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11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379

Referendum put to vote Tuesday Sauk RapidsRice District asks for $37.1 million

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – Residents of Independent School District No. 47 will take to the polls this coming Tuesday in a special election.

The district is asking voters to approve a $37.1 million referendum to replace Pleasantview Elementary School with a new facility on its current site.

The special election takes place Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Unregistered individuals may register to vote at their polling place that day.

This will be the third referendum the district has sought in the past three years.

Residents failed a $93 million referendum vote in May 2018 and a $86.9 referendum vote in May 2017.

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PHOTO BY ANNA HINKEMEYER

Levi Nyreen (front), 5, Ryan Smude (back, from left) holding Aubrey Nyreen, Nicole Smude holding Victor Smude, and Robyn Nyreen holding Ellie Nyreen gather at the Sacred Heart Church trunk or treat event Oct. 31 in Sauk Rapids. The church welcomed trick or treaters in its parking lot to collect candy and other prizes.

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Dream Center receives Benton Telecommunications grant Shelter to purchase used van for transportation

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

ST. CLOUD – Hope and second chances are what the Overcomers International Fellowship Dream Center is all about.

Located at 529 16th Ave. N., St. Cloud, the Dream Center provides residence for males ages 18 and older. The center often provides transportation to appointments, treatment and shopping trips for residents as well.

“Providing our own transportation ensures PHOTO BY ANNA HINKEMEYER these guys get to where The Rev. Michael Laidlaw (left) and Joe Gibdons, Overcomers International Fellowship Dream Center board chairman,

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receive an $8,000 grant check from Cheryl Scapanski, general manager and treasurer of Benton Telecommunications Foundation Oct. 30 in St. Cloud. The Dream Center houses males ages 18 and older and provides transportation.

OBITUARIES • Eleanor M. Brambrink • Margaret P. Gill

PUBLIC NOTICES

• ISD No. 47 Notice of Ballot Locations - pg. 7 • Benton County Notice of Public Hearings - pg. 7

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Halloween from front

PHOTOS BY ANNA HINKEMEYER

Rapids Alterations & Repair staff members – Diane Hoffman (from left), Erick Bromberg, Dayna Svensson, Lisa McCalla, Cindy Battleson, Kathy Seitz and Teresa Dietzinger – dress in costumes for Halloween Oct. 31 in Jeremiah Carlson, 4, and Isaiah Carlson, 2, both of St. Sauk Rapids. The business gave out candy to customers Cloud, dress as a dragon and dinosaur Oct. 31 in Sauk during the holiday.

Rapids. The two helped their parents at the Petra Lutheran Church trunk or treat event.

Terrence Graf, principal of Petra Lutheran School, greets Freddie Buttenhoff, 4, of Rice, Oct. 31 in Sauk Rapids.

Petra Lutheran Church hosted a trunk or treat event for kids to attend.

Who’s New

Olive Diane Voigt

Olive Diane Voigt was born to Caleb and Laurel Voigt, of Rice, Sept. 16, 2019, at 9:08 p.m. at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud.

She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 20 inches long.

Olive was welcomed by big brother, Arlo.

Grandparents are Mark and Lola Welle, of Sauk Centre, and Allen and Jackie Voigt, of Rice.

Olive Diane Voigt

Brecken Borst, 18 months, collects candy with his mom, Courtney, at the Sacred Heart Church trunk or treat event Oct. 31 in Sauk Rapids. Members of the church offered candy and other prizes at each vehicle.

Ava Sandahl, 7 (from left), Scarlett Sandahl, 4, Grace Sandahl, 6, and Ella Sandahl, 3, trick or treat at the Sauk Rapids Herald office Oct. 31 in Sauk Rapids. The four are the daughters of Kelsey Sandahl, of Elk River, and were visiting their grandmother Tally Moehle.

Homespun Holiday Thursday, December 5th 9:00am - 1:00pm Good Shepherd Lutheran Home Event Center Come join us and enjoy: Arts, Crafts & Holiday Gifts Sale Bake Sale - 9:00am - 10:00am Lunch Sale - 10:30am-12:30pm Proceeds Proc Pr roc oce will go to the Good Shepherd Foundation

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2020 road project gets go-ahead Sauk Rapids approves plans to complete Benton Drive South reconstruction

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

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ing through legally and moved within the timeframe needed. Beise also said that vehicles are not being sold within city limits, so it is not in the SRPD’s jurisdiction.

The council will have the land use committee look into the subject.

- Benton County Commissioner Steve Heinen, on behalf of the Benton County Historical Society, asked that the city forgive a $13,778.35 assessment on the Robinson-Stanton house. BCHS has a purchase agreement to close on the property Nov. 15.

Shortly after closing, they will need to fix two boilers, replace exterior doors and install a security system at a cost of about $17,000, Heinen said.

The council will refer the request to the public works committee before it is brought back to the council.

- Adopted a resolution to announce a public hearing for assessment rolls. Properties benefiting from Ridge Road, Fourth Street South and Eighth Avenue South will be assessed, as well as properties with unpaid bills invoiced by the city.

The hearing will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 in council chambers at Sauk Rapids Government Center in Sauk Rapids.

- Sauk Rapids Community Ambassadors Morgan Thompson and Kaeleigh Rainer addressed the council and invited the public to the 12th annual Holiday Parade of Lights and Family Fun Day, which will take place Dec. 7. The event is the ambassador organization’s largest fundraiser of the year.

- The next city council meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 due to the observance of Veterans Day Nov. 11.

Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N., Sauk Rapids Serves all territory in ISD No. 47 located in Minden Township (precincts 1 and 2), city of Sauk Rapids (precincts 1, 5 and 6).

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to the Benton Telecommunications Foundation in Rice, the upgrade is possible. The foundation awarded an $8,000 grant to the center which will aid in the purchase of a used 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan. The grant was presented to Dream Center representatives by Cheryl Scapanski, general manager and treasurer of Benton Telecommunications Foundation, Oct. 30.

“We appreciate this for our organization and the people we serve,” said the Rev. Michael Laidlaw, pastor for the Dream Center. “We want to get our residents the help and resources they

need and having a new van will make all the difference in that regard.”

Laidlaw started the Dream Center in 1995 as a day shelter, providing meals for homeless in the area. The first boarded residents were welcomed in 1998, filling 14 beds.

Today, the Dream Center is home to 41 males and has served over one million meals to those in residence as well as other homeless individuals who come into the center’s café.

Many of the residents come to the center after being released from prison. Often times, their crimes bar them from shelters such as Place

from front they need to be and that they return to the center when they are done,” said Courtney Spotts, case worker at the Dream Center. “It would not be uncommon for one of our gentlemen to hop on the Metro Bus to go somewhere, and we would never see them again.

We want to prevent those scenarios.”

With an average of 36 rides given each day, the van owned by the Dream Center is deteriorating and an upgrade is needed. Now, thanks

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Mississippi Heights Elementary School, 1003 Fourth Ave. St. S., Sauk Rapids Serves all territory in ISD No. 47 located in city of Sauk Rapids (precinct 2), city of St. Cloud (ward 2, precinct 4; ward 2, precinct 1).

Pleasantview Elementary School, 1009 Sixth Ave. N., Sauk Rapids Serves all territory in ISD No. 47 located in city of Sauk Rapids (precinct 3).

Riverside Church, 1702 W. Highview Drive, Sauk Rapids Serves all territory in ISD No. 47 located in city of Sauk Rapids (precinct 4), city of Sartell (precinct 2) and Sauk Rapids Township.

Watab Town Hall, 660 75th St. N.E., Sauk Rapids Serves all territory in ISD No. 47 located in Watab Township and Mayhew Lake Township.

Rice City Hall, 205 Main St. E., Rice Serves all territory in ISD No. 47 located in city of Rice, Langola Township and Graham Township.

For voters who are unaware of their voting precinct or area, visit https://www.pollfinder.sos.mn.us to find your polling place.

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of Hope and the Salvation Army. Others coming to the Dream Center are mentally ill, poor or homeless.

“I started the center because I have been in their position; I know what these guys are going through,” Laidlaw said. “I got into drugs and in the jail system.

