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Town Crier Daylight-saving time ends this weekend

Daylight saving time, which started in March, ends Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 a.m. Residents should turn clocks back one hour before retiring Saturday evening, Nov. 5, to reflect the ending of daylight saving time.

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Tim Broda and wife Jane Garner-Broda stop for a rest during a hike along a rapid river. From left to right are Tim, Frank Garner, Taryn Broda, Jane, and Olivia Garner.

Metro Bus offers free rides Nov. 8, 11

Metro Bus will join transit systems throughout Minnesota to provide free rides to encourage voting on Tuesday, Nov. 8. And, for the first time ever, all veterans and active military may ride Fixed Route or Diala-Ride free in honor of their service on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 4 criers.

Sartell snow-season parking begins

Sartell city residents are reminded snow-season parking started Nov. 1. No parking is allowed on any city street between 1-7 a.m, lasting through March 31.

Resource Training to host program for substitutes

People who want to teach but don’t have the full credentials will have an opportunity to become certified as short-call substitute teachers under the Minnesota Limited, Short-Call Substitute program. A four-year bachelor’s degree is required to qualify. Resource Training and Solutions in St. Cloud has announced it has coordinated a two-day program on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17 and 18 to prepare individuals to apply to become limited, short-call substitute teachers. Under Minnesota law, limited, short-call substitute teachers’ licenses are granted only if teachers who hold regular teaching licenses are not available or if a district is experiencing a hardship in securing a sufficient number of regularly licensed teachers to meet the district’s need for limited, short-call substitute teachers. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Nov. 4 Criers. For additional criers, visit www.thenewsleaders.com and click on Criers.

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Broda hopes to start young Alzheimer’s network by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

One day recently, Tim Broda went to visit his wife, Jane, and she was thrilled. “Tim, you’re home!” she

shouted, her face brightening with a great big smile. But just seconds later, the smile disappeared. Her bright face faded and a look of confusion took over, as if a heavy curtain had been lowered.

“Where’s Tim?” she asked, crying, frantic, nervous. “Where’s Tim? Where did he go?” Tim held his wife’s tearful face, turning it toward his, closely, and he said, “Look at

me, Jane. I’m here. I’m right here, right in front of you.” But it was like speaking into an echoing well of darkness. Jane kept wondering where Tim was, where he went, why Broda • page 8

Get ready, get set and vote on Nov. 8 by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Although many people have already voted early for Election Day on Nov. 8, most people will vote the old-fashioned way – at the polls on the day of the election from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. It is recommended, if possi-

ble, that people go to the polls in midday hours to avoid longer lines that tend to happen in early morning and after 5 p.m. Information about forms of identification and polling places for Sartell, St. Stephen and LeSauk Townshp are listed below: Voters should remember to bring the proper form(s) of

identification to the polling places.

The following IDs will be accepted (choose one):

• A valid, current Minnesota driver’s license, driver’s learner’s permit or a receipt for either of those.

The following forms of

Lisa Klaphake (left) and her husband Dewey Klaphake (right) of Avon show Patty Wetterling (center) of St. Joseph and mother of the late Jacob Wetterling, one of the new signs they helped fund, which can be found along the Lake Wobegon Trail. The signs encourage trail users to practice the traits Jacob valued, such as “Be positive.”

• Tribal ID with name, address, photo and signature. • Driver’s license, state ID or learner’s permit issued by any state. Those IDs can be expired, Vote • page 2

Wobegon Trail honors Jacob's memory by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com

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Jacob Wetterling’s remains were recovered earlier this year after his killer confessed to the crime almost three decades after the 11-year-old boy was abducted at gunpoint from St. Joseph. The Lake Wobegon Trails Association is making sure his memory is kept alive by honoring the boy with new signs along the 46-mile-long trail urging trail users to practice the traits Jacob valued. “They have the 11 traits the Wetterling family has put out there as Jacob’s values,” said Cliff Borgerding, a Lake Wobegon Trails Association board member and past president. “The signs will be up there for-

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ever – at least that’s the plan, anyways.” The signs were attached to each mile marker on Oct. 7 from the St. Joseph trailhead at mile marker 82 through Avon to the Schwinghammer Lake Bridge at mile marker 94 east of Albany. “If you are going from St. (Joseph) out to mile marker 94, you will see all the traits listed that way,” Borgerding said of the new signs featuring white lettering on a blue background. “And if you turn around and go back to St. (Joseph), you’re going to see them repeated on the back side.”

Commemorating Jacob

The signs were the brainchild of Lisa and Dewey Klaphake of Avon, one of the small towns Honors • page 6

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Catholic Charities welcomes Vote new executive director

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by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com

The corporate board of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud recently appointed Stephen Pareja, Pareja a Sartell resident and St. John’s University graduate, as the organization’s new executive director, effective Nov. 28. Pareja will replace Steven Bresnahan, who is retiring from leading central Minnesota’s largest non-profit human-service organization after more than two decades. “We’re thrilled to have someone of Stephen Pareja’s caliber

leading such an important part of our faith community,” said Bishop Donald Kettler during an Oct. 28 press conference at Catholic Charities in St. Cloud. The organization, which serves 16 counties across the heart of Minnesota, conducted a nationwide search to fill the position but found Pareja in Stearns County. “My Catholic faith has always been an important part of my life, and Catholic Charities is an organization I respect very much,” said Pareja, who served as director of Clinical Services at CentraCare Health, Monticello. He has more than 30 years of experience in serving others, mostly in the health-care industry. Pareja graduated from Indiana University with degrees in radiologic technology and

business. He has a master’s degree in health-care administration from Ohio University and is a Catholic deacon with a master’s in theology from St. John’s University. “I’m excited to be able to combine my faith life and work life while serving those in need in our community,” said Pareja, who is also a deacon at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell. Catholic Charities is a nonprofit organization that advances the charitable and social mission of the Diocese of St. Cloud and “builds communities, promotes family life, and enhances human dignity by providing quality services to meet the physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals and families of all faiths and beliefs.”

