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Same Local Coverage Since 1854. Saturday, June 29, 2019
11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379
Fireworks continue at Hester, Wilson parks
Vol. 165, No. 12
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Activities begins at 2 p.m.
ST. CLOUD — The St. Cloud Fireworks Committee’s annual fireworks display will take place July 4 at 10 p.m. This will be the 73nd year central Minnesota community members will have the opportunity to view the show. The fireworks will be synchronized to a music soundtrack, and the public will be able to attend at no charge. St. Cloud’s Wilson and Hester parks will be open to the public, and those able can watch from watercraft on the Mississippi River. Stearns Bank was named the 2019 Honorary July 4th Fireworks Commissioner. A representative from the bank will have the opportunity to push the button that begins the display as well as ride on the St. Cloud Fire Department’s antique Ahrens Fox Firetruck in the Granite City Days parade Saturday, June 29. Throughout the day, there will be food and festivities at both parks beginning at 2 p.m. The St. Cloud Municipal Band will perform at Hester Park from 8:30-10 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to sign a copy of the Declaration of Independence and learn more about our nation’s founding at both parks.
Nachbar volunteers as Student Hospital Support BY NATASHA BARBER | STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER
Kayla Nachbar, of Rice, stands at the north entrance of the St. Cloud Hospital June 26 in St. Cloud. Nachbar has volunteered at the medical facility since June 2016.
ST. CLOUD – Candy striper is a term many people once associated with hospital volunteers. Although the red and white striped outfits and label have gone by the wayside, volunteers still exist inside the walls of CentraCare’s St. Cloud Hospital. Kayla Nachbar has taken full advantage of the opportunity while multitasking high school classes, dance, Minnesota Honor Society membership, a position as yearbook co-editor
and a part-time job at Starbucks. Nachbar, a class of 2019 Sauk Rapids-Rice graduate and resident of Rice, is a Student Hospital Support trainer. She donates at least eight hours of time and experience to the medical facility each week. “I have always known the medical field is where I wanted to work,” Nachbar said. “Ever since I was a kid, it has been instinct to help whenever anyone is hurt or sick.” As a member of Girl Scouts and a volunteer at the Tri County Humane Society, Nachbar was looking for an opportunity to get her foot in the door of the medical field. Nachbar’s mother, who had past experience as a hospital volunteer herself, recommended her
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Freedom Flight Inc. pays tribute to fallen BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER
Fireworks page 3 SAUK RAPIDS – Looking skyward is often saved for daydreaming, cloud watching or looking at helicopters or airplanes, but for many in the St. Cloud area, it will offer an offbeat sight this weekend. The Freedom Flight Inc. hot air balloons, which pay tribute to military prisoners of war or missing in action, will be flown four times throughout the weekend. Flights begin the evening of PHOTO SUBMITTED
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Three Freedom Flight Inc. hot air balloons prepare for take off this spring in St. Cloud. Freedom Flight will fly its four balloons June 28-30 from Whitney Park in St. Cloud.
• Mortgage Foreclosure - Vogt - pg. 16 • Mortgage Foreclosure - Weiss - pg. 17 • Mortgage Foreclosure- Johnson - pg. 16 • Mortgage Foreclosure - Brown - pg. 9 • Benton County Public Hearing July 16, 2019 - pg. 16 • Benton County Advertisement for Bids CSAH 2 Reconstruction - pg. 16
• Watab Township Special Notice - pg. 17 • City of Sauk Rapids/Minden Township Public Hearing - pg. 17 • City of Sauk Rapids/Sauk Rapids Township Public Hearing - pg. 16 • City of Sauk Rapids Reg. Meeting June 10, 2019 - pg. 17 • Benton County Public Hearing, July 11, 2019 - pg. 17