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Little Free Library Large branch library pops up in Sartell out of the question by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Vietnam Veterans of America to hold annual pig roast

Central Minnesota Chapter 290 of Vietnam Veterans of America will hold its annual pig roast and auction from 4:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992, 901 N Benton Drive. Both a silent and live auction will be held with proceeds going toward veteran needs.

Collegeville Colors set Oct. 4

Collegeville Colors will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 on the grounds of St. John’s Outdoor University. Spend the afternoon hiking in the woods at St. John’s as you enjoy the fall colors, artwork, live music, nature activities and more along the Chapel Trail – rain or shine.

League of Minnesota Cities seeks students essays

The League of Minnesota Cities seeks submissions for its third annual essay contest. Students from grades 4-6 are invited to submit their entries. Three prizes of $100 will be awarded and the winning essay will be published in a future edition of Minnesota Cities magazine. The deadline for participation is Friday, Oct. 23. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 2 Criers.

Oct. 4-10, NAMI promotes Mental Illness Awareness Week

National Mental Illness Awareness Week is Oct. 4-10. To learn more about anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, or to find support groups, family educational classes and other resources, contact National Alliance on Mental Illness-Minnesota. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 2 Criers.

St. Cloud Hospital offers nicotine dependence program

CentraCare Heart and Vascular Center at the St. Cloud Hospital will offer its Outpatient Nicotine Dependence Program from 5-6 p.m. starting Wednesday, Oct. 7. This is a five-week program. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 2 Criers. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.

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There is another new Little Free Library in Sartell. It’s located at the home of Matt and Carolyn Bertsch at 421 Eighth Ave N. This Little Free Library was designed and built by the Sartell Middle School Student Council during the spring of 2015. The students built three libraries like this one which are all located in Sartell. Little Free Libraries are free to use. The Bertsch family has filled their Little Free Library with books for children and adults alike and welcome those in the neighborhood to browse though them and to “Take a Book and Leave a Book.” The Bertsches’ Little Free Library will be updated regularly and will also contain specific themes at times.

(Editor’s note: The discussions about a possible Sartell branch library continue. The following story is a summary of what council members talked about at their Sept. 28 meeting. For more about the library/community center issues, see two stories in this newspaper from the Sept. 14 city-council meeting. The Sartell Newsleader regrets there was not enough room to include them in the last issue.) A branch library of 12,500-square-feet is out of the question for Sartell, according to a consensus of the Sartell City Council at its Sept. 28 meeting. Council member David Peterson made a motion that

the topic of a proposed Sartell library be discussed at the Sept. 28 meeting. He said the council must meet as soon as possible (at the Oct. 12 council meeting) with the St. Cloud-based Great River Regional Library to determine options because GRRL and the city council are trying to guess what each other is thinking. “We’re both waiting for each other on the sidelines and nobody’s on the dance floor,” Peterson said. He said the council should meet as soon as possible with members of the St. Cloudbased Great River Regional Library system. The council, he added, must figure out as soon as possible whether a relationship with GRRL will continue or if the council should break Library • page 6

Sartell firefighters retire; look to new leadership by Logan Gruber operations@thenewsleaders.com

Marty Radi has lived in Sartell for 23 years and served on the fire department for 20 of those. He retired on Radi June 1 of this year. “I just passed through . . . There are more people there who have contributed more

than I,” Radi said in a Newsleader interview. “The year I started the population of Sartell was about 4,200 . . . the city quadrupled in size in 20 years,” Radi said. He added he had three very good mentors throughout the years: Bob Becker, Dennis Molitor and Lint Edgerly. He said they were invested in the future of the department. But the fire department has evolved along with the city, and for the better. Radi mentioned training and equipment as hav-

ing changed a lot over the years. “A lot of the new people who come in have their Fire I, Fire II and EMT certificates. They come in with a lot more training than we did,” Radi said. Radi mentioned Ben Kockler, Lucas Dingmann, Rick Lyon and Mark Heinen as a good group of younger people in the fire department. He added the new chief’s goal from day one will be to create the next leadership group. “We’ve been fortunate to have good leadership for the

past 20 years,” Radi said, referencing current Fire Chief Ken Heim, who will retire Dec. 31. Heim joined the department as a firefighter in 1985. After serving some years as assistant fire chief, he became chief in 1995. Radi said one of the best things about being a Sartell firefighter is the camaraderie. He said Heim’s kids learned to water ski at his cabin. Radi and his wife, Kelly, have two daughters – Brook, 19 and Karen, 16. Fire • page 10

Families have fun at ‘Back to School’ event by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

On a misty, crisp fall morning, families gathered for the third annual “Back to School 5k Run and 1k Obstacle Course” at Sartell Middle School. Sponsored by PineCone Vision and Dentistry for Children, the event raises funds for the Sartell-St. Stephen Early Childhood Education program, and this year’s proceeds will be used to buy fitness equipment for the program. About 200 people gathered for the back-to-school event, including 141 who participated in

the three activities. There were also a dozen vendors from local health-related businesses. The event began at 9 a.m. with cannon fire to start the timed 5k run. After that race, two races for younger children began, both 1k races (twice around the school’s field track). The first race was for children 6 and under, the second for those 7 and older. All children who completed the untimed, non-competitive 1k run and obstacle course received green achievement ribbons. “It’s so rewarding seeing our community out and movSchool • page 14

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Swirls of bubbles delight children near the end of the 1k obstacle run at the “Back to School 5k Run and 1k Obstacle Course” Sept. 26 at Sartell Middle School.

