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MOPS hosts Holiday Boutique

Mother of Preschoolers annual Holiday Boutique will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Celebration Lutheran Church, 1500 Pinecone Road, Sartell. Free admittance. A one-stop shopping event with more than 30 different vendors, plus a silent auction.

Winter Market opens Nov. 22

Sartell’s Winter Market is open from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (winter hours) Saturday, Nov. 22 at Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. Get to know your farmer.

Vendors want you to enjoy their products and are happy to share their knowledge and answer any questions you have. Come for the food, stay for the fun.

‘We Are Thankful’ event set Nov. 22

Kids Fighting Hunger recently announced the second annual “We Are Thankful” communitywide food-packaging event will be held starting at 9 a.m. Saturday Nov. 22 at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. This event is designed to give 600+ adults, children and families in our community a chance to help provide some much-needed food to aid-workers and people who are being quarantined due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Donations for ingredients can be made at www.kidsfightinghunger. org or send a check to P.O. Box 7550, St. Cloud, MN 56302. For more information on this and other United Way volunteer opportunities, visit thenewsleaders. com and click on Nov. 21 Criers.

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Sabres achieve goal at state swim meet

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

In a swimming meet of breathtaking suspense, the nine-member Sartell Sabre Girls’ Swim Team took second-place honors in the Class A tournament last week at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

The defending champs, the Blazers of Visitation (Mendota Heights), took first place again with a total of 309.5 points. The Sabres earned 180 points. Third was Albert Lea with 172 points.

During the make-or-break last relay of the meet, the 400-yard, audience members held their breath because the Sartell and Breck teams were both in fourth place at that point, and the relay winner would make second place. The Sabres swam to a winning finish as the crowd erupted in jubilant commotion for relay swimmers Anna Ellis, Gaby Hagen, Marena Kouba and Paige Pawlenty.

What contributed to the edge-of-seat suspense is Hagen had been suffering with a bout of mono. Another swimmer, Lindsey Martens, was not feeling up to par, and yet contributed photo another team member, diver Madi Molitor, Senior captain Jennifer Thompson of Sartell (foreground) starts her 100-yard freehad twisted her ankle at the sectional meet style race at the state swim meet. She and her teammates took second place in the Swim • page 3 tournament’s Class A category.

12 years later, Guimond’s father suspects a ‘set-up’

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

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After 12 long years, all that remains of Joshua Guimond is memories combined with sadness, fears, anger and a total sense of bafflement.

Guimond’s father, Brian, in a Newsleader interview Nov. 18, said he believes his son was abducted in a “set-up” and that he’s still alive, some-

Joshua Guimond, who “disappeared” from the St. John’s University campus Nov. 10, 2002 is seen in the photo (at left) from before his disappearance and (at right) in a Photoshop photo of how he might look now, perhaps with a receding hair line. where, kept against his will.

The 20-year-old college student just “disappeared” from

Magelssen, youth pack Christmas boxes for poor

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DNR reminder: ice is not safe right now

Ice is forming on some lakes, rivers and ponds around Minnesota, but DNR conservation officers warn it’s too early to venture out.

According to the DNR, three people died last winter after falling through the ice.

DNR clear ice thickness recommendations are: 4 inches for walking; 5 inches for a snowmobile or ATV; 8-12 inches for a car; and 12-15 inches for a mediumsized truck.

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the St. John’s University campus shortly after midnight Nov. 10, 2002. Despite mas-

sive searches, no trace of him has ever been found; no new clues or other information has surfaced as to what happened to him.

The disappearance of Joshua in 2002 and the abduction of Jacob Wetterling in 1989 both happened in the St. Joseph area, and both are equally as baffling, remaining unsolved after so many years.

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Shoe boxes filled with happy surprises are lined up at Celebration Lutheran Church, waiting to be delivered for their long journeys overseas.

Patsy Magelssen of Sartell continues to be amazed at how many items one single shoebox can hold: an itty-bitty dress, a hand-size purse, a little ball, a toothbrush, a bar of soap, a deck of cards, a doll, kiddie scissors, pencils, pens, a stuffed animal, tiny toys, hard candy, a small stuffed animal, a mini-Bible.

After packing thousands and thousands of such shoeboxes, one would think Magelssen, now 74, would cease to be amazed. But no, it always surprises her. Every time.

“You wouldn’t believe what

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you can get in a shoebox,” she said. “You just put so many things in it, so much stuff in there and then move ‘em around until they fit in there.

It’s so amazing.”

At Celebration Lutheran Church, 28 young people and several adults were also surprised at how much a shoebox can hold. That’s because, with Magelssen at the helm, they all had a recent “packing party” for a good-deed service project called “Operation Christmas Child.” First the youth and Magelssen either bought or collected from their homes all the toys and comfort items.

Magelssen made the more than Magelssen • page 6

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Sartell police officers to serve as youth mentors The Sartell Police Department and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota are partnering on an initiative called Bigs in Blue, in which Sartell police officers will serve as mentors to children facing adversity in the Sartell community.

Jill Lundquist, a Sartell police officer who helped to develop the partnership, said, “I am thrilled to be partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters in the Bigs in Blue program, which allows children to develop mentoring relationships with police officers as they face various issues throughout their lives. No matter the diversity a child is experiencing, the friendship that is established will benefit both the officer and the child through the one-on-one relationship. The child will obtain positive support from the match, strengthening their selfesteem and lifelong goals.” Officer Lundquist is familiar with the importance of mentoring. She has served as a Big Sister for six years and was selected as the agency’s 2014 Big Sister of the Year.

Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes is also supportive of the Bigs in Blue initiative. Chief Hughes said, “I believe the concept of Bigs in Blue is a terrific way to connect youth and law enforcement officers in a positive way. The kids are able to get to know the person behind the badge and the officers can continue to make a positive influence within the community in which they live and work, one child at a time.”

With nearly 100 children in need of a mentor, this partnership comes at a critical time. The officers will be paired with a child on Big Broth-

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Officer Lundquist and Chief Hughes ers Big Sisters’ waiting list and will meet weekly to provide friendship, guidance and support.

“These officers are already giving so much to our community but are willing to do even more because they see on a daily basis the need for positive role models for our youth,” said Ann Matvick, program director at Big Brothers Big Sisters. “We are very excited about this partnership and the support of the Sartell Police Department.”

The Bigs in Blue initiative began as a collaboration between the St. Cloud Police Department and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Due to the success of the program and the high demand for mentors, the local agency now hopes to expand this initiative throughout its central Minnesota service area. Big Brothers Big Sisters has reached out to other law enforcement agencies, and a partnership with the Waite Park Police Department is currently being developed.