I ended up getting divorced and was homeless at one point, too, so I understand these situations. I was able to pick myself up and get a second chance, and I want to provide that for these guys, too.”

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SAUK RAPIDS – As one road construction project ends, another begins.

The Sauk Rapids City Council approved plans and specifications for the 2020 Benton Drive Improvement Project at its Oct. 28 meeting. They also authorized advertisement for bids, contingent on the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s approval.

The project will reconstruct Benton Drive South from Summit Avenue southeast to the Highway 10 overpass. It will also give the area a new look.

The plan is to reconstruct the area, to what is known to engineers as an urban section. The reconstructed roadway will include curb and gutter, an 8-foot wide sidewalk on the east side of the section, and a boulevard median with grass, granite chips and blocks, and trees similar to other areas of the city. Street lighting will be industry standard; not the decorative lighting in the downtown district.

The road will be a 10-ton bituminous design with turn lanes, and some median accesses will be closed.

“Most of the road out there now is concrete, and we are going to be replacing it with bituminous because this is the last segment of the former U.S. Highway 10 that the city is upgrading,” said Scott Hedlund, engineer with SEH, who will replace Terry Wotzka’s role of city engineer upon Wotzka’s retirement.

In addition to the Benton Drive South roadway improvements, the city will also reconstruct a block of Eighth Avenue as well as add sanitary sewer and abandon a lift station in the area.

Wotzka said the abandonment of the lift station has been planned for over 30 years, and the city is capable of operating without it.

“One of the first projects I worked on in Sauk Rapids was called the Summit Avenue improvement, and we put in the lift station that would

handle the abandonment of this station,” Wotzka said. “Here we are 33 years later. … It’s one of the last project’s I’ll work on, but we got it done.”

The project is estimated at $2.9 million.

“Of that total, there’s a $1.625 million federal grant that is being applied,” Hedlund said.

“This is a Municipal State Aid route so we’ll be applying that as well to the project, as well as sales tax dollars and water and sewer utility funds. … Really, the Eighth Avenue segment and sanitary sewer are the only local costs.”

The roadway will be closed during construction. The project is estimated to be complete within three months of its start date dependent on weather. Bid advertisement is slated for January.

In other council news: - Authorized the Sauk Rapids Police Department to make purchases with a surplus in its operating budget in 2019, rather than waiting until 2020.

The department will purchase an enclosed trailer to house and transport training supplies, a washer and dryer to wash shop towels and blankets used to cover injured people while in field, additional mats for defensive tactic training, and a drone.

The total amount to be spent is $14,082.69.

- A group of neighbors presented a slideshow at the meeting to voice their concerns regarding a resident’s activity in their neighborhood. Jay Asper spoke on behalf of the group and said a neighbor has been scrapping vehicles and frequently parks on the road and alleyway.

Asper said the grader and plow has problems maintaining the road due to the vehicles. The slideshow showed photos of vehicles parked in the alleyway and various scrap parts and pieces left in the roadway. The group asked for assistance with what they consider a problem.

Police Chief Perry Beise informed the council that the issue was investigated. He said the vehicles are pass-

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DECA garage sale a success Group raises over $4,000 for humane society

BY ISABELLE CAIRNS SRRHS DECA MEMBER

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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar holds pastries Oct. 24 from Dutch Maid Bakery in Sauk Rapids. Klobuchar featured the bakery items on her Thursday “Minnesota Morning” breakfast.

Klobuchar features pastries from Dutch Maid Bakery Items appear on Minnesota Morning breakfast WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s “Minnesota Morning” event Oct. 24 at her Senate office in Washington, D.C. featured breakfast pastries from Dutch Maid Bakery in Sauk Rapids.

Klobuchar has visited all 87 counties in Minnesota and after tasting favorite local foods, she decided to showcase these Minnesota specialties at her weekly Thursday morning coffee gathering.

“Locally owned shops and restaurants like Dutch Maid Bakery continue to strengthen and fuel our economy,” Klobuchar said. “I was happy to bring a taste of Sauk Rapids to my guests here in Washington.”

Established in 1978, this family owned bakery is known for its fresh baked bread, rolls, donuts and coffee available daily as well as cakes and specialty items on special order. In September, Dutch Maid Bakery opened its new location in Sauk Rapids. Located at 512 N. Benton Drive, the bakery’s business hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Klobuchar hosts “Minnesota Morning” every Thursday when the Senate is in session and invites all Minnesotans who are visiting Washington, D.C. Visitors can hear first-hand accounts of Klobuchar’s work in the Senate, mingle with fellow Minnesotans visiting Washington, meet the senator’s staff and take photographs with the senator.

To find more information regarding “Minnesota Morning,” visit Senator Klobuchar’s website at http:// www.klobuchar.senate.gov or call 202-224-3244.

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SAUK RAPIDS – Meet Patches.

When Patches was brought to the TriCounty Humane Society earlier this fall, the cat had a respiratory infection and was pregnant. TCHS treated her condition and found a foster home where Patches could heal and have her kittens. That foster home is my home.

A few days after arriving at our home, Patches delivered three healthy, adorable kittens. They will all live at my house until the kittens are 8 weeks old and able to be adopted.

Then, we will return the family to TCHS, where they will be spayed or neutered, microchipped, and placed for adoption where they will find what we like to call PURRmanent, FURever homes.

Finding foster homes is one of the services TCHS provides the community. TCHS takes in over 3,000 animals each year – more than their small building can occupy. The organization is in need of a larger facility, and its staff and volunteers are working tirelessly to raise the $3.5 million it will take to build a facility that can adequately house staff and the increasing number of animals it serves.

The Sauk Rapids-Rice High School DECA organization has partnered with TCHS for its community ser-

Patches

vice project this year.

DECA’s goal is to collect $8,750 – or, one-quarter of 1% of the cost of the humane society’s proposed building. In order to meet this goal, DECA students hosted a two-day garage sale over MEA break. Items sold at the garage sale were donated by community members.

“Garage sales are a lot of work, and finding a place for all the leftovers was quite a chore,” said Bailey Ostendorf, a DECA member who worked on the project.

The sale was a success; it generated $4,134.

Combined with sales from a previous garage sale, DECA has earned $6,700 for TCHS. Because DECA donated over $5,000 to TCHS, the student club has earned naming rights to a room

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Tauna Quimby (left), Tri-County Humane Society Director of Philanthropy, stands with Bailey Ostendorf, Vickie Davis, TCHS executive director, Maddie Weber and Izzy Cairns Oct. 25 at the TCHS facility in St. Cloud. The students are members of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and presented a check of $4,134 – proceeds from its October garage sale fundraiser – to be used toward the organization’s proposed facility.

in the new building.

“Our family was a big contributor to our success,” said Maddie Weber, another DECA member involved.

Given the club is shy of its goal, DECA is continuing its fundrais-

ing through http://www. happinesshappenshere. org. Those contributing on DECA’s behalf should indicate this fact in the comments section about the contribution so DECA can track its progress.

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OBITUARIES Margaret P. Gill

Mass of Christian Burial was 11 a.m. Oct. 30 at Country Manor Chapel in Sartell for Margaret “Marge” P. Gill who passed away at the St. Cloud Hospital Oct. 26, 2019. The Rev. LeRoy Maus officiated and a private family burial will be at a later date. Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to services on at the church Wednesday.

Prayer service was 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home in Sauk Rapids.

Margaret “Marge” P.

Margaret P. Gill

Gill was born Sept. 7, 1938, in St. Cloud to Harris and Ann (Miller) Hetherington.

She married Anthony “Tony” Gill Sept. 3, 1966, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Cloud. Marge was a homemaker for most of her

Eleanor M. Brambrink

Mass of Christian Burial is at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Annunciation Catholic Church in Mayhew Lake for Eleanor M. Brambrink, age 95, who passed away Oct. 22, 2019, at the Landings of Sauk Rapids. The Rev. Thomas Becker officiated and burial is in the parish cemetery. Visitation is after 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids.

Eleanor was born Feb. 6, 1924, in Glendorado Township, Benton County, to William and Matilda (Brunn) David.

