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Senior Connection hosts rummage sale
The Sartell Senior Connection hosts what they say is the best rummage sale of the year – books, furniture, décor, jewelry and much more – from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Sept. 26 at the Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. All proceeds go to benefit senior programming in the Sartell area. Make this your first stop.
Millstream Arts Festival set Sunday in St. Joseph
Millstream Arts Festival will be held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 in downtown St. Joseph. Experience more than 60 juried artists and authors, live music, fantastic foods, children’s art, historical exhibits, trolley rides, street performances and much more. Even get holiday shopping done – art is the perfect gift for the person who has everything.
YMCA throws event, groundbreaking Sept. 26
Come celebrate the new St. Cloud and YMCA Community and Aquatic Center ground-breaking family event. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at Whitney Park, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. Fun for all ages includes inflatables, AirMaxx Launch Pad, face painting, Kids Zumba, clowns and more.
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The site chosen for a community center has caused a rift, at least temporarily, on the Sartell City Council whose members became involved in personal accusations and counter-accusations at the Sept. 14 meeting. At times the simmering conversation verged on a verbal tug-of-war, threatening to erupt into a boil, with members using words like rumor mills, gossip and conspiracies. “I did not call you ridiculous,” said member Pat Lynch to member Amy Braig-Lindstrom. “I said ‘This is starting to get ridiculous.’ “ Both members were referring to a previous communiqué
between them about whether or not Lynch’s vote for a community center at the south Sartell site constituted a conflict of interest on his part because he owns a business near the center’s chosen site. Braig-Lindstrom said some of her constituents had asked her about the conflict-of-interest issue so she asked the city attorney to rule on that question. The attorney said there is no conflict of interest whatsoever regarding Lynch and his vote for the center site. At the Sept. 14 meeting, Braig-Lindstrom said she wanted the fact there was no conflict of interest mentioned at the meeting so the rumor mill about it would cease and so the Center • page 4
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The stork was late, but just in the nick of time three Sartell police officers arrived to save the day and do the stork’s business – helping deliver a healthy baby. Those three officers were among five honored at the Sept. 14 Sartell City Council
for performing excellent police work. Those three were given the “Stork” award; two others were given the “Lifesaving Award” by Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes. At 9:45 p.m. Aug. 26, the police department received an emergency call from the 600 block of Pinecone Road regarding a 33-year-old woman, nine months pregnant, who didn’t
think she would be able to make it safely in time to the hospital to deliver her baby. Within minutes, the three officers arrived, and the birth was in progress. They grabbed the obstetrics kit in one of their vehicles. The baby – a girl – arrived quite rapidly, 15 minutes after the officers arrived at the scene. They suctioned out the baby’s nose and mouth, then
placed the baby on her mother’s chest and administered oxygen to her until Gold Cross ambulance arrived. Mother and daughter were transported to the hospital and are doing just fine. At the council meeting, Hughes praised the officers for their quick thinking in “helping bring a new life into this Officers • page 5
Arts festival features Jacobson’s spinning wheel by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com
St. Scholastica Convent is hosting walk-in interviews from 1-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 at St. Scholastica Convent, 1845 20th Ave. SE, St. Cloud. The convent is hiring for various part-time positions, with many shift times available. St. Scholastica Convent is an assisted-living community for Benedictine Sisters located on the southeast side of St. Cloud. Call to set up an interview time at 320-251-2225.
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A proud mother, Barbara, and big sister Madelyn smile with joy about the new family addition, Delaney Rose Eaton. Three Sartell police officers presided over the emergency birth Aug. 26. See related story below.
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Jacobson works on her spinning wheel during the St. Cloud Art Crawl at Bloom Salon. The spinning wheel tends to draw more interest and questions than some of her other work.