Record attendance, amount raised at the 13th annual Toast to Autumn 2014 was another record-breaking year for the Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation. There were more than 300 guests who attended the 13th annual Toast to Autumn held at Blackberry Ridge on Oct. 9. The room was filled with people and energy; evidence of the communities’ commitment to Sartell-St. Stephen educational programming and opportunities.

Through the generous support of community businesses and in-

dividuals, SSEF has been able to raise more than $75,000 so far in 2014. This total is another record amount raised. These funds will support leading-edge programming throughout the district from early childhood to high school.

Past grants that SSEF has supported include Sabre Splash, Academic Extensions Programs, Elementary Leveled Library Books and Early Childhood Family Story Hour.

Carly Spoden, a sophomore accounting major and daughter of Brenda and Gary Spoden of Sartell, is a member of the Accounting Club for the 2014-15 academic year at Southwest Minnesota State University-Marshall.

The purpose of the Accounting Club shall be to supplement the

education of the accounting students at SMSU through practical experience, to promote the pursuit of accounting as a career, to develop the community’s understanding of the accounting profession and to aid SMSU students to a better understanding of the role of accountants.

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Six Sartell High School students: Paige Pawlenty, Gopi Ramanathan, Maiah Cameron, Theresa Slivnik, Hannah Yackley and Jaren Martin along with their advisor, Karrie Fredrickson, attended the National Association of Student Councils Leadership Conference this past June.

Attending the NASC Leadership Conference was life changing. Each year the national conference is hosted in a different state, so the group traveled with our Minnesota delegation to Orlando, Fla. The group left a day early to give our students a chance to get to know one another and explore the host school area.

The group kicked off the conference by bonding as a delegation at Walt

Disney World. Sartell High School students got to know the rest of the Minnesota delegation quickly and in the most “magical place on earth.”

The group boarded the bus for the conference each day at 6:20 a.m. to head to the host school – Ocoee’ High School. The group worked intently until 10:30 p.m. each night. Each day was spent actively engaged in high-energy sessions on topics to increase school spirit, include all students in activities, hands-on activities for team building, leadership training, project planning and fundraising.

One of the most valuable pieces of this conference was the networking and idea sharing among schools throughout the whole nation along

within Minnesota’s delegation. The strong friendships and networking for students and advisors has carried over into the current school year. Students who attend are expected to share their new expertise with the whole Sartell High School Student Council, which translates into leadership activities for the whole student body and our community.

This event would not have been possible without the help of the Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation’s generous grant to assist with the cost of the conference. We are very thankful for this opportunity because it’s a great way to build leadership in individuals and as a whole school.

Bria Ferns of Sartell-St. Stephen High School has been named to the Class A Girls’ Soccer AllTournament Team by Well’s Fargo, the premier corporate sponsor of the Minnesota State High School League.

The award recognizes student athletes who demonstrate exceptional sportsmanship, team commitment, athletic ability and leadership during the state high school tournaments. Athletes are selected to the Wells Fargo All-Tournament Team by a panel of coaches attending the tournament; 16 awards are presented in Girls’ Class A Soccer.

The premier corporate sponsorship helps offset the costs associated with tournaments and fine arts events for Minnesota students.

It also supports programs such as the MSHSL High School Hall of Fame, along with the Challenge Cup, a program which selects the best Minnesota schools in Class A, Class AA and Class AAA for athletic and fine arts competitions.

ence team after the team reached the UMAC Championship. Jacobson came on late in the year and scored four goals in the final month of the year. He finished the season with five goals while also contributing to the Cougars defensive effort.

If any readers have tips concerning crimes, they should 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 crimes.

by two teenage females, neither has a valid license. The officer also located drug paraphernalia, marijuana and cigarettes in the vehicle. Both parents were notified. The girls were issued citations and released to a parent.

5:47 p.m. Stalled vehicle.

Heritage Drive. A report was made regarding a vehicle stalled in the roadway. An officer arrived and pushed the vehicle to the side of the road until it could be towed.

Nov. 5 1:11 a.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue. A vehicle was witnessed traveling with no headlights or taillights on. The vehicle was found to be occupied

Zachary Jacobson of Sartell was recently named one of six University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars’ soccer team members to the Upper Midwest Athletic Confer-

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Nov. 6 3:49 p.m. Juvenile problem.

CR 78. A complaint was made

Sophia VanSurksum, a native of Sartell, is officially enrolled in the Class of 2018 at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. The undergraduate class is the largest (4,666 students) and most diverse first-year class in UI history and is extremely academically accomplished.

regarding two juvenile males throwing rocks at passing vehicles. An officer arrived and was unable to locate anyone in the area.

Nov. 7 3:20 p.m. Verbal. 3rd Avenue N. A report was made regarding a verbal argument between a male and female. Officers arrived and were able to de-escalate the situation and the male left for the evening.

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Above: The Sartell Swim and Dive Team that finished second, Class A, at the state meet Nov. 14 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. From left to right (front row) are team captain Jennifer Thompson, captain Kendra Raths, captain Lindsey Martens, captain Gaby Hagen and Marena Kouba; (middle row) Anna Ellis, Sarah Symanietz, Nicole Lindmeier, Madison Molitor, Paige Pawlenty, Melissa Thompson and Lauren Lindmeier; (back row) Coach Nicole Thull, Erik Maas, Coach Sue Sathre, Head Coach Dave Olson, Claire Boschee and Sydney Thieschaefer. Top right: Sabre swimmer Anna Ellis, a ninth-grader, leads off the 200-yard medley relay at the state swim tournament last week at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The girls placed third in that relay. Ellis also finished third in the 100-yard backstroke, third in the 400-yard freestyle and ninth in the 200-yard individual medley.

He has coached the Sabre girls’ website: 200-yard Medley Relay: swim team for 26 years.

After their win, the Sabres 1:48:70. 3rd place. Ellis, Kouba, were extremely happy for their Martens, Thompson. from front page 200-yard Freestyle: Pawlenty. second-place showing because and yet still managed to pull off that was what they were aim- 12th place. 1:59:45.

200-yard IM: Ellis, 9th place. her last three dives at the state ing for, knowing a win over the team from Visitation would be 2.12.77; Kouba, 10th place, tourney.

The Sabres had qualified to a tough possibility. Visitation, 2:14:19.

50-yard Freestyle: Thompson. perform in every event of the Olson noted, has a penchant for coming up with very fast swim- Disqualified. meet.

1-meter Diving: Claire BosAnother highlight the 200- mers.