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2 If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or TriCounty 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. 13 3:32 p.m. Motorist assist. Seventh Street N. Officers were called to assist a driver who had locked their keys in their vehicle. The officer advised the motorist of the risk of scratching the vehicle or damaging one of the side airbags, and the driver decided to just have another key made instead of risking damage to the vehicle. No further action was taken. Sept. 14 8:22 a.m. Vandalism. King’s Way. Officers were called to a report of a person’s garage doors being spray-painted overnight. There was nothing written on the doors, only squiggly lines. The homeowner stated he didn’t know who might have done it. The officer took photos of the damage. 3:04 p.m. Alarm. Cougar Lane. Officers were called to a report of an alarm sounding at a residence. While on location the officer received a notification from the alarm company that the alarm had been cancelled. No further action was taken. Sept. 15 12:57 a.m. Gunshot. Fourth Avenue N. Officers were called to a report of several gunshots in the area. The officers arrived and spoke with several people in the area who suspected it was fireworks. The officers were unable to locate anything suspicious. 2:06 p.m. Animal complaint. Connecticut Avenue. Officers were called to a report of a dog left in a vehicle in a parking lot. The officers arrived and made contact with the owner who stated she had been checking on the dog frequently. There was food and water in the vehicle for the dog as well. The officers did not see a threat to the animal. No further action was taken. Sept. 16 4:30 a.m. Alarm. 21st Avenue N. Officers were dispatched to an alarm at a residence. The of-

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ficers checked the perimeter of the house and made contact with the owner. The owner stated the wind had blown his back garage service door open. No further action was taken. 9:52 p.m. Gunshot. Hi-Vue Drive. Officers were called to a report of gunshots in the area. The officers made contact with the complainant who stated she wasn’t sure if it was gunshots or fireworks. The officers checked the area with no result. No further action was taken. Sept. 17 8:45 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. Seventh Street S. Officers were called to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area. The caller told them the vehicle had driven by numerous times; the caller followed the vehicle and obtained a plate number. The officers were able to locate the vehicle and found the vehicle stopped on the side of the road. The driver stated she was looking for a house in the neighborhood and was having trouble finding it. No further action was taken. 11 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. Eighth Street N.E. Officers were called to a report of a suspicious vehicle following someone. The officers made contact with the driver of the suspicious vehicle and learned he was just on his way home and wasn’t following anyone. No further action was taken. Sept. 18 12:15 a.m. Traffic stop. Pinecone Road. While on routine patrol an officer observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The radar in the squad indicated the vehicle was traveling at 54 mph in a marked 40mph zone. The officer stopped the vehicle and issued the driver a citation for speeding. 1 a.m. Suspicious activity. First Street N. Officers were called to a report of a man standing on the caller’s deck. The caller stated the man took off to the east. The officers searched the area and were unable to locate anyone. No further action was taken. Sept. 19 8:44 a.m. Hazard. 18th Avenue N. Officers were called to a report of an underground power line being struck. The caller stated he was pounding in fence posts and hit an under-

ground line. He stated he had dug a pilot hole to check for hazards; he stated there were some sparks but no fire. He also stated the power was out to the neighboring homes. The officer advised him to stay there until Stearns Electric arrived to repair the damage. No further action was taken. 11:40 p.m. Suspicious vehicle. Sauk River Park. While on routine patrol an officer observed a vehicle in the parking lot of the park. The officer made contact with the occupants of the vehicle and advised them of the park hours. They left without incident. Sept. 20 12:30 a.m. Suspicious vehicle. Riverside Avenue N. While on routine patrol, an officer observed four juveniles getting into a vehicle that was parked behind a local eatery. The officer made contact with the juveniles who stated they had walked down by the bridge. The officer advised them that was not a good idea and instructed them to go home. No further action was taken. 4:55 p.m. Vandalism. First Street NE. Officers were called to a report of a porta-potty tipped over on its side. The officer and the caller stood it back up. The caller stated he saw a couple kids tip it over and then take off. The officer checked the area but was unable to locate the suspects. Sept. 21 1:30 p.m. Alarm. 15th Street S. Officers were called to a report of a fire alarm at an apartment building. The officers arrived and made contact with the cleaning lady. She stated she was cleaning the oven in the community room with a cleaner, and when she returned and opened the door, it was smoking. No further action was taken. Sept. 24 7:15 a.m. Accident. CR 2. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-car accident. One of the drivers was seriously injured after hitting a metal utility poll. She was taken to the St. Cloud Hospital for further assistance. The other driver complained of minor injuries but did not want medical attention. St. Stephen Fire and Rescue assisted on the scene.

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Nolan Frank (men’s golf) was named the Jamestown Optimist Club Athlete of the Week. Frank, a sophomore from Sartell (2014), fired a 4-over 148 to lead the University of Jamestown (N.D.) Jimmies to a 1-shot victory at the Bismarck State College invitational at Prairie West Golf Course in Mandan, N.D. Frank’s 148 (72-76) was good for third place individually, while helping his team to first place in the tournament. Optimist International is an association of more than 2,900 Optimist Clubs around the world dedicated to “Bringing Out the Best in Kids.” Adult volunteers join Optimist Clubs to conduct positive service projects in their communities aimed at providing a helping hand to youth. With their upbeat attitude, Optimist Club members help empower young people to be the best they can be. contributed photo