Drive Carefully! School is in Session

but they must have a photo on them. • U.S. passport • Minnesota university, college or technical college ID. • Minnesota high-school ID.

Approved documents (choose one):

• Bill, account or start-ofservice statement due or dated within 30 days of the election date (Nov. 8). Those documents can include any of the following: • Phone, TV or Internet. • Garbage service, sewer, electric, gas or water. • Banking or credit card. • Rent or mortgage. • Residential lease or rent agreement valid through Election Day (Nov. 8). • Current student-fee statement. Another way to verify identity is to bring along a registered voter from you precinct who is willing to sign an oath confirming your address. (This method is known as “vouching.”) For a more detailed list about registration or proof of identity on Election Day and other information about voting, go to mnvotes.org. The following are the precinct locations for Sartell: Precinct 1: All residents who live east of Pinecone Road and south of Second Street S. The polling place is the Sartell Public Utilities Building, 230 Fourth Ave. S.

Precinct 2: All residents who live on the east side of the Mississippi River (Benton County portion of Sartell). The polling place is in the chapel at Country Manor, 520 First St. NE. Precinct 3: All residents who live east of Pinecone Road, north of Second Street S. and south of Fifth Street N. The polling place is Messiah Lutheran Church, 320 Fourth Ave. N. Precinct 4: All residents who live west of Pinecone Road, south of 2-1/2 Street N. and the portion south of Third Street N. that lies west of 19th Avenue N. The polling place is Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. Precinct 5: All residents who live east of Pinecone Road, north of Fifth Street N. and south of 12th Street N. The polling place is Sartell Middle School, south gymnasium. Precinct 6: All residents who live east of Pinecone Road and north of 12th Street N. The polling place is Sartell Middle School, south gymnasium. Precinct 7: All residents who live west of Pinecone Road, north of 2-1/2 Street N. and that portion of Third Street N. that lies west of 19th Avenue N. The polling place is Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road N.

LeSauk Township polling place:

Residents of LeSauk Township should vote at the LeSauk Township Hall, located right behind the Sartell Police Department, at 220 Fourth Ave. S.

St. Stephen polling place:

Residents of St. Stephen will vote at St. Stephen City Hall.

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Engagement Schneekloth-Scherbing Rajahna Schneekloth and Jacob Scherbing, both of St. Cloud, announce their engagement. Parents are Bruce Schneekloth and Newsleaders Publisher Janelle Von Pinnon of St. Cloud, and Bonnie and Glen Scherbing of Foley. Schneekloth graduated in 2016 from St. Cloud State University with bachelor’s degrees in community psychology and music. She is employed at the Newsleaders of St. Joseph, Sartell-St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids-Rice. Scherbing attends SCSU, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in community psychology with a minor in psychology.

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Members of the Sartell Area Youth Football Association’s sixth-grade team include the following: (front row, left to right): Ethan McClellan, Cole Hentges, Dylan Simones, Parker Knutson, Cullen Grahek, Anthony Mahowald, Jack Pederson and Charlie Symanietz; (second row) Reece LaVigne, Nathan Vosberg, Tory Lund, Andrew Muzik, Nolan Moore, Brendan Studer, Logan Legatt, Benjamin Fromelt, Brayden Riedeman, Nathan Sarff and Jacob Lance; (third row) Aiden Lang, Matthew Dietz, Cyril Homan, Holden Schwarzentraub, Rylen Paavola, Will Mahowald, Hunter Leinen, Kade Lewis, Kelechi Nwachukwu, Rudy Ruegemer and Alec Martins; and (back row) Coaches Craig Ruegemer, Alec Martins, David Sarff, Mark Vosberg, Kai Lewis, Jim Mahowald and David Mahowald. The Sartell Area Youth Football Association’s sixth-grade team took part in the Big Lake “King of the Gridiron” Tourna-

ment over MEA weekend and came home with a trophy. It was an impressive football performance with wins of 20-7 and 36-0

on Saturday and a championship 14-0 win on Sunday. It was a fantastic way to wrap up their SAYFA careers.