“There were giant sighs of chee, 12th place. 338.50 yard medley relay on the first 100-yard Butterfly: Hagen, day of the meet set a Sartell relief when we won second 15th place. 1:00.74; Pawlenty, school record. In that relay, El- place,” Olson said.

Two years ago, the Sabres also 16th place, 1:00:84. lis did the backstroke, Kouba 100-yard Freestyle: Thompdid the butterfly, Martens did took second place at state. Last the breaststroke and Jennifer year, they earned third place; son, 5th place. 53:05.

500-yard Freestyle: Kendra they also took third in 2008. In Thompson swam freestyle.

Another school record was both 2009 and 2011, the teams Raths, 6th place. 5:17:91.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 7th topped by Sabres diver Claire were Class A state champions.

The teams that competed in place. 1:39:27. Hagen, Martens, Boschee.

“There were stellar perfor- Class A competition at state last Pawlenty, Thompson.

100-yard Backstroke: Ellis, mances all the way through,” week, besides the Sabres, were said coach Dave Olson. “The Albert Lea, Blake (Mpls.), Farib- 3rd place. 57.78. Kouba, 4th girls really impressed me. They ault, Hutchinson, Northfield, place, 58.80.

100-yard Breaststroke: Marjust had that way of rising to Orono and Visitation (Mendota tens, 11th place, 1:08:04. the top at the same time. A real Heights).

400-yard Freestyle Relay: The following are the Sabre’s team effort.”

Besides coaching, Olson also events, participants and final 3rd place, 3:36:62. Ellis, Hagen, teaches fifth-grade math and sci- times, as listed on the Minne- Kouba, Pawlenty. ence at Sartell Middle School. sota State High School League

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Our View Let’s take a good law, and make it even better As the second sign-up for insurance via the Affordable Care Act gets underway, the Gallup Poll has just released some good news.

Of those who were newly insured in 2014 thanks to ObamaCare, 74 percent of those people rated their quality of health care as “Excellent” (32 percent) or “Good” (42 percent). Twenty percent of them rated it “Only Fair,” and 5 percent rated it “Poor.” Those numbers were very similar when those same people rated their health-care coverage on a scale of excellent to poor.

The responses also jibe closely when compared with all people who have health insurance, including plans other than those accessed through the ACA. But wait, folks, there’s more: On just the first day of enrollment, Nov. 15, about 100,000 people signed up for insurance through ObamaCare exchanges, and a million people had begun to shop online.

Some are hailing those statistics, some or poo-poohing the numbers, and others, like news-show commentator Joe Scarborough, are grudgingly admitting that, yes, those numbers are good ones. Scarborough, host of the daily Morning Joe show on msNBC, has long been a vociferous critic of ObamaCare. On the morning of Nov. 17, it was refreshing to hear him, begrudging though his voice sounded, admit the poll figures are good and to hear him also admit increases in overall health-care costs are the lowest they’ve been in decades. Of course, Scarborough, like other ACA critics, attributes the decline in costs to fear by health-care providers and insurance companies – fear of pressures imposed by the “threat” of ObamaCare. That was Scarborough’s way of dismissing that factor of the ACA’s success.

Couldn’t he just have acknowledged that – whether it’s from fear or structural changes – who cares? – ObamaCare is working; it’s helping keep overall medical costs down.

Opponents of ObamaCare, like single-minded termites, keep vowing to repeal the ACA, people like presumptive majority leader in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, who said recently, while shaking his jowls, that ObamaCare must be removed “branch and root.” These opponents keep seeking “bad” things about the ACA. They point to polls that say only about 37 percent of Americans favor the law.

But what’s interesting is when people are asked by pollsters about various provisions of the ACA, they will give very favorable responses, apparently unaware those good provisions are, in fact, part and parcel of the ACA. Other poll respondents – those who don’t pay attention – have said they like the ACA but they don’t like ObamaCare. That’s like someone saying they like air but they don’t like oxygen.

Many who dislike this health-care law no doubt have their reasons. The law, after all, is not perfect. It definitely will need adjustments along the way, as Obama himself was and is the first to admit. But what’s disappointing is that one would think, as these examples of positive news come in, the law’s diehard opponents would ask how can we fix it rather than how can we destroy it “root and branch.”

Opponents want to replace the law by introducing competition into medical markets. It’s obvious, despite their fierce opposition to it, they don’t even know what ObamaCare is. That’s because introducing market competition is exactly what ObamaCare has done, and that is why people are online now, shopping for the best health-care plan to fit their income levels and their needs.

Thanks to that competition and affordable access, at least 10 million Americans now have health insurance, many for the first time in their lives, and they like it. Now, if that isn’t success, what is? It’s time to make this good law even better.

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Opinion Comet feat shows humanity at its best Many of us, I’d venture to guess, couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with a dried-up cow chip.

And yet, incredibly, a group of human beings somehow landed a robot the size of a washing machine on the surface of a comet 33 million miles from Earth and traveling at 85,000 mph. What?! Say that again! How in the world (out of the world!) is such a feat possible?

Yes, the news was mind-boggling, overwhelming, astonishing, almost impossible to wrap one’s mind around. A man landing on the moon was a landmark achievement, of course, but the moon is an easy target compared to a debris clump whizzing past that fast millions of miles away.

It’s tempting to want to anthropomorphize that robot, “little” Philae, into a cute bouncing baby, who, after a 10-year journey, landed on Comet 67P, babbled its first words back to Earth, then up and bounced again – twice – landing in a sheltered, shady cradle where the tired baby is taking a well-deserved nap.

One wit termed Philae’s cometary contact as “one giant bounce for mankind.”

The statistics of that journey are enough to put one’s head in orbit around a core of jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring wonder.

The European Space Agency mission, dubbed Rosetta, began with a blast-off from Earth in March 2004.

The vehicle traveled more than four billion miles in loopy orbits through in-

Dennis Dalman Editor ner space before its rendezvous with the comet.

Comet 67P is three miles wide and has virtually no gravity. Like other comets, it’s a “dirty snowball” of rocks, dust, water and gas left over from the very beginnings of the universe, estimated at five billion years ago.

Scientists are hoping data Philae sent back (and that might still send back if it awakes from its “nap”) will answer many burning questions about comets: their chemical compositions, how they function as they approach the sun and other long-pondered speculations by scientists.

Comets are like unadulterated specimens that hold clues to origins of the universe – and us.

There are thousands of millions of comets orbiting unfathomable distances through inner and outer space. Through billions of years, many of them on their orbits smashed into one another, forming planets. It’s now surmised Earth’s water may have come from comets after their billions of collisions on what we now call

Earth. They may have also brought the organic molecules that gave rise to all planetary life – including us – through evolution.

