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County passes transportation tax 50 cents of $100 purchases to go to roads, bridges

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

FOLEY – Roads in Benton County may be getting better.

That is, after the county commissioners passed a .5% sales tax this week.

Benton County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution for the Sales Tax for Transportation May 21 following a public hearing where no outside testimony was heard.

“Excited and ready to get started,” said Chris Byrd, Benton County Public Works Director, of his reaction to the approval.

“Having this additional revenue means additional planning and additional engineering work we need to get accomplished as well. I’m looking forward to the challenge of delivering all the projects that we just listed up there and hopefully everything goes well.”

The tax, which amounts to 50 cents to every $100 purchase, will be used to partially or completely fund 33 road projects and three bridge replacements. Only 225 of Benton County’s 450 miles are eligible for state and federal aid.

Based on a University of Minnesota study, the tax could bring the county an additional $1.9 million in revenue each year. The analysis also indicates that 37.4% of purchases in the county are made by non-resi-

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dents, lessening the burden to Benton County residents.

The resolution includes a list of projects the revenue stream will be used upon. Once those projects have been completed, the tax will cease.

“The statute says it stays in place until all the transportation projects are funded,” Byrd said. “Depending on collections it could be 10 years or 12, 13.

If questions are higher than participated, it may be a little bit sooner.”

The county will place the specified projects in its five year capital improvement plan, prioritizing projects following the annual road tour.

Local option taxes for transportation became available to Minnesota counties in 2013 – the same year as the wheelage tax.

Benton County charges a $20 wheelage tax, but is the last of the surrounding counties to begin collecting the tax. Stearns, Morrison, Sherburne and Mille Lacs counties have either a .25% or .5% tax in place as do nearly half of Minnesota’s 87 counties.

SAUK RAPIDS – Two soldiers.

One, a 39 year old husband and father of three in the midst of a military career as an officer. The other, 19, and barely out of high school with plans uncertain.

Lieutenant Colonel Frederic Gustave Agather and Private First Class Russell Dean Spierowski led different lives but succumbed to one fate at the hands of the Vietnam War. Agather was killed in action by enemy rocket fire July 1, 1969, in Kon Tum province. Spierowski suffered fragmentation wounds from a hostile mine in the Quang Tri and died immediately July 13, 1968.

“I just never thought of him not coming back; I was a silly 17 year old,” said Sheila (Ostrowski) Plemel, of Baxter, who was dating Spierowski at the time of his death. “… I think all of us young people were shocked. My parents had been worried about him, but I never was. I guess I thought he would always come home.”

Memorial Day honors those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, losing their lives while serving their

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Vietnam nam War claimed Sauk Rapids residents

BY NATASHA BARBER | STAFF WRITER

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Virginia Agather (now Bowden) stands with her three children as Lt. Col. Frederic G. Agather is laid to rest at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery June 12, 1969. The lieutenant colonel was killed in action June 1, 1969, in the Kon Tum province, Vietnam.

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Carlson family earns awards through BBBS

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

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Amelia Jensen (front, left) stands with her Big Brothers Big Sister family Jen, Jason and Ruby Carlson May 2 in St. Cloud. The Carlson family was awarded the 2019 Central Minnesota Big Family of the Year award and the 2019 Minnesota State Big Family of the Year award through Big Brothers Big Sisters.

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SAUK RAPIDS – Ruby Carlson has seen first-hand the benefits of being involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota. As a little sister herself, she went from being bullied in school to gaining a tremendous friendship with her Big sister, Kelsey Christensen.

The partnership between Ruby and Kelsey within the program ended three years ago, but Ruby and her family’s in-

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“We have been matched with Amelia (Jensen) for three years, and we are so lucky,” said Jen Carlson, Ruby’s mom.

“Amelia and Ruby couldn’t be any more alike. They are eight months apart in age and act like sisters. They even look alike.”

Jen, Jason and Ruby were awarded the 2019 Central Minnesota Big Family of the Year as well as the Minnesota State Big Family of the Year. The family was recognized for these awards May 2 during the Big Celebration at the BBBS office in St. Cloud.

“We are honored regarding the awards, but we were very surprised,” Jason said. “It didn’t feel like we were out of

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OBITUARIES • William B. Benedict • Glenyce C. Bretz • LaVon M. Kedrowski

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Two local sisters graduate college the same day on May 17, 2019

A century old celebration

Bailey Marie Benoit, SRRHS class of 2015, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in music education from Minnesota State University, Moorehead campus.

Lindsey Rose Benoit SRRHS class of 2017, graduated with a degree in agricultural-business with an emphasis in livestock from Ridgewater College, Willmar Campus.

They are the daughters of Rocky and Joann Benoit, of Sauk Rapids.

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SAUK RAPIDS – With the dangers of tuberculosis, pneumonia, influenza and even childbirth at the time, life expectancy of white women in the 1900s was 49 years. But for eight Sauk Rapids women, advancements in medicine, health and perhaps wisdom have more than doubled their time here on Earth.

The Good Shepherd Community honored and celebrated its resident centenarians May 16 – a group of women who have aged 100 years or will have by the culmination of 2019. The women were born between 1915-1919.

Ida Sass, the oldest of the group, will turn 104 Dec. 31. She participated in her second

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(Above) Sauk Rapids Mayor Kurt Hunstiger speaks with Odelia ‘Diel’ Rau at Good Shepherd Community’s centenarian celebration May 16 in Sauk Rapids. The mayor and a representative from Sen. Tom Emmer’s office presented the women with happy birthday greetings.

centenarian celebration having lived at Good Shepherd Community when the last similar event took place in 2016.

Odelia Rau, who goes by the name of Diel, is one of the younger honorees and will join the 100-year club this October.

Rau had one piece of advice.

“Eat your vegetables,” she said. “I didn’t have a chance to tell the people to eat their vegetables today. That’s the only thing I could come

Flowers are displayed in a tea cup at Good Shepherd Community May 16 in Sauk Rapids. Eight women, 100 years old or older, were celebrated at the facility’s centenarian event.

up with to put in the microphone.”

Rau, who was an avid gardener since her youngest years growing up on a farm near Onamia, attributed her longevity to homegrown milk, meat and produce. She

“I didn’t have a chance to tell the people to eat their vegetables today. That’s the only thing I could come up with to put in the microphone.”

- Odelia Rau

also gave credit to her so-called Dutch blood.

The program consisted of blessings from the Rev. Keith Weise and the Rev. Ralph Zimmerman followed by recognition from Stacy Morse, a representative of U.S. Rep Tom Emmer, and Sauk Rapids Mayor Kurt Hunstiger.

Then, Mike Stordahl, chief executive officer and president of Good

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Vietnam Ware from front country. On Monday, May 27, families will pay their respects by visiting cemeteries and attending services dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. military.

It is estimated 58,220 Americans lost their lives in the Vietnam War, according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The death of Agather and Spierowski brought the tragic loss of life home to small town Sauk Rapids.

Agather was born July 2, 1929, in St. Cloud. He was the only child of Frederic A. and Marie Agather.

Agather attended Trinity Lutheran School, Sauk Rapids High School and St. Cloud State Teachers College before enrolling and graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1953.

“He was very charming, a nice person with lots of friends,” said Virginia Bowden, Agather’s widow.

“He was very athletic during his time in college. He was a very nice guy.”

Bowden, who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Ill., met Agather while he was stationed at Fort Carson, a U.S. Army base in El Paso County, Colo. She had taken a summer trip with a friend to visit her brother,

another soldier on the base.

Bowden set up her brother and friend on a blind date.

Bowden’s brother said he would bring a friend for Bowden to meet.

“It was Ric,” said Bowden, of Punta Gorda, Fla. “That’s how we met – on a blind date in Colorado.

We corresponded and saw each other one or two times within the year but married that following year.”

The two were married June 12, 1955, in La Grange, Ill., and became a military family. They had three children – Martin, Kristen and Stephen – before Agather’s death.

Agather rose in his ranks and educated himself while serving in the U.S. Army. He completed ranger and paratrooper training, specialized in Russian while stationed in Oberammergau, Germany and graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1966. Agather became the assistant military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia prior to being sent to Vietnam. Serving in the conflict, Agather was the G-2 advisor of the No. 2 Corps.

When Agather was killed on the battlefield, his wife and children ages 5-10

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were living near Bowden’s parents outside of Chicago.

“I can’t tell you what the date was anymore, but there was a knock on my door,” Bowden said.

“When I opened the door there were two military men standing there. I knew that probably if he wasn’t dead, he was serious injured. And so, when I let them in, they said that he had died.”

Agather was awaiting an aircraft for travel when a missile claimed his life.

Agather is buried at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery alongside his father who passed two years prior in 1967 and his mother who died in 1991.

“His mother was living, and I became very close to her because he was her only child,” said Bowden, who remarried military officer, Col. James C. Bowden. “We were very close throughout her whole life.”

Spierowski moved to Sauk Rapids during middle school with his military family, which hailed from California. He was born Oct. 25, 1948, and was the only adopted son of James and Ruth Spierowski. Spierowski, described as a teaser with a serious side, began dating Plemel when he was a senior and she a sophomore at Sauk Rapids High School. After graduating high school, Spierowski enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps July 31,1967 in Minneapolis.

“He did not want to wait to be drafted, so he went into the Marines,” Plemel said. “He was very proud of that, and he figured it would happen anyway so this would be of his choice.”

Plemel and Spierowski corresponded through letters and a large reel audio tape. One person would record audio for the other and vice versa.

“I was the one to send the last tape,” Plemel said.

Spierowski arrived in Vietnam Jan. 2, 1968. He served as a rifleman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. After serving in Vietnam for just over six months, Spierowski’s patrol unit was hit with a command detonated mine that was followed by heavy enemy gunfire.

“He was missing in action for three weeks prior,” Plemel said. “I was staying out at his mother’s at the time.”

Spierowski’s family lived in rural Sauk Rapids. Plemel stayed with the

MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES Monday, May 27 Sauk Rapids VFW Post. No. 6992, American Legion Post No. 254, Boy Scouts and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Marching Storm will honor veterans who gave their lives for their country beginning at 9 a.m. at Sauk Rapids cemeteries, Fourth Street South, Sauk Rapids. The program will feature guest speaker Lynn Machula and master of ceremonies John Heintze.

Rice American Legion Post No. 473, Legion Auxiliary and Boy Scouts will conduct ceremonies beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Langola Township Cemetery, 125th Street N.W. Then, they will proceed to Graham Township cemetery – 125th Street N.E. – where they will be joined by the Marching Storm for a program which will begin at approximately 10:10 a.m. The group will conclude its ceremony at 10:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church cemetery, East Main Street.

All programs will conclude by noon. family while they waited for word on their son.

“I was with Ruth when she said, ‘Sheila, come here,’” Plemel said. “She had a real long driveway.

She was doing the dishes.

She seen the car coming down the road, and she saw it turn in.”

The military notification personnel told the Spierowskis that their soldier would not be coming home. Plemel went outside and sat by herself with her radio.

“I don’t think it really caught up with me until later that he wasn’t coming back,” Plemel said. “We didn’t hear about things on the news all the time.

There was so much going on at that time that nobody knew. We found out much later how bad that war was.”

Because the family wasn’t originally from central Minnesota, Plemel is unsure of how the community supported the Spierowskis but she is certain Sauk Rapids did. Spierowski was laid to rest in

the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

“I don’t know if his mother ever really coped,” Plemel said. “They opted at that time to have him buried in the Sauk Rapids cemetery because Jim, his father, would be able to salute him each day when he went by for work.”

Spierowski’s parents kept in contact with Plemel, even after moving to Arizona. Plemel and her family members – some which also knew Spierowski – make it a point to look over the soldier’s final resting place now that no family is left in the area.

Happily married and with a family of her own, Plemel hasn’t forgotten the soldier who claimed her heart at such a young age.

“In his letters, Russ did have one friend he called the preacher, and he was always talking about God,” Plemel said. “At that time, I wasn’t much with God, but we are now since. So, my hope and prayer is that he really found a relationship with Jesus before he went to that final battle.”

Correction: In the May 18 ar cle, “Board reviews budgets: Johnson proposes fiscal year 2020,” the dollar amount for security camera upgrades was incorrectly published. The approved quote is $234,943. The amount published was the total amount of all quotes submi ed. We regret the error.

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Military police honor guard removed the flag from the casket of Lt. Col. Frederic G. Agather June 12, 1969 in Sauk Rapids. Lt. Col. Agather was the son of Frederic A. and Marie Agather, of Sauk Rapids.

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Centenarians from page 2 “One in 6,000 people live to be 100. It is important to take time out to honor people who have given a lot to society and seen so much in today’s world.”

- Mike Stordahl Shepherd Community, gave a brief look back at the eras the centenarians have witnessed.

From economic growth in the 1920s to the Great Depression, WWI and WWII, the moon landing and assassination of great leaders, 9/11 and the advancements in technology, healthcare, manufacturing industries and more, the women have witnessed what most people

only know about from textbooks.

“One in 6,000 people live to be 100,” Stordahl said. “… It is important to take time out to honor people who have given a lot to society and seen so much in today’s world.

We need to learn from them.”

Greg and JoAnn Froekle, family members of Ida Sass, sang “Peace I Leave With You” before families, friends and

residents shared in cake, coffee and conversation.