If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 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 crime.

ficers arrived on scene and made contact with the woman. She stated to officers she was not feeling well the past two days and was having problems breathing. Officers provided the woman with oxygen and monitored her condition until paramedics arrived. She was transported to St. Cloud Hospital by Gold Cross Ambulance. 8:25 p.m. Traffic stop. River Oaks Lane. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a car driving in the construction area of Heritage Drive and CR 1. The officer stopped the vehicle asked the driver for her insurance and driver’s license. The driver stated it was her friend’s car, and she didn’t have a driver’s license. The driver was issued a citation for driving without a valid driver’s license and verbally warned for other violations.

vehicle, the vehicle would be towed. The driver was also advised he would receive a notice to appear in court for his expired tabs. 7:17 a.m. Accident. Sartell Bridge. Officers were dispatched to the Sartell Bridge regarding a two-vehicle crash involving no injuries. Upon arrival, the officer met with the drivers. Both were uninjured and explained the same story. Vehicle 2 was traveling eastbound over the bridge. Vehicle 1 was attempting to merge eastbound onto the bridge when contact was made by both vehicles. Vehicle 2 had minor damage to his front passenger fender/bumper area. Vehicle 1 had minor rear driver’s-side-panel damage. Photos were taken, and both drivers were issued an accident information form and released.

Oct. 11 9:37 a.m. Suspicious person. Third Avenue N. A middle school resource officer was approached by a teacher at Sartell Middle School regarding a suspicious male who had walked by classroom windows and pointed inside the past few days between 8:50-9:10 am. One student was able to get video of the man. The description of the male is a white man about 40 years old, wearing a long-sleeved, camouflage jacket, a white baseball cap and black sunglasses. In the video provided by the student, the male walks past a seventh-grade classroom window and with a smile on his face, he points inside to the students. The school resource officer notified other Sartell officers of her findings. Officers will conduct extra patrols in the area, and if the man is located and identified, he will be charged with trespassing on school property. 10:08 a.m. Medical. First Street N.E. Officers were dispatched for an 85-year-old female on oxygen who was having difficulty breathing. Of-

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Oct. 12 12:43 a.m. Traffic stop. Pinecone Road. While on routine patrol, an officer observed a vehicle traveling in front of him. After running the driver’s plates, the report returned the vehicle had expired tabs since November of last year. The officer confirmed his findings when he observed the vehicle displaying a green 2015 sticker. The officer stopped the vehicle and identified the driver as the registered owner. The officer advised the driver that because there was no way to verify he had insurance on the

Oct. 13 4:48 p.m. Theft. First Street N.E. An officer spoke with a complainant over the phone in regards to items going missing at Country Manor. The complainant stated between early September and mid-September, two valuable family rings had gone missing. The officer explained possible results of reporting the rings stolen. The complainant decided she was going to think about it more before reporting the rings stolen. She stated she would follow up with the officer if she decided to pursue an investigation.

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A June 17, 2017, wedding will be held at Molitor’s Quarry in Sauk Rapids.

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Left: Deputy Adam Johnson and Jax; Right: Deputy Matt Mayers and Eddie The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to introduce two new K-9 teams: Deputy Adam Johnson with Jax and Deputy Matt Mayers with Eddie. Jax and Eddie are certified narcotic detec-

tor dogs. Their breed is Shepherd Belgian Malinois, and they came from Czechoslovakia. Both dogs are between 1 to 2-years-old and will probably have a 6 to 9-year service life.

The following educators from the Sartell-St. Stephen School District were honored at the Leadership in Education Excellence event held Oct. 26 at the River's Edge Convention Center: Mary Gruenes, Laura Nordby, Michele Rogers and Susan Symanietz. More than 500 people attended the event to honor 155 educators who were recognized with a plaque and certificate from the governor of Minnesota. The honorees were nominated by their school or district. To date, there have been 3,654 educators in the Central Minnesota region who have received this recognition.

front of a spirited Sabre crowd to continue their season. Offensively, the Sabres were led by senior Jaden Turner with 19 kills. Contributing to the offensive success were Sydney Dille (12), Lexie Winter (11), Miah Gessell (10), Ailsa Watson (5) and Maddie Schnettler (3). Defensive efforts were led by Winter with 11 digs, followed by Addy DeMaine (9), Watson (7), Chasee Boyd (5), Bre Hess (5) and Gessell (4). DeMaine passed a season and team high with a 2.76 out of a three-point scale. Aggressive serving was a huge contributor to the Sabre success; Sartell missed only four serves out of 108 attempts. Watson served up six aces followed by DeMaine (3), Boyd (1) and Dille (1).

The Sartell High School Girls Varsity Volleyball team defeated Tech High School in a hard fought, five-game battle in

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Our View Express gratitude to veterans by hiring them for good jobs It’s disgraceful veterans who sacrificed for this country cannot find jobs when they get back home. Here in Minnesota, there are some bright statistics, to some degree. There were 3,940 veterans listed as unemployed in 2015, a big improvement over the 15,285 who were unemployed in 2010 when the economy was so much more depressed. Still, many of the employed veterans now are working, like many non-veterans, in two, three or more part-time jobs – often far below their talents and skill levels, and most often without any benefits. Thus, underemployment is an ongoing problem. There is hope, however. Many companies are developing strategies for meeting and hiring veterans. In some cases, if the veterans need to hone their skills to fit a particular company’s needs, the company pays for courses to teach a veteran the requisite skills. That’s only one hire-a-veteran strategy. There are other good ones proposed by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, also known as DEED. Here are some strategies companies can put in place: • Make a commitment. Take definite steps to hire veterans rather than just talk about it. • Get the word out. Let others know you want to hire veterans and then make an effort to meet veterans through organizations and support groups. Reach out, give veterans interviews, give them a chance. • Start a support network for veterans on the company staff. Blue Cross/Blue Shield, based in the Twin Cities, matches up veterans on staff, and their support network becomes aware of other veterans in need, including prospective employees. They also help deployed veterans through yard work, repairs or other needs for their families. • Make connections with veterans outside the company. For example, the Wells Fargo banking system donates homes to wounded veterans, provides grants to veterans’ organizations and supports a wide range of veterans-related events. • Deploy communications strategies to reach out to veterans: word-of-mouth, social media, job fairs, advertising and more. Let veterans know you are there; let them know you are willing to consider them for hiring. Employers who used one or more of the above strategies are happy they did. One of them is Erick Ajax, co-owner of E.J. Ajax Metalforming Solutions in the Twin Cities. “We really started to discover the gold mine of hiring military veterans,” he said. “Our retention rate of our veterans is somewhere north of 80 percent. They come in with just awesome transferable skills.” Veterans have served our country, in many cases risking their lives. It’s time for all of us to express our gratitude and not just through words but through giving them the decent jobs they deserve – and have earned.