The Rosetta mission and its Philae landing should make us all proud to be part of the human race. It’s good to be reminded, every now and then, of the astonishing, mind-boggling, life-enhancing achievements of which human beings are capable.

One gloomy thinker once described history as “a nightmare from which we are trying to awake.” Well, that may be, but it sure was good to awaken one day last week to the news of the Philae landing and the stunning photos of that comet, with its boulders, cliffs, hills, striations no longer unknowable mental abstractions but each one so sharply delineated by the stark contrasts of sun and shade in distant space.

It’s almost beyond our minds to imagine, to realize, those same features in their singular particularity (each cliff, boulder, pebble, dust speck and each one different in shape) – made so visible to us by Rosetta – have been hurtling through space on that same comet long before Earth was even formed. It’s dizzying to ponder, seeing that comet, almost like getting a visual glimpse into eternity.

This week, ISIS beheaded another American. Thank goodness for Rosetta.

We need triumphs like the Rosetta voyage to remind us, once again, that beheadings and other vicious acts contribute nothing – absolutely nothing – to this good Earth.

Letters to editor

Resident gives kudos to Sartell youth Jean Johnson, Sartell

I’d like to publicly thank Kevin Krauel and Dawson Rodgers for turning their vehicle around and stopping to help get my

car out of a snowy mess. My car was stuck in the middle of the road when these two young men stopped to try and help push me out on Nov. 10. We are fortunate to have so many great kids in our commu-

nity; these two high school juniors are just one really good example. They each deserve kudos for their unselfish behavior.

Thanks, guys.

Reader responds to Scarbro’s ‘A Republican’s analysis of mid-term election’ Amy Bergeron, Sartell I felt Ron Scarbro’s opinion, printed in the issue after the Nov. 4 elections, was mean-spirited, historically myopic and frankly, quite frightening. Most offensive for me was his statement regarding President Obama “coming to a quick end.” His statement was dangerous by inference alone, if not his true intent. Isn’t there a law against threatening the president?

Maybe there are exceptions for a Republi-

can who feels entitled.

Ken Burns’ documentary on the Roosevelt years gave me pause to remember our nation’s history of violence against our leaders and presidents. Scarbro contributes to this violence by his pen to these pages.

Our U.S. history also reveals patterns of political swings, like a pendulum. We Americans are a hopeful people and it seems we look for change in our politics to reflect that hope. Maybe it’s the Repub-

licans’ chance now to actually do something for the benefit of the whole nation, instead of tearing down, hell-bent on obstructing another point of view. Scarbro, “congratulations . . . have at it.”

I do hope during this Republican opportunity, our nation does not forget the importance of relationships and responsibilities to one another. Inciting fear has no place for healing what’s wrong with our nation or world.

The next time you are in trouble, call a hippie Within the coming week, we are told, the grand jury will issue their findings concerning the case of the shooting death of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. They will either find the policeman legally culpable for that death or not. Some of the findings have been leaked to the consternation of Attorney General Eric Holder. They seem to favor the police officer’s version of events.

The police department is bracing for what could be an all out assault on the city if the officer is exonerated. Some of its citizens have apparently already decided officer Wilson is guilty regardless of the evidence.

It’s no wonder they are in such an uproar.

The entire area has been stoked to violence by the race-baiting so-called leaders of the black community. They came to Ferguson determined to fan the flames of racial hatred without regard to the aftermath. They will go back to their penthouses after the riots and look for new opportunities to cause trouble.

Ferguson will be left in ruins at the hand of its own citizens. How does any of that make sense?

Consider this. How would you feel if you were the police officer who, in the performance of his duty, was forced to use deadly

Ron Scarbro Guest Writer force? What if it turns out he was completely justified in his actions? Do you honestly think this mob, armed for a fight and armed with a complete disregard for truth, will just go home and resume their lives? Me neither.

Another scenario which causes me considerable distress is, what if the officer was justified and yet for the sake of expediency, he’s thrown to the wolves? What if the officialdom of the city decides it would rather sacrifice one police officer than face another riot? What then?

If that happens I hope every police officer in the state of Missouri turns in his badge and lets the state deal with their considerable crime problem without them.

Police officers don’t go looking for individuals they can execute. I have talked with officers who, in the performance of their duty, had to use deadly force. For the most

part they are people just like you and I and they feel the pain of taking a life the same way you or I would. Some take years to get over it. Some never do. Fortunately most officers never have to unholster their weapons.

Individuals I have known who became police officers are people who believe in service to their fellow man. Back in the 60s when the “Hippie Era” was going strong, many of the so-called hippies referred to police officers as pigs. I remember a bumper sticker of that period which said, “If you think police officers are pigs, the next time you are in trouble, call a hippie.”

Like you, I don’t know all the facts in this case. But I believe in the system. I believe in the integrity of the grand jury. I believe in the fairness of our laws. If this police officer murdered this defendant without just cause, then I hope he’s dealt with legally. If, however, he’s exonerated by the jury, he should be given a medal for bravery. If the people of Ferguson want to continue to be victims, that’s their choice.

If Brown caused his own death by his actions, he was not a victim. He was a criminal.

If you attack a police officer and try to take his weapon away, you should be prepared to die.

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Guimond from front page Guimond’s parents, fellow students and acquaintances remain deeply disturbed by the disappearance of such an intelligent and likable young man. All who knew him described Guimond as highly responsible, the kind of person who would never willfully “disappear” or do anything foolish to cause his own demise.

Guimond, who would be 31 now, was raised in Maple Lake, the only child of Brian Guimond and Lisa Cheney.

He was a stellar student in high school, president of his class, school representative on the school board and voted “Most Likely to Succeed” by his classmates.

At SJU, Guimond was studying political science. One evening, he attended a get-together with friends at Metten Court on the north end of campus.

Shortly after midnight, he left the gathering to walk home, a normally three-minute walk to his dormitory room at Maur House.

The next day, worries began when it became obvious that something was wrong, that something had happened to Guimond.

Law enforcement speculated he might have stumbled into a lake on campus. After weeks of searches that involved the sheriff’s department, trained divers, a bloodhound and volunteers, no trace of Guimond was found on the campus or

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At the time he went missing, Guimond was not dressed for the weather. He had not worn a warm coat to the friends’ gathering, an indication to many he intended to take the quick walk home afterward so did not have to bundle up. He also did not wear his eyeglasses to the party. His car was found on campus. There was no other indication he had left the campus with anyone or had any plans to go anywhere else after the gathering.

