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Lunar eclipse, supermoon combine for rare event PHOTOS BY ANNA SALDANA

The so-called bloodmoon or supermoon was on display during the evening of Sept. 27. The moon passed behind the earth and the earth blocked the sun from the moon, allowing no light to hit the moon. This created the lunar eclipse you see here. This can only happen when the three are perfectly aligned in a straight line with the earth in the middle, and when there is a full moon. Gazing skyward, many could watch the lunar eclipse for a few hours, but if it was a solar eclipse, it would have only lasted a few minutes. Lunar eclipses occur two to three times per year and take place either two weeks before or two weeks after a solar eclipse.

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City thriving, budding Tom Roy to retire after 28 years with growth

Sauk Rapids Dance Team members practice before the parade on Sept. 25. This was the first Homecoming parade the school held (last year’s was canceled due to weather).

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gle family residential listings and 149 land-only lots on the market,” Halaas said.

It isn’t hard to glance The median sale price around Sauk Rapids and ques- is growing from the lowest tion about development. point of $132,500 in 2011 to With recent street proj- around $158,000 so far this ects finished and more under- year. way, buildings for “We are about sale or rent on nearly two years away from every corner, and the being out of what district’s open enI would call entryrollment increasing level lots,” said by 200 students this Todd Schultz, Sauk year, many of us are Rapids Community wondering what’s Development Direcgoing on with city tor. “Right now we Berni Halaas growth. have enough invenAcross resitory of existing entry dential, commercial level lots that we can and industrial zonprobably get by for a ing, Sauk Rapids is couple more years. in the midst of a reBut, we’re going to covery phrase after be looking at having the all-too-familiar to start to develop economic downturn land again like we communities across were up until the the United States witmid-2000s.”

Todd Shultz nessed in the last ten According to years.

Schultz, having two years of The homefront inventory is healthy. Although “We are definitely go- the economic downturn left ing into a buyer’s market as vacant prepared properties we head into winter, but that around the city, taxpayers and doesn’t mean people looking the community didn’t absorb to sell their homes shouldn’t the debt. Around 2002, the list their home,” said Berni city decided to stop up frontHalaas, owner and real estate ing the costs for new sewer, agent of New Century Realty. water and roads, and instead “Although the fall and winter shifted that responsibility to months allude to less buyer’s, the developer. They took the the people looking for houses perspective that if someone during these times are usually wanted to develop property more serious about buying.” they should be fronting the Halaas, who was in- risk – not the city, not the taxvolved in residential real es- payers. tate in the metro area during “It turned out to be a rethe late 80s and more recently ally wise choice on the part in the Sauk Rapids market of the city,” Schultz said. “If since 2001, said she tends to we hadn’t done that, the city see more people in the spring would have been sitting on who might have the itch to an incredible amount of debt buy and move, but may not as the subdivisions sat empty. scratch more than the surface Instead it ended up being the of browsing. developers and the banks sitBut no matter selling, ting on the debt rather than buying or building, Sauk Rap- the taxpayers. Other cities ids has plenty of properties to fulfill whatever the desire.

City thriving “Within the 56379 zip continued on pg. 5 code, there are 102 active sinby NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

Rice Fire Department Open House Saturday, Oct. 4 1-4 p.m.

North Memorial will be landing their helicopter at 2 p.m. across the street from the fire station.

• Hotdogs, cookies and juice • Rice Women of Today Safety Clinic • Red Cross Smoke Detector Campaign

by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

When you ask Tom Roy, retiring Patrol Sergeant of the Sauk Rapids police department, if he has any regrets, he’s eager to tell you he wished he had completed his four-year degree.

But for a young Roy in Atlanta, Ga., school wasn’t a priority.

“In my wayward ways as a kid, I told my parents I knew everything,” Roy said. “I quit school at the age of 16, and drove truck for three months.

My dad was furious, my mom devastated. It was the hardest three months of my life because I found out what real work was.

At the end of those three months, I went straight back to school.”

Roy struggled with grades and concentrated on football. By the end of his senior year, Roy was offered two scholarships to play college football at James Madison University and Davidson College, but in order to do so, he’d have to finish credits for PHOTOS SUBMITTED the lost semester and maintain a (inset) Roy worked for police and sheriff departments in Geary County, Kan., before moving C average. As he looked at his to Minnesota and joining the Sauk Rapids police department. Here he stands in his home before a shift in 1984. (large) Patrol Sergeant Tom Roy retires from the Sauk Rapids police Tom Roy department on Oct. 30. Roy was part of the department for over 28 years.

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Swiggum sworn into Sauk Rapids Police Department

by NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

The city council chamber was filled with cameras for picture posing as the Sauk Rapids City Council met for a regular meeting Sept. 28.

Festivities and business began as Mayor Brad Gunderson swore in new police officer Charles Swiggum. The city and council welcomed Swiggum to the community before congratulating Detective Sergeant Dan Falk for 20 years of service, and city administrator Ross Olson for 15 years of service to the city.

In other council news: • City administrator Ross Olson addressed the council and community about the 3 Up the Hill Project on Second Street North, Benton County 3. He informed the public that although the county is projecting delays in the construction next spring, “the city has readied itself, and are hoping to start the project in 2016.”

Olson included that the city is meeting with the county to discuss the costs of delaying the project to the city, county and citizens in the community. He also assured residents

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Mayor Brad Gunderson (right) swears in new Sauk Rapids police officer Charles Swiggum, as Chief Perry Beise watches on at the city council meeting Sept. 28.

that if construction is delayed, fiber blankets and seeding will replace the soil until development can continue.

• Approved laserfiche training for 14 city employees to become familiar with the program used to store city documents. The training will be offered by Crabtree Co.

and be paid for through the access fund.

• Accepted the notice of retirement from Sauk Rapids Police Sergeant Tom Roy and posted internally the application to be promoted from police officer to sergeant within the department.

• Approved the placement

on public auction of two outof-service police vehicles.

The 2008 and 2010 Ford Crown Victoria’s each have over 100,000 miles.

• Approved the change order No. 2 to the Benton Drive Improvement Project.

City council continued on pg. 2

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

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LOCAL NEWS

Stolen car with occupant found in Langola Township

Tom Roy continued from front_________________

Authorities were led by the found and arrestcaller to the veed a man with a hicle’s location stolen vehicle in which had to be a wooded area of accessed on foot Langola Towndue to impassible ship, northeast of terrain.

Rice on Sept. 24.

Deputies The Benton located a 2003 County Sheriff’s Touy Souvannaphong Lincoln LS, stodepartment arlen from Sartell rested Touy Souvannaphong, earlier in the week, and a 34 of St. Cloud, on charges single occupant, Souvannaof possession of a stolen mo- phong. According to Souvantor vehicle and unauthorized naphong, he had been at the use of a motor vehicle after location inside the vehicle for receiving a call that a vehicle several days. The condition was parked in a wooded area of the vehicle led authorities of the township. The caller to believe this statement may stated he was checking hunt- be true. Souvannaphong was ing land and came across brought to the St. Cloud Hosan occupied vehicle parked pital to be medically evaluin this remote wooded area ated and then transported to near a field road. Authorities the Benton County Jail.

Three injured in highway crash SHERBURNE COUNTY – A two vehicle crash on Highway 10 south of St. Cloud left three people injured on Sept.

25.

Around 1:15 p.m., 19year old Wyatt Kjono, of Foley was crossing the highway to head south toward Clear Lake from a private drive when he was struck in the northbound lanes by a 1997 Toyota Camry

being driven by Oliver Christopherson, 77 of Sioux Falls.

The impact drove Kjono’s 2008 Pontiac G6 across the median and into the southbound lanes. Christopherson and his 76-year-old passenger Lynette Christopherson, along with Kjono, all suffered non life-threathening injuries as a result of the crash.

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grades of Ds, Roy decided he couldn’t do it.

“There was no way I could do it, so there was no way I would try,” Roy said. “My answer was to join the military.”

Roy enlisted, but found the Army wouldn’t accept him without a high school diploma.

Determined to join and eager to do so, Roy found where they offered the General Education Development test, took it and passed. He joined the Army at the age of 17 and served his country in the Army Engineer Corps.

Born in Monroe, La., Roy’s father was an insurance agent who worked as a civil defense officer as needed during the 1960s.

“I think the seed was probably planted then,” Roy said.

But it wasn’t until his career in the Army, spending time with a neighbor who worked as a military patrol officer, that Roy saw law enforcement as a career he’d like to pursue. Between the conversations and ride-alongs Roy participated in, he became impatient to create this life for himself.

“I learned a little bit about law enforcement,” said Roy, speaking about time spent with his military patrol friend. “I realized it was something he thoroughly loved – he enjoyed his job, it was never the same twice, every day was different.

You didn’t know what you were going to get. And it intrigued me and excited me, and it was something I thought I could enjoy doing.”

When Roy spent his last day in the Army on June 25, 1981, he had already interviewed with the police department in Junction City, Kan. Not yet 21, the department wouldn’t allow him to carry a hand gun. As he waited the two weeks out, Roy took all the testing and training exercises he needed before serving on the force.

Junction City Police Department put him through 300 hours of in-service training with their department and had the obligation to put Roy through police academy training within the first year he served on their

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“Police academy was a lot like basic training,” Roy said.

“They got us up at 4:30 in the morning, had us make our beds and spit-shine our shoes. Then after inspection, we went outside and ran five miles. From there we had a half-hour period where we used our nightsticks on each other, then we did calisthenics, and had the opportunity to eat breakfast. Our first class was at 7 a.m. and we were in class all day long, Monday through Friday.”