Many of the women enjoy reminiscing on the past, but the memories are not as quick to recall on the spot. Rau was swift to talk about a family member’s former garden dilemma but said she needed more time to pick and choose events that stuck out to her over her years – after all, there are so many.

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Lorraine Bentfield (front) is joined by her daughterin-law and son, Lynn and Bill Bentfield, at Good Shepherd Community May 16 in Sauk Rapids. A lifelong Sauk Rapids resident, Lorraine will be celebrating her 100th birthday in December.

SRR launches new school planning initiative, website SAUK RAPIDS – Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools launched One Storm One Future May 23 which brings school facilities planning into a new phase focused on community-wide discussion of facility needs.

“We are listening to residents to help us understand the challenges of our schools,” said Aaron Sinclair, superintendent. “We want to continue listening and keeping community members informed through every step of the process, which is why we’re excited about One Storm One Future.”

The website http://www.onestormonefuture. com will function as the central hub for communications around facilities planning. The website contains information about the planning process so far and how residents can get involved. It will be updated regularly to reflect community input and to answer common questions.

The One Storm One Future initiative is a result of five months of community engagement, including 30 listening sessions with parents, staff members, business owners, civic leaders and other stakeholders, an online survey and a questionnaire sent to more than 12,000 district residents in the district’s newsletter. The district emphasizes input from all interested community members is key to a successful planning process.

“I’m grateful for all the insights we’ve already received, and look forward to continuing the discussion and moving forward in the planning process together as a community,” Sinclair said. “One Storm One Future will help us do that.”

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- The county approved In addition to the posted public hearing, Benton David Drown and AssociCounty hosted two open ates to complete a classihouses in April for county fication and compensation residents to weigh in and study of Benton County ask questions. Byrd said employment in the year about a dozen total people 2020 with potential to begin implemenshowed up to tation in 2021. those events.

The study will No person, include benagency or orefit analysis ganization submitted official “The public is out there and recreation driving our roads and of job descripcorrespondence they see that there tions.

The on the subject. are roads in tough last study the “The public shape. I think most county particiis out there drivpeople realize they pated in was in ing our roads and they see don’t want to see their 2008. The cost property tax increase of the study is that there are to fix those roads, so $63,200. roads in tough we need to look at - Region shape,” Byrd additional sources to 7W Economic said. “I think fund those. It’s reasDevelopment most people resuring people agree Authority is alize they don’t want to see that we do need to do developing its their property additional investment c o m p r e h e n in our transportation sive economic tax increase to network.” development fix those roads, - Chris Byrd, Benton strategy and so we need to County Public Works has asked Benlook at addiDirector ton, Sherburne, tional sources Stearns and to fund those.

It’s reassuring people agree Wright counties to subthat we do need to do ad- mit their top four of 11 ditional investment in our priorities. Commissioners agreed labor force, busitransportation network.”

The sales tax is ex- ness growth, broadband pected to begin in Benton and transportation were of most importance.

County Oct. 1.

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Clean bird feeders to keep birds healthy

ST. PAUL – Moldy birdseed and unclean bird feeders can make birds sick. Homeowners who enjoy feeding birds can take steps now to help birds stay healthy, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

In spring, and especially in warm, humid weather, it is common for mold to form on wet birdseed. The mold can cause an avian disease called aspergillosis which affects bird respiratory systems. Salmonella is another disease that affects birds and is associated with unclean feeders. Both diseases can be fatal to birds.

To clean a feeder, use a solution of one part bleach and nine parts water, and scrub the entire surface. Always allow the cleaned feeder to dry in the sun as the sunlight will help kill bacteria on the feeder. Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned about every week to 10 days during the summer to keep the sugar water from producing mold.

Staff from the DNR Nongame Wildlife Program urge bird enthusiasts to also rake or sweep up any fallen seeds and seed hulls under their feeder to prevent moldy conditions from occurring on the ground.

Seeds left on the ground can also attract meadow voles, house mice, other rodents, raccoons, deer and even bears.

Keep the feed dry by using a hopper-type feeder or a fly-through feeder, and always scrape out old seed that accumulates in the corners. Tray feeders with a screen bottom will allow seeds to dry out from above and below after a rain shower, but thick layers of seed could still trap moisture so consider more frequent fillings with less seed.

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the ordinary.”

When Ruby first asked her parents to become a Big family, they were not sure.

“I had seen how much Ruby had changed during her time as a Little,” Jen said. “I was unsure of it at first because of having to find an hour each week to spend time with Amelia. It was such a time commitment issue when we started it, but I don’t think of it that way anymore.”

Throughout their time as a Big family, the Carlsons have had the opportunity to do activities with Jensen including roller skating, going to the movies, bowling, escape rooms, trips to the Mall of America and more.

“I still remember the first time we took her to the movies,” Ruby said. “We went to see “A Dog’s Purpose,” and she said she never cried at movies. She was definitely crying then. It was such a fun day.”

The Carlsons had milestones to meet to get to the point of being free to pick some of the longer time-committed activities.

“We had to meet goals in orader to take her to places like the MOA (Mall of America) or for her to come have a sleepover,” Jason said.

“Big Brothers Big Sisters is a really relaxed organization with the flexibility to let you do what you want and are interested in once you reach their required milestones.”

Ruby remembers the transformation she had as a Little with increased

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Amelia Jensen (from left), Ruby Carlson and Jason Carlson await the start of a ride at Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America in Bloomington. Through Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Carlson family and Jensen can spend as much time together as they choose and can partake in whatever activities they desire.

confidence, breaking out of her shell and being more willing to meet people. Because of that, her favorite part about being matched with Amelia is watching her transformation.

“When we were first matched, Amelia was shy and didn’t talk much,” Ruby said. “As we spent more and more time together, she wasn’t so shy.

There are plenty of times where she doesn’t want to go home now. I love watching her change and grow.”

One of the reasons the Carlson family continues to be passionate about volunteering through the

program is because of the amount of kids still waiting for a match.

“There are a lot of unfilled matches in central Minnesota,” Jen said. “It is important to continue advocating for these kids because being matched with someone can change their life. You make connections, bring families together, teach inclusion and tolerance to the kids and incredible things can happen. I encourage

other people to check it out. The time commitment may seem impossible, but doing things to include your Little in your daily routine makes it possible.”

Of the three, Ruby feels she is the luckiest.

“We really are the lucky ones,” Ruby said.

“Being a Big family is rewarding in a way we could have never imagined. And hey, I got a best friend out of the deal.”

Amelia Jensen (left) gives Ruby Carlson a hug at the Big Celebration May 2 in St. Cloud. Jensen was matched with Ruby and her parents, Jason and Jen, through Big Brothers Big Sisters.

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EDITORIAL

Letter to the Editor

Poppy Day, Memorial Day Betty Freihammer, American Legion Post No. 298 auxiliary secretary Thank you to the local businesses, the public who donated and the Sauk Rapids American Legion Auxiliary volunteers for our successful annual Poppy Day this year.

Also, with gratitude, we honor America’s veterans and military personnel on this Memorial Day. Without the heroic actions of our men and women in uniform, America would not and could not be the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Help us to honor and support them by wearing your poppy or displaying your American flag.

God bless America.

A pure miracle

In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of DDay. Due to a last-minute alteration in the arrangements, I didn’t arrive on the beachhead until the morning after D-Day, after our first wave of assault troops had hit the shore.

By the time we got here, the beaches had been taken, and the fighting had moved a couple of miles inland. All that remained on the beach was some sniping and artillery fire, and the occasional startling blast of a mine geysering brown sand into the air. That, plus a gigantic and pitiful litter of wreckage along miles of shoreline.

Submerged tanks, overturned boats, burned trucks, shell-shattered jeeps and sad little personal belongings were strewn all over these bitter sands. That plus the bodies of soldiers lying in rows covered with blankets, the toes of their shoes sticking up in a line as though on drill. And other bodies, uncollected, still sprawling grotesquely in the sand or half hidden by the high grass beyond the beach.

That, plus an intense, grim determination of work-weary men to get this chaotic beach organized and get all the vital supplies and the reinforcements moving more rapidly over it from the stacked-up ships standing in droves out to sea.

Now that it is over, it seems to me a pure miracle we ever took the beach at all. For some of our units it was easy, but in this special sector where I am now, our troops faced such odds that our getting ashore was like my whipping Joe Louis down to a pulp.

In this column, I want to tell you what the opening of the second front in this one sector entailed, so you can know and appreciate and forever be humbly grateful to those both dead and alive who did it for you.

Ashore, facing us, were more enemy troops than we had in our assault waves. The advantages were all theirs, the dis-

Dividing fall blooming perennials

BY ERNIE PYLE advantages all ours. The Germans were dug into positions they had been working on for months, although these were not yet all complete. A 100 foot bluff a couple of hundred yards back from the beach had great concrete gun emplacements built right into the hilltop. These opened to the sides instead of to the front, thus making it very hard for naval fire from the sea to reach them.

They could shoot parallel with the beach and cover every foot of it for miles with artillery fire.

Then, they had hidden machine gun nests on the forward slopes with crossfire taking in every inch of the beach. These nests were connected by networks of trenches so the German gunners could move about without exposing themselves.

Throughout the length of the beach, running zigzag a couple of hundred yards back from the shoreline, was an immense Vshaped ditch 15 feet deep.

Nothing could cross it, not even men on foot, until fills had been made. And in other places at the far end of the beach, where the ground is flatter, they had great concrete walls.

These were blasted by our naval gunfire or by explosives set by hand after we got ashore.

Our only exits from the beach were several swales or valleys, each about 100 yards wide. The Germans made the most of these funnel-like traps, sowing them with buried mines. They contained, also, barbed-wire entanglements with mines at-

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A standard rule for dividing perennican then be removed and replanted. When als is if it blooms in the spring, then didigging around the hosta, look to see how vide it in the fall and vice versa. So, if you deep the roots extend into the soil. Some have perennials that are overgrown and varieties have deeper roots than others. bloom in August or later, then now is the The idea is to dig deep enough to get as time to divide them. Hostas are a common much root structure with as little damage example. In the spring it is easy to look as possible. Some soil may drop from the at the spikes of hosta leaves and try to loroot ball in the digging and replanting

BY LINDA G. cate wider spaces between some of them. process, but the less disturbance there is to TENNESON These wider spaces are good locations the roots, the faster the plant will recover Green and to divide the plant. It is easiest to do this and establish itself in its new location.

Growing in when the leaf spikes have emerged from Benton County Divided sections should be rethe ground but before they have begun to planted at the same soil level as they were unfurl or spread out. Depending on the size of the di- originally growing and watered well immediately vision you want to remove from your hosta plant, it afterwards to help the roots recover and to eliminate may take some effort to divide the plant and to move any air pockets that have formed in the replanting part of it to a new location. The size of the division process. Hostas do not need frequent dividing, but can be large or small if three or four of the furled those that have grown quite large and have dead secleaves are in each section of the plant division. Men- tions in the middle of the plant clump are excellent tally dividing the plant into fourths or fifths and then candidates for division. Since the leaves spread out removing one or more of those fractional pieces is to expose themselves to the sun and shade, the place one way to make a division. Use a sharp shovel and where a portion of the plant was removed will not cut straight down around the outside of the plant. be discernable in a month or so. Divide other mulA shovel cut may be needed to separate the divided tiple stem perennials such as monarda or phlox in section from the parent plant, but if possible, use a the same manner. gardening fork to do the dividing. The reason is the Seasonal reminder: The University of Minneblades of the fork will allow the roots from each sec- sota Extension Master Gardeners of Benton County tion of the plant to separate with less damage than plant sale will be at the Coborn’s grocery store parkwould occur if a shovel blade was used to slice them ing lot beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 1. Linda apart. Then dig around the portion you want to re- G. Tenneson is a University of Minnesota Extension move and using the shovel as a lever, try to lift the Master Gardener and Tree Care Advisor. root ball that is underneath the plant. That section

Congratulations to the class of 2019 More than 13 years ago, stuFor more than 13 years, parents, famidents from the class of 2019 boarded lies, friends, neighbors, mentors, prina school bus or were dropped off by cipals, teachers and district staff have their parents or grandparents to start supported these students emotionally, their first day of kindergarten. Thirsocially and academically. Thank you teen years ago, this year’s graduating to the village who helped raise these seniors started their formal educational students. Please take pride in this acjourney. complishment, spend time reflecting

BY AARON SINCLAIR During the last 13 years, the class on your hard work and enjoy the role of 2019 learned how to tie their own SRR Superintendent you have played in this success. shoes, stay awake all day, be respectMore than 13 years later, it is time ful, share and play nicely with others. They also to celebrate their amazing accomplishment. On May learned to read, speak, spell, communicate, calcu- 28, the Sauk Rapids-Rice senior class will gradulate, compose, create and engineer. They learned to ate from high school. The graduation ceremony will lead and to be part of a team, to offer a hand and take place at 7:30 p.m. in Halenbeck Hall on the ask for help, to advocate for themselves and elevate campus of St. Cloud State University. others. Over the course of the last 13 years, the class Congratulations, class of 2019. Dream big, work of 2019 became valuable, contributing members of hard, ask questions and listen to the answers, say this community. What an amazing accomplishment. please and thank you, pay it forward, keep learning Congratulations. and eat your peas.

This success does not happen by accident, but We know you will accomplish great things. rather with hard work, diligence and collaboration.