Guimond was described as 5 feet 11 inches, 160 pounds, blonde hair and blue eyes. He had a four-inch vertical scar on one of his shoulders. At the time he went missing, he was wearing blue jeans and a gray SJU sweatshirt.

His roommate, Nick Hydukovich, stunned by Guimond’s disappearance, said he was so responsible that his going somewhere else that night was unthinkable, something Guimond would absolutely not do.

Brian Guimond After 12 years, an undertone of frustration and anger can still be heard in the voice of Brian Guimond, Joshua’s father, who still lives in Maple Lake.

From the very beginning, Guimond accused the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and St. John’s University of either doing a weak effort at investigating or of stonewalling when questions come up as to what might have happened.

Talking via telephone from Maple Lake Nov. 18, Guimond told the Newsleader he has a theory as to what happened

to his son, but he cannot prove it, saying only it was a “set-up” and that, in his opinion, it involved one or more staff members at SJU. However, Guimond declined to give specifics except for the name of someone he suspects, someone who worked on the SJU campus at that time, but he acknowledges he lacks the concrete evidence to prove his theory.

In the weeks after Joshua went missing, his father was frequently on the SJU campus, but the authorities there succeeded in getting a restraining order against him for a period of two years.

Guimond said two days after Joshua went missing, someone gained access to his computer in his dorm room and erased hundreds of emails from the machine’s hard drive.

Guimond believes whoever did that knew something about his son’s abduction.

The only thing that will solve the case, Guimond told the Newsleader, is for coldcase experts to come to the Stearns County area, to ask all the right questions and to examine any and all investigative reports that have – or have not been – completed. And the only thing that can make that happen, Guimond said, is public pressure.

If anybody has any information about Guimond’s disappearance, they should call the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office at 320-251-4240 or the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Tip Line at 1-877-996-6222.

For more about the case, go online to: www.findjoshua. com.

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Nov. 8 9:49 a.m. Vandalism. 1st Street NE. A report was made stating a port-a-potty was tipped over in a local park. Officer arrived and found portable toilet had fallen on a fence post. The officers sat it back upright and maintenance came to repair the fence.

9:16 p.m. Traffic stop. Riverside Avenue. A vehicle was witnessed with an expired registration. The driver was found to have a revoked license. He stated he was aware of his status. The vehicle was towed and the driver was issued a citation.

Nov. 9 10:27 a.m. Domestic. Greenwood Lane. A report was made regarding an adult female and an adult male arguing. Officers arrived and found the argument was only verbal and all parties had started to calm down. They stated they needed no assistance.

8:46 p.m. Suspicious vehicle.

1st Avenue N. A report was made regarding a vehicle parking in front of a residence and an unknown male walking down the street. An officer was able to locate the male and he stated he was visiting a friend and would move his vehicle.

Nov. 10 8:10 p.m. Suspicious activity.

Riverside Avenue. A report was made regarding a group of people sitting in a park and staring at another person on the opposite

side of the roadway. An officer checked the area and did not locate a group but did speak to a female who stated she was walking home and needed no assistance.

Nov. 11 10:58 a.m. Verbal. 2nd Street S. A report was made regarding an adult female and an adult male arguing at a bus stop. An officer attempted to locate the bus and call the company but the office was closed.

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Above: Patsy Magelssen, left, instructs children at Celebration Lutheran Church about their collection and packaging of toys and comfort items for poor children in other countries. Right: A virtual wall of shoe box gifts is testament to the hard work of young people at Celebration Lutheran Church in Sartell.

Magelssen 400 little dresses and purses. Altogether, they packed 438 shoeboxes.

It was a massive undertaking, with help from a $500 grant from Thrivent Financial and the women’s group at Joy Christian Center, who helped string the purses and put their handles on, after which young people at JCC put various small items in the purses.

That number, 438, is not counting the 304 shoeboxes Magelssen herself packed at her apartment.

When all was packed and ready to go, the Sartell Boy Scouts delivered the 742 shoe boxes to Westwood Church in St. Cloud. There, along with shoe boxes packed by other individuals and groups, they are stored until a large semi picks them up and takes them to a warehouse in Minneapolis owned by Samaritan’s Purse, an organization started by the Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of famed preacher the Rev. Billy Graham. At the warehouse, all the boxes – including countless thousands from other cities – are inspected, a tiny Bible (printed in 113 languages) is added to each, and they are then sealed and shipped to countries far and wide in the world – to scenes of natural or man-made disasters and to far-flung areas of wretched poverty.

Many of the boxes are delivered in the most primitive ways to remote places in 120 countries through often inhospitable terrains and climates. They are delivered by jeeps, camels, donkeys, oxen, horses – whatever can move and carry things.

The children who receive them are stunned, as if something magic had fallen from the sky.

Many of them had never received any gifts in their young lives. The precious boxes of gifts can make them deliriously happy.

It’s the first time Celebration Lutheran Church did this particular service project.

“It was fun, and the kids and adults had so much fun,” Magelssen said. “Those teens are so wonderful. They collected so many things, and some brought nearly new toys from their homes to add to the boxes. The three adults who helped were Celebration pastors Jeff Sackett and Elizabeth Strenge and a parent, Chris Garman.

It was Pastor Sackett who heard about Magelssen’s involvement with “Operation Christmas Child” and asked her if she would initiate it at Celebration Lutheran Church. When it comes to good deeds, Magelssen just does not know

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how to say no, so of course she said yes. And so began the project.

Magelssen and her husband, Luther, moved to Sartell about 18 months ago from McPherson, Kan. By the time she moved here, she and 24 helpers had packed more than 20,000 shoebox gifts in about a decade’s time while living in that state.

She has dedicated a good part of her life to doing good deeds, not because she feels obligated but because she just loves to do them.

“It’s the joy of my life, to do something good for someone you don’t even know,” she said.

She might have inherited the good-deed gene from her mother or perhaps through her mother’s good examples.

“When we would have a cake, my mother would cut part of it out and give it to someone else, like the neighbors,” she remembered. “She did that all the time, with so many things we had.”

Magelssen grew up poor, and poverty was a teacher of compassion.

“I know what it’s like not to have anything at Christmas-time,” she said.

Magelssen loves to imagine the joy on children’s faces when they open the boxes and the colorful procession of treats tumbles forth.

Born in Minneapolis, Magelssen lived in many places because her husband, now retired, was in the banking business, which required periodic relocations. The couple lived in Kansas for 22 years. They have three children: David, Mary and Kimberly. Throughout her life, Magelssen was a mother and homemaker, although those who know her claim she did have a full-time job: doing good deeds.