Roy worked at Junction City for 15 months before moving to the sheriff’s department in the same county. It was during his time at Geary County, Kan., that Roy enrolled as a full-time Kansas State University student (while juggling life with a wife, child and job at the sheriff’s office) and after his first semester achieved a 3.85 GPA. Roy continued to manage all aspects of his life, but realized that without proper finances his family would not survive. He put school on the back-burner once again, and in 1983 transferred to a small department named Grandview Plaza outside of Junction City and eventually was promoted to assistant chief.

Grandview Plaza was a small military town with a high Class No. 1 crime rate. The department dealt with suicides, homicides, kidnapping, burglaries and more.

“I was busier there than I’ve ever been anywhere,” Roy said.

“I got a huge education there.

My chief was squeamish of blood, so whenever there was an unattended deaths in Grandview Plaza, I had to go to the autopsy.

I was literally going to these autopsies with about four years of police experience.”

The Roy family spent about four more years in Kansas before jumping at an opportunity to move to Minnesota, while doubling his salary and gaining full family medical insurance and a retirement plan.

Tom Roy became a member of the Sauk Rapids Police Department and has remained here since June 1, 1987.

“Make no mistake, the chief sets the course and the tone for the agency,” Roy said. “When I got here Chief Jack Welsh told me he expected me to be an enforcer. He wanted me to be known as the officer who would write his grandmother a ticket. I had the nickname as “Write’em Up Roy” the first year I was here.

My first year with the agency the rest of the agency combined wrote about 30-40 DUIs and I wrote 50 myself.”

Roy’s time on the Sauk Rapids force has been spent as a patrol sergeant since spring of 1999, but he has contributed much more to the community than sitting behind the wheel of a patrol car.

Roy was the first officer in the department to begin writing grants to help the department with new technology and finan-

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cial needs. His first endeavor was writing a Racial Profiling Grant where the department had to document information about traffic stops. The grant awarded the department with the first car cameras it had owned at a rate of about $6,000 each.

Roy also initiated the Safe and Sober grants (now called Toward Zero Deaths) in the area issued by the National Highway Traffic Association. These allowed extra funding from the state to pay overtime wages to officers who could concentrate on DUI patrols or speed stings.

But Roy wasn’t only enthusiastic to enforce, he became eager to be a public servant as well.

“There are two kinds of police officers. There are public servants and there are enforcers,” Roy said. “Public servants are the ones we all like to think of our police officers as being.

They are the ones who help us, do the good things for us. I’d like to think that during the last 15 years of my career I was a public servant. That I was the guy who was out there looking to help my community and not just writing tickets.”

While delivering babies and saving lives through resuscitation, Roy became the officer who began PAL or the Police

Athletics League. No longer an organization, PAL was a summer activity started to create relationships amongst at-risk kids and the police force.

“We were looking for the kid who was always in trouble.

We were looking for the kid who had nobody to do anything with.

It showed us in a positive light,” Roy said. “Rather than only seeing cops as ones who take people away or come to their house in a crisis, these kids could see we were there to be friends and help as well.”

Although Roy’s priorities may have changed over the years, he still wants people to see and trust that both sides of police work are there to serve and protect.

“You have to have both enforcement and public service.

If you aren’t enforcing speed and DUI laws, no one will obey them. In today’s world I think the public servant position is much more what the community wants, but law enforcement isn’t set up to say, ‘that’s all we’re going to do,’ that’s not all we can do.”

Tom Roy’s official retirement date from the Sauk Rapid’s Police Department is Oct. 30. His last day in uniform was Sept. 9.

Vehicular pedestrian accident leaves one man dead ST. CLOUD – A St. Cloud man lost his life after trying to cross the highway against the traffic signal on Sept. 25.

According to police reports, James Olsen, 56, was walking across Highway 23 at 14th Avenue SE in St. Cloud when struck by two vehicles headed west with a green light around 8:40 p.m. Mary Lar-

com, 51 of Sartell, hit Olsen first, then 27-year-old Jason Rau of St. Cloud struck Olsen as he changed lanes and attempted to pass to the right of Larcom’s 2008 Saturn.

Rau fled the scene in his 1988 Delta 88 Royale and was later arrested. Neither Larcom nor Rau were injured. Olsen was pronounced dead at the scene.

City council continued from front____ This change adds $7,536.56 to the project contract, which is still within the contingency budget for the project.

• Approved refunding/ refinancing of the 2005B Capital Improvement bonds for the fire station. The sale should save the city an estimated $87,000.

• Approved a solar moratorium on solar electric generating in Sauk Rapids until the city has a better understanding of solar gardens, and the best land use practices.

• Authorized staff to complete a solar assessment of three public buildings including the government center, public works office and water

treatment plant.

• Approved the hire of additional animal control personnel.

• Approved the resolution ordering the preparation of a feasibility report for 3rd Avenue North Improvements.

• Approved donations raised by Madelyn Adamski for a rescue airboat will go to the fire department equipment if funds raised do not equate the amount needed to purchase an airboat. Adamski was meeting with the finance committee to discuss the future fundraising practices as the Sauk Rapids Herald went to print.

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Sauk Rapids High School class of 1955 gathered for a 60th class reunion on Sept. 26 at Jimmy’s Pour House in Sauk Rapids.

Lucus Bentrud, son of Dave and Beth Bentrud, of Rice is the 2015 Gridiron to Grandparents (GTG) scholarship winner.

The GTG program was started in 2009-10 by then senior football player, Cody Meyer. The $500 scholarship is awarded to a Sauk Rapids-Rice senior football player who submits an essay showing their desire to be a leader for the GTG program and illustrates their appreciation of their own grandparents.

The GTG program connects the Storm varsity football players with the Good Shepherd Community. Players visit with the residents on a weekly basis during the football season. Lucas also helped organize the GTG football game PHOTOS BY LIZ VOS this year against Rocori High School when the Good Shepherd Sauk Rapids class of 1955 classmates in attendance were Dolores (Kath) Supan (back, from left), Bob Seep, Bill Lovitz, Marcel residents were invited to attend the game as special guests.

Knapek, Henry Wentzlaff, Tim Bresnahan; JoAnn (Gratzek) Keln (middle), Margaret (Freihammer) Traut, Norm Volkers, Congratulations to Lucas, the coaches and the entire Storm Don Popp; Joyce (Reberg) Horton (front), Joann (Bieniek) Miodus, Annette (Miller) Bromenschenkel and Shirley (Leya) Iees. football team for their outstanding community service.

Benton County Marriage Applications Aaron Robert Decker, Sartell and Sarah Marie Pasek, Sartell.

UND lists 2015 summer graduates from Minnesota Nearly 550 University of North Dakota students were eligible to receive degrees during this year’s summer commencement ceremony held on Aug. 7 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium.Sauk Rapids – Jazmyn Friesz

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Bill Lovitz (left) and Norm Volkers had time to catch up during their 60th class reunion on Sept. 26 held at Jimmy’s Pour House.

Dennis and Darlene (Volkers) Klug were married Oct. 9, 1965 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sauk Rapids.

The couple will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on SatGeri Lovitz, looks for her husband, Bill, in a photo of the urday, Oct. 10 at the St. Cloud class of 1955. Helping identify those in the photo was Marcel Eagles Club, 730 41st Ave. N, Knapek.

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Hosting the event will be the couple’s four daughters, their spouses and 12 grandchildren. No invitations have Dennis and Darlene Klug Pub, along with parents, children and adults across been sent. No gifts, please. school staff and community 40 countries. Walk to School leaders. Children will meet or events work to create safer be dropped off at this location routes for walking and children, and Now through Oct. 15 – MHES PTAC biennial, Winter Clothing from district buses between bicycling 8:30-8:40 a.m., and then emphasize the importance Drive. Please send items to the SRR school office. start the commute to school of issues such as increasing property, about four blocks physical activity among Thursday, Oct. 1, 2-6 p.m. – Family Farmers’ Market Fall children, pedestrian safety, Festival, CentraCare Health Plaza, River East parking lot. away.

Throughout the United traffic congestion, concern States, International Walk for the environment and Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – St. John’s Catholic Church to School Day is expected building connections between 31st annual Craft Fair, Swanville. to include more than 4,000 families, schools and the Monday, Oct. 5, 6-7:30 p.m. – SunShare Community Solar, events. Walkers will join broader community.

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Meetings Schedule 1st MondayPlanning Commission, 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center SR Green, 5 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center Rice Senior Citizens Club, 12:30 p.m., Rumor’s 1st TuesdaySacred Heart’s St. Monica Society, 7 p.m.

Watab Township Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall.

Mayhew Lake Township Board, 8:45 p.m., Eugene Trushenski residence Housing and Redevelopment Authority, 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids Development Center 1st WednesdayRecreation Board, 7:30 p.m., 19 North Benton Drive.

Rice Area Sportsmen’s Club 1st ThursdaySauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 Auxiliary, 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids VFW SR Jaycees, 7 p.m. Sauk Rapids VFW 2nd MondaySauk Rapids Sportsmen’s Club.

3rd MondayTinville Lions Club, 7 p.m., Rollie’s Redneck Bar, Hwy. 23 East Saint Cloud Area Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., St. Cloud Library, call Independent Lifestyles (320) 529-9000.

2nd TuesdayPleasantview Elementary PTA meeting, 7 p.m., Pleasantview Elementary Minden Town Board, 8 p.m., Minden Town Hall Sauk Rapids Fire Department, 8 p.m., Fire Hall Sauk Rapids Sportsmen, Sauk Rapids Legion, 8 p.m.

Rice Women of Today at 7 p.m. at the Rice Lions Building.

2nd WednesdaySauk Rapids V.F.W. Post 6992, 8 p.m.

Sauk Rapids V.F.W. Post 6992 Auxiliary, 7 p.m.

2nd ThursdayTrinity Ladies Aid, 1 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church.

Sauk Rapids Women of Today 6:30 p.m. Social time 7 p.m. meeting Sauk Rapids VFW. 3rd MondayKnights of Columbus, Sacred Heart Church, 7 p.m.