LaVon M. Kedrowski Funeral services were 1 p.m. May 22 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids for LaVon M. Kedrowski, age 92, who passed away May 15, 2019, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Sauk Rapids. The Rev. Gerald Dalseth officiated and burial was at Benton County Cemetery in Sauk Rapids. Visitation was one hour prior to the services Wednesday at the funeral home in Sauk Rapids.

LaVon was born June 4, 1926, in St. Cloud to Cecil and Loretta (Kreger) Eberhardt. She moved to California at age 16 to work in the shipyards during WWII, and moved back to the St. Cloud area after the war. LaVon married Melvin Kedrowski April 28, 1945, in Ft. Robinson, Neb. She was a homemaker, was a manager at Franklin

LaVon M. Kedrowski

Manufacturing and worked as a waitress at Enga’s Café. LaVon was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, St. Augustine Christian Women, and served on the funeral lunch committee. She was also a member of Waite Park American Legion Post No. 428 Auxiliary.

LaVon enjoyed cooking, baking, and sewing.

She was faithful, loving and supportive of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

LaVon had a great sense of humor. She was proud of her family and was

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William B. Benedict

outgoing man who had a great sense of humor and was always the entertainer.

Bill is survived by his wife, Pat of Sauk Rapids; children, Teresa (Steve) Levinson of Newfolden, Tim (Yvonne) Benedict of Thief River Falls, Bill (Judy) Benedict of Middletown, N.J., and Tom (Lindy) Sabraski of Rice; sister, Mary Kay (Ron) Maasen; brothers, Rick (Paulette) Benedict and Tony Benedict; grandchildren, Kate (Brian) Awsumb, Michael (Julie), Rachel, Erinne, and Christian Benedict, Shane (Katie) Sabraski and Sonja (Matt) Weisman; greatgrandchildren, Ingrid and Erik Awsumb, Skyeler, Aerial, and Keizer Weisman, Mason and Braelyn Sabraski.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Pat Slicer; brother, Jim (Joanne) Benedict; brother-in-law, Bill Slicer; and two infant great-grandsons, Slade and Brady Sabraski.

Obituary, guestbook and video tribute available online: www. williamsdingmann.com.

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encouraging of others dreams.

Survivors include her sons, Melvin, Jr. of St. Cloud, Mike (Jackie) of Duluth, Joel (Ruthann) of Sauk Rapids, and Jay of St. Cloud; son-in-law, Don Christopherson of Sauk Rapids; daughters-inlaw, Jennifer Heinrich of Arizona, Susan Souba of Mora, and Stacy Kramer of Sauk Rapids; grandchildren, Will, Ericka, John, Patrick, Mark, Paul, Kelly, James, Kris, Andrew, Holly, Ryan, Ashley, Alycia, and Amber; and 26 great-grandchildren.

LaVon was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Melvin; son, Richard; daughter, Bonnie Christopherson; brother, David; and infant brother, Richard.

Obituary and guestbook available online: www. williamsdingmann.com.

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Businesses, organizations invited to participate in Rapids River Days Parade SAUK RAPIDS – Parade applications are being accepted for the 16th annual Rapids River Days Parade which will take place beginning at 6 p.m. June 21. The deadline for entries is June 8. Entries received after the deadline are subject to registration late fees.

To enter a float or parade unit, download a parade application at http://www. saukrapidsriverdays.com.

The Rapids River Days Parade Committee invites all businesses and organizations in the area to participate in the parade. Colorful floats, decorated vehicles and groups featuring special characters, clowns, animals, acrobatics, juggling, unicycling, dancing, singing, unique attractions, neighborhood floats and more are encouraged to apply.

The Rapids River Days Parade has established itself as one of the premier parades in Minnesota and is sponsored by the Sauk Rapids branch of St. Cloud Financial Credit Union. Not only does the parade feature over 80 units, it also is a marching band competition in which 14 bands are judged. The 1.2 mile parade route runs along Sixth Avenue in Sauk Rapids between Pleasantview Elementary School and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School.

If your business or organization would like to sponsor the Rapids River Days Parade, contact Marla Elness, festival coordinator, at 320-252-8444 or saukrapidsparade@gmail.com.

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Mass of Christian Burial will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 29 at Immaculate Conception Church in Rice, for William “Bill” B. Benedict who passed away May 17, 2019, at St. Benedict’s Senior Community in St. Cloud. The Rev. Gerald Dalseth will officiate and burial will be at the parish cemetery.

Visitation is one hour prior to the services at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids.

William “Bill” B. Benedict was born Dec. 24, 1937, to Bernard and Mary (Lutke) Benedict in Ashland, Wis. He married his first wife, Nancy Merila Jan. 19, 1957. Bill later met Pat Murn in St. Cloud and they married Dec. 31, 1994, in St. Cloud.

After being an Arctic Cat sales rep for many years, he had numerous sales jobs. He worked with Bombardier, Polaris, Thomas Snow Sports, and Miller Auto

William B. Benedict

Plaza. Bill had a passion for snowmobile and stock car racing. Some of his proudest moments were being able to watch his son, Tim, and grandson, Shane, follow in his footsteps with racing. He also enjoyed watching his grandsons and greatgrandsons play football and hockey as he was an avid football player himself in high school and college. He was very proud of all his family.

Bill also collected antique cars. His favorite types of cars were the 1934 Ford and Corvettes. Most importantly, Bill found joy in helping others and impacted a lot of people throughout his life. Bill was a very active leader in the AA program for over 45 years. He was an

Glenyce Clara Bretz Mass of Christian Burial was at 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home Chapel in Sauk Rapids for Glenyce Clara Bretz, age 89, who passed away May 14, 2019, at Good Shepherd Community in Sauk Rapids.

The Rev. Ralph Zimmerman, officiated. Entombment will be at Assumption Mausoleum in St. Cloud. Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the services Saturday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home Chapel.

Glenyce was born Feb. 9, 1930, in Wadena to Glen and Anne (Reger) Andrie. She married Edmund Bretz Nov. 21, 1950. They lived in Wadena, moving to Morris in 1964, then to Paynesville from 19952014, and at home in Sauk Rapids after that until Glenyce moved to Good Shepherd for the

Glenyce Clara Bretz

last 3.5 years. Glenyce worked as a homemaker and at various jobs including bookkeeper, bank teller, and library assistant at University of Minnesota-Morris.

She and Edmund were members of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sauk Rapids. Glenyce was a great cook, enjoyed sewing, and spending time with her family. Music was a talent and passion.

She loved to sing, had perfect pitch, and could play any song she had just heard on the piano.

She had a beautiful voice, singing at every one of her children’s weddings, and at many other weddings, funerals and church services. She enjoyed productions,

attending many of her grandchildren’s various events and concerts with great joy. She recognized the importance of education, was a lifelong learner, and encouraged all of her children to pursue advanced education.

Survivors include her children, Chuck of Sauk Rapids, Debi Myhra of Omaha, Neb., Jackie (Tony) Thielen of Omaha, Neb., Mickie (John) Bisek of St. Paul, Renee (David) Malmskog of Moorhead, Pam (Dean) Thielen of Elkhorn, Neb., and Kelly (Daniel Rydel) Bretz of Maplewood; brother, Thomas (Sharon) Andrie of Bloomington; 15 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Glenyce was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edmund, on Nov. 19, 2018; and brother, Dale Andrie.

Obituary, guestbook and video tribute available online: www. williamsdingmann. com.

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Research to realization Three propose recycling bins at city parks

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

RICE – Three Rice Elementary School fifth grade students are on a mission to create change.

Kristen Kimman, Aubrey Marketon and Kylie Spohn approached the Rice City Council May 20 to ask if they could fund and place recycling bins at city parks.

The girls proposed bins, which would be placed near trash cans, at Westside Park and Lions ballPHOTOS BY NATASHA BARBER Aubrey Marketon (front, from left), Kylie Spohn and Kristen Kimman stand with the Rice City Council – Kylie Walter (back, from left), mayor Brian park.

“Say you have a Skroch, Bryan Anderson, Chris Scheel and Paula Kampa – May 20 at Rice City Hall in Rice. The Rice Elementary School fifth grade students proposed plastic bottle, and you’re and were approved to fund recycling bins at city parks with money they raised as part of a school project. going to put it in the garbage,” Marketon said. Jonathon Fleck, of Bollig whole basis of a com- discuss plan creation.

- Approved large - The council is dis“Oh, there is a recycling Inc., spoke with the coun- prehensive infrastructure - Approved a large gathering, alcohol and cussing moving the utilbin there, and you can put cil about future plans and plan is actually to create gathering permit for Rice gambling permits for ity payment drop off box in the recycling bin.” creating project priority a financing plan. Then the Family Fun Day contin- Immaculate Conception to alleviate improper and The idea came from lists. Bollig is the city’s council has tools to look gent on proof of insur- Church’s annual festival congested parking on a 2.5-month project as engineering firm. at making decisions over ance which cannot be contingent upon proof of East Main Street. Staff part of the curriculum of The council agreed time.” issued until 30 days pri- liquor liability insurance. is exploring multiple opfifth grade teachers, Ryan to allow Bollig represenThe council will host or to the event. The an- Summerfest will take tions. No action was takKoenigs and Kelsey tatives to attend council a work session with Bol- nual event will take place place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 en at this time.

Bean. The students were and planning commission lig at 5:30 p.m. June 24 to Aug. 17. p.m. July 21. tasked with exploring a meetings on an as needed change they would like to basis. see made in the world.

Then, the council disThe girls chose re- cussed street and infracycling. The three inter- structure improvements viewed a representative and creating capital outfrom Stearns lay plans that Soil and Wa- • Five plastic could allow ter Conservafor additional bottles (PET) tion District funding oprecycled and Crayola provides enough portunities. and repurBollig would fiber to create posed water like to see a one square feet bottles into prioritized of carpet or sensory botplan that deenough fiber tles – with scribes when fill to fill one ski fluid, color and how jacket. and glitter – • Americans throw maintenance to sell as a of city inaway 2.5 million f u n d r a i s e r. frastructure plastic bottles With the would be adevery hour. $300 raised, dressed. the plan is to • Recycling one “If you ton of plastic purchase one knew some bottles saves or more reof this stuff, the equivalent cycling bins then you can energy usage for the parks, be more proof a two person dependent on active going household for cost. after opporone year.

T h e tunities that Facts taken from parks and www.recycleacrossamerica.org could present recreation themselves,” board recomBollig said. mended the request prior “You can have all the to council approval. solutions in the world as In other council we say, but if you have Kylie Spohn (from left), Aubrey Marketon and Kristen Kimman present their fifth grade exhibition project to the news: no way of financing it Rice City Council May 20 in Rice. The students research and reported on recycling and plan to used funds raised to - Brian Bollig and doesn’t matter. … The purchase recycling bins for city parks.

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Drive-by prayer Harvest Fellowship ini ates quick, personalized connec on

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – For the past three Thursdays, volunteers have gathered at Harvest Fellowship church with the mission of helping the

hurting and lonely in the community.

The congregation has been hosting a drivethrough style prayer offering in the alley behind the church.

“The idea came to us three years ago,” said

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Samantha Arnold and Meg Sobieck stand with signs advertising the prayer event at an intersection earlier this year in Sauk Rapids. The idea to start the days of prayer came from a Harvest Fellowship Church member who had come from a church in the southern United States.

tached, hidden ditches and machine guns firing from the slopes.

This is what was on the shore. But our men had to go through a maze nearly as deadly as this before they even got ashore.

Underwater obstacles were terrific. The Germans had whole fields of evil devices under the water to catch our boats. Even now, several days after the landing, we have cleared only channels through them and cannot yet approach the whole length of the beach with our ships. Even now some ship or boat hits one of these mines every day and is knocked out of commission.

The Germans had masses of those great sixpronged spiders, made of railroad iron and standing shoulder-high, just beneath the surface of the water for our landing craft to run into. They also had huge logs buried in the sand, pointing upward and outward, their tops just below the water. Attached to these logs were mines.

In addition to these obstacles, they had floating mines offshore, land mines buried in the sand of the

Larry Siekawitch, senior pastor. “The person who brought it up to us saw it at a church while they were in one of the southern states. At first, I didn’t think we could do it. The southerners are part of the Bible belt, so I understood why they could make it work, but the idea seemed too out of the box for central Minnesota.”

However, Siekawitch asked members of his church, and the concept has been a success ever since.

This year, the prayer is held from 4:30-7 p.m. each Thursday in May. “We never have a long line waiting,” Siekawitch said. “But, it is common to see a couple cars pulling up at one time. On an average day, we get 10 to 12 cars coming through.”

Each day of prayer, Harvest Fellowship needs 20 volunteers – sign holders and prayer teams.

“We have two prayer teams, usually two people each, who talk with the people driving in and praying specifically for those people they interact with,” Siekawitch said. “Then, we have another team of people off to the side who pray

more for the event, and they receive the specific requests from the other prayer teams, as well.”

Siekawitch has been the senior pastor at Harvest Fellowship for 10 years. In that time, he has worked to develop the life church model where members gather in large group services on Sunday, but they also gather in smaller groups to develop their sense of community and belonging.

“We want to be known as a church that gives and doesn’t take,” Siekawitch said. “We pray for another church in the community each week, and we want to be able to partner or give to them when they need it most. That’s an important value within our church.”

Siekawitch feels the prayer event is an extension of the church’s values into the community.

“Even if people don’t stop for prayer, but they see our volunteers holding the signs out by the road, the drivers will often be drawn to God or at least think of Him in a positive light for a moment,” Siekawitch said.

