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(Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series about the regional half-cent sales-tax question that will appear on the Nov. 4 election ballot.)
Trick or Treat Oct. 25 at PineCone Marketplace
Trick or Treat Day at PineCone Marketplace will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. Show off those Halloween costumes and stop by each business for a treat. See next week’s Newsleader for an insert with more details.
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Senior Connection to host candidate forum
Here is your chance to become an informed voter in the Tuesday, Nov. 4 local election. Meet the Sartell City Council candidates, hear their views and ask questions at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Garden Cove Room, Country Manor Apartments (enter east door 2).
6th district candidates to debate Oct. 21
The St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce and St. Cloud Rotary Club are co-hosting a debate for 6th District Congressional candidates John Denney (IP), Tom Emmer (R) and Joe Perske (DFL). The debate is from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the Le St. Germain Suite Hotel, 404 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. The focus of the debate will be on issues of concern to business. Questions may be taken from the audience if time allows. Seating is limited. Attendees must register and fee payment is due by Friday, Oct. 17. For more information, visit www. thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 17 Criers.
History museum hosts Halloween Historia Oct. 25
The Stearns History Museum presents Halloween Historia, a non-scary, peanut-free Halloween family event from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Stearns History Museum, 235 S. 33rd Ave., St. Cloud. Wear your costumes and be prepared to have fun. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 17 Criers.
SCSU kicks off Super Fridays series
St. Cloud State University’s new Super Fridays series gives mom and dad a peaceful night out and area youth a fun unique experience. The Campus Recreation program engages children and helps them develop skills and build confidence. The program runs from 6-9 p.m. on select Fridays in the Halenbeck Fieldhouse for youth ages 5 to 11. For more information, visit www.thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 17 Criers. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.
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Corbin Olson of Litchfield grins with joy as he tries on his fire hat at the Sartell-LeSauk Fire Department Open House Oct. 9. Olson was visiting his grandparents, Bob and Lou Hanson of Sartell, who brought him to see the fire trucks. See additional photos inside.
Branding committee names winning logo by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
It’s official: The new branding logo for the Hwy. 15 regional medical-business zone in Sartell will be known as “Hub on 15.” That logo was one of two finalists considered by a “Branding Committee,” which is dedicated to identifying and then marketing that area so people will know where it is and what it offers. The other logo contender was “Edge on 15.” The winning logo, which is available in four colors (green, red, blue, yellow) reads “Hub on 15” with a stylized “roundabout” surrounding the “on.” Underneath “Hub on 15” are the words “Business. Healthcare. Technology.” There are 60 businesses in the “Hub” area, and all were
invited to vote for a final logo choice. The logo is just the visible beginning of what the branding committee hopes to achieve. It’s now launched upon a research effort to find more ways to promote the Hub on 15 area. The committee’s main concern is to make plans for signage and a neighborhood website that will contain an interactive map so people can not only become familiar with Hub on 15 but learn to negotiate it, traffic-wise. As many committee members have noted, the area is hard to define and to describe, and it’s difficult to give directions to specific businesses within it. In designing the hub logo, committee members pointed to the meaning of “hub,” which is “the effective center of an activity, region or network.”
If Sartell voters do not approve an extension of the regional half-cent sales tax in the Nov. 4 election, those who live in Sartell will still have to pay that tax when shopping in other area cities, but Sartell itself will lose out on revenue generated from the regional tax. That fact is pointed out in a video on the Sartell City website, one of three videos on that site designed to inform residents about the sales-tax ballot question. The following information was presented on the first video jointly by Dennis Molitor, member of the Sartell Park Commission, and Jan Sorell, member of the Sartell Senior Connection. The current half-cent sales tax was approved nearly 10 years ago by the six area cities: Sartell, St. Cloud, St. Joseph, Sauk Rapids, St. Augusta and Waite Park. The cost of goods and services in those cities includes an extra half-cent tax. The tax is set to expire Dec. 31, 2018. By special permission of the state legislature, all six area cities’ residents have a chance to renew the tax for a 20-year period, through the year 2038. Any city that does not vote for its renewal will receive
no funding from the tax revenue generated in the other cities. The first $900,000 of the revenue, each year, will be used to fund major regional projects that would benefit all cities – projects such as the St. Cloud Airport, an interconnected trail system and an aquatics center. The rest of the revenue would be divided among the cities based on population and other factors. In Sartell, up to half of the tax money generated could be used for such projects as parks, trails, shelters, a community center, senior center, activity spaces, gymnasium and branch library, community meeting rooms, with several of those functions perhaps being fitted into a large multi-purpose community center. In addition, up to 50 percent of the revenue for Sartell could be used for road improvements, road extensions or new roads. On the Nov. 4 ballot, there will be an explanation of what the sales tax could be used for followed by the ballot question itself, which reads as follows: “Shall the City of Sartell be authorized to continue the collection of a ½-percent sales tax through the year 2038 to pay for all or part of the above listed regional projects?”
‘Find Jacob’ billboard campaign begins by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Twenty-five years is a very long time for an 11-year-old boy to remain missing, but the parents of Jacob Wetterling are not giving up on finding him, and neither is law enforcement. Jacob’s mother said she hugs him when he comes back home to her in her dreams. A “Find Jacob” billboard campaign was announced at a press conference Oct. 14 at the St. Cloud Law Enforcement Center. Six “Still Missing” billboards have been placed along busy roadways in the general area of Wetterling’s
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abduction, which happened Oct. 22, 1989. One has been put up along CR 75 near St. Joseph, not far from the former convenience store Wetterling, his brother and a friend had visited on bikes shortly before Jacob’s abduction by a masked gunman on their way back home. Billboards have also been placed in Paynesville, Cold Spring, several on Hwy. 23 and a digital billboard near the intersection of Division Street and 33rd Street in St. Cloud. The billboard features a brightred band on top with words in white saying “STILL MISSING.” Under that is a black band with Jacob • page 5
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Ferche St. Benedict’s plat approved The final plat for a project known as “Ferche South St. Benedict’s” was approved by the Sartell City Council a September meeting. The plat is a 9-acre property just south of Pine Cone Marketplace, the site of the Coborn’s Super Store and other businesses. There are plans by Cen-
If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should call the Sartell Police Department at 320-2518186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 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. Oct. 1 8:39 p.m. 2nd Street S. Juvenile problem. A report was made regarding juvenile males and females physically fighting. Officers arrived and located the juveniles. They all stated they were not serious and only playing. The juveniles were released to their guardians. Oct. 2 2:49 a.m. 10th Avenue N. Domestic. An emergency call was placed stating a male and female were physically fighting. Officers arrived and found evidence of a physical fight. The male was placed under arrest without incident. 6:26 a.m. 11th Avenue E. Suspicious person. A complaint was made regarding an unknown male walking around a parking lot. Officers checked the area and were unable to locate the male.
