the vehicle and issued a verbal warning for the equipment violation. Aug. 20 7:30 a.m. Damaged property. Frontier Avenue. Officers received a complaint of vandalism to a vehicle. The complainant stated their
Aug. 22 8:20 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. 15th Street N. Officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle. The caller stated the vehicle was unfamiliar to them and four juveniles exited the vehicle. Officers attempted to locate the juveniles but were unable to locate them. The vehicle was parked legally. No further action was taken. 11:16 p.m. Suspicious person. 11th Avenue E. Officers were called to a report of a suspicious person walking around an apartment complex. Officers made contact with a male who matched the description. The male stated he was looking for his friend’s apartment and was unsure what building it was. The person was able to make contact with his friend. No further action was taken. Aug. 23 1:13 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. Pinecone Road. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a vehicle parked next to a dirt pile. The officer made contact with the driver who stated he was looking for rocks in the area and his vehicle got stuck. He stated there was someone on the way to pull him out.
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Police say: lock it up to foil the burglars by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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self-reminder to “Lock It Up!” will be as internalized as “Buckle Up!” Sartell Police Chief Jim
Three police officers found themselves delivering a baby in Sartell Aug. 26. The police department rushed to a call from the 600 block of Pinecone Road that evening where they met a pregnant 35-year-old woman who was in the process of birth contractions and who told the officers she didn’t think she’d be able to make it to the hospital.
And she was right. The officers grabbed an obstetrics kit (standard equipment in their squad-car first-aid kits) and assisted the woman in her home. At about 10 p.m., the squalls from the bouncing baby girl could be heard. Gold Cross Ambulance then took mother and daughter to the hospital, and all went well. The officers who assisted so ably were John Lester, Kelly Mader and Steve Mathews. No further information could be obtained by press time.
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Hughes and his staff would be happy if that becomes the norm. Sartell’s small-town ambience has a draw-back – burglars. Many of them are attracted to non-metro, neighborly cities because they know more people there feel safer and thus tend to be trusting, often leaving their homes or garage doors unlocked, even at night. Hughes is convinced smalltown openness and trust is a big reason for a current burglary-and-theft spree in the city. In 2014, Sartell reported 25 burglary incidents. So far in 2015, there have already been 24 incidents. Fortunately, none of those incidents involved physical assaults. Hughes noted burglars are
opportunists who take the path of least resistance via unlocked places – mainly vehicles and houses. They don’t have to pick locks, smash windows or slice screens. All they have to do is quietly open doors and take whatever they want. So far this year, the Sartell police arrested two burglars, one involved in thefts from a house, another for a series of thefts from unlocked cars at an apartment building. Some burglars are out-andout bold and brazen. In one case about a month ago, a burglar found an unlocked car in a driveway. He entered the car, found the garage-door opener, opened the garage door, went Burglars • back page
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Angel from front page funds to install a “Christmas Box Angel of Hope” at the edge of Lake Francis in the Town Square development in south Sartell. The project will cost about $20,000. A major fundraiser is set for March 15, and more details will be announced later. In the meantime, Angel of Hope organizers are hoping people will donate anything they can via www.WWBDinc.org (click on Donate). The Angel of Hope will be installed on its massive pedestal, possibly in a restful lakeside park that will be paved and equipped with greenery, benches and perhaps a fountain or two. The sculpture is of a dazzling angel, its wings spread, its face gazing heavenward. It is
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meant to be a focus and a reminder of children and young adults who died tragically, all too early, as Kruzel did. The “Angel of Hope” movement was inspired by a bestselling 1993 novel by Richard Paul Evans and its TV movie version entitled A Christmas Box. One of its scenes is of a woman mourning the loss of her young child at the base of an angel monument. Currently, there are at least 150 “Angel of Hope” monuments in the United States, with the first one having been erected in Salt Lake City, Utah. Typically, those who lost young children gather at the angels one day each year to place a white flower at the statue/ monument during a candlelight memorial vigil. In Minnesota, there are “Angels of Hope” in Duluth, Fergus Falls, Maple Grove, Perham, Spicer and Virginia and – soon to be, hopefully – Sartell.