“It also benefits those who drive up. They gain the sense of having someone who cares and even

Geri Randall and Amy Eickhoff sit waiting for cars to pull up during the prayer event earlier this month at Harvest Fellowship church in Sauk Rapids. The church has been offering prayer in a drive-through format for three years.

the possibility of benefiting from God’s answered prayers.”

Siekawitch said Harvest Fellowship is not traditional in many aspects, including the ministry, how they get involved in the community, and even in the structure of the service.

“We always take a five minute coffee break right in the middle of our service which is then hard to get everyone back,” Siekawitch said.

“We are a very casual Bible-based church where we take care of everyone

else. I think I am always the one most dressed up, and I don’t even wear a tie. It gives off the feeling of come as you are.”

As the prayer event continues garnering success and interest, Harvest Fellowship plans to increase their outreach.

“We hear the heartaches and the stories of how people’s prayers have been answered because of this event,” Siekawitch said. “We want to show the love of Jesus in a practical way, and this is our way of doing that.”

know to whom this glory should go. They suffered casualties. And yet if you take the entire beachhead assault, including other units that had a much easier time, our total casualties in driving this wedge into the continent of Europe were remarkably low – only a fraction, in fact, of what our commanders had been prepared to accept.

And these units that were so battered and went through such hell are still, right at this moment, pushing on inland without rest; their spirits high, their egotism in victory almost reaching the smart-alecky stage.

Their tails are up.

“We’ve done it again,” they say. They figure that the rest of the army isn’t needed at all. Which proves that, while their judgment in this regard is bad, they certainly have the spirit that wins battles and eventually wars.

Permission to distribute and re-publish Ernie Pyle’s columns was given by the Scripps Howard Foundation.

The son of a tenant farming parents in westcentral Indiana, Pyle be-

came history’s greatest war correspondent. When Pyle was killed by a Japanese machine gun bullet on the tiny Pacific island of Ie Shima in 1945, his columns were being delivered to more than 14 million homes, according to his New York Times obituary.

The Ernie Pyle World War II Museum features the famous journalist’s birthplace and a museum dedicated to Pyle’s life and writings as a war correspondent. It is owned by the Friends of Ernie Pyle, who are dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of the writer whose columns linked the soldiers on the front line to worried families on the home front.

To preserve Pyle’s memory is to preserve the sacrifices made by what has been dubbed The Greatest Generation.

To learn more about the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum located in Dana, Ind., or make a donation to assist the efforts of the Friends of Ernie Pyle to honor him and that generation, go to http:// erniepyle.org

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The enemy had four men on shore for every three men we had approaching the shore.

And ,yet we got on.

Beach landings are planned to a schedule that is set far ahead of time.

They all have to be timed, in order for everything to mesh and for the following waves of troops to be standing off the beach and ready to land at the right moment.

As the landings are planned, some elements of the assault force are to break through quickly, push on inland and attack the most obvious enemy strong points. It is usually the plan for units to be inland, attacking gun positions from behind, within a matter of minutes after the first men hit the beach.

I have always been amazed at the speed called for in these plans. You’ll have schedules calling for engineers to land at H-hour plus two minutes, and service troops at H-hour plus 30 minutes, and even for press censors to land at Hhour plus 75 minutes. But

in the attack on this special portion of the beach where I am – the worst we had, incidentally – the schedule didn’t hold.

Our men simply could not get past the beach.

They were pinned down right on the water’s edge by an inhuman wall of fire from the bluff. Our first waves were on that beach for hours, instead of a few minutes, before they could begin working inland.

You can still see the foxholes they dug at the very edge of the water in the sand and the small, jumbled rocks that form parts of the beach.

Medical corpsmen attended the wounded as best they could. Men were killed as they stepped out of landing craft. An officer whom I knew got a bullet through the head just as the door of his landing craft was let down. Some men were drowned.

The first crack in the beach defenses was finally accomplished by terrific and wonderful naval gunfire which knocked out the big emplacements. They tell epic stories of destroyers that ran right up into shallow water and had it

out point-blank with the big guns in those concrete emplacements ashore.

When the heavy fire stopped, our men were organized by their officers and pushed on inland, circling machine-gun nests and taking them from the rear.

As one officer said, the only way to take a beach is to face it and keep going.

It is costly at first, but it’s the only way. If the men are pinned down on the beach, dug in and out of action, they might as well not be there at all. They hold up the waves behind them, and nothing is being gained.

Our men were pinned down for a while, but finally they stood up and went through, and so we took that beach and accomplished our landing. We did it with every advantage on the enemy’s side and every disadvantage on ours.

In the light of a couple of days of retrospection, we sit and talk and call it a miracle that our men ever got on at all or were able to stay on.

Before long it will be permitted to name the units that did it. Then you will

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Pulse on people Benton County marriage applications - Casey Shea O’Malley and Jennifer Marie Schloeder, both of Becker.

Theisen graduates with bachelor’s degree MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Laura Theisen, of Sauk Rapids, has graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Theisen participated in commencement ceremonies May 19.

Anderson receives scholarship FARGO, N.D. – Katlyn Anderson, daughter of Dan and Melissa Anderson of Sauk Rapids, received the Freshman Academic Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 from North Dakota State University. The scholarship recognizes high academic achievement.

Anderson will enter NDSU in the fall and plans to major in animal science.

Smith named to Emerson College dean’s list BOSTON, Ma. – Spencer Smith, of Sauk Rapids, has been named to the Emerson College dean’s list for spring 2019. Smith is majoring in media arts production.

To be eligible for the honor, Smith earned a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.

Sauk Rapids Police Department activity May 14 1423 hrs: Officers responded to Benton Drive North for a vehicle engulfed in flames. Officers used a fire extinguisher to knock down the flames, and the fire department arrived to put the rest of the fire out.

May 14 1922 hrs: Officers located 11 baby ducks in the storm sewer on the 1200 block of Agate Court. Officers called animal control who rescued the ducks and cared for them.

May 15 1553 hrs: Officers received a complaint of a neighbor watching his daughter get off the bus on the 500 block of River Avenue South for the past two days and wanted the incidents documented. Complainant stated they would be picking their daughter up from school to avoid further incidents.

Incidents: 24 suspicious, 22 assists, 18 medical, 15 traffic stops, 15 various calls, 13 disturbances, 13 animals, 11 thefts, 7 child, 7 human services reports, 5 alarms, 5 civil, 5 welfare checks, 4 domestics, 4 driving, 3 accidents, 3 property, 3 unwanted, 3 suicidal persons, 3 harassments, 3 permits, 2 911, 2 dumping, 2 repo vehicles, 2 open door, 2 warrants, 2 vehicles and 2 fires.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING Monday, May 27, 9:15 a.m. — Memorial Day Programs. The Rice American Legion Post No. 473, Legion Auxiliary and Boy Scouts will conduct ceremonies at beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Langola Township cemetery, 125th Street N.W., Rice; beginning at 10:10 a.m. at Graham cemetery, 125th Street N.E., Rice; beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church cemetery, East Main Street, Rice. The Sauk RapidsRice Marching Storm will join the group at Graham and Immaculate Conception cemeteries. All programs will conclude by noon.

Monday, May 27, 9 a.m. — Memorial Day Observance Ceremony. Join the Sauk Rapids VFW Post. No. 6992, Sauk Rapids American Legion Post No. 254, Boy Scouts and Marching Storm in honoring veterans who gave their lives for their country. Featuring guest speaker Lynn Machula and master of ceremonies John Heintze. Sauk Rapids cemeteries, Fourth Street South, Sauk Rapids.

Monday, May 27, 9:30 a.m. — 2019 Memorial Day Program.

Foley High School auditorium, 621 Penn St., Foley.

Monday, May 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Memorial Day Car Show. Spectators are free. Trophies given out at 2 p.m. Jack and Jim’s, 11025 Duelm Road N.E., Foley.

Tuesday, May 28, 7:30 p.m. — Sauk Rapids-Rice High School Commencement Ceremony. St. Cloud State University’s Halenbeck Hall, 1000 Fourth Ave. S., St. Cloud. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29, 7 p.m. — Free workout in the park. Every Wednesday in May. Partnership between Anytime Fitness and Active Nutrition Fit Camp. Sauk Rapids Lion Sunset Park, 95 River Ave. N., Sauk Rapids.

Thursday, May 30, 5 p.m. — May Car Show. Free. Rockin’ Rolliewoods take the stage at 7 p.m. Rollie’s Rednecks and Longnecks, 940 35th Ave. N.E., Sauk Rapids.

Saturday, June 1, 8-11 a.m. — Benton County Master Gardener Plant Sale. Perennials, annuals, house, native, herb and vegetable plants. Cash, credit and check accepted. Coborn’s parking lot, 110 First St. S., Sauk Rapids.

Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m. to noon — Guided Wildflower Tour. Robin DeLong and Mitch Elness lead the tour of earlyblooming wildflowers at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

Free and open to all ages of the public. The tour will be structured as a car caravan tour with light walking. Visitors are encouraged to bring binoculars, camera, field guides, water and snack and to wear clothing and shoes appropriate for weather and terrain. Refuge Headquarters, 17076 293rd Ave. N.W., Zimmerman. Pre-registration is requested but not required by calling 763-389-3323.

Monday, June 3, 12:15 p.m. — Rice Area Senior Citizens Monthly Meeting. Old Creamery Café, 405 E. Main St., Rice.

Tuesday, June 4, 9 a.m. — Benton County Commissioners Board Meeting. Benton County Administration Building, 531 Dewey St., Foley.

Tuesday, June 4, 10-11 a.m. — Annual Veterans Recognition Program. In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings and Battle of Normandy. Veteran address by Mike Bellos. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Hoppe Auditorium at the St. Cloud Hospital, 1406 Sixth Ave. N., St. Cloud.

Tuesday, June 4, 12:30-6:30 p.m. — American Red Cross Blood Donations. St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 2405 First St. N., St. Cloud.

Tuesday, June 4, 1-7 p.m. — American Red Cross Blood Donations. Atonement Lutheran Church, 1144 29th Ave. N., St. Cloud.

Thursday, June 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. — Great River Regional Coin Club. Miller Auto Marine Sports Plaza, 2930 Second St. S., St. Cloud.

Thursday, June 6, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. — St. Cloud Lions Second Annual Garage Sale. Donation drop off from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

June 5. Beds, computers, TVs, exercise equipment, appliances, car seats and encyclopedia sets are not accepted. Lions Park and Shelter, 4310 Dublin Drive, St. Cloud.

Friday, June 7, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. — St. Cloud Lions Second Annual Garage Sale. Donation drop off from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

June 5. Beds, computers, TVs, exercise equipment, appliances, car seats and encyclopedia sets are not accepted. Lions Park and Shelter, 4310 Dublin Drive, St. Cloud.

Friday, June 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — American Red Cross Blood Donations. St. Cloud Hospital, 1406 Sixth Ave. N., St. Cloud.

Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m. to noon — Guided Wildflower Tour. Robin DeLong and Mitch Elness lead the tour of earlyblooming wildflowers at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

Free and open to all ages of the public. The tour will be structured as a car caravan tour with light walking. Visitors are encouraged to bring binoculars, camera, field guides, water and snack and to wear clothing and shoes appropriate for weather and terrain. Refuge Headquarters, 17076 293rd Ave. N.W., Zimmerman. Pre-registration is requested but not required by calling 763-389-3323.

Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Saved by Strength. Test skills on farmers carry, axle deadlift, log press, tire flip and sandbag medley. Visit with Minnesota Strongman competitor Clayton Anderson who will judge the event.

Sunday, June 9, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. — Garden Brothers Circus. Sports Arena East, 1410 Third Ave. S., Sauk Rapids.

Tickets available at https://www.secure.gardenbroscircus. com.

Tuesday, June 11, 5-7 p.m. — Monthly Meal. Hosted by Rice American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 473. Homemade pot roast, potatoes, carrots, gravy, salads and desserts. American Legion Post No. 473, 80 Division St. N., Rice.

Tuesday, June 11, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. — 55+ Driver Improvement First Time Course. St. Cloud Life, 2409 Clearwater Road, St. Cloud. For more information or to register visit http://www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888-234-1294.

Wednesday, June 12, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — 55+ Driver Improvement Refresher Course. Whitney Senior Center, 1527 Northway Drive, St. Cloud. For more information or to register visit http://www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888234-1294.

Friday, June 14, 7:30 p.m. — “Rainy Days & Mondays.” The Music of The Carpenters. Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. For tickets or more information visit http://www.paramountarts.org or call 320-259-5463.

Saturday, June 15, 9-11 a.m. — Free Guided Photography Hike. Learn quick tips and tricks about nature photography at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. If you choose, bring a camera or phone, but no experience or equipment is necessary. Each hike will be two hours long and vary in distance.

Wear weather appropriate clothing and close-toed shoes.

Options to bring: sunscreen, water, bug spray, snack, field guides and binoculars. Be advised poison ivy is common on the refuge. Meet your guide and the Sherburne Photography Club at the Oak Savanna Trailhead on Wildlife Drive located off of Sherburne County Road 5, between county roads 4 and 9. Preregistration by calling 763-389-3323 is encouraged but not required.

Sunday, June 16, 8 a.m. to noon — Sons of the American Legion Breakfast. American Legion Post No. 298, 131 Fourth Ave. N., Foley.