traCare St. Benedict’s Senior Community of St. Cloud to build a senior-living facility on that site. As part of the final-plat approval, the Sartell council agreed to change the name of the current Sentinel Court by that site to 8th Avenue S. so the road would fit in with the numbered-street grid in
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Oct. 3 1:47 a.m. 5th Avenue N. Suspicious vehicle. A complaint was made regarding an unknown vehicle parking and running on the roadway. Officers made contact with a driver and passenger who stated they were just talking. They agreed to leave the area without incident. 11:52 a.m. 16th Street S. Suspicious person. A complaint was made regarding an unknown persons knocking on doors. No license plate was provided. Officers were unable to locate anyone in the area. Oct. 4 12:27 a.m. Riverside Avenue. DWI. A vehicle was witnessed traveling 78 mph in a 55-mph zone. An officer detected the order of alcohol. The driver was unable to pass field sobriety testing. He was placed under arrest without incident. 10:04 p.m. 23rd Avenue N. Stolen vehicle. A report was made regarding an unlocked vehicle taken from a residence. The vehicle was later recovered in St. Cloud. Oct. 5 12:57 a.m. Val Smith Park. Suspicious vehicle. While on patrol, an officer witnessed an occupied vehicle in the park. The driver and passenger were informed the park was closed. After some time, they agreed to leave
that area. Also as part of the plat agreement, the drainage and utility easement at the southern end of the pond will be expanded for trail development and a tree preservation management plan will save as many trees as possible before the facility is built.
the area. 2:06 a.m. 12th Avenue N. Burglary in progress. A report was made regarding someone possibly inside a residence. Officers arrived and checked the home, no one was found inside. Oct. 6 5:03 a.m. 11th Avenue E. Vehicle theft. A report was made regarding a theft from a vehicle sometime overnight. 8:08 a.m. 11th Avenue E. Vehicle theft. A report was made regarding a theft from a vehicle sometime overnight. 6:11 p.m. 11th Avenue E. Vehicle theft. A report was made regarding a theft from an unlocked vehicle sometime overnight. 9:40 p.m. 11th Avenue E. Suspicious person. A report was made regarding an unknown male walking through a parking lot. An officer spoke with several people at the park and informed them of the recent vehicle thefts. Oct. 7 8:21 a.m. Riverside Avenue. Theft. A report was made regarding an adult female attempting to leave a store with unpaid merchandise. The female denied the theft and then admitted. She was issued a citation and released.
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People State Rep. Tim O’Driscoll (R-Sartell) recently received the Guardian of Small Business Award from the National Federation of O’Driscoll Independent Business Minnesota, the state’s largest small-business group with 13,000 members statewide. O’Driscoll received the award in recognition of his support for legislative issues critical to small businesses. To receive the award, legislators had to demonstrate a supportive voting record for small business during the 2013-14 sessions and were scored on 10 votes.
Sarah Anderson of Sartell, a St. Cloud State University graduate student, was recently awarded the Gail and Dean Anderson Endowed Graduate Scholarship of $1,000 for the fall 2014 semester. The scholarship was established by Gail and Dean Anderson in 2003 to recruit graduate students in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, where Gail taught for more than a decade. Anderson was eligible for the award as a full-time graduate student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program and by demonstrating academic accomplishment and potential for professional academic and clinical excellence.
Day of Caring includes Sartell Volunteers completed projects during United Way Day of Caring on Sept. 25 at Country Manor, St. Croix Hospice, Pine Meadow KIDSTOP and Oak Ridge KIDSTOP. Opportunities ranged from
making origami cranes to playing bingo with kids. The entire event consisted of 512 volunteers completing 63 projects. The estimated dollar value to Central Minnesota was $28,976.75.
Metro Bus seeks volunteers to serve on new advisory committee The purpose of this eight-member volunteer committee is to provide feedback and recommendations for improving operational or service issues affecting Metro Bus riders. Members also will have input on the organization’s upcoming long-range transit plan update. Meetings will typically be held monthly at the Metro Bus Mobility Training Center located in downtown St. Cloud, with the first meeting to be held before the end of the year. “Our goal is to be the best public transportation system we can
be,” said Ryan Daniel, Metro Bus executive director. “Engaging our customers and the public through this advisory committee will help us achieve this goal.” The application deadline is Friday, Oct. 31. Riders and non-riders are encouraged to apply. Applications are available at ridemetrobus.com or at the Metro Bus Mobility Training Center, 700 W. St. Germain, St. Cloud, or by calling 320-529-4497. More information about this volunteer committee is available on the Metro Bus website.
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Watercolor painting lifelong passion for Benson by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
When Mick Benson of Sartell was a wee lad, his grandmother, while babysitting him, would often coax him to draw, promising him a fresh-baked cinnamon roll if he did. “You go ahead and draw Bubbles there,” she’d say, pointing at the Chesapeake hunting dog curled up on the farmhouse floor. “Then, tonight, when I bake my cinnamon rolls, you’ll get the first one out of the oven.” That was a long, long time ago and yet, to this day, Benson gets that same happy, cozy feeling when he’s drawing or painting. Art is practically Benson’s middle name. He has made a long, rewarding and distinguished career – as art teacher and artist – doing what he loves most. Born in Worthington, Benson and his family moved quite often from place to place because of his father’s job. M.J. Benson Sr., was an oil painter and painted many commercial signs, then later became a construction worker (mainly grain elevators in the Dakotas) and still later a farmer near Grand Forks. As a result of frequent moves, Benson Jr. was exposed to many varied landscapes and cityscapes, which made their way into his many paintings. Eventually, he earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University, with a double major in art and history. He graduated in 1966, then earned a master’s degree in art in 1986, also at SCSU. During his college years, Benson started as an oil painter and printmaker under
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Two Percherons pulling a farmer with a plow is one of Mick Benson’s own favorite paintings. the tutelage of master printmaking instructor Bill Ellingson and superb watercolorist Gerald Korte. It wasn’t long before he began to favor watercolor painting above all other forms of artistic expression. He still vividly remembers the day he fell in love with watercolors. One day, he observed Korte using watercolor paints to create a scene of an abandoned farm. At that time Benson had been studying oil painting with instructor David Brown. As soon as he saw the sheer magic of Korte’s watercolor mastery, Benson thought to himself, “Adios, David Brown! Hello, watercolors!” Benson taught high-school art in Windom in the 1960s, then much later moved to Albany where he was the high school’s art instructor for many years. Throughout the years, he taught countless watercolor workshops in places as far-flung as Bozeman, Mont.; Norway; Denmark; and northeast England. Two times he and his wife, sociology professor Jessie Harper, were adult supervisors and teachers for the SCSU British Studies program – once in Aalborg, Denmark, the other time in Alnwick castle on the northeast coast of England. When the subject of art comes up, Benson launches into an avalanche of happy memories, a torrent of words that summons up distant lands, dazzling Benson • page 6
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Watercolor artist Mick Benson loves to paint the effects of time on old things, such as this log house ravaged by time and neglect.