The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders. Letters to the editor may be sent to news@thenewsleaders.com or P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374. Deadline is noon Monday. Please include your full name for publication (and address and phone number for verification only.) Letters must be 350 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for space.

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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016

Opinion Why electoral votes? Why not popular vote?

What’s all this fuss about “battleground states?” The answer, in two words, is “Florida.” That state is a big recent reminder of how a presidential candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election. It’s happened four times in American history – 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000. The last time was the George W. Bush vs. Al Gore race. Florida became a battle about ballots that lasted six weeks during which time none of us knew for sure who would be our next president. On Election Day, Bush had won Florida by 1,784 popular votes, such a razorthin margin that a ballot recount was triggered. The patient counting, legal wrangling and nasty accusations continued. Finally, on Dec. 12, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision granted Bush the victory. Gore had won the nationwide popular vote by 543,895 votes. Nonetheless, he didn’t win a majority of electoral votes – 270. Florida’s 25 electoral votes were what mattered win or lose. Bush prevailed by 271 electoral votes, only two more than needed. Gore won 266. If the recount and/or Supreme Court had ruled in Gore’s favor, he instead of Bush would have been granted Florida’s 25 votes for a winning grand total of 291. Many Americans, including some election scholars, think the electoral system is outmoded and should be dropped in favor of election by popular vote. However, even with the best of intentions, it’s almost impossible to overturn what the U.S. Constitution ordained 230 years ago. After America defeated the British, it was time to draw up a “blueprint” for a new nation. One of the big questions was how to elect a new president. All agreed George Washington should be the first, but who should be the next?

Dennis Dalman Editor All too fresh in the minds of the Founding-Father visionaries were the monarchial tyrannies rampant in Europe, as well as feuding rebel factions that can destabilize any society, any country. The architects of the U.S. Constitution were meticulously careful to create a system of checks and balances to rein in tyrannies and factionalisms. The electoral method was just one of many compromises arrived at within the checks-and-balances framework. Momentous questions hung over the Constitutional Convention in 1787: If Congress elects a president, couldn’t one powerful congressional faction hold sway in a form of possibly corrupt cronyism? If the popular vote decided who is to be president, wouldn’t that favor the powerful interests concentrated in the big urban centers? Or could it favor a growing number of frontier people in westward expansion at the expense of urban interests? And what about the smaller states, with less population, that might be left out of any say so? They compromised – thus, the electoral system, yet another way of dissipating power, of checks and balances. Basically, here is how it currently works: In the months preceding a presidential election, political parties at their state conventions choose a slate of electors. They are the people who will officially cast votes affirming who won the presidential election in their state. Each state has its own number of electors,

based on population, on how many U.S. representatives that state has in the U.S. Congress. One representative is “equal” to about 700,000 people in a state. Thus, Minnesota has eight U.S. Congressional districts, eight representatives, and so it currently has eight electors, plus one for each of the two U.S. senators – a total of 10 electors. New York, heavily populated, has 35 electors. Seven states have only three electors each. The District of Columbia also has three electoral votes. In total, there are 538 electors in the nation. The electors pledge to deliver their votes in accord with which president and vice president win in their state. They cast those votes in their state capitals in December weeks after the presidential election. The votes are then sent to Washington, D.C. for official certification. Back to Florida, to battleground states. The reason presidential candidates spend so much time campaigning fiercely in battleground states is because those are states that are usually more or less evenly split in the number of people who vote Democrat and Republican. And battleground states are typically those that have a large number of much-needed electors in order to win the presidency: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, to name just three. California and New York have huge numbers of electors, but both usually favor Democratic presidential candidates. Most Southern and Western states typically favor Republican contenders. Thus, they are usually not battleground states. This election season is interesting because tightening poll numbers between Trump and Clinton have given the typically Republican-leaning states of Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Texas “battleground” status. Ultimately, it’s electoral votes that count. Stay tuned to Nov. 9.

Letter to the editor:

Fantastic article on Michael Maurer, Perfume River Nights Joe Muehlegger, St. Paul, Minn.

I just read the article about Michael Maurer and his book Perfume River Nights. I am a friend of Mike’s, and we went to grade and high school together. I attended

his initial book signing and talk on May 22 at the College of St. Benedict. Since he and I are Facebook friends, I see all the events he has been at with his talk and book signings. Your article is the best coverage and addresses the message Michael conveys.