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Muskies lose bid for state championship It was close – so close. But, alas, the Sartell Muskies lost their bid for the Class C amateur state-tournament championship 3-2 in a game at Cold Spring’s Baseball Park Aug. 30. The team from Waconia, the Lakers, bested the Muskies with a run in the ninth inning. For five innings the Muskies went scoreless, with Waconia
leading with two runs. But then, in the sixth inning, Muskies batter Tim Burns slammed a two-run homer, tying the game and boosting the Muskies’ hope for a possible win. That hope was dashed when Waconia hitter Peter Brown scored a run in the ninth. The Muskies ended the season with a 29-2 record. The
Waconia Lakers have a season record so far of 21-6. The tournament will continue this weekend with a game between the Lakers and the Kimball Express in Watkins. Forty-eight teams competed for the Class C State Tournament this year, which runs through Sept. 7. The host cities for the tourney are Cold Spring and Watkins.
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We just view it as a new level of need.” Many of the children in need are children of single mothers, Dietz noted. There is a huge variety of circumstances that causes such needs. In one case, a parent was suffering from cancer, and all the resources went to that, leaving the children with next to nothing. “You just never know what could be going on in someone’s
life,” Dietz said, adding she has seen employees in stores who need to come to CC for one reason or another. Dietz is moved by the thankyou notes she gets from parents and from children. She has come to know so many people through CC programs, and she is thrilled when she learns of the ones who are back on their feet and doing just fine.
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With twin daughters, city work, Keller has his hands full by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Nate Keller has his hands full, in more ways than one, with a double dose of tasks to do, besides his full-time work as Sartell’s community-development technician (see related story). Keller, the father of 1-year-old twins, is busy, busy, busy morning, noon and night. “The mornings can be insane,” he said. “We have to get them dressed and ready for school and daycare. That’s three heads of hair.” Daughter Nahara, 6, goes to Stride Academy. The twins – Naomi and Nava – go to an in-home daycare facility in Sauk Rapids. Keller, his wife Barika and the daughters live in St. Cloud. He started as a part-timer for the City of Sartell. When
Parks from front page increased when the property to its west is platted. • Many respondents said they wanted more trees in several of the parks, but getting
Therese Haffner, one of the Sartell city staff members quit last January, Keller was named to his full-time job as communitydevelopment technician. Barika works currently through an AmeriCorps job as a reading specialist at Talahi School on St. Cloud’s east side. The Kellers are, of course, thrilled to have twin daughters, but the bundles of joy came with challenges and a period of adjustment. “It’s getting more difficult in some ways because now the twins know what they want,” Keller said. “For example, they will demand food. If one cries, and the other is sleeping, the crying wakes up her twin and she cries too. If we give them each a sippy cup, one of the twins will want both sippy cups, one for each hand, and they will start to fight.” trees to survive in non-irrigated parks is difficult at best. Shelters may be a better option for shade in some parks. The city still wants to add trees wherever possible, and they could be paid for by the Roundup program, which is funded via people rounding up their utility bills when they pay them.