She married Rueben Brambrink Oct. 29, 1947,

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at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duelm. Eleanor was a homemaker and lived in Benton County her entire life. She was a member of Annunciation Catholic Church where she was involved in the Christian Women and St. Joseph Mission Group.

Eleanor enjoyed bowling, gardening, canning, playing cards, and spending

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life, 13 years as a cashier in the lunchrooms for the Sauk Rapids- Rice School District, and helped in the kitchen at Country Manor. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the VFW Auxiliary, East Side Post 6992. Marge was a faithful, compassionate, generous, and loving woman who enjoyed cooking, baking, canning, and spending time with her family and friends. Most importantly, she was very proud of her family.

Marge is survived by her children, Tom (Roz) of Rice, Dennis (Terri) of St. Augusta, Ken (Jackie) of Foley, and Scott (Anne)

Gill of Sauk Rapids; brother, Bill Hetherington of St. Cloud; sister, Colleen Mix of Sartell; grandchildren, Noel, Courtney, Donovan, Kayla, Andrew, Gavin, and Lainey; and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Tony in 2013; brother, Dennis Hetherington; nephew, David Gill; and niece, Mickey Gill.

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

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time with her family. She had a gift of remembering celebrations, birthdays and anniversaries of all of her relatives. She was a great baker and especially loved spending time with her grandchildren.

Eleanor was patient, kind, caring, loving, and a woman of unwavering faith.

Survivors include her children, David (Debbie) Brambrink of Oklahoma City, Okla., Jeanann (Robert) Sluss of Lake Elmo, Beverly (Duane) Schmidtbauer of Sauk Rapids, Mary (David) Grundahl of Holdingford, Tereasa (Ben) Nies of Rockford, and Bonnie (John) Morey of Plymouth; brother and sister, Ervin David of Foley and Agnes Hoffmann of Pillager; 13 grandchildren and 17½ great-grandchildren.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rueben on June 1, 2006; daughters-inlaw, Kathy Brambrink and Paula Brambrink; sisters, Helen David, Kathryn Denfield and Cecilia Ruhoff; and brothers, Donald David and William David, Jr. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Moments Hospice and the Landings of Sauk Rapids for their loving care.

Memorials are preferred to the ALS Association or the American Heart Association.

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

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Three earn rank of Eagle

PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER

Adam Burton (from left), Nick Koslowski and Ian Cairns hold their Eagle Scout medals and badges Oct. 28 at the Sauk Rapids Government Center in Sauk Rapids. The Scouts were presented awards at the Fall Troop No. 9 Court of Honor celebration.

Post No. 6992 receives AED package

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Ryan Johnson (from left), VFW Post No. 6992 commander, Karen Wolbeck, auxiliary conductress, and Terry Kipka, auxiliary president, stand near an AED package Oct. 26 in Sauk Rapids. The Philips Heart Start Onside Complete AED package was donated by the post and auxiliary to the VFW Club building and was presented at the membership meeting.

Regulation change may help hunters find wounded game Dogs now allowed in tracking wounded deer, bear

BY KATELYN ASFELD STAFF WRITER

ALBANY – After sitting still as a statue in a cold deer stand, a deer comes into sight. Remaining calm, a hunter slowly lifts the firearm and takes aim. The deer is hit, but, to the hunter’s disapappointment, the wounded ed animal takes off running ng out of sight. Tracking and nd retrieving the animal may ay be quick or take several al hours. Other times, thee deer may not be retrieved at all, and the hunter walks home empty-handed after an extensive search.

Many hunters can relate to the situation of losing wounded game. Not only is the situation frusustrating, but the thought of

leaving a wounded animal to die slowly or leaving a carcass to waste is bothersome for most.

The number of lost game in Minnesota could decrease in coming years thanks to a hunting regulations change that allows hunters to use dogs to locate and retrieve wounded

deer or bear.

“Using dogs to track wounded game is pretty common in other states,” said Barb Keller, big game program leader with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “They are very useful.”

Dogs cannot, however, be used to track or chase live, unwounded deer or bear, Keller said.

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“Using dogs to track wounded game is pretty common in other states.

They are very useful.”

- Barb Keller, big game program leader with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

nesota House of Representatives passed the bill, March 21. It was sponsored by Rep. Brad Tabke, who said the bill is, “in response to concerns raised by a color-blind constituent,” according to an article released by the Minnesota House of Representatives. The constituent cannot see the blood trail used for tracking wounded animals because of hhis disability.

Because more game can be recovered, the regulation change is considered latio good thing by state DNR a go agencies, Keller said. age When tracking wounded deer or bear, w dogs must be accomd panied by a licensed p hunter until the game is h llocated. The dog must be on a leash no longer than 30 feet and in the control of the handler at all con times. The dog owner’s intime

formation, including name and telephone number, must be on the dog while it is being used to track.

Any light used must be a handheld artificial light.

Hunters must be on foot and wearing blaze orange or pink. Tracking can occur outside legal shooting hours of the open season for the location and species. Hunters cannot enter private or public property without prior permission from the landowner.

Because the regulation change is new this year for Minnesota, there is little information on the effectiveness and popularity of it within the state, Keller said. However, based on the longstanding use of dogs by humans for multiple purposes and for tracking wounded game in other states, it is likely Minnesota hunters will utilize their four-legged furry friends to retrieve game.

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Letter to the editor Changes made have changed my mind Dan Johnson, Sauk Rapids The last two years, I have been our district’s most vocal critic of the school board’s policies. Since we successfully defeated the last referendum, much change has occurred behind the scenes. Mark Hauck has been replaced as school board chairman by Ryan Butkowski. The close open enrollment movement supported Lisa Loidolt who defeated pro open enrollment school board member Phil Rogholt in last year’s general election.

Former superintendent Dan Bittman has been replaced by superintendent Aaron Sinclair.

Previous leadership treated vocal critics like myself by ignoring the concerns we raised. This new leadership chooses a radical new approach, meets with us and hears our point of view. Since this new direction began, much has been accomplished. Our schools received the needed security upgrades using money saved in the district budget. Additionally, by hosting crisis training in our schools with law enforcement, Sauk Rapids-Rice now is the leader in school security in the St. Cloud metro area. The school board also voted to change our enrollment policy last August, placing class size caps which closed open enrollment (OE).

I asked for, and the district gave me, this year’s enrollment data. The data reflects a 189-student decrease in OE since last year, dropping from 1,096 to 907. Last May, we graduated 110 OE seniors, while this year we accepted only 38 OE kindergarteners. One hundred percent of those 38 open enrollees are siblings of students already admitted or children of district staff. The decrease in OE has decreased total enrollment by 69 students, nearly all of it coming at the elementary level. This has led to relief for oversized buildings and classrooms. Most encouraging, the data also shows a 120 resident student increase since last year. Bottomline, people are moving to Sauk Rapids-Rice to attend our schools, and OE has sharply decreased one year after the school board changed their OE policy. The district has become resident focused again.

As OE sibling numbers continue to drop in the coming years, it assures the Pleasantview we are voting to rebuild in this referendum will be overwhelmingly utilized by resident students. A new PV will further drive new residents into our city. The significantly lesser tax impact then previous referendums will keep our tax advantage over Sartell and St. Cloud after 2026 (when the high school is repaid). It is for these reasons I strongly support this referendum.

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Worshipping through music As my life has evolved and changed However, Michael spoke about how God with the seasons, one aspect that has been never left his brother’s side, and all he had added is Christian music. I have talked in to do was turn his life around to realize that. previous columns about how having this Now, his brother is living a life following music as a part of my everyday routine has God. been life-altering.

The Newsboys concert was not unlike This past weekend, I experienced the other Christian concerts I have attended. music in a live event as Spirit 92.9 brought Each artist has their own stories and experiRyan Stevenson and Newsboys United to BY ANNA HINKEMEYER ences to share in hopes of helping those in St. Cloud. Yes, the stage, catwalk and lights the audience who may be hurting or feeling are always a sight to see, but having this exlost. perience hits a deeper level than simply going to a live Everyone has a story and an experience, something concert event. they may feel leaves them unworthy of God’s love or Each of the songs performed shared a message of giving the feeling of God turning His back on you. A how great our God is and what He can do for us. Many Christian concert, in my opinion, is similar to going to of the songs were tied to stories of ways God can save a church service. I often feel a greater impact from gous or how He has impacted the lives of the members of ing to a Christian concert than a weekly church service the band. simply because of the different perspective, the stories One story in particular that stuck out and is still in told and the heart-to-heart I get to have with God. my memory is the one where Michael Tait talked about If you have not attended a Christian concert, I highhis brother, who began using and selling drugs at age ly recommend the experience for a fresh outlook and a 14. Now, 35 years later, his brother felt his whole life stronger faith. was wasted on the years he was involved with drugs.