Sauk Rapids Women of Today, 7 p.m., SR American Legion 3rd TuesdayBenton Cty Historical Society, 7 p.m., Museum Building, 218 1st St. No. 4th WednesdayCentral MN Deer Hunters Assoc., 8 p.m., SR American Legion Minden-Sauk Rapids Joint Planning Board, 6 and 7 p.m., Sauk Rapids Government Center 1st & 3rd ThursdayRice Lions Club, 8 p.m.

2nd & 4th TuesdaySauk Rapids Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign War Post No. 6992, 6:30 p.m.

4th ThursdaySauk Rapids Chamber, noon luncheon, call 251-2940 to pre-register.

2nd & 4th MondaySR Council meeting, 6 p.m., Government Center, 250 No. Summit Ave. District 47 School Board, 7 p.m., High School Board Conference Room Sauk Rapids Township Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Every MondayBright Beginnings AA Support Group, 9 a.m., Harvest Fellowship Church – AA Assistance line: (320) 202-1895, aameetinglocator.org Every ThursdaySauk Rapids AA Group, Living Waters Lutheran Church 7 p.m. – AA Assistance line: (320) 202-1895, aameetinglocator.org Every SundayDivorce Care, Seminar and Support Group meets at 5:30 p.m. at Harvest Fellowship, Sauk Rapids

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

OPINION Letters to the editor City should cease municipal liquor store and moratorium

I am troubled by the continued operation of the Sauk Rapids municipal liquor store as well as the moratorium on private liquor establishments.

Private off-sale liquor retailers are forbidden from operating within the city limits in an effort to draw customers towards the city-owned store located on Benton Drive. I contend that such a policy hinders the free market and restricts an industry from functioning as intended.

The municipal liquor store is exempt from property taxes, so the school district and Benton County must assess higher levies on other properties. In essence, all taxpayers within the county are subsidizing the liquor store regardless if they patronize or agree with the premise of selling alcohol and tobacco to fund city projects. One must also factor the forfeited taxes/licenses/fees generated from would-be private enterprises.

The city deserves credit because financial data is made available on their web site (shown as a PDF attached to city council meeting agendas). If one looks over the data compiled from Sept. 16-23 shown on the Sept. 28 meeting agenda, 61 out of 282 or 22 percent of individual entries tallied from the check list are tagged with the department description of “liquor” totaling just under $80,000. This amount is separate from salaries/benefits paid to individuals employed at the store. Should city staff spend this much time accounting for liquor/tobacco related transactions?

Neighboring cities each allow private liquor sales. Why would Sauk Rapids be the exception?

I ask city leaders to focus on the conventional duties of local government (police, fire, water, roads and limited administration) and abstain from involvement in the liquor business.

Jason Krueger, Sauk Rapids

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I live on 6th Avenue and 2nd Street North. Right now I am speaking for myself. The home next to us was put up for bid, not demolition as first thought.

Over a month ago, the house moving company started getting the house ready to move. That house and deck was only five feet from my bedroom. They started throwing stuff out right on the lot line. Finally, they moved the house and just left a big mess. I can’t look out my window. Plus, there is a big hole that is dangerous.

When they were taking down the trees the company was dropping big branches in my yard and on my bushes. This is causing a lot of stress. When this roundabout goes through there will be a three-foot median directly behind our driveway and the neighbors driveway. This will make it very dangerous as I try to back out and people are coming around the roundabout, because they don’t have to stop and won’t see me.

I will have a driveway and my garage will be very difficult to use, but no one cares about that. I have contacted the mayor, city council members and the county engineer to no avail. I am just supposed to live with it. With all this going on, I’d love to sell my house but who would want it with a roundabout so close to your house?

Kathy Braucks, Sauk Rapids

Dairy farm program correction

I wrote an milk that is covered article earlier in in the program.

September to en• You lose at least courage people some of the covto make sure they erage. If you are had their paperre-instated when work completed you make the paycorrectly before ment, your coverage the Sept. 30 deaddoesn’t start until line. the next two-month The deadline period. For example, for the 2014 and By Dan Martens if I wait until JanuUniversity of 2015 ARC/PLC ary to pay the $100 MN Extension crop programs administrative fee, I is still Sept. 30. will not be eligible The deadline for for any payments Dairy MPP has been extended until the March-April calculato Friday, Nov. 20. tions are completed.

I’m sorry for any confu• There can be additional sion I’ve caused. Thank you cost. A letter, indicating the for bringing this to my atten- $100 administrative fee was tion. not paid by the deadline, is not FSA procedure states that, a simply billing statement. It failure to timely make a cover- indicates there is a problem. age election on form CCC-782 After 30 days, interest starts to will result in no coverage for accrue; and further delay can 2016. You remain legally ob- lead to a more formal collecligated, however, to pay the tion process. It’s not the path $100 administrative fee. Cat- you want to be on. level coverage may be reinOn a related note, if you stated if you pay your admin- are selecting coverage above istrative fee. the basic $4 or cat-level coverCat-level means cata- age, be sure to understand how strophic coverage at the basic additional premium fees need $4 margin level. Through con- to be paid. versation with FSA staff, here Many advisors have writare some things to be aware of: ten that dairy MPP should be • You don’t get the milk thought of as an insurance production bump. USDA cal- program. You don’t sign up culates a milk production in- after the storm. Deadlines are crease to the amount of milk important. that is covered each year Always check with the based on national per-cow FSA office staff for official inmilk production trends. If the terpretations of rules and propaperwork is not done and the cedures. I commend FSA staff administrative fee is not paid for their efforts to get people by the deadline (was Sept. 30, in to get things done. If you’re now is Nov. 20, 2015) the farm not sure you have things done does not get the production in- correctly, call or stop by to crease related to the amount of ask.

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Are we all fruit flies?

As you read this, take a minute to think of it is our friends that point it out to us and invite whom you have surrounded yourself with and let’s us in the direction of the new trend. At first, we ask some thought provoking questions. Who are think, what’s the harm in following along this your go-to people when you need advice? Who once? But that once, could be your very death. It continues to call you or wants to come around and can lead to more gossip, binge drinking, violence whom do you let in? We were designed to be with and war, dirty movies and books, drugs and beeach other, but for what purpose and how important fore we know it we are inside the trap, unable to are the people we choose to be with? find our way out. It seems this is human kind’s I was deep in thought over these questions very downfall. We are naturally drawn to what while observing fruit flies. After deep cleaning our appears sweet and convenient, beneficial, excithouse for multiple showings last week, I decided to ing and pleasurable. As unbelievers we are left

By Mercy Nygaard put out apple cider vinegar (acv) traps again, just with hopelessness of our plight but as believers, to see if there were any incognito ones lingering there is hope and the conclusion is, whom we Life by Faith about. chose to surround ourselves with is very imporAn acv trap lures fruit flies into a hole in a jar, tant. that once in, can’t find the hole to get out and they drown in The first step is to get rid of the friends that draw us into the liquid. the trap. However big or small the trap is; it needs to be adSure enough, fruit flies started finding my trap. As we dressed. Unfollow them on Facebook, decline their invitaall ate supper, we witnessed more and more being pulled to tions but invite them to get to know the Lord on their own. the trap. Since there was cool, fresh air that day, we had our Only then can your friendship be restored to an edifying one. windows open when my husband said, “Look at the win- I had to let go of some old friends by choosing not to hang out dow screen, they are coming from outside.” The screen was with them. I felt alone at first but I leaned and relied more on covered in hundreds of fruit flies and the smaller ones were Jesus. He tells us, “You are my friends if you do whatever I making it through. I had never witnessed fruit flies come into command you.” John 15:14. “Abiding in His love can get you our house from outside before. Typically, it seems like they through this lifetime.” John 15:9-17 magically appear, possibly brought home in our produce from God created us to be together for this purpose, “As iron the store. This was a whole new level of fruit fly invasion. I sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his checked online and there is actually a fruit fly epidemic in friend.” He has proved faithful in my life. I look at whom I Florida right now. But as interesting as any insect overpopu- surround myself with today, and I’m amazed at how excellation from time to time is, I was more interested in the lure lent they are. I think to myself, how did I get such sincere, of the fruit fly to the trap. They could smell the acv from noble, Godly friends? Three things I know, that only through far away. They were drawn to it and I wondered if some of surrender and obedience to our one Lord and Savior, He has the flies saw other flies moving in the same direction so they provided the opportunities to make these amazing friends and too followed until they were mesmerized by the gravitating that took effort. So surrender and obey. The Lord will prosmell. vide, and we must make an effort. He put us together, and I Fruit flies are drawn to the smell of sweet and over ripe declare I want to get to know them more. I’m going to serve. produce and decay and also use their eyes to recognize shapes. I’m going to uplift. We are still human so when gossip arises, It sounds all too familiar to the very first fall of man when we turn away. When we fall, we confess and ask for forgivethe apple was made by the serpent to appear very sweet be- ness and prayer. yond the mere taste to Eve before she ate it. Her first mistake In a sense we are all like fruit flies, our sinful nature is wasn’t listening to Satan; it was continuing to talk with him drawn to the enticing smell of sin. But there is hope because until he deceived her. The bible tells us, do not be deceived, we have volition, the act of choosing. After believing and “Evil company corrupts good habits.” -1st Corinthians 15:33. abiding in His love, at all cost, avoid the trap and say no to Satan has been using people like this ever since. bad friends. “He who walks with the wise grows wise ... “ How often do we see a trend in the world and observe Proverbs 13:20. people flocking to it? Are we drawn to it as well? Many times,

Vikings beginning to establish defensive identity

Stafford left the game wrapped in blood-soaked After a disappointing opening week loss in bandages to await an X-ray for his bruised ribs.