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Prize-winners deserve praise for working for children’s rights
It’s a good positive sign of our times when the two who just won the Nobel Peace Prize are recognized for working so hard for children’s rights. Any society that cannot protect its children should never dare to call itself civilized. Malala Yousafezi, 17, of Pakistan; and Kailash Satyarthi, 60, of India were both honored – Yousafezi for advocating for girls’ rights to an education and Satyarthi for fighting against the vicious exploitation of children in India and elsewhere. Yousafezi was riding a bus three years ago when a Taliban thug stepped on the bus, asked, “Which one is Malala?,” then stepped up to her and shot her in the head. Fortunately, she recovered in a Birmingham, England hospital. She has developed into an extraordinarily articulate, poised, confident and passionate spokesperson for children’s rights, especially the rights of girls to read books and get an education. She has spoken in person with world leaders, including President Barack Obama, and she addressed the United Nations with a powerful speech. Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary general, summed it up nicely when he said of Yousafezi: “With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most – a girl with a book.” That is exactly right. Terrorists and other religious extremists cannot bear the light of free enquiry or scrutiny because their ideologies are based on power games, fear, ignorance and superstition – not to mention the cruel suppression of girls and women. Satyarthi has fought child exploitation (in particular, child slavery) for 30 years, and his efforts are attributed with saving 70,000 children in India from horrific bondage at sweat shops. His organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (translated as Save the Children Mission) has made strides in exposing the exploiters of children and in getting people to boycott companies that use child slave labor. It’s estimated there are about 28 million children, ages 6-14, working under oppressive conditions in India and many more elsewhere in the world. In some cases, the children, when not working, are forced to live in airless rooms or mine shafts. They are often beaten, burned with cigarettes or tied down and hit with stones if they disobey or try to run away. The same unthinkable evil is directed at girls and boys kidnapped, sold and forced to work in the despicable sex trade. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember this is the 21st Century, not the Dark Ages of Cruelty. It’s interesting Yousafezi is a Muslim who said a book about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a big early influence on her thinking. Satyarthi, a Hindu, said he was very much inspired by the writings of India independence leader Mohandas Ghandi. King said he learned the philosophy of non-violence mainly from Ghandi. And like those two great men, Satyarthi and Yousafezi are both advocates of non-violence, believing enlightenment, knowledge, good works and human decency are the lights we need to lead us out of the darkness that surrounds it. If only others in the world, embarked on their murderous madness, would listen and learn those bright lessons.
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Opinion Let’s try to avoid contagion of fear In a college biology course, professor Dr. Ralph Gunderson told us students that someday an epidemic could wipe out many millions of people. I remember raising my hand to question his statement, foolishly saying with all the vaccines we have now, such an epidemic would be quickly stopped. Gunderson raised his bushy red eyebrows and said, “But Dennis, there are no known vaccines for some communicable diseases, and it can take a long time to develop and manufacture a vaccine.” His words have haunted me ever since, especially in recent days with this ebola outbreak. The first known example of ebola infection contracted in the United States happened last week at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. A female nurse apparently caught the disease from a patient she was helping treat – Thomas Eric Duncan, a man from Liberia who died of the dreaded disease Oct. 8, the first person to die of ebola in America. The nurse is now undergoing treatment in the same hospital. This case raises dreaded questions: Is ebola easier to catch than we’ve been told? Are these hospital isolation units really so safe and foolproof? How many more people in the United States have ebola? Or will soon have it? Let us hope the epidemiologists quickly provide answers to those troubling questions. Epidemics, with good reason, are always frightening. During the Middle Ages, waves of bubonic plague, caused by fleas from rats, wiped out as many as a third of the population in major cities. Those plagues were horrifying because people then did not know what caused them or how to prevent them. Many assumed they
Dennis Dalman Editor were caused by God’s wrath, a means of punishing people for their sinful behavior. During plagues, fears – genuine and irrational – spread as fast as the bacteria or viruses themselves. What results is a contagion of fear that can lead to witch hunts, desperate means to find scapegoats who caused the misery. Such irrational fears and behaviors are by no means confined to the Dark Ages of ignorance and superstition. As recently as the 1980s, when AIDS infections began to multiply, the disease was dismissed at first as a gay disease. Then, some began to believe it was God’s way of punishing or killing gays for sinful behavior. Others spouted the idea it was started by gays to infect heterosexuals. Still others claimed the disease was invented in a lab somewhere and then unleashed among gays as a way of wiping out the gay population. The sheer variety of misinformation and fearful conspiracy theories abounded. It’s not surprising. When people are forced to live with the unknown, fears proliferate and can erode the innate decency and healthy social bonds within a society. Two masterful books that explore that theme are The Plague (published in 1947) by French author Albert Camus and A Journal of the Plague Year (published in 1722) by Daniel Defoe. In the latter novel, which reads like a non-fiction account complete
with lists of statistics, Defoe gives morbidly fascinating accounts of how the plague brings into being quack doctors, phony fortunetellers, sellers of hokey remedies and astrologers who claim to have all the answers. The scenes of suffering and terror in that realistic novel are among the most harrowing pages in all of literature. Closer to our own time, there was the horror of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed nearly 100 million people worldwide, including about 675,000 in the United States. It started, by some accounts, in a World War I staging troop area near Etaples, France. A precursor virus started in birds, then spread to the pigs that were kept near the war front. So goes that theory. Other theories claim it started in China, then mutated in Boston, then spread to France with troop ships. Still others insist the flu started in Haskell County, Kansas before spreading worldwide. The vicious virus caused an attack on one’s immune system, causing death by pneumonia or other opportunistic infections, as well as by massive bleeding. As in other epidemics, fears, superstitions and quackery ran rampant worldwide when that flu bug caused so much suffering and death. To this day, there are more questions than answers about the Spanish influenza epidemic, which ravaged the world in two waves the year World War I ended. The best way to deal with this ebola scare is for all of us to remain cool, calm and rational. The worst thing we can do is to panic, play blame games or indulge in fear-mongering, rumors and misinformation. Sadly, that has begun to happen. The contagion of baseless fears can be, in its way, as bad – or worse – than the virus that causes an epidemic.
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Teacher encourages pauses to thank others for the simple things Lauren Thoma, Sartell This fall has brought my first year as a brand-new teacher. While it’s been my first year conducting a classroom, it’s also been my students’ first year as students. My high-school students are joining me for their first experience with formal education, the United States and English. Needless to say, I bounded out of college last spring with more passion, vigor and intention than I knew what to do with. My students met me this fall, likewise. Together we face language barriers, financial limits and cultural borders –the tough things – head on.
But despite our intentions of meeting this fall full-force and making a dent in each of our personal casings, sometimes the big things are just too big. At those moments, we have all learned to ask each other for help. At those moments, the simple things weigh more heavily than they might appear. As the fall wanes and school thickens, the simple things have become a point of meditation for myself and my classroom. Despite our big dreams and goals, we fight obstacles daily. One month into school, the limited school supplies my refugee students could conjure are already exhausted.