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Deciduous trees often show disease sympSociety of Arboriculture certified arborist. The toms in their leaves. Conifers do the same thing best prevention is to plant conifers which are in their needles. Needles that are discolored resistant to these diseases and to space the trees or have dropped off the tree may be normal out to provide air circulation between them. or a sign the tree is struggling with an infecColorado spruce do best in Colorado where the tion. Two needle cast diseases that infected the air is dryer than it is in Minnesota. Stigmina Colorado spruce in my back yard several years needle cast is a similar fungal disease that also ago were Rhizosphaera and Stigmina. While the causes small black spots on the underside of the

BY LINDA G. trees could have been treated, the lower branchneedles and faint yellow bands that go around TENNESON es would not have recovered, and I elected to the needles.

Green and have the trees removed. Treatment is difficult Preventive measures for these diseases inGrowing in requiring the application of chemicals to cover clude keeping sprinkler systems from spraying Benton County conifer needles, removing weeds from around all sides of the needles and must be done during the spring growth period and then repeated the base of the trees and covering the ground a few weeks later each year. with mulch. However, keep the mulch 2 inches away from Rhizosphaera is a fungal disease that infects the nee- the trunks of the trees. Mulch that touches the tree trunks dles of several species of conifers, but it is often seen in provides a hiding place for mice and other animals in winColorado spruce. The infection starts on the new needles ter. While they are hiding, these animals eat the bark of the that form each year and causes the needles to turn brown tree. Once the bark has been removed all the way around a and drop off after their second year in contrast to healthy tree trunk, the tree dies. Mulch touching the tree trunk also spruce needles which normally last for an average of five encourages the tree to put out roots above the ground level. years. The disease starts on the lower branches and then These roots tend to follow the mulch layers and end up as progresses upwards until the entire tree dies. The fungus stem girdling roots. Roots that grow around, instead of out, is visible with a 10-power magnifying glass and looks like from the tree will eventually strangle it. An excessively rows of black dots on the bottom of the needles. The infec- thick layer of mulch, more than 4 inches, may also keep tion moves from diseased to healthy needles when blown rain from reaching the tree roots. The extension websites by the wind or splashed by rain. The fungus spreads easily from the University of Minnesota, and several other states in warm, wet weather conditions. such as Pennsylvania and Iowa, have detailed articles with Infections may be confirmed by sending a sample pictures of these needle cast diseases. of suspected branches to the Plant Disease Clinic at the Linda G. Tenneson is a University of Minnesota ExUniversity of Minnesota or by consulting an International tension Master Gardener and Tree Care Advisor.

I can relate to self absorption The only thing I could swirl my and most likely you will hear them reply, thoughts around was how much I could “Of course.” But, they read every other make a name for myself. I left college book or devotional other than the Bible. in the age that instant messenger was the They listen only to Sunday sermons, if they largest form of social media. Back then, listen to them at all, because if they are inyou had to wait until someone’s green volved in the operations of the church, dot next to their name showed in order to they may be running tech or designing type, “Hi.” the stage or participating on the worship I began attending church with my team. I spent too many years at a church husband and firstborn and eager to call where the worship team would leave the myself a new creation, I was mostly look- BY MERCY NYGAARD stage and hang out in the cafeteria goofing out for numero uno. Once Myspace ing around during 75% of the message.

Life by Faith came, I thought it was a great free space What about the elders? So many pasto show off my talents online. “Switch tors and elder women are YouTubing their to Facebook,” one of my friends advised. I thought, resources and diving into pastor resources for their look at that, another free space to show my port- sermons or daily food. They fall into the trap of neon folio and anyone who knew me could know how lights and images for social media where they attempt good my work looked. It became an empty pur- to look like the next biggest church with glamorous suit. I had selfish ambitions, and I was conceited. angles of their worship leaders with microphones. Put All this to say, I can relate to those younger than the worship team into the orchestra pit and let the words me who are trying so hard to make a name for them- of praise shine big and bright on the screen, and let the selves. I do not, however, know how to help them voices of the saints echo louder than the instruments. realize that a lowliness of mind, willing to learn from What happens when a shepherd does not lead his those with more life experience, and earnestly study- flock well? It reflects in the youth and the women, and ing the scriptures is a fantastic recipe for Holy Spirit everything becomes out of order. Women are listenrevelations. Ask any Christian youth if they love God ing to other women on a huge stage with neon lights

declaring that God’s calling on their life is to preach the gospel. Yes, Jesus said to go and make disciples.

But, should women be teaching men? The Bible is clear on this, and culture today uses some scripture to throw out others. That is not how we are to rightly divide the Word of God. Unless you know the whole Bible, studying every scripture, you are going to fall into the trap of believing worldly culture over the Bible. And, if you want to make sure your pastor is teaching the truth, you had better read your Bible.

Of these, I was the worst. I strove for the lights, the stage and the microphone. I attended leadership conferences mainly so I could eventually lead. I assure you I did not have the right motives. It was not until I laid it all down, giving my entire life over as not my own that God began to reveal His amazing plan to me. It was my act of submission, consideration of others, love for God first and foremost, and daily fellowship of this word that brought Him closer to me.

Have you heard the same things that have been said for so long that they are cultural traditions in your life? Let me encourage you to dig into the scriptures and see what God has to say about them and His plan for your life. His will, not ours, be done.

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Referendum voting takes place Tuesday Election Day is days away. I hope you around the school becomes a daily are ready to vote on the Sauk Rapids-Rice safety concern.

Public Schools referendum, if you have As we listened to community memnot already taken advantage of early votbers, we most often heard, “Do ing. This is an important decision for our something about Pleasantview.” The school district and our community. needs are too urgent to delay. Our The single ballot question asks voters students deserve a modern learning to invest $37.1 million to replace Pleasenvironment that is safe, healthy

BY AARON SINCLAIR antview Elementary School with a new and accessible. building on the current site. For the owner SRR Superintendent A public decision on Pleasantview of a median value home of $182,000 in is crucial for another reason: It is the the district, the tax impact of the referendum would first step in the district’s long-term plan to improve be $6.58 per month. the quality of our school buildings. The referendum The ballot question is a direct result of a process will give our district direction on future facility that began more than 10 months ago in our district. needs and how to best fund them.

That is when we began an ongoing conversation If voters approve replacing Pleasantview, the with the Sauk Rapids and Rice communities about district will be able to fund longer term improvethe needs of our schools and how to prioritize those ments of other school buildings from current Longneeds. Throughout the spring, the district held more Term Maintenance Fund dollars with no new tax than two dozen listening sessions, mailed 12,000 impact on residents. This includes addressing a wide surveys directly to residents and encouraged com- range of needs, such as roofing repairs, heating and munity input through an online survey. boiler repairs, parking lot improvements, and winDistrict residents consistently emphasized one dow and door replacements over the next 10 years. thing above any other – the challenges at PleasantIf the residents decide not to replace Pleasantview Elementary School. view, financial resources that could be used for these Community members expressed concern over other projects would be reallocated to address Pleasthe adequacy of the Pleasantview building, which antview’s needs. was built 50 years ago in 1969. The school lacks Ultimately, this decision is up to the commuthe proper space needed to support modern learning. nities of Sauk Rapids and Rice. Make your voice The building’s health deficiencies – from asbestos in heard and vote. You can find your polling location the gym and cafeteria to an aging heating, ventila- by visiting https://www.onestormonefuture.com/ tion and air conditioning system, and deteriorating you-role. roof – were top-of-mind for most residents.

