Legion page 19
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Same Local Coverage Since 1854.
11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379
Vol. 165, No. 14
Sauk aukk Rapids-Rice R d R graduate earns private pilot license BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – For many, traveling is over the road, by train, boat or onboard a commercial airline flight. For Kjerstin Haeny, traveling has taken another form, one far more personal. Haeny, a 2019 graduate of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, earned her private pilot license July 2 after working toward the achievement since December 2017. “I am really excited to have it and to be able to take other people up with me besides the instructors or my dad,” Haeny said. “I have wanted to get my license since eighth grade, so I’ve been waiting for this for a long time.” Haeny’s motivation comes from her dad, Rick Novak, who is a pilot for Southwest Airlines Co. “I grew up flying with my dad,” Haeny said. “I have been flying on commercial planes for as long as I can remember, and I started flying on the small planes with him when I was 10. I enjoy flying so much, and I know I have gotten to travel more than most kids get to because of my dad and his job.” Haeny was often onboard flights where her dad was the pilot. “At a younger age, it was always weird to hear my dad’s voice over the intercom,” Haeny
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PHOTO BY ANNA HINKEMEYER
Kjerstin Haeny stands in front of a Cessna 152 airplane at the St. Cloud Regional Airport July 6 in St. Cloud. Haeny obtained her private pilot license July 2.
Restoration projects ramp up as drawdown approaches Emergent plants available through Little Rock Lake Association BY NATASHA BARBER | STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – With less than three weeks before a drop-in water level begins, area residents are gearing up for shoreline restoration. A drawdown of Little Rock Lake, the Harris Channel and Sartell Pool of the Mississippi River is slated to begin Aug. 1 with the intent of increasing water clarity and quality, shoreline stability, and fish and wildlife habitat. It will take roughly 30 hours to reduce water levels by approximately 3 feet and when the water recedes, community members will be ready to take action. “They’re starting the drawdown Thursday morning,” said Maureen Graber, Little Rock Lake Association member volunteer and University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener. “They are going to start delivering the plants to the Lakeview Center at Benton Beach Friday morning (Aug. 2).” The drawdown has been a topic of discussion for over seven years; it was slated for 2018, but miscommunication delayed the project until now. Following a severe blue-green algae bloom in summer 2007, Little Rock Lake was added to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s impaired waters list and multiple agencies began assessing what
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OBITUARIES • Martin A. Reker
PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER
Emergent plants live on the shoreline of Little Rock Lake July 11 in Rice. Plants such as pickerel weed, bulrush, bur-reed and sweet flag will be planted by private property owners and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources during the six week drawdown of Little Rock Lake, Harris Channel and Sartell Pool of the Mississippi River slated to begin Aug. 1.
PUBLIC NOTICES • Mortgage Foreclosure - Weiss - pg. 17 • Mortgage Foreclosure- Johnson - pg. 16 • Mortgage Foreclosure - Payonk - pg. 16
• Probate Notice - Maloney - pg. 16 • City of Sauk Rapids Reg. Meeting Minutes, June 24, 2019 - pg. 17