UPCOMING: Friday, June 21, 1 p.m. — Class of 1958 Annual Reunion. Jimmy’s Pour House, 22 Second Ave. N., Sauk Rapids. For more information call Pat Burski at 320-251-7713.

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May 17 1017 hrs: Officers assisted the Benton County Sheriff ’s Office deputies with perimeter patrol on the 2900 block of 125th Street Northeast for a potential burglary in progress.

Incidents: 8 various calls, 6 traffic stops, 5 assists and 3 driving.

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Central Minnesota Lama Club members – Emmi Janski (front, from left), Jayden Felchle, Claudia Schlough, Ashley Paulson, Jenny Paulson, Evie Skaj, Kaylin Janski and Monica Schlough; (back, from left) Cheryl Pflipsen, Nathen Pflipsen, Becky Paulson, Jacki Janski, Chloe Janski, Rachael Felchle, Scott Janski, Mackenzie Felchle, Mike Schlough, Becky Bastien, Katie Paulson and Jenni Skaj – stand around their Adopt A Highway Sign May 5 along County Road 80 in Benton County.

The group picked up 14 bags worth of litter, and aluminum cans, car parts and metal, in a 2.8 mile stretch of the road.

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Swingin’ Into Summer Tap Festival coming to St. Cloud SAUK RAPIDS – Radiant Rhythm Initiative will host its second annual Swingin’ Into Summer Tap Festival June 7-9 at the Holiday Inn and Suites, St. Cloud.

This event, which will feature Charles Renato of New York, Joseph Wiggan of Los Angeles and Jumaane Taylor of Chicago as well as other award winning dancers, offers tap dancers of all ages, levels and abilities the opportunity to learn from professional dancers from across the nation and South America.

Training classes are available from one to three days and include training with professionals, a brown bag lunch, tap footage during lunch hour, an evening tap jam with faculty, student showcase, raffle, door prizes and a group photo. Photo and autograph opportunities are available with faculty after each class.

Radiant Rhythm Initiative’s founder is central Minnesota native Ashley Gonzalez.

Radiant Rhythm Initiative is the result of Gonzalez’s passion for rhythm and learning. As a student at the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, Gonzalez, 19, continues to play the flute and nurture her love of tap dancing, teaching and choreography. Her 13 years of dance includes accolades of performing at the 2018 Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles, the 2018 MLBA All Star Pre-Party Concert in Washington D.C., and the Voices of the People Welcome Celebration for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration, among others.

Scholarships for the event were provided last year and will be available again this year for those who might not be able to afford training. Radiant Rhythm is working on raising funds through sponsorships and grants.

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Two injured in head on collision

FOLEY – A Sartell man and Rice teen were seriously injured May 15 in a head on collision.

The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. in Sauk Rapids Township.

According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found Lonnie Wayne Noponen, 57, and a 16 year old female in their vehicles on the 800 block of 35th Street N.E., Sauk Rapids. Both drivers were extricated from their vehicles and transported with serious injuries to the St. Cloud Hospital. There were no passengers in either car.

Evidence at the scene indicated Noponen’s pick up crossed over the center line and collided with the westbound vehicle driven by the minor.

Investigating deputies collected cellular telephones from both drivers so a forensic examination could be performed to help determine if distraction was a factor in this crash. Additionally, deputies investigating the possibility of driver impairment obtained a search warrant to conduct a blood draw on Noponen as several prescription medications were found in his vehicle during the investigation into this crash.

This accident remains under investigation.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Sauk Rapids Fire Department, Sauk Rapids Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol and Mayo Clinic Ambulance.

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St. Pats 4-H Club members – Kolben Pozorski (front, from left), Madi WoitallaMi, Avery Pooch, Aleaya Kipka and Owen Schefers; (middle, from left) JaNay Lawson, Eli Rademacher, Skylar Morris, Josi Pozorski, Kylee Frisbee and Devin Lawson; (back, from left) Riley Kipka, Nicholas Sakry, Mitchell Schefers and Sam Morris – hold duck houses April 7 at St. Patrick Church in Sauk Rapids. The club assembled 30 houses with supplies donated by the Sauk Rapids Sportsmen’s Club.

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Page 14 | SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019 | SAUK RAPIDS HERALD BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MAY 7, 2019 The Benton County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on May 7, 2019 in the Benton County Board Room in Foley, MN with Commissioners Jake Bauerly, Warren Peschl, Ed Popp, Steve Heinen and Spencer Buerkle present. Call to order by Chair Bauerly was at 9:00 AM followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.

Peschl/Popp unanimous to approve the amended agenda—add items: construction contract for CR 78 reconstruction project; relocation agreement with East Central Energy for CR 78; discussion of structure at 80 N Freedom Road, Rice; follow-up on prospective lease of the Eastgate facility; and communication regarding Bend in the River regional park designation.

Jim Hovda (160 North Freedom Road, Rice) appeared under Open Forum, stating, in part “...on April 10th, I appeared before the Langola Township Board and Benton County officials to request a reduction in my estimated market value...although I disagreed with the findings of the board, the township supervisors were cordial and respectful...not so, Mr. Michael Harvey, your county assessor...he projected, in my opinion, an attitude of indifference to rural residential home owners...he represents you good commissioners and the county...” Also present under Open Forum was Paula Kampa, City of Rice Council member. She stated the city’s concern with a specific parcel owned by the City of Rice and leased by Prairie Farms; when inquiring why the city did not receive the tax statement for this parcel, the city was informed by county staff that the tax statement was sent to Prairie Farms, who is leasing the land. Kampa noted that the city never authorized the change to Prairie Farms and the city desires to have the parcel back in the city’s name; further, this is causing an auditing issue for the city who should be paying the taxes on this parcel. She asked that this situation be remedied.

Popp/Peschl to approve the Consent Agenda: 1) approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of April 16, 2019 as written; 2) accept and file Management Team Meeting Minutes of March 14, 2019 as written; 3) accept and file Committee of the Whole Minutes of April 8, 2019, and authorize the Chair to sign; 4) accept and file Committee of the Whole Minutes of April 15, 2019, and authorize the Chair to sign; 5) approve Applications for Exempt Permits, with Resolutions, for Clear Lake Lions to hold a raffle a Goodfella’s, 14351 – 78th Street NE, Foley, on June 1, 2019 (Resolution 2019-#10) and to hold a raffle at Jack & Jim’s, 11025 Duelm Road NE, Foley, on June 14, 2019 (Resolution 2019-#11); 6) approve 2019 SCORE Grant Applications Round II as recommended by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee; 7) approve 2019-2020 State of MN Department of Corrections Work Release Agreement, and authorize the Chair to sign; and 8) approve construction contract for CP 005-078-005, County Road 78 Reconstruction Project, and authorize the Chair to sign. Motion carried unanimous with the exception of Consent Agenda Item #1—Heinen abstained from the vote as he was not present at the April 16, 2019 County Board meeting.

Sheriff Troy Heck reported that May 12-18, 2019 has been designated as National Police Week; this designation honors the men and women of our nation’s law enforcement agencies who work to ensure citizens may live their lives without fear of harm or loss. Heck noted that these dedicated men and women work under difficult and dangerous conditions dealing with violent, mentally ill, and dangerous individuals. He stated that Benton County is fortunate to have a talented and dedicated group of professional peace officers serving the county. Buerkle/Heinen unanimous to recognize the men and women of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office and direct the Chair to sign the proclamation for National Police Week in Benton County.

Phil Miller, County Attorney, explained that the person holding the 3⁄4 time Assistant County Attorney position in his office has submitted her resignation; due to the ever-increasing caseload and the increased severity of those cases, he is requesting that the position be converted to full-time. Miller noted that most of the attorneys in his office are maxed out in vacation and comp time. He stated his intent to request the position be converted to full time effective 01/01/2020, but given the recent resignation, he is requesting approval to post for a full-time Assistant County Attorney as soon as possible.

Miller stated that this action should have minimal effect on the 2019 budget since the office is below budget for expected 2019 salaries given the recent retirement in his office; it would have an impact on the 2020 budget. Buerkle commented “...I don’t see anything wrong with the request...I just don’t want to see the integrity of the budget compromised by requests outside the normal budget process...” Popp stated “...I agree with Commissioner Buerkle, but we need to look outside the lines when the opportunity exists...” Peschl/Popp unanimous to authorize the 3⁄4 time Assistant County Attorney position to be converted to full time and allow the posting for a full-time Assistant County Attorney as soon as possible.

Roxanne Achman, Department of Development Director, explained that Geronimo Energy has indicated that a letter

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of support from the Benton County Board of Commissioners would be beneficial in getting their Regal Solar Project approved by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; a similar letter of support was recently submitted by Langola Township. Popp commented “...from this project, I see little or no downside...the amount of income that comes to the county will be $176,000 roughly per year besides the property tax we are already gaining...also, we are in a market where we have a surplus crop all over...if we are taking 800 acres out of production, I think it’s a good deal...there is going to be five fulltime employees and an outside chance that there will be another facility built on this property...after the project is up and running, we have no services that we will have to provide...I would support that...” Buerkle commented “...this is an allowable use within our ordinance...why do we have to have a separate document coming from this Board on something that is already allowable...I don’t know if it’s good policy for the Board to start picking those things out...” Heinen added “...I have the same concerns as Commissioner Buerkle...if it’s an allowable use anyway, why are we having to go through another step...” Bauerly and Peschl noted their support for a letter of support from the County Board. Popp/Peschl to approve the prepared letter of support and authorize the Chair to sign.

Motion carried with Popp, Bauerly and Peschl voting aye and Buerkle and Heinen voting nay.

Achman reported that the dilapidated structure located at 80 North Freedom Road, Rice, was first brought to the attention of the county in August 2018; the property was reviewed

by Public Health and the Department of Development to determine if any violations existed. She stated that, at that time, the Department of Development could find no zoning or solid waste violations that could be addressed; the county does not have a blight ordinance that is common for cities to have in place. Achman pointed out that, due to limited visibility, Public Health could not make a determination as to whether the structure posed a public health concern; upon making contact with the concerned neighbor, contact information for the property owner was obtained. Achman stated that, ultimately, Public Health provided the property owner with contact information for the Department of Development so that he could obtain information on tearing down the structure versus repairing/remodeling it; the property owner did not make contact with the Department of Development. Achman added that a letter, dated April 21, 2019, was sent to the Benton County Board of Commissioners from Langola Township regarding this structure; she has since become aware of a state statute regarding hazardous or substandard buildings as a way to remove a structure, but this structure would need to meet the strict definition of hazardous. Achman clarified that should this building meet the definition of hazardous, the county can require the property owner to correct the issue or remove it; should the property owner fail to correct or remove the structure, the County Board would need to serve an order to correct or remove the building. Peschl inquired if Langola Township could take action; Achman will get a legal opinion from the County Attorney’s Office. Heinen stated his recommendation that staff first contact the property owner by phone or letter and address the concerns of the neighbors/township officials in hopes of agreeing to a plan to improve or remove the structure; there was Board consensus that this be the first step (not addressing it as a hazardous building, rather as a possible hazardous building). Heinen stated his belief that the township should also be involved in this issue.

Achman reminded Board members of the Community Open House on the Benton County Comprehensive Plan to be held at the Watab Township Hall tomorrow from 4:00-8:00 PM; the public hearing will be scheduled before the Planning Commission on May 23rd with the final public hearing before the County Board on June 4th.

The Regular County Board meeting was recessed at 9:42 AM to conduct a Human Services Board meeting.

The Regular County Board meeting was reconvened at 9:54 AM. Chris Byrd, County Engineer, requested Board consideration to award a construction contract for project CP 005-055009, CR 55 Hot-in-Place Recycle Project (Gordon Bridge to Rice); he stated “we need to do something today to address the driving surface of the roadway”. Byrd noted that the Hotin-Place Recycle Project is a maintenance activity to make the driving surface smoother; it would not add structural capacity or widen the roadway. He explained that bids were opened on April 26th with one bid received; Dustrol Inc. of Towanda Kansas was the lowest responsible bidder at $714,866 (7% over Engineer’s estimate). Popp commented “...I know we will have a lot of complaints and concerns about this from the Rice area...the Park Board and the Park Steering Committee from Rice are looking at doing some things at the park...I’ve had a lot of complaints from businesses that are using CR 55 to get to Rice to get on the highway...we’ve got other needs in the county...” Byrd stated “...expected life of this project would be ten years maximum...we should consider looking at CR 55 from the park towards Rice and doing some things... planning, right of way acquisition, design, that’s three to four years, or even five years, out...the road condition...I don’t think it would survive that...I don’t see a negative to completing this maintenance activity today to give us that time to plan and develop a good project in the future...I do have a concern that we won’t be able to patch it enough or maintain the driving surface between now and whenever we get that more significant project going...” Popp reiterated “...there are four or five businesses using that road now to get to Rice...they all have trucks and over-wide loads...there’s a huge amount of bike traffic on that roadway...I have concerns that ten years is a long time to let that road be...we need to prioritize...” Byrd agreed that “there are some valid discussions that need to occur in the next couple years and include stakeholders from the City of Rice and the Rice business community...I want to be sensitive to the needs and the concerns of the public...I also want to be able to provide a smooth driving surface...” Bauerly stated “... what would it cost for an inch-and-a-half patch on that road to get by for five years for this 5.5 miles...for $450,000 you

could put a patch on that road...” Popp added “...we are going to need to do some curve straightening...we definitely need some type of a bike lane...it’s a daily occurrence...we are asking for a tragedy...this is a pretty significant amount of money to spend on that kind of a fix that’s only going to last ten years max...maybe just patch it until we do a long-term fix...” Heinen commented “...this is a huge price to put on a road that we know has got to be fixed sooner than later...and it’s 7% above Engineer’s estimate...” Bauerly pointed out “...this process is far from proven...we seldom accept things with one bidder...a Kansas contract doesn’t employ Benton County people and it is over estimate...” Popp suggested putting this issue on hold and have the Board view the road on their spring road tour.