Anita Jacobson has only recently gotten into spinning, but her wheel has been turning for quite some time. Jacobson will be easily recognizable at the Millstream Arts Festival on Sunday, Sept. 19 due to her spinning wheel. The wheel was actually built by her husband Bruce’s grandfather and is about 50 years old. The wheel is named Queen Margaret. Spinning wasn’t her first art form though. Jacobson first learned how to crochet when she was a child but really started when she turned 50. “When your kids start to leave for college you have time for a hobby,” Jacobson said. “Crocheting is a good creative outlet.” Besides crocheting and spinning, she also does fulling. Fulling takes the woven or knitted fabric through the process of hot water and agitation
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in order to shrink it and create felted fabric. It’s Jacobson’s first time at the Millstream Arts Festival. She’s been in the St. Cloud Art Crawl and at Pine Groove Art Festival, but a photographer friend of hers suggested she participate in Millstream as well. Jacobson thinks the spinning wheel will be the biggest draw for her tent. She will be putting on demonstrations. “Some people associate the wheel with Sleeping Beauty, while others like to watch the mechanics of it,” Jacobson said. For more information about Jacobson, head to www.facebook.com/ nitasknots.
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LEGAL NOTICE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AUG. 17, 2015 DISTRICT CENTER BOARD ROOM The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 4 p.m. by Krista Durrwachter, chair. Members present: Durrwachter; Michelle Meyer, vice chair; Pam Raden, clerk; Mary McCabe, director; Jason Nies, director; Pat Marushin, director; Hannah Yackley, student representative and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent. A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to approve the agenda as amended to remove Line #29 Lauren Stanislawski from the Personnel Omnibus Resolution. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Nies to approve consent items a-c below: a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on July 20, 2015 b. Checks in the amount of $1,322,122.17 as presented: General Fund 906,969.85 7,587.74 Food Service Fund Transportation Fund 82,666.47 Community Service Fund 13,510.78 Capital Expenditure Fund 296,395.30 Summer Rec Agency Fund 14,992.03 Check numbers 160880 to 161137 Receipts in the amount of $1,375,863.46 as presented: General Fund 1,301,314.38 Food Service Fund 13,222.54 Transportation Fund 77.48 Community Service Fund 5,927.83 Capital Expenditure Fund 564.26 Building Fund 91.30 Debt Service Fund 46,714.52 Summer Rec Agency Fund 7,951.15 Receipts 41266 to 41314 Wire transfers in the amount of $189,685.49 as presented: General Fund 189,073.16 Food Service Fund 8.73 Summer Rec Agency Fund 603.60 Wire transfers 20150010 to 2015000012 c. Accept the following donations: Anonymous donation, Sartell-St. Stephen School District 748, $60, tech fund. d. Accept the resignations of: Beverly Hommerding, Sartell High School, cashier, Aug. 6, 2015; Guadalupe Schmidt, Sartell-St. Stephen School District, busing helper, Aug. 3, 2015; Sherry Weide, Oak Ridge Elementary, food services, Aug. 14, 2015. Student Representative Report: Yackley, student • Both elementary buildings have been hosting KIDSTOP during the summer. • Summer School for our elementary students is in full swing. • Our custodial staff has been working hard throughout the summer to get our buildings prepared for the new school year. • Fall athletics has started at both Sartell Middle School and Sartell High School. • Early distribution of MacBook Airs happened last week at SHS. • Sabre Splash mentors have gone through training and planning for the first day for ninth-graders and new students. • SHS Student Council is currently planning Homecoming Week, which will be the week of Sept. 14. The theme will be Sabres Tackling Cancer with the Friday night football game being a pink out in support of the fight against cancer. Superintendent Report: Schwiebert, superintendent • The Benton-Stearns Education District has hired Diane Moeller as the interim director. Moeller served this past year as the interim superintendent of Morris schools and served in several leadership roles in ISD 742. • Partner for Student Success has received a $330,000 grant from the state legislature to be used during the next two years. The group plans to hire an executive director to continue to build momentum