Last week, I reached out to some Sartell businesses and asked if any would be interested in donating pencils with misprinted business names or old phone numbers on them. Deb Duncan of Liquid Assets offered to personally donate pencils to my students. I want to thank Deb publicly for her generosity. This is exactly the type of simple thing that means so much. Please, Deb and readers, take a pause to remind yourself that often the simple things mean an incredible amount to others. It really matters.
Adrian Peterson’s case is going from bad to worse Minnesota Vikings’ superstar, Adrian Peterson, is in trouble. If you follow sports at all you doubtless know Peterson was arrested for what prosecutors identified as child abuse. That abuse was caused by Peterson punishing his son by whipping him with a switch. Some have reported he beat his 4-year-old child with a tree limb or a wooden stick. How it was reported probably depends on the reporter’s opinion of corporal punishment. As an aside, when I was a youngster I was also punished by the infamous switch. I was even required by my mother to go out back and cut my own switch and it had to be from a peach tree because they had little knobs on them that were particularly painful. I remember well the marks on my legs from the whippings. I don’t, however, remember ever having open skin, just little marks that quickly went away. In school the principal had a big wooden paddle which we called the “board of education” and he used it regularly. Corporal punishment was common in all the schools back then. I never doubted my mother loved me. I’m sure as I sit here today this is what
Ron Scarbro Guest Writer she knew and this is probably how she was punished as a child herself. She was a young country girl who had three children by the time she was 22 years old. In other words, she didn’t know any better. I chose, as a young father, not to use corporal punishment on my children. I felt then, as I do today, other forms of punishment were just as effective and my theory has proven correct as both of my children have become good citizens and great adults. It’s been reported Adrian Peterson was himself punished as a child by use of the switch. I am sure he never intended to abuse his little 4-year-old, but I have seen the pictures of the legs of this child. They show clearly open wounds from an obvious beating. To me this is appalling. You make your own decision as the
courts will also. I reported earlier Peterson was in trouble; well it doesn’t end with this allegation. No, it seems he also failed a court-mandated drug test just last week. He showed up for his drug test stoned and admitted to having used a little “weed.” As of this writing, prosecutors have applied to have him re-arrested and have his bail rescinded. This is going from bad to worse. Personally, I have long admired Peterson’s ability to run the football, but apparently running the football and making millions of dollars doing so doesn’t make you smart. And I wonder as I look at this situation, does he truly think the rules don’t apply to him? Has he, in reading his press clippings, come to believe he is somehow above the law? Well he’s about to learn that he isn’t. Finally, I believe there is a vast difference between loving punishment of a misbehaving child and overt child abuse. Children have to learn right from wrong. The only way they are going to know is if they are shown and sometimes shown vividly. If love is a part of that experience, then the results will be positive.
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Jacob from front page the words “Jacob Wetterling. Call with any information” and large numbers-words that say “1-800-THE-LOST.” On the left of the billboard is a photo of Jacob in 1989. On the billboard’s right is a computer-generated portrait of how Wetterling might look today, at the age of 36. 1-800-THE LOST is the toll-free phone number of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Alexandria, Va. Any calls to the center will be instantly forwarded to the proper law-enforcement authorities. John Ryan, one of the speakers at the press conference, is president and CEO of NCMEC. “We’ll never stop searching, and we’ll never give up hope,” Ryan said about Wetterling. The parents of Jacob, Patty and Jerry Wetterling, also spoke. “Where are you, Jacob?” asked Patty. “We love you, and we’ll always hold you in our hearts.” She said there is no evidence to show Jacob is not alive and not coming home. “I still maintain the hope,” she said, adding that she has had dreams, while sleeping, of holding a grown-up Jacob during a joyous homecoming. It is not farfetched, Ryan said, to believe that long-lost children can be located alive. In the past five years, the NCMEC has helped locate 160 children who had been missing for anywhere from 11 to 20 years and 40 children who had been missing for more than 20 years, Ryan noted. Patty Wetterling also noted in the past, about 25 years ago, the NCMEC helped locate only about 64 percent of missing children. In recent years, that has increased to 97 percent, she added. Billboards have been used many times in seeking children who went missing or who were abducted. Ryan said the most recent use of a billboard by the NCMEC was in Virginia about a month ago when University of Virginia student Hannah Graham went missing, which is a suspected abduction. Patty Wetterling echoed Ryan’s optimism in finding Jacob and/ or other missing people. In 25 years, she said, there have been enormous changes in society, including increasing awareness through the media, schools rearranging parking lots near playgrounds where molesters might lurk, school call-back policies whereby officials check if students are absent unexpectedly, the management and registration of paroled offenders and advances in technology. When Jacob was abducted, not all police and sheriff’s departments even had fax machines. At the press conference, Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner noted his department did not even have a data computer Jacob • page 12
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Sartell students do well on MMR
by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Once again, evaluation scores for Sartell public schools show students performing above the state in proficiency targets for all subjects and sub-categories. The parochial school, St. Francis Xavier Elementary, also did very well in the ratings, with a final rating of 81.30 percent. Recently, the Minnesota Multiple Measurement Ratings results were released statewide. They show all four Sartell schools are doing very well in four assessment categories, which are the following: Proficiency: Did the school meet its performance target? Individual Student Growth: Did individual students meet
their growth target? Are all students making expected progress? Closing the Achievement Gap: Did the school make progress closing its achievement gaps? Graduation Rate: In the case of high schools, did the school increase its graduation rate? In each of those categories, schools can receive 25 points maximum. For the total score (those categories added up), the most elementary schools can receive is 75 points (since the graduation category is excluded) whereas high schools can earn up to 100 points. In Proficiency, all four of Sartell’s schools received the maximum points – 25. Growth points were as follows: Oak Ridge Elementary 13.34, Pine Meadow Elemen-
tary 13.83, Sartell Middle School 19.95, Sartell High School 14.41. For Gap Reduction, the points are as follows: ORE 9.40; PME 13.97; SMS 17.65, SHS 15.92. The Graduation Rate for Sartell High School was the max of 25 points. The final ratings for each school were: ORE 63.66 percent, PME 70.40 percent, SMS 82.13 percent, SHS 80.34 percent. The MMR was developed in 2011 in Minnesota when the state decided to opt out of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. “We continue to have strong scores and our schools have made gains in areas based on this measurement system,” said Jeff Schwiebert, Sartell-St. Stephen School District superinten-
dent. “Being new to Minnesota, I find the amount of data and depth of the rating system to be quite impressive. While our school continues to be above average in their overall ratings, we strive to continually improve our practice. The data provides evidence to help us carry out that task.” Director of Learning Services Kay Nelson also weighed in on the ratings result. “Each school site,” she said, “will work with the data provided from the MMR system to identify areas of strength and needed growth. The information aids in driving continuous improvement efforts in our schools, ultimately resulting in improved student achievement.
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Mick Benson began drawing, coloring and painting when he was a pre-schooler. While babysitting him, his grandmother in her farmhouse would constantly encourage him to draw pictures. He happily obliged and never stopped drawing, painting and loving art in the nearly seven decades since.