Peschl/Popp unanimous to take no action on this item at this time.

Byrd referenced the CR 78 reconstruction project, reporting that East Central Energy has an overhead electric line outside of the original 33’ right-of-way; the county acquired additional right of way to accommodate current engineering standards and maintain a “clear zone”. He stated that, due to the existing utility being on private easement and the county acquiring additional right-of-way, the county is responsible for reimbursing East Central Energy for relocation costs ($90,248.00). Popp noted that Benton County has a resident serving on the East Central Energy Board; he urged Board members to contact that individual to state the Board’s concerns with the county’s responsibility for paying this bill. Following brief discussion, Popp/Peschl unanimous to approve the relocation agreement with East Central Energy for CR 78, and authorize appropriate signatures.

Byrd referenced the recent open houses held in Foley and Sauk Rapids regarding a possible Local Option Sales Tax. He presented a list of projects to be considered for a possible Sales Tax for Transportation resolution, asking the Board to think of this as an eligibility list that the county will use to create the five- year road construction capital improvement plan and identify funding sources to complete much needed road projects. Byrd noted that the project list represents about $34 million worth of projects; the tax ends once collections are enough to fund the identified projects. He stated his understanding that future Boards could decide to remove or add projects, following the proper public hearing/ resolution adoption process. Peschl inquired about prioritizing projects. Byrd explained that the next step would be discussing the fiveyear road plan, prioritizing projects and identifying funding sources. Monty Headley, County Administrator, noted that the public hearing on the sales tax is scheduled for the May 21st County Board meeting; if approved by the Board, collections will start October 1st. Board consensus that the County Engineer incorporate this list of projects into a resolution to be considered as part of the public hearing process on May 21st.

Administrator Headley reported that the Greater MN Regional Parks and Trails Commission Evaluation Team recently reviewed Benton County’s application to consider designation of Bend in the River Park as a regional park (this designation is required in order to receive legacy fund grants); the result was that Bend in the River Park did not receive the regional designation. Headley indicated that he will followup with the Parks and Trails Commission to understand what improvements he could make to Benton County’s application to possibly achieve the regional designation.

Headley provided a follow-up to yesterday’s County Board Committee of the Whole regarding possible leasing of the Eastgate complex in east St. Cloud for office space for Benton County Human Services. He reported that the property owner is not able to accept the county’s proposal for $6.00 per sq. ft. for a two-year period, clarifying that the property owner never proposed that the county would pay $6.00 per sq. ft. for any lengthy period of time; rather, his proposal was that the county could pay the $6.00 per sq. ft. in the Wells Fargo suite for two or three months if the current tenants were to move out at that time. Headley noted that the current tenants did not move out and they have a lease until October 2020; he asked the Board to consider a proposal to occupy the two suites in the 451 building and the one suite in the 425 building.

Headley noted that the Wells Fargo suite would not require acquiring furniture and no build-out is necessary; these costs would be required if moving into the Ideal Options suite (current leaseholder) in the 425 building. He added that it is not known today whether the current Ideal Options suite will be needed in the future. Peschl/Popp unanimous to move forward with negotiations for leasing the Eastgate II and Eastgate III buildings and bring the proposed lease agreements back to the Board for consideration following County Attorney review.

Board members reported on recent meetings they attended on behalf of the county.

Under Commissioner Concerns, Commissioner Heinen presented a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week. Popp/Heinen unanimous to proclaim the week of May 19-25, 2019 as Emergency Medical Services Week in Benton County, and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation.

Popp/Peschl unanimous to set Committees of the Whole: May 8, Community Open House on Benton County 2040 Comprehensive Plan; May 29, Spring Road Tour; May 30, Meeting with Watab Township Officials Regarding Township Request for County to be a Party to Township Developer Agreements; June 10, AMC District 5 Meeting; and June 3/ September 9/December 2, Human Services Committees of the Whole.

Heinen/Buerkle unanimous to adjourn at 11:17 AM. A. Jake Bauerly, Chair Benton County Board of Commissioners ATTEST: Montgomery Headley Benton County Administrator R-21-1B

PUBLIC NOTICES

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Date: May 7, 2019 YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT: 1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated September 14, 2015, executed by John A. Jankowski, a single adult, as Mortgagor, to Liberty Bank Minnesota, successor in interest to Liberty Savings Bank, fsb, as Mortgagee, and filed for record September 16, 2015, as Document No. 411783, in the Office of the County Recorder of Benton County, Minnesota. The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land.

2. The Mortgage has not been assigned.

3. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $79,650.00.

4. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof.

5. The holder of the Mortgage has complied with all conditions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage, and all notice and other requirements of applicable statutes.

6. At the date of this Notice the amount due on the Mortgage, and taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the Mortgage is $75,416.74.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the land located in Benton County, Minnesota, described as follows: Lot One (1), Block Three (3), Scenic View Plat Three, Benton County, Minnesota.

Together with the benefit of the easements for ingress, egress and utilities over Lot Five (5), Block Three (3), Scenic View Plat Three, the common area, as described in Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, recorded at Document No. 161719 will be sold by the County Sheriff of Benton County, Minnesota, at public auction on June 27, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., at the Benton County Sheriff’s Department, located at 581 Highway 23, Foley, Minnesota .

8. To the best of Mortgagee’s information, the property being foreclosed has a property address of 738 Eighth Street North, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

56379, and has tax parcel identification number 190239100.

9. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months after the date of sale.

10. The property must be vacated by 11:59 p.m. on December 27, 2019, provided the Mortgagor has not reinstated the Mortgage under Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.30 or redeemed the property under Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.23. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate is the next business day at 11:59 p.m.

11. THE TIME ALLOWED

BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING,

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS C O M M U N I C AT I O N IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. LIBERTY BANK MINNESOTA, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LIBERTY SAVINGS BANK, FSB Benjamin B. Bohnsack (#0319399) Rinke Noonan Suite 300 US Bank Plaza 1015 W. St. Germain St. P.O. Box 1497 St. Cloud, MN 56302 (320) 251-6700 (320) 656-3500 fax Our File No. 22118-0200 Bbohnsack@RinkeNoonan. com Attorneys for Mortgagee R-19-6B

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED

BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: March 7, 2017 MORTGAGOR: Travis Gary Vogt and Amy Vogt, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded March 17, 2017 Benton County Recorder, Document No. 421589.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Suntrust Bank. Dated August 10, 2018 Recorded August 15, 2018, as Document No. 431149.

And thereafter assigned to: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC. Dated March 28, 2019 Recorded April 1, 2019, as Document No. 434897.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE I D E N T I F I C AT I O N NUMBER ON M O R T G A G E :

100109800003421659 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC M O RT G A G E D PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1027 Garden Brook Drive, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 190362300 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 7, Block 2, Garden Brook, Benton County, Minnesota COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Benton O R I G I N A L PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $168,000.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $176,955.22 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part

Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47 (Official Publication) Sauk Rapids – Rice ISD #47 1833 Osauka Road NE Sauk Rapids, MN 556379 ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS

The Board of Education, Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47, will receive sealed proposals on the following: Group Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical Insurance Plans until 12:00 P.M. on June 18, 2019, at Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47, 1833 Osauka Road NE, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Copies of the Request for Proposal, existing labor management agreements, and existing contracts are avail-

thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 25, 2019 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owneroccupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on January 27, 2020, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or

582.032.

M O RT G A G O R ( S ) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION

BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: May 10, 2019 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 137 - 19-002723 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-21-6B

able free of charge beginning May 25, 2019 at OneDigital, 2860 Vicksburg Lane N., Plymouth, MN 55447. Proposals should be addressed to Eva White, Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47, and the envelope clearly marked to indicate the contents.

No Vendor may withdraw his/her proposal within thirty (30) days after date of opening proposals without the consent of the Board of Education.

Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47 reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive informalities in bidding of advertisement. Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47 reserves the right to select the proposal which best meets the needs of the Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD #47 pursuant to M.S. 471.6161.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Benton County Board of Commissioners will conduct public hearings on June 4th, 2019 in the Commissioner’s Room, Benton County Government Center, Foley, and beginning at 9:00 a.m. to hear the following: 1. Public hearing to consider amendments to the Benton County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Ordinance Number 393. The Comprehensive Land Use Plan will guide future public and private land and water use, transportation, community facilities and commercial and residential development throughout all unincorporated areas of Benton County that are not within an orderly annexation area. The proposed amendments include text, charts and maps and are too lengthy to be published in their entirety.

2. Public hearing to consider the request by Doug and Lori Lezer for approval of three lot minor final plat entitled “St. George Corners North” in the Agricultural District. Pursuant to Section 10.7. The affected property is described as follows: part of the W1/2 NW1/4, Section 6, St. George Township.

3. Public hearing to consider the request by Doug and Lori Lezer for approval of three lot minor final plat entitled “St. George Corners South” in the Agricultural District. Pursuant to Section 10.7. The affected property is described as follows: part of the W1/2 NW1/4, Section 6, St. George Township.

4. Public hearing to consider the request by Jason Bambenek for approval of a three lot minor final plat entitled “Bambenek Addition” in the R-3 Residential District. Pursuant to Section 10.7. The affected property is described as follows: Part of Gov’t Lot 1, Section 9, Sauk Rapids Township.

ANYONE wishing to be heard with reference to the above will be heard at this meeting.

F/R-21-1B

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sauk Rapids will meet in the Sauk Rapids Government Center—Council Chambers, 250 Summit Ave. N, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota 56379 at 6:00pm, on June 10, 2019, to conduct a public hearing for Liquor Licenses.

This public hearing is to consider On-Sale Intoxicating License, Special Sunday License, On-Sale 3.2 Beer License, Off-Sale 3.2 Beer License, and Seasonal Outdoor Sales within the City of Sauk Rapids for the License year of July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020.

Any person wishing to express an opinion on the matter is invited to do so in writing or orally at the time of the public hearing. Inquiries should be directed to Dana Furman, Deputy Clerk, at 320-258-5303 during normal working hours or to: Sauk Rapids Government Center 250 Summit Ave N. Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

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Sauk Rapids resident earns all-region baseball honors

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Dominic Austing, of Sauk Rapids, has been named to the 2019 D2CCA Baseball All-Central Region First Team.

A Cathedral High School graduate, Austing leads the St. Cloud State University Huskies’ pitching staff.

ST. CLOUD – St. Cloud State University senior pitcher Dominic Austing, of Sauk Rapids, has been named to the 2019 D2CCA Baseball All-Central Region First Team. Austing is the son of Scott and Sandy Austing and is a Cathedral High School graduate.

The 2019 D2CCA NCAA Division II Baseball All-Central Region First and Second teams are voted upon by College Sports Information Directors of America from the region. The central region consists of 39 baseball teams from the Northern Sun, MidAmerica and Great American conferences. In all, 19 teams were represented with eight teams gaining multiple selections.

Each of the 16 D2CCA All-Central Region First Team selections will now be listed on the D2CCA Baseball All-America ballot, which will be voted on by the CoSIDA Division II membership with the announcement of those all-American teams expected May 31.

This marks the second consecutive season Austing was named to the D2CCA Baseball AllCentral Region Team.

Last year, Austing was an

All-Region Second Team selection for the Huskies.

Austing has earned AllNSIC honors in 2018 and 2019 for SCSU. Austing leads the Huskies pitching staff with an 8-0 record, a 1.97 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 59.1 IP this season for the No. 15 nationally ranked SCSU baseball team. Austing owns a 25-4 career record at SCSU and has set a team record for career strikeouts with 286 over the past four seasons.

The Huskies (40-12) will began NCAA Division II Central Region tournament play May 16 against the University of Central Oklahoma in Warrensburg, Mo. The four-team, double-elimination regional tournament will continue through Saturday, May 18 in Warrensburg, Mo. The winner of that tournament advances to the NCAA DII Central Super Regional tournament May 24-25. Of note, SCSU has now advanced to five consecutive NCAA tournaments, and the Huskies have gained nine NCAA tournament bids since 2010 under the guidance of head coach Pat Dolan.