San Francisco that is beginning to look more In week three, Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivand more like a one-game hiccup, the Minneers was pulled from the game for his own safety sota Vikings are starting to forge a defensive after he was sacked four times and knocked to identity that should have opposing offenses the turf eight times. Granted, both Detroit and concerned. Their defensive line has been able San Diego have experienced some injuries along to generate consistent pressure that is battering their offensive lines, but two consecutive games opposing quarterbacks and allowing the team’s improved secondary to make plays on the back by ANDY THAYER of inflicting tangible physical damage to opposing SPORTS COLUMNIST quarterbacks is the start of a trend, and the league end of the defense. is taking notice of the Vikings’ defense, which has For fans that have followed head coach Mike Zimmer’s career, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. As Zimmer’s fingerprints all over it.

The team’s secondary is also playing well. Despite not a long-time defensive coordinator, he has a history of developing stout 4-3 defenses that get after the quarterback and generating tons of interceptions thus far, they are making feature ballhawks in coverage. Zimmer earned his stripes in plays on the ball, tackling relatively well, and minimizing Dallas under Barry Switzer and remained with the Cowboys yardage after the catch. Cornerback Xavier Rhodes, who through the Bill Parcells era, peaking in 2003 when his de- should return from a concussion this week to face Denver, fense gave up the fewest yards in the NFL. After a brief stint plays a physical style that usually finds him in the back pockin Atlanta, Zimmer moved to Cincinnati, where he earned et of the receiver he is covering. Safety Harrison Smith is alAssistant Coach of the Year honors in 2009 from multiple ways flying to the ball. Even rookie Trae Waynes made some outlets after guiding a Bengals defense that annually ranked nice plays in relief of Rhodes last week. in the top 10 in both yards and points allowed.

Things are coming together nicely, and the timing Things are no different in Minnesota, where the Vikings’ couldn’t be better as the team travels to face 3-0 Denver in a defense has already improved by leaps and bounds from the huge game this week. Peyton Manning isn’t the same player collection of 11 turnstiles the team routinely placed on the he was a few years ago, and if the Vikings’ pass rush can field under Leslie Frazier. The statistics do not yet identify get a few licks on him early, it could dramatically change the Vikings as an elite defense in 2015, but the eye test tells a the course of the game. The Vikings now have a legitimate different story. defensive identity, and if they can affect Peyton Manning the The last two quarterbacks that have faced the Vikings same way they affected Matthew Stafford and Philip Rivers, have left the field as battered, bloody messes. After a vic- people are going to truly begin to take notice of Mike Zimtory over Detroit in week two, Lions quarterback Matthew mer’s Vikings.

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LOCAL NEWS

City thriving continued from front___ have had to sit on debt over the last 10 years – our taxpayers’ have not.”

Multi-family establishments are starting to take off in the Sauk Rapids area as well.

For the most part, multifamily and apartment buildings have not been a part of growth, as economically it didn’t make sense for developers to build in Benton County compared to other cities in adjacent communities. But recently, apartment and townhome building has become more viable and developers are building all over the country as fast as they can.

Sauk Rapids has a 72-unit com-

plex being built by Kuepers, Inc., of Brainerd, and Alliance Building Corporation, from St. Cloud plan to build near Creekside. Torborg Builders are also adding townhomes near their Wildflower Terrace apartments.

“There seems to be a shift in how younger generations are thinking,” Schultz said.

“They don’t have the American Dream of owning a home like their parents did. Generally, they don’t want to take care of lawns. They don’t want landscaping and gardens. , they want to go hiking, biking, hunting, fishing and skiing. They don’t like to spend their free

Sauk Rapids Police Department Activity

Sauk Rapids Police Department Activity Week of Sept. 14-20 Monday, Sept. 14 2:30am: Open Door 3:10am: Suspicious Activity on Benton Dr. N 3:20am: Suspicious Activity on Benton Dr. S 4:23am: Assist Other Agency 11:04am: Theft on the 1200 block of 10th St. N 12:20pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 12:34pm: Assist Other Agency 1:27pm: Dispute on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. 1:35pm: Theft on the 200 block of Benton Dr. N 2:33pm: Assist Other Agency 5:19pm: Juvenile Problem on 10th Ave. NE 5:27pm: Suspicious Activity on the 500 block of 9 ½ St. N 6:45pm: Disorderly Conduct on the 700 block of Broadway Ave. S 7:10pm: Welfare Check on Co. Rd. 3 7:30pm: Found Property on the 1500 block of Prairie View La NE 7:50pm: Traffic Accident on Benton Dr. N 8:47pm: Shots Fired on the 700 block of Schooners End 11:41pm: Welfare Check on the 100 block of 2nd Ave. N (1 traffic stop- Verbal Warning issued) Tuesday, Sept. 15 9:09am: Assist Public 10:17am: Missing Person on the 300 block of 2nd Ave. S 10:51am: Assault on Industrial Blvd.

10:58am: Assist Other Agency 11:09am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 11:40am: Suicidal Person on the 200 block of 2nd Ave. S 1:14pm: Criminal Damage to Property on the 1500 block of Peach Ct. 2:25pm: Warrant Arrest on the 1400 block of 10th Ave. NE 3:00pm: Suspicious Activity on 10th Ave. N 4:40pm: Burglary on the 200 block of 13th St. N 4:57pm: Found Property on the 1300 block of Broadway Ave. S 5:00pm: Civil Problem on the 1200 block of 2nd Ave. N 6:29pm: Parking Complaint 7:13pm: Burglary on the 300 block of 13th St. N 7:13pm: Criminal Damage to Property on the 1300 block of 13th St. Cir. 7:14pm: Unwanted 7:23pm: Missing Person on the 1500 block of Perennial Dr. NE 7:30pm: Assist Other Agency 8:45pm: Disturbance/Noise Complaint on the 1100 block of 1st Ave. N 11:53pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist One traffic stop, written warning issued.

Wednesday, Sept. 16 3:03am: Detox 4:03am: Alarm 5:45am: Theft from Auto on the 1100 block of 1st Ave. N 8:07am: Found Property on the 100 block of 3rd Ave. S 8:44am: Traffic/Driving Complaint 9:56am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 5:06pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 5:28pm: Trespassing on the 100 block of 1st St. S 5:33pm: 911 Hang Up 6:20pm: Terroristic Threats on the 900 block of 10th St. NE 6:35pm: Civil Problem on the 700 block of Broadway Ave. S 8:03pm: Alarm 9:00pm: Assist Public 9:57pm: Suspicious Activity on the 800 block of 3rd Ave. S 10:51pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 11:45pm: Disturbance/Noise Complaint on the 1400 block of 2nd Ave. N Thursday, Sept. 17 8:25am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 8:57am: Theft on the 200 block of Summit Ave. N 9:21am: Traffic/Driving Complaint 9:49am: Theft from auto on the 300 block of 13th St. N 2:13pm: Assist Other Agency 2:42pm: Recovered Stolen Property on the 1200 block of River Ave. S 2:52pm: Theft on the 1100 block of Garden Brook Dr. 4:10pm: Civil Problem on Benton Dr. N 4:18pm: Warrant on the 700 block of Summit Ave. S 5:19pm: Found Property on the 800 block of 7th Ave. N 5:49pm: Civil Problem on Summit

Ave. N 5:57pm: Suspicious Activity on 2nd St. N 8:56pm: Suspicious Activity on the 300 block of 5th St. S 9:13pm: Assist Public 9:37pm: Juvenile Problem on the 1400 block of 2nd St. N 10:26pm: Assault on the 200 block of Industrial Blvd.

10:42pm: Alarm 11:26pm: Disorderly Conduct on the 1200 block of 1st St. S Two traffic stops, verbal warnings issued.

Friday, Sept. 18 1:00am: Alarm 2:12am: Suspicious Activity on the 800 block of 3rd Ave. N 3:45am: Warrant Arrests on the 700 block of 2nd Ave. N 4:56am: Assist Public 6:38am: Assist Other Agency 8:00am: Welfare Check on the 100 block of 15th Ct. 9:34am: Traffic/Driving Complaint 10:07am: Lost/Missing Property on the 100 block of 8th Ave. S 10:37am: Assist Public 10:57am: Alcohol Violations on the 1100 block of Summit Way 10:59am: Burglary on the 1100 block of Franklin Ave. 11:24am: Escort 11:57am: Burglary on the 1100 block of Franklin Ave. 12:15pm: Theft on the 1400 block of 2nd Ave. N 1:20pm: Theft from Auto on the 700 block of 9th Ave. S 1:28pm: Suspicious Activity on the 1800 block of Eastern Star Loop 2:13pm: Escort 2:57pm: Found Property on the 1900 block of Benton Dr. N 3:57pm: Unwanted 4:00pm: Suicidal Person on the 700 block of ½ St. S 4:04pm: Unwanted 4:14pm: Police Proactive Visit 4:14pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 4:29pm: Suspicious Activity on the 2600 block of Olive La 4:40pm: Theft on the 800 block of Co. Rd. 3 4:41pm: Animal Complaint on the 900 block of 1st St. S 5:19pm: Juvenile Problem on the 900 block of 3rd Ave. N 6:05pm: Unwanted 7:18pm: Dispute on the 700 block of 2nd Ave. N 7:55pm: Police Proactive Visit 9:10pm: Harassment on the 2000 block of E Highview Dr. 11:07pm: Welfare Check on the 900 block of 1st St. S Two traffic stops, one verbal warning and one citation issued.

Saturday, Sept. 19 3:03am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 7:30am: Suspicious Activity on the 300 block of 3rd Ave. S 3:20pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 6:16pm: Animal Complaint on the 800 block of Benton Dr. N 6:56pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 7:00pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 7:25pm: Traffic Accident on Industrial Blvd.