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replacing Joey Cartier, effective 8/17/15; Jarek Kunz, SHS ninthgrade football, $2,810, replacing Jeff Frank, effective 8/10/15; Ashley Lehmeier, SHS assistant girls soccer, $3,280, replacing Roy Snyder, effective 8/17/15; Christine Little, ORE paraprofessional, additional assignment 3.5 hrs/day, effective 9/1/15; Patrick Milani, SMS seventh-grade math teacher, $35,036, replacing Alecia School Board Committees: Superintendent Evaluation Com- Elfering, effective 8/26/15; Laura Nordby, ORE elementary educamittee • This group met and worked tion teacher, $38,616, replacing Jenna Blomgrem (leave of abon superintendent goals for sence), effective 8/26/15; Bobby the 2015-16 school year. Nyemah, SHS ninth-grade girls soccer, $2,810, replacing Ashley Report on Human Resources Lehmeier, effective 8/17/15; HaAudit: Nicole Hylen, director of ley Peopping, SMS junior high human resources, provided inforvolleyball, $2,137, replacing mation regarding the HR audit Kendall Jones, effective 8/31/15; performed earlier this year. Joe Perske, SMS junior high girls soccer, $2,686, replacing MorAssessment Report: Amy Trombgan Haider, effective 8/31/15; ley, district assessment coordiMontana Peters, SMS junior high nator, reported on the 2014-15 volleyball, $2,137, replacing Abstate-required assessment data and bey Jarnot, effective 8/31/15; provided an update on statewide Judy Pohlkamp, ORE paraprofesassessment for the 2015-16 school sional, voluntary transfer, effecyear. tive 9/1/15; Benjamin Rudnick, SMS cleaner, $14.18/hr, replacEnrollment Report: Schwiebert, ing Amber Herberg, effective superintendent 8/10/15; Doreen Schmidt, SMS LTS – fifth-grade LA, $191.45/ Approve Personnel Omnibus Resday, replacing Christina Voegele, olution: effective 8/17/15; Jim Schmitt, SHS lead custodian, $20.13/hr., A motion was made by Meyer replacing Bob Christianson, efand seconded by McCabe to APfective 8/28/15; Jina Schoenborn, PROVE #1-35: DSC youth program coordinator, $22.73/hr, replacing Cathy Vande New Employees or Changes: Vrede, effective 8/24/15; Nick Dianne Amundson, SHS cafeteSieben, SHS assistant boys soccer, ria worker, reassignment-position $3,280, replacing Mo Odhowa, eliminated, effective 8/31/15; effective 8/17/15; Roy Snyder, Joy Bemboom, SMS junior high SHS head girls soccer, $4,748, regirls tennis, $1,515, replacing placing Cassie Raehsler, effective Ben Hoffman, effective 8/31/15; 8/17/15; Lauren Stanislawski, Craig Braun, SHS head boys golf, SMS junior of volleyball, $2,137, $4,019, replacing Mike Sieben, replacing Abbey Moon, effective effective 9/1/15; Brenden Bruss, 8/31/15; Adam Thiel, SMS cusSHS assistant boys soccer, $3,280, todian, $15.72/hr, replacing Marnew position, effective 8/17/15; vin Tvedt, effective 8/4/15; Lynn Bob Christianson, SHS lead cusTraut, PME paraprofessional, todian, replacing Mike Schultz, replacing Judy Pohlkamp, effeceffective 8/28/15; Paul Determan, tive 9/1/15; Marvin Tvedt, ORE SHS head girls golf, $4,019, reCustodian, replacing Scott Vadplacing Dave Olson, effective nais, effective 7/22/15; Stephanie 9/1/15; Jordan Gieske, SMS fifth Vergnig, SMS LTS global studies, grade, $35,036, new position, ef$191.45/day, replacing Rochelle fective 9/1/15; Caitlyn Heinen, Dyer (leave of absence), effective SHS assistant girls tennis, $2,474, 9/18/15-12/23/15; and Joseph replacing Sarah Crandall, effecYantambwe, SHS assistant girls tive 8/17/15; Jacqueline Huver, soccer, $3,198, effective 8/17/15. SHS paraprofessional, new position, effective 9/1/15; Terri JohnLeaves of Absence: Brad Scherer, son, SHS paraprofessional, new SMS technology specialist, LOA, position, effective 9/1/15; Anne 2015-16 school year. Marie Kimble, PME elementary education teacher, $44,368, reAll in favor. Motion carried. placing Meghan Brown, effective 8/26/15; Amandu Kondeh, SHS A motion was made by Mcninth-grade boys soccer, $2,810, Cabe and seconded by Meyer