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Work, too, can bring challenges for Keller, as well as job satisfaction. “I like interacting with people and with residents,” he said. “It’s a good work climate here, and I get to know a lot of people.” One of Keller’s first tasks was to write a proposal for a Safe Routes to Schools grant, and the proposal was a success, with $199,000 granted to the City of Sartell, money that will become available in 2019. Before Keller, Haffner also wrote a successful Safe Routes to Schools grant proposal. Both have put Sartell in the forefront of cities planning for a Safe Routes to School program. The funds will be used for a variety of safety improvements and sidewalks for students to and from schools. Among his other work duties are processing building permits, issuing zoning permits, handling zoning questions from the public and following up on
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violations of the zoning code. He also does lots of inspections of erosion-control and sedimentcontrol efforts, as well as violations of them. Keller said personal interactions can sometimes be frustrating when trying to explain city regulations to someone who sees no sense or need for the regulations, such as the need for erosion control. It takes a lot of patience and at times a lot of patient explaining, he noted. Keller said there are only from 5 to 10 percent of residents who do not abide by rules and regulations. Those are the ones who require patience when he explains, for instance, why soil erosion regulations keep soil and possibly pollutants from getting into the water, into the environment. Keller is excited about seeing responses to his latest park survey (see related story.) “We’re trying to target different neighborhoods when we do the surveys,” he said. “We need
feedback from residents, especially about neighborhood parks because those are the parks that tend to get overlooked.” Another goal of Keller’s is to start a successful program to welcome new residents to Sartell, possibly with tours and partnerships with Metro Bus and the school district. Keller was raised in Brooklyn Center, graduated from Champlin Park High School in 2006, then went to St. Cloud State University, earning a degree in community development and planning, graduating in 2013. Barika also graduated from SCSU, with a degree in special education. The couple met when they were both working for a Target store in Brooklyn Park. Barika, born in Chicago, grew up in Brooklyn Park. “Our families still live down there,”Keller said, “and that’s why it’s really hard to find a babysitter.”
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All lives really do matter, including those of cops “Black lives matter.” Yes. “Cops’ lives matter, too.” That is what Harris County, Texas Sheriff Hickman said in a press conference after the vicious, cowardly murder of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth, 47. Then Hickman added: “So why don’t we drop the qualifier(s) (black, white, cops, whatever) and say lives matter?” After widely publicized incidents of police officers shooting young blacks in various cities, it’s understandable blacks are raising the cry: “Black lives matter.” Those incidents must be examined, police policies in many cities must be changed, communications must be nurtured between police and residents everywhere. It will all take time. But meanwhile, all of us have to speak up loudly and clearly in support of police officers. They not only sometimes get a bad rap, they get killed all too often in the line of duty, like Goforth did while fueling his squad car at a gas station. A few days later, a Chicago cop was killed during a traffic stop. In the slaying of Goforth, a hideous excuse for a human being strode up to him from behind and shot him in the back, apparently just because he was a deputy. Once the poor guy was hit and down, the assailant kept shooting him. So far this year, 24 officers nationwide were shot to death by deranged fiends who just “felt” like killing them. Goforth, married, is the father of two children. Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said this: “It’s time for the silent majority in this country to support law enforcement. There are a few bad apples in every profession. That does not mean there should be open warfare declared on law enforcement.” Obviously not. But Anderson’s message is one we should all absorb. So often, people bad-mouth cops. That kind of bad-mouthing leads to disrespect, and enough disrespect can quickly lead to distrust, dislike and even outright hatred – the same kind of raging hatred that must have led the gunman to so cold-bloodedly murder Goforth. Cops are surrounded by stupid stereotypes, many of them derived from TV shows and movies – cops as rampant, out-of-control trigger-happy blue meanies, or corrupt on-the-take types or blatant racists. Most of us know better. We overlook such distortions and stereotypes as the stuff of movie scripts. However, there are some people who seem to thrive on such distorted views, the kinds of people who dumbly lump all law enforcement officials together as a bad bunch. These nasty attitudes toward cops can be internalized by anti-social, anti-authority, mentally disturbed individuals who then use their warped attitudes to go out and kill a cop or some other authority figure. We know all too well police officers – public servants, lest we forget – are in danger daily even in small, sleepy towns. Several have been shot to death in cold blood right here in central Minnesota, most recently Thomas Decker in Cold Spring. This anti-cop rage can and does happen anywhere, and it’s incumbent upon all of use to counter it every chance we get. One way to do that is to disagree verbally in no uncertain terms next time you hear somebody bad-mouth cops. Tell them to stop their harmful stereotyping. Remind them of the countless things cops do day and night to make our cities and rural areas safer. Emphasize how dangerous police work is. Tell them bad-mouthing reinforces negative attitudes that can lead, in the case of disturbed individuals, to murder. Some of the recent demonstrations in New York City and in Ferguson, Mo. added fuel to the flames and may have led directly to recent killings of police officers. Peaceful demonstrations, fine. Incitement against law officers? It’s a criminal shame, and it’s got to stop.
