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BENTON AG Section B
Saturday, May 18, 2019
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11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379
Vol. 165, No. 6
Cars will be towed if parked in fire lane Road access to Mayhew Creek Park, SRRHS BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – People parking along an unnamed road that accesses Mayhew Creek Park and the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School will need to find an alternative. Sauk Rapids Police Chief Perry Beise informed the Sauk Rapids City Council that the northern roadway which leads from Mayhew Lake Road Northeast to the SRRHS Door No. 7 parking lots is a fire lane. Beise said the road has now been signed accordingly. His comments came during a staff report at the council meeting May 13. “When kids are practicing ball or playing at sporting events, (people) … park down that roadway which wasn’t meant to be parked on,” Beise said. Beise said although the roadway was not posted as no parking, the public works and police departments researched the property and learned the access was labeled as a fire lane and never meant for street parking. “We remarked it as a fire lane and put up signs saying tow away zone because fire lanes are a tow away zone and to warn people this is not a place to park,” Beise said. Beise said the action was taken due to safety. He said the curves in the roadway and activity in the area do not allow for plentiful reaction time for drivers should a child dart out.
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Seniors Joccelyn Barry and Will Korman smile through a cardboard picture frame May 11 in Sauk Rapids. The two celebrated their senior prom with friends.
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Making it to the big leagues Bemboom debuts with Tampa Bay Rays BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – Anthony Bemboom, a 2008 graduate of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, can now say he has accomplished a childhood dream of playing in a Major League Baseball game. “It’s amazing, something I have always dreamed of, but also something I have worked my whole life for,” Anthony said. “I’m excited to just be here.” Anthony made his MLB debut as a catcher May 12 against the New York Yankees. His family and wife were able to attend the game played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. “It was crazy being at a game like that with a sell-out crowd,” said Deb Bemboom, Anthony’s mom. “We kept having to pinch ourselves to make sure it was real. Once the game started, we got so focused on watching him play just like any other game, but
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Anthony Bemboom (second from left) is joined by his wife Amy (left), and parents, Deb and Greg, after his first MLB game for the Tampa Bay Rays May 12 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Anthony has been playing minor league baseball since his college graduation in 2012.
then we would look around and realize it wasn’t just any other game. It was definitely nervewracking and emotional.” In addition to his family, Anthony had a small gathering of
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Sauk Rapids residents at his debut game. “It meant a lot to me to have them there,” Anthony said. “I never thought I would represent a whole town by making it to
where I am, but it means a lot to me. I am here, and that’s all that matters. I am so excited to be where I’m at after so long.” Anthony has played in two games since his debut – May 1415 against the Miami Marlins. On May 15, he had two hits in two at-bats and a RBI for the Rays. To Anthony, baseball is baseball. He aims to not let fame throw his game. “I try to not focus on the fact I am playing in these big stadiums and just focus on the game,” Anthony said. “It tends to get loud, but the fans definitely make a difference. I’m focused on helping my team get wins, just like I have been with all the other teams I have played for.” Anthony began his post high school career at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa and transferred to Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. Following his college career, Anthony was drafted to the Los Angeles Angels. He played for
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