St. Francis Xavier School student Gabbie Steinkopf, daughter of Jen Steinkopf of Sartell, holds a fish T-shirt she designed Sept. 25 during the school’s celebration of “Only One You,” based on the Linda Kranz children’s book. The students put into practice the values of the book: being unique, making new friends, learning when to speak up and when to listen and much more. Each student made a unique T-shirt to represent “Only One You.” T r o y Hoekstra, St. Cloud, was awarded the Developer of the Year for 2015 by the International Hotels Hoekstra Group. Hoekstra accepted the award Sept. 30 at the annual IHG conference in San Francisco. The Central Minnesota Arts Board awarded $3,500 in Arts Legacy funds to Sartell High School. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 2 People. Alice Colatrella, Sartell, has participated in the Concordia Language Villages program by attending a one-week session at El Lago

del Bosque, the Spanish Language Village, located near Bemidji, Minn. Colatrella is the daughter of Stacy and Nick Colatrella and will be a seventh-grader at Sartell Middle School this fall. St. Cloud Federal Credit Union and St. Cloud City and County Employees Credit Union are proud to announce the intention of merging their two organizations. The merger process was pre-approved by regulators and affirmed by a vote of St. Cloud City and County Employees Credit Union members at a special meeting on Sept. 16. Final regulatory approval is anticipated in the coming months. Both organizations have a rich history in Central Minnesota dating back to the 1930s and will continue operating “as is” until the merger is finalized later this year.

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Friday, Oct. 2, 2015

Mother hopes daughter quits springing surprises by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Barbara Eaton has high hopes for her 5-week-old daughter, Delaney Rose; she hopes she grows up to follow her passions, to fulfill her dreams – and, not to forget, to stop springing surprises. Delaney Rose Eaton sprang a surprise when she arrived in the world, nine days earlier than expected and so quickly that three Sartell police officers presided over her at-home birth. Barbara Eaton shared her memories of that day and the days following in an interview Sept. 28 with the Sartell Newsleader. Wednesday, Aug. 26 started out as a busy day for Graham and Barbara Eaton and their daughter, 9-year-old Madelyn. A

doctor’s check-up for Barbara showed her pregnancy was going just fine, right on schedule, that there was nothing to worry about, with a due date set for Sept. 6. She made another checkup date for Aug. 31. After her visit to the doctor, the family looked forward to a get-together with Graham’s mother, brother, niece and nephew who had come from their home in Ely (Graham’s former home town) for a visit. They all enjoyed a supper at the Green Mill restaurant. During the meal, Barbara began experiencing very unpleasant back pains and twinges now and then. After the supper, the three children wanted to get an icecream cone before the Eatons had to go back to Ely so they

drove to get cones at the Dairy Queen on Hwy. 10 South in east St. Cloud. After that the Eatons of Sartell said their goodbyes to the Eatons from Ely. Barbara and Graham had driven separately to the Green Mill supper. Madelyn decided to ride back to Sartell in her mother’s car. That was about 8:15 p.m. Just minutes later, Barbara had to pull of the highway by McDonald’s in east St. Cloud. The back pains had begun again, with a vengeance. After they subsided a bit, she began to drive again, but by the time she arrived back home, the pains were so bad she couldn’t get out of that car and into the house fast enough. Bad as the pains were, she did not think a birth was imminent. After all, she had been to the

doctor just hours before, all was fine, and these pains were not birth contractions, just back pains. Barbara lay down and told Madelyn to call her father, who was also on his way home. He arrived in 10 minutes. She told him to call her mother, who lives near Holdingford so if something Daughter • page 10 contributed photo

Graham and Barbara Eaton are proud of their two daughters – Madelyn, 9, and newborn Delaney Rose whose emergency birth Aug. 26 was presided over by three Sartell police officers.

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Pope is best kind of leader, using humility, kindness, wisdom Just before the election of President John F. Kennedy in 1960, there were jokes and even some ridiculous worries that since Kennedy was a Catholic, the pope in Rome was packing his bags to move to the United States and take over the country. Last week, one could almost think it had actually happened – that the pope had “taken over.” He actually did for a time. He captivated everyone he met; he inspired and moved millions of Americans of every walk of life; he gave a spiritual “pep talk” to the U.S. Congress; he showed that humility, kindness and wisdom should be the qualities of a great leader – not weapons, threats and cruelty. What is most remarkable about the pope’s visit is how he kept underlining, through his actions, the essence of the gospel messages about helping the poor, the dispossessed, the outcasts, the marginalized. Pope Francis met with homeless people, with immigrants, with school children in East Harlem, with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, with prisoners. All through his American trip, again and again, he emphasized the gospel message, which is basically the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” His many talks were powerful and convincing in their quiet and simple ways. He did not harangue people; he did not politicize issues; he did not use ornate word constructions; he spoke very simply, using down-to-earth language, right from his heart. There are an estimated 70 million Catholics in the United States, but Pope Francis reached and moved many more people than Catholics. His messages are truly universal ones that have the power to touch a chord in everyone, no matter what their religion or lack of religion. He even moved many people in the U.S. Congress to tears. What a spiritual feat that was. Wouldn’t it be grand if Pope Francis could make a similar trip to Russia, to Iraq, to Iran, to North Korea, to Syria. There are many tyrants, monsters and terrorists living in those places who need to hear the pope’s message of kindness and love for others. As is the case with ISIS, however, such people bent on cruelty and destruction are almost certainly tone-deaf to any messages promoting decency and kindness. It would take more than the pope – and more than a few miracles – to get through to such rocky hearts and stony minds. It’s a shame. But, in the meantime, we can certainly hope the pope keeps traveling, inspiring with his messages, being an example of simplicity, humility and good works. Maybe – just maybe – some kind of miracle will take place, and the pope’s deeply human messages will catch on and touch hearts and minds in the most unlikely places.

The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders.