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Friday, Sept. 4, 2015
Opinion Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ turns 40 Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run turned 40 years old Aug. 25. Great albums, like that one, are time machines. As soon as I hear the intro to Thunder Road – it never fails – I am instantly transported back to September 1975, back to my beat-up stuffed armchair in a shabby living room of a fleabag dump on Third Street in north St. Cloud. I can even smell that room – that dusty, musty odor with cigarette smoke and stale beer fumes hanging in the air as the late afternoon sun squints through the battered blinds. That’s where I lived, along with three buddies, from spring to spring for 12 months 40 years ago. It was a time of high unemployment, and so we buddies without work, all in our 20s, pooled what little we had and hunkered down in that crackerjack dive. There had once been a liquor store in that old two-story brick building right across from a corner Catholic church. The store owner, when he retired, slapped some rooms together with cheap paneling and decided to call it an apartment. We called it Party House. Being unemployed, it’s as if we were kids again on a carefree vacation, with friends and strangers popping over every hour of day and night to party, play hijinx, talk smart, with good music playing all the while. The albums we played over and over, the ones I remember best, were Willie Nelson’s Red-Headed Stranger, Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band’s Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man. One blue-sky September afternoon, I bought a just-released Springsteen album at a St. Cloud record shop. He
Dennis Dalman Editor was virtually unknown, but I was familiar with two of his earlier albums, which I loved, so I was eager to see if this new one, called Born to Run, would measure up. Back home, nobody was around, probably partying somewhere else. I cracked a beer, then put the needle on the revolving vinyl and what a rush! My hair – my long hair – tingled as if standing on end. I got goosebumps, a surge of joy. It was the same visceral awe I felt when I first heard Like a Rolling Stone on a car radio in the summer of ’65 while on the way home from swimming at Dodd Quarry by the St. Cloud prison. The afternoon I bought it, I played Born to Run for a few hours with no one home but me. Then I went to visit my parents. Late that night, I walked back home, so eager to put the Springsteen record on again. Until nearly dawn, I listened to it in a state of ecstasy, enraptured by its big bold sound, as if all the instruments in creation were playing over-time, evoking a desperado’s bid to embrace life and all of its promises at any cost. It was a kind of histrionic angst romanticism like nothing else I’d ever heard. It was almost punk operatic, crescendos within crescendos, like a storm at sea. What manic energy! Springsteen seemed like a desperate snake trying to shed its skin, trying to burst his bonds into a
higher realm of being, of feeling, of living. A rebel’s heroic transcendence. As I played those songs, loudly, into the wee hours, I kept wondering when Gus would burst out of his room, next to the living room, shouting “Turn that damned thing down! I can’t sleep!” Next day, Gus – bleary-eyed – said, “Denny, do you realize that music you were playing kept me awake half the night?” “Yeah, sorry about that,” I said. “I couldn’t help it.” Then he said, “Where is it?” “Where’s what?” “That album you were playing? And what’s the band? Play it now.” “It’s Bruce Springsteen. Called Born to Run. But I thought you hated it.” “Well, yeah, it kept me awake,” he said. “I was kind of pissed about you playing it so loud. But I love those songs! This guy’s great!” So I put the album back on. Gus and I and everybody else listened to it happily all day long and all the rest of that fall and winter and all the decades since. Later that month, Springsteen was on the cover of TIME magazine and Newsweek magazine, the same week. That musical wizard had weaseled his way into our lives. The old brick building is still standing. It’s been through oddball reincarnations, as a fire-extinguisher sales shop, later as a karate studio. Every time I drive by it, I get a rush of haunting happy memories as I hear in my head a tinkling piano, a sad harmonica and then a defiant voice choking back a sob: “The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves. Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays . . . ”