If you cannot vote Tuesday, Nov. 5, you can still Classrooms at Pleasantview are not adequate- vote early in person. Visit the district office at 1833 ly sized, which worsened when we lost classroom Osauka Road N.E., Sauk Rapids and enter door No. space to a fire. As a result, hallways and other spaces 2 on the final day of early voting between 8 a.m. and not meant for teaching are functioning as temporary 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4. learning spaces.

Thank you to everyone who has participated Throughout the Pleasantview building, the lack in this process or reached out to me with questions of walls creates a noisy environment with no sound and feedback. Please do not hesitate to contact me dampening between classrooms. There is only one at aaron.sinclair@isd47.org or 320-258-1809. And, set of full-size bathrooms shared between 742 stu- do not forget to vote. dents. At pick-up and drop-off times, traffic flow Go Storm.

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Public Notices NOTICE OF LOCATIONS WHERE BALLOTS WILL BE COUNTED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47 (SAUK RAPIDS-RICE), MINNESOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the election judges shall count the ballots cast at the special election that has been called and will be held in and for Independent School District No. 47 (Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools), Minnesota, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations: Combined Polling Places: The Sauk Rapids Government Center 250 Summit Avenue North Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Mississippi Heights Elementary School 1003 4th Street South Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

Riverside Church-Sauk Rapids Campus (formerly Bridge Community Church) 1702 West Highview Drive Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Watab Town Hall 660 75th Street Northeast Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Rice City Hall 205 Main Street East Rice, MN 56367 Absentee Ballots: Stearns County Auditor’s Office 3301 Co. Rd. 138 Waite Park, Minnesota 56387

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Benton County Planning Commission will conduct public hearings on November 14th, 2019 the Commissioner’s Room, Benton County Government Center, Foley, and beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Planning Commission will hear the following: 1. 7:00 p.m. Gregory Blank requesting approval of a one lot minor preliminary plat entitled “Blank Addition” in the Agricultural District. Pursuant to Section 10.7. The affected property is described as follows: part of the W1/2 SE1/4, Section 33, Gilmanton Township.

2. 7:05 p.m. Cove Development Company requesting to amend the development plan established under Ordinance #387 as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for The Cove. Changes to the development plan will reflect the requested lot combinations. Pursuant to Sections 7.13 and 11.8. The affected property is described as follows: Lot 1 Block 2, Lots 2- 27 Block 3, Lots 1- 22 Block 4, Lots 1- 20

Block 5, Lots 1-9 Block 6, Lot 1 Block 7, Lot 1 Block 8, Lots 2- 27 Block 3 and Outlots A, H – P, The Cove, Section 27, Watab Township. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the County Board will hold a public hearing on the amendment to Ordinance #387 on December 3, 2019, at approximately 7:00 p.m.

3. 7:15 p.m. Cove Development Company requesting approval of a 20 lot major preliminary plat entitled “The Cove Replat” in the R-2 Residential District and PUD District. Pursuant to Sections 7.13 and 10.8. The affected property is described as follows: Lot’s 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, all in Block 3, Lot’s 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21 all in Block 4, Lot’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 all in Block 5, Outlots K and M, The Cove, Section 27, Watab Township.

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Saturday, Nov. 2, noon to 5 p.m. – Nelson Lance Benefit. Spaghetti dinner with silent auction. Rollie’s Rednecks and Longnecks, 940 35th Ave. N.E., Sauk Rapids.

Saturday, Nov. 2, 2-3:30 p.m. – Acoustic Jam. Musicians play bluegrass and Americana tunes.

Great River Regional Library, 1300 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud.

Monday, Nov. 4, 12:15 p.m. – Rice Area Senior coffee and cake will be served following bingo.

Citizens Meeting. Old Creamery Café, 405 E. St. John Emmaus Trinity Center, 621 Dewey St., Main St., Rice.

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Monday, Nov. 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m. – Marble Run Challenge. Make a maze but do not let your marble get stuck. For ages 9 and older. Great River Regional Library-Foley Branch, 251 Fourth Ave. N., Foley.

Monday, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m. – St. Cloud Municipal Band Fall Concert. Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. For more information, call 320-259-5463 or visit http:// www.paramountarts.org.

Application deadline: 5 p.m., Fri., Nov. 1st

Monday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. – Rice City Council Meet- Tuesday, Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m. – Pot Roast Dinner. ing. Rice City Hall, 205 E. Main St., Rice.

Hosted by American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 473. Pot roast, potatoes, carrots and gravy, sides Monday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. – Sauk Rapids-Rice and desserts. American Legion Post No. 473, 80 School Board Work Session. Also approving Division St. N., Rice. a consent agenda only. Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, 1835 Osauka Road N.E., Sauk Rapids.

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. – Watab Township Meeting. Watab Town Hall, 660 75th St. N.W., Monday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. – Graham Township Sauk Rapids.

Meeting. Graham Town Hall, on 45th Avenue Northeast between County Road 12 and 135th Wednesday, Nov. 13, 6-7:30 p.m. – CardmakStreet Northeast, Rice. ing with Linda Davis. All materials provided.

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Sauk Rapids Police Department activity Oct. 21 1636 hours: Officers responded to Seventh Avenue South for a complaint of a person receiving unwanted text messages. The sender threatened suicide if the complainant did not respond. Information was forwarded to St. Cloud Police Department for a welfare check.

Oct. 22 1604 hours: Officers responded to the area of Broadway Avenue and Searle Street for a loose dog that was nearly stuck by cars.. Officers captured the dog, identified the dog by its rabies tag and returned it to its owner.

Oct. 24 0213 hours: Officers observed a male in dark clothes on a bike with a flashlight near Benton Drive South. Officers initiated contact and advised the male to stay off private property.

Incidents: 34 traffic stops, 21 assists, 21 various calls, 15 suspicious, 14 medicals, 9 thefts, 8 welfare checks, 6 alarms, 6 animals, 5 civils, 5 suicidal persons, 4 accidents, 4 warrants, 3 human services reports, 3 childs, 3 assaults, 3 properties, 3 traffic hazards, 3 harassments, 3 extra patrols, 3 permits, 3 vehicles, 2 disturbances, 2 domestics, 2 unwanteds, 2 ordinances and 2 violation court orders.

Rice Police Department activity Oct. 22 1442 hours: Officers received a call from BNSF Railway Company regarding vehicles driving around the railroad crossing arms at 12th Street Northwest. Arms were currently up, but officers agreed to watch for violations.

Incidents: 6 various calls, 2 assists, 2 properties and 2 burglaries.

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SAUK RAPIDS – Anna Lucas can go just about anywhere with the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm girls swim and dive team and make her mark. As she has progressed through her senior season, she has broken 11 records, many of them her own which she set in previous seasons.

Six are pool records at schools she has visited – Brainerd, Sauk Centre, Sartell and Apollo.

“It’s fun that I get to leave my mark,” Lucas said. “I focus on things

I can control in my races and try not to think about everything else. That’s when you fall short.”

When looking at her team’s varsity record board, Lucas holds five slots individually and two with relays. She hopes to continue her success going forward into the Section 5A championships and the 2019 Minnesota State High School League Girls Swim and Dive state meet, as well as into her competition for Missouri State University, where she has given a verbal commitment.

“It was definitely a relief, a weight lifted off my shoulders, to commit to Missouri State,” Lucas said. “I enjoyed the recruiting process and visiting all the colleges, but it is nice to have a decision

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Anna Lucas sits poolside at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids. Lucas holds five individual records for SRR girls varsity swim and dive.

made. Missouri State ended up being my choice because they have good academics, as well as a good family feel and coaching staff on the team. I felt at home when I was there.”

Lucas’s senior season is a continuation of what has been a stellar high school career. Last year, she earned third in the state in the 200 yard individual medley and sixth in the 100 freestyle. This year, she is taking different events to sections with hopes of advancing and taking the podium at the state meet.

“I will be competing in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle races this year,” Lucas said. “My coaches and I looked at which events would give me and the team the best shot at placing, and these two events are what we decided on. This is what PHOTO BY HERMAN LENSING I competed in for sections Sauk Rapids-Rice senior Anna Lucas swims the 200 in seventh grade, so it’s a individual medley at the true team state meet Oct. 19 in Minneapolis. Lucas has committed to swim at Missouri chance to come back to where I started. It will be State University as a college freshman.

fun to see.”