Those deeds intensified in 1979, shortly after her beloved mother died in Minneapolis just two days before Christmas.

“I felt I had to do something in memory of her,” she recalled. “And I was thinking I should not take flowers to her grave in the cemetery in the snow and the cold because the flowers would just die, so I decided to give those fresh flowers to somebody else.”

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Friday, Nov. 21, 2014

School district releases winter-weather policy

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

“Minnesota weather is sometimes difficult to predict.”

You can say that again.

The sentence about unpredictable weather is part of a winter-policy communiqué released Nov. 9 by Sartell-St. Stephen Superintendent Jeff Schwiebert.

The next day, Sartell residents awakened to a nasty blizzard underway, forcing all area schools to close.

The schools’ weather policy deals with closings, delays and dismissals.

All schools (including parochial schools) will work together

as one in case of weather-related emergencies, and all will rely on the expertise of meteorologists at St. Cloud State University for forecasts and update information concerning road conditions.

Those experts will advise school officials whether or not to close schools, delay openings or order early dismissals.

Besides the obvious winter-weather hazards of snow, winds, ice storms, extreme cold – fog can also be treacherous, making driving potentially dangerous, and that factor will be taken into account, too, when officials are pondering whether to shut down schools, the policy noted.

“In any weather emergency, the main objective is to provide protection and a safe environment for students,” Schwiebert wrote.

The three area superintendents will make an effort to announce school closings or late starts by 10 p.m. the night before bad weather is predicted.

When a morning emergency closing or a late start is required, every effort will be made to make and communicate a decision by 5:30 am. of the day under consideration.

In case of a late start, early dismissal or school closing, all student activities and practices will be cancelled. Such activities

LEgal notICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 12, 2004 MORTGAGOR: Patrick D Hamilton and Roxanne T Hamilton, husband and wife as joint tenants.

MORTGAGEE: First Franklin Financial Corp., subsidiary of National City Bank of Indiana.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded Aug. 30, 2004 Stearns County Recorder, Document No. 1124843.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: PNC Bank, National Association. Dated Feb. 19, 2014 Recorded March 21, 2014, as Document No. A1418276.

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TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: First Franklin Financial Corp., subsidiary of National City Bank of Indiana RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 416 Riverside Ave. S., Sartell, MN 56377 TAX PARCEL 92.56540.0000

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: That part of Government Lot 1, Section 27, Township 125, Range 28 West, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the Easterly right-of-way line of State Aid Road No. 1 with the South line of said Government Lot 1; thence North 21 degrees 23 minutes West 437.7 feet to the point of beginning of the tract herein to be described; thence continuing North 21 degrees 23 minutes West along said

Easterly right-of-way line of said State Aid Road No. 1 a distance of 100 feet; thence Norther 68 degrees 37 minutes East 326.3 feet to the shore line of the Mississippi River; thence Southerly along said shore line 100 feet, more or less, to a point on said shore line, said point being North 58 degrees 37 minutes East and distant 343.75 feet, more or less, from the point of beginning; thence South 68 degrees 37 minutes West 343.75 feet, more or less to the point of beginning and there terminating, all in Stearns County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF $219,000.00

PRINCIPAL MORTGAGE:

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $229,232.50 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: Jan. 8, 2015 at 10 a.m.

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Center, Room S-136, St. Cloud, MN

an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on July 8, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

include Kidstop and all classes of Community Education, Early Childhood, Adult Basic Education, ESL and Area Learning Center.

Parents should be aware media weather alerts will be announced via Skylert, which is the school district’s text, email and call-out service. It’s posted on the district’s website, Facebook page, Twitter and on the St. Cloud Times website at www.sctimes.com. Such alerts can happen as early as 4:30 a.m. and/or no later than 10 p.m.

The purpose of the weatherrelated closing plan is to help parents/guardians of students to be better prepared to deal with emergencies and to reduce their potentially dangerous effects.

Parents are also encouraged to plan ahead for childcare arrangements in case of a late start or early dismissal from schools.

“Ultimately,” Schwiebert noted, “the parent/guardian should make the final decision whether a child should attend school during severe weather.”

Toys for Tots fundraiser set for Nov. 22 A fundraiser for this area’s Marine Corps Toys for Tots will take place Saturday, Nov. 22 at St. Cloud Orthopedics in Sartell.

Runners and walkers can still register for the event, which is called the “17th Annual Jingle Bells 5k Run/Walk and 1k Fun Run.” The walk/run will take place along the streets near St Cloud Orthopedics.

There is a wide variety of age categories for runners, from 9 and on up. People who bring toys will have their entry fees reduced. People who don’t want to run or walk are welcome to come to the event to cheer on the runners/walkers. They are requested to bring a toy or two, unwrapped, for children ages

0-18. People who come can also make monetary donations.

Check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 or the night before from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at St. Cloud Orthopedics, located at 1901 Connecticut Ave. S. in Sartell’s Medical Plaza.

The 5k walk/run will start at 8:30 a.m., and the 1k fun run will begin at 9:30 a.m.

All toys collected at the event and money raised will go to the Toys for Tots program, headquartered at St. Cloud Catholic Charities. The toys will then be distributed to locations throughout central Minnesota to make children’s Christmases brighter.

For more information, call Libby at St. Cloud Orthopedics at 320-259-4141.

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION

BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, LEgal notICE THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED CITY OF ST. STEPHEN WITH A RESIDENTIAL TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING AND DWELLING OF LESS THAN ORDINANCE PUBLIC HEARING FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTUR- The St. Stephen City Council will changes can be viewed at the AL PRODUCTION, AND ARE review the proposed 2015 Budget clerk’s office during office hours. at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, ABANDONED.” 2014 in the St. Stephen City Hall The public is welcome to attend Council Chamber, 2 6th Ave. SE, this public hearing.

Dated: Oct. 22, 2014 St. Stephen. /s/ Cris Drais PNC Bank, National Association The St. Stephen City Council will City of St. Stephen City Clerk Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee hold a public hearing to review changes to Ordinance 22: Fire Dated: Nov. 18, 2014 USSET, WEINGARDEN AND and Rescue Department. Proposed Publish: Nov. 21, 2014 LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

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Church members visit park to honor Unity founder

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Sixteen members of Unity Spiritual Center in Sartell communed in prayer with a spiritual ancestor Nov. 2 in Sauk River Regional Park.

During a hiking tour of the park, the group paused at the edge of the Sauk River and listened to the Rev. Barbara Winter-Martin commemorate the St. Cloud-born Charles Fillmore, the man who – with his wife, Myrtle – founded the Unity Movement in 1889. The Unity Spiritual Center is part of that nearly 100-year-old movement.

