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World Heritage International Student Exchange Program is seeking representatives to work with volunteer host families and international exchange students in your community. WH provides academic-year and semester-exchange programs in the United States for high school students around the world. Students are 15-18 years of age, have passed a series of academic and character requirements, and are awaiting an opportunity to embark on their American adventure. Local representatives also have the opportunity to support American high school students in their journey abroad. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 28 Criers.
Secretary of State encourages all to vote
This is a big election year. In the fall, Minnesotans will elect their U.S. House representatives, all state representatives and senators, many local and county officials, vote on a constitutional amendment and elect the next U.S. president. Until recently, Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout, but in 2014 we slipped to number six. That’s why I’ve challenged the people of Minnesota to return our state to number one. To help with this effort, my office is conducting nonpartisan voter outreach by partnering with businesses and organizations across the state. To make your participation as easy as possible, my office has produced a range of resources with recommendations as to their best use. You’ll find suggested employee communications, voter guides, social media postings, videos and other resources available at mnvotes.org. For more information, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Oct. 28 Criers.
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A project to help commemorate a historical foundation of the City of Sartell received the blessing of the Sartell City Council at its last meeting. The city’s paper mill, founded in 1906, became an economic bedrock of the city, even helping spawn the other economic giant along the river – the DeZurik valve company. Dennis Molitor, long-time Sartell resident, was employed by the paper mill for 38 years and has long been keen on keeping the memory of the historic company alive. Four years ago, on Memorial Day morning, an explosion at the mill killed an employee, led to a fire and forced the mill to close forever. It was and
is considered the saddest day in Sartell’s history, and many people who had worked there for years, generations of them, mourned the plant’s demise. At the Oct. 24 city-council meeting, Molitor updated council members about his commemoration plan, which he had previously presented to the council months ago. The plan now involves the installation of three “dryer gears” from the old plant in front of the wrought-iron fence in Veterans’ Park high above the Mississippi River and right across the river from the paper-mill site. The three gears, large wheel-like structures about three feet high, will be installed on heavyduty supports. The gears are from the original mill building Council • page 2
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Liberty Bank has given the City of Sartell a check for $50,000 to be used as it wishes for any kind of amenities in
the soon-to-be-built community center in south Sartell. The bank’s president, Mark Braegelman, presented the check to the Sartell City Council at its last meeting. “We really, really appreciate
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This is the art work, a paper-mill silhouette, created by Joe Schulte that is displayed in Veterans’ Park right across the river where the historic paper plant used to be.
this,” said Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll on behalf of the council and city residents. “Liberty Bank has been an amazing part of Sartell for a number of years. Thank you so much.” In presenting the check,
Braegelman said he hopes Liberty Bank’s monetary donation will encourage others to contribute also to Sartell’s community center. For the past four years, LibCenter • page 9
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County, Clay County and a part of Becker County. “We believe that is a conflict of interest. There’s no question about that.” The 52-year-old Lutheran and father of four from Twin Valley is a member of the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer-Labor Party who earned his master’s degree in history from St. Cloud State University before teaching at St. John’s Prep School in Collegeville. Eken said of legislators setting their own pay right now: “It’s a clear and glaring conflict of interest that’s built within our constitution because our constitution says we set all appropriations for state funds, including our own pay.” The one-sentence ballot question Minnesota voters will consider on Nov. 8, is Ballot • page 9
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Take a fascinating behind-thescenes look at the St. Cloud Hospital operating rooms from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. Explore surgical careers and learn about the latest surgery procedures and technology. The evening includes hands-on children’s activities and refreshments. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Oct. 28 Criers.
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For more than a century, the paper mill in Sartell was a familiar sight.
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Ilana Hossain, 9, of Sartell looks at a skeleton behind the wheel of a vehicle built by St. Cloud automobile maker Samuel Pandolfo, which is on display at the Stearns History Museum. The museum hosted its annual Halloween Historia event Oct. 22.
Should state lawmakers set their own salaries or should that decision best be left to an independent Eken citizens commission to avoid what could be perceived as a conflict of interest? Minnesota voters will be asked on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, to choose whether to have a constitutional amendment establishing a citizens’ board that would set the salaries of lawmakers. “It is important to note that right now we, as legislators, set our own pay,” said Sen. Kent Eken of Senate District 4, which includes Norman
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Stearns County Deputy Chad Meemken arrested three motorists for DWI. The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety recognizes this accomplishment with the “Hat Trick” award. The regional representative from the Office of Traffic Safety, Becky Putzke (left) presented Meemken with his recognition pin and hat. Congratulations to Meemken, and thank you for helping increase public safety in Stearns County. The Sartell High School girls varsity volleyball team defeated Brainerd High School 3-0 in the Oct. 18 matchup. The Sabres had solid performances from all 13 members of the team. The offense was spread fairly evenly with Miah Gessell leading the way with 10 kills, Sydney Dille with nine, and Lexie Winter and Jaden Turner with eight each. The defensive effort was led by Addy DeMaine with seven digs, followed by Ailsa Watson with five and Dille with four. The Sabres just missed out on winning their home tournament on Oct. 20, but fell to Maple Grove in the finals 2-1. They defeated Hibbing, Mounds View and Cathedral to make it to the finals. They received the #3 seed in their section tournament and have a first-round bye. They will play at home at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 vs. the Tech/ Big Lake winner. The teams regular-season record is 17-6. The Sartell High School football team made it five wins in a row with a 42-21 victory over Apollo on Oct. 19. They finish the regular season at 5-3 and are the #2 seed in their upcoming section playoffs. They received a bye on Oct. 25 and will play at home at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 vs. the Apollo/Brainerd winner. The Sartell High School girls varsity swim team defeated Fergus Falls High School 122-53 in the Oct. 18 matchup. The Junior High 400 Freestyle team of Lauryn Kramer, Natalia Silva, Heidi
Lenarz and Sara Hennemann broke the Junior High record set back in 2007. Senior Tonya Paul had a season best in the 200 and Anna Ellis and Madelynn Hedlund had season bests in the 200 IM. Marena Kouba had a life best swim in the 100 breaststroke. The Sabre swim team will next compete at the CLC Championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Alexandria. The Sartell High School girls varsity soccer team defeated Alexandria High School 1-0 in the Oct. 18 matchup. The Sabres advanced to the section 8A final for their fourth consecutive year. On Oct. 20, the girls soccer team saw its season come to an end with a heartbreaking loss in the section final to Apollo. Despite out-shooting the Eagles in regulation and overtime, neither team was able to net a goal. The 2-3 shootout results ended the season. They finish a great season at 13-5-2. St. Francis Xavier School, Sartell, was among one of the newest local programs to earn their Parent Aware Ratings, which lets area parents know they are using kindergarten-readiness best practices to help local children. Kathryn Kockler, principal at St. Francis, was a provider who volunteered to adopt kindergarten-readiness best practices. The best practices measured by the ratings include use of proven, evidence-based curriculum, teacher training, teaching materials and teaching methods.