When he returned from Vietnam, he was definitely a changed person. After reading his book and listening to his talk, I now understand why. Thank you for the excellent report on Mike’s presentation.

Vote local to make a bigger difference

Have you ever felt powerless in politics? Do you feel like no one listens to your views and every election cycle is a slate of the same old candidates? I sure do, and I have a feeling many others feel this way as well. It’s not always our fault. After all, the president has more than 300 million constituents. Our U.S. senators from Minnesota have more than five million, and even our U.S. House Representative for the 6th District, Tom Emmer, has more than 760,000 constituents. Can you imagine trying to listen to such a large amount of people giving you advice and opinions? Let’s take Emmer’s situation for example. Say every constituent of Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District were to write him a letter, and he was to take just five minutes reading each letter nonstop, it would take a whopping 2,639 days to read them. Even with the congressional staff he surely has, adjusting this amount to a normal workday schedule would still be horrendously time consuming and unrealistic, considering all of the other commitments one has as a U.S. representative. Even with their best intentions, it would be almost impossible for our national representatives in Washington to hear all our concerns if they tried. State politics is not much better. Despite the average State House legislator having about 41,000 constituents, these are still

Connor Kockler Guest Writer entire cities we are talking about. The short legislative session also doesn’t help to get anything done, as we’ve seen in the past few months, much less common-citizens’ concerns. Overall, this is getting depressing. Democracy is just way too big; one voice in a sea of thousands and millions is never going to get traction right? There is a glimmer of hope though, and one the national news media never gets time to cover: local and city politics. How many of us can name the mayor of our town, or our city councilor for that matter? Like national politics, some of us can, but a large portion of us cannot. This lack of knowledge is an even worse problem with local politics because it affects us much more directly. The road being repaved or a school referendum is close to home or just feet away. There is also an advantage to it. We can be much more involved. City council meetings are minutes rather than hours away.

The councilors and mayors are our neighbors, maybe even people we know. This is why we need to start paying more attention to, and participating in, our local politics. When we look at too big of a picture, we miss a lot of the details. This includes many municipal officers who run unopposed every cycle. How can we have democracy if we unquestionably vote someone back into office again and again without any need for him or her to prove they are doing their best for us? How do we explain when city council meetings in towns of more than 10,000 have less than 30 people participating? If we want to be heard, and we want politics to change for the better, look to our local cities and towns. Here, one’s voice is stronger, and our convictions are clear: we want what is best for ourselves and our neighbors. We are not just one person in a sea of millions; we are the person who lives right down the street or just outside of town. This isn’t random politicking hundreds or thousands of miles away; this is our towns and livelihoods at stake. There is a big movement now to “Buy Local.” I think we should start to “Vote Local,” too. Connor Kockler is a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School student. He enjoys writing, politics and news, among other interests.

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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016

Dog park honored with ‘Best’ award by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

The dog park in Sartell’s Pinecone Central Park has received the “Best Dog Park 2016 Award” from the St. Cloud Times’ annual “Best of” contest. Readers are asked to submit what they think of as the “Best” in the Central Minnesota area: restaurants, various other businesses, best amenities and

so forth. The Sartell dog park was among the winners. The park was a long time coming. A group of dedicated dog lovers proposed it, the city council approved the concept, and the planning began nearly five years ago. The city contributed some start-up money for the basics, and a group of volunteers held a series of fundraisers, as well as collected donations from area pet shops

and clinics. Those efforts raised enough to get the park up and operating. City park employees were also hugely helpful in getting that park started, and they help maintain the park along with those who use it. The fenced-in area allows dogs to run and play. The park is also a place where dog owners can meet one another, chat, compare notes on their pets and have an all-around relaxing Park • back page contributed photo

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Accepting the award for “Best Dog Park” in the city-council chambers are (left to right) Sartell Parks Director John Kothenbeutel, Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicoll and dog-park volunteer Jan Bartelt.

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Honors from front page along the Lake Wobegon Trail, which opened on Sept. 30, 1998. The married couple called Borgerding in late September of this year with their idea to commemorate Jacob Wetterling. “They were willing to take on the project, including funding it and putting up the signs themselves,” Borgerding recalled. “The Klaphakes actually purchased the metal, the material, that was needed for the signs.” Lake Wobegon has come to represent small-town America, and the values and personalities that help make America great, said Borgerding, who lives in Avon, which is one of the cities located along the 10-foot wide, bituminous-surfaced hike-andbike pathway. “Garrison Keillor’s ‘The News from Lake Wobegon’ stories reminded us every week for over 40 years what life in America is about,” Borgerding said. “Here’s a great real-life example of those values and the people (who) go with that experience. “It’s about the efforts of two people who use the trail regu-

larly who had an idea and followed through on it and created a lasting memory they hope will make people pause and think about how they live their lives,” Bergerding added. A community memorial service was held Sept. 25 for Wetterling at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, and countless numbers of people attended the public service and joined the Wetterling family for “an ecumenical prayer service of remembrance, hope and healing.” “Jerry and Patty (Wetterling) had sent me a note saying they had been out several times on the trail and had seen the signs, and they really liked seeing the signs out there,” Borgerding said of Jacob Wetterling’s parents.