And in what is an astonishing coincidence the Unity Spiritual Center in Sartell is just a few miles from the place where Fillmore was born – on a place by the Sauk River that may well have been right where Sauk River Regional Park is located now.

The tour was led by Unity member and Sartell City Council member Steve Hennes, who was instrumental in helping get the land acquisition and the upcoming amenities for Sauk River Regional Park.

“Unity’s co-founder, Charles Fillmore, was born next to the Sauk River, close to or in this very park area, on Aug. 22, 1854,” Winter-Martin said right after the tour. “I believe Charles Fillmore would love the creation and expansion of this park as it reflects the indigenous (people’s) belief in ‘no ownership,’ as this land truly now

belongs to everyone. It’s also a perfect place to ‘come away’ for a time and commune with nature and one’s internal Divine guidance.”

The Fillmores It’s not known precisely where Fillmore was born, but it was definitely along the Sauk River in the St. Cloud-Sartell area.

Fillmore’s father was a trader with the American Indians in the area.

When Charles was 10, an ice-skating accident broke his hip and left him with life-long disabilities.

He met his future wife, the Ohio-born Myrtle in Denison, Texas when he was a railroad clerk and she was a schoolteacher suffering from tuberculosis. Married in Clinton, Mo., the Fillmores went on to have three sons and established many homes, moving from jobs to jobs, mainly throughout the American West.

In 1884, in Kansas City, Mo., they invested their meager savings in real estate and lost it all. That is when they started the Modern Thought Publishing Co. in 1889 and later the Unity School of Christianity in 1914.

Their printing business and their publications about spirituality went hand in hand to disseminate their thoughts. Later they added a radio station and magazines for adults and children.

In 1929, the Fillmores moved to Lee’s Summit, Mo., which became known as Unity Village in the 1950s, which is still the

world headquarters of the Unity movement.

Myrtle died at 86 in 1931, and Charles, who had remarried in 1933, remained very active in the Unity movement until his death at 93 in 1948.

The Unity church the Fillmores founded was part of their “New Thought” movement and based on spiritualist interpretations of biblical scripture.

The tenets of the interdenominational Unity movement, as propounded by the Fillmores and their adherents, is that “God is good, God is available and God is in you.” Unity religion is described as a practical form of Christianity in which a positive attitude to life is developed that seeks good in all people and events, with no particular creed or dogma written in stone.

In addition, Unity adherents embrace differences and encourage diversity in order to foster spirituality for the good of all. Of special value are affirmative prayers and positive thoughts inspired by an inner knowledge that God is everywhere and in everyone. The true “Church,” Unity adherents claim, is “a state of consciousness in human beings” that allows people to live spiritually and happily every day without merely thinking or preaching about it.

Noted people who were or part of the Unity movement are poet Maya Angelou, actresses Betty White and Patricia Neal and entrepreneur Wally Amos.

The Fillmores, who were strict vegetarians, were con-

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The Park Besides the pause for prayer and thoughts of Charles Fillmore, the 16 hikers on their Nov. 2 walk also learned from tour guide Hennes some of the remarkable features and history of the 44-acre park. Comprised largely of oaks and maples, the

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Friday, Nov. 21, 2014

Chorale, Cantabile join for Christmas concert

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com

Visions of Christmas – a manger, winter sleighs, jingling bells, chestnuts roasting and partridges in Fox-Meyer pear trees – will fill the air when the Great River Chorale performs its 14th annual Christmas concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud.

The concert, dubbed A Merry Little Christmas, will feature the voices of more than 100 singers in two choirs – the Great River Chorale’s 56 adult singers and their guests, the 65 girls in the St. Cloud-area Cantabile choir.

Both choirs well represent the entire central Minnesota area.

From Sartell, for example, there are five members in the Great River Chorale choir and 22 girls

in the Cantabile choir.

Maureen Fox-Meyer of Sartell has sung with the Great River Chorale for five years as a second soprano. She is the owner-operator of The Change organic hair salon in Sartell, but her other passion – practically a second job – is music and singing. Fox-Meyer earned a degree in voice from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, and has sung jazz, choir and opera. In college, when she was 24 years old, she even once played and sang the role of a 99-year-old nun in a Puccini opera.

Fox-Meyer enjoys singing in the Great River Chorale because of the caliber of its performers.

“I like singing with greatquality singers,” she said.

“These singers are very good at their craft. This concert will be a lot of fun. I get to do a duet with my friend, Deborah Ferrell (Great River Chorale soprano and business manager), for the song The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

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Fox-Meyer and her husband, Kim, have a 3-year-old son, Kieran, who also enjoys singing at his school, Little Saints Academy.

The concert A Merry Little Christmas will feature mostly the old tried-andtrue nostalgic seasonal songs, including Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Away in a Manger, The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland, Jingle Bells and The Twelve Days of Christmas.

It will also feature an original composition by St. Cloud composer J. Aaron McDermott and a contemporary Christmas song

by Welsh composer Paul Mealor.

“It’s a great way to kick off the Christmas season just a few days after Thanksgiving,” Ferrell said. “The variety in the choirs is amazing.”

A Merry Little Christmas will combine choral music and singalong songs for the audience. It will also include text narration

by Br. Paul Vincent Niebauer of the Order of St. Benedict, Collegeville.

Guest organist will be Charles Echols, emeritus professor of music for St. Cloud State University.

About the choirs The Great River Chorale, now with 56 members, is a community choir based in St. Cloud.

The singers hail from 16 cites throughout central Minnesota.

The choir is dedicated to enriching people through concerts, musical collaborations with local

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The Great River Chorale, shown here in a previous concert at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud, will perform another annual Christmas concert at the church Nov. 30. There are many members of the choir who hail from Sartell, as well as other cities in central Minnesota. and regional guest artists and Preparatory Program and offers two choirs for young girls in musical outreach programs.

Widely known, the ensemble central Minnesota – the Chorishas been featured on Minnesota ters and Concert Choir. Both are Public Radio’s classical music comprised of auditioned singers Regional Spotlight show and was in fourth through ninth grades. chosen to be a selection on They have been part of SCSU’s MPR’s 2013 Taste of the Holidays Music Preparatory Program for 15 years.

CD. The director of the Cantabile Last year, in June, Great River Chorale was named the prin- Concert Choir is Holly Lathe, cipal choral partner of the St. and Betsy Eickhoff is conductor of the Cantabile Choristers.