White privilege? I plead ‘not guilty’ It has become popular in the media recently to denounce “white privilege.” What does that mean? The assumption seems to be a white person in America has some advantage over a person of color. It also is being described as some sort of immoral, selfish or criminal act just being white. I plead NOT GUILTY. I offer this brief story of my journey. I am a white man. Actually I don’t really know my heritage but for the most part I think I am Caucasian. My ancestry seems to be northern European. Understand this, I had no choice in what my heritage was to be any more than Wilt Chamberlain chose to be a 7-foottall black man. It’s called an accident of birth. Does Wilt enjoy “black privilege” or might it be “tall privilege?” Either way, he became a millionaire many times over and I did not. I was born and reared in the mountains of East Tennessee. I was, and probably still am, a redneck or a hillbilly to most people. My education was spotty at best. The public school system from which I emerged was seriously lacking in all aspects, plus I had a terrible southern, country accent. After getting out of the Army I decided to move to California. It was there I immediately discovered my accent was going to be a problem. I started listening to the TV news people and tried to
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer learn to speak like them. It wasn’t easy or quick. In fact some people still say I sound like a redneck. My education was the next issue I had to tackle. There was little doubt any financial success I might have would depend on my intelligence and my education. I couldn’t afford to go to college so I decided to become selfeducated. I read and studied, a habit I have continued to this day. I achieved a modicum of success at self-education. That has helped me greatly along my journey. Throughout the years, I have employed people of color and have been employed by people of color. There never seemed to be much difference in them. I have always tried to follow the instruction of MLK Jr. to judge and be judged by the content of one’s character rather than the color of one’s skin. Good people are good people regardless of the color of their skin and of course the reverse is also true. Personally I have never owned a slave. As I have
said before, had I lived during the slave period of this country, it’s more likely I would have been a slave rather than owning one. So, therefore, I have no guilt about slavery. I don’t owe any reparation to anyone nor do I believe this country does. Finally, I am not a victim. I am nothing more or less than just an ordinary American citizen who has tried to live an honorable life and raise children who are also honorable. I learned early in life, thanks to my parents, to be selfreliant and responsible. As an honorable American, I want what is best for my country and its citizens. I don’t want or expect any privilege because of my skin color, nor do I want anyone denied any privilege because of skin color. The truth is I am privileged. Not because I am white but because I was born an American. I believe all Americans should feel that same privilege regardless of their race. I promise never to take that privilege lightly. 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.
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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, Sept. 4 Brat sale, sponsored by American Legion Post 328 and Songs of American Legion Squadron 328, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW, St. Joseph. St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6:30 p.m., near the Wobegon Trail Center, C.R. 2.
Saturday, Sept. 5 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Benton County Historical Society, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Saint John’s Bible pages on display, now through mid-December, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hill Museum and Monastic Library, St. John’s University, 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320363-3351. 320-363-3514. Sunday, Sept. 6 Teen Challenge Choir Concert, 9:30 a.m., Abounding Joy Lutheran Church, 600 CR 120, St. Cloud. 320217-8784.
Sartell Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., Waters Church, 1227 Pinecone Road. 320-258.6061. info@sartellchamber.com. Central Minnesota Market, 3-5:30 p.m., VA Hospital, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud. 320-251-2498. Firearm Safety Training Class, series of eight classes, Rice City Hall, 205 Main St. E., Rice. 320-267-6332. Sauk Rapids Women of Today, 7 p.m., VFW, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. saukrapidswt@mnwt.org.