Friday, Oct. 2, 2015

Opinion Long live the Paramount Theater! I was born a diehard movie buff. When we were kids in the 1950s, going to the Paramount Theater was like dying and going to heaven, over and over again. My two sisters, three brothers and I were St. Cloud southsiders who grew up just west of the college. We would walk the mile to that theater at least once a week in all weathers, our quarters, dimes and nickels jingling in our pockets, our eager minds anticipating the excitement of a bigscreen spectacle while munching popcorn and slurping on boxes of Jujy Fruits, Junior Mints and Black Crows. Before the films began, we pint-sized movie addicts would sit there in our seats squirming with anticipation. Then, at last, the lights would begin to dim in two oval chandeliers, the curtain would begin to open and we’d hear the roar of the MGM lion or the trumpet-blaring flourish of 20th Century Fox just before the movie started. We would be thrilled beyond words. Many a Sunday, after sitting through catechism classes at St. Mary’s (or, just as often, while playing hooky from catechism), we’d rush over to the Paramount and watch the same matinee over and over all day, sometimes three times in a row. When we were very young brats, our favorites were westerns, war movies and sword-fighting spectacles – the bloodier the better. Later, I began to enjoy more sophisticated pictures, especially those spellbinding Alfred Hitchcock movies, which always came to the Paramount, not the other two theaters in St. Cloud – the Hays and the Eastman. To this day, a half century later, Hitchcock is my favorite movie director. I still associate his movies with the Paramount Theater because that’s where I first saw

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some of his very best – To Catch a Thief (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959) and Psycho (1960). After seeing Vertigo, the eerie images and soundtrack from that movie haunted my mind like ghosts for weeks, and I begged everybody I knew to go see it. At the time, it was considered a critical flop, but I knew, young as I was, that it was a genuine masterpiece. It remains to this day, after so many viewings, at the top of my Top-10 movie list. Every time I’ve seen Vertigo on video or CD, my experience of viewing it in the Paramount is still palpable. That theater with its drafty popcorn aroma is indelibly entwined in memory with that movie – and so many others. It’s the same with Psycho, that other macabre work of art from the Master. I saw it in the Paramount with my cousin from Benson, Mary Lou O’Malley. What a stunner it was. And what spooky ambience, what with a couple actual bats flying through the flickering darkened air above us. Yes, indeed. In those days, sometimes bats did fly and flutter in that theater. Nearly 40 years after Psycho first shocked and thrilled me, I saw it again – lo and behold – right in the Paramount again during a special showing. After seeing it on video many times on TV, what a treat it was to view that moody classic again digitally projected on the great big screen in the very place I’d first seen it.

From the early 1950s through the 1980s, I must have seen at least 500 movies at the Paramount, which is the greatest movie palace of all time, as far as I’m concerned. Its plush ornamental elegance, its glimmering chandeliers, its lacey filigreed ceiling, its scalloped balconies hanging there as if by some magic levitation made the movie-going experience extra-special. In the 1950s, so long ago, the Paramount’s magnificent grandeur and its big colorful movies were special treats because back home, all we had for viewing pleasure were clunky TVs whose picture screens looked like ship’s portholes through which we could see rather fuzzy images floating around in a hissing snowstorm caused by bad-signal reception. The Paramount, in contrast, was the Real Thing: Technicolor! CinemaScope! Bigger than Life! Thrilling! Some of the classic movies I first saw in the Paramount and still associate with my experience of them in that wonderful theater are Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, The Searchers, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Some Like It Hot, Summer and Smoke, The Godfather, Chinatown and so many more, too many to mention. When I returned to St. Cloud in the late 1990s, I was astonished one day when I walked into the Paramount for an art exhibit and beheld that theater’s magnificent restoration, of which I’d been unaware, having lived elsewhere for years. I’d assumed it was still a decrepit shadow of its former glory. Words cannot express my amazement upon seeing that restoration, and it still astonishes me every time I enter that theater, which in my memory and even now is one of the happiest places of my long life. Its restoration is like a vivid dream revived. Long live the Paramount!

Letters to editor

Reader believes library is needed in community Jill Moorthy, Sartell Sartell, Minnesota – what a great place to live! So much natural beauty – tree-filled neighborhoods, the Mississippi River, an abundance of parks, all those rain gardens. The biking/walking paths add to the accessibility of the natural spaces. Sar-

tell has that small-town feel without the big-city stressors. Interesting eating spots popping up. Abundant shopping conveniently nearby. Excellent schools full of great kids with involved families. An idyllic setting for sure . . . and no public library? It just doesn’t make sense. This community needs and wants

a library. Surveys and studies have shown that, and heck, we almost have one paid for. We can’t waste any more time as the window of opportunity is soon closing. Let’s all pull together, Sartell residents and leaders, and do the right thing: give this community the public library it deserves.

Resident would like to see safer roads for pedestrians Michelle Grundhoefer, Sartell I would like to see more reminders for drivers to watch for pedestrians trying to cross roads. It would be nice to have something like they have in St. Cloud by the library. Maybe something of a smaller scale. But with all of the sidewalks and trails, there needs to be something in place for these pedestrians to be able to cross in a reasonable and

safe way. Most of the people who are trying to cross seem like kids on bicycles or families who are pushing strollers or smaller children with training wheels on their bikes. I think one way is to keep reiterating to people to pay attention at every intersection, especially during this nice weather. There are a few intersections that don’t even have crosswalks by them but yet these streets are very popular crossing points. Take a look at Second

Street in Sartell. There are several people each day who need to cross this road to get across to their homes on the other side. I think there should be a couple crosswalks added to Second Street. I am pretty sure there are other streets that could use crosswalks too. It would be nice to have a post at some of these popular crossings where the pedestrian can push a button and a red light alerts the drivers to stop for the pedestrians to cross.