Lucas holds records in both events, coming in with times of 1 minute, 54.1 seconds and 5:12.87, respectively. She also broke the record for the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.84 seconds. She still

holds records in the 200 individual medley and the 100 freestyle from last year.

“I love swimming anything freestyle, especially the 220 freestyle or the 200 IM,” Lucas said.

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The biggest area of concern for me when watching the Vikings defense has been the shoddy play of cornerback Xavier Rhodes this season. He has always been a physical defensive back who has been prone to drawing penalties, but the all-pro version of Rhodes from a few years ago would make up for occasional flags by shadowing the top receivers on opposing teams and shutting them down while providing physical support in stopping the run game.

Sadly, that “Rhodes closed� version of Xavier Rhodes might permanently be in the rear-view mirror at this point in his career. Rhodes appears to have lost a step

for improvement. Maybe the Vikings will deploy more zone looks on defense to minimize oneon-one opportunities, particularly in shortyardage situations. Time will tell, but something is going to need to change or else Tyreek Hill is going to have 200+ receiving yards next Sunday.

The Vikings are in a good place right now. The offense is lighting up the scoreboard, and they only trail the Packers by one game in the NFC North standings. If the Vikings can make adjustments to transform their defense from good to great, they are going to compete for home field advantage throughout the playoffs. If the defense keeps playing like it has in the first half of the season, the Vikings will be a fringe playoff team on the bubble like they were last year. The play of Xavier Rhodes and the adjustments Mike Zimmer makes defensively will ultimately determine the ceiling of this team.

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and is routinely getting beat on simple routes by middling receivers.

Marvin Jones Jr., of the Detroit Lions, completely dominated Rhodes, scoring four touchdowns himself in the Oct. 20 matchup (Jones only has one other touchdown this season), and the Vikings are going to need to make a call soon on whether they can continue to trust Rhodes in single coverage. Rhodes has always done better against bigger, more physical receivers, and it is becoming increasingly clear he cannot stick with shiftier receivers in one-on-one coverage anymore.

The good news is head coach Mike Zimmer was built for this sort of challenge. He has consistently shown at every stop in his career that he can build defenses that generate pressure on opposing quarterbacks and give players in his secondaries opportunities to be successful. Perhaps the answer is for the Vikings to start blitzing more to give opposing quarterbacks less time to pick on Rhodes. The Vikings defense currently ranks eighth in the NFL in sacks with 23, which is a solid number, but there is certainly room

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The Minnesota Vikings are on a nice roll, having won four consecutive games. Their +79-point differential is third-best in the entire NFL, and it feels like the offense is firing on all cylinders with Kirk Cousins, Dalvin Cook and Stefon Diggs performing at a Pro Bowl level.

However, if the season ended today, the Vikings would be the NFC’s final wild card team. A ticket to the playoffs is anything but assured at this point, and, with the schedule about to get substantially more difficult, the Vikings will need to button up a few areas on the defensive side of the ball if they want to stay in the playoff mix.

The Vikings defense ranks fifth in the NFL in yards allowed per game, which is nice, but that ranking does not tell the whole story. The Vikings have only played one playoff-caliber team thus far, Green Bay, and many of their wins have come against bottom feeders with inept offenses like the Falcons, Giants and Redskins. The middling Detroit Lions offense gashed the Vikings for 433 yards and 30 points, and Vikings fans should be legitimately concerned about how this defense is going to hold up against some of the more explosive offenses in the league.

Three of the next four games are going to be road matchups against dynamic offensive teams. This Sunday, the Vikings travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs, who rank fifth in the NFL in yards per game and fourth in points per game. Even if reigning

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Sartell ousts SRR volleyball in three sets Storm end season in section quarterfinals Sartell, and fell in three sets, 25-12, 25-23, 2516.

“Our girls played The Storm volleyball team faced a tough really hard versus SarSartell team Oct. 25 in tell,” said Karen BeckBY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

mann, head coach.

“Sartell is a great team, and they played good defense on us. We had some great hits, but Sartell was there to grab the dig. Sartell has such a quick offense that works well together and finishes at the net.”

Beckmann said, despite being down in points, her team pushed through the competition.

“The first set started out slow for us, but we fought for each point,” Beckmann said. “In the second set, we came out with excitement and ready to play hard. I am proud of the girls for fighting until the end.

Our blockers were able to get touches on their hits and that allowed our defense to do their job to set up our offense.”

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Darci Peterson (left) and Lexi Helmin jump to block the ball Oct. 25 in Sartell. SRR lost 12-25, 23-25, 16-25.

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26 as the team traveled to Alexandria to compete in the Central Lakes Conference championship.

Anna Lucas, Sophia Henkel, Abbie Tangen, Lydia Zabinski, Haley Davis and Savannah Henkel earned all-conference honors. The 200 yard freestyle relay team of Tangen, Zabinski, Davis and Lucas earned all-conference for its second place finish, and the 400 freestyle relay team of Lucas, Sophia Henkel, Savannah Henkel and Tangen received the same honor for its second-place finish.

“We have a big, strong team, so not all of our girls get to compete at sections,” said Stephanie Schlangen, head coach. “At conference, we get those girls some tapered swims, and it’s so fun to watch them swim best times.”

Two swimmers in particular, Anneka Meinke and Morgan Paulson, ended their senior season on a high note with personal best times.

Another highlight was Lucas breaking the Central Lakes Conference record in the 100 freestyle, with a time of 53.01 seconds. The record was previously held at 53.15 by Whitney Weisz, who is now an assistant coach for the team.

“It was fun to see Anna do that,” Schlangen said. “It was a special moment for both of them.”

The Storm will host the Section 5A championships Nov. 7-9 at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids.

Preliminary rounds take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, and finals are at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9.

The Storm has a goal of taking the section championship as a team this year after coming in second last year.

200 MR: 5. Zabinski, Savannah Henkel, Sophia Henkel and Holynne Zeilenga 2:00.75; 13. Nicole Agre, Alexa Martin, Olivia Tykwinski and Jadeyn Stover 2:11.96; and Richelle Peacock, Meinke, Olivia MacDonald and Paulson 2:16.85. 200 FS: 1. Lucas 1:56.38, 14. Davis 2:12.45, 18.

Madeline Ziegler 2:16.16 and 21. Morgan Fiereck 2:18.81. 200 IM: 4.

Sophia Henkel 2:22.26, 5.

Zabinski 2:23.45, 15. Kaytlin Bittman 2:32.71 and 19.

Arica Moriak 2:39.37. 50 FS: 8. Zeilenga 26.82, 12.

Savannah Henkel 26.96, 22. Stover 27.90 and 33.

Paulson 31.09. Diving: 27. Sophia Markfelder 111.15, 30. Madeline Bittman 102.25 and 31. Eliana Hansen 99.10. 100 FLY: 2.

Sophia Henkel 1:04.01, 11.

Kendal Stucke 1:08.57, 13.

Tykwinski 1:09.21 and 17.

Lily Benoit 1:11.08. 100 FS: 1. Lucas 53.01, 7. Tangen 57.97, 13. Savannah Henkel 1:00.12 and 18. Lauren Klein 1:01.61. 500 FS: 6.

Zabinski 5:49.65, 13. Maya Zaske 6:01.49, 17. Ava Hitzler 6:04.35 and 18. Mia Lambrecht 6:07.83. 200 FSR: 2. Tangen, Zabinski, Davis and Lucas 1:44.86; and 11. Ziegler, Benoit, Tykwinski and Kaytlin Bittman 1:52.02. 100 BK: 10. Tangen 1:08.48, 15.

Peacock 1:11.34, 22. Agre 1:13.54 and 27. MacDonald 1:15.55. 100 BR: 7.

Zeilenga 1:15.02, 10. Kaytlin Bittman 1:16.52, 28.

Martin 1:26.32 and 29.

Meinke 1:27.78. 400 FSR: 2. Lucas, Savannah Henkel, Sophia Henkel and Tangen 3:48.44; 9. Zaske, Stucke, Hitzler and Davis 4:05.75; and Klein, Fiereck, Paulson and Meinke 4:24.51.