to APPROVE THE CONCEPT WITH THE IGNITE/TPI PROGRAM WITH SCSU FOR THE CENTER FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMMITMENT UP TO $5,000. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Nies and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE BID FOR FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT TO CULINEX INC. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE FORM ED-0247801 LONG-TERM FACILITY MAINTENANCE REVENUE APPLICATION. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Meyer and seconded by Nies to APPROVE MONDAY, DEC. 21, 2015 AT 6 PM FOR THE 2016 TAX HEARING. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE THE ATHLETIC HANDBOOK AND THE COACHES’ HANDBOOK FOR 2015-16. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion was made by Nies and seconded by Marushin to APPROVE 2016-17 and 201718 ACADEMIC CALENDAR HOLIDAYS FOR NON-UNION CONTRACTS AND SUPERINTENDENT. All in favor. Motion carried. Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings • Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. – Work session on superintendent goals Durrwachter announced a fiveminute recess. A motion to close the meeting pursuant to Minnesota Statue Section 13D.03 to close the meeting for Negotiations Strategy was made by Meyer and seconded by Nies at 6:04 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion to reopen the meeting was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies at 6:31 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Meyer and seconded by Nies at 6:32 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried. /s/ Pam Raden, clerk/treasurer Publish: Sept. 25, 2015
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If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320255-1301 or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crimes. Sept. 8 2:30 p.m. Suspicious activity. Riverside Avenue N. Officers were called to a report of a female selling magazines and books door-todoor. Officers made contact with the female and asked if she had registered with the city. She stated she had not; the officers transported her to the police department so she could fill out the necessary paperwork. 3:35 p.m. Animal complaint. 19th Street S. Officers were dispatched to a report of two dogs left in a vehicle outside a business. Officers searched the lot and were unable to locate a vehicle matching the description given by the caller. Sept. 9 12:35 p.m. Driving complaint. CR 1. Officers were called to a report of a vehicle swerving all over the road. Officers searched the area and were unable to locate the vehicle. 12:50 p.m. Traffic stop. Seventh Street N. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The officer stopped the vehicle and issued a verbal warning for speeding. Sept. 10 9:27 p.m. Stalled vehicle. Second Street S. While on routine patrol an officer observed a stalled vehicle. The officer stood by until the driver was able to get the vehicle running again. 9:41 p.m. Driving complaint. CR 120. Officers were called to a report of a vehicle driving erratically and flashing its lights at the complainant. The officers were unable to locate the vehicle, but based on the description and plate number given, they were able to identify the driver. Officers mailed a letter in regards to the driver’s behavior. Sept. 11 4:56 p.m. Motorist assist. 10th Avenue N. Officers were called to help a driver who had locked their keys in their vehicle. The officer was able to gain entry into the vehicle with no damage to the vehicle. 8:59 p.m. CR 120. Alarm. Officers were called to a report of a burglar alarm at a business. Officers checked the building and found everything to be secure. They were unable to locate a keyholder. No further action was taken. Sept. 12 10:12 p.m. Noise complaint. Seventh Street N. Officers were called to a report of a loud party at a residence. Upon arrival the officer observed what appeared to
be a wedding at a house. The officer noted the party appeared to be winding down, and checwked back after 11 p.m. to make sure it had. 10:46 p.m. Juvenile complaint. 11th Street S. Officers were called to a report of several kids running around in the road being loud and throwing things. Upon arrival, the officer made contact with the juveniles and advised them of the complaint. The juveniles stated they would pick up the things in the road and go inside for the evening. Sept. 13 9:43 a.m. Animal complaint. Grizzly Lane. Officers were called to a report of a dog and a cat found in a yard. The officers were able to locate the owner of the animals and advised him of the ordinances regarding the animals.