that was built in 1906. On the wheels will be attached story boards with photos and text explaining various parts of the process of making quality paper: the hydro-electric dam and plant, the wood yard, the paper machines, maintenance and more. The project components will be installed east of the parking lot and south of the Veteran’s Monument and gazebo in the park. Molitor told the council he and others have succeeded in raising close to $6,000 for the project, estimated to cost about $6,500. He praised Joe Schulte for his research and help with the project. Schulte
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320255-1301, or access its tip site at www.tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for crime. Oct. 6 12:32 a.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue S./Sartell Street W. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a vehicle without a rear plate light. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. Upon speaking with the driver, the officer observed an odor of marijuana. The officer asked the driver if he had any marijuana in the vehicle, and he stated he did. Officers conducted a search of the vehicle and located a small bag of marijuana in the center console. The driver was helpful with providing information related to drug activity in the city. Officers agreed that, based on his cooperation, a verbal warning for the violation could be given for this specific occurrence. 7:42 a.m. Medical. 12th Avenue S. Officers were dispatched for an 80-year-old male who recently had back surgery and was unable to move. Upon officer’s arrival on scene, the man stated he was having a lot of pain from his neck to the area above his back incision. Paramedics arrived on the scene, and the officer assisted with loading the patient for transport to St. Cloud Hospital for further
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is an industrial-arts teacher in Sartell who previously created a paper-mill commemoration artwork that is affixed to the wrought-iron fence in Veterans’ Park, the same fence near which the gears will be placed. Schulte’s artwork, done in the sky-blue of the mill, is a silhouette of the mill and was fashioned from a sheet of paper-mill steel. When viewers see the silhouette artwork, they can “see” how the mill looked like exactly from that same vantage position in Veterans’ Park. Schulte’s artwork is one of about a half dozen that was created from remnants of the old mill to adorn public places in Sartell. After the explosion, American Iron and Metal razed the vast site, recycling most of the scrap. It is now flat and empty, a mere memory.
Molitor said the new installations will be durable, lowmaintenance objects that will not impose on the park’s functions or the parking lot. The project, he said, will be done in conjunction with help and advice from city staff. Molitor told the council he hopes to have the project completed by next spring. Hopefully, he added, it can be unveiled in that same park during the next Memorial Day service, which will be five years from the date of the tragic mill explosion. The explosion occurred shortly after the Memorial Day service ended on that day. The city council voted unanimously 4-0 (former member Amy Braig-Lindstrom is no longer on the council) to approve Molitor’s commemoration project.
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10:35 p.m. Welfare check. Pinecone Road N./15th Street N. Officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious male in the area not dressed for the weather. Officers arrived on scene and spoke with the male party who was impaired. The male stated he was coming from a wedding on the north side of town and was attempting to walk to the Americinn. Officers gave him a ride to that location.
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Oct. 7 9:10 a.m. Welfare check. Coborn Court. Officers were notified of a welfare check that was requested by a woman who was out of town. The woman stated she was out of town and attempting to contact her husband who is at home. She stated he is on new medication, and she was concerned he wasn’t answering her calls. Officers made contact with her husband at their home. The woman was notified by officers that her husband was fine. 7:50 p.m. Medical. Seventh Street N. Officers assisted with a Sauk Rapids High School football player who was kneed in the head causing numbness in his extremities. Officers assisted paramedics and coaching staff with loading the patient. He was transported to St. Cloud Hospital by Gold Cross Ambulance. Oct. 8 6:04 p.m. Theft. Amber Avenue S. Officers were dispatched for a theft from a garage. The complainant stated he had several tools taken from his garage at the apartment building sometime in -between Wednesday, Oct. 5, and Saturday, Oct. 8. He also stated the garage was closed but unlocked. The combined total of all items taken is $958.21. Officers issued a stolen property report and asked him to call them back if more information about the incident arose.
Oct. 9 12:51 a.m. Medical. Hi-Vue Drive. Officers were dispatched to a report of an elderly female having a possible heart attack. Officers arrived on scene, and provided oxygen and monitored the patient’s vitals until Gold Cross Ambulance arrived. The woman was transported to St. Cloud Hospital for further medical attention. 10:22 p.m. Suspicious person. Pinecone Road S. Officers were dispatched to a gas station for a suspicious male who was refusing to leave. Upon entering the store, the officer saw the male matching the description given. The male was looking at magazines in the store. The officer asked the man to step outside. The man admitted he had been asked to leave if he wasn’t going to buy anything. Officers identified the male by his driver’s license and observed he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Stearns County Dispatch confirmed the warrant was valid. The male was arrested and transported to the Stearns County Jail.