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Friday, Oct. 2, 2015

‘Blood moon’ rises

photo by Carolyn Bertsch

This is the “blood moon” as seen from Sartell at 9:10 p.m. on Sept. 27. The sky was clear for the moment and it was a warm, beautiful night to view the “blood moon” and the lunar eclipse.

Library from front page that connection. Peterson was referring to many touch-and-go issues concerning GRRL (see additional stories). He added the GRRL and city council must determine soon if there are options and exactly what those options are. In a memo about a month ago from the GRRL to Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni, the GRRL stated the southern site chosen by the council for a community center will not be acceptable as the site for a branch library. The memo also stated the minimum requirements for a Sartell branch library would be 12,500 square feet. The GRRL, Peterson said, has offered to have meeting sessions and working groups with Sartell residents, but such things have not happened. The city, he added, must ask questions and get answers form GRRL. So far, he said, the communications have been “shuttle diplomacy with lag time,”

leading to a stalemate. Peterson suggested calling meetings on Mondays when city-council meetings are not scheduled so the council, the GRRL and the public can discuss library options for Sartell. A lot of Sartell residents do want a library, he said. Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll said she has always spoken in favor of some kind of library for Sartell but not necessarily a traditional, large, full-service facility. She envisioned something more on the order of a children’s library space with programming and technology, perhaps not with traditional check-out capabilities and maybe with donated resources. There could also be a crafts area for children or activities via the school district’s community-education program. During her door-do-door political campaign nearly five years ago, Nicoll said she would mention her ideas for a library and most people always agreed with her conception of what a Sartell library should be. A 12,500 square-foot library, she said, was never expected. Council member Steve Hennes said he agreed, mostly,

Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 with Nicoll’s comments. In early discussions of a library, years ago, everyone agreed about 2,000 square feet would be enough for a library facility – or about the size of the current Sartell city-council room. The entire Sartell City Hall is one-half the size of the 12,500 feet expected by the GRRL, Hennes noted. An estimated GRRL expectation of $500,000 for library materials was not expected by Sartell residents, either, he added. Hennes said all amenities, including some kind of library, should be built all under one roof – as a community center. Council member Pat Lynch also said he recalls a community-center task force, of which he was a member, recommended a branch library of about 2,000 square feet. He said people most passionate about a library hijacked the community-center process, creating a situation that put the city at a stalemate regarding library and community-center plans. Lynch said he hears from a lot of people who think there is no need for a library in Sartell these days, that they say it’s a waste of taxpayer money. He said in his opinion there is no way Sartell can build a 12,500 square-foot library and no way the city can build both a community center and a separate library. There are several thousand Sartell residents now using the libraries in St. Cloud and Waite Park. That, Lynch said, is proof those facilities are being used and perhaps proof Sartell does not need a branch library. Peterson said the city should use the already accrued $1.6 million in sales-tax revenue for a library portion of the community center. Mayor Nicoll, however, said that money was already added to the estimated cost of the $11-million center. People, Nicoll said, will be surprised how little the city will get for $11 million and that priorities must be determined. She also noted when Sartell voters approved the regional half-cent sales tax in 2006, the ballot questions mentioned a community-resource center of which a library was only a part. Council member Amy Braig-Lindstrom said so many people have worked so hard to get to this point, that Sartell residents voted in 2006 for a library. It’s important to open up talks with GRRL, she added. All council members at the Sept. 28 meeting agreed there should be ongoing talks with GRRL to see if any give-andtake options can be achieved, to see if the GRRL will relax its space requirements or its opposition to the south site for a community center. Peterson, saying that there should be no more delays, suggested the council invited GRRL officials to the Monday,

Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com Oct. 12 council meeting. Degiovanni said she will meet with members of the Sartell Friends of the Library group so they can appoint one or more spokespersons who can give creative input to the GRRL at the Oct. 12 meeting.

Public forum

Before the official council business began Sept. 28, several people addressed the council during the public forum session, during which anyone can speak their concerns for up to a limit of three minutes. Kevin Brink said the council should consider buying the training-center building at the former Sartell paper-mill site for use as a community center. Nancy Von Erpe told the council she appreciates the

hard work it has done on behalf of a community center and library. She said a central location for the center is important but that all Sartell residents are willing to work with the council to come to a solution, using the brilliance, passion and creativity so apparent in the city. Amanda Schreiner told the council she supports the south site for a community center, as selected by a 3-2 majority on the council. That site, she said, would be a great venue for indoor and outdoor events year-round. Schreiner also said many people she talks with consider a large, full-service library a waste of taxpayer money because most people she knows prefer to read from electronic tablets, iPads and more.

Council nixes motion for independent counsel by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

A motion to hire an independent counsel to determine if anything inappropriate occurred during the selection process for a community center was defeated 3-2 at the Sept. 14 Sartell City Council meeting. Council member David Peterson proposed the motion, saying he is concerned that $650,000 could be at stake. He said he thinks a potential community-center site rejected by the council should be reconsidered, especially in light of an email memo from

Joe Lahr, owner of Joe’s Excavating Inc. in Sartell. The site in question is the so-called Villcheck property, which was purchased by the city last year. It’s adjacent to the north of Pinecone Central Park and was acquired with the thought of expanding recreational park space someday. In previous years, Lahr’s company has done extensive grading work as a community service, gratis, in Central Park to prepare for the current multiple playing fields. When it made its Aug. 10 decision, the Sartell City Council chose the south-side site Counsel • page 12