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Center from front page council could move forward with its work. Lynch, however, expressed bristling frustration about Braig-Lindstrom’s persistence on that issue and the persistence of former Sartell Mayor Joe Perske, who has been very vocal about his and others’ disappointment at the council not choosing a more central location for a community center. Lynch said he was particularly upset when Perske wrote a letter to editor to the Sartell Newsleader suggesting a conflict of interest concerning the center-site vote. Lynch, along with council member Steve Hennes and Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll, voted for a southern site for the center at a meeting Aug. 10. Braig-Lindstrom and member David Peterson voted against it. At the Sept. 14 meeting, Lynch said the situation was getting “ridiculous” because people, including Perske, should have understood his (Lynch’s) business, Granite Lo-
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gistics, is a North American transportation brokerage firm with virtually no walk-in customers. Therefore there is no way he or his company would benefit directly by people coming to a community center near his business. Braig-Lindstrom, visibly upset, said she is tired of being accused of being “difficult” on the council, tired of being treated as if she is ill-intentioned with ulterior motives. She said at times she has felt bullied by some council members and by city staff, specifically Mary Degiovanni, city administrator. “I’m not feeding the rumor mill,” Braig-Lindstrom said. “I’m trying to stop the rumor mill . . . ,” adding she wanted the conflict-of-interest issue to be a matter of public record so it would go away and council business could move forward. All she was doing, she said, was asking questions posed by her constituents, that she was just doing her job as their elected council member. Nicoll then told Braig-Lindstrom if she accuses the council or city staff of bullying, they all deserve an explanation or examples of what the bullying behavior constituted. “It is my personal feeling,” Braig-Lindstrom said. “That’s how I feel.” She then said she has a series of emails from staff or council members that made her feel bullied. She also mentioned when the farmers’ market wanted a sign by city hall, the council refused that request and Braig-Lindstrom said she felt compelled to defend herself against conflict-of-interest aspersions when in fact she helped organize the market but never profited a dime from it. Braig-Lindstrom said she also felt intimidated when she would try to get items for discussion placed on city-council agendas. Finally, Braig-Lindstrom told the council she would compile a list of reasons, including a compilation of past emails, to show why she felt bullied. Peterson suggested the issues Braig-Lindstrom raised should perhaps come before the personnel committee or be discussed at a closed or open meeting in the near future. Later in the meeting (see related story), Peterson also suggested the council should perhaps consider hiring an independent counsel to examine whether anything was done inappropriately during the decision-making about the community-center site. Lynch then took issue with Peterson of accusing him or other council members of doing something inappropriate, at which Peterson fired back, “I didn’t say there was something inappropriate,” adding an indepenCenter • page 5
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Officers from front page world.” Hughes pinned a medal on each man’s shirt. They were also presented with award plaques from Gold Cross Ambulance Service and from the City of Sartell. The three – John Lester, Sgt. Kelly Mader, Steve Mathews -were given a standing ovation in the council chambers. Two other officers – Kari Bonfield and Rob Lyon – were also honored for saving the life of a man who was undergoing cardiac arrest. At 4:13 p.m. Aug. 24, the officers arrived at a resident where an 89-year-old man was unresponsive in a recliner chair.
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com They started chest compressions while talking with the man’s wife, who was so upset at one point she tripped over the family dog and fell down and hit her head. The officers also tended to her while the other inserted a tube into the man’s airway. They were about to try a defibrillator to get the man’s heart started again, but twice the defibrillator’s electronic read-out advised not to give a shock, so the officers took turns doing CPR until the ambulance arrived. The man lived through that crisis, but unfortunately he passed away 17 days later. His family expressed their gratitude to the police for helping them have 17 more days with their loved one – a husband and father.
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The five Sartell police officers honored at the Sept. 14 city-council meeting are (left to right) John Lester, Sgt. Kelly Mader, Steve Mathews, Kari Bonfield and Rob Lyon. Hughes praised them for their professionalism and for doing exactly what police are supposed to do – helping peo-
ple in times of stress and emergencies. Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll presented the two offi-
cers with plaques and Hughes pinned them with the Lifesaving Award. They, too, were given a standing ovation.
Center from page 4 dent outsider could determine objectively if nothing inappropriate was done, allowing the council to move forward with all doubts dispelled. Earlier in the meeting, at the beginning of a discussion about the community center and a library, Steve Hennes said he is tired of overt or veiled threats from people and of people accusing him of “losing his mind,” just because he was one of the three who voted for a south site for the community center. “Let’s put conspiracy theories to rest once and for all in this community,” Hennes said. “Let’s build a community center that will be one of the best in Minnesota . . . We had a vote; we’re moving forward.” For more stories regarding the community center, see future issues of the Sartell Newsleader.