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'Cash for Candy' set for Nov. 1 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Ditch the Halloween candy, or at least eat it in moderation, then brush your teeth carefully and turn in most of the rest of the candy to Sartell Pediatrics in Sartell. Once again, for the fourth year, Pediatric Dentistry and Sartell Pediatrics are co-sponsoring a “Cash for Candy” program that gives children $1 per pound of all candy turned in, along with free toothbrushes and prize drawings. “Cash for Candy” is set for 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Sartell Pediatrics, which is located at 111 Second St. S. in Sartell. Pediatric Dentistry, which is located at 151 19th St. S in Sartell, hosts the event every other year on the odd years. The turn-in-candy movement was started by pediatrician Dr. David Smith of Sartell Pediatrics and dentist Dr. Sarah Welch of Pediatric Dentistry. They both want to reduce gingivitis, and other dental and body-health risks associated with the consumption of sugar. Smith and Welch do not mean to be Halloween grinches. “Halloween is a kid favorite,” Smith said. “Children should
enjoy dressing up, the costumes and trick-or-treating. However, the holiday can also serve as an opportunity to em- Smith phasize moderation and giving.” Smith began the Halloween Candy Buyback in 2012 in conjunction with Pediatric Dentistry and BLEND. “Ditch the candy, that’s what we’re saying,” Welch said. “Visiting your dentist twice a year and brushing daily are great preventive measures, but doing away with excess sweets altogether would really give your teeth a healthy boost. Kids can still have all of the fun of trick-or-treating, and now their piggy banks will benefit as well.” Many parents, concerned about their children’s consumption of sugar, are strongly in favor of the Cash for Candy program. Welch and Smith noted children’s consumption of sugar increases each year by 3 percent throughout the world. Currently, an astounding 50 million tons of sugar per year are consumed. Besides harming teeth, sugar
can lead to hyperactivity and weight gain. In some cases, the wrong kinds of candy can also lead to broken and/or damaged teeth
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and/or braces. In the past four years, the Cash for Candy event drew an average of 500 families and more than 1,000 pounds of candy were handed over in exchange for money and prizes. At first, the candy was shipped overseas to American troops serving in combat zones. However, due to lowered deployments this year, the candy will be given to local veterans’ groups and hospice places. The effort to turn in Halloween candy has garnered lots of local support, said Jill Smith, practice manager at Sartell Pediatrics. For example, for the past few years, Stride Academy has collected Halloween candy at the school and awarded prizes to the classroom contributing the most. “We would love to see the event grow into a larger collaboration among (more) local businesses and schools,” Dr. Smith said. “The idea is to truly promote community-wide health.”
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Opinion Our View Thank you, Bobby Vee, for magical moments Batten down the hatches, bundle up good, for winter’s on its way
Brrr! Bundle up, everybody. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, we are heading for below-average temperatures this winter. This time, again, it’s La Niña that gets the blame. La Niña, meaning “The Girl” in Spanish, is the sister of El Niño (“The Boy”), both of which refer to temperatures in the east Equatorial Pacific Ocean. La Niña temps are the below-normal ones that can affect winter temperatures on land. NOAA had this to say: “La Niña winters tend to favor above-average snowfall around the Great Lakes and in the northern Rockies and below-average snowfall in the mid-Atlantic.” Well, who’s taking bets? Most often, weather forecasters are people who get paid to dispense misinformation. The colder-than-normal winter predicted (as if “normal” winters aren’t cold enough) is music to the ears of those who don’t believe in global warming (who don’t understand it) and to those outdoor types who thrive in below-zero temps like Eskimos. Then, alas, there’s the rest of us. The NOAA advisory, whether it proves true or not, is a good wake-up call for all Minnesotans. It’s time to get prepared by doing the following: • Time to check our furnaces or other heating systems to make sure they are in good, safe working order. • Insulate one’s house against winter’s blasting drafts. • Prepare a winter-survival kit to keep in vehicles. It should include candles, matches or a cigarette lighter; a canister or two of Sterno; a flashlight; a rocket flare; a red banner cloth so your stranded car can be noticed with banner flapping on the radio antenna; some snacks like highenergy bars; a collapsible shovel; a gallon of bottled water; extra hats, socks and mitten; and a first-aid kit. (Those items can be placed inside a plastic tote or in a waterproof backpack. The gallon of water should be placed in the car just before any out-of-town trip.) Also, put plenty of warm blankets or sleeping bags in the back seat or trunk. • Last, but not least, get a winter tuneup for vehicles to make sure they are safe for winter driving. It’s all too easy to overlook these prewinter preparations, but if we do them now, before winter arrives, we will be able to face and endure the rigors of winter with a lot more confidence and a sense of well-being.
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When I heard the news the morning of Oct. 24 that Bobby Vee had died, it’s as if I’d had the wind knocked out of me, as if he had been a favorite relative. I think a lot of local people feel that way because Vee was as downhome, kind, generous, approachable and likable as the best of next-door neighbors. He was very much at home in Central Minnesota, a place he blessed again and again with a long series of benefit concerts for Cathedral High School and later as the headliner for the incredible annual Fourth of July Joetown Rocks concerts in St. Joseph. When I was a 15-year-old southSt. Cloud kid, if someone would have told me I’d meet Bobby Vee some day, I’d have burst out laughing. At that time, pre-Beatles, my brothers and I had a lot of Bobby Vee records we’d spin incessantly on our cheesy monaural Decca record player, along with hits by Elvis Presley, Del Shannon, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Ray Charles, the Shirelles, the Everly Brothers, Brenda Lee, Johnny Tillotson, Brian Hyland and so many other early greats. I remember as if yesterday playing Del Shannon’s “Runaway” until the 45-rpm disc was nothing but a series of hisses and scratches. Same with my two favorite Bobby Vee hits of that time – “Devil or Angel“ and “Take Good Care of My Baby.” I first heard all those hits on KDWBChannel 63 radio out of Minneapolis. We kids lived our lives with our transistor radios practically glued to our ears. When the Beatles, the Stones and Bob Dylan burst upon the scene, we, kids, in our late teens by then, pretty much – unfairly – put aside those earlier hits we’d loved so
Dennis Dalman Editor much – the teen-angst tunes, many with bubble-gum flavors. Flash forward to 1980. While living and studying in London, I’d pop into pubs for a beer or two and was surprised to find so many Bobby Vee songs on the jukeboxes – more Vee tunes than Beatles. In talking with Londoners, I discovered Vee was still a huge favorite and that he still occasionally toured Britain to sell-out crowds. Two years later, in 1982, I began work as a reporter. I was as thrilled as a teeny-bopper one day when my editor assigned me to cover a concert at the Holiday Inn in Alexandria – a Bobby Vee-Del Shannon show. Before the performance, I found myself sitting across from two of the musical heroes of my teen years – Vee and Shannon. It was overwhelming to think I’d actually met them. Of course, I had to tell them all about my brothers and me playing their records on our cruddy record player. They both grinned with amusement and pleasure, even though they must have heard compliments like that thousands of times. I asked Vee if it’s true that Bob Dylan, before he was even known, had once played with Vee’s band circa 1960. Vee laughed and said, “How in the heck did you know that?” I told him I’d read about it in Rolling Stone. And, sure enough, Vee and band members had met this scrawny kid in a record shop
in the Fargo-Moorhead area. They mentioned they were in need of a piano player. The guy said he plays piano and his name is Elston Gunnn (three n’s, go figure). They hired him. He played just a few gigs in the Dakotas’ area and then one night he just vanished. “That kid could really rock out in the key of C,” Vee told me. A few years later, Vee and his band were in New York City. While looking in a window of a record shop, they saw an album on display. “Hey, isn’t that the kid that played piano for us a few times?” one of them asked. They were all flabbergasted. Sure enough, the debut album was called simply Bob Dylan, the new name for Elston Gunnn. Love that story. A year or two later after that rockin’ Vee-Shannon concert, again I had the pleasure of seeing-hearing the two of them perform yet another joint concert. Still later, I was pleased yet again to be able to interview Vee and tour his downtown St. Joseph music studio with his sons. In all the years since the summer of ’61, that day I first heard “Take Good Care of My Baby” on KDWB, it’s been one of my favorite songs. When by chance it’s on my car radio, I turn it up full blast. I sing along, filled with instant exhilaration. As I write this, I’m listening to Vee’s oldies-but-goodies. Thank you, Bobby Vee, for all those magical musical moments you gave us through so many decades. Vee’s visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 at St. John the Baptist Parish Center, 14241 Fruit Farm Road, Collegeville. His funeral will be held at noon Wednesday, Nov. 2 at St. John’s Abbey Church, 2900 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville.