7:44pm: Traffic Accident on the 200 block of 13th St. N 8:10pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 8:13pm: Traffic/Driving Complaint 9:16pm: Suspicious Activity on the 800 block of N River Ave. 9:23pm: Parking Complaint 9:23pm: Burglary on the 1100 block of 7th Ave. N 10:36pm: Shots Fired on the 1400 block of Broadway Ave. S 11:26pm: Suspicious Activity on the 1200 block of 1st St. S 11:57pm: Welfare Check on the 800 block of 5th Ave. N Two traffic stops, verbal warnings issued.

Sunday, Sep. 20 12:01am: Traffic/Driving Complaint 12:12am: Tamper with Vehicle on the 300 block of Benton Dr. N 12:33am: Dispute on the 1200 block of 2nd Ave. N 1:05am: Theft on the 100 block of 1st St. S 3:24am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 8:34am: Alarm 8:41am: Theft from Auto on the 2500 block of Olive Lane 11:15am: Medical/Ambulance Assist 12:29pm: Alarm 12:58pm: Assist Other Agency 6:29pm: Medical/Ambulance Assist 7:06pm: Theft 11:24pm: Assist Public 11:39pm: Suspicious Activity on the 100 block of 2nd Ave. N

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time working on a house.”

Both younger generations and retirement age residents are looking for convenience and amenities when looking for a place to call home. Heated garages, pools, theatre and community rooms are trumping shoveling snow and mowing lawns. Writing out one check to a management unit is winning over paying maintenance on appliances and unforeseen household costs.

The storefront Although empty storefronts look unnatural to those driving by, the city is pleased with the improvements of the downtown area and business is strong.

“You’re constantly going to have a certain percentage of businesses coming and going,” said Schultz. “People are coming up with things they would like to do commercially. Some of them work and some of them don’t. So having people come and go in a commercial downtown area is generally healthy.”

Before the construction of the new bridge, Sauk Rapid’s downtown area was not inviting to new business and growth.

“We had the lowest land values and lease rates in central Minnesota,” said Schultz.

“People didn’t want to come here to do business. They didn’t want to come here to shop, and at that time there was talk around town about abandoning the old downtown area to commercially develop the area on top of the hill near Highway 10.”

Residents didn’t approve.

After meetings with residents, it was clear that many were proud Sauk Rapids had an old downtown area unlike cities such as Waite Park, Sartell and St. Augusta.

“People identified and differentiated Sauk Rapids because of the downtown area.

They loved that we had a downtown, but didn’t like the way it looked and functioned,” Schultz said.

The city and Stearns County were going to proceed with plans for a new bridge, so it seemed feasible to upgrade and enhance the downtown area at the same time. The city asked residents to approve a half-cent sales tax in the general election to help with those improvements and sought money from the state to help relocate businesses who would be displaced by the construction of the new bridge.

“We essentially invested a ton of money in our downtown and overnight the economics of our downtown completely flipped. It went from a downtown where businesses didn’t want to be, to one where busi-

Obituaries

Marcella M. Streit Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sauk Rapids for Marcella M. Streit, age 86, who passed away Sunday at Carefree Living in St. Cloud. Rev. Ralph Zimmerman will officiate and burial will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the services Friday at the church. Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 Auxiliary will pray at 6 p.m., followed by Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992 Auxiliary at 6:30 p.m., and parish prayers at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Sauk Rapids.

Marcie was born April 26, 1929, in Holdingford to John and Frances (Symanietz) Benkowski. She married Albert Streit on Nov. 16, 1946, in Holdingford. Marcie lived in the Sauk Rapids/ St. Cloud area most of her life. She was a waitress at the Ace Bar in St. Cloud for many years and was a cook

at Pleasantview Elementary in Sauk Rapids, retiring in 1993.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 Auxiliary, and Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992 Auxiliary.

Marcie enjoyed crocheting, playing cards especially cribbage, puzzles, bingo, manicures, jewelry, bling, polka dots and butterflies. She was a happy, sweet and social person.

Survivors include her children, Diane (Cameron) Cross of Mound, Duane (Patti) of Sun City West, Ariz., Dayle (Linda Berreau) of Prior Lake, Darby (Marita) of Bloomington, Dennis (Shelby) of Sha-

nesses were seeking space.

More and more people are coming to shop and spend time in our downtown area. It is light years different from what it was 12 years ago,” Schultz said.

John Doughs Pizza will be opening soon in the old Pizza Hut building on Benton Drive, Roy Dodds, owner of Flying Pig Pizza Co., has a purchase agreement for the empty legion building. Dodds plans on finally expanding into the space with his brew-pub idea under the name of Urban Moose Brewery Co. One misconception many residents may have is related to the building which housed O’Reilly Auto Parts, on the corner of Second Street North and Benton Drive, which has sat vacant for years. In reality, even though there are for sale signs on the property, the owners have shown little interest in renting or selling to anyone as they still have an actively paying O’Reilly tenant for the remainder of the 12-year signed lease contract.

The city and Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA)has also been working on obtaining land and structures which they have identified as areas they would like to improve in the downtown.. The Sauk Rapids HRA purchased the strip mall near the meat locker on Benton Drive earlier in 2015. They have not yet

entered into an agreement, but are currently negotiating on the locker adjacent to that property.

The HRA is also close to an agreement to purchase the large house behind the Dairy Queen, as well, but nothing is concrete as of yet.

“Those properties are three our HRA identified as properties specifically in our downtown area they would like us to do something with. It looks like we’ve come to an agreement on two of them, and we are still negotiating on the third. If we get the third one by the end of the year we will have achieved that goal. Even if we demolish and put green space in those areas, it will still be an improvement to the downtown,” Schultz said.

The factory front If you tell someone you can’t find a job in Sauk Rapids, you may be a liar.

A quick look through the classified section will show you many businesses are looking to hire and grow their businesses more than they have already.

Businesses in Sauk Rapids are no different, and the jobs available in the community continue to grow.

When Stearns Manufacturing was bought out by Coleman in 2008, the plant was the largest employer in the city with over 200 employees. Most of those jobs were shipped to Asia. About two years ago,

Marcella M. Streit

kopee and Donna (Brian) Lommel of Sartell; sister and brothers, Valarie Bares of Milwaukee, Wis., Eugene Benkowski of Richfield, Kenny (Diane) Benkowski of Bloomington and Arlie (Donna) Benkowski of Blaine; grandchildren, Jason (Deanna) Cross, Adam (Leslie) Cross, Jeremy (Jenny) Streit, Ashley (Steve) Horn, Aaron, Austin, Alec and Nathan (Daisy) Streit, Meghan (Mike) Swenson, Dalton Streit, Jordan, Jonathan and Jayden Lommel; and great-grandchildren, Abigail, Lucas and Whitney Cross, Landon and Logan Swenson, Stephen and Greta Streit.

Marcie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Albert; and brothers, Marlin and Ben Benkowski.

A special thank you to Carefree Living Staff, and her many close friends at Carefree Living and CentraCare Hospice, especially Molly, for the wonderful care given to Marcie.

Obituary, Guest Book and video tribute available online at: www.williamsdingmann.com.

Sauk Rapids, in partnership with the state, offered a Minnesota investment forgivable loan where they agreed to bring 100 of those jobs back, Schultz said.

“They’ve fulfilled that obligation and in fact have grown beyond that ¬– right now they are close to 250 employees in that plant. There are more people now, I believe, than there were before they left for Asia, so that’s fantastic,” Schultz said.

In the last three years, Talon Innovations and C4 Welding, Inc. have had quick growth expanding from 50 to 200-plus and 16 to 80-plus employees, respectively. Nahan Printing, Inc., although no longer occupying the building in Sauk Rapids, did not lay off a single person when they invested in their new machines and displaced those located in Sauk Rapids to their St. Cloud location, Schultz said.

Another new addition to the community will be a Gold ‘n’ Plump hatchery, which will expand into the building previously known as Crystal Cabinets Works on Industrial Boulevard. The building was purchased by GNP Company late 2014, but has made recent progress to convert and open the building as a hatchery in February 2016.

LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES GRAHAM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2265 135th St. NE Rice (6mi. E. of Rice) Pastor Sue Maki Sunday Service: 9am Sunday School: 10:15am ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH Mayhew Lake Fr. Tom Becker Sunday Mass: 10am IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH 130 1st Ave NE Rice Fr. Tom Becker Saturday Mass: 5pm Sunday Mass: 8am CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART 2875 10th Ave. NE Sauk Rapids Father Ralph G. Zimmerman Saturday Mass: 5pm Sunday Masses: 8 & 10am Monday: 8am;Tuesday: 5:30pm; Wednesday-Friday: 8am LIVING WATERS LUTHERAN 1911 4th Ave N Sauk Rapids

Pastor Todd Mattson (ELCA) Pastor of CL: Denise Hanson www.lwlcmn.org; 255-1135 Sunday/Holy Com: 8:30 &10am Child & Adult Ed. 9:40am RICE COMMUNITY CHURCH 205 Main St. E Rice, 393-2203 Pastor Emil Williams Sunday Worship: 10am Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm at Pine Country Bank 750 County Road 21 NE THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 325 11th St. N Sauk Rapids Pastor Donald Wilke Sunday Service: 10am LC-MS Wednesday Service: 10am LC-MS PETRA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1049 1st Ave. N Sauk Rapids Pastor Bryan Prell; 252-0120 Sunday Worship: 8 & 10:30am Sunday/Bible School 9:15am K-8 Day School: M-F 7:45am-2:15pm ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN 6855 Golden Spike Rd Sauk Rapids

Rev. Timothy Rehwaldt Sunday Service: 10:30am Sunday School 9:30am

Pastor Kirk Knudsen, 252-2960 Sunday Contemporary: 10am Children Promiseland: 10am (Sept-May)

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 2163 Mayhew Lk Rd. NE Sauk Rapids Pastor Paul Cloeter Sunday Service: 8 & 10:30am Sunday Bible Study 9:15am Sunday Radio 8am WVAl Monday Service: 6pm

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A girl, her dog and Clifford

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER Jillian Summers was like many other kids who watched cartoons in the morning and loved stuffed animals. Her fa-

vorite cartoon, by far, was Clifford the Big Red Dog. “We happened to be watching PBS one morning while she was eating breakfast, and Clifford was on. She was two and she instantly loved it,” said Deb-

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Jillian and her dog, Torri, were best friends. Since Jillian’s passing, her younger brother, Tyler, has continued the agility training with Torri.