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should happen Madelyn would have a babysitter. At about 9 p.m. Barbara’s mother arrived and regular-spaced contractions had begun. Graham called 911 for an ambulance. The female dispatcher kept Graham on the line, giving him instructions for preparations, such as getting some towels ready. Meantime, three Sartell officers arrived at the scene, the apartment building on Pinecone Road across from the golf course. One of them grabbed an obstetrics emergency kit from a squad car, and just like that – at 9:56 p.m. the baby girl was suddenly born. The officers suctioned out the baby’s nose and mouth, cut the

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umbilical cord and placed the baby onto Barbara’s chest. Just then, two ambulances arrived, mother and baby were placed in an ambulance and whisked off to the St. Cloud Hospital as emergency-medical technicians monitored them carefully. All went well, without a hitch. Next day, mother and daughter were back home, safe and sound and happy. Barbara remembers the birth night as “massive chaos” in her mind. She heard the distant sirens, and she knew they were coming for her, but so many thoughts impinged on her mind: Would the construction on Pinecone Road impede a quick route to the hospital? Why is the birth happening so suddenly? Why is everybody in the house so frantic and nervous? The next morning, back from the hospital, the first thought that occurred to Barbara was this: “Oh, my goodness, those poor police officers! What did they see or hear when they were here?” Delaney Rose is a beautiful, happy baby who sleeps most of the time. When she is awake, she is intensely curious about anything and everything, her mother noted. “She is very relaxed, a very contented little lady,” she added. “Madelyn, her sister, absolutely adores her. She brushes her hair, she helps give baths, she helps with feeding. And Madelyn was

Fire from front page The new fire chief’s name hasn’t been announced yet, but it will be soon, Radi said. He added the assistant chiefs, Claude Dingmann and Jim Sattler, as well as Capt. Wayne Harrison, are all great leaders and will help the department move forward. “They do a lot of things people don’t see,” Radi mentioned. He said Claude is at the school, where he maintains the buildings, at 5 a.m. and at 4:30

so helpful the night of the birth, and she’s been helpful ever since.” Madelyn even suggested they bring cookies and candies to the helpful police officers – John Lester, Kelly Mader and Steve Mathew. A week after the birth, that is what they did. They bought a big box of cookies and a tin of toffee candies and brought them to the Sartell Police Department. At the time, only Mathew was in the station, but he happily accepted the treats on behalf of his colleagues. The Eatons still plan to visit the other officers to express their gratitude. Barbara is on maternity leave until Oct. 12 from her job as school advocate at the Anna Marie’s shelter in St. Cloud. Graham is a construction worker. “We’re all so very grateful for the police officers,” Barbara said. “We’re also thankful for the dispatchers, the ambulance drivers and medical technicians, the nurses and everybody else at the hospital. They were so helpful and compassionate.” Someday, Barbara said, Delaney Rose just might become a police officer or another kind of public servant. “Maddy (Madelyn) is that way; she’s such a giver and she cares so much about others,” Barbara said. “I think Delaney will be the same way. I just hope she stops springing surprises.” p.m. he is at the fire station backing up the computers. “One time, we needed a new brush rig [a brush rig is a truck which can go out to fight small grass fires], so Claude went and bought a 1978 pickup and using spare parts built a brush rig with a 150-gallon water tank, a pump and hose,” Radi said. “For 20 years I showed up with a yellow hat when the beeper went off . . . There are others who did a lot more.” “The people of Sartell and LeSauk Township are well served,” Radi added. To view the Salute to Firefighters, turn to pages 8 and 9.

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SHS to perform Flowers for Algernon by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

The story of a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon will be presented by Sartell High School students in their fall play, Flowers for Algernon. The production will be performed at the high school at 7 p.m. on both Thursday, Oct. 8 and Friday, Oct. 9; as well as a 2 p.m. matinee performance Saturday, Oct. 10. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. Directed by English and theater instructor John Ronyak, the drama’s main leads are played by Nick Hill as Charlie and Tierra Pilles as Alice Kinnian, Charlie’s teacher. Flowers for Algernon is a novel written by John Keyes and published to great acclaim in 1966. It was made into a movie in 1968, called Charly, for which its leading actor, Cliff Robertson, won a Best Actor Oscar. The story is about a janitor with a very low I.Q. who yearns to read and write, without success. A female doctor offers him a chance to undergo a medical experiment that might increase his intelligence, as the experiment did for a lab mouse named Algernon. The experiment works; Charlie’s I.Q. triples and he becomes a genuine genius. Then, Charlie falls in love with his teacher, a woman named Alice, but all of Charlie’s future happiness is jeopardized when complications set in. Flowers for Algernon is a novel-reading assignment for Sartell eighth-graders in English classes, and a special performance of the play will be given just for them. Ronyak, who teachers English in grades 9-12, said roles for the play were cast last May, and rehearsals for the play began in August. Ronyak also teaches an introduction-to-theater class and an acting class. The stage set is modular, with two basic platforms – one for Charlie’s bedroom, the other a doctor’s office. Then there is a series of maze pieces at the forefront in which much of the action takes place. The play includes the following cast members, in order of appearance: Nicole Yang (Dr. Strauss), Colin Nord (Professor Nemur), Pilles (Alice Kinniean), Marc Orjansen (Burt Seldon), Hill (Charlie Gordon), Jenna Yang (Connie/Doris); Mckenzie Hanson (Bernice/