We have met the enemy . . . There is no two ways about it – The Donald (as in Trump) tests the tolerance quotient of those on the left. He is offensive. Offensive to women. Offensive to Mexicans. Offensive to war heroes. Offensive to LGBT individuals. Practically any group or class of people in American society has felt the sting of stupid words Donald says. And yet, he continues to keep on saying it. And even inventing new ways to insult and enrage us. And he has every right. That’s what J.K. Rowling, the author of all the Harry Potter books said. She admits he’s gotten under her skin. She admits much of what The Donald spouts is purely bigoted and offensive, but she says bad manners and filthy tongue are not cause enough to ban him from visiting the British Isles. And she is right. “If my offended feelings can justify a travel ban on Donald Trump, I have no moral grounds on which to argue those offended by feminism, or the fight for trans-gender rights, or universal suffrage, should not oppress campaigners for those causes,” said Rowling, who spoke at the annual PEN Literary Gala in New York City where she received an award. Of course there are those who are so enraged they will hear none of this. Blind hurt and rage lead them to imitate the very person
Dave DeMars Reporter who wants to build a wall to keep out Mexicans and implement a ban on all Muslims coming to this country. Hell, for all we know, if The Donald is elected, he’ll probably start a movement to cleanse the armed forces of Muslims who may well have been here for 50 years. “If you seek the removal of freedoms from an opponent simply on the grounds they have offended you, you have crossed a line to stand alongside tyrants who imprison, torture and kill on exactly the same justifications,” Rowling said. That’s a nice way of saying what cartoonist Walt Kelly of Pogo fame said many years ago: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Look in the mirror, America. At the same time, do not become so thin-skinned you must cry out for safe rooms in your dormitories because some bad-mouth bully of a clown said something that hurt your feelings. There are plenty of times when my own feelings have been scratched raw by something some jerk said.
I have never been a fan of political correctness. The price of living in a democracy, where every crackpot can spout his or her gibberish and hate-filled speech, is the getting your/our fragile egos bruised and battered sometimes. I suspect that is what Dylan had in mind when he wrote in Tombstone Blues about the hysterical bride. “The hysterical bride in the penny arcade Screaming she moans, “I’ve just been made” Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade Says, “My advice is to not let the boys in.” Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride “Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride You will not die, it’s not poison.” Perhaps we have all become “hysterical brides” running about wringing our collective politically correct hands and letting the badmouth Donalds of the world control us. What it all comes down to can be emblazoned on the the back of a T-shirt. “Haters gonna hate.” “Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority,” Alfred Adler once said. Suck it up and get on with life.
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Please vote for Chisum, Held in city council race; they will listen, work for all Zurya Anjum, Sartell During the past 18 months, there has been a lot of unpleasantness in our city regarding building a community center, which should have been a happy decision for all. However, the Sartell City Council’s decision about the location of it has divided our community into factions. The city council has shown a lack of democratic process in making decisions. They have not listened to residents’ concerns/desires but have decided on their own what is good
for this city. They killed any chance Sartell had of getting a Great River Regional Library branch when they chose that site. How can we justify spending $11 million on a building that doesn’t include a major requirement Sartell residents have asked for repeatedly and agreed to pay for with half-cent sales-tax dollars not once but twice? At the candidates’ forum of citycouncil candidates, I was struck by negative comments expressed by Ryan Fitzthum. When asked if it was important to have transparency in the deal-
ings of the city council, he said since only 26-28 people showed up to the forum, that shows Sartell residents are not concerned/involved in decisions about the city. That is an insult as most of us work or have family members/kids to take care of and cannot make it to a forum on a week night. That does not make us not concerned or not involved. That shows his disrespect for us, and he does not deserve our vote. This is about leadership being open and answerable to residents for the decisions council members make,
whether it’s about a community center, roundabouts, logistical planning for the Sartell High School or any other issues about our city. I urge you to support Mike Chisum and Timothy Held for election to city council. I have had discussions with them, and they have reassured me they will work for all residents, listen to our concerns and not push their own agendas as our current city council members (except for David Peterson) have done. Please consider your choice carefully before casting your vote.