PUBLIC NOTICES SAUK RAPIDS-RICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47 REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY BOARD MEETING Monday, August 24, 2015

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Benton County Board of Adjustment will conduct public hearings on October 15th, 2015 in the Commissioner’s Room, Benton County Government Center, Foley, beginning at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following: 1. 7:00 p.m. Sharon and Richard Schmit requesting a variance to connect an existing house to an existing garage, the garage being 46 ft. from the property line (50 ft. required) in the Agricultural District. Pursuant to Sections 7.1.30 and 11.5.1.

The affected property is described as follows: part of the NW1/4 SE1/4, Section 35, St. George Township. The on-site inspection of this property will be made at approximately 1:15 p.m. on October 15th, 2015.

2. 7:10 p.m. Michael and Randi Allgood requesting a variance to construct a 2,880 sq. ft. storage structure on a 2.11 acres lot (1,800 sq. ft. allowed) in the R-1 Residential District. Pursuant to Sections 6.2.7 and 11.5.1. The affected property is described as follows: Lot 9, Block 1, Lakewood Shores, Section 15, Watab Township. The on-site inspection of this property will be made at approximately 1:55 p.m. on October 15th, 2015.

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Bruce, Debbie and Tyler surround Jillian Summers and her dog, Torri, during a family photo taken three days prior to Jillian’s surgery and passing.

Debbie said. “For a long time, she looked everywhere for Jillian and still she looks for Jillian to come home. She misses Jillian a lot and will go into her room, rest her chin on the bed and whimper. If we have something with Jillian’s scent on it, Torri will come running.”

Their family has a purple Christmas tree, a paw print and an angel in their backyard to honor Jillian.

“We like to think of her as watching over us. I know she’s in Heaven, so the angel just seemed like the right thing to do,” Debbie said. “The paw print demonstrates what was a big part of her life – her love for Clifford and animals, particularly her dog, Torri.”

Her brother, Tyler, and she

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“He feels closer to her when he wears the jersey with the 98 on it,” Debbie said. “Jillian didn’t get to see him play junior high football.”

Since her passing, they have left her bedroom exactly as she left it, stuffed animals and all.

They also have left the Clifford room exactly as she organized it.

“Clifford was such a big part of her life and helped her handle that she wasn’t well,” Debbie said. “Anytime you see Clifford, you feel a connection.”

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When Jillian came home from the hospital, Torri would lay with her on the floor until she was feeling better.”

She and Torri spent several hours doing agility training and also competed, winning several placement ribbons.

Jillian has two Clifford books dedicated to her, “Clifford Goes to the Doctor” and “Clifford Visits the Zoo.” Unfortunately, she did not get to see the second book’s dedication.

Jillian passed away on June 23, 2013 at the young age of 14, while she was in surgery for her second liver transplant.

“Jillian had a love for Jesus in her heart that she shared with everyone she met, and it shined through everyday moments as well as the big things. She had a faith the size of a city building. I can’t tell you how strong it was,” Debbie said. “I was in the operating room with her and before she was all the way under, she pulled off the anesthesia mask and she looked at me and said, ‘Don’t worry, mom, God’s got this covered.’ That was the last thing she said to me. Even at a time when I know she was probably scared, she was more worried about us being comforted.”

The second transplant gave hope to Jillian. Her friendship with Mr. Bridwell had blossomed, and she had the goal to meet him after the transplant.

They had tried to schedule a visit with Jillian and Mr. Bridwell previously, but health issues prevented Mr. Bridwell from traveling. Jillian couldn’t fly and wasn’t healthy enough to make the long drive to Massachusetts.

Jillian’s parents and younger brother miss her every minute of each day, but do everything they can to carry on in her honor.

Tyler continues to train with Torri, and works hard to win ribbons for Jillian.

“She is still Jillian’s dog,”

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A semi-monthly meeting of the Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD 47 Board of Education was called to order by Chair Hauck Monday, August 24, 2015, at seven o’clock p.m. in the SRRHS Board Room of said district.

ROLL CALL Members present included Braun, Hauck, Holthaus, Fiereck, Morse, Rogholt and Solarz. Others present were Superintendent Bittman, Business Manager Eisenschenk, Director of Teaching and Learning Bushman, and Director of Community Education Wilke.

APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA A motion was made by Holthaus, seconded by Morse and unanimously carried approving the meeting’s “Agenda” as amended.

CONSENT AGENDA A motion was made by Fiereck, seconded by Rogholt and carried by a margin of six, with Hauck abstaining, to approve the meeting’s “Consent Agenda.”

ACTION ITEMS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO REFINANCE GO SCHOOL BUILDING REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2006A A motion was made by Fiereck, seconded by Braun and unanimously carried to authorize the sale of Bonds to refinance the GO School Building Refunding Bonds, Series 2006A. Sale information will be brought to the September 28, 2015 Board meeting for consideration.

PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input at 7:46 p.m.

ACTION ITEMS (continued) APPROVAL OF THE TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING DATE AND TIME A motion was made by Braun, seconded by Rogholt and unanimously carried to approve the 2015 “Truth in Taxation” hearing for Monday, December 14, 2015, to be held during the regular School Board meeting that evening beginning at seven o’clock p.m.

ADOPTION OF POLICY #103 (Complaints – Students, Employees, Parents, Other Persons) A motion was made by Fiereck, seconded by Morse and unanimously carried to adopt this “recommended policy,” which replaces current policy #103 (Complaints – Students, Employees, Parents, Other Persons).

ADOPTION OF POLICY #206 (Public Participation in School Board Meetings/Complaints about Persons at School Board Meetings and Data Privacy Considerations) A motion was made by Morse, seconded by Solarz and unanimously carried to adopt this “recommended policy,” which replaces current policy #206 (Public Participation in School Board Meetings/Complaints about Persons at School Board Meetings and Data Privacy Considerations).

ADOPTION OF POLICY #209 (Code of Ethics) A motion was made by Braun, seconded by Fiereck and unanimously carried to adopt this “recommended policy,” which replaces current policy #209 (Code of Ethics).

ADJOURNMENT With no further business appearing before the Board, a motion was made by Solarz, seconded by Rogholt and unanimously carried adjourning the meeting at 8:17 p.m.

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What she and her family would have never expected was how Clifford would become such a part of her life as she grew up.

Jillian was born with biliary atresia, a rare disease of the liver and bile ducts that occurs in infants, with symptoms of the disease appearing and developing at about 2 to 8 weeks of age. The doctors realized her liver was posing serious problems when she was 10 days old.

Jillian had her first major surgery when she was 3 months, and her first liver transplant at 20 months.

Because of the disease, Jillian had to have labs done frequently, sometimes three times per week, and each time, her dad, Bruce, brought home a new Clifford book as her reward.

“The books were a big part of her love for Clifford,” Debbie said. “She could read the Clifford books to us long before she could read. We read them to her so often that she memorized the stories.”

In addition to countless labs and tests, Jillian also developed an infection in her liver that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. It was during one of these particular stays that Jillian was blessed with a one-of-a-kind opportunity.

One of the nurses at the hospital saw Jillian’s love for Clifford and called her aunt in Massachusetts, who babysat Emily Elizabeth when she was young. Emily Elizabeth and Mr. Norman Bridwell, the authors of the Clifford series, sent Jillian a box of Clifford items, including an Emily Elizabeth doll with clothes, Clifford books and tapes and a stuffed Clifford.

“That is how her collection started. Clifford became her friend that helped her through everything,” Debbie said.

Jillian wrote Mr. Bridwell a thank you note, and from then on, they continued to correspond.

“He took time out of his busy life to write to a little girl in Rice,” Debbie said. “She would get so excited when she’d go get the mail. Even her little brother learned that when those letters came, it was a big deal.”

She always made sure to update Mr. Bridwell on how she was doing health-wise, and would write about about things such as going to the cabin with her family or her grandparents coming to visit. She also was sure to send him a birthday card. In addition to letters, Mr. Bridwell often sent gifts and even drew a few special pictures with Jillian’s name on them.

One of the biggest topics of conversation was when Jillian got her own dog, Torri.

Jillian’s wished to have her own puppy, and for her golden birthday, she got her wish. Torri is a German Shephard that was bred particularly for Jillian by someone who knew her health issues.

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AMOUNT DUE AND TIME AND DATE TO CLAIMED TO BE DUE VACATE PROPERTY: If the AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, real estate is an owner-occupied, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, single-family dwelling, unless PAID BY MORTGAGEE: otherwise provided by law, the $177,213.03 date on or before which the That prior to the mortgagor(s) must vacate the commencement of this property if the mortgage is not mortgage foreclosure reinstated under section 580.30 proceeding Mortgagee/ or the property is not redeemed Assignee of Mortgagee under section 580.23 is 11:59 complied with all notice p.m. on April 21, 2016 unless requirements as required by that date falls on a weekend statute; That no action or or legal holiday, in which case proceeding has been instituted it is the next weekday, and at law or otherwise to recover unless the redemption period is the debt secured by said reduced to 5 weeks under MN mortgage, or any part thereof; Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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Bolt, the new school mascot, was revealed to the students and faculty at the pep fest on Sept. 25. Later that evening, Bolt made its debut to the community at the Homecoming football game.