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NEWS/SPORTS

Seniors receive scholarships SAUK RAPIDS – Sauk Rapids-Rice High School seniors were awarded scholarships toward future endeavors May 15 at SRRHS in Sauk Rapids. The award recipients are as follows:

Scholarship Name Recipient Rapids River Food Fest Tom Bearson Foundation Jack Grabinski Rice Area Sportsmen Club Benton Communications Amanda Voigt Rice Area Sportsmen Club Benton County Historical Society Julia Severson Rice Area Sportsmen Club Buckman Trailblazers Snowmobile Club Matthew Kahl Rice Area Sportsmen Club Hasso Briese - Rice American Legion Cole Ritten Rice Women of Today Change the Culture Kari Meyer St. Cloud Morning Optimist Club Chartwells/ISD 47 Victoria Gratke St. Cloud Orthopedics Chartwells/ISD 47 Kaeleigh Rainer St. Cloud River Runners Chartwells/ISD 47 Ivan Smekofske Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year Coborn’s Inc Reid Lunser Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year East Central Energy Logan Hackett Sauk Rapids Fire Department East Central Energy Ellie LeBlanc Sauk Rapids High School Class of 1969 Farmers & Merchants State Bank Braden Burggraff Sauk Rapids Lion’s Club Farmers & Merchants State Bank Jacob Weyer Sauk Rapids Rice Education Association Tanner Fuls Memorial - SR Youth Baseball Tyler Hemker Sauk Rapids Rice Education Association Tanner Fuls Memorial - SR Youth Baseball Morgan Weinand Sauk Rapids Rice High School Staff Gray, Plant, Mooty Mikayla Zaske Sauk Rapids Rice Music Boosters Gridiron to Grandparents Tristan Welch Sauk Rapids Rice Music Boosters Haider Service Award - SR Rotary Camden Patterson Sauk Rapids Sportsmen’s Club Hanson, Julie Ann Memorial Hailey Judovsky Sauk Rapids Sportsmen’s Club Hanson, Julie Ann Memorial Elayne Lampe Sauk Rapids Tinville Lions Club Hanson, Julie Ann Memorial Morgan Weinand Sauk Rapids Tinville Lions Club Hanson, Julie Ann Memorial Cole Ritten Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992 Helena Home Grown Emily Kath Sauk Rapids VFW Post 6992 Imholte, Glenn J. Memorial Emily Kath Silverstreak Dairies Kiwanis Michael Brambrink Stearns Bank Kopp Family Foundation Abigayle Arend Stearns Bank Kopp Family Foundation Luo Balo Storm Backcourt Club Kopp Family Foundation Neveah Braucks Storm Backcourt Club Kopp Family Foundation Emily Gertken Storm Dance Team Barb Mingo Honorary Jack Grabinski Storm Dance Team Minnesota Honor Society Claire Maurus Storm Football Endzone Club Pine Cone Vision Center Caiden Curtis Storm Football Endzone Club Rapids River Food Fest Jake Ackerman Wojtanowicz Memorial Rapids River Food Fest Austin Bemboom Rapids River Food Fest Cooper Grau-Firkus

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Overcoming obstacles

Julia Severson stands on the track at Sauk RapidsRice Middle School May 9 in Sauk Rapids.

Severson has been earning spots on the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School all-time record lists this season with her times in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter races.

Severson continues running career despite medical setbacks

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – Julia Severson is at the top of her running game, breaking records and holding spots on the all-time Sauk Rapids-Rice High School record lists in track and field.

Five years since Severson began participating in track and cross-country in seventh grade, she has developed a passion for running; but it has not come easy.

“There were times where I wanted to quit running,” Severson said. “I continued to get bad luck over bad luck.”

Severson’s troubles began as she entered into her junior year of competition when she was diagnosed with an iron deficiency.

Prior to her junior cross-country season, Severson trained over summer, and put in 250 miles. As the season kicked off, however, Severson saw her times going down and could barely run a mile in 7 minutes.

“It felt different,” Severson said.

“I could no longer push myself like I used to and it was carrying over into my schoolwork, too. I couldn’t concentrate, and I would zone out mentally. I couldn’t remember the conversations I was having with my friends or teachers.

I knew something was up.”

The doctors discovered her ferritin levels, indicating iron in the body, were at 7.9. The average for runners is in the 40s. While some people are able to control their ferritin levels with food, that is not the case for Severson. She takes liquid iron with orange juice morning

and night.

“I could only take it once a day, but doing it twice a day is best, especially with orange juice,” Severson said.

“It absorbs into my body a lot better. I recheck my numbers every six weeks now.”

Severson felt she had her iron deficiency under control, but then was hit with an asthma diagnosis after the second track and field meet of the season that same year.

“Everything was so frustrating,” Severson said. “I kept asking myself why I was where I was being involved in cross-country and track, but always getting sidelined.”

She is on two inhalers – one to help her breathe throughout the day and one taken prior to exercising.

Through all of her setbacks, Severson has learned lessons in adversity and perseverance, as well as how to advocate for her health.

“When I went in and ended up with the iron deficiency diagnosis, it was an interesting experience,” Severson said.

“The nurse had called me back with my mom and she looked right at my mom and said there was nothing wrong with me. I knew there was something wrong, so I had to fight for it. I have learned how important it is to take care of and advocate for yourself if you feel something isn’t right.”

Severson’s optimism has also helped her gain confidence and drive on the track. She has shaved 6 seconds

off her 1600 meter and 3200 times and 5 seconds off her 800 time. As the Storm girls track and field team heads into the section 8AA competition May 29, Severson has her sights on running the 1600 and 3200 at the state tournament.

“I have had this let’s do this mentality this season,” Severson said.

“Now that I have everything in check, I am having a lot of fun on the track and

seeing a lot of success, too.”

Severson will continue her running career this fall at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter where she plans to run both cross-country and track.

“I am so excited to be running at the collegiate level,” Severson said.

“High school has only been the beginning for me.”

Return of Sanó adds more power to Twins lineup The Minnesota Twins are red-hot Needless to say, 2018 was a forgettable right now. They have a 32-16 record year for both the Twins and their young (including a very impressive 17-8 record slugger. away from Target Field), their run This offseason, newly-anointed Twins differential is +81 for the season, they manager Rocco Baldelli flew to the have scored more runs than any MLB Dominican Republic to personally meet team, and they have a 6.5 game lead in with Sanó and detail his expectations the American League Central Division for the still-promising youngster. Miguel before the end of May. I know it is tough had to get himself in shape. While some

by ANDY THAYER to believe as a cynical Minnesota sports of the luster has worn off Sanó, and he Sports Columnist fan, but those things are all true. The certainly is not viewed as a cannot-miss Twins are a legitimate contender, and cornerstone roster piece anymore, any to make things even more frightening for opposing 26-year-old with Sanó’s monstrous raw power still has pitchers, the team’s most powerful hitter returned from potential. His ceiling as a player might no longer be the injured list.

Hank Aaron or Mike Schmidt, but you can squint and Miguel Sanó has had a turbulent tenure with the see a Nelson Cruz-Prince Fielder-Ryan Howard-type Twins to say the least. He broke onto the scene in 2015 of upside with Sanó. That is a very good player. The as a 22-year-old rookie and mashed 18 dingers in only keys to unlocking that upside are pitch recognition and 80 games. He regressed a bit in 2016, but still managed fitness, and, by all accounts, Sanó got to work trying to to hit 25 bombs and post a respectable .462 slugging improve himself in both of those areas last winter. percentage. In 2017, he was an all-star and slashed Unfortunately, Sanó suffered a freak heel laceration .264/.352/.507 with 28 homers in only 114 games while injury that required surgery while celebrating his helping lead the Twins to an unexpected playoff berth. team’s Dominican Winter League championship, and Then, last year happened. Sanó reported to spring recovering from that setback cost him all of spring training out of shape, battled injuries all season, slashed training and almost two months of the 2019 season. It an odious .199/.281/.398 while punching out 115 times also obviously impacted his fitness regimen. It would in 266 at bats, and was demoted to the minor leagues have been nice to get a healthy Miguel some extra cuts during a particularly repugnant midseason stretch. in Fort Myers this March, but he had to play the hand

he was dealt.

Sanó returned to the Twins last week and has had some mixed results in his first five games. He is only 4/21 and already has nine strikeouts, but he has popped two homers already (one of which was the gamewinning blow in Monday’s tilt with the Angels). Twins fans are going to need to be patient with Sanó as he re-acclimates to major league pitching. The good news is the rest of the team is humming along nicely, and consistent production from Sanó would be the cherry on top of an already-delicious offensive sundae.

The difference between 2019 and previous seasons is the Twins do not desperately need Sanó to produce like an all-star to have any chance for success. They just need him to get at-bats, work himself back into shape and refine his approach at the plate. Marwin Gonzalez has already established he can play third base and provide adequate offensive production for the team, so regular at-bats for Sanó will have to be earned. I think this is the best sort of scenario for the young slugger; if he puts in the work and makes a positive impact, the playing time will come. If he struggles, the team has the luxury of other options who have already proven they can help them win ballgames. Sanó is in control of his own destiny, and his effort level will determine whether he is the next Nelson Cruz or the next Kennys Vargas.

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Tennis team halted at sections

Hatlestad said. “A lot of guys were asking about our summer lessons, so The season for the they want to get better.”

Individual sections Storm’n Eagles boys tenSingles: AJ Stang lost nis team has come to an 0-6, 0-6 against Keenan end.

Hodge, of Brainerd. Zach The team competed Stang lost 1-6, 1-6 against in Section 8AA team Louis Saxton, of Bemidji. competition May 18 at Doubles: Leeb and Sta-Fit in Sartell, losing Jon DeMars lost 1-6, 0-6 to to Moorhead 7-0. The Zach Wosepka and Hunter team was then split for Croonquist, of Alexandria.

Siltman and Attebery lost section individual com- 1-6, 0-6 to Jeron Sheldon petition May 21 in Alex- and Ives Hilgers, of Moorandria. head.

Team sections “Coach Dave MasSingles: No. 1 Zach g this ters and I kept saying roups Stang 0-6, 0-6, No. 2 AJ was one of the best groups 0-6, 0-6, No. 3 Leeb ether Stang as far as gelling together 0-6, 1-6 and No. 4 DeMars schools in a co-op,” said 0-6, 0-6. Doubles: No. 1 Jamie Hatlestad, head Attebery-Siltman 1-6, 1-6, coach. “This group never No. 2 Baumgartner-Win PHOTOS BY LAURA HINTZEN ce of Koering 3-6, 1-6 and No. 3 deterred in the face adversity. We neverr did Kody Duffy-Juan Calleros Braedyn Leeb takes a back hand shot during individual team r, but 0-6, 0-6. win a match this year, section competition in Alexandria they kept fighting, kept May 21. Leeb played doubles with g and listening to coaching Jon DeMars and lost. ith a ended the season with lot of class.” noted Hatlestad perseverance in Teddy aedyn Baumgartner, Braedyn Leeb, AJ Stang, Tiernan Attebery and Porter AJ Stang swings at the ball May 21 d imSiltman who all had in Alexandria. Stang lost to Keenan Hodge of Brainerd at the Section 8AA comprovements and accomindividual competition. ghout plishments throughout the season.

“I think our team will be better next year,”

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

Tiernan Atterbery reaches for the ball at the Section 8AA individual competition May 21 in Alexandria. Atterbery partnered with Porter Siltman for the doubles contest.

Storm baseball improves to 7-9 Fuecker pushes team past Sartell

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SRR 12, Sartell 1 The Storm got down to business from the first pitch. After a three up three down first inning, the Storm bats were on fire. SRR defeated Sartell on the 10-run rule, putting in only four and a

half innings of play time.

In the first inning, Tyler Hemker scored on a passed ball. Trygve Hanson immediately followed with a hard grounder to center to bring Fuecker home from second. Brady Posch

The Sauk RapidsRice Storm baseball team marked a victory over the Sartell Sabres May 21 at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids.

Cole Fuecker pitched five innings for SRR, striking out five and allowing a mere three hits and one run. He also went 2-3 at the plate with two runs and two RBIs. In addition to the game against Sartell, the Storm earned a 3-2 win over Alexandria May 20 and lost to Apollo 7-0 May 17.

The team will begin Section 5AAA playoffs Tuesday, May 28, time and place to be announced. The section seedings were released May 24 after the Sauk Rapids Herald went to PHOTOS BY ANNA HINKEMEYER print. Check the June 1 Landon Lunser throws a pitch across the plate May 17 at issue for results of the Bob Cross Park in Sauk Rapids. Lunser pitched the first five innings of the game against Apollo High School. first playoff games.

added two RBIs and three runs for the Storm as he homered a fly ball over the right field fence, scoring Brady Pesta from second and Hanson from first along with himself.

The second inning was not much different for the Storm. The scoring for the inning started with a fly ball from Fuecker to center, allowing him to round the diamond all the way to third and scoring Hemker. Pesta followed with a hard grounder to bring Fuecker home.

Bases were loaded in the third when Fuecker came back to the plate and was walked, bringing Derek Durant home from third. Hanson hit a ground ball to second a couple plays later to bring Nick Schmitt home from third.

Things were looking tough for the Sabres as the Storm came up to bat for the fourth inning with the score sitting at 9-1.

Logan Donahue scored the first run of the inning on a hard grounder to right from Hemker.

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Trygve Hanson waits for the ball to drop from a pop fly in shallow left field May 17 in Sauk Rapids. The Storm faced Apollo High School in the matchup, losing 7-0.

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The Sauk RapidsRice boys golf team competed in their final meet of the regular season May 20 at the Alexandria Golf Club in Alexandria.

Chase Christensen led the team with a score of 87, the only sub-100 score the team recorded.

“The course wasn’t extremely difficult, but the greens were fast and if you ended up above the hole, the downhill speed on the chip putts were almost uncontrollable,” said John Gans, head coach.

Overall conference standings: 1. Alexandria 298, 2. Brainerd 302, 3. Sartell 307, 4. Fergus Falls 320, 5. St. Cloud 335, 6. Rocori 341, 7. Willmar 359 and 8.

SRR 397.

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The Sauk RapidsRice High School clay target team has settled into the middle of Section 4A Conference 5 for the second week in a row as they recorded their week four scores at DelTone Luth Gun Range in St. Cloud.