Benson from page 3 landscapes, workshops with students, favorite artists alive and dead, and the importance of art in enriching lives. “I love everything about art,” he said. “I’ve done oil painting, wood-block printing, lithograph printing, and I’ve even worked in sculpture.” Among his favorite subjects to paint are historic buildings, and he’s painted some of them through commissions. He also likes to paint landscapes, flowers and mundane but fascinating machines from the past, redolent of history and a vanished life, such as steam-engine tractors. One of his own favorites is a watercolor of two Per-
cheron horses pulling a farmer on his plow. Drawing and painting, Benson said he believes, helps people to see and to appreciate what is around them in their lives. He always told his students just about everything arises from sketches, from drawings. “It all started with ideas, sketches,” he said. “Automobiles, clothing, a house, even a darned ordinary toothbrush.” Ten years ago, the Bensons moved from St. Cloud into a patio home in Sartell, which Benson had helped design. Retired from teaching, he has plenty of free time to do what he loves most – watercolor painting. He keeps some of the paintings, sells others and still exhibits his works far and wide.
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Oxen pulling a wagon and travelers is an example of watercolorist Mick Benson’s love of painting glimpses of the past.
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A watercolor painting of boats in for repair shows artist Mick Benson’s love of bright colors and the happy spontaneity of the watercolor technique.
Absentee balloting underway in Stearns County Absentee balloting for the Nov. 4 General Election is now open. Stearns County residents may cast their absentee ballot in person at the AuditorTreasurer’s office, located in the Stearns County Administration Center, Room #148, 705 Courthouse Square, in downtown St. Cloud. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Absentee balloting may
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Book explores worldwide marvel – Abbey Church by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Flash back to 60 years ago: “A church constructed of reinforced concrete? You gotta be kidding.” At first, that idea was preposterous and even shocking to many people who had come to know churches as medievallooking structures designed in brick, carved stone, lots of oldtime fancy filigree and pointy steeples visible for miles around. In central Minnesota, Catholic churches especially were constructed using models from the “old country” – mainly those in Germany. The two major architectural styles, created centuries ago, were Romanesque and Gothic – magnificent structures that, in some cases, took more than 100 years to build and that still have the power to invoke jawdropping awe in tourists who visit Europe. Reinforced concrete just did not fit into that old, triedand-true sacred tradition, even though the large dome of one of the world’s greatest buildings, the Pantheon, was made of concrete in ancient Rome. More than 60 years ago, internationally renowned architect Marcel Breuer was commissioned to design a new church and other buildings on the St. John’s University campus. It was an ambitious, intricate labor of love involving Breuer and his close collaboration with the clergy leaders and monks who were k visionary in their embracing e of architectural modernity to create a sacred space. That is the story told by Victoria M. Young in her new book, Saint John’s Abbey Church: Marcel Breuer and the Creation of a Modern Sacred Space. (See related story.) Young’s book is a kind of architectural adventure story which
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predates another astonishing adventure many years later at St. John’s – the creation of the hand-written Saint John’s Bible. Both projects stunned the sacred and secular worlds because of their bold, daring, visionary approaches to renewals of faith.
The plans
In early 1950, the old church on the St. John’s campus, built in 1879, proved to be inadequate because it could not accommodate a growing population among the monastery, the seminary, the university and the preparatory school. A new church was needed, and Abbot Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, took charge, determined the new church would be built in a modern style that would look forward to another century of faith in the modern world. One influence on the concept for a modernistic design was an encyclical released by Pope Pius XII. Part of the encyclical emphasized the need to forge a oneness between Catholic clergy and participants in worship other than the centuries-old hierarchical structure with clergy above and worshippers below. The encyclical, translated as “On the Sacred Liturgy,” opened the doors to modernism and gave architects the rationale and freedom to design churches to express that non-hierarchical oneness. In his specifications for a new church, Abbot Dworschak said it should be “an architectural monument to the service of God. The Benedictine tradition at is best challenges us to think boldly and to cast our ideas in forms which will be valid for centuries to come.”
In the beginning
Dworschack contacted a Abbey • page 8
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This is the front cover of Victoria M. Young’s justpublished book about the architectural projects on the St. John’s University campus more than 50 years ago.
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Young to give talk on Breuer, Benedictines by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Author Victoria M. Young will give a talk entitled “Marcel Breuer and the Benedictines: A Modern Collaboration” in the St. John’s Abbey Chapter House at 7:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 on the campus of St. John’s University. Young is the author of Saint John’s Abbey Church: Marcel Breuer and the Creation of Modern Sacred Space, a book about the planning and building of the famed Abbey Church. (See related story.) On Oct. 24, there will first be an evening prayer in the Abbey Church, followed by Young’s talk. After her presentation, there will be a book signing and reception.
At 10 a.m. S a t u r d a y, Oct. 25, the public can take tours of the Abbey led by Young. From 11:15 a.m.-noon, Young there will be a book signing in the St. John’s University bookstore. Born and raised in Comfrey, Minn., Young is a professor and the chair of the art-history department at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Young is a specialist in modern American and European architecture. She is currently researching the creation, design and construction of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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World-renowned architect Marcel Breuer stands in front of his masterpiece, the St. John’s Abbey Church shortly after its completion in 1961.
Abbey from page 7 dozen eminent world-class architects and requested them to submit blueprints for a church.