Leading the Saluting great accomplishments in the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School

Dean Marlin Parents: Michelle and Scott Marlin Grade: 12 Accomplishment: Is a senior cocaptain on the Sauk Rapids-Rice boys’ soccer team. He is a defenseman for the Storm.

What do you like most about soccer? Playing the game with my teammates. I really like being outside on the soccer field kicking the ball around and supporting other players on the field. The intensity and civility of the game are also a lot of fun to be a part of.

What is your favorite thing to do on the field? I love playing defense, making great passes and playing physical on the soccer field.

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Faculty and staff in the SRRHS gym performed a dancing skit to “Cupid Shuffle” for the students at the pep fest before the Sept. 25 homecoming football game.

Tell us about the most memorable game you’ve ever been a part of. My most memorable game was against Apollo Monday night, because I cleared the game winning assist in overtime. It was also my best, and hardest game I’ve had to play in my soccer career. It was the perfect game, with plenty of intensity as we went into overtime and eventually won. It was such an important win because, they had won state last year and were projected to be very good.

What has been your favorite high school class to date?

My all time favorite class AP U.S. History because of the rigor and history that I learned. Ever since I learned to read, I read books about history. I like learning about our past. It is interesting to learn about people and events that shaped our world today. I want to be a history teacher, so it was a class that I really enjoyed.

Tell us about a skill you possess that most people don’t know.I am very adaptable and easy going. I like to try new things and be open to new ideas and concepts.

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What are some words you like to live by? Hard work, perseverance, good attitude and community.

Blake Stern, football team manager, ran the ball back to coach Magnuson during the pep fest.

What is your favorite meal, movie, social media and song? My favorite meal is fish and chips. My favorite movie is 300. My favorite social media site is Twitter. My favorite song is ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ by The Weeknd.

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Seniors showed their school spirit in a shouting match at the high school pep fest.

What are your future plans? I want to go away to college and also study abroad. I am looking at going to St. Mary’s in Winona or Concordia in Moorhead for secondary education.

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The Storm welcomed last year’s state winning squad of St. Cloud Apollo on Sept. 24 and won 3-2 in a high-energy, overtime game. The win marks the first ever victory against Apollo, who used to be a SRR co-op team.

SRR scoring in the first half was kicked off by Marolf when he slid one by Apollo goalkeeper with a Lain assist.

Then in the middle of the first, Bjorn Hanson netted a goal to bring the Storm to 2-0 with a Dean Marlin assist.

In the second half, Apollo came out strong and tied the game with a goal from Logan Lommel and another from an Apollo forward with 16 minutes to play.

With just 30 seconds on the clock in overtime, the game was decided. Marolf scored off a Marlin assist.

“It was one of the best feelings in the world to have a game winning assist,” Marlin said. “But, it was a team effort. We wouldn’t have scored without all 11 guys on the field playing to the best of their ability.”

Ethan Baker had 19 noteworthy saves for the Storm, including some key highlight reel saves in the second half to ensure the tie to lead to overtime play.

“To beat the reigning state champs at their own field in overtime was an amazing moment for our soccer program,” Marlin said. “It shows we are contenders, and when we play our game, there isn’t anything we can’t do. I don’t think there is a team left on our schedule that we can’t beat.”

Sauk Rapids-Rice 5, Fergus Falls 0 The Sauk Rapids-Rice boys’ soccer team handed a decisive 5-0 loss to the visiting Fergus Falls Otters Sept.

22 Two early first half goals set the pace for the Storm.

Patrick O’Brien, senior defenseman, found the back of the net with the help a McKinley Lain assist just five minutes into play.

Five minutes later, Alex Martins, senior midfielder, handed an assist to junior midfielder Grant Marolf who brought the score to 2-0 at the half.

The Storm came out strong in the second half with three goals landing behind the Fergus keeper.

O’Brien added his second goal of the night from a corner kick off of Grant Marolf.

Then, Everett Moliga brought SRR to 4-0 with help from Kieran Emery, junior forward.

Moliga then assisted Marolf who rounded out the game with his second goal.

Baker had his first shutout on the season with 12 saves.

The Storm hosted Becker last night and will kick off with St. Cloud Cathedral on Monday, Oct. 5.

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The SSRHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2015 Mike Rinke (from left), Nona Saldana-Ewell, Jeremy Christie and Greta Bauer were officially installed as the fourth hall of fame class at the Sept. 26 ceremony.

Greta Bauer was in track and field, gymnastics and cross country, and she reminisced those days as she returned home to Sauk Rapids for her hall of fame induction.

by ANNA SALDANA STAFF WRITER

Four former Sauk Rapids-Rice athletes were inducted into the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Athletic Hall of

Fame on Sept. 26.

This year’s inductees were Mike Rinke, class of 1981, Nona Saldana-Ewell, class of 1990, Jeremy Christie, class of 1995 and Greta Bauer, class of 2000. The

group is the fourth class to be inducted.

“I am honored to be from Sauk Rapids and am extremely honored to accept this award today,” Bauer said.

Each of the inductees was introduced by former coaches or friends, and gave a speech themselves. There were many family and friends in attendance, as well as former inductees.

“They are already part of the Sauk Rapids family, but

now they are a part of the hall of fame family, so it’s nice for the former inductees to be here as well,” said Luke Lutterman, Activities Director for the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School. “What it comes down to and what I enjoy the most are the stories and the lives that are affected, and having a time to share and learn, and gain a respect for the history of Sauk Rapids. It’s a successful day when we can do that.”

Storm lose four-set battle to Alexandria

by MARK KLAPHAKE STAFF WRITER

Playing against one of the Central Lakes Conference bests brought out the best from the Sauk Rapids-Rice volleyball team Sept. 24 in Sauk Rapids.

The Storm gave Alexandria, who came into the match with a 4-2 conference record, all they could handle before losing in four sets, 2225, 15-25, 25-21, 23-25.

“Obviously, we would

have liked to come out with a victory, but the kids kept battling throughout the night,” said head coach Dave Anderson.

The Storm had leads in each set. They jumped ahead 8-4 in the first set after backto-back aces from Brooke Torvik. But the Cardinals went on a 7-1 run to move ahead 11-9. Two consecutive kills from Kyra Harvey tied the game at 11 for SRR, but they

PHOTOS BY MARK KLAPHAKE Sauk Rapids-Rice goalkeeper, Ethan Baker, catches the ball Sauk Rapids-Rice outside hitter Kyra Harvey hits the ball without fumbling to avoid a goal for the Fergus Falls Otters.

Baker had his first shutout of the season with 12 saves during past two Alexandria defenders during the four-set match against the Alexandria Cardinals Sept. 24 in Sauk Rapthe Sept. 22 5-0 win. ids. Harvey led SRR with 17 kills.

would never get the lead again in game one.

SRR led 7-5 in game two before the Cardinals went on a 5-0 spurt to take a 10-7 lead.

The Storm trimmed the deficit to 16-15 after a kill from Angela Konz but Alexandria went on to score the last nine points of the game.

Things turned around for the Storm in game three. They jumped out to a 4-3 lead after consecutive aces from Torvig and kept the lead the rest of the game. Harvey helped seal the game with three kills in the final four

Senior Kahlen Manthey passes the ball to the setter during the first game of the SRR’s 22-25, 1525, 25-21, 23-25 loss to Alexandria Sept. 24.

Storm wiped out by Sabres

Turnovers costly in 49-0 homecoming loss

by BRYAN ZOLLMAN STAFF WRITER

Coming off an impressive win over St. Cloud Tech a week ago, the Sauk RapidsRice Storm were poised to defend their home field to cap off homecoming week last Friday night.

But Sartell-St. Stephen’s defense shut down the Storm offense in a 49-0 victory.

The Sabres scored early and often against the Storm, taking advantage of three interceptions and a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown.

The Sabres got on board in the first quarter when quarterback Chris Belling con-

nected with Jacob Lieberg from 11 yards out for a 7-0 lead.

They tacked on another touchdown in the first quarter when Belling hit Logan Anding from 28 yards out.

The second quarter saw the Sabres score two more times.

Belling and Anding connected again, this time from 15 yards out and then Belling tossed his fourth touchdown pass of the game in the first half on an 18yard strike to Ethan Stark.

The second half was much of the same. Belling threw his fifth touchdown pass to Stark from four yards out for a 35-0 lead. Devin Douvier then ran in for a 1-yard touchdown for a 42-0 lead and the defense returned a fumble 60 yards to cap off the 49-0 win.

The Storm couldn’t get anything going on offense as the Sabres shut down the running game, holding the Storm to just 69 yards on the ground. Senior

SRR points. She had a tremendous hit from the right side that moved the Storm ahead 24-21.

SRR fell behind 15-7 in game four. During one of his timeouts, Anderson refocused his squad.

“I told them to play to the best of their ability one point at a time,” Anderson said.

The girls took the words to heart. Torvig served four straight points that helped cut the deficit to 19-16. With a kill and a couple blocks from Konz, the Storm trimmed the lead to 24-23. Alexandria was able to fend off the rally when they hit the ball off a block to earn the hard-fought victory.

“After game two, we came out and dialed in. Game four was there for the taking,” Anderson said. “A lot of good things came out of the game.”

Harvey was nearly unstoppable in the front row.

She finished with 17 kills.

“She can hit a variety of shots,” Anderson said.

“We’ve been telling the team you are

QB Matt Johnson completed nine passes for 155 yards, but the Storm couldn’t get into the end zone. Tyler Kranz led the receivers with three catches for 79 yards.

Daunte Keller led the defense with five tackles.

The Storm will try to get

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back on the winning track this Friday when they travel to St. Cloud Apollo High School to take on the 1-5 Eagles. Apollo is coming off a 40-20 loss to St. Cloud Tech and has lost their last five games. Sartell improved to 2-4 and will travel to Brainerd (3-3).