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Library-plan dilemma all but inexcusable The divisive antagonisms about Sartell’s proposed community center and library are a disconcerting shame, and the lack of communications that led to them are all but inexcusable. When the council voted 3-2 to choose the southern (Town Square) site for the center, many Sartell residents – preferring a more central site – began to complain. Of course the finger-pointing rumor-mill whirled into a tempest, including an unfair, illogical assertion that council member Pat Lynch and his company, a transportation brokerage firm in Town Square, would benefit financially from the chosen site. The city’s hired consultant, Strack Construction Co. of Sartell, scrutinized the five potential community-center sites and presented to the council the pluses and minuses of each. For better or worse, three of the five council members (Lynch, Steven Hennes, Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll) voted for the southern site, and they gave reasonable, positive, sincere reasons why they favored that site. But within a matter of weeks, clouds of contention gathered, and two regrettable facts, that few if any predicted, suddenly became obvious. One: The Great River Regional Library system, upon which a workable Sartell library is dependent, will not accept the southern site, which is too close to the St. Cloud and Waite Park libraries’ service area. Two: GRRL requires 12,500-square feet of space for a branch library in Sartell, no matter whether it’s part of a community center or as a stand-alone structure somewhere else. The Sartell council and others never expected to build a branch library of that size. It would be too expensive, on top of the nearly $500,000 the city might be expected to spend for a start-up collection of library items, as the GRRL expects. There is no point in playing a blame game at this point. Yes, all things considered, it would be grand to have a community center with a library smack dab in the middle of the city. But that wish will not change the fact that, as things look now, Sartell will not get the branch library its residents had hoped for and voted for (half-cent sales tax) for years. What is really disappointing, however, is the apparent lack of communication among the City of Sartell, city consultants and GRRL. Why didn’t they all get together to find out precisely GRRL requirements for a branch library? Why that wasn’t done is hard to understand. And GRRL should have communicated to Sartell precisely what it would require to make a library possible before the council made its site decision. On both sides, it seems to have been poor communication. Let’s try to be hopeful. Perhaps a compromise is possible from GRRL. It has stressed “flexibility” as one of the hallmarks of a “library of the future,” which GRRL was hoping could be built in Sartell. Will that “flexibility” include a willingness to shrink the minimum space by half or less? Even so, there is another sad fact that looms: GRRL will not accept the southern site for any size of library; will it compromise on that, too? Building a library elsewhere (say, at city hall) would be prohibitively expensive, according to consultants. So what does that leave? Will the library so many Sartell residents dreamed about be some kind of re-purposed “reading room” stocked with donated items? Some library! Not exactly what residents had in mind. As things now stand, the community center, at its southern site, is almost certainly to become a recreation center minus a bona-fide branch library. There is no excuse for such an outcome; it would be a slap in the face to those who voted for a half-cent sales tax on the basis it would fund a library. A bold turn-about solution would be for the council to go back to the drawing board and decide to build a standalone GRRL-supported library in a central location. A library acceptable to the GRRL might be built by cutting back on recreational amenities in the south-based community center (say, one gym instead of three) and then add more recreation facilities in the future at the community-center site. OR those who voted for a south site could change their minds, put the community center in more of a central location, put a library in it built to GRRL requirements and make it affordable by cutting back on recreational facilities that could be added in future. But that outcome, even if it’s somehow feasible and affordable, probably won’t happen until a critical mass of Sartell residents demand it. They should demand it.