After many agonizing but exciting meetings, the monastic leaders selected Marcel Breuer to do the job. Breuer, born in 1902 in Germany, was trained and taught at Bauhaus, an architectural school in Germany that was hugely influential
throughout the world for its strikingly modern designs in architecture, artwork and even furniture. Later, Breuer moved to the United States where he joined great architect Walter Gropius at Harvard UniversiAbbey • page 10
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CITY OF SARTELL Friday, Oct. 17 Wednesday, Oct. 22 NOTICE TO VOTERS Burger and brat sale, Blood drive, 10-4 p.m., CITY ELECTION – NOV. 4, 2014 sponsored by Knights of St. Cloud State University, Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 720 4th Ave. S., St. Cloud. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a city election in the city of St. Joseph Meat Market, 26 1-800-733-2767. Sartell, Counties of Stearns and 1st Ave NW. Thursday, Oct. 23 Benton, State of Minnesota, will Coffee and Conversa- be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, Saturday, Oct. 18 tion, a senior discussion between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 Burger and brat sale, group, 9 a.m., Country Man- p.m. Residents of Stearns Counsponsored by Knights of or, 520 1st St. NE, Sartell. ty Sartell Precinct #1 (east of Pinecone Road and south of 2nd Columbus, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Street South), will vote at the SarSt. Joseph Meat Market, 26 Friday, Oct. 24 1st Ave NW. Blood drive, 9-3 p.m., tell Public Utilities Building, 230 4th Ave. S.; residents of Stearns Annual Evening for Minnesota Department of County Sartell Precinct #3 (east Life Banquet, sponsored by Transportation training cen- of Pinecone Road, north of 2nd MCCL, 5 p.m. Mass, 6 p.m. ter, 3725 12th St. N., St. Street South, and south of 5th social hour 6:30 p.m. chick- Cloud. 1-800-733-2767. Street North), will vote at Messien dinner, Richmond Parish Fish Fry, all-you-can eat, ah Lutheran Church, 320 4th Ave. Center. 320-597-2228. 4-9 p.m., Holy Cross Par- N.; residents of Stearns County ish, 10651 CR 8, Kimball Sartell Precinct #4 (west of Pinecone Road, south of 2-½ Street (Marty/Pearl Lake). Monday, Oct. 20 North and that portion south of Market Monday, 3-6:30 3rd Street North that lies west of p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Monday, Oct. 27 19th Avenue North), will vote at Pinecone Road N. www. Sartell City Council, 7 Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone marketmonday.org. p.m., City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N.; residents of Stearns County Sartell Precinct #5 (east St. Joseph Rod and Road N. 320-253-2171. of Pinecone Road, north of 5th Gun Club meeting, 7 p.m., Street North and south of 12th American Legion, 101 W Thursday, Oct. 30 Minnesota St., St. Joseph. Coffee and Conversation, a Street North), will vote at Sartell Middle School, Rooms 620/621; senior discussion group, 9 a.m., residents of Stearns County SarTuesday, Oct. 21 Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE, tell Precinct #6 (east of PineBlood drive, 10-4 p.m., Sartell. cone Road and north of 12th St. Cloud State University, Street North), will vote at Sartell Middle School, Rooms 620/621; 720 4th Ave. S., St. Cloud. Friday, Oct. 31 1-800-733-2767. Blood drive, 10-4 p.m., residents of Stearns County SarCollege of St. Benedict, 37 S. tell Precinct #7 (west of Pinecone Road, north of 2-½ Street College Ave. 1-800-733-2767. North, and that portion north of 3rd Street North that lies west of 19th Avenue North), will vote at LEgal notICE Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road; Residents CITY OF SARTELL of Benton County Sartell Precinct NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING #2 (east of the Mississippi River), ON APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL-USE PERMIT will vote in the Chapel Area at FENCE PANELS – 1408 SIERRA COURT W. Country Manor, 520 1st St. NE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: cant and owner; for a conditionalThat a public hearing will be held use permit to construct fence panels The following city offices will be on the ballot: before the city council of Sartell, within the Watab River floodway. Minn., in the council chambers of MAYOR – ONE (1) FOURthe Sartell City Hall, at 7 p.m., or as Mary Degiovanni YEAR TERM soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, Monday, the Oct. 27, to hear City Administrator COUNCIL MEMBERS – TWO all persons present upon the appli(2) FOUR-YEAR TERMS cation by the City of Sartell, appli- Publish: Oct. 17, 2014 The following question will be on the ballot:
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CITY QUESTIONS To vote for a question, fill in the oval next to the word “YES” on that question. To vote against a question, fill in the oval next to the word “NO” on that question. CITY QUESTION 1 EXTENSION OF ONE-HALF PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX
Explanation: The residents of Sartell, St. Joseph, St. Augusta, St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Waite Park currently collect a ½ percent sales and use tax which will expire on December 31, 2018. The State Legislature has authorized the extension of the existing ½ percent sales and use tax for the aforementioned cities through 2038, subject to voter approval in each city. If Sartell voters approve an extension, the first $900,000 collected annually will be used to fund the jointly funded regional projects identified below with the remaining annual sales tax funds distributed to the area cities pursuant to a Joint Powers Agreement. The area cities can use the remaining sales and use tax dollars for other projects in their individual cities. JOINTLY FUNDED REGIONAL PROJECTS Regional Trails – Interconnection of trail system, not to exceed $500,000 annually; Regional community/aquatics center, not to exceed $200,000 annually; Regional Airport, not to exceed $200,000 annually. SARTELL REGIONAL PROJECTS ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF REGIONAL PARK LAND AND OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY & AQUATICS CENTER FACILITIES: All or part of the cost for acquisition of, betterment of, development of, and improvements to regional park land and open space which could include trails, recreational fields, pools, shelters, and similar facilities and for the cost for acquisition, betterment, construction and development of community center facilities which could include gymnasium space, aquatics/pool facilities, library/media resource facilities, community meeting rooms, senior center activity space, and similar facilities, in an amount not to exceed 50% of the tax revenues received by the City of Sartell.
Sample ballots are available to view at Sartell City Hall or on the Secretary of State’s website at http://myballotmn.sos.state. mn.us/ Mary Degiovanni
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS: All or part of the cost for acquisition, betterment, and construction of new and reconstruction of existing regional roadways and related infrastructure which could include Pinecone Road, 50th Avenue South, 27th Street North, LeSauk Drive, and other regionally significant roadway corridors, in an amount not to exceed 50% of the tax revenues received by the City of Sartell.
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The City of St. Stephen will conduct a Public Accuracy Test of the M100 Ballot Counter and the Automark Voting Machine at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. The test will take place in the Council Chamber of City Hall: 2 6th Ave SE, St. Stephen.
Shall the City of Sartell be authorized to continue the collection of a ½ percent sales and use tax through the year 2038 to pay for all or part of the above listed regional projects? YES
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Abbey from page 8 ty, where both men taught. At that time, Breuer designed mainly homes, but by the late 1940s, he’d begun to create institutional buildings. His 1952 UNESCO headquarters building in Paris was – and still is – considered an architectural marvel. By 1954, Breuer and the monks agreed to architectural plans for an addition to the monastic quarters on campus, with the church construction to follow. The building project began May 19, 1958 and was completed Aug. 24, 1961. It involved the use mostly of local workers, especially for the castconcrete forms that comprise the church’s skeletal structure. It was such an innovative way of building a church that some skeptics said it couldn’t be done, that it wouldn’t work, that it might end up in a crumbled heap. But the workers had faith, much like the builders of the great cathedrals in the Medieval Era in Europe. Such builders, sculptors and stonemasons worked lovingly on those churches, even though most workers did not live long enough to see the crowning achievement of the finished buildings. The church construction of centuries ago, in some cases, involved three and four generations of workers.
The church triumphant
When the St. John’s Abbey Church was completed, people
Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com from throughout the area far and wide came to marvel at it, never having seen anything remotely resembling such a modern church. Some raved about the style; some did not like it; others weren’t sure if they liked it or not. But after the shock of the new receded a bit, more and more people came to admire the structure for its bold, innovative beauty. It had become an object of worldwide fame and admiration. It also set a universal standard for modern, pragmatic church architecture in which form and function were blissfully wedded. The St. John’s Abbey Church design was a perfect blend of the functional with the aesthetic and spiritual. For example, the interior was built so all participants in the Catholic Mass would be equal participants in worship, with all sitting as closely as possible to the altar. The trapezoidal space is vast and open, with no pillars, statuary or other structures to block sight lines. The exterior of the church is also a marvel of modernity and technology with its dazzling use of cast, steel-reinforced concrete. Visitors to the church walk toward and then under a massive but soaringly graceful bell banner, 112 feet high. On its narrow “legs” the parabolicshaped structure seems almost as if it is about to ascend skyward from its mooring – thin arched “legs.” The stunning structure is both solid and heavy, yet lyrical and graceful. Within the banner are five bells that ring for worship. Above the bells is an open space in which hangs a large cross.