Wetterling case

Wetterling was abducted in 1989 in a case that drew national attention. His remains were located on a Paynesville farm after Danny Heinrich, 53, of Annandale, was arrested last summer for possessing child pornography. As part of a plea agreement, he led investigators to the remains. “I haven’t heard any negative comments at all,” Borgerding said about the signs. “We

had checked with the (Jacob) Wetterling foundation (for the prevention of the exploitation of children) just to let them know we were doing it.” About the time of the Wetterling’s disappearance, a man in the Paynesville area had molested several boys during a period of years, but it was only recently Heinrich confessed to sexually assaulting and killing Wetterling as he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on Sept. 6. “While the Minnesota Department of Transportation generally frowns on signage along the trail, we felt this was an exception that could be accommodated,” Borgerding said. Gov. Mark Dayton, who attended the Jacob Wetterling Memorial Service on Sept. 25, stated in an official state proclamation that Oct. 22, 2016 was to be “Jacob Wetterling Day” – 27 years to the date after Wetterling was abducted in 1989. “Dewey Klaphake had lived in the neighborhood where the Wetterlings lived when Jacob was taken, and so the couple mentioned to me they were thinking about making this donation (for the signs),” Borgerding said. “They just felt it was

something really important to them.” Dayton mentioned in his proclamation how the boy’s abduction profoundly affected the lives of Minnesotans and that Wetterling’s parents dedicated their lives to children’s safety by helping to create the Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994, the start of a state registry to help keep children safe. The governor urged all in Minnesota to commit their lives to fairness, kindness and compassion – all qualities Jacob and his family always held dear.

Lasting legacy

Lisa Klaphake works for Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc., which is owned by Jeff Bechtold and Jeff Popp. And when she told them about her idea, they agreed to donate the labor for the signs, and one of her co-workers, Mike Witte, cut the signs into the proper shape, Borgerding said. Lisa Klaphake then took the blank signs to North Star Signs & Engraving Inc., which is owned by Craig and Josh Laudenbach. Upon hearing about the project, they offered to do the lettering free of charge. “The weather may have been a little chilly and windy, but it

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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 warmed my heart to see what people can do to touch the lives of their friends, neighbors and complete strangers . . . and what one person can do to make the world a better place for all of us,” Borgerding said the day the signs went up. Borgerding said he was friends with the Wetterling family when he lived in St. Joseph from 1973 to 1988, and he was part of the St. Joseph Jaycees. Borgerding and Lisa Klaphake had worked together many decades ago at Merrill May Printing in St. Cloud. “With each mile and with each sign, we are inspired to incorporate Jacob’s traits into our own life’s journey and to remember the life of a young boy who believed in the good in others,” Borgerding said. The No. 11 was Wetterling’s favorite number and his jersey number. In early September, the Minnesota Twins wore the No. 11 and red jerseys in the boy’s honor after his remains were recovered. The #11forJacob movement is an effort “to remember and honor Jacob Wetterling’s hope for our world,” according to the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center in Minneapolis, and the movement centers around these 11 simple traits he valued: 1. Be fair 2. Be kind 3. Be understanding 4. Be honest 5. Be thankful 6. Be a good sport 7. Be a good friend 8. Be joyful 9. Be generous 10. Be gentle with others 11. Be positive

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Broda from front page wasn’t he there? Tim sagged in his chair, feeling helpless as he watched his wife once again slip into a strange place, a faraway state of mind, that he could not reach. That sad scene happened at an Alzheimer’s care unit in Staples. Broda, a 1980 Sartell High School graduate, is the investigator for the Sartell Police Department whose wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease about four years ago. Jane, now 51, graduated from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and worked for 20 years in the St. Cloud Hospital’s emergency unit.

Tim and Jane met for a blind date arranged by a mutual friend who worked with Jane in the emergency ward. The two hit it off right away. She was an avid runner; he was a martial-arts enthusiast. They both loved the outdoors – camping, hiking, fishing. They decided to get married, and they set up house with their blended family – two daughters from Tim’s previous marriage; two sons and daughter from Jane’s former marriage. Tim and Jane have been together for 13 years.

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Broda decided to share his and Jane’s story with the Newsleader newspapers because he wants everyone in the area to know he is trying to start a support network for the families

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of loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. What is really needed, Broda said, is a support group focused on younger victims of the disease. Most Alzheimer’s patients are in their 60s, and even more of them are now in their 70s, 80s or beyond. There are some support groups for families of patients in those upper-age groups. Jane, his wife, was diagnosed when she was only 47; some people are diagnosed at even younger ages. “There is a big need for a group for loved ones of younger patients and mid-range patients,” Broda said. What’s needed are people who can listen, who can understand, who can maybe offer coping strategies. “I’m not looking for advice,” Tim said. “I’ve had plenty of advice. I just need someone who knows how to listen because they understand and know what it’s like.” Many times, well-meaning and sympathetic people – friends and acquaintances – will ask Broda how it’s going, how’s his wife? But when Broda mentions any changes in his wife’s illness, the listeners often glaze over and go blank. It’s not that they mean to be rude, but in most cases it’s hard for them to process such sad and deeply sad news and – feeling awkward, tongue-tied – they don’t know how to respond other than with tongue-clucks of sympathy. Or with words that sound like tired clichés: “Oh, I’m so sorry to heart that. Oh, what a shame.” Broda doesn’t become of-

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fended. “They don’t understand,” he said. “They can’t understand.” Those who are coping with loved ones with the disease can and do understand, sometimes wordlessly. Anyone interested in forming a support network should call Newsleaders’ Editor Dennis Dalman at 320-3937410, and then a list of names and numbers will be forwarded to Broda.