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SRR 312, 5. Rocori 296, 6.

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Lumberjacks close October with split

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

Fresh off a demanding home-and-home series against the Rochester Grizzlies, the Granite City Lumberjacks hosted the St. Louis Jr. Blues, the Central Division frontrunners, for a two-game home series Oct. 25-26 at Sports Arena East in Sauk Rapids.

Granite City took home a fierce 3-1 win Friday before stumbling to a 5-2 loss Saturday.

St. Louis 5, Granite City 2 Granite City Lumberjacks defenseman Landon Johnson slammed his stick in frustration as the puck trickled into the empty net.

The frustration was reverberated across the arena as the home squad could only watch as the St. Louis Jr. Blues celebrated a victory the Lumberjacks had desperately fought against.

In the end, however, St. Louis used two goals from Evan Ross and a brutally-effective penalty kill to hand the Lumberjacks a 5-2 loss Oct. 26.

“I thought St. Louis was ready to go and we weren’t,” said D.J. Vold, Lumberjacks associate head coach. “They had more composure than we did. We needed to get our feet going.”

One clear example of this was in the first period, when the Blues struck gold with two goals within 17 seconds. Jacob Wiethaupt snuck a puck past Granite City goaltender Bailey Huber’s closed pads for his 14th goal of the season before Ross scored on a 2-on-1 rush to hand the Lumberjacks a two-goal disadvantage.

“They came out like they really wanted to win, and it showed,” Vold said.

“When you don’t bring it for two shifts of the game and they score two goals, it’s tough to climb back.”

After the two tough goals, Huber shut down

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Sean Davidson (from left), Nick Plautz and Carson Simon celebrate a well-timed goal Oct. 26 at Sports Arena East in Sauk Rapids. Simon’s goal cut the St. Louis Jr. Blues’ lead in half.

“We were playing calm with the puck,” Helle said. “We weren’t trying to force plays. We were just passing the puck around and got shots through to the net.”

Nick Plautz, the Lumberjacks’ fourth-line right winger, was all around the puck. He registered an assist and participated in several looks on net.

“Plautz did really well,” Helle said. “He knew his role and executed it. If he plays like that, he’ll have more opportunities in following games.”

For a 10-minute stretch of game time, Granite City dominated puck control and peppered shots at Blues goalie William Oliver. However, the impressive rookie netminder surmounted the sharks in the water, stuffing 33 Lumberjacks shots.

“I thought puck movement was good, and we did a great job of following pucks to the net, but we just couldn’t get one to go in,” Vold said.

And where Granite City failed, St. Louis capitalized. The Blues retook the lead on Joey Solimando’s seventh score of the season at 14:37.

The third period brought more determined offensive zone trips for the Lumberjacks, who were given several chances to knot the game at three. St. Louis committed four infractions down the stretch, and the Lumberjacks pressured accordingly, but the Blues’ penalty kill remained vigilant.

“I think they capitalized on their opportunities that they had,” Helle said.

“We didn’t and they did.

That was the difference in the two teams.”

The efforts of the penGranite City Lumberjacks left winger Carson Simon stares alty kill did not outweigh at the ceiling following a missed opportunity Oct. 26 at the shutdown performance Sports Arena East in Sauk Rapids. Simon participated in from Oliver, who denied Simon on three standalone both Granite City goals in a 5-2 loss. the Blues’ nasty offense.

The rookie denied several breakaway chances and limited the rebound opportunities St. Louis saw.

Huber picked up 27 saves along the way.

“Bailey’s a brick wall,” said Jack Helle, Lumberjacks defenseman.

“He doesn’t let much in and the goals they had, he couldn’t do anything about them. He played well tonight.”

The Lumberjacks were outshot 12-9 and continued to trail by two entering the first intermission. Something needed to change if Granite City was to climb back in the interdivisional contest.

“Our group of guys know what they’re capable of,” Vold said. “During the intermission, we told them to wake up.”

If the first period was a slumber, the first half of the second period was a caffeine-fueled adrenaline rush for Granite City.

Carson Simon buried his second goal of the weekend after the Lumberjacks started the period on a power play.

Five minutes later, Simon participated in the game-tying goal, juking Blues defenders behind the net before laying out a slick pass to Helle, who blasted a beautiful shot from the circle to even the slugfest at two.

chances in the third period alone. After Oliver stuffed Simon right in front of the net and covered the puck, Simon looked to the ceiling in disbelief.

Ross and Mike Ivory deposited empty-net scores to secure the sound victory for the Blues.

The Lumberjacks moved to 8-3 as October concludes. It is a promising start for a team looking to secure its identity as a West Division contender.

“Eight and three in the first 11 games, we’ll take that,” Vold said. “Do I think it could be better?

Yeah, but at the same time, I’d rather learn now than later. October was a good month. We’re still figuring things out, but overall, it was good.”

The team remains in Sauk Rapids for another weekend series against the Central Division. The Wausau RiverWolves come to town donning a dismal 1-9-1 record. Regardless, Helle and the Lumberjacks will not use the record as an accurate assessment of their opponent; for the Lumberjacks to take home a couple of victories, they will need a stellar, all-around performance.

“They’re going to come strong, and we have to match that,” Helle said.

“We can’t take the night off.”

The RiverWolves and Lumberjacks will face off at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Sports Arena East in Sauk Rapids.

Granite City 3, St. Louis 1 It was not easy, but the Granite City Lumberjacks squeaked out another benchmark win against a quality opponent.

Nate Johnston made 27 saves on 28 attempts, and Tal Halliday dished out two assists as the Lumberjacks killed off two

five-minute majors in the third period to defeat the St. Louis Jr. Blues 3-1 Oct. 25.

Most of the scoring came early in the competition, with Granite City’s Carson Simon calmly firing a wrist shot past St. Louis goaltender Brett Tome’s right blocker for his seventh goal of the season at 7:22 in the first period.

The Blues, who entered the weekend at 11-4 and first in the Central Division, trailed for just over five minutes before Sean Hofstetter pocketed the puck into the net for his 15th goal of the campaign.

Granite City aimed to retake the lead. With four minutes to play in the period, Lumberjacks defenseman Cameron Lantz darted around a St. Louis defenseman before sending a quick pass across the ice to forward Nikolai Rajala, who sent the puck into the back of net.

Lantz’s beautiful setup was his fifth apple of the season.

Blake Spetz picked up his sixth goal of the season with 11 seconds to go in the second period. Spetz played tic-tac-toe with Josh Baker before lifting the puck past Tome to give the Lumberjacks a 3-1 lead.

The Blues received golden opportunities to close the gap at the hands of Granite City penalties in the final period. Spetz was sent to the box for five minutes at 1:57 in the third period for a major boarding infraction, and Bailey Sommers, named co-captain of the Lumberjacks alongside Ryan Pogue before the game, was removed at 8:31 with a game misconduct after making contact with an opposing player’s head.

On both occasions, however, the Lumberjacks’ penalty kill made timely clears and battled in their defensive zone to ensure the Blues would remain behind.

The win sent the Lumberjacks to 2-1 against Central Division opponents.

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SAUK RAPIDS – Each year, farmers gamble when they sow their livelihood into the Earth’s soil. This year, with the delayed spring and wet summer and fall, those in the agriculture industry may fall short of a winning hand.

“Nobody makes money when it’s wet,” said Adam Bonovsky, manager at Gilman Coop Creamery in Gilman which handles about 750,000 bushels of grain each year. “Combines get stuck. Equipment gets broken. It’s just not fun. This is supposed to be the time of the year everyone enjoys. The time when you are reaping the benefit of the bounty and harvest, and it’s just not there.”

Benton County has received 25%-50% more precipitation than what is considered normal in the past year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Advanced Hydrologic Predictive Service’s observed data report. The report estimates areas across the county have received an increase of 8-20 inches of excess water.

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“I look around, and there are a lot of (soy) beans and corn standing,” Drewitz said. “I think for the most part the corn silage is mostly harvested, which is great. Those phone calls have stopped coming in. … Is there still corn silage left on the landscape? Oh, absolutely. What percentage

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And, with wet fields come wet crops. rops.