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Above: This is a partial view of the enormous stained-glass window wall of St. John’s Abbey Church. The window was designed by Bronislaw Bak, a St. John’s University faculty member.
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Left: The soaring bell banner rises majestically in front of St. John’s Abbey Church. Beyond the bell banner is the north-side entrance of the church with its vast wall of rows of hexagonal stained-glass windows, like a giant honeycomb filled with shimmering colors of stylized, abstract cutglass pieces.
The book
In her book, Young explores in compelling details, photos and drawings what a massive, innovative undertaking the campus building projects were, with most attention focused on the building project’s glorious centerpiece – the abbey church. Young also provides a detailed background of what led to modernism in church de-
sign, including the visionary artists of the early part of the 20th Century, such as Picasso, Matisse, Georges Rouault and Georges Braque. Many artists, Matisse especially, did many liturgical works of art, including the strikingly modernistic, spare, minimal design for a chapel in Vence, a city in southern France. Young ends her book with a tribute to the innovative pioneers – monks, architects and workers – who created St. Johns Abbey Church: “The power of this place, its church and the people who built it will endure for generations. The liturgical concerns evaluated and presented in the church’s design facilitated an
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emphasis on unity that became the cornerstone of religious architecture after the Second Vatican Council, when modern building methods and materials were added to the traditional lexicon of church design. The Benedictines used Breuer’s creative, engineered concrete forms to uphold the prestige and forward-thinking architectural nature of their order, just as their Gothic counterparts had done centuries before. But the work of Breuer and his associates went beyond just a reaffirmation of monasticism: it was also the cornerstone of a liturgically reformed American and international Catholic architecture.”
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AREA SUPPORT GROUPS Monday Adult Children of Alcoholics/or Alanon, 4 p.m. Non-smoking, perfume free, Love of Christ Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 253-7453. (every Monday) Brain Injury, 10:30 a.m., Whitney Sr. Center, St. Cloud. Contact Craig at 685-3680. (2nd and 4th Monday) Circle of Parents, 6-7:30 p.m., YMCA, St. Cloud. Michelle, 203-2056. (every Monday) Clutterers Anonymous, 7 p.m., Good Earth Co-op Meeting Room, 2010 Veteran’s Drive, St. Cloud. 493-3264 or clastcloud@gmail.com. (every Monday) Emotions Anonymous, 8 p.m., St. Michael’s Church library, 1036 Stearns CR 4, St. Cloud. 2031862. (every Monday) Enhance Fitness Classes, 10-11 a.m., Benet Place (Great Room), 1975 15th Ave. SE, St. Cloud. (every Monday) Kids' Support, 6:45-7:45 p.m., Catholic Charities Center for Life Transitions, 312 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. 529-0427. (every Monday) La Leche League - Breastfeeding, 6:30 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library. 230-1515 or 2528467. (4th Monday) Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., University Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Monday) Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, St. Joseph. 271-0225. (every Monday) RTS Bereavement 7-8:30 p.m., St. Cloud Hospital’s Maple Room, St. Cloud, 251-2700, ext. 53528 or 54621 (2nd Monday) St. Cloud Crohn's and Colitis, 7-8:30 p.m., St. Cloud Hospital's Oak Room, St. Cloud. Michele, 271-0005. (2nd Monday) Separated/Divorced, 7-8:30 p.m., Caritas Family Services, St. Cloud. 529-0427. (every Monday) “The Way Out” Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book meeting. Place of Hope, St. Cloud. 7-9 p.m. (every Monday) Weight Loss, 7 p.m., Liquid Assets Coffee Shop, Sartell. 282-4320. (1st Monday) Weight Loss, 7 p.m., Oakwood Heights Community Room. 1615 7th St. SE, St. Cloud. 282-4320. (Every Monday) Women's Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., St. Cloud Alano Club. 251-9876. (every Monday)
Women's Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, 12-steps & literature meeting. Non-smoking, perfume free. Love of Christ Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 253-7453. (every Monday) Tuesday AA Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Salvation Army, 400 S. Hwy. 10, St. Cloud. 252-4552. (every Tuesday) AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4310 Co. Rd. 137, St. Cloud. 237-3784. (every Tuesday) AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, Rice. 223-0790. Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Love of Christ Lutheran Church, Sartell. Peg 253-3741. (every Tuesday) Cancer Caregivers, 9 a.m., Caribou Coffee outside Crossroads Mall. 229-4907. (1st Tuesday) Families of Children with Special health Care Needs, 7-9 p.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, lower level. 1900 CentraCare Circle. Contact John or Brianna. 230-2068. (3rd Tuesdays) Gluten-Free, 6:30 p.m., St. Cloud Public Library. www.scceliac.org. (1st Tuesdays) Gold Ribbon, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Child/Adolescent Clinic conference room, CentraCare Health Plaza. 229-4923. (2nd Tuesday) Holistic Mom’s Network, Holistic Parenting Group. St. Cloud Public Library, 7 p.m. Contact Annie Preisler. 259-7820. (2nd Tuesday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Atonement Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Tuesday) Narcotics Anonymous, 8:30 p.m., Alano Club, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central. naminnesota.org. (every Tuesday) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for families with a relative with mental illness, 7 p.m., Calvary Community Church, 1200 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. Mike at 320-259-7101. (2nd & 4th Tuesdays) Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., Peace United Church, St. Cloud. 888-543-6999. (every Tuesday) Suicide Loss, 7-8:30 p.m., Catholic Charities Center for Life Transitions, 312 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-529-0427. (4th Tuesday) TOPS, weigh-in 11:30 a.m., meeting at noon, Atonement Lutheran Church, 1144 29th Ave. N. 253-1680. (every Tuesday) TOPS, weigh-in 5:15 p.m., meeting 6 p.m., St. Joseph Parish Center, Waite Park. 203-1161 or 252-3196. (every Tuesday)