Fitzthum meets expectations to serve on council, wants collective success Amy Trombley, Sartell
I proudly support Ryan Fitzthum for election to the Sartell City Council. Ryan has a history of civic engagement and serving our city. Ryan and I had the opportunity to work together on the Community Schools Planning Committee that supported the vision and direction of the Sartell-St. Stephen School District’s facilities plan. Ryan respectfully listened to ideas, worked to understand the issues facing the district
and engaged in meaningful conversations. Ryan even took it upon himself to hold a neighborhood education session about the referendum. His initiative shows his willingness to reach out to others, have open communications and to educate the community at-large about issues that impact our residents. Ryan has demonstrated his ability to work with our school district while supporting city infrastructure, safety and fiscal responsibility, which will be key as the district moves forward with facil-
ity planning and establishing programs for our next generation of learners. The commitment Ryan has to the city of Sartell is evident through his involvement as a safety officer for the Sartell Fire Department, serving on the Sartell Planning Commission and involvement and leadership in other groups. He understands the importance of being involved and creating partnership opportunities that provide collective success and impact. As a lifelong resident of Sartell,
Ryan appreciates our roots and our history. He also understands the needs of the future for our city as we continue to grow and prosper. His experience and abilities allow him to be strategic about growth, city finances and safety. I am confident in his abilities to weigh all sides of the issues when advocating for our citizens. Ryan is passionate about the success of our citizens, our schools and our city. He is an obvious choice to vote for on Nov. 8.
Vote Perske for Stearns County Commissioner on Nov. 8; he will listen, lead Dennis Molitor, Sartell With a little more than a week until election day, it’s time to finalize
your vote. For Stearns county commissioner, I encourage you to join me in voting for Joe Perske. His budgeting experience as former mayor of
Sartell will serve us well. His ability to listen and lead are important attributes of the position as well. Anyone who knows Joe will vouch for how
carefully he will spend our limited, county tax dollar. Please join me on Election Day by voting for Joe Perske for Stearns county commissioner.
Bromenschenkel is best choice for commissioner, a proven, experienced leader John Krehbiel, Sartell As a fellow public servant, serving as a LeSauk Township supervisor, I endorse Mark Bromenschenkel as Stearns County commissioner. Since his first election to the county board, Mark has worked hard for the people
of Stearns County. During the last four years, he has helped to reduce taxes, county debt levels by 32 percent, payroll growth by $1.1 million per year, and each department has consistently come in under budget. The county board has also enacted new staffing and efficiency studies to
better serve our veterans. With new technology, the county has increased its investment that extends the life of our transportation infrastructure. We, as citizens, ask our elected officials do what’s best and right for the voters. Mark Bromenschenkel has proven this over and over again by
his dedication to the position and the people of Stearns County. We need a proven and experienced leader to continue this kind of success. On Nov. 8, I kindly ask you vote for Mark Bromenschenkel. This will ensure the county has a strong leader continuing in this position for the next four years.
The choice is clear this November; what vision do you want for America? Thomas Wright, Sartell Only the most delusional deny Hillary and Donald are both morally reprehensible. So, for whom shall one vote? For me, it comes down to their radically dissimilar visions for America. It’s overly simplistic, but basically true, that: • one’s for a larger federal bureaucracy (more spending, taxes, laws, regulations); the other seeks a smaller,
less-controlling government. • one’s tax policies punish achievement; the other’s reward innovation and hard work. • one promises free healthcare and college; the other knows free lunches are a lie. • one seeks world peace through being nice; the other through strength. • one backs an immigration policy with porous borders; the other seeks enforcement of secure borders and
laws enabling us to welcome immigrants in a legal, safe, orderly and humane fashion. • one wants to ensure intentionally murdering innocent, unborn children will always be legal and safe (not for the kids); the other strives to make these tragic atrocities rare. • one exacerbates and perpetuates division in America through identity and racial politics; the other seeks healing through just, compassionate, color-
blind policies. • one says America’s greatest threat is climate change; the other embraces reasonable environmental stewardship, and identifies terrorism, illness, poverty and deterioration of the family as the chief enemies of societal progress. Two-thirds of Americans say our nation’s on the wrong path. Want more of the same, or change? The choice is clear.
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Small towns must change to find new life, vitality by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com
Our rural towns and villages are not dying, they are merely victims of the narrative used to describe them. It’s a narrative that is straight out of the 1950s, according to Ben Winchester of the Center for Community Vitality, which is part of the University of Minnesota Extension program. Winchester presented his ideas at recent presentation at Peace Lutheran Church in Cold Spring. About 35 people from Cold Spring, Avon, Collegeville and St. Joseph gathered to hear Winchester present data gathered throughout the years that demonstrates the picture of the dying small town is mostly anecdotal. Most small towns are
ity. The 1950s saw the establishment of the interstate highway system under President Eisenhower, and Winchester said that was a major event in the life of small towns. No longer were small towns isolated and more or less selfcontained units. Now they became part of the larger world, and that brought changes of all sorts. Small-town life and main street was restructured, schools were consolidated, small-town hospitals were closed, regional medical centers sprang up, and rural towns saw the closing of many churches. “Post WWII saw for the first time rural residents were able to get a college degree,” Winchester said. “The G.I. Bill allowed veterans to get a college degree for free. And we do know rural Americans are over-represented in the military.” Small towns also saw the closing of many small businesses such as grocery stores, hardware stores, gas stations and other small-town institutions. “These mainstays were ultimately doomed to fail because of the improved transportation system,” Winchester said. ”Small towns lost a lot of wealth. But for every gas station that closed in a small town, there was one that closed in the metro, too. So change that happened in small towns also happened in large cities, Winchester said. It just wasn’t as noticeable because of the number of gas stations in the metro areas. Because of the changes in roads and transportation, we saw the establishment of regional centers of commerce – places such
really thriving, though many are changing or in transition from the type of “Mayberry RFD” existence we fondly remember to a different kind of town. What we think we know of small-town life is largely the result of what Winchester referred to as “anecdata.” “Anecdata is information which is presented as if it were based on serious research, but is in fact based on someone’s opinion and what they wish was true,” Winchester said. “Everything I present today is going to be based on solid research.” Winchester describes and documents the kind of change that was and is taking place in area small towns in Nebraska, Texas, Wisconsin and in Minnesota in such places as Sartell, St. Stephen, Sauk Rapids, Rice and St. Joseph using a datadriven approach.