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Counsel from page 7 (Ferche South) for a community center and rejected several others, one of which was the Villcheck property. A big issue with the Villcheck property is it would require a lot of fill brought in from somewhere else, according to Strack Cos. Inc. of Sartell. However, in an Aug. 21, 2015 email, Lahr stated a parking-and-building area of 250,000-square feet could be developed using onsite material as fill. “A large part of this previously farmed field was too dry and sandy to produce a good crop,” Lahr wrote. “I see no significant need for import of materials on this site.” At the Aug. 10 meeting, the night the council voted for the southern site, city-hired consultants spoke more than just about the need for fill at the Villcheck site. Water and sewer would have to be extended from quite a ways from the west, and a road would have to be extended. Challenges include lack of public visibility, an industrial site nearby and traffic-access concerns. A center would fit on the site, however, they concluded. “Why is there such a dif-

Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com ference of opinion about this (Villcheck) site?” Peterson asked his fellow council members. “I want to get to the bottom of this. It’s a huge swing in numbers (the $657,000 because of dirt-fill issues).” Other council members took issue with Peterson’s viewpoint. The $657,000, they said, is attributable to more than just the need for dirt fill at the Villcheck site. Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni said there are other expensive issues associated with that site, according to consultants, including the need for utilities, grading, compaction, testing of soils, and issues about need for a road and ingress and egress at the property. Degiovanni said the consultants hired by the city are “outside sources” of the kind Peterson was requesting. Hennes made the same point, telling Peterson the consultants gave the council the facts and the majority of the council made up their minds based on those facts. “This is starting to get ridiculous,” Lynch said, adding consultants are being criticized because of a three-paragraph emailed memo from Joe Lahr, which is not, in Lynch’s opinion, scientific. Braig-Lindstrom seconded Peterson’s motion to hire an independent counselor. The motion failed 3-2.

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Three on council defend south-site votes by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

From the very beginning of the Sept. 14 Sartell City Council meeting, which lasted nearly three hours, differences of opinion about a planned community center were apparent, mainly the disagreements about a “central” vs. a “southern” site location. (See related stories.) After all sorts of opinions, questions and viewpoints were offered, the three council members who voted almost two months ago for the south site defended their decisions. “Let’s put conspiracy theories to rest once and for all in this community,” said council member Steve Hennes. “Let’s build a community center that will be one of the best in Minnesota . . . We had a vote; we’re moving forward.” Hennes said the Great River Regional Library system’s requirements, as noted in a Sept. 3 memo to Sartell city staff, are not something the city had contemplated, such as a 12,500-square-foot library and hundreds of thousands of dollars for a start-up collection of library materials. “If we do something on our own (without GRRL involvement), that’s what we’ll have to do,” Hennes said. Council member Pat Lynch said he does not see the possibility of a library in Sartell as a separate, stand-alone structure from the community center. Some people, he said, have “poisoned the well” about putting a library in the community

center. Some, he said, have developed a “scorched earth” policy about a center just because they were on the losing end of what the council decided (the south site). “Time will tell,” Lynch said. “I’m proud to call that (southsite center) my legacy, and I think the community will rally ‘round it when it’s built.” Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll said she agreed with Lynch. “I’m proud of it,” she said, adding that in her opinion, the location has wonderful outdoor space, it has a park-like atmosphere with possibility of all-season outdoor activities, such as skating outdoors in winter, with lots of patio space and green space in the warmer seasons. Priorities will be crucial in planning the spaces and functions in the community center, Nicoll added. A 12,500-squarefoot library, for example, is just not affordable. “If we have to do without GRRL (involvement), that’s just the way it’ll have to be,” she said. Council member David Peterson, who voted against the south site, said he has many questions about a library. He said the council should not become rigid, nor should the GRRL, and they should work together for a branch library. The following are some of Peterson’s questions he said he wants to find answers to in the near future: • If there is not room in the community center for a library, then where can one be placed?

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• What if GRRL says “no” to the city’s library options? • What will the city have to pay for the library’s operational expenses? • What about the library’s open hours? If it stays open past 4:30 p.m., wouldn’t that require at least two extra full-time employees and maybe three? Council member Amy Braig-Lindstrom, who also voted against the south site, did not weigh in at the Aug. 14 meeting about the community center and/or the library. Public forum input Before the meeting, during the public-forum session, five Sartell residents addressed the council about the center. This session allows any citizen to share concerns with the council within a three-minute time limit.

Ellis

John Ellis, a teacher, said he hasn’t yet talked with one person who is in favor of the south site, including his students – sixth- and eighth-graders. As for the Villcheck site, Ellis said if soil fill is required there, it would be money well spent. “It (south site) might be the right place, but I’m asking you to re-evaluate it again . . . . Let’s make sure it’s the right spot.”

Testa

Brandon Testa, the owner of House of Pizza and Pacific Wok in Pine Cone Marketplace,” said he is strongly in favor of the south site. “If that’s not the right location, fine,” Testa said, adding it will be a good destination for people no matter where it is and it will bring revenue to the city. “Thanks,” he told the council, “and let’s get this thing built.”

Perske

Joe Perske, former Sartell mayor, reiterated how he thinks the community center should

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Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 definitely be built in a central location. As a long-time advocate of a central center, Perske said he frequently hears positive comments from people in his church and at the schools. He said the American Legion members do not like a south site, nor do many senior citizens, and the GRRL does not favor the site (a memo states the south site is unacceptable to GRRL). Perske said Sartell is the largest Minnesota city without a library. “It (south site) doesn’t make sense,” he said, “and people are upset.”

Mathiasen

Jason Mathiasen, owner of Great River Bowl, spoke to the council about the success this past summer of the Pinecone Central Park facilities, which were beyond anyone’s expectations. Mathiasen said he’d like to weigh in on the communitycenter issue. He said he hears from customers and his wife just the

opposite of what those opposed to the south site are saying. “Most people I talk do don’t care where it gets built,” he said. “Just so that it gets built.”