Widowed Persons’, 7-8:30 p.m., Catholic Charities Center for Life Transitions, 312 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. 529-0427. (1st and 3rd Tuesdays) Wednesday Cancer Patient/Family, 9:30-11 a.m., CentraCare Health Plaza, St. Cloud. 229-4907, ext. 70855. (1st Wednesday) Enhance Fitness Classes, 10-11 a.m., Benet Place (Great Room), 1975 15th Ave. SE, St. Cloud. (every Wednesday) Job Loss, 1-2 p.m., Catholic Charities Center for Life Transitions, 312 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. 529-0427. (1st & 3rd Wednesdays) Loss/Grief, 7-8:30 p.m., Heartland Home Health Care and Hospice, St. Cloud. Linda, 6541136 or 877-249-8836. (every Wednesday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Wednesday) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for families with a relative with mental illness, 6:30 p.m., Unity Spiritual Center, 931 5th Ave. N., Sartell. Chuck at 320-290-7713. (2nd & 4th Wednesday) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, 5-6:30 p.m., Central Minnesota Mental Health Center, 1321 13th St. N, St. Cloud. (every Wednesday) Overeaters Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., Benet Place South, 1975 15th Ave. SE., St. Cloud. (every Wednesday) SOS (Secular Organization for Sobriety) 6:30 p.m. Unitarian Church, 3226 Main Prairie Rd., St. Cloud. Malcolm 255-1606. (every Wednesday) TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting, weigh-in 5-6 p.m., meeting 6:10 p.m., St. Benedict’s Monastery, Rosamond Bldg. Room #222. 363-8231. (every Wednesday) Widowed Hope and General Bereavement, 3:30-5 p.m., Catholic Charities Center for Life Transitions, 312 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. 529-0427. (2nd and 4th Wednesdays) Thursday Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier Hall (use northeast door), Sartell. (every Thursday) Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Living Waters Lutheran Church, Sauk Rapids. (every Thursday) Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Shepard of
the Pines Lutheran Church, Rice. 223-0790. Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s Big Book Meeting, 6:30 p.m., St. Benedict’s Monestery-Rosamond Bldg. (every Thursday) Autism Spectrum Disorder, 6 p.m., YMCA, St. Cloud. (4th Thursday) Aspergers Syndrome, 7-9 p.m., St. Cloud Library, 405 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. 2nd Floor Conference Room. 217-5750. (3rd Thursday) Child Loss, 6:30-8 p.m. Catholic Charities Center for Life Transitions, 312 2nd Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. 529-0427 (3rd Thursday) Depression, 1 p.m., Whitney Sr. Center Board Room, St. Cloud. 255-7245(every Thursday) Emotions Anonymous, 1 p.m., St. John Cantius Church, 1515 3rd St. N., St. Cloud. 2031862. (every Thursday) Healing Hearts Pet Loss, 7-8 p.m., Companions Animal Hospital, St. Cloud. 252-6700. (3rd Thursday) Infertility, 6:30-8 p.m., Pastoral Center, 305 7th Ave. N., St. Cloud. Attendees can share stories, support one another in prayer and share resources following Catholic teaching for infertility treatment. Contact Laura 612-616-0712 or hannahshopemn@gmail.com. (2nd Thursday) La Leche League - Breastfeeding, 10:15 a.m., St. Cloud Public Library. 230-1515 or 2528467. (2nd Thursday) Narcotics Anonymous women’s group, 4 p.m., Boys and Girls Club, St. Cloud. 1-877-7677676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Thursday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Thursday) Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., Peace United Church, St. Cloud. 888-543-6999. (every Thursday) Spouse, 6-7:30 p.m., The Hope Community Support Program, 157 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud. (2nd and 4th Thursday) Stearns County Adoptive Parent, 6:30-8 p.m., Local Blend, St. Joseph. 763-668-5748 or debfjeld@nacac.org. (fourth Thursday) Friday Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon Family, 7:30 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, St. Joseph. (every Friday)
Enhance Fitness Classes, 10-11 a.m., Benet Place (Great Room), 1975 15th Ave. SE, St. Cloud. (every Friday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., St. Cloud. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota. org. (every Friday) Overeaters Anonymous, noon, Peace United Church, St. Cloud. 888-543-6999. (every Friday) Post-polio, 10:30 a.m.-Noon, Moose Lodge, Waite Park. Gale Erdmann, 529-6500. (1st Friday - April-June and Aug.-Dec.) 10:30 a.m.-Noon, Independent Living Center, 215 N. Benton Dr., Sauk Rapids (1st Friday) Reformers Unanimous, 7 p.m., Northland Bible Baptist Church, St. Cloud. 252-5677 ext. 109. (every Friday) Saturday Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waite Park. 259-6770. (every Saturday) Alcoholics Anonymous, 8-9 p.m., St. Stephen Alano Club. Randy, 253-3741, evenings. (every Saturday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church. 1-877-767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Saturday) Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Discovery Church, Hwy. 10 and Hwy. 23, St. Cloud. 1-877767-7676 or www.central.naminnesota.org. (every Saturday) TOPS, weigh-in 8:45 a.m., meeting 9 a.m., Assumption Home, 715 1st St. N., Cold Spring. 453-3083. (every Saturday) Trigeminal Neuralgia, 10 a.m.-Noon. CentraCare Health Plaza, St. Cloud. 252-1399 (2nd Saturday every other month.) SUNday Divorcee Care and Divorce Care for Kids, 4-5:30 p.m., Harvest Fellowship Church, Community Connection Bldg., 219 2nd St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320-529-8838. www.harvestmn.com (every Sunday) Divorcee Care video seminar/support group for separated and divorced. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sept.-May. Harvest Fellowship Church, Community Connection Building, 219 2nd St. N., Sauk Rapids. (every Sunday)
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Jacob from page 5
photos by Tara Wiese
Above: Once just a seedling, this stately tree was planted 25 years ago next to what was then Kennedy Elementary School in honor of Jacob Wetterling after his Oct. 22, 1989 abduction. This “Tree of Hope” reflects the hope that has been kept alive for so many years by those who long for the day when Jacob comes home. Jacob, who would be 36 years old now, was a student at Kennedy. Inset: This commemoration stone is embedded at the foot of “Jacob’s Tree of Hope” next to the former Kennedy Elementary School, at which 11-year-old Jacob was a student.
back then. In the days, weeks and months following Wetterling’s abduction, Sanner said law-enforcement agencies local, state and federal checked out more than 50,000 tips. To this day, he said, every tip is traced. “When we get a tip, we treat it (the Wetterling case) as if it happened yesterday,” rather than 25 years ago. Recently, a TV documentary about Wetterling (John Walsh’s The Hunt) generated more than 100 potential tips or concerns from people nationwide. Jerry Wetterling also spoke at the conference, urging people to listen, to keep their ears open to overhear bits of conversation in public, such as at cafes. Many cases are solved, he said, because somebody overheard something that didn’t seem quite right or that raised concerns enough to report it to law enforcement. “Somebody out there knows,” Patty said. The Wetterlings thanked people who have been supportive for so many years and who have succeeded in making children safe, including law enforcement, the media, schools, teachers, caregivers, moms and dads, aunts and uncles, and courageous victims of
abuse who have spoken up and shared their stories. “You have all made a difference, and I am so grateful and humbled by your support.” Other speakers at the conference were Chris Golomb of the FBI (Minneapolis Division); Wade Setter, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; Mark Devore, general manager of the Lamar Advertising
Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 Co. in St. Cloud (which donated the billboards); Kelvin Miller, corporate president of communication for Lifetouch Photography (which also donated its services for the billboard campaign); and Alison Feigh of the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center. Other contributors to the billboard campaign are the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and Circle Graphics.
photo by Dennis Dalman
This is a scaled-down version of the “Find Jacob” billboards that have been placed up in St. Joseph, St. Cloud, Cold Spring and Paynesville.