The past
Back in the 1950s, most of the rural small towns were fairly isolated and were still highly dependent on agriculture. Many of the kids who graduated from high school left for the big city, causing what some rural-life biographers described as a “brain drain.” But Winchester disputes that contention, saying what was going on was a normal evolution that was part of globalization brought on by changes in technology. Three areas Winchester said were especially affected were the following: agriculture became highly mechanized, roads and transportation were greatly upgraded, and education expansion and promotion created new vistas of possibil-
as St. Cloud, Willmar, Fergus Falls, Worthington and Marshall. Lots of school consolidation took place in the name of efficiency and opportunity. Bus transportation became part of the American way of education. “In 1990 there were 432 school districts in Minnesota. By 2010, there were only 337,” Worthington said. “This was hard because towns were struggling with identity issues because ‘we are losing our high school.’” But kids don’t care about that very much, Worthington said. Kids seem to adapt better than adults. “There are structural things going on in every discipline and every area across the country,” Winchester said. “Most recently it’s been post-office closings.” All of the information is grist for the narrative mill about small-town life disappearing. To illustrate, Winchester told the story about a metro-area newspaper that decided to do a story about the impact the loss of a particular post office would have. The reporter used one quote in particular that skewed the narrative in a negative direction. “The post office is the social hub of our community,” Winchester quoted the reporter. “I don’t know what we are going to do without it.” Then he asked how many of the audience ever went to their local post office as a place for social gatherings. “I never go to the post office to hang out with my friends,” said Winchester, drawing a big laugh from the audience. It’s not that rural towns are dying, it’s simply that they are
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changing and becoming more diversified as a result of the restructuring. But the media doesn’t do a good job of reporting the changes taking place, Winchester said. The big-city media report things like murders, tornadoes, plant closures and other depressing events. If there were any uplifting stories, they went unreported or were buried inside, Winchester maintained. “If there were good stories it was like ‘Jane SoandSo started a business in Watkins and I can’t believe she did that,’” Winchester said, drawing another laugh. Winchester said that in Minnesota only three towns have been dissolved during the last 50 years. The last town to do so was the town of Tenney – population 3. They voted to dissolve and join nearby Campbell. In fact, rural Minnesota has seen an 11-percent population increase since 1970, Winchester said. What has declined is the percentage of persons who live in a rural place. That has happened because as more of the population moves to a rural area, the area is no longer considered rural, and it is reclassified. So rural areas become more urbanized, Winchester said. Urban areas have grown wider, not taller. As urban areas grow, rural areas shrink, and yet a large portion of the population has a preference for rural life. As more families seek a rural life, that life disappears, the area changes and becomes more urbanized.
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Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 try is because of a perceived improvement in the quality of life. But the new small-town folks have distinct differences from those who lived there in the past. Winchester cited the following differences in newcomers to rural towns: 68 percent have bachelor’s degrees, 67 percent have incomes of $50,000 or more, 51 percent have children in the household, many are leaving career jobs or are underemployed. One other interesting fact is 36 percent of newcomers are actually not newcomers; they are simply moving back to their roots after having gone away. Winchester said the average American moves 12 times in a lifetime, and that number is increasing. We are becoming more mobile and thus more diverse as a people. That is important, Winchester said, because it changes the social, political, religious, work and social-interest makeup of the towns to which the newcomers move. Long-established organizations, such as the chamber of commerce, the Kiwanis, the Lions or Women of Today either change to accommodate new-member interest or wither into non-existence. To measure the change, Winchester looked at the demand for people to fill leadership positions in town organizations
Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com such as government, and non -profit institutions. What he found was surprising. “In the U.S., while the population increased 10 percent, the number of non-profits increased 32 percent,” Winchester said. “These non-profits and government agencies reflect the need for leadership, for the need for people to step up and serve.” While the need for leadership exists, the way in which people are relating and getting involved in the non-profits is changing, just as the makeup of the population changed, Winchester said. In part this is true because social organizations have changed. They now cover wide geographical areas, have narrowly focused goals, have diverse social interests and make use of technology like social media. “People move to a town for what it is, not for what it was,” Winchester said. “Where would these small towns be if they had not had these people moving in for the past 40 years?” Were it not for immigration and the movement of people from place to place, what would become of our economies? Winchester dealt with the needs for goods by newcomers to an area and how that need translates into purchases of goods, purchases of homes, and the transfer of receipts
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from one generation to another, and from one group to another. “The model is who is moving in, who is moving out, and who is moving over?” Winchester said.
The new economy
We are on the verge of a new economic narrative, Winchester said, and the characteristics of this new economic narrative are different than that of the past. And this narrative will affect and is affecting all rural communities throughout the country. The new economy has the following characteristics: brick and mortar does not equal economic success; it’s more people focused with more self-employment and more (1099) consultant work for short periods of time; there are more diversified jobs and occupations; more multiple-job holding, job sharing and self employment; recruitment revolves around more than just job and work-related benefits. People in the new rural economy want a kind of emotional fulfillment as well as dollars from their jobs. Winchester said based on data he has examined, there is going to be a severe labor shortage in the future and he believes that analysis of why looks at the wrong items to explain it. If small towns want
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Benjamin Winchester, senior research fellow with the Center for Community Vitality, which is part of the University of Minnesota Extension program, makes a point during a recent presentation at Peace Lutheran Church in Cold Spring. The presentation was entitled “Rewriting the Rural Narrative” and dealt with changes small towns have seen in the past and will see in the future. to thrive, then they must understand how they will need to change to accommodate those people who would like to move there. They must look to the future, not the past. It isn’t just building housing for workers or even raising the minimum wage. It’s creating a satisfying environment within which people can live
and thrive rather than just be counted as a warm body. The bottom line for rural towns is a simple one, Winchester said. “The bottom line is people want to live and move here for what you are today and will be tomorrow, not what you may have been.”
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LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF ST. STEPHEN LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST The City of St. Stephen will hold a Public Accuracy Test of its election machines at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. The City will test the AutoMARK (ballot-marking machine) and the M100 (ballot-counting machine). The public is welcome to view the test as the City prepares for the
General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. St. Stephen City Hall 2 Sixth Ave. SE /s/ Cris M Drais City of St. Stephen City Clerk Dated: Oct. 24, 2016 Publish: Oct. 28, 2016
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 748 (SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN) STATE OF MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the general election has been called and will be held in and for Independent School District No. 748 (Sartell-St. Stephen), State of Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2016, for the purpose of electing three school board members for four-year terms. The ballot shall provide as follows:
The precincts and the polling places for this general election are those polling places and precincts or parts of precincts located within the boundaries of the school district, which have been established by the cities, towns or townships located in whole or in part within the school district. The voting hours at those polling places shall be the same as those for the state general election. A voter must be registered to vote to be eligible to vote in this election. An unregistered individual may register to vote at the polling place on election day.