Early signs

One day about five years ago, Broda noticed that, while setting a table for dinner, Jane placed down two knives instead of a knife and fork. He barely noticed it, thought nothing of it, didn’t say anything. Later, Jane would leave the blower on constantly on the thermostat for the furnace even though the two of them had agreed, often, to keep the blower on another setting. When Broda’s birthday rolled around, he was surprised when his wife didn’t remember it; she always had remembered in previous years. Later, she forgot about her daughter’s birthday, too. Then Broda began to notice some bills were not being paid, unusual for his wife who was usually so impeccable about such necessities. At times, Jane would become irritable for no apparent reason or because of minor things. Through all of those “lapses,” Broda was a bit perplexed, thinking his wife was getting to be a bit absent-minded.

Dread and terror

Jane’s at-home lapses, those moments of odd forgetfulness, suddenly turned deeply serious when one day she returned home early from her emergency-unit job at the hospital. She was standing there in the house still wearing her hospital “scrubs.” Usually, Jane worked 12hour shifts. “How come you’re home?” Broda asked her. She told him something about finishing work early. Less than a week later, Broda learned with a sense of gathering terror that his wife had not been at her job for four days. It’s then he knew something was wrong – very wrong. She had left the house on those four days but had not shown up at the hospital. It was a period of smiles to tears. One minute Jane would be happy and smiling; the next minute she would dissolve into tears for apparently no reason, Broda recalled. After her hospital crises, Broda began to ponder the recent past and to connect the dots. Suddenly, all the minor lapses of previous months took on another meaning. “Suddenly, it all made sense,” he recalled. What is so sad for Broda is he is sure she knew something was not right, something was going wrong in her mind, and she was courageously trying to keep the coming darkness at bay. Broda later learned one day at the hospital, Jane had made a series of mistakes, and a felBroda • page 10

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Community Calendar 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, Nov. 4 Craft Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Benedict’s Senior Community, 1810 Minnesota Blvd. S.E., St. Cloud. Arts and Crafts Sale, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., St. Scholastica Convent, 1845 20th Ave. S.E., St. Cloud. Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. St. Joseph Area Historical Society open, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Old City Hall, 25 First Ave. NW. stjosephhistoricalmn.org. St. Joseph Winter Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., 27 W Minnesota St., St. Joseph. www.stjosephfarmersmarket. com. 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. Holidays at Whitby Gift Shop, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Whitby Gift Shop, St. Benedict’s Monastery, 104 Chapel Lane, St. Joseph. 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-hunting widows’ event, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., LaPlayette, 19 College Ave. N., St. Joseph. Sartell Winter Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N, Sartell. www.marketmonday.org. Soup Luncheon and Open House, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Church, 601 Seventh Ave. S., St. Cloud. holymyrrhbearers.org. St. Cloud Film Festival, noon, Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave. S., St. Cloud. Dashain and Tihar Night, Nepal students showcase their singing, dances and skits, 5 p.m., Ritsche Auditorium, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud. Fall Chamber Recital, 7:30 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud. Sunday, Nov. 6 Breakfast, sponsored by St. Joseph Knights of Columbus, 8:30 a.m.-noon, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Heritage Hall, St. Joseph. St. Cloud Film Festival, noon, Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave. S., St. Cloud. Veterans’ Day Parade and Social, 1 p.m., St. Cloud VA Medical Center and Apollo High School. Monday, Nov. 7 St. John’s Preparatory Discovery Day, Collegeville. 320-363-3315. Benton County Historical Society, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 218 First St. N., Sauk Rapids. 320253-9614. mnbentonhistory.org. St. Cloud Film Festival, noon, Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave. S., St. Cloud. Blood Drive, 1-7 p.m., St. Francis Xavier School Gym, 219 Second St.

N., Sartell. 320-252-8150. “Laughter for the Health of It,” a laughter yoga session, 5:30-8:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Help of Christian’s Church, 24588 CR 7, St. Augusta. 320-2555433 ext. 34. mjean@quietoakshospicehouse.org. Sartell Lions Club, 7 p.m., upstairs of Blue Line Sports Bar andGrill, 1101 Second St. S., Sartell. 320-248-3240. French Film Festival, showing of Quai D’Orsay 7 p.m., College of St. Benedict (Gorecki 204), 37 S. College Ave., St. Joseph. Wednesday, Nov. 9 St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce, 11:30 a.m., St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323 Fourth Ave. NE. stjosephchamber.com. St. Cloud Film Festival, noon, Pioneer Place, 22 Fifth Ave. S., St. Cloud. 55+ Driving Improvement Pro-

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and efforts by the hospital, it became impossible for Jane to get her job back. “She knew what was going on, and it made her so miserable,” Broda said. “Knowing what was happening made her stress and anxiety – and ours – so much worse.” What followed were long, frustrating consultations with doctors and caregivers, always with big questions looming: How to take care of Jane in her home setting when Broda was working many hours? How to keep her safe? How to keep her as happy as possible?

from page 8 low worker, not meaning to be mean, had asked: “Gee, what’s your problem? You have Alzheimer’s or something?” Jane’s fears and denial must have been excruciating because of the giant frightening fact that her mother died of Alzheimer’s in her late 50s; her sister died of it in her 50s; and a brother, also in his 50s, is now being treated for the disease. After all kinds of discussions

One solution, at least for awhile, was to take many trips with Jane and the kids. They’d always loved traveling in the great outdoors. Broda was determined to enjoy as many trips together as possible before the disease became progressively worse. Tim and Jane took trips to Yosemite and Sequoia national parks, to a couple of national parks in Utah, to the Grand Canyon and elsewhere. It was difficult because Jane needed constant vigilance and care, but they had good times together.

