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Metro Bus changes offer quicker access to Northway Drive locations
ST. CLOUD — Sauk Rapids residents and those traveling through the city on Metro Bus will have quicker access to destinations located near Northway Drive beginning next week. Metro Bus is changing route 33 which provides hourly service between Crossroads Center and the Sauk Rapids Coborn’s Superstore. The change is effective Sunday, May 7. “You’ll be able to get from Sauk Rapids Coborn’s to St. Cloud Technical and Community College, Whitney Center or the YMCA Aquatics Center in about 10 minutes on route 33,” said Tom Cruikshank, Chief Operations and Planning OfÀcer for Metro Bus. Route 33 will change to serve Northway Drive on its return trip to Crossroads Center. This change will have minimal impact to the schedule, serving the area between 15th Street North-Northway Drive and 33rd Avenue North-First Street North only two minutes later than previously scheduled. It will provide more direct access from Sauk Rapids to the destinations on Northway Drive. Also effective May 7, is a change to route 32, which provides hourly service in Sartell, will be rerouted to serve Alltran southbound on 14th Avenue East instead of First Street Northeast, with no changes to the bus schedule. The bus stop located by Alltran on First Street Northeast will be removed and replaced with a new stop closer to the Alltran driveway on 14th Avenue East. Route and schedule information is available on the ridemetrobus.com website.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
2017 Women in History 11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379
Dhein, Hiscock, McMillin, Davis recognized for community contributions BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
FOLEY — Community members from across the county gathered Sunday afternoon to celebrate and recognize the 2017 Benton County Women in History. Char Dhein, Darlene Hiscock, Katie McMillin and Madison Davis were honored at a banquet in Foley at Henry’s Catering and Event Center. “We appreciate community members took time to submit nominees for this event because without the community’s participation we would not be here celebrating in conjunction with Women’s History Month in March,” said Mary Ostby, executive director of Benton County Historical Society. Each year the BCHS invites the public to nominate women from the county who have dedicated time, effort and energy to the community through family, work and volunteering. Adult women are selected, as well as one junior honoree determined by Foley and Sauk Rapids-Rice High Schools on an alternating yearly basis. Each woman was recognized with a plaque and pottery gift. They will also have their names engraved into a placard which hangs at the BCHS. The recipients are: Char Dhein (Sauk Rapids) Dhein married her husband Dan in 2001, and their blended family includes six children — Marri, Nick, Adam, Jason, Britt and Jess. She has two grandchildren Jackson and Broden. After graduating from the College of St. Benedict with bachelor’s degrees in both psychology and American History, the former Sauk Rapids student continued her career in the family business Granite Care Home. Granite Care Home was established in 1961 by her parents
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Katie McMillin, Madison Davis, Darlene Hiscock and Char Dhein are the Benton County Historical Society’s 2017 Women in History. They were recognized at a banquet at Henry’s Catering and Event Center in Foley April 30.
Quinton and Marian Hommerding and provided care and a home-living environment for 23 developmentally disabled individuals. Dhein has been an important part of the business throughout the years. She is listed as program manager and owner, but has taken her job to the highest level of heart. Dhein has made it her mission to advocate for people with development disabilities and has seen Granite Care Home and its clients through some difÀcult legislative changes and decisions. She transitioned the clients from their historic residence to six separate housing locations when legislative changes required smaller clientele ratios per household, and aided in the addition of a senior facility Ridgeview Place. Dhein has
also mentored and consulted others in the industry and is a member of the Association of Residential Resources of Minnesota. With her background and knowledge of the people, families and businesses in Sauk Rapids and her love for history, Dhein became involved with the local historical society and volunteered from 2000-14 as a Benton County Historical Society Board of Director and is a long term member of the organization. Darlene Hiscock (Rice) Darlene Hiscock has been married to her husband Gerald for 54 years and has lived in the Rice area for the last 45. They are parents to Kimberly Kosloski and Dale Hiscock, and grandparents to Kayla, Kari and
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Heintze, Sass volunteer for added longevity
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One injured in broadside crash
RICE — A Royalton woman was injured in a broadside crash on Highway 10 April 25. Carol Forbes-Manske, 61, was taken to the St. Cloud Hospital for non life-threatening injuries following a three-car crash around 4:20 p.m. Troy Dulude, 41, of Pierz, was traveling westbound on Little Rock Road when he failed to yield for the stop sign at Highway 10. His vehicle struck that of ForbesManske, who was in the right northbound lane on the highway. As a result of the collision, Forbes Manske’s vehicle struck the pickup of Cameron Ganz, 19, of Rice, who was in the left northbound lane. Ganz and Dulude suffered no injuries in the accident.
BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS — Last week, community members who give their time and efforts were recognized during National Volunteer Week. Volunteerism is a staple in communities across the United States, and Minnesota is no different. According to the 2015 statistics from the Corporation for National and Community Service, Minnesota ranks second in the nation with 35.4 percent of residents participating in some form of volunteering. That’s 1,560,667 volunteers. Good Shepherd Community residents John Heintze and Ida Sass are amongst those people. Heintze, a Benton County native; and Sass, a woman who has lived in multiple towns throughout the United States and Canada, have a common thread — they each know their time as volunteers is not wasted. “It’s a wonderful profession to be in,” said 101-year-old Sass. “It’s keeping me alive.” Heintze, 83, agreed. “Volunteering makes me feel better than it does the other people,” he said. “If anyone has doubts, I challenge them to try it and Ànd out for themselves.” Heintze and Sass have both been recognized for their volunteerism over the past year. Heintze received the 2016 Excellence in Volunteerism Award from the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration late last year and was honored with the Leading Age of Minnesota District
Tommy Hiscock. According to Nancy Anderson, who nominated this year’s honoree, Hiscock is an enthusiastic and active member of the Rice and Benton County communities. Hiscock has been employed at both DeZurik Valve, of Sartell and Creative Catering, of Rice. She has kept her time busy between her employers, raising a family and volunteering. She is an active member of Immaculate Conception Church in Rice, as well as being involved with the Rice Christian Women. Hiscock is a member of the Rice Legion Auxiliary years and frequently calls
Two injured in crash
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Good Shepherd Community residents Ida Sass and John Heintze have made volunteerism their lifelong committment.
“D” Volunteer of the Year award and the city of Sauk Rapids Extra Mile Award in the early months of 2017. An active member of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and former member of the Good Shepherd Community Board of Directors, Heintze commits himself to helping others daily —whether it be delivering mail and meals; running errands; providing escorts to appointments and activities; or helping with fundraising. A U.S. Army veteran, who was raised near Popple Creek, Heintze has committed
himself to the community with his wife Judy for many years. He is a retired lieutenant from St. Cloud’s Minnesota Correctional Facility, a SkyWarn participant, and dedicated many hours to two now-disbanded community and emergency management organizations. “I’m proud of it, but I’m humbled by it. I didn’t volunteer to get anything like this,” said Heintze. “I had always helped my neighbors, but we didn’t call it volunteering. You always went and helped pick potatoes and stones, but you didn’t think anything of it.
When I came here, it started to fall under that title.” Sass also received an award this past February. She was honored with the Leading Age of Minnesota’s Spirit of Aging Award for being a senior who exempliÀes the concept of positive and active aging. Sass, who spent most of her life serving the Lutheran church as the wife of a missionary pastor, came to the Good Shepherd Community 14 years ago to be in close proximity
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ROCKVILLE — Two women were injured during a crash on Highway 23 April 28. Sauk Rapids resident Gail Simpson, 32, and Cynthia Schreifels, 50, of Richmond, both suffered non life-threatening injuries as a result of the accident. Simpson was taken to the St. Cloud Hospital. Schreifels did not receive transport. According to a release from the Minnesota State Patrol, both women were traveling westbound on Highway 23 shortly before 5 p.m. Schreifels was in the right lane and Simpson in the left. When the vehicle, driven by Schreifels, began to enter the left lane, Simpson tried to avoid the crash driving toward the median. However, Simpson lost control, struck the Schreifel’s vehicle. Schreifel’s entered the ditch; Simpson spun, struck a sign and came to rest in the ditch as well.