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Henry Smorynski, who, like Perske, has been a long-time opponent of the south site, said the plan for a library has become an “after-thought” in the community-center planning process with most emphasis now placed on “sports teams, gyms, pickle courts.” The city’s slogan, “Alive and Growing,” he said should mean Sartell values ideas, conversations, socialization, reading, learning and an increase in human intolerance of ignorance. He urged the council not to make mockery of the city’s slogan through poor planning and inadequate research. If nothing else, Smorynski said, the library should be built somewhere centrally in Sartell and be paid for by eliminating a gym or walking trail in the community center on the south site.

“Toast to Autumn,” slated for 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course in Sartell, will feature wine-and-beer tasting, light hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and raffles. “Toast to Autumn” is the annual fundraiser for the Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation, which is now celebrating its 10th year. To purchase tickets, go to www.ssef.net. The SSEF raises funds for academic-extension programs, mentoring programs, elementary literacy and ear-

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Clockwise from lower right: Two winners, mother and daughter, are honored at the “Back to School 5k Run and 1k Obstacle Course” Sept. 26 at Sartell Middle School. The mother, Jessica Lewis of Sartell, was the first woman to cross the finish line. Her daughter, Kennedy, 6, was the first girl to cross the 1k finishing line; Bailey Woods, 10, was the first boy to cross the finishing line in the 1k obstacle run in the “Back to School 5k Run and 1k Obstacle Course.” There were two 1k runs, one for children 6 and under, the other for children 7 and older. Bailey is the son of Kelly and Matt Woods of Sartell; Proud father and intrepid runner Steve Kron of Sartell ran the 5k Backto-School race while pushing his two children for a breezy ride. The children’s names are Kylee, 5; and Leo, 3; Off they go, ‘round the bend. Children 6 and under set off on their 1k run.

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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, Oct. 2 Rummage Sale, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, Collegeville. 320-363-2569. stjohnthebaptistparish.org. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. Oktoberfest Fundraiser, 4:307:30 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 14241 Fruit Farm Rd., St. Joseph. 320-363-2569. stjohnthebaptistparish.org. Body Maps, 8 p.m., St. Cloud State University, 720 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. scsu.mn/creativeseries. Saturday, Oct. 3 Central Minnesota Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1480 10th Ave. NE, Sauk Rapids. 320-251-2498. Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. John’s Catholic Church, 21 First St., Swanville. 320-573-4271. Benton County Historical Society, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. St. 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. 320-363-3351. 320-3633514. Annual pig roast, 4:30-7 p.m., Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992, 901 Benton Drive N. AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES WANTED MOTORCYCLES: TOP CASH PAID! For Old Motorcycles! 1900-1980. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920-371-0494 (MCN) EMPLOYMENT/HELP WANTED TEAM DRIVER WANTED: Dedicated run from St.Paul, Minnesota to Frankfurt, Indiana. Tuesdays through Saturdays, Competitive Wage. CDL required. Call 563-580-6648 (MCN) ALL ZONES: ANNOUNCEMENTS Horse Sale: Belle Plaine Western Exchange, Belle Plaine, IA. Next Scheduled Sale: Saturday, October 10, 2015. Tack 10:00 a.m., Horses immediately following. Sale 2nd Saturday of every month. Upcoming Sales: November 14 & December 12 (Christmas Tack Special), 2015. Check out our website for details and sale results:www.westernexchange.com; Info/To Consign: 319-444-2320; email: bpwe@netins. net (MCN) FOR SALE Trailer Sale! FUEL Tank trailers: 990 Gallon, 45 gpm Honda pump, 100gallon DEF tank, 35’ hose, solar charger $10,999.00; 500 Gallon Fuel tank trailer with 20 gpm pump $5,399.00; 6’x12’ V-nose, ramp door $2,750.00; 7’x16’ V-nose, ramp door $4,063.00; 102” x28’ Hideck Gooseneck, 24,000# GVWR, spare, third ramp or pop-up center, spring assist ramps $8,399.00 515-972-4554 www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld.com (MCN) VACATION/TRAVEL Join us in Texas! Would you like to get away from the cold snowy winters? Why not hook up your RV and come on down to J-5 in Mission, TX. We are a small park with a country setting yet we have lots of shopping nearby. Lots of activities in the park. We have specials for 1st time residents. Call us at 956-682-7495 or 515-229-1540 or email us at tdtuttle@hotmail.com (MCN)

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Brat and hotdog sale, sponsored by St. Joseph Lions, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 First Ave. NW. Charles Fillmore 5K Fun Run, Walk and Roll, 10 a.m., Unity Spiritual Center, 931 Fifth Ave. N., Sartell. fillmore5K.org. 55+ Driver Improvement Program (four-hour refresher course), 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Miller Auto Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. mnsafetycenter.org. St. 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. 320-363-3351. 320-3633514. Central Minnesota Chapter of the Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, 12:30 p.m., American Legion, 17 Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Flowers for Algernon, 2 p.m., Sartell High School, 748 Seventh St. N., Sartell.

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Woofstock tops goal of $55,000 photo courtesy Tri-County Humane Society Facebook

If dogs could talk human, these two buddies would probably like to say “thank you” to all the organizers and participants at the last Woofstock Companion Walk event Sept. 12 in Wilson Park, St. Cloud. These amazing pooches were just 275 pets that attended the event, along with 625 people. The event raised $59,000, which is $4,000 more than its goal, bringing a net profit to the humane society of $54,030.

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