CITY OF SARTELL ORDINANCE NOs. 16-14 and 16-15 SUMMARY ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE TITLES 5 AND 7 Title 5 of the City Code of Ordinances (Police Regulations) is hereby amended to delete provisions better covered by Department policy or State law, to revise dog licensing dates, and to add background checks in this section of the Code. Title 7, Chapter 5 (Cemetery) is an entire restatement of the City’s cemetery code including Definitions, Continuance, Sale of Lots, Handling of Funds, Burial Permits, Interments, City Repurchase of Unused Cemetery Lot, Conduct of Persons in Cemetery, Monuments and Markers, Foundations, Mausoleums, Decoration of Lots, Exceptions and Penalties. The City Council has determined that publication of this title and summary ordinance will clearly inform the public of the intention and effect of the ordinances. The Council also directs that only the title and this summary be published. Copies of the entire text of the ordinances are available for inspection by any person at the office of the City Clerk any Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or on the City website at www.sartellmn.com. Adopted by the City Council of Sartell on the 24th day of October, 2016. /s/ Sarah Jane Nicoll Mayor
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CITY OF SARTELL OFFICIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC TESTING OF OPTICAL-SCAN VOTING MACHINES TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SARTELL, MINN. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public-accuracy test of the M100 optical-scan voting equipment to be used at the Nov. 8, 2016 General Election will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. The test will be conducted at Sartell
City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N., in the city of Sartell. Mary Degiovanni City Administrator Publish: Oct. 28, 2016
CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE TO VOTERS CITY ELECTION – NOV. 8, 2016 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Stearns County Sartell Precinct #6 that a city election in the city of (east of Pinecone Road and north Sartell, Counties of Stearns and of 12th Street North) will vote Benton, State of Minnesota, will at Sartell Middle School, in the be held between the hours of 7 South Gym; residents of Stearns a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. County Sartell Precinct #7 (west 8, 2016. Residents of Stearns of Pinecone Road, north of SecCounty Sartell Precinct #1 (east ond-and-a-half Street North, and of Pinecone Road and south of that portion north of Third Street Second Street South) will vote at North that lies west of 19th Avethe Sartell Public Utilities Build- nue North) will vote at Celebration ing, 230 Fourth Ave. S.; residents Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone of Stearns County Sartell Pre- Road; Residents of Benton County cinct #3 (east of Pinecone Road, Sartell Precinct #2 (east of the north of Second Street South and Mississippi River) will vote in the south of Fifth Street North) will Chapel Area at Country Manor, vote at Messiah Lutheran Church, 520 First Street NE. 320 Fourth Ave. N.; residents of Stearns County Sartell Precinct The following city offices will be #4 (west of Pinecone Road, south on the ballot: of Second-and-a-half Street North and that portion south of Third COUNCIL MEMBERS – TWO Street North that lies west of 19th (2) FOUR-YEAR TERMS Avenue North) will vote at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N.; Sample ballots are available to residents of Stearns County Sar- view at Sartell City Hall or at tell Precinct #5 (east of Pinecone www.mnvotes.org. Road, north of Fifth Street North and south of 12th Street North) Mary Degiovanni will vote at Sartell Middle School City Administrator in the South Gym; residents of
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erty Bank has established an ongoing working relationship with the City of Sartell. Besides having one of its six branch banks in the city, it sponsors the annual Libertyville fun-fest day in the city, concurrent with the annual Sartell SummerFest. Braegleman praised Sartell as a city that has been re-energized throughout the years with “a lot of good things going on” and a city in which people prosper together. Liberty Bank, which began in St. Cloud in 1939, also has three branches in St. Cloud, one in Waite Park and one in Monticello. An official groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Sartell Community Center two weeks ago, although footings had already been poured. Work on the center will continue through the winter into early spring and is expected to open next summer. It will house three gymnasiums, locker rooms, an elevated walking track, a community meeting room, kitchen, kids’ play area and possibly a drop-off-and-pick-up library service via the Great River Regional Library system. The center, which will cost about $11 million, will be paid for by revenue from the regional half-cent sales tax.
this: “Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to remove lawmakers’ power to set their own pay and instead establish an independent citizens-only council to prescribe salaries of lawmakers?” “It’s very clear, very to the point, and the independent citizens council is completely objective,” Eken said. “It’s very restrictive as to who can serve on it.” For example, no legislators past or present can serve on the council, and no spouses of legislators, no staff from the legislature, no lobbyists past
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or present from the legislature, no judges past or present or their staff, no governors past or present or their staff can serve either. “There’s no legislative appointee serving on the council,” Eken said. “Those who are appointed will be appointed by the heads of the other two branches of government – the governor and the chief justice of the Supreme Court.” Each congressional district across the state will be represented by those appointed to the council, and appointments will also be made to ensure “political balance,” according to Eken. “There’s a lot of restrictions as to who can and cannot serve on this council to ensure every possible conflict of
interest is removed from the process,” he said. Eken said there has not been a change since 1999 to legislators’ base salary of about $31,000 per year. “The only argument I’ve ever heard in opposition to establishing a council is the argument of accountability – that legislators should be held accountable for how they set their pay,” he said. “But that argument is weak at best, and, I think bogus in many cases because there are many who are voting on the pay issue who are not coming back again (to the legislature), and obviously, they are not being held accountable if they have no intention of coming back.” A National Conference
9 of State Legislatures survey ranks Minnesota 19th in base pay for legislators among the 39 states that provide an annual salary. “There’s actually people who voted against pay increases and then still take (them), and they use their vote against the pay increase to cover up the fact they are taking it. That’s the opposite of accountability,” Eken said. “When it comes to the issue of pay, we are not the objective ones to be making that decision because we obviously have a direct benefit,” he said. “We vote on how much money to take directly out of our own constituents’ pockets to put into our own, and there’s no more glaring conflict of interest than that.”