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Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
Opinion Compassion must be tempered by realism Compassion, the ability to feel sympathy with someone else, is perhaps the most crucial human quality of all, but sometimes, sad to say, it can bring unintended consequences. And that is what is happening right now in Europe. Wave upon wave of immigrants is surging into Europe, too many – far too many – for those countries to handle. There is no doubt the problem will become even worse in the next decade or two, if not sooner – to the point of social, economic and political catastrophes. Images like the one of the little boy, drowned, washed up on shore, can melt even the stoniest heart. It is horrifying to see and to read about the anguish, pain and long-suffering desperation of those immigrants from chaos. Most, apparently, are Syrians fleeing the vicious situations in that blood-drenched country, ripped apart by civil war and a barbaric ISIS rampage against civilians who happen to be so-called infidels, such as Christians. To stay in Syria is to risk one’s life hour by hour as barrel bombs fall on neighborhoods or marketplaces, ripping human beings to shreds. Innocent people in that killing field are trapped between tyrant Bashir al Assad’s army, anti-Assad insurgents and ISIS’s acts of kidnapping, rape, torture, mass killings and terror of every description. According to news reports, many of the refugees clamoring for safety in Europe have already long been refugees languishing miserably in camps in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. Some had been living as long as four years in hellish, crowded refugee camps, hanging on day to day merely to survive. Meanwhile, the insane violence in their homeland, Syria, kept getting worse. The estimated number of refugees in those camps was as high as four million. You have to be a rock not to feel compassion for such hurting human beings. Some European countries have already begun to accommodate the refugees, with
Dennis Dalman Editor France willing to accept as many as 32,000 for now. In the past four years, after the horrific Syrian violence began, the United States has accepted about 1,500 Syrian refugees. President Obama suggested last week we should allow 10,000 more of them into this country this year, 70,000 next year and 100,000 in 2017. These awful exoduses have happened all too often throughout history. Jewish people, for example, were constantly on the move because of vicious persecutions, tormented and slaughtered village to village, and we all know – or should know – what happened to them during WWII. They were butchered throughout eastern Europe, along with other ethnic minorities, and not just in Nazi death camps. The world, mostly, turned a blind eye to such monstrous crimes and massive suffering. That is why it’s heartening to know so many countries are trying to help these refugees, these homeless people stranded miserably between the thin border line of hope and despair. Yes, this compassion is a good thing, but it also presents problems. It poses many more questions than solutions, and they are questions we should all ponder: • How many millions of refugees can any country absorb before social, economic and political break-downs start to happen? • How many of the people scrambling to Europe are, in fact, bona-fide refugees? Countries claim they will screen them to determine which are refugees and which are opportunists or even possible terrorists? How will that be accomplished when most of them probably don’t even have
any documents and arrive with little more than the clothes on their backs? How many of them are not escaping persecution and death but fleeing poverty and other problems in their countries – countries that include Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt, among others. As people in those countries hear about Europe’s compassionate acceptance, will they too join the rush for a chance at a better life? When will it ever stop? • Will these people return home if and when conditions stabilize in their countries of origin? • Will refugees be capable of assimilating into the societies they move into? Will there be jobs for them? Or will an inability to adapt or lack of employment lead to festering resentments that are vented in social disorder and violence? Such resentments and some resultant violence have long been happening in England, France and Germany. The ultimate answer, obviously, would be a restoration of some kind of stability and safety in those cruel countries. That’s not likely to happen, especially with terrorist groups on the prowl, on the rampage. It’s no accident Donald Trump’s comments about illegal immigration have touched a chord in many Americans. Even though Trump was wildly off-base and insulting, many Americans are fearful of what might result from unrestrained illegal immigration. Many are pondering questions similar to the ones listed above. Many are asking what are the limits to compassion? Does there come a point when compassion translates into a “free ticket” for anyone who decides they want to leave their own country for whatever reason? These are unpleasant questions, but we must ask them and then try to come up with reasonable and – yes – compassionate but realistic compromises, policies and solutions.