“The difference “I think we’re e’re sitting rightt in price is more than offset around 20% by a little less yield and having to moisture in corn or between take the shrink in drying and pay that 18%-20% range,” Drewitz for the cost of that,” said. “Which is - Adam Bonovsky, good. To be honest, for the year ar manager at we’ve had, I think hink Gilman Co-op Creamery that is good.”

Moisture percentercentage for soybeans is also high.

Drewitz reported the farmers, and, with hindering harvest and one farmer who was excess harvest costs and preparation for the next harvesting at 18% and low yields, any uptick in planting season, the low going to have the soy- market pricing may be a temperatures could also beans dried. Bonovsky wash. help some farmers. He said farmers are drying “The difference in said if the ground freezsoybeans at the cream- price is more than offset es hard enough, farmery for the same reason. by a little less yield and ers may avoid sinking “We took some having to take the shrink equipment and ruts. soybeans as high as in drying and pay for the “When the soil fi23%, which is extreme- cost of that,” Bonovsky nally freezes up, we are ly high for soybeans,” said. “Plus, the struggle going to finally be able he said. “This year, is to get it off the field.” to get out and get some we actually dried close Soybean farmers are of these crops off,” Dreto 100,000 bushels of also faced with a rude witz said. “Then, the soybeans, which is not awakening as the tem- big question is when typical. We went out peratures continue to will our first big snowof our norm this year. fall in central Minneso- fall hit? That will be We decided early on ta. As the sun rose Oct. the primary driver as to that we were going to 30, the mercury dipped whether or not we leave dry soybeans because to 18 degrees at the St. corn fields or whether or we wanted people to be Cloud Regional Airport. not we get the chance to able to get the crop out “The big fear here harvest them. Guys will even if the crop was a is that because we’ve run until the first of the little bit wet.” gotten frost, we tend to year if they have to as To help alleviate start seeing pods break- long as it doesn’t snow some woes the indus- ing open and the beans and there is something try is facing and ensure end up on the ground,” there to get. It’s just a farmers have fuel to Drewitz said. “In fields matter of what is the dry crops, Minnesota where beans are still weather going to throw Gov. Tim Walz signed standing and we have at us this time?” an executive order Oct. water sitting, there could Regardless what the 31 lifting restrictions be some issues there. weather brings, farmon hours motor carriers The beans may all be on ers’ cards are all-in, can deliver propane, the ground at that point, hoping their hand at diesel fuel, gasoline and there is just nothing harvest pays off after a and fuel oil. you can do about that.” tough 2019.

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Post-harvest update on potassium fertilizer recommendations, cover crops

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cover crop scenarios. Both have full articles with more information on the Minnesota Crop News page of the extension website.

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Farming today for tomorrow Dingmann partners with SWCD to grow Kernza as part of sustainability efforts

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COLD SPRING – Brandon Dingmann is a young farmer in central Minnesota with one goal in mind – to care for the land so that future generations may have the same opportunities of forming a career in farming. “This is our livelihood,� Dingmann said. “I feel I need to do whatever I can to help improve the longevity of this farm.�

Dingmann and his father, Dave, run 1,100 acres of land where they grow corn varieties, soybeans, canning peas and small grains near Cold Spring. They also raise chickens and cow/ calf pairs, and feed out Holstein steers.

This past summer, the Dingmanns partnered with

the Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District and University of Minnesota to grow 20 acres of Kernza. “If we could find a way to address soil health and eliminate the issues of farming in the city’s wellhead protection area for future generations, we wanted to give it a try,�

Dingmann said.

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Stearns County SWCD nutrient management specialist Mark Lefebvre (left) and farmer Brandon Dingmann stand in front of a Kernza field Oct. 21 near Cold Spring. The two are working together in a project to see how Kernza helps eliminate nitrates in wellhead protection areas near Cold Spring.

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Dingmann agreed.

“We’re going to have to sell the story of it for the end user to pay the price, which is higher than traditional grains,” he said. “In today’s society, that’s definitely feasible.”

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Dingmann and Lefebvre have two more years of the grant project.

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Soon after the field was harvested, Dingmann prepared another 20-acre field for Kernza. The crop was planted in early September and will be harvested next August.

Unlike the other field, this new seeding will be evaluated for its ability to reduce nitrate leaching in the soil.

“As a perennial, Brandon should be able to harvest this for several years before having to till it under and start new,” said Lefebvre, mentioning the straw yield was estimated at 1.5 tons per acre, too.

The quality of the forage is similar to a grass and straw mix.

Dingmann has fed one bale to his cattle herd, and hopes to supplement it in the feed ration in the t coming seasons.

“The feed value is less than grass, but better than straw,” he said. “I’ve fed it in place of grass hay in the TMR.” Lefebvre agreed.

“We’ve been surprised at the regrowth in the first field,” he said.

“We don’t know for sure yet, but there could be an opportunity for grazing there. The thing about Kernza is that it could be the best fit for a farm – a better fit than some small grains.”

The project began with the slight challenge of planting the grain, but after adjusting the drill to improve seed flow, the process went smoothly for Dingmann.

The farmer is also concerned about grain yield lessening over the years, especially as volunteer crops have the potential to suppress the stands. t “Really, I like doing new things to improve soil health, so hopefully this will become another crop to do that,” Dingmann said. “I hadn’t heard of [Kernza] before, but after learning about

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“My favorite part of the day was painting gnomes on the canvas with Amy,” said DJ Pennie, a sixth-grade student from Becker. “It was difficult to paint, but I was really glad that I did it. It looks good.”

At each station, youth and adult volunteers

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taught participants how checker set out of tag to make their own giant board and wood pieces which 4-H volunteer Cindy Schneider was able to have donated and create a cherry blossom painting using a water bottle, canvas and paint.

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The Holiday Art & Craft Workshop is a day set aside for youth to get out of the house and spend time making crafts from kits prepared by 4-H groups in Benton County.

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Folks in the business of growing corn and those processing it into ethanol are not happy after hearing the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule for calculating small refinery exemptions from the annual biofuel usage mandates under the Renewable Fuels BY ROGER STROM The Business of Farming Standard.

Despite promises from President Trump to address the damage done by the EPA’s decision to grant waivers to small refineries, the agency came up with a proposal that fails by quite a bit.

The Renewable Fuel Standard has specifically required 15 billion gallons of conventional renewable fuel each year since 2015. But the EPA decision to exempt small refineries over the past three years has resulted in the loss of 4.5 billion gallons.

Trump instructed the EPA to follow the letter of the law, and, beginning next year, the agency would use a three-year rolling average of actual waived gallons and set the biofuel standard for 2020 at 15 billion gallons.

Instead, the EPA proposed a plan that would calculate the volume of gasoline and diesel that will be exempt in 2020 due to small refinery exemptions based on a three-year average of the relief recommended by the United States Department of Energy including where DOE had recommended partial exemptions. A formula that some say would estimate about half of the damage that has actually occurred with the small refinery waivers.

National Corn Growers Association First Vice President John Linder said that is not what President Trump promised and it is hurting farmers.

“It’s hurting ethanol plants and to leave them out of any rulemaking going forward, it gives us no assurance that they really have the desire to follow through with the president’s plan,” Linder said.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, took it a step further saying he does not trust the EPA. “There’s a big public relations problem with people in the ethanol industry, corn farmers and this senator about EPA keeping their word and playing footsie with the big oil companies,” Grassley said.

He is not alone with his skepticism.

After looking at the EPA proposal, American Farm Bureau economist Michael Nepveux said many in the ag industry feel the EPA’s supplemental notice, “was equivalent to a bait and switch and does not live up to the promises made in the administration’s initial announcement.”

Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat representing Iowa’s third district, called EPA’s move, “insulting, deeply disappointing, but unfortunately, not surprising.”

The big concern now is the volume of actual exemptions granted in 2020 could well exceed the amount of projected exemptions from the DOE and, once again, undermine the 15 billion gallon requirement.

As we know, there is a lot of craziness in Washington right now that has distracted Congress and the president from doing their jobs, but those in the biofuels industry are hoping Trump will get personally involved once again to ensure his EPA honors the commitments that were made.

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