Wednesday, Sept. 9 Breakfast Club, free for members; nominal fee for non-members, 9 a.m., Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. stearns-museum.org/ breakfast-club. St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. stjosephchamber.com. League of Women Voters, 1-3 p.m., St. Cloud Library/Bremer Room, 1300 7:30am-6pm=Saturday, St. Germain Street, St. Cloud. 320-2523827. league@lwvsca.org. September 12th-Rice Lions Open House for the LeSauk Town Building, Rice Line Road Feasability Study, 5-7 p.m., 7:30am-5pm=Sunday, LeSauk Township Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S., Sartell. September 13th-Rice Lions
Building, Rice Thursday, Sept. 10
Monday, Sept. 7 Market Monday, 3-6:30 p.m., parking lot of Hardware Hank, Seventh St. N., Sartell. marketmonday.org. Sartell Lions Club, 7 p.m., upstairs of Blue Line Sports Bar andGrill, 1101 Second St. S., Sartell. 248-3240.
Coffee and Conversation, a senior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Family Farmers’ Market, 2-6 p.m., River East parking lot, CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-252-2422. Concussion Game Plan, 6:30-8 p.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, 1900 CentraCare Circle, St. Cloud. 320-6567021. centracare.com.
Tuesday, Sept. 8 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., closed Labor Day, 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org.
Friday, Sept. 11 Burger and brat sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Knights of Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW.
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Burglars from page 3 into the garage where he found the unlocked door into the house. Once in the house, he proceeded to steal items that were laying in plain sight. To avoid being burglarized, Hughes wants residents to remember the following tips: • First and foremost, do at least two things: Lock all doors (vehicles and houses) and invest in motion-detector lights for the front and back of residences. Some people have told Hughes they don’t want motion-detector lights because, they say, cats or dogs can set them off. But, in fact, lights have become more
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com high-tech in recent years and will be set off pretty much only by two-legged animals – namely thieves or somebody else up to no good. A good reason to have such lights is because thieves and other trouble-makers thrive in darkness. They are generally as skittish about light as bats are. • If you see something, report it immediately. Many people, Hughes noted, will see in the morning their car has been rifled through, but since they don’t notice anything missing, they don’t report it. That’s a mistake, Hughes said, because reports to the police will tip them off to do extra patrol in certain neighborhoods or areas within neighborhoods. And such reports will often clue police in as to who or what kind of suspicious ve-
hicle to keep an eye out for. Another good reason to report is so the police can track patterns of thefts and burglaries. That tip is also true if someone comes home and notices a window broken or a screen sliced. • If a resident sees someone in their vehicle or house, they should tell the person to leave. Then the resident should leave the house, preferably with a cell phone in hand, and dial 911 immediately or go to a neighbor’s house to report the intrusion. • Always be vigilant. Know one’s environment and any changes in it. For example, if a neighbor’s dog starts barking at an unusual hour, check out the situation, at least by visual inspection from a window, if possible. Then call 911 if something seems amiss. Get into the
habit of watching out for neighbors, especially if they happen to be gone for extended periods. Consider forming or joining a “Neighborhood Watch” program. • Don’t keep valuables out in the open, either in one’s vehicle or one’s house. Most run-of-themill thieves don’t like to take the time to rifle through drawers or boxes, looking for takeables. If they don’t see prized items right in front of their eyes, chances are they’ll leave and look for easier criminal opportunities elsewhere. • Last, but not least, never feel hesitant to call the police or sheriff’s department. “That’s our job,” Hughes said. “Calling us is not bothering us. If you keep it to yourself, we’re not going to know.”
Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 Are you energetic with a positive attitude? Do you want to make a difference in the life of a senior? Home Instead Senior Care is looking for CAREGivers across central Minnesota for a variety of day, evening and overnight shifts. Must be at least 21 with a valid driver’s license, vehicle and insurance, as well as cell phone. Minimum of two weekend shifts per month. Apply on line at www.homeinstead.com/503 or call for an application 320-258-3055