The team remains ousted from the top three

by Jordan, St. Charles and Holdingford.

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Donovan Elyea and Trace Wagner tied for 12th, each with a score of 21.75. Jared Daniels and Ethan Frana tied for 25th, each with a score of 20.88.

The Storm has one week left of regular competition before competing in the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League Trap Shooting Championship June 13 in Alexandria.

Conference standings: 1. Jordan 16,889, 2. St. Charles 16,826.5, 3.

Holdingford 15,523, 4.

SRR 14,923.5, 5. Goodhue 13,556.5, 6. South St. Paul 8,293 and 7. Simley 8,166.5.

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Aiden Hilger and Cameron Hallonquist were the lead scorers for the Storm’n Sabres through two games this week – May 16 against

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Jameson Schultz, seventh grader, earned the opportunity to travel with the varsity team.

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“We are looking forward to sections and hope to have our best match yet,” Gans said. “We have the skills to compete. We just need to pull it all together at the right time.”

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Weber, 4x200 relay earn all conference SRR takes sixth in CLC

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The Sauk RapidsRice High School boys track and field team placed sixth in the Central Lakes Conference championships May 21 at Brainerd High School in Brainerd.

“The team competed well,” said Rod Fuchs, head coach. “They competed in a fashion to instill pride in coaches, school and community.”

Spencer Weber was one fierce force for the Storm as he took first in the triple jump with a dist tance of 43-2 1/4 and took third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 41.63 seconds. He earned all conference in both events.

The 4x200 meter relay was another bright spot for the team as Dakota Johnson, Kole Kutzera, Mitchel Peterson and Cole Ritten took second with 1:33.69 and also earned all conference.

SRR also had a handt ful of all conference honorable mentions – Carter Loesch in the 110 hurdles and the long jump, Mar-

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Ten Sauk Rapids-Rice track and field athletes – Dakota Johnson (front, from left), Cole Ritten, Kole Kutzera and Spencer Weber; (middle, from left) Cade Milton-Baumgardner, Jared Bentrud, Marcus Santillana and Carter Loesch; (back, from left) Mitchel Peterson and DeAndre Jackson – sit in the bleachers prior to practice May 23 at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School in Sauk Rapids. The group earned all conference and honorable mentions at the Central Lakes Conference championships May 21 in Brainerd. Not pictured are Jack Grabinski and Jack O’Brien.

cus Santillana in the 300 hurdles, Jared Bentrud in the 800, Kutzera in the 200 and Jack Grabinski in the pole vault.

The 4x800 relay of Cade Milton-Baumgardner, DeAndre Jackson, Jack O’Brien and Bentrud, as well as the 4x400

Baseball from page 18 Fuecker followed with a pop fly to right field and reached first on an error which allowed Schmitt and Hemker the opportunity to score.

Fuecker took the mound for the final inning in the fifth, sealing

Brady Pesta throws the ball in from center field May 17 in Sauk Rapids. The Storm lost to the Apollo Eagles 7-0.

the 12-1 win over Sartell.

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relay of Weber, Santillana, Peterson and Johnson earned honorable mentions.

“We had 18 season or personal bests and scored team points in 13 of the 18 events,” Fuchs said.

The team will compete in the Section 8AA

meet 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 at Fergus Falls High School in Fergus Falls.

runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Kruger was the attacker at the plate to make the first two runs happen. He belted a line drive to center field, earning two RBIs as Fuecker came home from third and Pesta scored from second.

The game remained steady for both sides with a score at 2-2 for a two innings until Posch hit a line drive to left field and Pesta scored on the throw.

Hanson pitched for the entirety of the game and allowed six hits with one earned run.

of St. Cloud May 17 at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids. SRR had three hits throughout the game, one each from Hemker, Andvik and Bates.

The final inning was the toughest for SRR as the Eagles poured in five runs across the plate.

SRR cycled through three pitchers in the game. Landon Lunser pitched the first 5.1 innings, Donahue came in for one inning and Hemker wrapped up the final two-thirds of the seventh inning.

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4x800 relay – 4. Milton-Baumgardner, Jackson, O’Brien and Bentrud 8:56.08. 110 hurdles – 6.

Loesch 16.54. 4x200 – 2.

Johnson, Kutzera, Peterson and Ritten 1:33.69.

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4x100 – 7. Ritten, Tai Lam, Austin Horn and Tayton Philavanh 46.31. 400 – 8.

Johnson 52.94. 300 hurdles – 3. Weber 41.63 and 5. Santillana 42.13. 800 – 6.

Bentrud 2:08.07. 200 – 6.

Kutzera 23.49 and 8. Peterson 23.63. 4x400 – 4.

Weber, Santillana, Peterson and Johnson 3:35.24. High jump – 5. Loesch 5-10

and 6. Philavanh 5-8. Pole vault – 4. Grabinski 12.

Long jump – 8. Philavanh 20-6 3/4. Triple jump – 1.

Weber 43-2 1/4.

Overall team: 1. Alexandria 146.5, 2. Apollo 114, 3. Brainerd 96, 4. Willmar 89.5, 5. Rocori 75, 6. SRR 63.5, 7. Sartell 56, 8. Tech 48 and 9. Fergus Falls 13.5.

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Brady Posch catches a ball in the infield May 17 in Sauk Rapids. Posch has been playing first base for SRR.

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Lady golfers wrap up season Compete in Cold Spring, Sauk Rapids

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

The Sauk RapidsRice High School girls golf team has wrapped up its regular season and is preparing for the section 8AAA competition which takes place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 at Rich-Spring Golf Club in Cold Spring.

Jenna Bukowski and Maureen Schimnich competed May 20 at Rich-Spring Golf Club in Cold Spring and May 21 at Wapicada Golf Club in Sauk Rapids in Central Lakes Conference meets.

Wapicada invite Windy and cloudy weather led to a challenging day on the course for the final Central Lakes Conference meet of the season in Sauk Rapids.

Schimnich scored 130 and Bukowski 134.

Overall standings: 1.

Alexandria 344, 2. Brainerd 355, 3. Willmar 366, 4. Sartell 376, 5. Fergus Falls 401, 6. Rocori 421, 7. St. Cloud 435 and 8. SRR 664.

Cold Spring invite The girls competed in a Central Lakes Conference meet May 20 at Rich-Spring Golf Club in Cold Spring. At the meet, Schimnich recorded a 121 and Bukowski came in with a 123.

Overall standings: 1.

Alexandria 328, 2. BrainPHOTOS BY ANNA HINKEMEYER erd 337, 3. Sartell 349, 4.

Willmar 354, 5. Fergus Falls Maureen Schimnich putts off the green May Jenna Bukowski watches her ball fly off the tee on hole 14 May 21 at 367, 6. St. Cloud 410, 7. Ro- 21 at Wapicada Golf Club in Sauk Rapids. Wapicada Golf Club in Sauk Rapids. Bukowski scored 134 in the final Schimnich scored 130. regular season meet. cori 413 and 8. SRR 644.

Athletes earn conference honors SRR girls track, field takes seventh

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

The Sauk RapidsRice girls track and field team earned a handful of honorable mentions at the Central Lakes Conference championship meet May 21 in Brainerd.

Julia Severson was the lone runner to earn honorable mention for her performances in the 1600 meter and 3200 runs.

Three girls earned honorable mention in field events – Mara PestaCarlson with a distance of 4-10 in the high jump, Kjerstin Haeny with a height of 8-2 in the pole vault and Ally O’Brien with a distance of 114-6 in the discus.

“I think the girls competed well and are ready to perform next week,” said Loren Finlayson, head coach.

The team had 16

season best performances with highlights from Hailee Cullen in the discus and Aneleise Martinson in the triple jump.

Cullen finished ninth in the discus with 108-1, the seventh best in school history. Martinson leaped for a distance of 33-1 1/2, the 10th best in school history.

SRR will compete in the preliminary section 8AA meet at 3 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29 at Fergus Falls High School in Fergus Falls.

4x800 relay – 7. Brynn Karasch, Sienna Petermeier, Ava Juntunen-Novak and Tessa Fernholz 11:00.40.

4x200 – 7. Martinson, Bailey Roscoe, Maggie Fernholz and Ezigbo Ugochukwu 1:56.87. 1600 – 4.

Severson 5:27.63. 4x100 – Martinson, Justus Floren, Anna Walz and Ugochukwu 54.09. 3200 – 5. Severson 12:06.03. 4x400 – 5.

Tessa Fernholz, Addison Bemboom, Ugochukwu and Roscoe 4:28.34. High jump – 6. Pesta-Carlson 4-10. Pole vault – 6. Haeny 8-2. Triple jump – 8. Martinson 33-1 1/2. Discus – 5.

O’Brien 114-6.

Overall team standings: 1. Alexandria 196.33, 2. Brainerd 113.33, 3. RoPHOTO BY ANNA HINKEMEYER cori 102, 4. Willmar 100.33, 5. Fergus Falls 67, 6. Sartell Mara Pesta-Carlson (from left), Kjerstin Haeny and Julia Severson stand on the track May 23 in Sauk Rapids. The three 48, 7. SRR 30, 8. Apollo 29 Sauk Rapids-Rice track and field members were named all conference honorable mentions at the Central Lakes Conference championships May 21 in Brainerd. Not pictured is Ally O’Brien. and 9. Tech 16.

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Second inning costly for Storm on the diamond Softball falls to Alexandria in first playoff game

A key recipe for any softball team competing in playoffs is to limit errors.

If you give opposing teams extra outs, they often score multiple runs and put you in a tough position to win that game.

This scenario played out for the Sauk RapidsRice softball team when they hosted Alexandria in the opening round of the Section 8AAA playoffs May 21.

SRR trailed 1-0 heading into the second inning. The Cardinals had scored one run and the bases were loaded when the Storm committed an error with two outs that allowed a base runner to reach. The next Cardinal hitter had a grand slam home run, and the Storm suffered a 7-2 defeat.

“If we get out of their 2-0, we are good shape,” said Ken Karna, head coach. “That’s a tough one to come back from. Giving up that run and then the grand slam, it took a couple innings before the girls got their jump back.”

The Cardinals sent 11 to the plate and scored six runs in the inning.

Maddie Fuls got the Storm on the scoreboard in the sixth inning when she crushed a two-run

Maddie Boettcher rips a double during the fifth inning in the Storms playoff game against Alexandria May 21 in Sauk Rapids. Boettcher had two hits in the game.

homer to trim the deficit to five, 7-2.

SRR put together another threat in the seventh inning. Danielle Schultz, Staci Meyer and Chloe Stockinger all reached but the Cardinals were able to get a strikeout to preserve the win.

Despite the loss, Karna was impressed with his team’s persistence and how they kept battling in the game.

“That’s the nice thing about having juniors and seniors; even when they have a bad inning it doesn’t take them out for the whole game,” Karna said. “We didn’t just throw in the towel and give up the game. That’s the big advantage of having all these upperclassmen.”

Fuls pitched all seven innings for the Storm and allowed eight hits and struck out six. SRR had seven hits in the game.

Staci Meyer and Bouttcher led the way with two each. Fuls, Schultz and Cora Weirens also had hits for the Storm.

The Storms, who are 9-10 on the season, next playoff game will be Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), against Bemidji or Detroit Lakes.

“From here on out

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Madie Fuls celebrates with her teammates after she hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning against Alexandria May 21 in Sauk Rapids. The Storm lost the game 7-2 and will have their next playoff game May 27.

everything is a must-win situation or the season is over,” Karna said.

Storm eke past Apollo The Storm trailed 5-3 after four innings but scored one in the fifth inning and two in the sixth to pull off the comefrom-behind victory. Final score was 6-5 Storm.

Meyer had another strong day at the plate.

She came through with two hits including a tworun single over the third basemen in the top of sixth inning that gave the Storm the lead for good.

“It was a beautifullyexecuted slap hit to give us the lead, and then we closed them out,” Karna said.

Makayla Anderson also had two hits for the

Storm.

SRR totaled nine hits in the contest. The Eagles come up with 11. Fuls and Kaitlyn Lewis each pitched in the game.

Karna started all

eight – Meyer, Kaitlyn Lewis, Anderson, Riley Holmes, Morgan Weinand, Jordyn Krueger,

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Fuls kept the Flyers off-balance all afternoon.

She allowed seven hits and struck out six. “Maddie threw very well in that game,� Karna said. “She threw a lot of strikes and didn’t have a lot of walks or wild pitches. If she does that it gives us such an advantage to beat any team.�

The Storm scored one run in the first inning and tacked on three more in the fifth inning to pull away. Fuls only allowed the Flyers to score a single run in the sixth inning.

SRR came through with 10 hits. Jordyn Krueger and Halie Armstrong-Kipka led the way with two each. Boettcher and Fuls drove in all the Storms runs in game; finishing with two apiece.

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Sauk Rapids-Rice shortstop Chloe Stockinger tags out a runner trying to steal second during the Storms playoff game against the Alexandria Cardinals May 21 in Sauk Rapids. The Storm continues playoffs May 27.

Sauk Rapids-Rice head coach Ken Karna watches his team bat during their playoff game against Alexandria. SRR lost 7-2.

Sauk RapidsRice pitcher Maddie Fuls tosses the ball to first basemen Danielle Schultz to get an out in the playoff game against Alexandria May 21. The Storm fell 7-2.

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