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Senior captain Richard Carriveau is attended to by medical personnel after becoming injured in Friday’s game as coach Bill Magnuson looks on.

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Storm run in Rocori invitational

Sweeney finished 45th with a time of 19:37, Dakota Johnson placed 47th and had a time of 19:59, and Jack Grabinski finished 50th with a time of 20:52.

“This was a tougher course, so I am very happy with how our athletes ran,” said Coach Marie Zeilenga.

Girls’ junior varsity race: Team 6th. Michaela Wolfe, 24th 24:03. Carly Spoden, 43rd 26:38.

Nikki Bukowski, 49th 27:34. Skylar Zeilenga, 51st 27:49. Maureen Schimnich, 52nd 27:53. Marissa Leeb, 53rd 28:06. Tatiana Geiger, 61st 32:28.

Boys’ junior varsity race: Team 8th. Isaac Zimmerman, 62nd 21:05. Devin Ballard, 79th 22:06. Nathan Wollak, 83rd 22:20.

Dillan Lam, 92nd 23:17. Shawn Schoen, 96th 23:29. Cole Roach, 97th 23:30. Ryan Kawleski, 99th 23:39. Jared Daniels, 103rd 23:59.

Dylan Andert, 104th 24:07. Morgan Freese, 105th 24:10. Cooper Grau-Firkus, 118th 24:46. Parker PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE Walder, 120th 25:07. Sawyer Amo, 121st 25:09. Tyler Speicher, 130th Kyra Harvey (from left), Brooke Torvik, Angela Konz, Kahlen Manthey, Morgan Held and Brooke Butkowski celebrate a point 27:11. Jacob Kruger, 132nd 27:26. during the Alexandria match Sept. 24 in Sauk Rapids.

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The Granite City Lumberjacks lost their first game of the season when they traveled to play the Twin City Steel on Sept. 25.

Returning Steel forward Joe Costello had one goal and two assists to lead Twin City to a 4-1 victory over Granite City.

Granite City’s defenseman Mack Stevens scored the team’s only goal. Stevens scored 3:53 into the first period to make the score 1-0. Forward Michael Piehler picked up the assist. The Lumberjacks would not set the pace of the game and were quickly overcome.

Twin City also got points

No. 1 singles- G. Middendorf (loss) 0-6, 0-6, No. 2 singles- T. Czech (loss) 0-6, 0-6, No. 3 singles- M. Herzog (loss) 0-6, 0-6, No. 4 singles- J. Middendorf (loss) 0-6, 0-6 No. 1 doubles- N. Otto/E. Barthelemy (loss) 0-6, 0-6, No. 2 doubles- M. Bemboom/R. Leen (loss) 2-6, 1-6, No. 3 doubles- B. Seppelt/ M. Koprek (win) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

The Collision girls’ tennis team, consisting of teammates from Sauk Rapids-Rice, Apollo and Cathedral, fought hard for a win again this week, but fell short in matches against St. Cloud Tech and Brainerd.

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Near the end of the first period, forward Lucas Carroll put the first goal on the scoreboard for the Jacks assisted by forwards Will Mix and Michael Phieler. This line scored another goal in the second period as Granite City netted an additional four by Piehler (unassisted), Kevin Finley (Tanner Skaja, William Sprink) Isaac Kobiena (Logan Neu, Matthew Sprink) and Matt Flom (Tommy Giller, Skaja).

The Lumberjacks continued to show their scoring diversity

as forward Andrej Jamnicky (Clayton Brown, Braden Altena) closed the game 7-0.

Granite City forced Minnesota’s goaltenders to work in net, taking 43 shots and forcing 36 saves. Minnesota Flying Aces goalies Brady Griffin made 36 stops and Quinn Huff made zero. Lumberjack’s goalie Nathan Isaacson rejected 17 shots on goal for the team.

Granite City incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Minnesota incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with four minors.

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Twin City incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.Twin City’s goalie Gunnar Howg saved 33 shots on goal during the game, improving his average of goals against average from 1.5 to Goalie Mac Berglove recorded 30 saves for Granite City. Granite City incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.

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“Our girls served very well. Brainerd likes to run some quick stuff and our serving took them out of that,” Anderson said.

Miranda Bowman led the team with three acres. Morgan Held had an excellent night serving as well, finishing with a perfect 18-18.

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feel comfortable working with each other,” Anderson said. “Our goal is to get better each time we walk on the court, whether it’s practice or a game.”

SRR def. Brainerd, 25-19, 2519, 25-10 The Storm served well when they picked up an impressive three set conference road win over Brainerd Sept. 22.

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“She had a knuckle serve and it’s hard to get a read on what it’s going to do,” Anderson said.

The Storm are 2-4 in the conference and 5-6 overall.

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Konz finished with seven kills and a team-high five blocks.

“She keeps getting better each week. You tell her an adjustment and she’ll make it.

Her confidence got stronger throughout the night,” Anderson said.

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Sauk Rapids-Rice participated in the Rocori invitational, running against stiff competition including Willmar, Alexandria and Rocori on Sept. 24.

In the girls’ varsity race, the Storm fell to an incomplete status. Kaylee Martins led the team across the finish line with a time of 23:05, placing 35th. Emma Mader placed 39th with a time of 24:12, McKenzie Froiland placed 43rd with a time of 25:06, and Matraca Conarro placed 51st with a time of 27:20.

In the boys’ varsity race, the team placed seventh. Ian Galligan led the team with a 25th place finish and a time of 18:28. Sam Ringger, Logan Leavey and Danny Sertich finished 41st, 42nd and 43rd with time of 19:16, 19:26, and 19:27 respectively. Ryan

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The surging Storm Girls rolling in the wins, sights set on top conference

by MARIA HAGER STAFF WRITER

The Storm kicked their way to a winning record (5-4 overall, 4-3 CLC) on the road Sept. 22 when they defeated Fergus Falls 5-1.

Senior midfielder Madyson Mohs placed SRR on the board in the first half with a brace to give the Storm a first half lead of 2-0.

The second half brought an energized performance, which resulted in a flurry of activity in the Otter’s defensive end.

Junior forward Ally Hallonquist beat three defenders to put the ball in the back of the net. Seniors Marianna Blair and Brooke Lorentz added a goal a piece to round

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out the scoring for SRR. Hannah Baker scored the lone Otter goal on a header off of a corner kick. Storm goalkeeper, Megan Ackerman, made five saves; Alicia Niblock had eight saves for the Otters.

Sauk Rapids-Rice 5, St. Cloud Apollo 1 The Eagles of St. Cloud Apollo landed in SRR on Thursday, and fell to the Storm 5-1.

Brook Lorentz, senior, led the way for the Storm with a goal and three assists and junior forward Ally Hallonquist added two of her own. Marianna Blair and Kaelyn Szymanski rounded out the scoring and Megan Ackerman added eight saves in goal.

Anna Carlson stopped 12 shots for the Eagles and Ashley Koepp scored the lone goal.

SRR has scored 13 goals in its last three games against conference foes.

Sauk Rapids-Rice 8, St. John’s Prep 0 Head coach Kris Fremo faced her former team on Monday night when Sauk Rapids hosted St. John’s Prep and handed them a shutout 8-0 defeat.

“We are learning from our mistakes early in the season and were forced to work really hard to overcome those,” Fremo said. “Changes in our

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Katie Lucas, senior defenseman, launches the ball during the Sauk Rapids-Rice 5-1 win over St. Cloud Apollo on Sept. 24.

Brooke Lorentz scored a goal and racked up three assists during the win over Apollo.

play have resulted in us scoring large quantities of goals.

We hope that we can continue to roll in upcoming weeks.”

Fremo’s former SJP varsity assistant coach, Patrick Flynn, has joined forces with Fremo in SRR. The game was the first time the two have coached together against their former team.

“We are in the hunt for one of the top seeds in the section, especially if we can win our remaining games,” Fremo said. “The girls are full of

confidence and they believe in their ability to score and win games.

I can’t express how valuable that is going into our final two weeks of regular season play.”

Monday’s game was also the Tie it Teal game, with both teams displaying teal shoelaces in order to raise awareness of ovarian cancer. The disease often affects young women, and commonly carries no symptoms.

Lorentz had a hat trick on the night, scoring two goals in the first half and adding a third in the second. Senior midfielders Mady Mohs and Anna Hasbrouck each contributed a goal. Mohs had an assist and Hasbrouck added two. Allyson Walz, Abby Schiller and Lucas rounded out the scoring for the Storm.

Johnnie goalkeeper Anna Bender faced 36 shots on the night, 22 on net, making 14 saves.

The Storm improved to

Storm swimmers succumb to Sartell-St. Stephen

by MARIA HAGER STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Rapids-Rice swimmers ventured to Sartell Sept. 24. The Sabres ended their 2014 season with a second-place finish in the Minnesota Class A Swimming and Diving Championships. A top team once again, they handed the Storm their second loss of the season in a 112-72 finish.

Despite the loss, the Storm continued to place their athletic talents in the pool as they came up with a string of top finishes.

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Larissa Kleen, Ella Benoit, Anna Lucas and Sabel Omvongkot joined forces to take first in the 200 medley relay. Benoit, sophomore, captured first in the 100 breaststroke and second in the 200 IM while Omvongkot, sophomore, added a second place finish in the 50 FS. Kleen, senior, went home with the butterfly title and took third in the backstroke.

The Storm faced Little Falls last night and will host St. Cloud Tech on Thursday. The squads of Becker, Big Lake, Princeton, Milaca, Monticello, Foley, Ogilvie,

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One glance at the grassstained jerseys of the Sauk Rapids-Rice soccer teams, and it’s easy to see they’ve been working hard.

The girls’ team is currently sitting at 5-3 in the Central Lakes Conference and 7-4 overall. They look to face the

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The boys are 3-3-1 in the

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