Care-giving

For about the first two years following her diagnosis, Jane was able to stay in her home. Aide workers would stop at the house to check on her. Her daughter got a job as a homehealth aide and she helped supervise, too. Later, a friend of a neighbor who knew Jane as a child also came to help. Broda, of course, too, did all

he could, helping her shower and get dressed as the disease progressed from bad to worse. Another big help were Jane’s days spent at Opportunity Manor in Sartell, where Jane would spend time in recreational-therapy activities. She began to think she was an employee there and was so happy with her sense of accomplishment, helping the other clients during her days there. “They were so good to Jane there,” Broda said. “She really liked spending part of the day there.” One day, Jane managed to find herself in St. Cloud but could not remember where she was or how she got there. A panic set in because Broda and others did not know where Jane was, what had happened to her. A bulletin was broadcast over police stations. After several hours, Broda, hugely relieved, received a call from Jane’s daughter, an employee of Sauk Rapids Coborn’s store.

Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 She told him her mother was there, that somehow she had found a ride from St. Cloud to the Coborn’s store. A sad day of reckoning came when it was determined Jane would have to be placed in a full-care unit somewhere. She was placed at a care facility in Dassel, then Little Falls and most recently in Staples where her medications had to be adjusted over a period of time. Broda and Jane’s other loved ones are hoping she can soon find care in a facility closer to home.

Shifting sands

Most people, Broda said, think Alzheimer’s disease is nothing but a massive memory loss, but it’s much more complex than that, he said. Those who get the disease, like Jane, experience a whole range of personality changes; they have trouble concentrating; they start reacting to people (even loved ones) in pecu-

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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 liar ways; they begin to withdraw from people. “Some changes are little things, barely perceptible,” he said. “Memory loss is only one part of the disease.” Living with a loved one who has the disease, Broda said, is like standing on shifting sands. “You’re always looking for a firm fitting on solid ground, something solid to hold onto, but you realize you’re always on shifting sands,” he said. About two weeks ago, Jane was moved from the place in Staples back to the care facility in Little Falls, closer to Broda’s Sartell home. During visits, she recognizes her husband for a couple minutes at a time, but then retreats back into a faraway region again.

Caring Bridge

Broda often updates his and Jane’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease on her caringbridge.org website. But, more importantly, Broda’s entries on the website celebrate the happiest of times he and Jane shared for so many years. The following are excerpts from some of his entries: • On Nov. 13, 2003 (the first date) I picked her up at her house that night. Jane and I went out to a local restaurant. We talked and talked and were interrupted by the waitress who came over to take our order, then back to chatting. Our food arrived and we barely noticed as we continued to chat. We barely ate our food before it became cold. A couple hours passed and we asked for to-go containers. As we got up to leave, the waitress asked how long we had been married. We responded it was our first date.

Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com She said she had been watching us and couldn’t believe how much we seemed to enjoy our time together. She told us, “You are very good together.” We both smiled at each other and thanked her. • A problem with caregiving for someone with Alzheimer’s is after four years since her diagnosis I have found it increasingly difficult to remember how she was before the disease. Her personality was so incredibly vibrant. Although writing this has been extremely hard emotionally, it has helped me remember what Jane was like during our more carefree years. Occasionally, I will still see the personality I have loved come to the surface, but it only stays for a minute here and there. She relives the painful thoughts of not feeling a sense of purpose and loss over and over again. This disease is a constant and prolonged torture for both the person with the disease and those close to the person. It tears your heart out over and over daily to see her so miserable. • This disease is not about memory loss as many believe. It’s about taking away the person’s personality, which is the essence of who we are. • When you know someone truly loves you, it’s easy to spend life together. Jane and I became best friends and enjoyed doing anything as long as we were together. Because of the last four years we became even closer than we had been. Caring for a person’s every need tends to do this. I can say the past four years have been the “worst of times but also the best of times,” as quoted from Charles Dickens.

11 LEGAL NOTICE

CITY OF SARTELL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2017 FEE SCHEDULE and FINANCIAL-MANAGEMENT/ CAPITAL-PLAN UPDATES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sartell City Council will hold a public hearing in the council chambers at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 to consider an Ordinance Adopting 2017 Fee Schedule and an update of the City’s Financial Management Plan, including capital plans. Copies of the proposed Ordinance and Financial Management Plan are available for public inspection at the Sartell City Hall during regular business hours. All interested persons are invited to attend the hearing to voice their opinion. Written comments will also be accepted until the date of the hearing. Mary Degiovanni City Administrator contributed photo

Publish: Nov. 4, 2016

Tim Broda and Jane Garner-Broda

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