Cloud Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets Mary Kay Geston has been Tickets for A Merry Little artistic director of the chorale since 2010. The group’s en- Christmas may be purchased semble accompanist is William online at the chorale’s website at www.GreatRiverChorale.org.

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church The Cantabile Girls’ Choir Program is sponsored by the St. is located at 4310 CR 137 in St. Cloud State University Music Cloud.

Friday, Nov. 21, 2014

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Community Calendar

Friday, Nov. 21 55+ Driver Improvement program (four-hour refresher course), 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Waite Park City Hall, 19 13th Ave. N., Waite Park. 1-888-234-1294.

St. Joseph Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 610 CR 2.

Christmas House, sponsored by the Zonta Club of St. Cloud, featuring designs from 20 local decorators, 3-9 p.m., 1009 19th Ave. N., Sartell. zontastcloudmn.org.

Hamlet, produced and directed

by SCSU alumni, 7:30 p.m., Center Stage, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, 620 3rd Ave. S, St. Cloud. 320-308-3093.

The Cherry Orchard, a 1904 tragi-comedy by Anton Chekhov, 7:30 p.m. Gorecki Family Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict. 320-363-5777.

St. Cloud State University’s Chamber Orchestra fall concert, 7:30 p.m., Ruth Gant Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, SCSU, 620 3rd Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-3083223.

Opera Workshop Performance, 8 p.m., Colman Black Box Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict. 320-3635777.

St. Cloud Singles Club Dance, featuring Southbound, 8:30 p.m.12:30 a.m., Waite Park Legion, 17 2nd Ave. N., Waite Park. 320-2486111. stcloudsingles.net.

Saturday, Nov. 22 Warming Hearts Coat Drive, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., through Dec. 6, drop off new or gently used coats at designated area of parking lot, Grace Baptist Fellowship Church, 1197 Pinecone Road, Sartell.

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Christmas House, sponsored by the Zonta Club of St. Cloud, featuring designs from 20 local decorators, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1009 19th Ave. N., Sartell. zontastcloudmn.org.

Winter Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sartell City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. marketmonday.org.

“Seizure Smart” community workshop, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Great River Regional Library, Mississippi Room, 1300 W. Germain St., St. Cloud. rsvp@efmn.org.

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Opera Workshop Performance, 2 p.m., Colman Black Box Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict. 320-3635777.

Sestri and the Vespertine Tribal Dancers, 7 p.m., Great River Arts, 122 1st St. SE., Little Falls.

320-632-0960. greatart.org/live Hamlet, produced and directed

by SCSU alumni, 7:30 p.m., Center Stage, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, 620 3rd Ave. S, St. Cloud. 320-308-3093.

The Cherry Orchard, a 1904 tragi-comedy by Anton Chekhov, 7:30 p.m., Gorecki Family Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict. 320-363-5777.

Sunday, Nov. 23 Minnesota permit-to-carry courses, 9 a.m., Holiday Inn, 75 37th Ave. S., St. Cloud. 320-2472877.

Joe Town Table, free meals, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., American Legion, 101 W Minnesota St., St. Joseph.

Toy Bingo, sponsored by the Avon Women of Today, 2 p.m., Avon Community Church, 204 Avon Ave. N.

Opera Workshop Performance, 2 p.m., Colman Black Box Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, College of St. Benedict. 320-3635777.

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by SCSU alumni, 7:30 p.m., Center Stage, Performing Arts Center, St. Cloud State University, 620 3rd Ave. S, St. Cloud. 320-308-3093.

Monday, Nov. 24 Sartell City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 125 Pinecone Road N. 320-253-2171.

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Saturday, Nov. 29 Warming Hearts Coat Drive, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., through Dec. 6, drop off new or gently used coats at designated area of parking lot, Grace Baptist Fellowship Church, 1197 Pinecone Road, Sartell.

Granite City Game Day, for new and experienced gamers, age 12 and up, board games, role-playing games, and more, 1-5 p.m., Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Dr., St. Cloud. 320-255-7277.

Sunday, Nov. 30 Christmas concert, Great River Chorale and St. Cloud-area Cantabile Choir, 4 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4310 CR 137, St. Cloud.

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Later, Magelssen learned about Operation Christmas Child, and she began to sew even more, besides collecting so much for the shoeboxes, often at her own expense.

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Unity from page 9 the park is accessible by one and all, being a truly regional amenity.

In time, the City of Sartell hopes to develop Sauk River Regional Park for all kinds of recreation, including hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, water recreation and picnics. So far, the city has constructed a long, narrow parking lot at the park’s entrance and the start of a bituminous trail leading into the park. The thickly wooded land already has a network of interconnected trails, yet to be paved, on which it’s possible to walk.

Some hikers on the Nov. 2 park tour had never been in the park previously. They remarked about what a fine addition it is for the people of Sartell and the entire area. Several said it’s a good natural resource to have so close to Epic Center and the busy traffic of the city. Some also noted land for Epic Center had been created by cutting down a wooded area, practically overnight, destroying an eagle’s nest in the process. This new park, some noted, is a good “counterpoint” and “consolation” to the wooded land that was lost to developments.

From the timeline of Sauk River Regional Park develop-

Sartell Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com ment: 1970s: Stearns County identifies the “Dehler property” area a potentially ideal site for a future regional park.

2007: The Dehlers (brother and sister LaVerne and Ralph) offer to sell their 68 acres of property. State officials visit the site in consideration for providing money for the parkland in its bonding bill.

2008: Gov. Tim Pawlenty visits the site. Sartell is informed there will be $500,000 in the state bonding bill for acquisition of the Dehler property.

2009-2013: Appraisals, purchasing offers, negotiations and grant requests continue. A state Legacy grant is announced, and after more negotiations the city, in February 2013, agrees to purchase 44 acres of the Dehler property, contingent on reauthorization of the $500,000 amount in the 2008 state bonding bill.

2014: Work begins at the park site, which includes a parking lot and the beginning of a paved trail system. Other amenities will follow as funds become available.

How to get there To get to Sauk River Regional Park, take Delores Drive, which is near the roundabout on CR 120 just east of the Sam’s Club. Follow Delores Drive to the north for a few blocks to a dead end, then take a right that leads right onto the park’s long paved parking lot.

Friday, Nov. 21, 2014

Fare for All to have second monthly distribution

photo by Dennis Dalman

A tour group, all members of Unity Spiritual Center in Sartell, pause for a view at the walking bridge that connects Sauk River Regional Park to Whitney Park in St. Cloud. From left to right are tour guide Steve Hennes, Sartell; Kris Bahl, St. Cloud; Duane Nieters, Rice; Dan Haskamp, Sartell; and Ruth Duhamel, Oak Park.

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