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‘Adopt-a-Family-for-Christmas’ program begins The St. Cloud-based Catholic Charities is working hard to help the neediest families in the area with its “Adopt-a-Familyfor-Christmas” program. The organization’s “Sharethe-Spirit” program matches families who are experiencing
hardship with groups of people who want to “adopt” such a family for Christmas. All families “up for adoption,” so to speak, are nominated by area social workers from area human-services organizations in central Minne-
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sota. “By definition, social workers work with those who are experiencing the hardest times in life, said Mishon Bulson, program coordinator for Catholic Charities Share-the-Spirit Program. “By asking social workers to nominate families, we are able to uplift the families who are in the most need during the holiday season.” Groups or individuals who adopt a family are asked to spend about $70 per family
member. Families of all sizes are available to adopt. Confidentiality for both donor and recipients families is respected. The $70 amount usually includes $60 for a gift or gifts and $10 for a grocery gift certificate so the family can shop for items with which to make a Christmas dinner. The donors are given basic demographics (first names, ages, sizes and more), and then a list of a few needs and wants for each member of the
adopted family. Lists are generally distributed in November. Donors then purchase and wrap gifts for their family. The gifts can then be dropped off by Dec. 15 at 3000 Division Street (the former Marco building) in St. Cloud. Those who would like to adopt a family or to find out more about it should go to the following website: www.ccstcloud.org. Online donor forms should be filled out by Oct. 31.
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A preliminary budget for the City of Sartell might require a tax increase of about 1.13 percent in the year 2017 if the city council passes the final budget in a council meeting in December. At a recent city council meeting, the council members reviewed a preliminary budget presented by Sartell City Administrator Mary Degiovanni. The budget for 2017, she said, is nearly flat from this year’s budget. The 2017 general fund budget is $6,297,178. The total that
will have to be levied in taxes is $5,950,149. The extra expenses for 2017 include hiring a full-time building inspector, a job that will be filled this year; hiring a full-time engineering technical position to help reduce contracted engineering costs and provide affordable tech-level work for planning and public works; and filling a vacancy that occurred in the administrative assistant position after Judy Molitor, who held that position for years, recently retired. Taxpayer impacts of the budget will not be known until the city receives its tax-capacity
rates. That will be known by December, Degiovanni noted. The taxes levied will be used to pay for the following: General fund: $4,739,096. Bernick’s Arena Abatement: $22,467. Street Abatement: $445,000. 2008 Debt Service: $193,152. 2007 Debt Service: $315,434. 2009 Debt Service: $235,000. Total: $5,950,149. The council, if it wishes, could change particulars of the preliminary budget when it becomes the subject of a public hearing in December.
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www.sjprep.net
Friday, Oct. 28, 2016
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. 28 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Trick or Treat on Main Street, 3-5 p.m., Main Street, Rice. Trunk or Treat, 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by youth party (for grades 7-12) until 9:30 p.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 2615 Clearwater Road, St. Cloud. 320-252-2153. Sultans of String Performance, 7:30 p.m., Stephen B Humphrey Theater, St. John’s University, 2840 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. 320-363-5777. csbsju.edu/wow. Saturday, Oct. 29 Freaky 5K, a Halloween-themed family friendly event sponsored by ARC Midstate, 8 a.m., Sartell Middle School, 627 Third Ave. N., Sartell. 320-251-7272. Craft and Bake Sale, sponsored by Sartell Area Churches, 10 a.m.1:30 p.m., St. Francis Xavier School, 308 Second St. N., Sartell. Life Banquet, sponsored by MCCL Chapters of Rockville area, Cold Spring-St. Nick and Richmond, 4 p.m. social, 5:30 p.m. dinner, music and speaker Brody Hagemeier, Rock-
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Community Calendar
Sunday, Oct. 30 A Choral Community, a fall concert celebrating the breadth and diversity of choral music in Central Minnesota, featuring the Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, Cantabile Girls’ Choir, the St. John’s Boys’ Choir and the St. Cloud Area Singing Saints Barbershop Chorus, 7 p.m. Ritsche Auditorium, St. Cloud State University. tickets.yccm.org. Monday, Oct. 31 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Tuesday, Nov. 1 Dry Eye Syndrome Seminar, 6 p.m., PineCone Vision Center, 2180 Troop Drive, Sartell. 866-615-6822. Drumming Duo Performance, 7 p.m., Local Blend Coffehouse, 19 W. Minnesota St., St. Joseph. French Film Festival, showing of Mon Amie Victoria, 7:15 p.m., St. John’s University (Art Building 102), 2850 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville. Wednesday, Nov. 2 St. Stephen City Council, 6:30 p.m., St. Stephen City Hall, 2 Sixth Ave. SE. Thursday, Nov. 3 Coffee and Conversation, a se-
nior discussion group, 9 a.m., Country Manor, 520 First St. NE, Sartell. Keys to the Future fundraiser, featuring an Apollo High School orchestra concert, sponsored by Eckblad Williams Community Fund, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Falcon Bank/Gray Plant Mooty, 1010 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. Great River Regional Coin Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud. 320-252-8452.
Friday, Nov. 4 Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. Ladies Night Out, 4-8 p.m.,, VFW, 901 N Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids. Art Crawl, 5-9 p.m., downtown St. Cloud. Somali Hip-Hop Performance, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 913 W. St. Germain St. Saturday, Nov. 5 Craft Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Eagles Club, 730 41st Ave. N., St. Cloud. Holiday Craft and Bake Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Great Hall, St. John’s University, Collegeville. Craft-Vendor Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., American Legion, Second Ave. N., Waite Park. Craft-Vendor Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., VWF 428, 9 18th Ave. N., St. Cloud. The Hunt is On, deer-hunt-
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Friday, Oct. 28, 2016
Newsleaders to publish Halloween photo contest Snap a photo of your family-friendly costume, and post it to our Facebook page! If you don’t have access to Facebook, please feel free to email pictures to advertising@thenewsleaders.com. Include your first and last name, home town and age of each person in the photo. Feel photo by Kayla Stephani
free to send in your photos anytime up to Monday, Oct. 31. Winners
Brodey Lingl, 1, of Sartell is sporting a ninja turtle costume this Halloween.
will be placed in the paper and receive a treat basket. All additional photos will be posted on our website.
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