Letter to editor
Reader responds to ‘Cookie-aisle screechers need spanking’ Benjamin N. Witts, Sartell
(Editor’s note: Dalman did not suggest in his column that spanking should be the one-and-only method of correcting children. Not at all. Dr. Benjamin M. Witts writes that spanking can at times be used “sparingly and appropriately.” As such, per the doctor’s good advice, Dalman does think a spanking was appropriate for the raging kid in the cookie aisle.) In a recent editorial column, Dennis Dalman suggested “a good spank or two on the butt” might be helpful in curbing grocerystore tantrums. Many of us, like Dalman, vividly remember the days of grocery-storeaisle spankings from when we were children (I certainly recall my fair share). But we have come a long way since Dalman was a child. What science has discovered throughout many decades of research, practice, and trial and error is spanking only teaches the child three things: 1) that hitting is a great way to deal with frustration, 2) your parent is sometimes scary, and 3) what not to do. What spanking does not teach is what the parent actually wants: good behavior. The problem here isn’t that the child wanted cookies. Neither is it a problem that the child had a tantrum. The problem is the parent lacked the skills needed to deal effectively with problem behavior. We could do as others have done and “spank” the
parent by giving nasty looks, muttering comments beneath our breath or even outright telling the parent of her shortcomings; but what does that teach? Instead, we must help parents learn to teach good behavior to their children, in turn helping the child become a good citizen. What we need, then, is something to help us build good behavior for the child (and for the parent, too). One means of easily and effectively teaching is to use rewards to help guide the child’s behavior to what we want. And before we turn this conversation from spanking to bribery; no, I’m not talking about bribery. Rewards can be high-fives for youngsters, extra privileges for older kids and even an earned allowance for teenagers. Heck, most kids just like hearing they did a good job, something they may not hear from their parents enough. Rewards, if used appropriately, will not affect the child’s motivation at all — in fact, used correctly, rewards help build motivation where none currently exists. Think about why the child even had a tantrum to begin with. Is it because the child loves to see his mom get upset? I doubt it. Likely the child has learned the tantrum is the most reliable way to get cookies (even if tantrums work only on occasion). So if the child throws a tantrum, there’s a possibility at getting cookies. If the child “behaves,” there’s zero chance at cookies. I’d call that one savvy kid.
The parent Dalman discussed in his editorial should give the child cookies. Of course, she should only give cookies when the child shows good behavior, and the cookies should be given only on occasion. Good behavior could be asking politely, staying close to mom while shopping or using a good inside voice (all of which are the opposites of a tantrum). Even better is if mom can get the kid to swap out cookies for sweet fruits, like apples or grapes — but as I don’t have a regular column in the paper with a generous word limit, I’ll keep the examples simple and short. This is not to say spanking cannot be used sparingly and appropriately to complement efforts to get better behavior from a child. But the point here is that spanking, used alone, is not a good teaching tool. Learning better behavior takes time, effort, careful planning and a lot of support as the child struggles with the adjustment. Today, more than ever, we can teach parents to help support their growing child. But the parent, like the child, must invest time and effort in learning better behavior, and must be forgiving of his or her eventual failures and setbacks along the way. Witts is an assistant professor of applied behavior analysis at St. Cloud State University. He holds a doctorate and is a boardcertified behavior analyst.
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
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Friday, Sept. 25 Brat sale, sponsored by the St. Joseph Y2K Lions, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. N.W., St. Joseph. Parkinson’s Tae Guk Kwan Do, 3-4 p.m., Independent Lifestyles, Inc., 215 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. 320-267-7717. Friends of Two Rivers Lake FunDrazer, silent auction, spaghetti dinner and live music, 4-11 p.m., The Landing, 18527 CR 154, St. Anna.
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High school raises thousands for cancer photo by Angie Heckman
The Sartell High School student section at the homecoming football game Sept. 18 was a blur of pink as students and community members came out to support their team as well as raise funds for cancer research. The student council raised $4,000 with efforts from homecoming T-shirt sales and a tailgate dinner before the game. The football booster club raised an additional $883 for the Tackle Cancer effort during the evening, which was capped off with a football team win over Rocori, 28-21.
Wheel from front page September, rain or shine. The festival always has a large array of visual art, music, dance, hands-on art activities for children and great food. This year, 59 artists will be
at the festival, including 17 new and 42 returning. Sartell’s sole contribution to the list is Anita Jacobson, but plenty more will be at the festival from the surrounding area including Sauk Rapids, Rice, St. Joseph and St. Cloud. Musicians will be on stage during the festival and additional performers will be in the street, including cloggers
and street artists. Other activities include horse-drawn trolley rides, a children’s art area, history tours of Art and Heritage Place at St. Benedict’s Monastery and of the St. Joseph Area Historical Society along with a vintage car-andtractor show. For more information on the festival, head to www.millstreamartsfestival.org.
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015
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